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WWE Championship
Cody Rhodes(c) V Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship
AJ Styles(c) V Edge
WWE RAW Women's Championship
Asuka(c) V Zoey Stark
Mr. Money in the Bank Ladder Match Carmelo Hayes V Grayson Waller V ??? V ??? V ??? V ??? V ??? V Tommaso Ciampa Mrs. Money in the Bank Ladder Match Blair Davenport V Chelsea Green V ??? V ??? V ??? V ??? V ??? V ???
WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) V The Viking Raiders w Valhalla
The WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley opened the show by announcing that since she didn’t care who she faced at Money in the Bank. It didn’t matter anyway she was issuing an open challenge for her title for the event.
Commercial Match 1: Mrs MITB Qualifier Bianca Belair V Bayley w Damage Control Back from break and the duo of Bianca Belair and Bayley faced off with a spot in the Mrs Money in the Bank match on the line. The latter had her Damage Control stablemates Dakota Kai & Iyo Sky in her corner both of who seemed to be a bit peeved off at the fact that Bayley was in the match and not either of them. Kai was the first to walk out of the match and then Sky left as well, which led to a confused Bayley to fall victim to the K.O.D for the pin. Winner: Bianca Belair
Backstage Smackdown GM Adam Pearce announced two more MITB qualifiers, the first Apollo Crews versus Bron Breaker and the other Cora Jade versus Gigi Dolin.
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Backstage Rey Mysterio and the LWO challenged Judgment Day to an eight person tag team match next week. We then cut to the locker room of Judgment Day and Dominick Mysterio accepted the match and promised to take his father’s mask.
Match 2: Mr MITB Qualifier Apollo Crews V Bron Breaker Crews took the fight to his opponent but in the end Breaker laid him out with a Spear and then locked in the Bend or Break (Steiner Recliner) and Crews tapped out. Winner: Bron Breaker
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Match 3: Mrs MITB Qualifier
Cora Jade V Gigi Dolin Dolin got the win with a DVD that commentary called the Dolin Valley Driver. Winner: Gigi Dolin
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Backstage Omos laid Von Wagner out and said now they were even
WWE Universal Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles(c) V LA Knight - Non-Title - If Knight wins, He earns a Title Shot Knight pulled the ref in the way of an attempted Phenomenal Forearm from Styles which led to the ref being laid out. Knight exited the ring and got the title belt and entered the ring and waited until Styles got back to his feet and hit him in the head with it. As soon as the ref came to, Knight covered his opponent for the pin but Styles kicked out at the last possible moment. Then Styles got back to his feet and kicked Knight in the gut and hit the Styles Clash for the pin. Winner: WWE Universal Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles
RAW GM Shawn Michaels cae out to the ring and welcomed the WWE Universe to the go home edition of Monday Night RAW and announced a two matches. Wes Lee V Johnny Gargano V Seth Rollins for the last spot in the men’s MITB ladder match, a tag team match pitting Alexa Bliss & Becky Lynch against Piper Niven & Tegan Nox for the last two spots in the women’s MITB ladder match.
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Match 1: Trick Williams w Carmelo Hayes V Dexter Lumis w Johnny Gargano Gargano neutralized Hayes at ringside which allowed Lumis to choke Trick out with the Silencer in the ring for the submission. Winner: Dexter Lumis
Backstage a split screen showed the teams of Alexa Bliss & Becky Lynch and Piper Niven & Tegan Nox preparing for their match.
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Match 2: Mrs MITB Qualifier
Alexa Bliss & Becky Lynch V Piper Niven & Tegan Nox Niven laid Bliss out with the Piper Driver and then tagged in Nox who followed it up with the Shiniest Wizard for the pin. Winners: Piper Niven & Tegan Nox
Backstage Imperium got into a pull apart brawl with the New Day which was separated by refs and security.
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Backstage RAW GM announced that Ludwig Kaiser and Giovani Vinci of Imperium would take on Kofi Kingston & Big E of the New Day. If Imperium wins Gunther gets to pick a member of the ND to defend his title against at MITB, but if the ND win then Gunther will have to defend against all three members of the stable.
