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Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Results & Report! (10/21/22)
Another Im-PAUL-sive SmackDown!
Guess who’s back?
With just weeks left before Crown Jewel, Logan Paul returns to SmackDown! Will he have another way to anger the Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Sheamus w/ The Brawling Brutes VS Solo Sikoa w/ The Bloodline; Solo wins.
- Liv Morgan VS Sonya Deville; Double Count-Out Draw.
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Damage Control VS Shotzi Blackheart & Raquel Rodriguez; DMG CTRL wins and retains the titles.
- Rey Mysterio VS Ludwig Kaiser w/ Imperium; Rey wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Sheamus w/ The Brawling Brutes VS Solo Sikoa w/ The Bloodline!
A brawl between Brutes and Bloodline in last week’s Fatal 4 Way is what leads us to tonight’s FIGHT NIGHT! The Celtic Warrior and the Street Champion go 1v1, will the Fella unleash his full force on the Enforcer?
Whoa, the White Rabbit cuts in during the entrances. He, and therefore Bray Wyatt, is here, but when will he appear? But for now, the bell rings and and the two tie up. Fans rally as Solo puts Sheamus on ropes but Sheamus turns it around. They go around and end up in a corner. The ref counts as Solo digs a shoulder in, but he lets off at 4. Solo and Sheamus tie up again, Sheamus gets an arm and wrenches to a wristlock. Solo endures, he ROCKS Sheamus, but Sheamus smirks. Sheamus throws a forearm, Solo throws it back, repeat! Solo CHOPS, Sheamus throws heavy shots but Solo rakes eyes!
The ref reprimands but Solo CHOPS! Solo ROCKS Sheamus with a right, whips him to ropes, but Solo reverses, only for Sheamus to CLOBBER Solo! The Brutes and Bloodline yell at each other as Sheamus stomps and uppercuts Solo. Sheamus CLUBS Solo, puts him in a corner and digs in forearms. The ref counts, Sheamus lets off and he ROCKS Solo. Solo throws body shots and CHOPS, then a kick and a HEADBUTT! Solo whips, Sheamus blocks the hip toss to CLOBBER Solo! Sheamus kicks Solo around, he clamps on with an armlock and chinbar, but Solo endures. Fans rally as Solo fights his way up. Solo throat chops free!
Sheamus swings, Solo dodges and WHEEL KICKS! Sami and the Usos are all fired up for Solo and he storms up on Sheamus. Sheamus puts Solo on the apron, then drags him up! Fans fire up as Sheamus CLUBS Solo, but Solo fights the Beats of the Bodhrain! HOTSHOT to the arm! Sheamus still storms up on Solo but Solo throws him out to the floor! Solo stalks Sheamus, run sin and HIP ATTACKS Sheamus into the steel steps! The Bloodline is fired up but the Brutes are furious as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Solo stomps a mudhole into Sheamus! The ref counts, Solo lets off, and he goes corner to corner, for the HIP ATTACK! Sami is loving it and Solo mocks Sheamus by beating his chest. Solo runs in again, but Sheamus gets up to LARIAT! Both men are down and Solo its up in a daze! Fans rally and duel while the Brutes and Bloodline coach their guys. Sheamus snarls and rises as Solo goes to a corner. Sheamus runs in a the corner to clothesline! And then clothesline again! And again! And again! Sheamus reels Solo in for a fireman’s carry, and then WHITE NOISE! Cover, TWO! Solo survives and the Bloodline fires up!
Fans rally as the Brutes tell Sheamus to finish it. Sheamus goes to a corner and climbs up top. Sheamus shakes out the bad arm, but Solo ROCKS him first! And he YANKS and YANKS and YANKS the bad arm! Solo climbs up after Sheamus, fireman’s carries for a SUPER SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO!! Sheamus survives and fans are fired up! Solo is frustrated but Sami coaches him through it. Solo stalks Sheamus as he rises, vows to end it here, and he reels Sheamus in. But Sheamus fights the clinch and puts Solo in the corner! Sheamus throws elbow after elbow, but Solo runs, into a scoop! ONE ARM POWERSLAM!
Fans fire up while Solo goes to the apron. Sheamus storms up on Solo and he drags Solo up! The Bloodline says don’t do it, but Sheamus fires BEATS OF THE BODHRAIN! Sheamus goes past 10, he gets 15 as Solo is falling to the apron! Sheamus then goes to a corner as fans fire up! Sheamus runs in but Solo dodges the Brogue to SUPERKICK! Sheamus comes back with a KNEE! But Sami distracts from the cover! Pete Dunne YANKS Sami down! Jimmy SUPERKICKS Dunne over the desk! Ridge fires off on Jimmy but Jey SUPERKICKS Ridge! The Usos tip the desk over! They bury the Brutes! But Sheamus is up top!? SUPER FLYING LARIATS!!
Sheamus hurries into the ring, he ROCKS Solo, but Sami anchors Sheamus! Sheamus kicks Sami away but Solo ROUNDHOUSES Sheamus down! Clinch, SPINNING SOLO!! Cover, Solo wins!
Winner: Solo Sikoa, by pinfall
But the win isn’t the end! The Bloodline drags Sheamus out but he starts fighting back! BUt that’s 4v1 while the Brutes are stuck under stuff! The Bloodline grabs chair after chair, and they put Sheamus’ arm through one! They put that arm on the steps, they beat Sheamus down to keep him there, and Jey says this is what Sheamus gets for disrespecting them! CON-CHAIR-TO to the arm!! And again! And again! And again!! Sami has Jey let off and they let Sheamus fall to the floor! The fans boo but the Bloodline stands tall, will anyone ever defy them again?
Rey Mysterio arrives backstage.
The King of Lucha runs across Imperium’s Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser. They tease “little Rey Mysterio,” and say he is all alone on SmackDown. And yet, he thinks he stands a chance against Der Ring General, Gunther. Ludwig says this is the end of Rey. Hopefully, he knows that. Rey says no, this isn’t the end. In fact, it’s a new beginning for Rey. Rey moving to SmackDown is just what he need. And instead of passing a word along to Gunther through them, Rey will just say it to his face. But hey, he’s not looking for trouble. He just doesn’t appreciate disrespect. So if either one of them have the huevos, step to Rey in the ring.
Ludwig will make sure to punish this disrespect. Then see you in a few. The #1 contender, the living legend, is ready to go, will he dial it up against the Impeccable German?
Bray Wyatt speaks.
He’s backstage as he apologizes for last week, “I didn’t get to finish what I was saying. But that’s okay. I will now. I used to say all the time that revenge is a confession of pain. And it is. I still believe that. But I feel like confessing some things to you guys today. I feel like that can help, right? So here goes. I confess that I have problems. I know I have problems, I’ve always had problems. It’s not hard for people to see. But there’s a few of ’em, like anger. Sometimes, it can take me to places that I don’t want to be, and this past time, it took me this place that I shouldn’t have come back from. I really shouldn’t have.
“But for whatever reason, I get chances. Chances most people won’t get. Well, I confess that this time, I was happy, I was content with just being left alone. I was okay with it being over. I wanted you to stop saying my name I wanted you to leave me the hell alone. But I confess that I’m really glad you didn’t. Because I needed you. I needed all of you. You pulled the spears outta my ribs and yanked me up. You told me what I was supposed to do without even having to tell me. I’m thankful for that.
“Because now, I can see. I know who you are. I know what you want, I know what you’re trying to do. But it won’t work. I confess that along this journey, I am going to do horrible, horrible things. But I will never feel sorry for them. I’m just a servant. I go where the circle takes me.” Then just where is Bray’s journey going to take him this time?
The Bloodline celebrates backstage.
Sami Zayn says that is what the people want! He and Jimmy chant, “We, the ones! We, we, the ones!” Sami knows Sheamus can’t break it down like them. Because they just broke Sheamus’ arms! That was great! Jey says that’s how you level up, Solo! Every week, level up! Sami tells Solo that he means this: Solo has been an absolute gem for the team. Solo is doing so good! As far as Sami’s concerned, that was a message sent not just to Sheamus but to the entire roster! So the work here is done tonight. Jey asks Sami what he means. They’re just getting started! When Logan Paul show sup, they’ll get him, too! Complete the mission!
Sami says the thing is, The Tribal Chief was very specific to NOT engage Logan. Roman’s words. NOT at all. And that is right, they can’t let Logan think he is in any way in the heads of The Bloodline. The whole thing wouldn’t be very Ucey. Sami isn’t crazy, right? Jimmy, back him up. “My dawg.” Jey accepts that, but well, he is a hot head! So we’ll see by the end of the night what really happens. Jey storms off and Sami isn’t sure if Jey was joking or not. Will Jey lose his cool on the Influencer?
Liv Morgan VS Sonya Deville!
The LIVing Embodiment is having a blast going to the extreme, it’s almost like she doesn’t mind she lost the title to Ronda Rousey. Will Liv make an example out of the Jersey Devil that she’ll go to any lengths to get back to the top?
The bell rings and the two circle. They tie up, Sonya pulls hair to put Liv in a corner, and the ref counts. Sonya lets off at 4 but Liv just smiles. Liv storms up but Sonya knocks her down! Liv grins again, she rolls Sonya up, ONE! Sonya runs Liv over and taunts her, but then things speed up. Liv hurdles, Sonya slides, then Sonya leaps but into a SHOTGUN! Cover, ONE! Liv chases Sonya to ropes and the ref has her back off. Liv says okay, but then she blocks the cheap shot! She spins Sonya around for a BACKSTABBER! Fans fire up as Liv grins and runs in, back body block! Liv rolls, comes back, slips around and backslides, but Sonya slips through to KNEE! Cover, TWO!
Sonya tells Liv, “Who do you think you are, huh?!” Sonya drags Liv up and talks some trash, then she throws knees. Sonya bumps Liv off buckles again and again and again but lets off as the ref counts. Sonya drags Liv up, bumps her off more buckles, and again and again and again! The ref counts, Sonya lets off and argues with the ref, but Liv still smiles! Liv blocks a punch to give some haymakers! Fans fire up as Liv whips but Sonya reverses. Liv stops herself to BOOT Sonya! Liv runs in, but Sonya slips away to BOOT Liv! Liv hits the floor but is still smiling as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Sonya taunts Liv while she has the chinlock. Liv fights up as fans rally, and Liv throws body shots. Liv rolls and arm-drags, Sonya rushes back in but into an ELBOW! Liv BOOTS Sonya, then dodges a haymaker to kick, KICK and ENZIGURI! Sonya goes to a corner, Liv roars and fans fire up! Liv runs in to back body block! Liv runs in again to SHINING WIZARD! Liv snapmares Sonya, she goes up and up, but leaps into a KNEE! Cover, TWO! Sonya grows frustrated but she drags Liv up. Sonya whips Liv to a corner hard and Liv bounces off buckles. Liv crawls, Sonya drags her up and KICKS her!
Sonya KICKS Liv again and again, and Liv falls over! Sonya runs, but Liv wants her to hit her? So Sonya BOOTS her! Cover, TWO! Sonya is frustrated again as she pie faces Liv around. Liv keeps laughing it all off as Sonya says she’s not extreme. Sonya keeps slapping Liv but Liv wants her to hit harder! Sonya SLAPS and SLAPS and SLAPS, but Liv trips Sonya up! Liv fires off fists! Liv goes after Sonya on the apron, Sonya manages to get away but Liv SMACKS her off the desk! Liv RAMS Sonya into the apron! Then TOSSES her into barriers! The ring count is 7 of 10 but Liv is dribbling Sonya off the steps! The count hits ten!!
Double Count-Out Draw
Liv still smiles, surprised to hear the match is over! Fans boo but Liv brings out a chair! Fans fire up now as Liv puts the chair in the ring, then puts in another. Fans chant, “We Want Tables!” but Liv drags Sonya up and into the ring first. Liv fetches chairs from the timekeeper’s area, that’s her choice of furniture for tonight. Liv makes a little chair pile while Sonya is in a corner. Liv ROCKS Sonya, hoists her up top, and Liv climbs up after her! Fans fire up but more refs rush out to tell her no! Liv doesn’t care, she CLUBS Sonya and hits a SUPERPLEX onto the chairs! Double-edged, but Liv is loving it! Liv crawls after Sonya while fans lose their minds!
