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WWE RAW Tag Team Championship The Way (Dexter Lumis & Johnny Gargano)
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
The Way (Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell)
Male Superstars
Faces Akira Tozawa Brooks Jensen
Big E
Braun Strowman
Cody Rhodes
Dexter Lumis
Drew McIntyre
Dabba Kato
Johnny Gargano
Josh Briggs
Kevin Owens
Kofi Kingston
Matt Riddle
Nathan Frazer
Oro Mensah
Randy Orton
Ricochet
Riddick Moss
Seth Rollins
Shinsuke Nakamura
Tyler Bate
Tommaso Ciampa
Wes Lee
Xavier Woods
Heels Angel Garza Andre Chase
Bronson Reed
Carmelo Hayes
Charlie Dempsey
Chad Gable
Dolph Ziggler
Duke Hudson
Dijak
Elton Prince
Erick Rowe
Giovani Vinci
Gunther
Grayson Waller
Humberto Carrillo
Ivar Warbeard
James Drake
Joe Gacy
JD McDonagh
Jinder Mahal
Kit Wilson Ludwig Kaiser Mace
Mansoor
Otis
Robert Roode
Sanga
The Miz
Trick Williams
Veer Mahan
Zack Gibson
Female Superstars
Faces Alexa Bliss Becky Lynch
Candice LeRae
Dana Brooke
Emma
Fallon Henley
Liv Morgan
Lyra Valkyrie
Natalya Neidhart
Nikki Cross
Piper Niven Raquel Rodriquez Sol Rucha
Tegan Nox
Thea Hail
Heels Ava Raine Blair Davenport
Chelsea Green
Carmella
Maxxine Dupri
Ronda Rousey - Inactive
Sonya Deville
Valhalla
Xia Li
Zoey Stark
WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship AJ Styles WWE United States Championship Dominick Mysterio WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship Rhea Ripley
WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship The Way
(Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell)
Male Superstars
Faces Apollo Crews Axiom
AJ Styles
Angelo Dawkins
Ashantee Adonis
Butch
Bron Breaker
Brutus Creed
Cameron Grimes
Cruz Del Toro
Edge
Ilja Dragunov
Julius Creed
Joaquin Wilde
Karl Anderson
Luke Gallows
Montez Ford
Mustafa Ali
Odyssey Jones
Rey Mysterio
Rick Boogs
R-Truth
Ridge Holland
Santos Escobar
Sami Zayn
Sheamus
Top Dolla
Heels Austin Theory Bobby Lashley
Bray Wyatt
Baron Corbin
Channing Lorenzo
“Caveman” Cal Wagner - FKA Von Wagner
Cedric Alexander
Damian Priest
Dominick Mysterio
Damon Kemp
Drew Gulak
Elias
Finn Balor
Jimmy Uso
Jey Uso
Karrion Kross
LA Knight
MVP
Mr Robert Stone
Roman Reigns
Shelton Benjamin
Solo Sikoa
Tony D’Angelo
Xyon Quinn Female Superstars
Faces Alba Fyre Aliyah
Bianca Belair
B-Fab
Dakota Kai
Gigi Dolin
Isla Dawn
Ivy Nile
Katana Chance
Kayden Carter
Mia Yim
Roxanne Perez
Shotzi Blackheart
Zelina Vega
Heels Bayley
Cora Jade
Iyo Sky
Lacey Evans
Jacey Jayne
Rhea Ripley
Scarlett
Tiffany Straton
Tamina Snuka Shayna Baszler Tag Teams and Stables
Faces
Double KC (Katana Chance & Kayden Carter
Glasgow Gals (Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn)
Hit Row (Ashantee Adonis, B-Fab & Top Dolla)
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
The Brawling Brutes (Butch, Ridge Holland & Sheamus)
The L.W.O (Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde, Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar & Zelina Vega)
The OC (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows & Mia Yim)
The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins, Bianca Belair & Montez Ford)
Heels
The Bloodline (Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa)
The Family (Channing Lorenzo & Tony D’Angelo)
The Hurt Business (Bobby Lashley, Cedric Alexander, Damon Kemp, MVP & Shelton Benjamin)
The Judgment Day (Dominik Mysterio, Damian Priest, Finn Balor & Rhea Ripley)
The show opened in the office of Smackdown GM Adam Pearce who announced that the King of the Ring quarter final matches between Santos Escobar and Finn Balor and Damian Priest and Rey Mysterio. Would be contested under the rule that both factions would be banned from ringside under threat of suspension.