Match 3: Erick Rowe w Ivar Warbeard & Valhalla V WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn w Kevin Owens At ringside Owens got into a brawl with Warbeard which distracted Rowe allowing Zayn to grab him and pin him after hitting a Blue Thunder Bomb. Winner: WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn
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Match 4: Imperium w WWE IC Champion Gunther V The New Day Xavier Woods Kaiser and Kingston started the match off and went back and forth for around ten minutes before each man tagged in their respective partners. From here E and Vinci going on to fight for another fifteen minutes and in the end it could have gone either way conceivably, but when it came down to it E got the win with the Big Ending. Winners: The New Day
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Match 5: Losers have to join the Winners Faction
Alpha Academy V Chase U w Thea Hail Back from break and another high stakes contest where the losers would be forced to join the winners faction to put an end to the feud between Alpha Academy and Chase U. It was quite clear from the beginning of the match to the end of it that neither team wanted to lose the match and as a result be forced to join forces. The ending saw Chase seemingly having the match won for his team when Hudson entered the ring and as result Chase became distracted. Chase asked Hudson what he was doing and the latter smirked and then leveled him with a clothesline then tore his Chase U shirt off and said I am dropping out and exited the ring. Gable took advantage of the situation and pinned Chase. Winners: Alpha Academy - As a result Andre Chase has to join AA
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Match 6: Mr. MITB Qualifier
Johnny Gargano V Wes Lee V Seth Rollins The evening concluded with the last RAW qualifier for the men’s MITB qualifier, a second chance triple threat featuring the trio of Johnny Gargano, Wes Lee and Seth Rollins. Rollins dominated early on but became distracted by the arrival of Carmelo Hayes, Trick Williams and Grayson Waller, he didn’t stay that way for long though as he dived out onto all three of them, laying them out and effectively taking himself out of the match.
Lee came out on top of a brawl with Gargano and threw him out of the ring only for the latter to catch himself on the apron and right himself. Lee charged at him only to be met with a shoulder to the gut for his troubles, from here Gargano hit a Slingshot DDT for the pin. Winner: Johnny Gargano
Bayley came out to the ring and demanded that Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky get out here and explain themselves as it is her and her alone who decided when Damage Control breaks up. Sky came out first and told Bayley to shut up in Japanese and then Kai came out and told both of them to stay out of her business going forward. It looked like a three way brawl would take place when Smackdown GM Adam Pearce announced that the three women would fight in a triple threat match right now to solve their issues.
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Match 1:Bayley V Dakota Kai V Sky Bayley stayed out of the majority of the match due to Kai and Sky getting in each other's way however eventually the duo would form a temporary alliance to double team and neutralize her. This saw Kai lay Bayley out with the Go to Kai and Sky followed it up with the Over the Moonsault from the top rope and attempted a pin on for Kai to break it up. Finally Kai dragged Sky up and hit her with a GTK and as Sky rolled to the outside of the ring, Kai pinned Bayley. Winner: Dakota Kai
Backstage WWE US Champion Austin Theory demanded that SD GM Adam Pearce fire Axiom from Smackdown because he is making his life hell. However, Pearce instead announced that since Theory had one win and Axiom had one win they would compete in a two out of three falls match for the WWE US Championship in the main event.
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Match 2: Mr MITB Qualifier Bobby Lashley w Hurt Business V Karrion Kross w Scarlett Lashley looked to have the match won after laying his opponent with a Spear and he dragged Kross up and attempted and successfully locked in the “Almighty Lock”.It looked like Kross was going to pass out in the hold but Lashley became distracted by Omos coming down to ringside. The “Nigerian Giant” laid waste to the trio of MVP, Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander which as a result allowed Kross to elbow Lashley in the face to break the hold. Kross grabbed Lashley and hit a Doomsday Saito for the pin. Winner: Karrion Kross
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Backstage SD GM Adam Pearce announced that he was impressed by Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky in the triple threat match earlier and as a result both women had qualified for the Mrs MITB Ladder Match as a result. He then went on to announce that Bobby Lashley and Omos would compete in a Loser Leaves SD match with the Hurt Business Banned at the MITB PLE
Match 3 Mr. MITB Qualifier - Both the LWO and Judgment Day are Banned
Rey Mysterio V Finn Balor The “Master of the 619” aka Rey Mysterio took on the leader of Judgment Day Finn Balor in a Mr. MITB Qualifier where both men’s stables were banned from ringside.
