Mixed Match Challenge has now reached its fifth week. This season it has now become even more entertaining with some fresh teams. Last night, we got to witness two such matches on the show that allowed two winning streak-holders continue their momentum. The first match took place from the Smackdown division where The Miz and Asuka teamed up against Rusev and Lana.
Team Awe-ska i.e. The Miz and Asuka have been the winners of the Mixed Match Challenge in the first season. They are on a roll and have never lost a match in this tournament. The tradition continued even after last night’s Smackdown Live. Rusev and Lana were in desperate need of a win in round robin competition. So Lana never backed down from the challenge laid down by Asuka.
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These two started off the contest with Asuka receiving a thunderous ovation from the Washington crowd. Lana countered by giving a suicidal dive taking out both her opponents. She made the tag to her husband who entered the contest in a quick-fire note. Rusev did not forget that earlier the night, Aiden caused him his qualifying match against the same man.
But the Miz knew more antics than the Bulgarian Brute. He went outside the ring and took the mic reminding him about Aiden English. He tried to go for a sneak attack only to tag back to Asuka. She locked in the Asuka Lock on Lana who tapped out to digest yet another loss. This handed away another emphatic win to team Awe-ska in the Mixed Match Challenge.
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The next match of Mixed Match Challenge was between Team Pawz against Team Country Dominance. Kevin Owens was the original partner of Natalya. But Bobby Lashley injured him badly on WWE Raw and so he is out of action. In his absence, Bobby Roode became the new partner of Nattie. Things turned out to be quite bizarre while this match started.
Natalya placed her hairband on Lashley to start the match who smashed it into pieces. Roode and Lashley continued to bring in heated warfare into this match. Roode even looked quite favorite to pick up the win until Mickie James interfered. Thereafter, Team Country Dominance came back into the match to pick up an emphatic win in the following way, (courtesy WWE.com)
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“Mickie’s interference drew the ire of Natalya, who also entered the ring to give James a piece of her mind, which led to an incredible moment that saw the Canadiens Roode and Natalya trap Country Dominance in stereo Sharpshooters. The good vibes didn’t last, however, as Lashley connected with a ring-rattling Spear to secure the victory for him and Ms. James.”