Liv just showed Sonya just how extreme she can go, but how much further will she go to get back to the title?
LA Knight speaks.
“You wanna know about the Mega Star? About talking the talk, backing it up, walking the walk, and taking care of business. Well if you don’t know anything, which you obviously don’t, then just know this: There’s a difference between beating the game and ruling the game. And whose game is it? The Mega Star’s! L A Knight, YEAH!” Will LA Knight rule the game here on SmackDown?
The Viking Raiders speak.
“The words of the gods will haunt our victims. The gods preach patience.” “We obey.” They beat their drums and shields, “Valhalla awaits.” The time is drawing closer, when and where will the Viking Raiders return?
BRAUN is here!
The Monster of All Monsters returns to SmackDown to answer the invitation of Montel Vontavius Porter and the Nigerian Giant! But before MVP and Omos appear, Braun gets the mic. “Look at me. I mean, really look at me. Clearly, I am not someone that’s easy to miss. And if you got a problem with me, I promise you, I’m not hard to find.” Braun heard MVP running his mouth, so let’s get to the point! MVP, Omos, come on out so you can look in the eyes of a REAL monster. MVP’s music hits, but there’s no Omos?
MVP tells Braun, “Let me make this clear. At no point have I ever referred to you as anything less than an absolute monster of a man, because that is what you are. I’m sure you’ve always been the biggest. Biggest kid on the playground. Biggest athlete in the locker room. Strongest athlete in the weight room. Braun Strowman, always the biggest and the strongest. That is until last week, when you found yourself in the vicinity of a literal giant. A 7’3″, 403 pound Nigerian Giant named Omos.”
Now, Braun represents himself as the Monster of All Monsters, and the WWE Universe believes that. Fans cheer in agreement there. So if Braun would like to maintain that, MVP advises he stay away from Omos. Because once the fans see Braun face to face with a literal giant, he is exposed. Braun tells MVP, “enough. I don’t need any of your damn advice. So why don’t you tell this so-called giant, if he’s so destined to show the world that I’m normal, then why don’t he try it at Crown Jewel?” Oh, so, that’s a challenge? Yeah, you heard him. Okay, then on behalf of Omos, MVP accepts. And at Crown Jewel, when Omos rag dolls Braun-
Braun again says, “Enough, enough, enough. We can talk about what we’re going to do to each other at Crown Jewel all night long, but let’s be for real. Everybody in here knows I’m more for action than talking.” Fans cheer for that, too. Braun says since MVP is here and Omos didn’t show- Whoa, hold on! What gave Braun the idea that Omos wasn’t here? MVP never said that. So here comes Omos after all! Omos struts his way out in his suit and Braun stares him down. Omos goes to the ring but Braun stands his ground. Braun then steps closer to Omos, and while he looks up at Omos, he isn’t intimidated.
Omos steps, Braun doesn’t move, so Omos SHOVES Braun out of the ring! MVP says time to go, and Braun gets up to chuckle. Braun says, “Okay, big boy.” Omos says HE’s the alpha! HE’s the tyrant! Braun says Omos is gonna learn real quick the truth. Will Crown Jewel look more like a Godzilla movie now that this match has been made?
Backstage interview with Drew McIntyre.
Kayla Braxton asks Drew that “upper management” isn’t too happy with what happened last week. Have there been any repercussions? McIntyre says at Extreme Rules, Karrion Kross pushed him past his breaking point, but y’know what? That’s irrelevant. Yes, McIntyre was called into WWE HQ. They had some “uncomfortable conversations,” and it was made clear that if McIntyre and Kross get in each other’s way, start throwing hands, there will be severe consequences. “But… We all agreed that this thing has to end. And it will, at Crown Jewel. Cuz it’s gonna be Drew McIntyre VS Karrion Kross in a Steel Cage Match!”
Someone pulls into the parking lot in the back.
It’s Logan Paul! The Influencer, the ImPAULsive challenger is here! Will The Bloodline control themselves or not?
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Damage Control VS Shotzi Blackheart & Raquel Rodriguez!
While Bayley is still trying to get that Raw Women’s Championship, Dakota Kai & Iyo Sky are ready to defend their championships here tonight! Will #CobraKai and her new partner put away The Ballsy & The Badass? Or will Big Mami Cool get some payback on her old partner while also getting some gold?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see if Shotzi & Raquel can Take Care o’ Bidness, after the break!
SmackDown returns and the teams sort out. Sky and Raquel start and they stare down. They each talk some trash, Sky pie faces but Raquel clamps on both hands! Sky wheelbarrows free to STOMP 182! Sky scuffs Raquel, tags Kai, and Sky sunset flips! Raquel stays up to sit on Sky, but Kai PENALTY KICKS! Cover, TWO! Kai smirks as she SCORPOIN- NO, Raquel blocks that to a STRETCH MUFFLER! Shotzi tags in, STRETCH MUFFLER NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Shotzi brings Kai up, whips her to a corner and runs in, to SPLASH! Shotzi rolls and comes back to CANNONBALL! Shotzi drags Kai to a drop zone and heads up top!
Fans rally but Sky hurries to drag Kai to safety! Shotzi is annoyed but Raquel POUNCES Sky into Kai! Tag and Raquel is legal. She helps Shotzi up onto her shoulders, and fans fire up as Shotzi hits a SUPER CROSSBODY onto the champions! DMG CTRL is down but Shotzi & Raquel put Kai in the ring. Fans fire up, Raquel covers, TWO! Raquel drags Kai over, tags in Shotzi, and then Raquel Electric Chair Lifts Kai! Shotzi is up top, SHOTGUN DOOMSDAY! Cover, TWO! Kai survives and Shotzi can’t believe it! Shotzi drags Kai around, tags Raquel back in, and they mug Kai in the corner.
The ref counts as Raquel RAMS her shoulder in. Tag to Shotzi, Shotzi runs in to back body block! Shotzi drags Kai around, covers, TWO! Bayley is concerned as Shotzi drops an elbow! Cover, TWO! Shotzi drags Kai up but Kai JAWBREAKERS! Tag to Sky, Kai baits Shotzi in and there’s a chase! Kai lures Shotzi into a MISSILE DROPKICK from Sky! DMG CTRL is back on top as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and Kai throws Shotzi down y her hair! Tag to Sky, Kai & Sky double whip but Shotzi KIKCKS back! Shotzi ELBOWS Sky, BOOTS Kai, then tosses Kai out! Sky rushes in, Shotzi dodges but Sky gets a leg! Shotzi kicks Sky away, hot tag to Raquel! Fans rally as Ricky Desperado rallies on DMG CTRL! Bayley is freaking out but Raquel FALL AWAY SLAMS Sky! And then she scoops Kai for another FALL AWAY SLAM! Raquel goes up but Sky goes after her! SO Raquel deadlifts Sky! But Kai adds on! Shotzi ELBOWS Kai down, but Sky kicks Raquel away. Sky adjusts, leaps, FLYING DDT!! Cover, TWO!!
Bayley is furious but Sky steps on Raquel to go up the corner! OVER THE MOON- NO, Raquel moves! Sky comes back, into a LARIAT! Hot tag to Shotzi and Raquel helps her. SLICED BREAD! BOOT for Kai, Shotzi covers! But Kai slips out of the bomb to break the pin!! Bayley rallies for her team, but Raquel snarls and storms over. She pops Kai up but Kai fights with fists! Kai RANAS Raquel and herself out! Bayley storms in but Shotzi DECKS her! Sky Alabama Lifts Shotzi for an AIR RAID CRASH! Sky goes up top, OVER THE MOONSAULT! Cover, DMG CTRL wins!
Winners: Damage Control, by pinfall (still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions)
Fans boo as Bayley’s assist helps her team survive! With the Role Model as the outside factor, will any team be able to dethrone them?
Backstage interview with Ronda Rousey.
Kayla says we all expect the SmackDown Women’s Champion to issue an open challenge as she has in the past. Ronda says, “Oh, is that what they’re expecting?” Ronda says she only issues challenges to prove she’s the best, not to entertain all the fans. She owes the fans nothing! She gave them everything before and only got hate for it. If Ronda kept chasing approval, how pathetic does that make her? She didn’t come back for the fans, and she doesn’t win for the fans. Ronda ripped this title off “Glitter Cinderella” just to spite fans. The fans want their favorites to win, but now they’re stuck with the best! So then, there’s no open challenge tonight?
Ronda says next week, it’ll be an open challenge when Ronda feels like it. Now she’s gonna get the hell out of Ohio. The Baddest Woman on the Planet is even worse, but will someone step up to her?
The White Rabbit speaks…
“Wowie zowie! Live a lie. Lie to the ones you love.” And now we get a new face… “Howdy.” Just who is this? And just what do they have planned as part of this twisting story between Bray Wyatt and himself?
Legado del Fantasma speaks.
Santos Escobar says, “Legado del Fantasma’s family business is growing into an empire. Businesses grow stronger and prosper through mergers and acquisitions. And our latest acquisition is the beautiful, ruthless and powerful Zelina Vega.” La Madrina says Escobar is right. She’s been successful at everything she’s done, and you can’t mess with her when it comes to recruiting power. LDF has no peers, no competition, because they are head and shoulders above everyone else. They are “an unbreakable force,” fueled by tradition, heritage, and culture. Their legacy begins by destroying Hit Row! Salud!
But Hit Row is watching.
Top Dolla questions how LDF says they’re head ‘n’ shoulders above the rest when none of their heads reach Dolla’s shoulders. Adonis is tired of these fools jumping them from behind. LDF doesn’t wanna see Hit Row face to face. B-Fab says Legado del Dummies talking about destroying Hit Row, acting like they ain’t just playing the numbers game. But that doesn’t matter, because B has an idea. Let’s go. What will this idea entail? Will it succeed or fail against the scheming Zelina?
Rey Mysterio VS Ludwig Kaiser w/ Imperium!
The King of Lucha is once again #1 contender after choosing not to quit and simply move back to SmackDown. With an encounter with Gunther on the horizon, will Rey be red hot going into their Intercontinental Championship match? Or will the Impeccable German tell him “NEIN” tonight?
The bell rings and Ludwig storms up on Rey. They tie up, Ludwig puts Rey in a corner, Ludwig lets off to kick and headlock. Ludwig hits a takeover and he grinds Rey down. Ludwig throws hands, Rey rolls to a cover, ONE! Rey fights up, Ludwig shifts to wrench and whip, but Rey goes up and over! Rey keeps moving, he slides under and ENZIGURIS! Ludwig staggers, Rey whips but Ludwig reverses. Rey hits buckles but he elbows back! Rey then BOOTS Ludwig, goes up, and leaps, into a BIG right hand! Gunther tells Ludwig to keep on Rey, and Ludwig PENALTY KICKS! Fans boo but Imperium soaks up the heat.
Ludwig drags Rey up, but Rey throws body shots and haymakers! Fans fire up but Ludwig rakes eyes! Ludwig kicks, whips but Rey KICKS back! Rey ducks ‘n’ dodges to tilt-o-whirl and headscissor! Ludwig’s on ropes, Rey dials it up, but Vinci stands in the way! Rey swipes at him, but now Gunther distracts Rey. Fans boo but Rey still runs to WRECK Ludwig with a dropkick! Rey runs, slides, but has to bail out as Ludwig moves! Ludwig CLOBBERS Rey with the European Uppercut! Fans boo as Imperium stands tall and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Ludwig has Rey down with an armlock. Ludwig taunts Rey, Gunther talks trash, but fans rally up. Ludwig stomps Rey down, swaggers around, and Imperium soaks up the heat. Rey goes to the apron and crawls to a corner. Ludwig runs in but Rey dodges the kick! Rey ROCKS Ludwig, goes up and fans cheer, only for Ludwig to throw hands! Ludwig climbs, he throws down elbows on Rey’s neck, and then he hauls Rey up. Rey holds the corner to fight things off, and he fires off body shots! Rey HEADBUTTS Ludwig down, Gunther and Vinci shout at Ludwig and Ludwig gets up, for the SEATED SENTON!