As can be expected the two men tore the house down and the match went for around fifteen minutes but the ending was something that couldn’t have been expected as it ended in a double pin situation. Winners: Finn Balor & Rey Mysterio
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Match 5. WWE United States Championship - 2 out of 3 Falls Match
Austin Theory(c) V Axiom Finally the evening closed out with Austin Theory(c) defending the WWE United States Championship against the “Masked Marvel” Axiom in a two out of three falls match. The defending champion got the first fall by way of pinfall after hitting Axiom with Ataxia. Then Axiom got the win back in the second fall when he laid Theory out with the Golden Ratio for a pin evening the score. Theory poked Axiom in the eyes and then scooped him up onto his shoulders in position for his A-Town Down only for the former to fight out of it and then backed up and hit the Golden Ratio for the pin. Winner & New WWE United States Champion: Axiom
WWE Championship Cody Rhodes(c) V Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship AJ Styles(c) V Edge
WWE RAW Women's Championship Asuka(c) V Zoey Stark
Mr. Money in the Bank Ladder Match Bron Breaker V Carmelo Hayes V Finn Balor V Grayson Waller V Johnny Gargano V Karrion Kross V Rey Mysterio V Tommaso Ciampa
Mrs. Money in the Bank Ladder Match Bianca Belair V Blair Davenport V Chelsea Green V Dakota Kai V Gigi Dolin
V Iyo Sky V Piper Niven V Tegan Nox
WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) V The Viking Raiders w Valhalla
WWE Intercontinental Championship - 3 on 1 Handicap Match Gunther(c) V The New Day
WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship Rhea Ripley w JD(c) V ???
Loser Leaves Smackdown - The Hurt Business is Banned Bobby Lashley V Omos
Match 1: Loser Leaves SD - The Hurt Business is Banned from Ringside
Bobby Lashley V Omos
The crowd is split between the “Almighty” (Lashley) and the Nigerian Giant (Omos)
Omos took the fight to his opponent as soon as the bell rang and proceeded to spend five of this match’s eight minutes manhandling Lashley.
What the Hell? Damon Kemp is here at the ringside area distracting the referee for some reason.
It becomes crystal clear that Kemp is out here to help Lashley who takes advantage of the situation by hitting a low blow on his opponent.
Back to back Spears from Lashley and he gets the pinfall victory, as result of this Omos is fired from Smackdown. Winner: Bobby Lashley Post-Match
Lashley shook hands with Kemp and they headed to the back.
Match 2: WWE Intercontinental Championship - 3 on 1 Handicap
Gunther(c) V The New Day It was revealed by the commentary that this match was going to be contested under gauntlet rules. So the first challenger to the “Ring General’s” title reign was Big E who wasted little time in taking the fight to the reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion. They went back and forth for about ten minutes and the ending of it saw Gunther fight out of an attempted Big Ending from E and landed behind him and spun E around and pinned him after hitting a Powerbomb.
Next out was Xavier Woods who picked up right where E left off and brawled with Gunther for another seven minutes and the former even scored a near fall on the latter.
In the end though Gunther would damn near take Woods head off with a stiff clothesline and then followed it up with the Last Symphony for the pin.
Finally the third and last challenger for Gunther was the second of the two former WWE Champions of the New Day Kofi Kingston. At this point Gunther had wrestled seventeen minutes and was showing it but he recovered enough to make it three for three when he pinned Kingston after a trifecta of Powerbombs. Winner & Still WWE Intercontinental Champion: Gunther
Match 3: WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) V The Viking Raiders w Vahalla
Kevin Owens and Ivar Warbeard kicked things off for the tag team match for the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship between the defending champions Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens and their opponents the Viking Raiders who were accompanied by Vahalla. The two men brawled and went back and forth for about ten minutes and then they tagged in their respective partners aka Sami Zayn and Erick Rowe.
