User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/To those of you who think the RF was trying in 1x22, then why didn't Barry just have the Arrow defeat the RF in 1x09?/@comment-24.52.30.78-20150607012808

Look the only reason why Oliver was able to go toe to toe with the reverse flash was because he was able to nuetrilize his speed for awhile, Oliver has more martial arts training than Reverse flash who only relies on his speed, so basically it was a team effort from flash, Firestorm and Arrow to take out the reverse flash because Oliver for a while was able to keep Wells on his toes till his speed came back and he was the one who dealt the finishing blow, Flash lead Wells to his trap and Firestorm knocked Wells off the building which gave oliver an opening. 1vs1 Reverse flash would have defeated all of them but because he was outnumbered he was outmanouvered and tricked into a trap so actually Flash was able to beat wells because of teamwork.