Rey keeps things moving, he ducks ‘n’ dodges and springboard CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! Imperium is furious but Ludwig blocks a whip to kick low. Ludwig runs, sunset flips, but Rey rolls through to BUZZSAW! And then LIONSAULT! Cover, TWO! Ludwig gets to a corner but Rey has the fans chanting “6 1 9! 6 1 9!” Rey runs in to ROCK Ludwig! Rey climbs up, rains down fists, and fans count all the way to TEN! Fans fire up with the Latino Heat, and Rey lets off. Ludwig EuroUppers! Ludwig goes up, but Rey ROCKS him first! Rey climbs up, he throws down headbutts, and then SUPER STEINERS! Cover, TWO!
Rey keeps his cool while Imperium shouts at Ludwig. Ludwig flounders to a corner but Rey goes out to the apron. Rey shoulders into Ludwig, then he climbs up. Ludwig CLUBS Rey, brings him around, but Rey fights the bomb to RANA Ludwig out of the ring! Rey is on the apron, he LEAPS, but Ludwig gets under! Ludwig gets in the ring while Rey is down. The ref checks Ludwig but Rey gets a chair to fend off Gunther and Vinci! Rey throws the chair at Gunther, Gunther SWATS it down, but then Rey falls over! Another shoutout to Eddie Guerrero! The ref sees Rey down and questions Gunther.
Vinci defends Gunther’s innocence, but the ref EJECTS Vinci and Gunther!! Fans are thunderous, and they sing, “Nana na na, nana na na, hey hey hey! Good bye~!” Ludwig is furious, but Rey shoulders into him! And GAMANGIRIS! Ludwig is down, Rey goes up, FALLING SPLASH onto knees! Cover, TWO!! Rey is still in this and Ludwig is shocked! Fans rally for Rey with “6 1 9! 6 1 9!” but Ludwig says “NEIN!” Ludwig hooks Rey up but Rey rolls him, slips around and RANAS Ludwig onto ropes! Dial it up! 619!! Rey goes up, springboard SPLASH! Cover, Rey wins!
Winner: Rey Mysterio, by pinfall
Fans are fired up as Rey gets the better of Imperium from top to bottom! But with just two weeks to go, will the King of Lucha have to look over his shoulder for retaliation?
Next week, SmackDown is on Fox Sports 1!
SmackDown heads to Missouri, and Ronda Rousey holds her open challenge! That, and Hit Row gets their mysterious third man to face Legado del Fantasma in a Six Man Tag! Who will be the third man, brother?
Logan Paul heads to the ring!
Though he’s from Ohio, Toledo isn’t all on board with his return to SmackDown. Logan gets the mic to say, “TOLEDOOO~! WHOA! I know I’m supposed to address the hard cam and the millions watching at home, but I gotta take a second personally to say it feels good to be back in Ohio, baby! But, back to the hard cam for all the WWE diehards back at home. I know you doubt me. But news flash, dummies: I’ve been doubted my whole life, and look where I am now! Yeah, it’s true, I run my mouth a lot. But that’s because I’m confident. I’m confident in both myself, and in my abilities.
“I don’t need some penguin looking Paul Heyman dude out here talking for me. I don’t need two guys that are basically just the same guy around me at all times to protect me. Or a guy who calls himself Solo, but personally I’ve never seen him alone. And I definitely don’t have any friends that look like Sami Zayn. What is that guy? But what I do have is the desire to be the best. And yeah, I know I’m the underdog in this fight. As I should be. No one’s expecting me, some kid from social media, to step in the ring with the GOAT and actually win. But what happens if I do? What happens if I hit Roman Reigns so hard, that I bounce his face on the canvas and bust all his teeth in, turning his little tribe into a clean-up crew?
“Cuz Roman Reigns, brother, on November 5th in Saudi Arabia, at Crown Jewel-” JEY ATTACKS! The hot headed Right Hand Man rains down fists from all sides! Fans are just as torn, but Jey says he’s getting Logan for Roman! Jey puts Logan in a corner and then SUPERKICKS him down! Jey holds up the finger, HE the one who just did that. HIP ATTACK! Logan is dazed and gasping, but Sami shows up to shot out Jey. Sami tells Jey to get out of the ring, because they were told not to do this. This isn’t from Sami, it’s from Roman! Get out of the ring, Jey. Jey listens, but then rushes back in! Logan dodges this time to DECK Jey!!
Logan shakes off the damage and he grins at Sami, who is stunned silent! Fans are torn again as Logan puts his hat back on. Logan proves he can take out an Uso, but will he be able to take out the Head of the Table? And how will Roman respond to Jey’s insubordination?
My Thoughts:
A great SmackDown here, with a lot more set up for Crown Jewel. For one, a great promo form McIntyre to set up a rematch with Karrion Kross. But for me personally, a Steel Cage Match stipulation just isn’t as exciting anymore. Unless they add that there’s no winning by escape. That would be great because then there’s no reason for door interference spots, no reason for Scarlett to try and keep McIntyre from leaving with her fireballs and mace. It’ll just be a brutal fight between Kross and McIntyre inside a cage, as we want to see. But either way, I feel like this should be McIntyre’s win so that he can move on towards a title opportunity.
Really good promo segment from Braun, MVP and Omos, and that match at Crown Jewel is almost certainly to bring back the ring breaking superplex spot. Braun had the previous one with Big Show, it’d be fitting of Braun had the next one with Omos to sort of pass the torch on being a giant in the WWE. We also got a good vignette for LA Knight, another good vignette for The Viking Raiders, and good promos from Legado and Hit Row. No idea who Hit Row is recruiting for this Six Man Tag but it’ll surely be a great surprise and a great match. I also do appreciate that Legado somewhat kayfabes the reason for replacing Elektra Lopez with Zelina Vega with how they’re expanding and getting more brand recognition with the Queen of the Ring on their side.
We got a really good match out of Liv Morgan and Sonya Deville, with Liv being rather crazy an interesting direction for her character. Her using those chairs was a great spot, too. Ronda is officially back to being a Heel, but I felt she was already that with the interactions with Adam Pearce and Liv Morgan going into Extreme Rules. Anyway, that open challenge could go any which way, but I see this possibly being Shayna Baszler’s chance jumping into the title scene. Shayna and Ronda can give us a PPV level match to really get some buzz while SmackDown ends up on FS1 because of MLB’s World Series, but I don’t see Ronda losing to whoever it is answering the challenge.
Great tag title match but of course Bayley helps DMG CTRL retain. Shotzi & Raquel are a solid team but I’m not sure who is going to take the titles off Kai & Sky at this point. That is, unless Sasha Banks & Naomi return, but there hasn’t been any word on that happening yet. As for Bayley, I feel like she’s going to beat Bianca on Raw since it’s non-title, and then we see them have one more match for the Raw Women’s Championship, either at Crown Jewel or Survivor Series.
Great promo from Bray Wyatt, and I love that his theme song was playing the whole time. It fit the tone and the build of what he was getting to. I can’t be sure but it felt like he was turning Heel, but he’s definitely not going to play nice. “White Rabbit” and this rumored “Uncle Howdy” got an interesting promo, too. I’m intrigued to see where this is going to go from here, but because it is Bray Wyatt, it is going to be a very entertaining story. And a great match from Rey VS Ludwig to be the “main event.” Rey gets a lot of momentum here, but I feel like that only guarantees he’s losing in the title match. Putting that match on the go-home is smart, it’ll get the ratings and the buzz going into the weekend.
Great match from Sheamus and Solo, and of course The Bloodline helps its own win. Great use of the desk to trap Dunne & Ridge, though. And I like the tension keeps growing between Sami and Jey, where Jey basically doesn’t trust Sami is speaking for Roman when Roman isn’t around to confirm it. Logan Paul had a good promo, but of course he can talk on the mic and he’s shown he can go. Jey taking the shot here is already the comeuppance of him disobeying but I’m sure Roman’s going to get on his case, too. Jey will surely hold it against Sami instead of taking responsibility and owning up, and that’ll just add to the eventual fight between them.
My Score: 8.6/10
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Will Finn & JD (not) survive The War Raiders?
The Judgment Day survived Erik & Ivar last time, but now Finn & JD must defend the World Tag Team Championships without any help! Will the Prince lose everything tonight?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- WWE Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker VS Ludwig Kaiser; Bron wins and retains the title.
- WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament Opening Round Triple Threat: Raquel Rodriguez VS Kayden Carter VS Zoey Stark; Zoey wins and advances to the next round.
- WWE World Tag Team Championships: Finn Balor & JD McDonagh VS The War Raiders; The War Raiders win and become the new WWE World Tag Team Champions.
PLAY BY PLAY
CM Punk is here!
Boston, Massachusetts fires up as the Best in the World makes his way out, and he says, “IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME!” Punk high-fives fans on the ramp and in the front row as he makes his way to the ring. Punk grabs a mic while the fans chant his name, but he says careful, some people might get mad when you chant his name. “Not to call attention to people that don’t matter, but somebody that might get mad is the brave guy in the New York jersey over here.” The fans boo that man, but Punk says it takes balls to show up in Boston wearing a New York anything. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves!
“Is it great to be alive on a Monday night in Boston or what?” The fans cheer that! Punk says he has to be honest, though, he’s feeling a little low. He is in a bit of a bad mood. Two weeks ago, in this ring, face to face, Punk told Seth Rollins, after Rollins said he spends a lot of time thinking of Punk, that Punk told Rollins he doesn’t think of Rollins at all! But over the course of the past two weeks, his mind did wander back to Rollins, and that put Punk in a bad mood. Because Rollins is right: Whatever this is between them, as much as Punk wants to sidestep it, put it in the past, even completely avoid it, it’s only a matter of time before they lock up in this ring.
Punk is also upset because something he very much enjoy doing, which is coming to this ring, mic in hand, and talking to his people, will always be overshadowed by the fact that every time he does it, he knows at some point… “That stupid music is going to hit.” Fans sing “WHOA~ OH~ OHH!” and Punk says yeah, that’s the one. And Rollins is gonna tiptoe on out here in those stupid clogs like the Purple Pie Man from Porcupine Peak, laughing and looking like Liberace. And no, for the sensitive types, that’s not an insult. Punk happens to think Liberace is cool as Hell. What he’s saying, Seth, if you wanna interrupt him before he says it…
Rollins may wear Elton John’s sunglasses, that doesn’t make Rollins Elton John. And just because Rollins grew up idolizing Punk, putting on a pair of wrestling boots does not make you CM Punk! The fans chant for Punk and Punk says Rollins came out here, with a straight face, and told us all Punk “ghosted” him. And that’s true. But Punk isn’t going to litigate the past. HE looks to the future. And “lil’ bro” Rollins isn’t that future, but it seems they’re on a collision course. Rollins wants to paint a picture that Punk is bad. Fine, Punk will be the bad guy. Boston, show of hands: Have you ever been “the bad guy” in your life?
C’mon, now. Boston Bad Boys? Bean Town? Where are ya? Punk owns being the bad guy, but that’s because there’s no such thing as a bad student, just bad teachers. Rollins is CM Punk’s failure. That 16-year-old kid that wanted training, Punk will do it all over again. So if Rollins wants to interrupt, Punk will give Rollins that free lesson he wanted. But hold on, ladies and gentlemen. If Rollins wants to give Punk some shoes to fill, he will fill them. The bad news is, the last guy who did that was Drew McIntyre. Ask yourself the question: Are you tougher than Drew McIntyre? You might think you are, but Boston knows that you’re not!
And one think Punk knows beyond the shadow of a doubt: There’s not enough staples to put Rollins back together after Punk’s done with him. Oh, that doesn’t piss him off enough? Well, here’s something that will. It is the same thing that’s pissed Rollins off the 7 YEARS Punk was gone from here. It is hearing that during Rollins’ time, the world chant Punk’s name! The fans loudly chant “C M PUNK!” but then Rollins joins in! Where is he, though? Punk looks, a spotlight finds him, and Rollins is up in the bleachers! Rollins gets the fans to keep going while he goes step by step.
Rollins says, “Life is about perspective! And I thought, maybe if I came out here, I saw you the way these people see you, it might give me a new perspective. It might make me feel differently about who you are. So if you don’t mind, lemme take a good, hard look here.” Rollins squints as he looks at the ring. No, even from way out here, Punk’s still an a-hole. The fans go nuts hearing that and Punk says while he’s overjoyed Rollins didn’t come out here with that stupid song, this is the first time where Rollins is coming from the right spot. He belongs in the audience with the rest of the fans!