Zayn and Rowe brawled for another five minutes but then the trio of Bloodline members Jimmy & Jey Uso and Solo Sikoa entered the ring and attacked both men and the match was thrown out as a result. Winners: No Contest - Owens & Zayn retain by default Post-Match The Uso’s & Sikoa laid waste to Owens and Warbeard as well and then left the ring and headed to the back.
Match 4: Mrs Money in the Bank Ladder Match Bianca Belair V Blair Davenport V Chelsea Green V Dakota Kai V Gigi Dolin V Iyo Sky V Piper Niven V Tegan Nox
Niven played the designated monster in the Mrs MITB Ladder Match and knocked everyone down as soon as the bell rang. Eventually though the other seven recovered and then teamed up to throw Niven out of the ring and then exited the ring and proceeded to bury her under several ladders.
From here Belair brawled with Davenport, Green with Kai, Dolin with Sky and Nox. Niven burst out from under the ladders and ran around the ring and laid Green and Kai out with a Running Crossbody and then did the same to Belair and Davenport. Eventually all eight women would make it back into the ring and brawled amongst themselves until the quartet of Niven, Belair, Nox and Kai all set up ladders and climbed up.
They were soon joined by Dolin, Sky, Green and Davenport which led to all eight women pairing off and brawling on the four separate ladders. Belair knocked Niven off of one of the ladders and she landed on her feet and proceeded to knock down all the ladders and as a result sent the seven other women crashing to the mat.
The conclusion of the match saw everyone back on their feet and a series of finishers saw only Sky and Kai left standing and the former kicked the latter in the gut and then set up a ladder and climbed up and attempted to unhook the briefcase. Kai soon joined her and eventually knocked her off the ladder and unhooked the briefcase.
Winner & Mrs MITB: Dakota Kai
Match 5: WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Rhea Ripley w JD(c) V Zelina Vega w the L.W.O The “Aussie Anarchist” Rhea Ripley waited in the ring to find out who she would be defending the WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship against in her open challenge. The defending champion aka Ripley had her Judgment Day stablemates in her corner and it was beyond crystal clear that she didn’t care who answered the challenge.
Zelina Vega made her way out to the ring accompanied by her Latino World Order stablemates. Ripley paid for her overconfidence as Vega took the fight to her by drop kicking her into the ropes and then hit a 619 and then followed this up by climbing up onto one of the top turnbuckles and hitting a Diving Meteora for a near fall.
Eventually Ripley overpowered her opponent and laid her out with a Riptide and then dragged her up and hit a second one for the pin. Winner & Still WWE SD Women’s Champion: Rhea Ripley
Match 6: WWE RAW Women’s Championship Asuka(c) V Zoey Stark The RAW Women’s Championship was on the line when the “Empress” Asuka(c) defended against the challenger Zoey Stark. Despite the defending champion having considerably more in ring experience than her opponent this match was by no means a squash in the favor of Asuka.
Stark got a near fall on her opponent after hitting a Running Clothesline and then following it up with a Sliding Clothesline to Asuka who was in a seated position.
The challenger dragged the defending champion and attempted to hit her Go To Stark finisher but Asuka negated it and then hit a Empress Kick and then spun Stark around and locked in the Auska Lock and Stark tapped out. Winner & Still WWE RAW Women’s Champion: Asuka
Match 7: WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship
AJ Styles w the OC(c) V Edge In a WrestleMania 38 rematch the “Phenomenal” AJ Styles and the “Rated R Superstar” Edge faced off only this time there was a championship related stipulation as the former defended the WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship. The match went for just shy of twenty five minutes and both men left everything in the ring throughout its duration.
