Aleister Black defeats Apollo Crews: Raw April 6

Result: Aleister Black defeats Apollo Crews

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Match

Aleister Black and Apollo Crews spent the first couple of minutes with mat wrestling. Apollo Crews used a handspring to evade some of Black’s offense and then Black floated over Apollo Crews’ back and sat down in the middle of the ring. This is something that Apollo Crews must have seen in the scouting report because Crews rolled out of the ring and allowed Raw to go to commercial.

Aleister Black evaded a Gorilla Press slam from Apollo Crews and cinched in an arm bar. With Black on the outside, Apollo Crews hit a moonsault to send Raw to another commercial. To this point, Crews has got more offense on Black than anyone since Paul Heyman took over Raw.

Crews missed a splash from the top rope and Black put on a knee bar, but Crews made it to the ropes. When Aleister Black went for the Black Mass, Crews ducked and hit a step up enziguri sending Black to the outside. WWE went to commercial again.

Back from the break, Black hit a sliding knee and his second rope moonsault. That wasn’t enough to put Crews away. Black evaded the Gorilla Press Slam again, but got nailed with a sit down powerbomb. Crews hit his third attempt at the Gorilla Press, hit a moonsault, and then a standing shooting star for a near fall. When Crews went for a top rope move, Black hit a jumping knee strike and then finally hit the Black Mass for the pinfall victory.

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Match Ratings

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1. Match Quality– Was the match well wrestled or sloppy?
2. Audience Engagement– Did the live audience care about the match?
3. Competitiveness– Was the match competitive or one-sided?
4. Stakes – Did the match matter?
5. Finish– Did the match end in a satisfying manner?
6. Performance: (1) Poor (2) Below Average (3) Average (4) Above Average (5) Excellent