5 botches, slip-ups, and outrageous moments from WWE Raw - October 30, 2017
Halloween is in the air. For many, that means spiced warm drinks as well as neighbourhood trick or treating for candy. For WWE, that means that some unlucky chaps got to compete in an obligatory pumpkin-themed StreetFight. The bar was set fairly high in a past outing when Dolph Ziggler superkicked a pumpkin off of the head of The Miz. Hence, the teams in this years' foray had to have assumed that they might fail to live up to the previous standards of excellence.
The Trick or StreetFight was not good and rightfully earned a spot on this week's list. Other botchy and outrageous moments include an awkward landing from a Seth Rollins' suicide dive, a decisive course correction for Asuka's main roster presentation, and a faint source of hope that Daniel Bryan just may get physical inside of WWE one day. Wishing that he will compete again in his current company realistically is a grasp at straws, but the Big Red Machine offered a tiny ray of hope.
First up is a right hook from Miz that didn't quite hit its mark.
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Matt Hardy put on a barnburner of a match against The Miz. He hoped to score in the win against The Intercontinental Champion to carry that strap for the first time in his career. Sadly for him, tonight was not the night to accomplish that momentous feat.
Part of the reason for his loss has to be attributed to the fact that he sold the effects of the mere draft of this Miz lariat (or palm strike or whatever). This must have been a gust similar to Guile's Sonic Boom because Matt Hardy was stunned. This allowed Miz to continue his offence, and ultimately, he won the match to retain his title.
Matt might need to bust out some classic Street Fighter II if he wants to learn how to withstand The Miz.