[2020-10-26-WWE-RAW] Sheamus vs Matt Riddle

[Superstar Sleeze]

When you need your faith restored in pro wrestling turn to Sheamus who is our modern day Greg Valentine. Riddle & Sheamus put together a wrestling match thy focused on wrestling and body-on-body contact. Great submission work. Riddle’s transition from the headlock to the double wrist lock was great. This was not loose, lazy work, it was tight and sensible. So many people go through the motions just hitting their spots A, B, C, D but these two wrestled what the spots gave them. No getting in position for the next spot. They worked with what they had. Loved the late back injury to Riddle. Amazing selling! Sheamus hit hard baby! It was a great Riddle fight from underneath for most of the match BUT an even better Sheamus on top performance. I’ve called Sheamus the bastard child of Bret Hart and Greg Valentine before. The Bret Hart comparison is twofold Sheamus has a deep offensive arsenal like Bret but also they are both joys to watch working in control and how they grind. The finish being Riddle’s back giving out and Sheamus POUNCING with the Brogue Kick was the cherry on top of a terrific match! Don’t sleep in this one! ****1/4 

[ShittyLittleBoots]

This was full of badass physicality. Both guys own such great arsenal of kick-ass moves & they busted out some truly lovely, vicious ones here. The early submission work by Riddle was awesome, and the back-injury towards the end which set up the finish was great. Real tight, physical sprint-y match. ***3/4

[Superstar Sleeze]

Their rematch (23-Nov-20) was also of similar caliber. These two have great chemistry!