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WWE took its live event tour to Utilita Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England on June 21, with several recognizable names from both Raw and SmackDown on the card.
The Usos — Jimmy and Jey — headlined the tag team action, defeating The Judgment Day’s Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh. The pairing of Mysterio and McDonagh has become a reliable unit for the heel faction on the house show circuit, though they came up short on this occasion.
Chad Gable earned a victory over Rusev, a match that brings together two technically grounded performers with legitimate amateur wrestling backgrounds. Gable has been one of the more consistent in-ring performers on WWE’s roster and his matchups with Rusev tend to deliver for live crowds.
On the singles side, Montez Ford got the better of Austin Theory. Ford continues to be one of the more athletically dynamic performers in WWE, and outings like this give him a chance to shine in a spotlight separate from tag team competition with Angelo Dawkins.
The card also featured LA Knight and Liv Morgan, according to the event billing, rounding out what appears to have been a well-stocked show for the Birmingham audience.
WWE’s European live event runs give the company an opportunity to bring top talent to fans who don’t always get to see major programming in person, and the Birmingham stop delivered a strong mix of established rivalries and crowd-pleasing matchups across the card.
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