WWE Super Show-Down 2018 Review (Part 2)

WWE Super Show-Down 2018
October 6, 2018
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The WWE goes down under! A stacked card sees AJ Styles put his WWE Championship on the line against Samoa Joe before Triple H wages war against The Undertaker one last time!

Match 6: The Riott Squad vs. The Bella Twins & Ronda Rousey
Interesting to note that Ronda Rousey took her biggest loss of her UFC career in the very same stadium the show is at. She looks to get that loss back as she teams with The Bella Twins to take on The Riott Squad. The Bellas start the match for their team and while things started pretty good for them, the members of The Riott Squad were able to quickly turn the tides and gain the advantage. However, Rousey is able to get tagged in and absolutely takes control of the match. Despite The Riott Squad's efforts, Rousey was too much and ended up locking both Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan in her devastating armbar submission simultaneously to score the win for her team. Hate all you want but Rousey is a star through and through. The final sequence of the match was so nicely done and the crowd ate it up.
Winners: The Bella Twins & Ronda Rousey
Rating: **1/4

Match 7: WWE Cruiserweight Championship - Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Buddy Murphy
Cedric Alexander gets to defend his championship against... Melbourne's own, Buddy Murphy! Great reaction from the crowd for Murphy's entrance. Safe to say, these two brought the fight here and have us the show stealer for the night. Action from the first bell to the last with the final minutes of the match having everyone on their toes. Alexander is able to hit his Lumbar Check but Murphy is able to kick out and eventually hit his Murphy's Law finisher to secure the biggest win of his life! That was as good as you could get for 10 minutes. Amazing moment for Murphy to be able to win in front of his home crowd as they absolutely went bonkers for the win and probably the loudest the crowd has been all night. Some criminally underrated stuff here.
Winner: Buddy Murphy
Rating: ****

Match 8: Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler vs. The Shield
The Shield come out to a bangin' entrance with each member walking out of different hallway in the crowd before meeting each other closer to the ring. I thought I felt the need to address that. Always fun to watch The Shield in the ring at the same time, they always deliver the goods. Safe to say, this was no different. The story going into this match was if Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins could trust Dean Ambrose or not in their attempt to take down Braun Strowman and his crew. Solid action in the ring throughout but nothing that would really blow you away from what we know they are capable of showing us. Loved the spot with Reigns and Rollins being surrounded and wondering if Ambrose was actually going to come to their aid or not. But the finishing sequence of the match was certainly a lot of fun with Reigns saving Ambrose with a Spear to Strowman through a barricade before Ambrose is able to seal the win for his team with a Dirty Deeds in the ring. Solid match, exactly what it needed to be and it answered all the lingering Dean Ambrose questions concerning his loyalty. The only real problem is what to do with Strowman after this. He was so ready for big things until this unnecessary heel turn. 
Winners: The Shield
Rating: ***3/4

Match 9: The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan
The winner of this match gets to face AJ Styles for his WWE Championship which begs the question... what does The Miz need to do to actually get a damn shot at it already? The dude is more than ready for another WWE Championship run. Either way, this was certainly not a match for The Miz to remember. A really short contest here that lasted a little over two minutes with Miz hitting Daniel Bryan's Running Knee finisher but a quick pin from Bryan gets the better of Miz. Bryan wins and will now challenge Styles for the gold. That was ridiculous, The Miz deserves way better than this. 
Winner: Daniel Bryan
Rating: *

Match 10: No Disqualification - Triple H vs. The Undertaker
This match is billed as "the last time ever." Yeah, we'll see about that. Kane is in the corner of The Undertaker so Triple H made sure his brother in Shawn Michaels was in his corner to go with it. The match itself started off with some promise but unfortunately, it gradually dragged on and on and the last few minutes of the thing was just a complete mess. They took the action to the crowd and back with using steel chairs and even a table for all the special effects. However, much of it was pretty tough to watch considering how old they are and how different they look compared to their previous bouts years back. With the help of a Sweet Chin Music from Michaels, a sledgehammer shot and a Pedigree, Triple H is finally able to defeat The Deadman. Afterwards, the four celebrate in the ring before The Undertaker delivers a Tombstone to Triple H and Chokeslams Michaels through the announcers table to set up a future match down the line. *** for the effort and some of the cool spots throughout the match. Other than that, it went on way longer than it needed to and the energy from the crowd certainly became deflated at times due to the length. Are we over this yet? Seriously, I wasn't big on them wrestling each other at WrestleMania XXVII so the idea of me being stoked for this was a stretch. Either way, that was your main event.
Winner: Triple H
Rating: ***

Overall Show Thoughts and Rating:
For the all the flack this show got, I don't really think it was all that bad. It was certainly long and it dragged on for parts with some of the matches going much longer than they needed to be. However, the actual substance of the show wasn't all that bad despite the flow being a bit disrupted from some of the matches just dragging on a bit. Much like Greatest Royal Rumble, this was mainly just another glorified house show. 
Rating: 6.75/10