Hawkins replacing Strowman in WWE Mixed Match Challenge

[Big Red Machine]

Source: www.F4WOnline.com

By Joseph Currier | @josephcurrier | Nov 26, 2018 9:10 pm


With Braun Strowman out of action, Ember Moon will be teaming with Curt Hawkins in the Mixed Match Challenge season two playoffs.

Hawkins replacing Strowman in the tournament was announced during tonight's episode of Raw. The Mixed Match Challenge playoffs will begin on this Tuesday's episode, with Moon & Hawkins facing Alicia Fox & Jinder Mahal and Mickie James & Bobby Lashley vs. Bayley & Finn Balor.

Ember Moon defeated Fox on Raw tonight and was accompanied by Hawkins for the match. Mahal defeated No Way Jose.

On commentary, Michael Cole pushed the storyline that Baron Corbin is punishing Moon for having teamed with Strowman. Hawkins has lost 236 straight matches.

Alexa Bliss, who was Strowman's Mixed Match Challenge season one partner, was supposed to team with him again before being forced out of the tournament due to injury before it began. Moon was her replacement.

Charlotte Flair & Jeff Hardy vs. Carmella & R-Truth and Asuka & The Miz vs. Naomi & Jimmy Uso are SmackDown's quarterfinal matches in Mixed Match Challenge. The finals of the tournament will take place at TLC on December 16, with the winning team entering their respective Royal Rumble matches at number 30 and receiving "an all-expenses paid vacation to anywhere in the world."

[Big Red Machine]

From a kayfabe point of view, this is pretty much Bobby Heenan's famous "comparing ice great to garbage" situation. It makes you think management is out to screw Ember.

[KILLdozer]

From a kayfabe point of view, this is pretty much Bobby Heenan's famous "comparing ice great to garbage" situation. It makes you think management is out to screw Ember.

Yeah...kayfabe it's a *why would you do this...*, but it said something about them mentioning this is because she teamed with Strowman, so it does make sense.

[cero2k]

at the end of the tournament, everyone will be replaced and it's gonna make that RR #30 spot stipulation really awkward.

[XIV]

Problem is, it buries Moon... because Hawkins won't be given a win...

They won't have Hawkins win here. If they ever decide to do something with him, it will be a shock win over a main eventer (by some f*ck finish) for sheer effect and then he'll take up the character of "I beat X so now I'm the best". At least... that's how I'd write the end of this stupid streak.

[KILLdozer]

Moon's already pretty much lingering in no-woman's land, so whatever. It doesn't really change much. Maybe she's doing better in this than on RAW, but uh yeah, sure. It neither hurts nor helps her very much.