Following up on the previously indecisive battle of the Kaijus, Bronson Reed and Braun Strowman locked up on Monday night for their “Last Monster Standing” match. That would prove to be an apt billing title too, with both of the giants risking life and limb to complete a bingo card of WWE 2K “OMG Moments.”

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Within minutes, Strowman had put Reed through the announcer’s table to set the stone; a tone that would be matched by Reed, climbing back to his feet and boasting that it would take much more than that. So once they’d Nerf’d the table spot, as you might guess everything else in the venue became fair game almost immediately. Strowman was soon after that thrust from the apron through a stack of steel chairs, and then they went through the barricade not once but twice, prompting officials to emerge – officials that would later be thrown around by an incensed Reed, given he had the match effectively won in the ring.

That proved to be one of a series of logical undoings for Reed, omens that this was not going to be his night, as the ensuing melee saw Strowman take advantage. Side note on that front: seeing a flying Strowman was neither expected nor necessary, but nonetheless simply awesome. As if all of the ridiculous bumps that had led into the closing stretch weren’t enough, WWE dipped into its box of titan tropes as Reed and Strowman went through the ring breaking super-plex spot. And yet that still wasn’t the end of the match, with both appearing to rise from the rubble. Until the second of Reed’s undoings reared its head: Seth Rollins returning with a timely curbstomp to the steel steps. As a result, Strowman was the winner. But this is an evergreen bumpfest that can be revisited in the future for great TV viewing, and giving Strowman the advantage with an asterisk in their series provides a logical pick-up point. Reed will now have a potentially star-making feud picking up with Rollins after previously writing him off, and he has been kept remarkably strong even with a paper loss.

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Strowman getting the win after such an enthralling demolition derby provides him with momentum to move forward, in whichever direction that may be, and this is all a result of the logical creative approach to this entire angle. Sometimes it’s just fun to switch off and watch two behemoths lock horns and do what comes natural to the wrecking balls they are.

Written by Max Everett