WWE Mixed Match Challenge Week 3 Results, Goldust Introduces His New MMC Partner

WWE Mixed Match Challenge Week 3
Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss vs Sami Zayn & Becky Lynch

Becky starts with a waistlock takedown but Alexa elbows her in the face and transitions to a side headlock. Becky reverses it and sweeps Alexa’s leg before going for a backslide pin, but Alexa bridges up and tries to tag out. Becky stops her and goes for another pin attempt, then she applies a bodyscissors and cartwheels Alexa around the ring to disorient her.

Alexa tells Braun she knows what she’s doing, and Braun says he trusts her, then Alexa walks into a couple of dropkicks and the fans chant for Braun. Sami chants back ‘never gonna get him’ but Alexa finally gets an opportunity to tag, and Sami reluctantly gets in the ring. Sami dances around and feigns jabbing Braun, but ends up jumping out of the ring and buying some time. Braun gives chase and Sami ends up kicking him in the face, but it just pisses Braun off, who goes for a powerslam. Sami floats over and tags out, so Braun goes to his corner but Sami immediately tags back in and hits Braun from behind.

Braun shakes it off and biels Sami across the ring, then Alexa tags in but Becky meets her with a kick to the midsection. Alexa comes back with a quick strike and a near fall, then applies a side headlock but Becky comes back with an enziguiri. Alexa tags out and Sami immediately gets hit with a corner splash, then he goes for a tackle but Sami pulls the ropes down. Braun lands on his feet and catches Sami after he dives off the apron, but Braun just slams him on the floor and Sami tries to run for it.

Sami pulls Braun’s beard and dives off the barricade, but Braun catches him and slams him on the barricade, then goes back in and tags Bliss, who hits Twisted Bliss off Braun’s shoulders for the win.

Winners – Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss

This was a really fun match that made good use of the size difference between Braun and Sami, and played up on Sami’s heel character. Both women really shined here, and the men played to their strengths in this one.

Following tonight’s match, Goldust revealed Mandy Rose is his new partner, and they will face Jimmy Uso and Naomi next week. The duo dubbed themselves “Rose Gold”:

NEXT WEEK on @WWE Mixed Match Challenge, @Goldust teams with his NEW partner @WWE_MandyRose to take on the husband-and-wife duo of #JimmyUso and @NaomiWWE! #WWEMMC pic.twitter.com/WmdeNhxtqN

— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2018

After the reveal, Alexa said her plan worked like she thought, and Braun said Alexa is smaller physical, but her personality shines through. He said he thought she was kinda cute, then the fans chant ‘get these hands’ and she said he was kinda cute too. Braun gushed about it as she said he’s like a Mack truck with a smiley face, then said they were going all the way. Braun blushed a bit, and Alexa said they were going all the way and winning the Mixed Match Challenge, then they posed to end the show.

Comedy Braun Strowman works! He has good timing and mannerisms. His Juno table reading and Elf parody are other good examples that show his range. I like this pairing a lot.