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M1: Number One Contender - WWE SD Tag Team Championship Hit Row w B-Fab V The Hurt Business w Bobby Lashley, Damon Kemp & MVP The first match of the night was to determine challengers for the WWE SD Tag Team Championship. It featured the duo of Ashantee Adonis and Top Dolla who had B-Fab in the corner collectively known as Hit Row and the Hurt Business members Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin who had their stablemates in their corner. The ending saw Alexander tag in Benjamin and then hit the Lumbar Check on Adonis, which Benjamin then followed it up with a T-Bone Suplex for the pin. Winners: The Hurt Business
Backstage a split screen showed a pissed off Finn Balor & Damian Priest were complaining about the ruling of Adam Pearce. Meanwhile the opposite side showed the LWO hyping up both Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar for their respective matches.
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M2: KOTR Quarter Final - JD & LWO Banned from Ringside Santos Escobar V Finn Balor The second match of the night saw L.W.O member Santos Escobar taking on the de facto leader of Judgment Day Finn Balor in a King of the Ring quarter final match. Like it has been previously announced their respective stablemates were banned from ringside under threat of suspension. The ending saw Balor escape an attempted Phantom Driver and land behind his opponent and then hit an Inverted 1916 for the pin. Winner & Advancing: Finn Balor
Backstage a split screen showed Jacy Jayne and Shotzi Blackheart preparing for their match.
Commercial
M3: QOTR Quarter Final
Jacy Jayne V Shotzi Blackheart Jacy Jayne took Shotzi Blackheart faced off in a Queen of the Ring quarter final match up. The latter knocked the former down and dragged her to one of the corners and climbed up to the top turnbuckle. Blackheart launched herself off of the top rope in the form of an attempted Diving Senton but Jayne moved out of the way at the last second. From here Jayne got back to her feet and dragged Blackheart up and hit a Headlock Driver for the pin. Winner & Advancing: Jacy Jayne
Backstage a split screen showed Bayley and Gigi Dolin preparing for their match.
Commercial
M4: KOTR Quarter Final - JD & LWO Banned from Ringside
Rey Mysterio V Damian Priest
Back from break and it was the second KOTR quarter final match featuring members from both the LWO and the Judgment Day, this time it involved Rey Mysterio and Damian Priest. Just like the Santos Escobar V Finn Balor match earlier in the night their stablemates were banned from ringside. Priest dominated early on by using his size to advantage to do so. The ending of the match saw Priest attempt his South of Heaven finisher only for Mysterio to turn it into a Hurricanrana which sent the former into the ropes. Which set up the “Master of the 619” to attempt and successfully hit the 619 for the pin. Winner & Advancing: Rey Mysterio
Commercial
M5: QOTR Quarter Final
Bayley V Gigi Dolin
Bayley seemed to have her Queen of the Ring quarter final match against Gigi Dolin in the bag after laying her out with the Rose Plant. However she wanted to drag her opponents suffering out by dragging her to one of the corners of the ring and then climbed up to the top rope. Suddenly Iyo Sky made her way down to the ringside area and distracted Bayley which allowed Dolin the time to get back to her feet.
Dolin followed this up by going over to the corner and putting Bayley on her shoulders and hit a Running DVD which commentary called the G.V.D for the pin. Winner & Advancing: Gigi Dolin Post-Match
Sky entered the ring and dragged Bayley up and the two women brawled when Mrs MITB Dakota Kai came out and joined in the brawl which brought out refs and security who separated them.
Commercial
M6: The Club w Mia Yim V The Bloodline The show closed out with a six man tag team match that pitted the OC against the Bloodline. It started with Karl Anderson brawling with Jey Uso, then it was Luke Gallows doing the same with Jimmy Uso and finally it came down to WWE Universal Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles and Solo Sikoa. The ending saw Styles become distracted by Scarlett coming down to ringside and putting an hourglass on the apron of the ring, which led to Sikoa hitting a Samoan Spike for the pin. Winners: The Bloodline Post-Match
Roman Reigns made his return to WWE TV and choked Styles out with the Acknowledgement aka the Guillotine Choke
Smackdown GM Adam Pearce has announced that two triple threat matches would take place at the Royalty of the Ring premium live event. The first was revealed to be that AJ Styles V Karrion Kross for the WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship would now include Roman Reigns and would serve as his rematch as a former champion.
