[2021-01-21-WWE-Main Event] Humberto Carrillo vs Drew Gulak

[Edwin]

Another week, another solid Main Event Gulak TV match against a flippy cruiserweight. Carrillo isn’t nearly as crisp when it comes to doing contrived high spots as Ricochet, but Gulak is an absolute beast and he’s perfected the craft of working the sub 10 minute match against the more flip oriented wrestlers on the roster. Offensively, Gulak reminds me somewhat of Finlay as everything they put together looks brutal. He even makes a headlock takeover look great as you can see he puts some power behind it instead of just taking Carrillo over. Despite not being as crisp on offense, Carrillo still hits a heat Super Astro like springboard back headbutt and he takes a hellacious bump on the guard rail. Middle of the match develops a bit around Carrillo being unable to pull off one of his contrived spots and Gulak just armwrenching over the top rope. Carrillo also blasts Gulak with a nasty gamengiri which produces a nasty thud that isn’t thigh slap heavy, so it’s a surprise Gulak’s nose didn’t explode. There’s another great spot with Carrillo going for a big armdrag off the ropes and Gulak just yanking him to the ground and putting him in armbar. Neat finish with a big moonsault. I hope we keep getting these sub 10 minute Main Event Gulak matches if he doesn’t show up on RAW or SmackDown on a regular basis to have competitive matches.