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Before the first match, Summer Rae asks Alicia Fox how the Divas Revolution is doing, and says as they were picking teams, she was making real change for women in this company. She then calls Alicia Fox names such as a "Bella wannabe" and a "Beyonce look-alike" as he promises to beat her.
Summer Rae beats Alicia Fox after countering a sunset flip from the top rope into a pinfall of her own.
Stardust welcomes us to his world, and makes fun of Zack Ryder and his interests. He also says Zack thinks he's the man when in his world, it's him.
Adam Rose shows up to start the show, telling the WWE Universe they do not deserve his entrance music. He is disappointed in every one for pooping all over his party, and if that there is one person who understand being unappreciated, it is...Brad Maddox. Brad comes out and he says the last time he was in this building, he was fired from his job as Raw General Manager. He dyed his hair blonde because he was having an identity crisis, and that they dress in black because they are "angry emos" and so that their colors aren't "University of Tennessee puke orange."
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Adam Rose and Brad Maddox.
Jojo interviews The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil), who feel that talking about Heath Slater isn't necessary as Slater is "diarrhea of the mouth" and will soon be the "One Man Body Cast."
Sting appears to begin tonight's show. He admits that Triple H pushed him to his limits at WrestleMania 31, but he did the same to Triple H, and for that he has respect for him. But that was then, and this is now, and he now has his sights set on Seth Rollins, who he says "is no Triple H" and is only a legend is own mind. He also says that Rollins isn't even half the man that Triple H is. Sting says that the WWE World Heavyweight Champion has eluded him until now, and he plans to write the last chapter in his career by taking it from Rollins, who he says is in "for one heck of a ride."
Meanwhile, Seth Rollins and Stephanie McMahon have watched Sting's promo from backstage. Rollins is incensed with what Sting just said about him, but Stephanie does agree with Sting when he said that Rollins isn't even half the man Triple H is, but says that one day, Rollins will get there. Rollins then asks about his statue, and if it's ready for Night of Champions. Stephanie tells him to go ask Sting.
Dolph Ziggler beats Rusev by disqualification when Summer Rae interferes. Lana rushes into the ring afterward to get a few shots in on Summer before Ziggler breaks it up.
Renee Young interviews Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler says he hasn't seen the last of Rusev, and heads into the locker room. Summer Rae sneaks inside as Renee speaks toward the camera.
Team Bella (Brie and Nikki Bella, Alicia Fox) is in the ring. Nikki brags once again about how she will soon become the longest-reigning Divas Champion in WWE history and introduces the BellaTron, which shows the countdown showing how long Nikki has before she overtakes AJ Lee's record.
Becky Lynch beats Alicia Fox with the Disarmher in a Beat The Clock Challenge to set the pace at three minutes, twenty-one seconds (3:21). The three members of Team PCB (Paige, Charlotte, Becky Lynch) are in a Beat The Clock Challenge, and the winner of the challenge gets a WWE Divas Championship match against Nikki Bella at Night of Championship.
Rich Brennan interviews Ryback. Ryback says a staph infection couldn't keep him down, and neither could The Miz. As he says that he plans to take down The Big Show tonight, we see and hear Summer Rae run away giggling, while Dolph Ziggler looks around in vain for Summer outside of the locker room with a towel around his waist.
The Miz guests on commentary for the next match.
During Big Show vs. Ryback, Show grabs the microphone and tells the WWE Universe that if they want him to retire, they'll need to find someone who can do it. Ryback tries to grab him after this, but Show's weight overpowers Ryback, who kicks out at two.
Ryback retains the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Big Show after The Miz distracts Show.
Charlotte beats Brie Bella in a Beat The Clock Challenge with one minute and forty-one seconds (1:41) left on the clock. The new time to beat is one minute and forty seconds (1:40).
Renee Young interviews The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley). They're here for two reasons: putting everyone through a table and to become 10-time WWE Tag Team Champions. They plan on putting The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods) through a table instead of just knocking them off.
Kevin Owens beats Cesaro after knocking him ribs first into the commentary table.
Dolph Ziggler and Lana are backstage. Dolph tells Lana that Summer Rae was in the locker room for two seconds and that he grabbed a towel as soon as he saw her, but nothing happened. Lana, disappointed at the fact that Summer Rae saw him naked, silently walks away.
Before the next match, Bray Wyatt thanks Sister Abigail for her greatest gift: The Black Sheep, Braun Strowman. He tells Strowman this is his moment and to show what he stands for and why he exists. Wyatt says that after tonight, there will be no guessing when the end of the world will be, and that The Wyatt Family (Wyatt, Luke Harper, Strowman) will walk through undisguised. Strowman then gets the mic, and says that this isn't the beginning...this is the end.
Braun Strowman vs. Dean Ambrose ends after Roman Reigns fights Strowman in response to Strowman shoving Reigns. Not surprisngly, Strowman overpowers both men, and not even a steel chair to the back can stop him. Harper rushes in to kick Reigns, and Strowman chokes Ambrose out. Bray Wyatt then hits Sister Abigail on Reigns after thanking Sister Abigail for Strowman.
