With another week of WWE television behind us, here’s the top 5 performances of the week.
WWE offers up plenty of programming over the course of a week. Even when there’s no pay per view, there’s at least seven hours of original programming. With Raw and SmackDown Live on USA, plus 205 Live and NXT on the WWE Network, it’s a lot to focus on at times.
But for those of us who can make it through the marathon, there’s usually quite a bit to keep our interest. Regardless of what some people say about the quality of programming, as far as in-ring talent goes this is one of the golden periods for WWE. Sure, storylines may be stale, boring, and ridiculous – even nonsensical – but the matches themselves are rarely terrible across the board.
To try and keep track of who stood out on a week to week basis, here at Daily DDT we’ll be taking a look at the top five performers in a given week. Since WWE is a wrestling company (despite what Vince McMahon may try and tell us), we’re going to focus on wrestling performances.
5. Akira Tozawa
An argument could also be made for Cedric Alexander as the top performer from 205 Live this week. But while both Tozawa and Alexander earned victories this week, Tozawa managed to leave without being attacked by his main rival after the match.
Tozawa made his entrance in the midst of Drew Gulak’s epic PowerPoint presentation. Sometimes, I think this slideshow is like a George R.R. Martin novel – we’re told that it’s definitely being worked on and/or finished, but we never actually see the whole thing. Anyway, Gulak stuck around to scout Tozawa during his match against Noam Dar.
The match was a pretty solid affair, with a good blend of high flying and mat wrestling. And when all was said and done, Tozawa helped to further his feud with Gulak, which is good for both superstars.