The challenger got the first near fall after he cut off an attempted Phenomenal Forearm and caused the champion to land stomach first on the top rope, from there Edge grabbed him and hit a rope assisted Educution. A few minutes later it was Styles turn to get a near fall as he cut off an attempted Spear with a Pele Kick and then dragged Edge up and hit the Styles Clash.
Eventually Edge got the better of his opponent and locked him in the Edgecator and it looked like Styles would pass out in the hold only for him to heroically struggled to the ropes to force Edge to break it. From here Styles would recover and beat Edge down and lock in the Calf Crusher and Edge tapped out. Winner & Still WWE Universal Heavyweight Champion: AJ Styles
Match 8: WWE Championship
Cody Rhodes(c) V Shinsuke Nakamura The penultimate match of the event Cody Rhodes(c) defending the WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura was one hell of a first time ever match up.
The challenger scored a trifecta of near falls after hitting a Landslide, a Middle Rope Kinshasa and a regular Kinshasa respectively. Rhodes fought back by hitting back to back Cody Cutters and then locking the American Nightmare Lock but Nakamura got out of the hold.
The conclusion saw the defending champion dodge an attempted Kinshasa from Nakamura and then grab him and hit a trifecta of Cross Rhodes for the pin. Winner & Still WWE Champion: Cody Rhodes
Match 9: Mr. MITB Ladder Match Bron Breaker V Carmelo Hayes V Finn Balor V Grayson Waller V Johnny Gargano V Karrion Kross V Rey Mysterio V Tommaso Ciampa The event closed out with the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match which featured Carmelo Hayes, Grayson Waller, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa from Monday Night RAW and Bron Breaker, Finn Balor, Karrion Kross and Rey Mysterio from Smackdown.
Breaker hit a Spear on Waller almost immediately, sending both of them falling through the ropes to the ringside area, the other six men paired off and brawl, Hayes with Mysterio, Waller with Balor and Gargano with Ciampa. A series of finishers resulted in Mysterio and Ballor brawling in the ring, when both the Judgment Day and the LWO came out and entered the ring and a huge brawl.
Referees came down to the ring and attempted to restore order by getting both factions out of the ring leaving Mysterio and Balor in it. Just when it seemed like order was resolved the pair of Mysterio and Balor dived out onto their brawling stablemates, taking themselves out of the match.
Eventually Breaker, Hayes, Waller, Kross, Gargano and Ciampa made it back into the ring and brawled, with Kross laying Breaker, Hayes and Waller out then set up a ladder and climbed up and attempted to unhook the briefcase. However Gargano climbed up on the other side of the same ladder and brawled with Kross while Ciampa set up a second ladder and climbed up.
The trio of Breaker, Hayes and Waller would recover and Hayes climbed up the ladder that Ciampa was on while Breaker set up a third ladder and he climbed up one side of it while Waller did the same on the other side.
Gargano knocked Kross off the ladder and he landed on his feet and then set to work by knocking over both the ladders that had the other four men on it causing them all except Ciampa who landed on his feet, crashing to the mat. Ciampa laid Kross out with the Fairy Tale Ending and climbed back up and brawled with Gargano in the end though both men brought the briefcase down at the same moment. Winners & Co-Mr MITB: Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa
RAW GM Shawn Michaels & Smackdown GM Adam Pearce have revealed the talent from their respective brands who will take part in the King of the Ring and Queen of the Ring tournaments. The finals will take place at the titular pay per view later this year also it should be known that no champions will be taking part in the tournaments.
King of the Ring Bronson Reed
Braun Strowman
Carmelo Hayes
Drew McIntyre
Grayson Waller
Ricochet
Seth Rollins
Tyler Bate
Queen of the Ring Alexa Bliss
Becky Lynch
Chelsea Green
Emma
Liv Morgan
Nikki Cross
Piper Niven
Raquel Rodriguez
King of the Ring Austin Theory
Bobby Lashley
Damian Priest
Edge
Finn Balor
Ilja Dragunov
Rey Mysterio
Santos Escobar Queen of the Ring Alba Fyre
Bianca Belair
Bayley
Cora Jade
Gigi Dolin
Jacy Jayne
Mia Yim
Shotzi Blackheart
WWE Chairwoman Stephanie McMahon has announced that the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championships will be separated back into the WWE RAW and WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships.