Oh, Punk thinks this embarrasses Rollins? It doesn’t embarrass him to be with the people. Rollins is a fan, he will always be a fan of WWE, even when Punk abandoned WWE and hoped it would die without him. Rollins put WWE on his back and made it stronger than it ever was! If anyone’s embarrassed, it is Punk! Because this “Fan” has more WrestleMania main events than Punk ever will! And that is FACT, Phil! Punk storms out of the ring, and he meets Rollins at the barrier! They brawl and the fans fire up! Rollins RAMS Punk, Punk turns things around, but producers rush out here, along with security and refs!
Boston wants to “LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT!” Punk LEAPS off barriers to get at Rollins! They scrap on the ground, Adam Pearce gets them separate, and the fans boo. But Rollins breaks free to LEAP off the steps! They brawl more, Punk and Rollins are fuming, but then they go into the ring! They throw hands fast ‘n’ furious, and the fans love it! Refs and producers hurry in there but Boston still wants to “LET THEM FIGHT!” Punk is dragged out of the ring, Rollins is kept inside, but Punk grabs a chair! Rollins gets out, Punk drops the chair, Rollins picks up the chair, and producers continue to herd Punk away.
The fans boo but we all know this is inevitable. Wait, Rollins leaps over barriers to cut Punk off at the pass! The fans are thunderous as the fists fly again! Pearce only has so many refs and producers to stop this, and it takes them and the security to get these two to finally stop. Punk has Boston on his side, but will we see this go down in the near future?
Judgment Day is in the clubhouse.
Finn Balor still seethes over his Saturday Night’s Main Event loss, but Liv Morgan says she listened to Finn, and she did win! But why didn’t it work for Finn himself? Finn is just wondering where they all were on Saturday when he was left 2v1! Aren’t they a team? Liv says the group believed in him, they didn’t he needed the help. Plus, JD was focusing on the War Raiders, as he was asked. And well, Liv isn’t trying to tell Finn what to do, but Finn should try doing the same. The rest of the group is banned from ringside tonight, after all. But hey, don’t worry, Finn & JD have everything under control just like always, right?
And just like Raquel has her Triple Threat under control tonight. Because when we listen to Finn, we win. So, so much luck to Finn & JD! They’re gonna kill it! Finn thanks Liv for that, and Liv says she has something special for Dom & Raquel, let’s go get it. They head out, and Finn is back to seething. Will The Prince and his Irish Ace be able to survive with their gold? Or will it be lil’ sis Liv that holds all the power in the clubhouse?
Seth Rollins storms around backstage.
But Adam Pearce tells him to stop walking away from him. What was that out there?! What does Pearce mean, what was that? Pearce should listen to ROLLINS for once! He wants this fight! He wants the world to see this is the biggest fight they can put on! Pearce knows what to do, so he needs to make it happen stat! Pearce says if the two of them would stop trying to pull each other’s eyes out for ten minutes, maybe he could! Just give it a rest so Pearce can do his job! Yeah, do your job, Pearce! DO YOUR JOB! Pearce laves, but McIntyre steps in.
McIntyre says Rollins once told him, when it comes to Roman Reigns and The Bloodline, he just needed to “get over it.” Not so easy when it’s staring you in the face, is it? Did Rollins hear what Roman had to say last Friday? Once Roman vanquishes Solo Sikoa, the world will have no choice but to once again acknowledge him. Roman is the same person. Everyone is fooled except Rollins and McIntyre. And they both know that everyone enabling Roman needs to be taken out. That includes Jey, Sami, Jimmy, and ends with Roman. Rollins laughs and says yeah, McIntyre thinks they have this common cause and that makes them friends.
Rollins already took Roman out of power back at WrestleMania. And y’know who was by his side when they did that? Jey and Sami! They’re Rollins’ friends. McIntyre is not Rollins’ friend. Common interests don’t make friendships, friendships are made from respect. Rollins respects Sami, he respects Jey, but McIntyre…? Well, jury’s out there. So if he doesn’t mind, Rollins is going to do something that McIntyre couldn’t, and that’s end CM Punk. Rollins leaves, but will the Scottish Terminator only add him to the hit list?
WWE Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker VS Ludwig Kaiser!
While Survivor Series saw these two put on a banger with Sheamus, it is time for these two second-generation superstars to settle their score. Will Boston be barking with the Badass? Or will the Impeccable German follow in Der Ring General’s footsteps?
Raw returns and Bron makes his entrance. The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is truly championship material!
The bell rings and Kaiser runs up, but Braon RAMS him into a corner! Bron RAMS into Kaiser again and again but lets off as the ref counts. Bron then whips corner to corner, and Kaiser stumbles forward, into an OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY! Bron storms up on Kaiser but Kaiser fires hands! Kaiser storms up but Bron fires body shots! Bron wrenches and smothers Kaiser in a corner, the ref counts, and Bron steps off. Bron whips corner to corner but Kaiser reverses. Kaiser runs up, blocks a boot, “NEIN!” SLAP! Bron just scowls, and he TACKLES Kaiser! Bron rains down fists, then he doesn’t get why people slap him!
Bron whips, Kaiser reverses but Bron ducks ‘n’ dodges and LARIATS! The fans bark it up for Bron already while Kaiser bails out. Bron lets Kaiser think about what he’s done while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns and Kaiser has Bron in a double wristlock. Bron powers up and out but Kaiser KICKS back! Bron LARIATS Kaiser! The fans fire up while Kaiser goes to a corner. Bron storms up on Kaiser, the fans fire up, and Bron rains down fists! Boston counts along all the way to nine, then Bron winds up, for TEN! The fans cheer while Kaiser staggers. Bron dodges Kaiser, catches him and POWERSLAMS! Cover, TWO! Bron stays cool while he stalks Kaiser to ropes. Kaiser KICKS Bron from below! Kaiser goes back for the arm, but Bron scoops! Bron SLAMS Kaiser, then shakes out the bad arm.
Bron storms back up on Kaiser, but Kaiser CLAWS Bron’s eyes! The ref reprimands but Kaiser then puts Bron on ropes. Kaiser lets off at 4, but KICKS the ropes to jam up that arm! The fans boo but Kaiser’s homed in on a target. Kaiser stands Bron up, reels him in, but Bron suplexes first! Kaiser flops out of the ring, only for Bron to go to the apron! Bron aims, leaps, FLYING LARIAT onto and over the desk! Boston barks it up for Bron but that might’ve been double-edged for Bron. Both men rise up, and Bron brings Kaiser around to the ring. Bron puts Kaiser in the ring, checks his left arm, and rolls inside.
The fans rally up as Bron storms over to Kaiser, and Bron hoists Kaiser up top. Bron then climbs up after Kaiser, but Kaiser CLAWS eyes! Kaiser wrenches and WRINGS the bad arm out! Bron writhes, Kaiser pushes Bron around, and Kaiser stomps away on the arm! The ref counts as Bron is in the ropes, but Kaiser stops at 4. Kaiser drags Bron into SHANKLY GATES! And he uses the ropes for leverage! The ref counts, Kaiser stops at 4 again, and Bron writhes on the mat. Kaiser soaks up the heat while he paces around. Bron rises up but Kaiser KICKS the bad arm! Kaiser stomps away again, but the ref counts.
Kaiser brings Bron up, traps the bad arm, and TWEAKS it! The fans rally for Bron, but Kaiser has the bad arm again. Kaiser wraps it around ropes and pulls! The ref counts, Kaiser lets off, and then Kaiser runs to DROPKICK the arm! Bron falls in a heap and Boston boos Kaiser while Raw goes back to break.
Raw returns again and Kaiser has the double wristlock, but Bron powers him to ropes! The ref counts, Kaiser lets go and Bron fires haymakers! The ref counts and Bron stops, but mostly from his arm hurting. Kaiser hammerlocks to HOTSHOT the arm! Bron drops to his knees, Kaiser runs up to DOUBLE STOMP the arm! Kaiser then grabs the arm, KICKS it, and hauls Bron up again. Kaiser fires knees but Bron fires haymakers! Bron gets the edge, and he ROCKS Kaiser! Kaiser shoves Bron but Bron comes back, into an ARMBAR DDT! Kaiser covers, TWO! Bron survives but Bron has the top wristlock!
Bron endures as Kaiser leans on the hold. The fans rally and Bron fights up. Bron rises, the fans bark, and Bron fires more hands! Kaiser CHOPS, CHOPS, and CHOPS! Kaiser runs, but into a JUMP KNEE! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Bron rises slowly and the barking gives him the strength to fire more shots! Bron ducks ‘n’ dodges and FLYING ELBOWS! Kaiser falls, Bron rises, and Kaiser goes to a corner. The fans fire up as Bron storms over to hoist Kaiser up again. Bron climbs, but Kaiser fires body shots! Kaiser CHOPS away on the bad arm! Bron drops back, but he gets right up! The legs still work! SUPER STEINER! Cover, TWO!
Kaiser stays in this and Bron grits his teeth. Bron rises, goes to a corner, and he vows to end this! The fans fire up, Bron runs up, but Kaiser fireman’s carries! KAISER ROLL! Cover, TWO! Kaiser has Bron in the SHANKLY GATES!! Bron endures but the fans rally up! Bron fights up with his legs again, and he manages to RAM Kaiser to a corner! Bron is free, he gets moving, but Kaiser dodges! Bron hits buckles shoulder first! Bron falls to the apron and Kaiser kicks him to the floor. Bron is near the steps, and Kaiser grins. Kaiser goes out the side, builds speed, and fans boo as Kaiser runs in, but where’d Bron go!?
Bron is doing a lap! FLYING SHOULDER outta nowhere!! The fans are barking as loud as they can for Bron! Bron puts Kaiser in the ring, then starts running! Kaiser UPPERCUTS, runs, but into a fireman’s carry! GUT BUSTER DROP! The fans fire up as Bron brings down straps! Bron runs, runs and SPEARS!! Cover, Bron wins!!
Winner: Bron Breakker, by pinfall (still WWE Intercontinental Champion)
Boston is all fired up as Bron proves he truly has that dog in him! Bron toughs it out, takes a bite out of Kaiser, and moves on with the title. Will anyone ever end this badass reign?
The New Day arrives backstage.
They still don’t get why everyone hates them. And then they cross paths with Rey Mysterio. Oh, wow, he’s not gonna let them into the locker room? Rey says it isn’t just him. It is everyone else in there. Whoa, hold up. It is bad enough the fans are treating them like this, but Rey’s doing it, too? Ten YEARS of sharing a locker room, and no one has their back? Rey’s supposed to be a locker room leader, he should do something! Rey says he doesn’t know what to tell them, other than that they crossed a line with Big E. And Rey thinks it is best for New Day’s own good to find somewhere else to change.
Woods says wow. That’s fine. They didn’t wanna share a locker room with the others anyway. New Day rolls on, what will it take for them to get the message?
WWE shares footage from just after Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Kevin Owens brought about the controversy in his loss to Cody Rhodes when he wiped out two refs and brought in a chair. But even so, the Prizefighter was a sore loser, and he attacked Cody from behind! Then, even knowing the damage he’s done with that move to Randy Orton, he used a PACKAGE PILEDRIVER on Cody! The medical team got Cody on a backboard, but Kevin would STAND on Cody’s body, holding up the title belt like he’d won it. Cody was taken away to an ambulance, and social media had Triple H confronting Kevin, resulting in shoving and harsh words. What is the fate of the Undisputed Championship after Saturday night?
The War Raiders speak.
Erik says, “Tonight, we go to war with The Judgment Day. And for us, it’s more than just the tag titles on the line.” Ivar says, “When we first laced up our boots, the last thing on our minds was, ‘What could go wrong when the bell rings?'” Now, they know all too well. Erik tells us, “No one can describe the unbearable guilt when the strength hasn’t returned to your arms, and you can’t pick up your son.” Ivar says, “No one will tell you what it’s like to sit in a hospital bed and wonder if the nerve pain in your arms and your legs will go away.”
