SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley w/Dominik Mysterio vs. Dana Brooke
As soon as the bell rings, Brooke dropkicks Ripley. Ripley pancakes Brooke and rains down rights and lefts. Ripley beats down Brooke. Brooke surprises Ripley with a wheelbarrow bulldog. Brooke dives off the top but is caught by Ripley. Riptide by Ripley. Ripley does the release version of the move instead of sitting out to a pin. Ripley chuckles at Brooke before locking in the Prisim Lock. Brooke taps out.
Winner- Rhea Ripley
After the match, Ripley hands Dominik the SmackDown Women’s Championship and hits another Ripetide on Brooke. Ripley slaps on the Prisim Lock again. Natalya’s music hits. She is one of the new addition to the Raw Roster. Natalya gets in Ripley’s face. Ripley walks away.
Undisputed Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs. IMPERIUM
Kaiser and Zayn trade strikes. Hip toss by Zayn. Vinci gets a blind tag and clubs Zayn while he is tossing Kaiser out of the ring. Zayn goes up top, but Kaiser pushes him off the top into a lariat by Vinci while the referee is distracted. Vinci and Kaiser land their patented double kick in the corner. IMPERIUM poses over Zayn as the show cuts to a commercial. After the break, Vinci and Kaiser are working over Zayn.
Zayn manages to tag in Owens. Owens stomps a mudhole in Kaiser. Owens sends Kaiser flying with a backdrop. Inverted atomic drop by Owens. Owens sets up a cannonball after nailing a lariat. Vinci tries to break it up but gets blasted with a right hand by Owens. Ownes hits a patella brainbuster. Owens lands a swanton. Vinci breaks up the pin.
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Kaiser and Vinci catch Owens with a high/low. Owens surprises Kaiser with a lariat that turns him inside out. Vinci knocks Zayn off the apron. IMPERIUM sets up the Imperial Bomb. Owens back body drops Vinci and drops Kaiser with a Stunner. Vinici charges in and eats a Helluva Kick from Zayn. Zayn pins Vinci.
Winners- Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
Zoey Stark vs. Nikki Cross
Stark slaps Cross in the face. Cross attacks Stark. Stark sends Cross into the corner and lays in a bunch of stomps. Modified Arabian Press by Stark. Cross charges in and gets obliterated by a clothesline from Stark. Kick out by Cross.
Cross fires up and lands a few strikes. Corner Splash by Cross. Cross tries a tornado DDT, but Stark tosses her to the mat. Z360 by Stark. Stark pins Cross.
Winner- Zoey Stark