The second was revealed to be Bayley V Dakota Kai(c) V Iyo Sky for the Mrs. MITB Briefcase
WWE Chairwoman Stephanie McMahon has revealed that the semi-finals and finals of the KOTR and QOTR tournaments would take place at the Royalty of the Ring premium live event
WWE Chairwoman Stephanie McMahon has announced that the semi finals of the KOTR and QOTR tournaments will be fatal four way matches, while the finals will be one on one matches
An Imperium promo in which they demanded competition led to the WWE Champion the “American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes coming out and confronting them. Then challenged the “Ring General” to a non-title champion versus champion match where the winner would earn a shot at the loser’s championship at WWE Royalty of the Ring which Gunther accepted. He then led a three on one assault on Rhodes that was until the WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Johnny Gargano and Dexter Lumis came out to even the odds.
Commercial
Backstage RAW GM Shawn Michaels made the Rhodes V Gunther match official and also announced The Way versus Ludwig Kaiser & Giovani Vinci in non-title action.
M1: KOTR Quarter Final
Drew McIntyre V Grayson Waller Waller poked his opponent in their eyes and then exited the ring and then attempted his Rollins Thunder Stunner. Yet when he entered the ring again to do so he was met with a Claymore from McIntyre for the pin. Winner & Advancing: Drew McIntyre
Backstage a split screen showed the Way and Imperium members preparing for their non-title match.
Commercial
Backstage RAW GM Adam Pearce announced that every non-title match would now be considered a proving ground match if the challengers win they earn a future title shot.
M2: Braun Strowman & Ricochet V Can’t Miss INC The “Monster Among Men” aka Braun Strowman brawled with Carmelo Hayes at ringside. Which in turn allowed his tag team partner the “One & Only” aka Ricochet to lay Trick Williams out in the ring with a Codebreaker and then followed this up with a 630 Splash for the pin. Winners: Braun Strowman & Ricochet
Commercial
M3: Sol Ruca V Dana Brooke V Xia Li V Zoey Stark Stark got the pinfall victory after successfully hitting the Go to Stark on Dana Brooke. Winner: Zoey Stark
Backstage WWE RAW Women's Champion Asuka demanded a challenger for her title for the next ple and if no one stands up she will drag someone to the ring for a match.
Commercial
Match 4: Proving Ground Match
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions The Way(c) V Imperium Despite a great showing from the current WWE RAW Tag Team Champions, they would fail to get the win in this proving ground match. As Lumis would fall victim to a Spinning Powerbomb from Vinci for the pin. Winners: Imperium - They have earned a title shot
Backstage Duke Hudson talked to Bronson Reed and the two men seemed to form a tag team.
Commercial
M5: Shinsuke Nakamura V Tyler Bate Back from break and the “King of Strong Style” went one on one with the “British Strong Style” Tyler Bate. The ending of the match saw both men pin the shoulders of the opponent to the mat and it resulted in a double pin situation. Winners: Draw
Commercial
M6: Dijak V Akira Tozawa Dijak squashed Tozawa and put him down for the three count with the Feast Your Eyes. Winner: Dijak
Commercial
M7: Non-Title - Champion V Champion - Proving Ground Match WWE Champion Cody Rhodes(c) V WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther The show closed out with a non-title champion versus champion match where the winner would earn a shot at their opponent’s title at a time of their choosing.It featured the WWE Champion the “American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes(c) take on the WWE Intercontinental Champion aka the “Ring General” Gunther. Rhodes held his own and even looked to have the match won after back to back Cross Rhodes but it wasn’t enough to keep his opponent down. Rhodes didn’t let Gunther have the chance to recover and instead opted to attempt the Cody Cutter but the latter would recover enough to hit a devastating chop which floored the former. From here Gunther picked up Rhodes and hit a Powerbomb for the pin. Winner: WWE IC Champion Gunther Post-Match
Gunther got a microphone and told Rhodes that he would see him at Royalty of the Ring.
WWE.COM EXCLUSIVE WWE RAW GM Shawn Michaels has announced that Imperium would get their title shot at the Way's WWE RAW Tag Team Championship at Night One of WWE Royalty of the Ring.
WWE.EXCLUSIVE SD GM Adam Pearce has announced that the Hurt Business has informed him that they would be cashing in their championship opportunity at Night One of WWE Royalty of the Ring