What happened to them should have ended their careers, but it didn’t! Ivar has walked out of the hospital TWICE. Erik held his newborn son. The Judgment Day tried to end them. They cheated the Raiders out of their glory once. But the Raiders are stronger than ever. Every match could be their last, but their moment HAS to be now! Erik’s sons have to know that all the pain and the damage was worth it. The only way to prove that is by bringing home the World Tag Team Championships. Erik & Ivar are ready, will nothing stop them now?
Backstage interview with Adam Pearce.
Cathy Kelley is with the Raw General Manager and says the Raw Netflix debut is highly anticipated already! There have been some rumblings of other matches set for that night, can Pearce give us any confirmation? Pearce says we’re in luck. One of the biggest nights in WWE history has just gotten bigger. After negotiating with representatives of both men, which were exasperated by tonight’s events, it is official! Raw’s Netflix debut in Los Angeles will have CM PUNK VS SETH ROLLINS! Cathy agrees, that big night just got bigger! The Best in the World and The Visionary finally have it out, but who will win on the biggest night in WWE history?
Liv Morgan, Dominik Mysterio & Raquel Rodriguez head to the ring!
The WWE Women’s World Champion has her “Daddy” Dom and her Big Mami Cool with her, and she is still the champion after overcoming Iyo Sky 1v1. Liv nuzzles noses with Dom before they get mics to speak. The fans boo as Dom is about to speak, but Liv pets him on the head to calm him down. The fans just boo louder. Dom tells everyone to please put your hands together to welcome the GREATEST Women’s World Champion of all time! Liv says the fans didn’t hear what Dom said, so she gets her megaphone! “I AM THE GREATEST WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPION OF ALLLL~ TIIIIME~!”
Liv laughs but the fans boo more. Liv thanks Dom becuase without a shadow of a doubt, 2024 was the Year of Monday Night Morgan! Liv says be mad, because it’s just getting started. “There are a lot of historic changes happening in the WWE next year, and there is no one better, hotter, more iconic, and more dominant to lead this company to the future than me.” So if you think this year was something, just wait for- RHEA RIPLEY IS HERE! The fans fire up as Mami tells Liv that she’ll wanna stick around to hear what Rhea has to say. Liv says guess what? Nobody in this arena cares what-
Rhea tells Liv to shut the hell up!! This has gone on long enough. So it is time they settle this once and for all. The fans like the sound of that. Adam Pearce just made it official! Rhea is the #1 Contender to the Women’s World Championship! The fans fire up and Rhea tells Liv that she sees into the future. The only thing Liv can get excited about is the end of her title reign. Because Rhea will be the NEW Women’s World Champion! And all Liv will be left with his her “little chicken tender SLUT!” Dom catching strays, but when and where will Rhea look to rip that title away from Liv once and for all?
Backstage interview with Seth Rollins.
Jackie Redmond catches up with Rollins and brings up Pearce making it official. Rollins gets what he wants when it is him and CM Punk in Los Angel- SAMI IS GOING AFTER MCINTYRE! Sami wants payback for the sneak attacks and the loss at Saturday Night’s Main Event! The producers and refs rush in to stop this, but McIntyre vows to put Sami in a box! The hands keep flying, but clearly this won’t end without one more fight! When and where will we see Scottish Terminator and Honorary Uce settle the score?
Miz meets with The Final Testament.
The Hollywood A-Lister tells Paul Ellering & The Authors of Pain that he can’t say this enough, he has been so proud to team with them. Ellering is terrifying, Akam & Rezar are big and powerful, they don’t need Miz anymore. They don’t need anybody! Karrion Kross walks over and asks what they’re talking about. Just that they’re done with the Wyatts. They can all move on after beating the Wyatts. Miz and the Final Testament can go their separate ways. Kross tells Miz to stop right there. What the Wyatts did to Ellering and to Scarlett, this whole thing isn’t over until Kross says it’s over. Miz wants to speak but Kross stops him again.
Kross says they’ve just been reactionary to The Wyatts. Now, it is time to take the first strike. Remember the guy who kidnapped and tortured Miz? D-Dexter Lumis…? Yes. Miz is going to face him next week on Monday Night Raw. Miz isn’t gonna do that. Oh yes he is. Ellering says the way he sees it, Ellering has saved Miz twice. Miz owes them. Kross says Miz can just go to Pearce and get the match made. But as a reminder: Miz has won 22 championships in the WWE. Miz can do this. Rezar pats Miz on the back, and Miz says he’ll go talk to Pearce. Miz heads out, and Rezar asks if Kross really thinks Miz can take Lumis.
Kross says honestly, he doesn’t know. But they’re going to test The Wyatts. And Miz will learn a very valuable lesson: When you make a deal with the devil, you don’t run out on him. Kross leaves, and that last part may have been pointed at Ellering & AOP, too. Will Kross keep control of everything? Or is he the one messing with forces beyond his comprehension?
WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament Opening Round Triple Threat: Raquel Rodriguez VS Kayden Carter VS Zoey Stark!
While Liv still has her world title, Big Mami Cool is hoping to join her as the inaugural Women’s Intercontinental Championship. But will she make it through the Pinay Party Girl and the Sin City Superstar? Or will one of them be the David to Raquel’s Goliath?
Raw returns and Kayden makes her entrance. The bell rings and Kayden runs up on Zoey! Raquel THROWS Kayden aside to then TOSS Zoey! Zoey and Kayden end up in a corner, Raquel runs up to SPLASH them both! Raquel fireman’s carries but Kayden slips fere! Kayden KICKS, KICKS, but Raquel CLOBBERS her! Cover, Zoey breaks it! Zoey fires hands on Raquel, the fans are torn, but Zoey runs up at Kayden Kayden dodges to then go up, and MONKEY FLIP! Zoey lands out! Zoey SYUPERKICKS Kayden, then slips around Raquel to DDT! Raquel flounders, Zoey runs up on Kayden, but Kayden KCIKS!
Kayden knuckle locks and CHOPS Zoey, to then go up, up and jump around to FLYING RANA Raquel! But Zoey fireman’s carries, ROLLING DEATH VALLEY! Basement SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO! Kayden survives but Zoey brushes that off. Zoey follows Kayden to the apron, but Raquel is there, too! Kayden ducks and the SUPERKICK hits Raquel! Kayden ROCKS Zoey, but Raquel roars! Kayden ducks again and the BOOT hits Zoey! Kayden BLASTS Raquel off the apron! The fans fire up as Kayden builds speed to TORNILLO TOPE! Direct and down go both Raquel and Zoey! Kayden is all fired up with Boston while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Kayden runs to DROPKICK SPLASH COMBO! But then she has to move, and Raquel’s ELBOW DROP hits Zoey! Basement SUPERKICK for Raquel! Kayden drags Raquel around by her legs, steps through, and ties Raquel up, but here comes Zoey! Kayden RAMS Zoey, reels her in, and she combines FISHERMAN SCREW with NAVARRO DEATH ROLL!! Raquel endures, Kayden pushes on the legs, but Raquel drags herself to the apron. Kayden lets Raquel go and focuses on Zoey. The fans rally up as Kayden runs, BOOT WASH! Kayden kicks Zoey and then IMPLODER LEG DROPS! Cover, Raquel drags Kayden out!
The fans boo but Raquel hobbles and brings Kayden up. Raquel scoops and aims, but Kayden slips free! Raquel runs into the apron! Zoey springboards to SUPER CROSSBODY! Down go Kayden and Raquel! Zoey puts Raquel in the ring, the fans rally up, and Zoey runs up. Raquel swings, Zoey dodges, but then Raquel POUNCES Zoey out of the ring! But Kayden O’Conner Rolls Raquel! ONEE, but Kayden springboards to BASEMENT DROPKICK! High stack, TWO! Raquel flounders to ropes while Kayden grows frustrated. Kayden runs up to SPLASH in a corner! Kayden climbs, but Raquel gets up and under!
The fans rally as Kayden fights with fists! Zoey returns and springs up behind Kayden! SUPER GERMAN SUPLEX for Kayden! A little double-edged but Zoey rises up. Zoey then runs up on Raquel, dodges a lariat, but the SOUTHPAW hits! Raquel covers, TWO!! Zoey survives and Raquel is furious! Raquel stalks Zoey to the apron, drags her up by the hair, but Kayden goes to roll Raquel! Raquel picks Kayden up! FALL AWAY SLAM! Then the VADER ELBOW! But Raquel isn’t done! TEJANA- MISSILE DROPKICK from Zoey! SUPERKICK on Kayden! Z 360!! Cover, ZOEY WINS!!
Winner: Zoey Stark, by pinfall (advances to the semifinals)
Raquel is furious but she just got sniped by PFC’s sharpshooter! Will Zoey do the same to #CobraKai in the next round? Or will Dakota Kai make sure Damage CTRL takes control of the Women’s Intercontinental Championship?
The Alpha Academy is backstage.
And the “Alpha Babes” are showing off the new merchandise. Maxxine Dupri asks what R-Truth thought of their True Classics commercial. Truth says it was outstanding! They influenced the influencers! Squats, lunges, scorpion, Truth changed his workout cuz of them! If that son of a Butch had just taken their advice, Truth wouldn’t have beaten them so easy. But speaking of, Dunne storms in! Truth needs to keep that name out of his mouth! Dunne keeps hearing it because of him! Truth didn’t tell anyone to say anything! Yes, he did! It all came from Truth! And if Dunne has to hear it one more time, Truth gets his face broken!
Truth says #ButchPlease! Otis steps in between them, and Dunne says this is the last warning. Truth and Dunne go their separate ways, and then American Made walks by. Chad Gable says, “Look at this clown show.” They’re happy with what they’ve done to Gable’s academy?! They RUINED it! Gable made them into stars they could’ve never been, helped them flourish, and they make it a joke! Gable saw that commercial, it was pathetic! Maxxine’s pathetic, Tozawa’s pathetic, and Otis is the worst of them all! When Gable first met Otis, Otis was an insignificant little- Otis tells Gable to SHUT UP!
Gable is taken aback, but he says he was right. Time to kill the past. And he starts with… Tozawa! Gable leads his new team away, but will he regret treating the Stamina Monster as the weakest link?
Backstage interview with The New Day.
Jackie Redmond is with Kofi & Woods as they clearly are still looking for a place to call a locker room. But that’s besides the point. Last week, the Raw media team tried to interview them and it didn’t go well. Woods says yeah, yeah, sure. But it was biased journalism! If someone would give them a fair chance to tell their story- OH NO, another disturbance?! PFC just put Kairi Sane’s arm in a road case and SLAMMED the lid on it!! They run away, DMG CTRL hurries over, and the Pirate Princess might have just been taken out of the tournament without a match! Will Adam Pearce be able to get a replacement for Kairi in time for the final Triple Threat?
WWE World Tag Team Championships: Finn Balor & JD McDonagh VS The War Raiders!
With all the cheating, scheming, yet also complaining, The Prince has made his bed and is going to have to lie in it! But will he be bringing the Irish Ace down with him? Or will they be able to survive the war without the rest of Judgment Day watching their backs?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see which team is truly the best!
The teams sort out and Ivar starts against JD. They knuckle lock but JD kicks again and again. JD headlocks but Ivar powers up and out. JD leaps but he bounces off of Ivar! JD scrambles out of the ring, Finn coaches him up, but Ivar TOSSES Finn into the ring! JD returns, but Ivar scoops and SLAMS him! Ivar then scoops and SLAMS Finn onto JD! Tag to Erik, and Ivar scoops to SLAM JD again! Erik scoops Ivar to SLAM him onto JD! JD sputters and the fans fire up with the Raiders while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns and Erik brings JD up to whip him into Ivar’s knee! Ivar whips JD into Erik’s KNEE! JD flops over and the fans fire up! Ivar whips JD, JD grabs ropes and KICKS back! Tag to Finn, but Ivar scoops! Finn slips free, waistlocks, but I var elbows him away. Finn stumbles into the ref, distracting him from JD’s HOTSHOT! Ivar staggers, Finn dragon sleepers! FINAL CUT! Cover, TWO! Finn CHOKES Ivar on ropes but the ref counts. Finn stops at 4, flexes as he soaks up heat, and then he CHOKES Ivar again! The ref counts, Finn stops, but then he CHOKES Ivar on the bottom rope.