Renee Young interviews Seth Rollins, who is incensed that he can't find his bronze statue that was promised to him after SummerSlam. Later tonight, Rollins plans to call out Sting and demand that he return his statue to him. As for Sting's comments about him, he plans to remind Sting of why he's the man right now.
Paige fails to beat Sasha Banks in a Beat The Clock Challenge when Tamina and Naomi save Banks from being pinned. Charlotte is officially the new #1 contender for the WWE Divas Championship and will face Nikki Bella at Night of Champions.
Renee Young interviews Lana. During the commercial, Renee Young also interviewed Summer Rae, who claims that Ziggler invited her to the dressing room to bury the hatchet between their respective sides, and that when she did, he got naked and gave her "the look." She then said that she ran away due to her relationship with Rusev, but says she'll never forget Ziggler being naked in front of her. Lana is about to cry and just walks away.
Before the next match, The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods) call The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) are a menace to society, culture, the Tag Team Championships...and furniture. For that last reason, they have decided to start the "Save The Tables Movement," and pull out a table from underneath the ring that is still in bubble wrap, stating that it is the last table there is, and say that The Dudley Boyz will do anything they can to break that table. They then start a "Save The Tables" chant.
The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) guest on commentary for the next match.
The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) beat The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E) in their first WWE match in a decade. Also, the table that was brought out before the match is nearly broken, but Xavier Woods saves Big E before the Dudleys can out him through it.
This Thursday on SmackDown: Miz TV with guests Dolph Ziggler and Lana!
Seth Rollins shows up. He says that he had no problem with Sting at all up until last week, and that he revered him as a legend in the ring...until Sting hijacked his statue and ruined the unveiling ceremony. Rollins proceeds to call himself a real man, and calls Sting out, demanding two things: to take back what he said about him at the top of the show, and to return his bronze statue. When he asks Sting to come out and tell him where he put his statue, Stephanie McMahon shows up instead. She knows that she asked him to call out Sting, but tells him to stop talking about Triple H and that Sting has gotten into his head. Rollins calls out Sting again, but this time he gets John Cena. He tells Rollins to remember this moment, as he is about to find out how expendable he is, and that Stephanie McMahon is the one who will make him miserable. After calling Rollins out on basically everything he's ever done since he turned his back on Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, he tells Rollins that he's buying into their bullcrap, and if they really were their friends, he wouldn't be allowed to do what he's about to do: cash in his rematch clause for the WWE United States Championship at Night of Champions, forcing Rollins to defend two different titles in two different matches on the same night at that event. When Cena asks Stephanie is the match is on, she says yes. After Cena walks to the top of the ramp, Sting walks out and stands side by side with Cena.
King Barrett beats Jack Swagger. During the match, R-Truth wears Barrett's crown to distract Barrett, then places the crown on JBL's head as a distraction that ultimately doesn't work. After the match, Truth hides from Barrett as he takes his crown and scepter back.
The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) make fun of Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego), with Titus in a Los Matadores face mask and Young portraying El Dyoungo, a parody of El Torito.
The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) make quick work of Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego).
Luke Harper and Erick Rowan beat Jimmy Uso and Zack Ryder.
The Miz, Damien Sandow and Los Matadores (Fernando, Diego, El Torito) guest on commentary for the next match.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Gold & Stardust (Goldust and Stardust).
Official for Survivor Series: Natalya, Emma, Naomi and Alicia Fox vs Paige, Cameron, Summer Rae and Layla in a 4-on-4 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match!
Alicia Fox beats Paige when Paige gets cocky and nonchalantly pins Fox only for her pin attempt to be reversed.
Renee Young interviews Adam Rose and The Bunny. Rose has to remind Bunny "no humping," and mentions The Bunny's pre-Exotic Express past: he begged tourists for money and picked fights with Elmer Fudd on Times Square before Rose found him.
Tyson Kidd and Natalya beat The Bunny and Adam Rose in an Interspecies Tag Team Match with the Sharpshooter, when Rose leaves The Bunny high and dry for tagging himself into the match.
Bray Wyatt says that not only did Dean Ambrose abandon him last night, he mocked him. As for tonight, he has a gift for the WWE Universe in the form of "the sacrifice of Jack Swagger."
Adam Rose beats Stardust after The Bunny goes after Goldust for trying to interfere. This time around, it works...and this time, Adam Rose isn't even mad at him.
Alicia Fox beats Cameron.
Tyson Kidd beats Sami Zayn after grabbing Natalya yet again.
Dean Ambrose beats Justin Gabriel. After the match, Ambrose tells Bray Wyatt he'll be seeing him at Survivor Series.
