5 Best Matches of the Week (17-23rd September 2018)

Last week, matches from 205 Live, NXT, Monday Night Raw, the Mae Young Classic, and SmackDown Live were some of the best matches of the week.

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This week, 4 matches from the Mae Young Classic, the Mixed Match Challenge, and 205 Live make this week's honorable mentions. All matches from Hell in a Cell are excluded as they have a separate article.

Honorable Mentions:

Monster Eclipse vs Team Paws (Mixed Match Challenge): All 4 competitors involved in this match can go. Natalya & Ember Moon had pretty good exchanges that proved that these two can probably have a pretty good singles match. It is also nice that Kevin Owens put up a fight against Braun Strowman. After being terrorized by Braun Strowman for months, Kevin Owens (although he was scared at first) finally put up a fight against Braun Strowman. The finish was also great as the Eclipse off of the shoulders of Braun Strowman looked great.

The Phenomenal Flairs vs Day One Glow (Mixed Match Challenge): This was a surprisingly good match. It is nice to see that these 4 wrestlers are allowed to have fun in matches like this. There was pretty solid wrestling throughout the match and even though the match was extremely predictable, it still seemed like Day One Glow had a chance.

TJP vs Lince Dorado (205 Live): This was a good opening match. TJP got a lot of heat when pulling off Dorado's match which was good but there are better matches to come in this feud. While it wasn't bad, the match failed to really kick into second gear.

Toni Storm vs Jinny (Mae Young Classic): These two women have a lot of chemistry with each other. Toni Storm worked well as the fiery face while Jinny was the opportunistic heel that took advantage of mistakes made by Toni Storm. While this wasn't as good as the main event of the Mae Young Classic, it was still a decent match that will be even better when it occurs on NXT UK.

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#5 Drew McIntyre vs Dean Ambrose (Raw)

Drew McIntyre faced Dean Ambrose in Raw's best matchup

Drew McIntyre has been great on Monday Night Raw. He has competed in excellent matches against the likes of Finn Balor and Seth Rollins.

He continued this trend when he faced Dean Ambrose. Dean Ambrose has had decent singles matches against Dolph Ziggler and Jinder Mahal.

However, this match was his best singles match since returning from injury. Dean Ambrose really showed off his new matt-based style when he relentlessly went after the knee of Drew McIntyre.

Drew McIntyre also won the match by outsmarting Dean Ambrose, not because he was the better man.

#4 Cruiserweight Championship: Cedric Alexander (c) vs Drew Gulak (205 Live)

Drew Gulak received his second Cruiserweight Title match last week on 205 Live.

Drew Gulak challenged Cedric Alexander for the Cruiserweight Championship last week on 205 Live.

Drew Gulak was determined to defeat Cedric Alexander. He hit the Cruiserweight Champion with everything he had. Drew Gulak even hit Cedric Alexander with a high-flying move off of the top rope.

When Drew Gulak locked in the Gulock, it seemed like Drew Gulak would be able to get the win. Cedric Alexander also looked great as the champion that would not allow himself to lose the title.

He fought through everything Drew Gulak had and was ultimately was able to get the win. This was a good match but it seems like Cedric Alexander's days of being the champion are running out.

#3 Mia Yim vs Allysin Kay (Mae Young Classic)

Mia Yim faced Allysin Kay last week in the Mae Young Classic.

Mia Yim and Allysin Kay arguably had the best match of the 2nd Mae Young Classic since the Meiko Satomura vs Killer Kelly match during the first episode of the tournament.

You could tell that Mia Yim & Allysin Kay hated each other when they viciously went after each other. This match was an extremely good matchup.

The only problem with this match is that Allysin Kay did not viciously go after the hand of Mia Yim after it crashed into the ring post.

Given how much Allysin Kay seemed to hate Mia Yim, it would make sense for her to take advantage of any weakness. Other than that, this was an amazing match.

#2 AJ Styles vs Andrade 'Cien' Almas (w./Zelina Vega)

Andrade 'Cien' Almas faced AJ Styles once again on SmackDown Live.

This was arguably Andrade 'Cien' Almas's best matchup since joining the main roster. Andrade 'Cien' Almas looked great when wrestling AJ Styles.

The two looked like equals and it actually seemed like Andrade 'Cien' Almas could actually get the upset victory. Andrade 'Cien' Almas hit AJ Styles with a vicious Tree of Woe Apron Double Stomp.

The two wrestlers exchanged beautiful counters and the finish was particularly good. AJ Styles countered the Hammerlock DDT into a bridging jackknife cover which he managed to transition into a Styles Clash for the win.

#1 Title-For-Title: UK Champion Pete Dunne vs NXT North American Champion Ricochet (NXT)

This was by far the best match of the week.

Ricochet faced Pete Dunne in the main event of NXT last week. This was an incredible match that was back and forth from the get-go. Neither superstar kept control for a long period of time.

They each hit incredible moves such as the Springboard Avalanche Frankensteiner and the Deadlift Brainbuster. It really seemed like either superstar could get the win.

They also hit amazing counters such as the Bitter End into the Reverse Rana, the springboard 450 splash into the triangle choke, and the triangle choke into the deadlift powerbomb.

The Undisputed Era's interference also put a lot of heat on them for ending such a great match without a clean winner. Their interference also did not take away from the match.