Finn lets off and “apologizes” this time, but JD GUILLOTINE LEG DROPS Ivar in the ropes! The fans boo but JD taunts them all. Finn stomps away on Ivar, then he CLUBS Ivar down. Finn throws hands, tags JD, and they double whip Ivar to ropes. Ivar breaks the line with bulk alone! Ivar then handsprings to DOUBLE BACK ELBOW! Boston goes wild and Ivar reaches out! JD anchors a foot, but Ivar still fights his way forward! Ivar drags JD along, then tags in Erik! Erik wrenches JD to clinch and EXPLODER! JD flounders up, Erik blocks a shot to DECK JD! Then Erik deadlifts JD for a BIG back suplex!
The fans fire up again but here comes Finn! Erik dodges and clinches to URENAGE! The fans fire up with Erik and he whips JD. JD reverses but Erik goes up and over and keeps moving. Erik CLOBBERS JD! Erik TOSSES JD right out of the ring and the fans fire up again! Erik takes aim, and he builds speed, only for Finn to trip him up! Erik drags Finn up by his neck! But JD KNEES Erik out of the ring! Tag to Finn, he and JD double whip Erik hard into steel steps! Finn drags Erik back up, brings him back around, and Judgment Day double whip Erik back into the steps! The steps go sliding away while Finn soaks up heat, and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns once more and Finn stomps away on Erik at the ropes! The ref counts, Finn stops at 4, and he tags in JD. JD aims to slingshot ARABIAN PRESS! Cover, TWO! Erik is tougher than that, but JD drags him over. JD has the neck for a NECK TWIST! JD then runs to FALLING AX HANDLE! Erik writhes, his neck a major concern. JD goes up the corner, and he DIVING AX HANDLE FLOPS as Erik moves! The fans fire up as Erik crawls, but so does JD! Hot tags to Ivar and Finn! The War Beard rallies on Finn, hits a SIDEWALK SLAM, and a SPLASH! The fans fire up and Ivar runs corner to corner.
Finn dodges, comes back in, but into a SEATED SENTON! JD is back, Ivar cartwheels and clips JD! Then he HEEL KICKS! JD falls in a heap and Ivar has the fans fired up! “WAR! WAR! WAR!” Ivar aims at Finn in a corner, BRONCO BUSTER! Ivar then goes up the corner! The fans fire up but Finn trips Ivar first! Finn tags JD, JD hurries after Ivar, but Ivar’s too much to superplex! Ivar scoops JD for a SUPER POWERSLAM!! Cover, TWO!! JD survives but Ivar tags in Erik! The Raiders haul JD up, whip and pop-up, THOR’S HAMMER! Cover, FINN BREAKS IT! Ivar grabs Finn to TOSS him out!
The War Raiders regroup and Erik tags Ivar back in. Tag back to Erik and the fans rally up. Erik hauls JD up, feeds him to Ivar, another pop up! Ivar goes up the ropes, but Finn trips Ivar up! JD slips free of Erik to roll him up! TWO!! Erik escapes but JD HEADBUTTS! JD falls back but tags in Finn! Finn hauls Erik up, but Erik KICKS, KNEES, and ROCKS Finn! Finn rebounds, into a clinch! Full nelson and BACKBREAKER KNEE! Erik runs but into a SLINGBLADE! Finn aims, Erik rises, SHOTGUN into the corner! Tag to JD and then tag back to Finn! JD goes up to MOONSAULT! Finn goes up to COUP DE GRACE!! Cover, IVAR BREAKS IT!
Finn is shocked and furious, but JD goes after Ivar! JD TOSSES Ivar, and Finn wants a chair!? JD goes out and looks under the ring. JD brings out a chair! Time to use Champion’s Advantage! But the ref stops JD, so Finn goes out the side to get another chair! Wait, someone else is grabbing that chair! Finn looks over, it’s DAMIAN PRIEST! Judgment Day was banned from ringside, but Priest isn’t Judgment Day anymore! Priest YANKS Finn into the barriers! Finn is furious, but then Ivar CLOBBERS JD! Finn goes back to the ring, but Erik tags Ivar! Finn realizes too late what’s going on as Erik whips him to Ivar!
Ivar pops Finn up and Erik has him! Ivar springboards for WAR MACHINE!!! Cover, WAR RAIDERS WIN!!
Winners: The War Raiders, by pinfall (NEW WWE World Tag Team Champions)
Priest applauds as justice is served to Judgment Day! Erik & Ivar once again have championships, and the pyro goes off in celebration! Will nothing stop the raid now that it’s captured gold? What will become of The Judgment Day now that Finn & JD dropped the ball?
My Thoughts:
A great Raw here, though surprisingly with only three matches. Granted, there were big promos and set-up for the Netflix debut in three weeks. Punk VS Rollins was a given but that was a very good promo segment and very good brawl to set it up officially. The interaction of Rollins and McIntyre was also really good, especially with how it set up that later moment where Sami may have very well saved Rollins from a McIntyre ambush. McIntyre and Sami could easily have a rematch next week for the Raw Before Christmas, or even the last Raw of 2024, but I guess we’ll hear more on that later.
Great match from Bron VS Kaiser, with probably the most creative way to turn things around on Kaiser’s turn-the-corner dropkick. Bron also did a great job selling bad arm, and he of course wins here to keep his reign going. I feel like they need to do something big to determine his next challenger, which should be a match for either the last Raw of 2024 or the Netflix Raw. At the very least, give us a battle royal on the last Raw of 2024 so the winner can turn around and face Bron in LA. Speaking of LA, I feel like there has to be Nakamura VS LA Knight for the US Championship on that card just on the grounds of LA Knight being from LA.
Great stuff with New Day and how they got kicked out of the locker room, as well as them being used to set up PFC attacking Kairi Sane. Though, I’m not sure why PFC needed to take Kairi Sane out. Kairi’s Triple Threat is against Alba Fyre and Natalya. Dakota Kai is Zoey’s future opponent, but I suppose Dakota will have more heat behind fighting Zoey now, but this was some plot armor here. At the same time, I feel like they dropped Natty telling Sonya she was ready for a change, could they be circling back to Natty as PFC’s fourth member? Meanwhile, I think Iyo Sky could end up replacing Kairi in the match, and Iyo could go for the Intercontinental Championship to make up for not winning the Women’s World Championship.
Very good promo from Miz and Final Testament to not only keep the feud with The Wyatts going, but to also tease that Miz wanted AOP to strike out their own again. Kross counters that idea but saying everyone owes him for keeping them afloat, which in many ways is true, but Kross will have to be careful not to end up fighting The Wyatts and AOP at the same time. Miz VS Lumis will be good stuff, and it’ll surely set up a rematch of the 8 Man Tag, hopefully with a big stipulation that makes it really wild. And good stuff from R-Truth, Alpha Academy, Pete Dunne and American Made, that itself is a potential 8 Man Tag. Gable VS Tozawa next week should really lead to Gable VS Otis so those two can finally have it out in the ring.
We got great stuff out of Judgment Day on the side of that tournament, too. Good promo from the group with Liv being passive aggressive and sarcastically optimistic. Good promo from Liv with Dom & Raquel as well as Rhea, and Rhea ends up speaking for most fans saying this story has to end. Again, this is either a last Raw of 2024 or Netflix Raw debut level match, and I say again, if Tiffany Stratton is going to be in LA for NXT that week, why not have her cash in during the Netflix show? Get the world title to rub it in Candice LeRae’s face, and even tease Tiffany going after whoever is NXT Women’s Champion for a showdown of top champions.
And great main event for the tag titles. The War Raiders had a great promo to put their story in perspective. Their real-life injuries were definitely scary, and their comebacks have been great. And combined with Damian Priest screwing Finn over like Finn’s done to him, great win for the War Raiders here. Finn will probably implode and want after Priest for this, they can finally have it out, and maybe Judgment Day is torn apart because of it. Personally, there should be a “Loser Leaves Raw” stipulation. Even with the “Transfer Window” going on, it should get to where one of them has to go to SmackDown and start fresh.
My Score: 8.8/10
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Mitchell’s WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Results & Report! (12/14/24)
No school like the old school!
WWE hops in the Wayback Machine!
What’s old is new again as WWE brings back Saturday Night’s Main Event! But will Cody Rhodes overcome an old friend turned new enemy in Kevin Owens?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Sami Zayn VS Drew McIntyre; McIntyre wins.
- WWE Women’s World Championship: Liv Morgan VS Iyo Sky; Liv wins and retains the title.
- WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat: GUNTHER VS Finn Balor VS Damian Priest; Gunther wins and retains the title.
- WWE Women’s United States Championship Tournament Finals: Chelsea Green VS Mia Yim; Chelsea wins and is the inaugural WWE Women’s United States Champion.
- Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes VS Kevin Owens; Cody wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
It’s Saturday Night’s Main Event…
… and the pleasure is all yours! A hot ticket to be sure, but let’s brush off the dust a bit. Old school intro with the new age of WWE, and plenty of pyro to go with it! But what about the fireworks we’re about to see in the ring?
Welcome to commentary: Jesse Ventura!
The Body is back in the WWE, and he joins Joe Tessitore on stage. Jesse thanks Joe for welcoming him, and he says it has been 40 YEARS since he’s been back, and here he is! He’s got the feather boas, the snake skin jacket, and Tessitore says WWE is experiencing sky-high popularity not seen since those classic days of Ventura’s time when it was him and Gene Okerlund, hence Tessitore’s red tie. So what has Ventura the most excited of tonight? Ventura says it has to be the world title match of Cody Rhodes VS Kevin Owens, a former friend. Venture questioned if Cody is really Dusty’s son. Cody has washboard abs, Dusty had “most abs.”
And Ventura will say that Cody proved it with his ego. Cody got involved in a match he wasn’t signed for, gets hurt, and could end up a one legged man in an ass-kicking contest! Tessitore says let’s get to the action with Michael Cole and… “Let’s Go~!” PAT MCAFEE!? Another special treat for a BIG night, but of course Pat wasn’t gonna miss this! He says for those watching WWE for the first time in a long time, you’re in for a treat! Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night’s Main Event!
Sami Zayn VS Drew McIntyre!
The Bloodline Civil War inside WarGames has come and gone, but there will be no peace for the Honorary Uce bow that the Scottish Terminator is back! McIntyre attacked Jey Uso backstage, he hit Sami with a Claymore, and he most recently hit #BigJim with a Claymore! Will nothing stop McIntyre from taking out the entire OG Bloodline? Or will Sami have New York feeling Ucey?
The second Sami’s in the ring, Sami fires right off on McIntyre! The bell rings, McIntyre shoves Sami down, but Sami is right back for more! McIntyre puts Sami in the corner then CHOPS him down! The fans fire up for Sami but McIntyre stands him up in a corner. McIntyre CHOPS, then finishes taking off his entrance attire. McIntyre snarls, runs up, but Sami dodges! Sami CHOPs, CHPOS, and then climbs up to rain down fists! The fans count and Sami goes way past ten! Sami hops down to then LARIAT McIntyre up and out! Sami then goes to the apron, kicks McIntyre away, to then ARABIAN PRESS! Down goes McIntyre and the fans fire up!
Sami huffs ‘n’ puffs and brings McIntyre back up to put in the ring. Sami hurries in but McIntyre kicks low! And CHOPS again! The fans fire up as McIntyre whips Sami to ropes, but then Sami grabs the ropes to stop himself. McIntyre runs up but Sami DUMPS him out! Sami then aims to PLANCHA! But McIntyre catches him! McIntyre aims, and he SWINGS Sami onto and over the desk! Sami flops to the floor and the fans boo McIntyre while Saturday Night’s Main Event goes to break.
SNME returns and McIntyre stalks Sami to a corner. McIntyre drags Sami up, CHOPS him, and then CHOPS again! Sami fires in return with forearms! The fans fire up but McIntyre RAMS Sami back into the corner, then OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY SUPLEXES! Sami flounders, McIntyre covers, TWO! McIntyre rains down fists on Sami! The fans rally for Sami but McIntyre shakes the ropes in anger. McIntyre storms back over to Sami, brings him up and whips, but Sami KICKS back! Sami goes to a corner, McIntyre runs up, but Sami ELBOWS him! And BOOTS! Sami goes up to FLYING AX HANDLE!