As a result of the Uso's actions at Money in the Bank, the Viking Raiders will get a rematch for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championship on this coming episode of RAW.
Whereas the Uso's will get their rematch for the WWE SD Tag Team Championship on Smackdown, finally Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens will appear on both shows as long as they hold both sets of titles.
RAW GM Shawn Michaels announced the schedule for the RAW matches of both the King and Queen of the Ring Tournaments.
King of the Ring
Bronson Reed V Tyler Bate
Braun Strowman V Seth Rollins
Carmelo Hayes V Ricochet
Drew McIntyre V Grayson Waller
Queen of the Ring
Alexa Bliss V Becky Lynch
Chelsea Green V Emma
Liv Morgan V Nikki Cross
Piper Niven V Raquel Gonzalez
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Match 1 QOTR Quarterfinal
Alexa Bliss V Becky Lynch Back from break and Alexa Bliss and Becky Lynch competed in a Queen of the Ring quarter final match. Which saw the former fight out of the latter’s Dis-Arm-Her finisher and then dragged Lynch up and hit a Taste of Bliss (DDT) for the pin. Winner & Advancing: Alexa Bliss
Backstage the current WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler(c) issued a non-title open challenge. Then Baszler said that if by some miracle the challengers win they would get a title shot next week.
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Match 2: Non-Title if the Challengers win They challenge for the Titles next week Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler(c) V The Way w Johnny Gargano & Dexter Lumis Despite the match being non-title the current WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions seemed determined to lay waste to anyone and everyone. However Hartwell would pin Baszler after laying the “Queen of Spades” out with the Heartbreaker (Front Facelock STO). Winners: The Way
Backstage the WWE RAW & WWE SD Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens(c) cut a promo with Zayn stating that they would prove that they could beat the War Raiders fair and square. Then Owens finished things up stating that whichever team won the fatal four way number one contender’s match that they would beat them as well next week.
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Match 3 QOTR Quarterfinal
Chelsea Green V Emma In the second Queen of the Ring quarterfinal match which saw Chelsea Green take on Emma. Green got the pinfall victory after fighting out of the Emma-Lock then dragged her opponent up and spun her around to hit “Green is Great” (Unprettier). Winner & Advancing: Chelsea Green
Backstage the Viking Raiders promised to sacrifice Owens & Zayn to Odin.
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Match 4 Winners challenge for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championship next week Alpha Academy w Andre Chase V RK-Bro V The Way w Indi Hartwell & Candice LeRae V The Schism w Ava Raine & Joe Gacy Back from break and four teams faced off in a four way match to earn a shot at the WWE RAW Tag Team Championship next week. The four teams were American Alpha who had a dejected Andre Chase in their corner, RK-Bro, The Way who had Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae in their corner and finally the Schism represented by James Drake & Zack Gibson who had Ava Raine & Joe Gacey in their corner. The conclusion of the match saw Gargano get the win for his team by way of forcing Gibson to submit to the Garga-No-Escape. Winners & Number One Contenders: The Way
Backstage a split screen showed Bronson Reed and Tyler Bate preparing for their KOTR Quarterfinal match.
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Match 5: KOTR Quarterfinal Bronson Reed V Tyler Bate Bate gained control early on and was able to showcase that he was a “Big Strong Boy”. The tide turned when Bate attempted and failed to hoist the much bigger Reed onto his shoulders for an Airplane Spin but he failed and fell face first to the mat with Reed crashing down on top of him. Reed got back to his feet and then hit a Running Splash to the back of his opponent and followed this by once again getting back to his feet and dragged Bate to one of the corners. Then he climbed up to the top turnbuckle and launched himself off of it and hit the Tsunami for the pin. Winner & Advancing: Bronson Reed
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Match 6 WWE RAW Tag Team Championship
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) V The Viking Raiders w Vahalla The show closed out with the match that was supposed to take place at Money in the Bank pay per view, aka Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) versus the Viking Raiders for tag team championship gold, except this time the WWE RAW and not the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship. The match went around twenty minutes and the challengers scored several near falls following a series of double team moves, but in the end Zayn tagged in Owens who knocked Rowe off the apron while Zayn laid Warbeard out with a Helluva Kick which caused the big man to fall into a seated position in the corner. Which allowed Owens to follow it up immediately with a Cannon Ball which allowed him to get the pin for the win. Winners & Still WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
WWE.COM EXCLUSIVE
WWE Chairwoman Stephanie McMahon has announced that the WWE premium live event that was called King & Queen of the Ring has been renamed WWE Royalty of the Ring.
