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OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Finn Balor & Sasha Banks VS The Miz & Asuka; Miz & Asuka win and advance to the semifinals.

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The Mixed Match Challenge begins the quarterfinals!

Week 7 brings us another big name match up, and it’s all exclusively from Monday Night Raw! Will it be Balor & Banks or Miz & Azuka moving on to the next round? Will tonight’s loser be a shoe-in for the Fan Vote Second Chance?

Finn Balor & Sasha Banks VS The Miz & Asuka!

The newest episode of @WWE Mixed Match Challenge is LIVE RIGHT NOW on @Facebook Watch! Can @FinnBalor & @SashaBanksWWE vanquish @mikethemiz & @WWEAsuka?! Watch: https://t.co/zx4v9aYfzF #WWEMMC pic.twitter.com/2x1FVJLN95

— WWE (@WWE) February 28, 2018

Team Demon Boss represents the Special Olympics while Team #AWESKA represents Rescue Dogs Rock of New York. Which case will move one step closer to that grand prize of $100,000?!

Miz talks it out with Asuka as best he can to go first in the match. She understands and obliges, so Miz starts against Finn. This is a rematch from last night when Miz was forced to face Finn right after losing to Seth Rollins. The two circle but Miz decides to stay back in a corner for a moment. He wants a mic? Miz asks Finn, “Do you know what this means?” And as always, “When my hand goes up, your mouths go shut!” Though Miz doesn’t appreciate the fans knowing his catchphrase so well that they finish it for him. Miz insists on finishing his sentence, but Finn uses that to roll Miz up! TWO, but Finn gets Miz in a small package, TWO. La Mahistrol, TWO. Miz backs off again, and Asuka gets worried. Not for Miz, but for her Streak! This stuff counts, y’know!

Don't SCARE @WWEAsuka like that, @mikethemiz…

HER STREAK IS ON THE LINE! #WWEMMC pic.twitter.com/Ndw6BqKu8R

— WWE (@WWE) February 28, 2018

Asuka calms down, and Miz calms the fans. He points to Asuka, and the fans cheer for her. Miz says he still has this, so he goes back to Finn. He kicks and punches Finn down, then boots him. Cover, ONE, but Miz’s confidence stays high. He punches Finn again, then whips Finn to ropes. Finn sunsets over, TWO, but Miz decks him with another left. Miz keeps Asuka calm, and brings Finn up to chop him. Finn reverses the whip but Miz sunsets, Finn rolls through to dropkick Miz down. Cover, TWO, and Asuka is back to panicking! She just hops in the ring and rants in Japanese about Miz almost messing up.

Miz and the ref calm her down, and with the fans chanting for it, Miz doesn’t tag! He runs at Finn but gets thrown with arm-drags. Finn gets the armlock and now Miz wants the tag. Miz swings and boots Finn down, Asuka calms down again. Sasha talks trash to Miz, but Miz mocks the Boss’ swag before preparing the “It Kicks”.

But Finn ducks and rolls Miz, TWO! Miz scrambles to his corner, and the third time is the charm, Asuka tags herself in. SHE’s got this.

Sasha comes in to join Asuka, and the fans are all fired up. They tie up, Asuka puts on a headlock. Sasha fights out but Asuka runs her over to shake her hips.

Asuka runs, rolls, but Sasha dodges. Sasha hip tosses Asuka down, then runs and slaps her!

Sasha mocks Asuka’s dance and the fans boo and jeer. Asuka stands up and slaps Sasha back! Asuka then ducks and dodges to retaliate with strikes. She runs and runs Sasha over! Asuka runs and hits Sasha with a hip attack in the corner, then rolls her out for a stiff kick to the back. And with Miz’s permission and the fans’ support, Asuka goes for “It Kicks”!

Asuka kicks and kicks and kicks, but Sasha blocks the buzzsaw to knee her back. Sasha brings Asuka up to whip her, but Asuka runs the ropes to hit a missile dropkick. Asuka keeps Sasha from tagging out, then brings her into the lock. Sasha powers her into a corner and elbows her again and again. Sasha runs in and blocks boots to set Asuka up. Stock Drop hits! Miz checks on Asuka but Sasha covers, TWO!

Sasha keeps on Asuka with a rain of rights, then embraces some of the heat. She drags Asuka up, snap suplex and cover, TWO. Finn encourages Sasha to keep going, so Sasha puts Asuka in a straitjacket hold. The fans rally for Asuka, even as Sasha is confident in herself. Asuka rolls and powers Sasha to a corner now. Asuka keeps trying to break the hold, but Sasha uses the push to throw Asuka backwards into buckles. Sasha then runs in with double knees! Then double knees while Asuka is down! Cover, TWO! The Boss grows frustrated but she walks it off. “When MY hand goes up, your mouth goes shut.” Sasha mocks the It Kicks and uses them on Asuka. However, Asuka ducks and rolls her up, pop-up knee!

GOOD NIGHT, @SashaBanksWWE.#WWEMMC @WWEAsuka pic.twitter.com/JrRh7AfcCa

— WWE (@WWE) February 28, 2018

Miz looks shocked to see Asuka exhausted but he and Finn both rally for their partners. The fans join in, and both women make their way to their corners. Hot tag to Finn and Miz, and they both come in. Finn rallies with forearms, then the takedown and stomps! Miz gets to a corner while Finn flexes. Finn chops on the run, whips corner to corner and chops again. Another corner to corner but Miz reverses. Finn goes up and over, but Miz boots him back. Miz hops up, Finn rocks him with the swing kick! Then with a Too Sweet, Finn hits the elbow drop DDT! Cover, but Asuka breaks it!

Sasha comes in and goes after Asuka, throwing her out. Finn throws Miz out, then he and Sasha both go to the apron. Sasha throws up a Too Sweet of her own, before jumping on Asuka with double knees! Finn targets Miz, and hits the Penalty Kick! Finn puts Miz back in, but Miz sees the Slingblade coming. Miz tries to turn that into the Finale but Finn turns that into a victory roll. TWO, and Miz gets Finn with the Skull Crushing Finale!

He rolls Finn to the cover, but Sasha breaks it in time. The referee tells Sasha to go to her corner, but then tells Miz it was Two. Miz argues with him, but the ref stands his ground. Miz glares at Finn, runs but into the Slingblade! Finn blasts Miz with the dropkick! Then he climbs up top! He takes aim, Coup de Grace! But Asuka breaks the cover!

Asuka and Sasha go after each other, and Sasha turns Asuka around into the backstabber! Flip over for the Bank Statement crossface! Finn wrestles Miz down for a crossface of his own, DOUBLE crossfaces! Miz and Asuka reach for ropes, but Sasha rolls Asuka back. However, Asuka slips out and puts Sasha in the Asuka Lock! Finn sees this and is distracted by Sasha tapping out. But that doesn’t matter, the men are the legal partners. As such, Miz rolls Finn up, Miz and Asuka win!! The Streak continues while Miz gets payback for Raw! The semifinals just got AWESOME!