The Big Takeaway: Good matches from the cruiserweights and Curtis Axel and Curt Hawkins made for a really solid show this week.

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Drew Gulak defeated Lince Dorado

Gulak comes out with his megaphone and "No Fly Zone" sign to another tepid reaction, but there’s a sense on commentary that these two can put on a good match for this pre-Raw crowd in Sacramento.

He and Dorado do some really intricate exchanges early on until it spills outside and Gulak takes a hurricanrana to the matting. Gulak boots Dorado to the side of the face as they roll back in, sending him back down to the floor and gaining himself some real heat.

They exchange chop blocks, then Gulak applies a rest hold. The crowd is behind Dorado and Corey Graves does an excellent job of putting Gulak over at the announce table. Gulak takes control of the match now, using the ring to assist him and applying rest holds and trying quick covers.

Dorado hits a moonsault off the middle rope and picks up the pace with clotheslines and a springboard arm drag. He hits his springboard stunner but takes too long trying to get up to hit his shooting star press finisher and Gulak gets his legs up.

Gulak then applies the standing dragon sleeper, following it up with a body scissors on the mat that leaves Dorado no option but to tap.

Curtis Axel defeated Curt Hawkins

Hawkins cuts a pre-match promo, asking who’s ready for a "heaping helping of Hawkins?" Curtis Axel comes out to "face the facts" to a good reaction. He still has some of the best entrance music in the company and the people are behind him. Hawkins is a good heel and knows how to get cheap heat and, more importantly, how to reinvent himself.

Axel and Hawkins look good together here. They exchange body scissors until Hawkins leaps up off a head scissors with a neat kip up, only to be slung into the corner and hit with a near perfect dropkick by Axel. Hawkins kicks out at two and starts to take over and slow things down. Hawkins takes a walk as soon as Axel goes for the Perfect Plex.

We come back after the break to see Hawkins in control, trash-talking Axel and questioning his ability to everyone. Hawkins slides under Axel and takes his feet out from underneath him and tries for some quick pins.

Hawkins applies a rear chinlock, locking in the right arm as he does it. He is full of little tricks that make him different from a lot of lower card performers in this company.

Axel takes over after both men go down, charging Hawkins in the corner and snapmaring him. Hawkins ducks out of the way of the Perfect Plex and hits a Pele kick, but Axel kicks out at two.

Hawkins sets up for a big clothesline, but Axel dodges and finishes the match with the Perfect Plex.