The fans fire up and Sami goes to another corner! McIntyre rises up, runs up, but Sami moves! McIntyre POSTS himself! Sami then goes corner to corner but into a BOOT of McIntyre’s! McIntyre hits a SPINEBUSTER, a jackknife bridge, TWO! Sami stays in this but McIntyre deadlift POWERBOMBS him! Cover, TWO!! Sami survives and McIntyre is beside himself! The fans fire up but McIntyre looms over Sami again. McIntyre drags Sami up and fireman’s carries him to a corner. McIntyre goes right up the corner! The fans fire up while Sami flails and slips into a SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO!!
The fans fire up as McIntyre survives and Sami is beside himself! The fans cheer Sami on and he brings McIntyre up in a waistlock. McIntyre fights the lift but Sami CLUBS McIntyre! Sami still tries but McIntyre still fights the lift. Sami CLUBS away, then goes again, but McIntyre slips out! GLASGOW KISS HEADBUTT! Sami falls, McIntyre stumbles a bit, but McIntyre aims from the corner. Sami slowly rises up, “Three! Two! One!” BOOT from Sami! BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO!! McIntyre survives that sudden turnaround and the fans are thunderous! Sami and McIntyre slowly rise, and Sami goes to a corner.
“This is Awesome!” as Sami aims, fires up, and he runs in, but McIntyre bails out! The fans boo but Sami hurries after McIntyre. McIntyre slides back in, gets space, CLAYMORE!! Cover, McIntyre wins!
Winner: Drew McIntyre, by pinfall
A sudden end to the match and McIntyre is all smiles. McIntyre stands over Sami, but are the issues with Roman Reigns’ Bloodline buried? Or was this just one more name crossed off the list?
WWE Women’s World Championship: Liv Morgan VS Iyo Sky!
The Liv Morgan Revenge Tour has so far succeeded, but while Liv’s been the mastermind of her own bad romance story, she’s run into Damage CTRL’s Evil Genius! Will Iyo dethrone Liv and once again take control? Or will Liv give herself an early Christmas present with a big win on this historic night?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who runs the world!
The bell rings and Liv dodges Iyo to throw her down! But Iyo kips up! Iyo dodges Liv, Liv dodges the handspring, and Liv DROPKICKS Iyo down! Iyo tumbles, Liv soaks up the cheers and jeers, then she runs up to back body block in the corner! But Iyo DROPKICKS in return! The fans fire up and Iyo hits Liv with a FLAPJACK! Cover, TWO! Liv is tougher than that but Iyo stays close. Iyo whips Liv to a corner, then runs up, but Liv slips out! Iyo slips out after her! Iyo ROCKS Liv, then waistlocks, but Liv grabs ropes to fight the suplex! Liv throws elbows, then flips to SUNSET FLIP, but Iyo holds onto the ropes! Iyo then PENALTY KICKS!
The fans fire up and Iyo takes aim, ASAI MOONSAULT! Down goes Liv and New York is all fired up while SNME goes to break.
SNME returns and Iyo hits STOMP 182! Liv sputters as she crawls to ropes but the fans rally for Iyo. Iyo runs up to SHOTEI! And SHOTEI again! And then DROPKICK! Liv tumbles out, Iyo handsprings up and the fans fire up! Iyo builds speed and DIVES! Direct hit at the ramp and Liv is in a daze! Iyo hurries to get Liv in the ring and the fans rally up. Iyo aims, springboards, and MISSILE DROPKICKS! Liv flops and Iyo hurries to cover, TWO! Liv survives but Iyo stays calm. Liv goes to a corner and Iyo goes to the other. All aboard, but Liv dodges! Iyo hits buckles and Liv hits a BACKSTABBER! Liv shouts in anger but the fans boo.
Liv goes up, up and FLYING CODE BREAKERS! Cover, TWO! Liv grows frustrated but Iyo’s a former world tier champion herself. Iyo goes to ropes, Liv runs up, but Iyo BOOTS her! Iyo waistlocks and lifts, GERMAN SUPELX! Bridging cover, but Iyo rolls through, another GERMAN SUPLEX! Iyo isn’t done as she rolls through again! A THIRD GERMAN SUPLEX!! Cover, TWO!! Liv survives the hattrick and Iyo is shocked! The fans rally for Iyo as she drags Liv to a drop zone. Iyo climbs up top, but Liv hurries to trip Iyo up! Iyo goes to the apron, and she HOTSHOTS Liv in return!
Iyo steadies herself, goes up, but the springboard doesn’t work out! Liv CODE BREAKERS Iyo again! Cover, TWO!! Iyo survives and Liv slaps herself in frustration. Liv hurries to get Iyo up, but Iyo cradles! TWO! Liv hurries to ENZIGIRI! Iyo goes to ropes, Liv runs in, but Iyo wrangles her into a CROSSFACE! The fans fire up, Liv rolls through, into a KAMI-GOYE! Liv sputters and goes to a corner, all aboard the SHINKANSEN! Liv is in the drop zone and Iyo steps on her to go up! OVER THE MOONSAULT into boots! Liv runs up, into OBLIVION!! Cover, LIV WINS!!
Winner: Liv Morgan, by pinfall (still WWE Women’s World Champion)
Liv has a bloody nose, but she’s all smiles as she keeps the title! Will nothing stop the Liv Morgan Revenge Tour from- RHEA RIPLEY IS HERE! Mami makes sure the celebration is cut short as she stares Liv down on the stage. Rhea waited patiently for this match to happen, will she make sure Liv does not stay a champion much longer?
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat: GUNTHER VS Finn Balor VS Damian Priest!
Der Ring General retained this title at SummerSlam against The Punisher, and retained it again at Survivor Series also against The Punisher, all thanks to The Prince! At least, that’s what Finn would have us all believe. Gunther wants to prove he doesn’t need anyone’s help, and Priest deserves a real shot at this title, so Finn’s put himself between a rock and a hard place with this one. Will Gunther retain this title against The Punisher and The Prince? Or will someone end the reign one way or another?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who defies the odds!
The bell rings and Priest goes after Finn to put him in a corner! Finn dodges the haymaker, then he dodges Gunther’s chop! Finn tries to get out, Priest drags him back in, but Gunther goes after Priest. Priest ROCKS Gunther, swings again, but Gunther dodges to RAM Priest low! Gunther reels Priest in, Finn rolls Gunther up! TWO, and Priest ROCKS Finn! Gunther UPPERCUTS Finn! Priest ROCKS Finn again, Finn’s like a pinball! Gunther BOOTS Priest, but Priest stays up! Gunther runs, but Priest ELBOWS him to the apron! Priest fires more shots, then ROLLING ROUNDHOUSES! Gunther falls and the fans fire up!
Priest builds speed, and Priest FLIES! He almost doesn’t clear the ropes, but he still clips Gunther with his legs! Gunther falls, Priest rises and roars, and the fans cheer while SNME goes to break.
SNME returns and Finn has Priest in a corner. Finn whips but Priest blocks! Finn still tries, but Priest breaks the grip and ROCKS Finn! And ROCKS him again, and again! Priest whips Finn to the corner, then runs corner to corner, but Gunther BOOTS Priest! And he BOOTS Finn! Gunther storms around and the fans are torn, but Gunther brings Priest up. Priest KICKS, KICKS, and KICKS! Gunther blocks to CHOP! And then he turns Priest over, BOSTON CRAB! Priest endures as Gunther sits deep! Finn CHOPS, but Gunther just gets pissed! Gunther lets Priest go to get in Finn’s face, so Finn kicks low.
Finn runs, but Gunther CHOPS! Finn sputters, but he ducks another chop to PELE! Gunther staggers, Priest runs past them both, and he DOUBLE LARIATS! The fans fire up for Priest as he rises, but Gunther CHOPS! Priest just gets mad, and he CHOPS, CHOPS, CHOPS! Priest winds up to DECK Gunther! Finn stands, but into KICK after KICK! And a ROLLING ELBOW, then a HAYMAKER! Finn falls, Priest roars, and New York is with their King of the Streets! Priest ELBOWS Finn in a corner, ELBOWS Gunther in another! SUPERKICK for Finn! But Gunther puts Priest on the apron! Priest blocks the chop, Gunther apologizes.
Priest twists the wrist! Priest climbs up the ropes, tightrope walks it, now that’s Old School! CROSSBODY! The fans fire up as Priest then catches Finn for a FLATLINER! Cover, TWO! Finn survives but Priest keeps his cool. Priest drags Finn back up, reels him in, and he lifts Finn to the Canadian Rack., But Gunther kicks low! Finn gets free for that, and Gunther hauls Priest up! But Priest slips free to kick! Finn gets moving, SLINGBLADE on Priest! But Gunther kicks Finn! Gunther whips but Finn ducks ‘n’ dodges, to SLINGBLADE! The fans are torn as Finn takes aim! SHOT- NO, Gunther catches Finn to a SLEEPER!
But Priest ROUNDHOUSES Gunther, Gunther falls back, and Finn uses that to roll back and cover! TWO!! Priest almost gave Finn that one! Priest TOSSES Finn, but Gunther has the SLEEPER on Priest! Gunther drops back to the body scissors! Priest endures but Gunther rains down HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Then the REAR NAKED CHOKE!! Priest is caught and Gunther shouts for him to give up! Priest is fading, but he gets a second wind! Priest fights up and the fans fire up! Priest snapmares free, then clamps onto the neck! Gunther CHOPS free! Priest just roars and goes again! SOUTH OF HEAVEN!!
But Finn dragon sleepers! FINAL CUT! The fans are torn as Finn reloads, SHOTGUN! Priest hits buckles and falls into the drop zone! Finn goes up, aims, but Gunther hits ropes! The Prince lands on his crown, and Gunther climbs up! But Priest CLUBS Gunther! Priest gets under Gunther with the crucifix! RAZOR’S EDGE! But Finn adds COUP DE GRACE!! Cover, PRIEST BREAKS IT! Priest then deadlifts Finn, RAZOR’S- SUNSET FLIP!! TWO! SOUTH OF HEAVEN!! Cover, Gunther drags Priest off the cover, and into a SLEEPER! They’re outside the ring, Gunther fires more HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS!
“This is Awesome!” and Gunther aims at steel steps! Priest is a tall man, but Gunther still hoists him up, POWERBOMB on the steps! Gunther SHOTGUNS Finn!! And then POWERBOMB! High stack, Gunther wins!
Winner: Gunther, by pinfall (still WWE World Heavyweight Champion)
Der Ring General may have just unlocked a new gear with this one! He defeats Priest and Finn at the same time, will anyone ever take this title from him now?
We check in with Tessitore & Ventura.
Three matches in, what has gotten The Body’s attention so far? Ventura says what he liked seeing was Liv Morgan. She took a shot to the head that would’ve stopped any normal person and still won. That Dominik Mysterio sure can pick the ladies, can’t he? Yes, Liv retained her title, but moments ago it was Gunther’s victory. The fans declared, “This is Awesome!” and those three men earned it. How does this energy compare to the original in 1985? Ventura says wrestling is even bigger today, 40 years later, and the fans can be proud of that! Way to go! We still have Cody Rhodes VS Kevin Owens, but up next, the Women’s US Championship Tournament Finals!
WWE Women’s United States Championship Tournament Finals: Chelsea Green w/ Piper Niven VS Mia Yim!
The WWE Women’s Division is continuing to build and build at the best in the world, and that means needing more championships to show it! And after fighting through Triple Threats and top tier competition, we have our two finalists! Will the Hot Mess or the Head Baddie in Charge bring this belt home as the historic first-ever?
The bell rings and Chelsea runs up! Mia dodges, but then Chelsea dodges a roundhouse! They argue, Mia waistlocks but Chelsea switches. Mia snapmares free, has a chinlock, but Chelsea fights up to switch. Mia switches and arm-drags Chelsea away. Chelsea staggers up, into an overhead arm-drag! Chelsea staggers but avoids a third arm-drag, and she SLAPS Mia! Chelsea TOSSES Mia out, but the ref warns Piper. Piper stays back, Chelsea runs up, but Mia SLAPS Chelsea back! Mia brings Chelsea to the apron, and then into the ropes, TARANTULA 2.0! The ref counts, Mia lets go, and Chelsea distracts the ref so Piper can SCRAPBUSTER Mia!