WWE US Champion Axiom(c) came out to the ring and issued an open challenge for his championship. It was answered by Judgment Day member Rhea Ripley who said her little Dom Dom would be the one to rise to the occasion.
Match 1: WWE United States Championship
Axiom(c) V Dominick Mysterio w Judgment Day Finn Balor and Damian Priest distracted the referee which allowed Ripley to enter the ring and lay Axiom out with a Big Boot and then put Mysterio on top of him and left the ring. The referee turned his attention back to what was happening in the ring and counted the pinfall. Winner & New WWE US Champion: Dominick Mysterio Post-Match
As Judgment Day was leaving the ring the now former champion Axiom challenged Mysterio to a rematch right here right now, but with his stablemates banned from the ring. Mysterio got pissed off and angrily agreed to the match despite his stablemates taking issue with it.
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Backstage SD GM Adam Pearce announced the brackets for the Smackdown portions of the KOTR and QOTR tournaments.
KOTR
Austin Theory V Edge
Bobby Lashley V Ilja Dragunov
Damian Priest V Rey Mysterio
Santos Escobar V Finn Balor
QOTR
Alba Fyre V Bianca Belair
Bayley V Gigi Dolin
Cora Jade V Mia Yim
Jacy Jayne V Shotzi Blackheart
Match 2: WWE United States Championship - Judgment Day is Banned Dominick Mysterio(c) V Axiom Despite the defending champion aka Mysterio not having his “Mami” or his other JD stablemates at ringside he was able to hold his own. In the end he would successfully rip the mask off of Axiom’s head and this distracted the latter enough that Mysterio rolled him up with a handful of tights. Winner & Still WWE US Champion: Dominick Mysterio
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Match 3: Battle Royal - Number One Contender- WWE SD Women’s Championship Isla Dawn V Iyo Sky V Ivy Nile V Lacey Evans V Roxanne Perez V Tiffany Straton V Tamina Snuka V Zelina Vega It was announced that the winner of the match would challenge Rhea Ripley for the WWE SD Women’s Championship at WWE Royalty of the Ring. This eight woman over the top rope battle royal went for just shy of twelve minutes in the end it came down to the duo of Iyo Sky and Roxanne Perez. Eventually it looked like Sky was going to eliminate Perez but then Bayley came out and distracted her which Perez didn’t see. This was enough for Perez to take advantage of the situation and eliminate Sky. Winner & Number One Contender: Roxanne Perez Post-Match
Bayley entered the ring and raised Perez’s hand in victory but the latter pushed her away. Sky got back to her feet and entered the ring and looked at Perez who stated she hadn’t realized that Bayley distracted her. Sky just smirked and shook her head and then pointed at Bayley and then nodded and then attacked Bayley.
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Backstage Bobby Lashley introduced Damon Kemp to the rest of the Hurt Business and thanked him for his help.
