WWE Great Balls of Fire 2017 is done and dusted and what a great show it was. Almost all the matches were great, and there is no doubting that this was one of the best pay per views that the WWE has put on since Wrestlemania 33.
There were a mammoth eight matches on the card (no, we’re not counting Curt Hawkins vs. Heath Slater which Slater won in a couple of minutes) and we’re here to look at how good each one of those eight matches was.
Also read: WWE Great Balls of Fire 2017: Biggest Winners and Losers
So, without any further ado, here are our ratings for all the matches from WWE Great Balls of Fire 2017:
#1 Neville (c) def Akira Tozawa – Kickoff show (Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship)
It seems like the Cruiserweight Division is back in the dumps following the exit of Austin Aries from the WWE. Neville remains a great wrestler who is head and shoulders above the rest, but lesser stars like Akira Tozawa don’t hold a candle to him.
It’s no surprise that Tozawa failed to dethrone The King of the Cruiserweights in a lacklustre kickoff show encounter.
Rating – 4/10
#2 Bray Wyatt def Seth Rollins (Singles match)
While many people expected this match to flop due to the lack of a cohesive storyline between the two men, they pulled their socks up to put on a good match. It didn’t hit the realms of great, but for the kind of nonsensical build up, it was a solid opening to WWE Great Balls of Fire 2017.
Also, it’s nice to see Wyatt getting a big win a pay per view.
Rating: 7/10
#3 Big Cass def Enzo Amore (Singles match)
Enzo Amore cut the promo of his life before his encounter of Big Cass, but that didn’t save him for a brutal beatdown at the hands of his former best friend. The match was as good as a squash match could be although it would have been nice to see Cass decimate Enzo some more before picking up the win.
It really does beg the question as to whether he can ever back up all of his talking with in-ring victories, though. Cass, on the other hand, got his much-needed squash victory. Average stuff all around.
Rating – 5/10
#4 Sheamus and Cesaro (c) def The Hardy Boyz (30 Minute Iron Man Tag Team match for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship)
The match of the night, in my opinion, saw the reigning WWE Raw Tag Team Champions, Sheamus and Cesaro, retain their titles in the first-ever 30 Minute Iron Man Tag Team match against The Hardy Boyz with a count of 4 falls to 3.
It was fast paced and electric right from the opening bell to the closing seconds and would have been the perfect match if not for a couple of botches.
Rating: 9/10
#5 Sasha Banks def Alexa Bliss (c) via Countout; Bliss retains (Singles match for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship)
Another really good match on the card was Alexa Bliss defending her WWE Raw Women’s Championship against Sasha Banks in a match that brought back some legitimacy to the Women’s Division on Monday Night Raw.
It was a really well-worked match – especially with that elbow spot – and while the countout finish may have been one that has been overused, it sets up future encounters between the pair nicely. This shows that Banks belongs in the title picture on Monday nights.
Rating: 7/10
#6 The Miz (c) def Dean Ambrose (Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship)
Probably the worst match on the card saw The Miz retain his WWE Intercontinental Championship match against Dean Ambrose in their 2345611284th encounter. The knee angle was good until Ambrose forgot he had injured it and started flying around all over the place and the finish was a predictable bit of interference from Maryse and The Miztourage.
Overall, it was an average match. This feud has outstayed its welcome, and it’s time for both men to move on to something different.
Rating – 6/10
#7 Braun Strowman def Roman Reigns (Ambulance match)
Oh yes, onto one of the best parts of the night and the Ambulance match between Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns. It was a brutal encounter with both men punishing each other before The Monster Among Men picked up the victory.
It was a really good match which was kind of let down by the whole Roman spearing himself into the Ambulance finished, but it was all forgotten in the aftermath when The Big Dog went all Terminator, beating up Strowman, locking him in the ambulance and driving the ambulance into a semi-truck.
What was even more impressive was seeing Braun leave on his own two feet when officials and medical personnel finally managed to open the door to the ambulance.
Rating: 8.5/10
#8 Brock Lesnar (c) def Samoa Joe (Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship)
On to the main event, and we saw Brock Lesnar successfully defend his WWE Universal Championship match against Samoa Joe. It was an expected outcome, but the match was really good regardless.
Joe attacking Lesnar before the bell and putting him through the announce table added some real tension to the match and he looked extremely strong all the way to the end. The only bad thing about the match was Joe going down to just one F5 after putting quite the beating on The Beast before that.
Rating: 8/10
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