When it became clear WWE was headed back to Mexico City for an episode of Monday Night Raw, plans quickly came together for how to make the most of it. What they settled on was a number one contender’s tournament that would feature luchadores from Raw, SmackDown, and AAA. The winner would earn the right to challenge Roman Reigns for the world heavyweight championship in the main event of the big show on Sept. 14 in Mexico.
The final of said tournament was held on this week’s episode of Raw in Cleveland, when the Lucha Brothers reunited with everything on the line. Penta defeated Laredo Kid and La Parka to get here while Rey Fenix went through El Fiscal and Dragon Lee.
The match was fun, though I would say relatively tame for their usual standards in a spot like this. They set up for Penta snapping Fenix’s arm and being willing to finish the job in the follow up. Rey invited it and used it to spring a trap for an incredible near fall. The Mexican Destroyer came just after, and that’s what scored the pinfall and the victory for Penta.
The crowd absolutely adored this by the time it was over, and if nothing else it’s clear if these two were given a bigger stage and more time they would put together a classic.
The show closed with Reigns himself walking down for a staredown.
Yeah, this is going to rule so unbelievably hard.