Stephanie McMahon shows up to start the show. After a WWE Network plug, John Laurinaitis, the former General Manager of both Raw and SmackDown, shows up. Before he can do much of anything, Teddy Long shows up. John Laurinaitis makes a tag team match, and along with Teddy Long, it eventually becomes a 15-man tag match. Tito Santana is mentioned as one of the participants, but Stephanie says he isn't even in the building tonight. Stephanie McMahon then makes it a Team Teddy (Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Mark Henry, Diego, Fernando, Sheamus, Jack Swagger, El Torito) vs. Team Johnny (Titus O'Neil, Heath Slater, Bo Dallas, Goldust, Stardust, Damien Mizdow, Cesaro, Mini-Gator) match where the winning team dictates who is the greatest SmackDown GM of all time. She also announces a Miz TV for later tonight, where Dean Ambrose and John Cena have a face-to-face meeting. Adam Rose and the Exotic Express show up after this announcement, and announce it's party time. Stephanie McMahon strangely agrees...by putting Adam Rose in a match against Kane...and it's next.
We revisit the first ever SmackDown.
Kane beats Adam Rose, giving Rose his first ever loss. After the match, the Exotic Express check on Rose only to be attacked by Kane. A few Rosebuds take bullets - or in this case, choke slams - for The Bunny so he can escape Kane's wrath.
We revisit John Cena's WWE debut on SmackDown in 2002.
AJ Lee beats Alicia Fox with the Black Widow, then successfully fights off Alicia Fox and Paige at the same time.
Seth Rollins beats Kofi Kingston.
We revisit the Money In The Bank cash-ins of Edge in 2007 and Jack Swagger in 2010.
Rusev beats Dolph Ziggler with the Accolade. After the match, Lana and Rusev say that The Rock and Big Show will pay for their regressions, and Rusev challenges Show to a match at Raw.
We revisit the grocery store brawl between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Booker T.
Last Monday after Raw, The Rock met Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. After a trip down memory lane, The Rock and Triple H after Rock says they should go one more time, and Triple H is interested, but then both men are self-aware that they're in each other's faces at this point and slowly back away before arguing again. Stephanie McMahon tries to break it up so they all get something to eat, but The Rock makes it even more awkward by telling Triple H to foot the bill.
Tom Phillips falls victim to the flying 15th anniversary cake.
Booker T guests on commentary for the next match.
Team Teddy (Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Mark Henry, Diego, Fernando, Sheamus, Jack Swagger, El Torito) beats Team Johnny (Titus O'Neil, Heath Slater, Bo Dallas, Goldust, Stardust, Damien Mizdow, Cesaro, Mini-Gator).
We revisit the September 13, 2001 episode, the first episode and the first public assembly of its size since the September 11th attacks.
It's Miz TV! The Miz's guests tonight are John Cena and Dean Ambrose. Before they're called out, it is announced that Cena vs. Ambrose at Hell in a Cell will be a No-Holds-Barred Contract on a Pole match, and Cena heads into the crowd to give a shirt to a Make-A-Wish Kid. Ambrose says he DDT'd Cena to put him in his place and keep him from stealing Seth Rollins from him. Cena isn't even surprised, and knows that come Hell in a Cell, Ambrose will show he has balls. He tells Ambrose to bring his A-game that night. John Cena walks away, but The Miz is ticked because there is no brawl. The Miz gets one, all right. Ambrose and Cena beat up Miz, and Cena lets Ambrose hit Miz with the DDT before Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment on Ambrose. As John Cena sits in one of the two chairs at the end of the show, it is revealed that Seth Rollins was watching all of this from the back.
Paul Heyman introduces himself and Cesaro. Cesaro is wearing an eye patch... Heyman says that Kofi intentionally blinded Cesaro so that he wouldn't have to wrestle Cesaro tonight. There are replays from their match on RAW last night. Heyman keeps ranting on until Dolph Ziggler interrupts him, he attacks both Cesaro and Heyman until Big E. comes out.
Big E. cuts another "preacher-like" promo about his quest for the Intercontinental Title. There is another interruption, this time by RybAxel (Ryback & Curtis Axel), which then brings out Rob Van Dam, who tosses Ryback out of the ring which set up a six-man tag for later tonight where RVD, Dolph Ziggler & Big E. will take on Cesaro & RybAxel!
Luke Harper and Erick Rowan are in action next!
A replay of the returns of Chris Jericho and The Miz on RAW is shown.
Erick Rowan & Luke Harper defeated Xavier Woods & R-Truth.
Nikki Bella is ready for a rematch! Stephanie McMahon shows up on the TitanTron and assigns her a partner. That partner? Alicia Fox.
Renee Young interviews Sheamus. She asks him about his United States Championship Challenge on Smackdown this Friday. Alberto Del Rio interrupts, saying that not only will he defeat Sheamus for the U.S. Title on Smackdown, but he'll win the Intercontinental Title at Battleground, too.
Still to come: RVD, Big E. & Dolph Ziggler vs. Cesaro & RybAxel.
There is another segment where Renee Young interviews Paul Heyman and Cesaro.
Dolph Ziggler, Rob Van Dam, and Big E. defeated Cesaro and RybAxel (Ryback & Curtis Axel).