Match 4: Number One Contender - WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship Bron Breaker V Baron Corbin V Cameron Grimes V Karrion Kross w Scarlett Kross forced Grimes to submit to the Kross Jacket to get the submission victory. Winner & Number One Contender: Karrion Kross Post-Match
Kross cut a promo stating that come Royalty of the Ring, AJ Styles would fall and pray
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Match 5: WWE SD Tag Team Championship
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) V The Uso’s w Solo Sikoa The show closed with a tag team match for the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship between the defending champions Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) and the challengers the Uso’s. The two teams went back and forth for twenty five minutes which was filled with near falls and near count outs on both sides of the ring. Even some ill fated interference from Sikoa which saw him accidently strike Jey Uso with the Samoan Spike didn’t work. In the end Zayn tagged in Owens and then dived out of the ring onto both Jey Uso and Solo Sikoa meanwhile back in the ring Owens hit the KO Stunner on Jimmy Uso for the pin. Winners & Still WWE SD Tag Team Champions: Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
M1: WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Baddest B*tch’s(c) V The Way
The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match between the defending champions the Baddest B*tches (Shayna Baszler & Ronda Rousey)(c) and the Way’s Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell opened the show. The duo of Baszler and Rousey dominated early on and it looked like they would retain their titles by way of submission when the former trapped Hartwell in the Kirifuda Clutch. Only for Hartwell to somehow find it within herself to reverse the pressure of the hold and force Baszler’s shoulders to the mat. Winners & New WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: The Way
Backstage a split screen showed Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman preparing for the King of the Quarterfinal match.
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M2: KOTR Quarter Final
Braun Strowman V Seth Rollins Rollins fought out of an attempted Running Powerslam from his opponent and landed on his feet in front of Strowman and hit a Superkick to one of his legs which caused the big man to fall to one knee. Rollins followed this one up with another Superkick this time to the jaw of Strowman sending him face first into the mat, the former then hit a Curb Stomp for the pin. Winner & Advancing: Seth Rollins
Backstage Chad Gable and Otis were belittling Andre Chase when the New Day came up and Woods told them to shut up which led to Gable challenging them to a match
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M3: New Day V Alpha Academy Back from and the trios of the New Day and Alpha Academy faced off in a six man tag team match. While the ref was distracted by the duos of Chad Gable and Kofi Kingston and Otis and Big E brawling at ringside, back in the ring Chase and Woods squared off.
However Chase shockingly took everyone by surprise by kicking Woods below the belt and then hit him with Class is in Session (Alabama Slam) for the pin. Winners: Alpha Academy
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M4: QOTR Quarter Final
Liv Morgan V Nikki Cross Liv Morgan and Nikki Cross faced off in the third quarter final of the Queen of the Ring tournament. It was a fairly evenly split match that could have gone either way.
In the end though Morgan hit a Superkick on her opponent and then put her in position for her Oblivion finisher yet when she attempted it, Cross fought out of it and Morgan slammed back first into the mat. Cross didn’t waste any time in righting herself then dragging Morgan up and hit the Purge for the pin. Winner & Advancing: Nikki Cross
Backstage a split screen showed Ricochet and Carmelo Hayes preparing for their KOTR quarter final match.
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M5: KOTR Quarter Final
Carmelo Hayes w Trick Williams V Ricochet
The penultimate match of the night saw an NXT rematch take place as “Can’t Miss” Carmelo Hayes faced off with the “One & Only” Ricochet in the third RAW KOTR quarter final match. Just like the first match between these two men this one started with the dial turned up to eleven and it just built from there. The match went for twenty five minutes and the ending saw Ricochet place Hayes on one of the top turnbuckles and then dive out of the ring to take out Hayes manager Trick Williams. However when Ricochet entered the ring through the ropes Hayes launched himself off the top rope and hit Nothing but Net for the pin. Winner & Advancing: Carmelo Hayes
Backstage the current WWE Champion, the “American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes cut a promo and apologized for not being at RAW for the last couple of weeks. Then followed this up by issuing an open challenge for his title next week,
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M6: WWE RAW Tag Team Championship
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) V The Way Finally the WWE RAW Tag Team Championship was once again on the line this time it saw the duo of Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) attempt to defend the gold against the Way’s Johnny Gargano & Dexter Lumis. The conclusion saw Lumis trap Owens in the Silencer and the latter had no choice but to submit. Winners & New WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: The Way Post-Match
Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell came out to celebrate with Gargano and Lumis
WWE.COM EXCLUSIVE It has come to light that the now former WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Ronda Rousey will be taking a leave of absence from the company for the foreseeable future