The fans boo but Chelsea slides out to say, “See that? You see that?!” Michael Cole can’t believe Chelsea’s proud of that, but SNME goes to break.
SNME returns and Piper cheers Chelsea on as she aims from a corner. Mia rises, Chelsea runs up, ROUGH- POWERBOMB! No Rough Ryder here, and Mia runs up to waistlock and GERMAN SUPLEX! Mia then GERMAN SUPLEXES again! Chelsea flounders, Mia reels her in, and Mia uses the ropes for a TORNADO DDT! Cover, TWO! Chelsea survives and Mia grows frustrated. Mia drags Chelsea up, wrenches, but Chelsea says no to Da Feet! Chelsea hooks arms, Mia powers out but the ROUGH RYDER returns! Cover, TWO! Chelsea is beside herself and Piper is also frustrated. Chelsea sees Mia go to the apron and she gets moving.
Chelsea DIVES but onto Piper! Mia avoided disaster, but in a way so does Chelsea as Piper is mostly able to catch her. They stand up, and Mia DOUBLE CANNONBALLS! The fans fire up and Mia tells the belt she’ll see it soon enough. Mia puts Chelsea in the ring, and hits Piper with EAT DA FEET! Mia fires up, the fans are torn, but Mia gets in, only for Chelsea to KICK her in the face! UNPRETTY- ROLL UP! TWO, and Mia wrenches, EAT DA FEET! Chelsea flounders and flops away, Mia covers, ROPEBREAK!! Chelsea survives by a literal foot and Mia can’t believe it! The fans fire up for Chelsea as Mia drags her up.
Mia brings Chelsea up to put her on the top rope. Mia fires forearms, then SLAPS Chelsea! Mia climbs, SLAPS Chelsea again, but Piper gets on the apron! That distraction lets Chelsea HEADBUTT Mia down! Mia runs at Piper to SHOTGUN her down! But then Chelsea SLAPS Mia! Chelsea hooks the arms, flips forward, and hits the UNPRETTY-HER!! Cover, CHELSEA WINS!!
Winner: Chelsea Green, by pinfall (INAUGURAL WWE Women’s United States Champion)
History made, and Chelsea makes everyone else green with envy as she gets the gold! Nick Aldis brings the belt over to put around Chelsea’s waist, but will we ever hear the end of this?
Tonight won’t be the ONLY Saturday Night’s Main Event!
The tradition’s comeback tour continues in the New Year with a trip down to San Antonio, Texas! Saturday Night’s Main Event will return on January 25th, but tickets are on sale now!
Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes VS Kevin Owens!
While we all saw these two work together to #FinishTheStory at WrestleMania 40, that story just spun off into this story. Cody helping Roman Reigns was seen as a betrayal to Kevin, so Kevin is just exacting what accounts for justice in his mind. Though, that doesn’t really excuse the insults Kevin has been throwing at Cody about his father, his brother, or his past. But will the American Nightmare keep The Prizefighter from having his prize? Or is this where Cody’s story comes to an end?
As Kevin makes his entrance, that red elbow pad and that new shirt, “The Canadian Dream,” are some clear shots taken at Cody and Cody’s father. Cody makes his entrance and the fans sing along with his song, “WHOA~ OH~!” But surprise! He’s not wearing the WWE logo with gold backing, that’s the WINGED EAGLE! Triple H gifted him that belt for “one night only,” will he make sure not to lose it?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who lives the dream of winning Saturday Night’s Main Event!
The bell rings and the two rush in, only for Kevin to bail out! The fans boo and Cody tells Kevin to get in here, but Kevin just ignores it all. Kevin glances at the Winged Eagle, steps back inside, but then bails right back out! So Cody goes out after him! The fans fire up as Cody throws hands! Cody SMACKS Kevin off the apron, SMACKS him off the desk, then puts him in the ring. Kevin bails out the side but Cody DIVES! Direct hit and they both hit barriers hard! Kevin clutches an ear but Cody clutches his bad ankle! Cody manages to stand up and he hobbles over to put Kevin in the ring. Cody storms in and kicks Kevin, then drops down to RHODES UPPERCUT!
Cody reels Kevin in, but Kevin fires body shots! Cody still suplexes enough to GOURD BUSTER! Kevin flops out of the ring but Cody goes out after him again. Kevin POSTS Cody! And SMACKS him off the desk! And then a DESK BACK SUPLEX! Kevin references Randy Orton, and then says hi to Randy through the camera. Kevin CLUBS Cody down, Ventura loves this, and SNME goes picture in picture.
Kevin throws Cody into the steel steps! And KICKS Cody low! Cody sputters but Kevin pushes him into the ring. Kevin stomps Cody, storms up on him in a corner, and Kevin puts a leg in the ropes. Kevin KICKS the ropes to jam that leg up! Kevin soaks up the heat while Cody hobbles, then Kevin KICKS the leg out! Kevin stands on Cody’s ankle! The ref counts as Cody has the ropes, but Kevin steps away at 4. Kevin then brings Cody out of the corner, and around by his leg, to trip him up! Kevin puts the leg on ropes to HIP DROP the ankle! The ref reprimands but Kevin stalks Cody. Kevin grabs a leg and has a standing toehold!
Cody endures, kicks free, but Kevin stomps away on Cody! SENTON! Cover, TWO! Cody crawls away but Kevin snarls and stalks him again. Kevin stands Cody up to whip and ELBOW down! Kevin mocks the deep breath of Goldust, then says “SUCK IT!” to Cody and everyone in New York! Kevin drags Cody up, just to DDT him back down! Cover, TWO! Cody survives and Kevin grows frustrated. Kevin talks more trash, drags Cody up, and Kevin hits a back suplex. Cody lands out and kicks Kevin, to then drop and RHODES UP KICK! Kevin staggers, Cody fires forearms, and he fires off in the corner! Cody puts Kevin up top then ROCKS him!
Cody cartwheels, does the Stardust, and then runs back up on Kevin to SMACK him! Clearly the mind games have no effect since Cody owns his past. Cody climbs up, but Kevin fights the superplex! Kevin CLUBS Cody, SNME returns to single picture, and Cody fights the fisherman! Cody fires hands while up top, but Kevin SHOVES Cody! Cody lands on the top rope, right on his crossroads! Cody falls down, Kevin jumps up, SWANTON BOMB! Cover, TWO! Cody survives and Kevin grows frustrated but Ventura likes the tactics Kevin’s been using so far. Maybe just stay on that bad leg. Kevin waits on Cody, then JABS! JABS! JABS!
The fans boo as Kevin flips, flops, and “SUCK IT!” But Cody kicks, JABS, JABS, and JABS! Flip, flop, swivel, BIONIC ELBOW! Cody runs, and he CLOBBERS Kevin! And then goes up and over in a corner. Bad ankle be damned, SNAP POWERSLAM! The fans fire up and Cody is feeling it! Cody springboards, BEAUTIFUL DISASTER KICK! Cover, TWO! Kevin stays in this and Ventura says Kevin sure is tough. Cody pounds the mat and the fans rally, is Cody hearing voices in his head? Cody goes up and up but Kevin bails out! Cody hops down, storms out after Kevin, but Kevin SUPERKICKS! Kevin clears off the desk!
The fans fire up as Cole does his best to get his things before Kevin brings Cody over. They both stand on the desk, but Cody hits an RKO!! Talk about a shoutout to Randy! Kevin flops around, Cody drags Kevin into the ring, and now Cody takes aim. Cody goes up, up and away, SUPER CODY CUTTER!! Cover, TWO?!? Kevin survives and Ventura does not know how! Cody is frustrated but the fans are thunderous. Cody snarls as Kevin goes to the corner, and Cody storms over. Cody puts Kevin up top, and he ROCKS Kevin with a haymaker! Cody climbs and brings Kevin up. Cody fires body shots, then a HEADBUTT!
The fans rally up as Cody goes to the very top, but Kevin fires hands! Cody fights back, these two brawl up top, and Kevin gets the edge! Kevin hooks a leg, SUPER FISHERMAN BUSTER!! Cover, TWO!! Cody survives and Kevin grows frustrated. “This is Awesome!” as Kevin rises up. Kevin seethes as he looks at Cody. Kevin storms up on Cody, waits on him to stand, kick and- NO, Cody stops the stunner! But Kevin slips out of the Cross Rhodes to shove Cody into the ref! The ref goes down hard and the fans boo! Kevin dodges Cody to STUNNER!! Cover, but the ref is nowhere to be seen! The fans count, Kevin would’ve had this twice over!
Kevin is furious, a second ref shows up and Kevin covers, TWO!! Kevin is upset with this ref but what can Kevin expect when he wiped out the other guy? Kevin gets in this ref’s face, but then drags Cody back up. Kevin whips Cody, pop-up, but Cody slips free! SUPERKICK! Kevin wobbles, Cody springboards, but Kevin ducks! Cody collides with this ref, too!! Kevin hurries to POST Cody! Kevin sees he is without refs, so he can do whatever he wants! Kevin grabs himself a chair! Kevin brings that chair in, but Cody dodges the shot! Springboard, CODY CUTTER!! The fans are thunderous as Cody roars to his feet!
Cody dragon sleepers, for a FULL METAL CROSS RHODES!!! Cover, but where’s a ref?! The first ref is back, he counts it, CODY WINS!
Winner: Cody Rhodes, by pinfall (still Undisputed WWE Champion)
If not for his rage, Kevin might have had this! Two refs and a chair were needed to figure this one out, but will the American Nightmare continue to live his dream?
My Thoughts:
A great return for Saturday Night’s Main Event, though the booking kinda followed a cookie cutter formula given the broadcast format. And even without that, we kept the status quo with titles, which on some level seemed a bit disappointing to me. Liv VS Iyo was great but Liv winning clean was shocking. Obviously they want Liv VS Rhea to still be a thing, but the sentiment out there from fans is that we’ve had enough Liv VS Rhea, we needed someone to shake this up. If not Iyo, then it should’ve been Tiffany attempting a cash-in. Tiff’s the one that can change brands the easiest with the MITB briefcase, and we’ve already seen them test the waters by giving her interactions with Rhea and Iyo, so why not pull the trigger?
That Triple Threat was awesome, but I should’ve figured Gunther would win. It wasn’t going to be Priest, as good as he is, because then we’d just be running back all this stuff with Gunther, Finn and Priest from the Summer. And it wasn’t gonna be Finn given Judgment Day stayed out of it, and also because Finn being double champion going into Monday was probably too much. Like, it wouldn’t help if the world champ was gonna lose his tag title on Monday, so he just wasn’t gonna be world champion. Judgment Day is going to fall apart because Finn’s gonna be selfish, maybe blame JD McDonagh for the loss, and get mad at the other members just because.
Great match from Chelsea VS Mia, and the backstory of this being 7 years to the day from when they battled for the TNA Knockouts Championship and Chelsea won her first singles title period really added to this. Great win for Chelsea to be the first-ever, and as I said last night, she and Mia could still feud over this title and give some great matches to build this title. The one non-title match of the night, which didn’t necessarily need to be here, Sami VS McIntyre was still really good. But I figured McIntyre was going to win because he just came back and he’s on this mission to go after all OG Bloodline members. I do feel he should end up on SmackDown to go for the US Championship, maybe even feud with Solo’s Bloodline because he still owes Solo some payback, too.
And of course, the Undisputed Championship was the main event, and the Winged Eagle looked so good live on TV. The two ref bumps made me think for just a moment that Kevin was going to win, because he could’ve gotten away with the chair shots and what not, but no, Cody still wins. But then stuff that happened off the air, but can be seen on social media, is that Kevin attacked as a sore loser, and he stole the belt! Kevin stole Winged Eagle, got into it with Triple H, and the only detail missing to me is that Kevin could’ve actually won the belt. But whatever, this can still spur a third Cody VS Kevin, maybe put it on the Raw Netflix debut, and we’ll see what happens going into the January SNME and even the Royal Rumble.
My Score: 8.8/10
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