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Stardust tells Fandango that he only thinks he can dance across space, and that he has failed. Stardust says the universe has too many heroes and is in need of balance...and that it needs more Stardust.
Stardust beats Fandango.
Kevin Owens shows up. He says he is sick and tired of John Cena, and so is the WWE Universe. He then puts himself on a pedestal before declaring an open challenge for the NXT Championship. Heath Slater answers, and blames Kevin Owens as the reason why Cena has dodged him on the United States open challenge.
Kevin Owens makes quick work of Heath Slater to retain the NXT Championship.
Renee Young is about to interview The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor). R-Truth shows up, thinking he has an interview. He leaves when The Ascension show up, and Konnor says they plan to extinguish the Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) tonight.
Dolph Ziggler checks out the sights in Singapore.
The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) beat The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor).
The Miz thanks his partner...the "moneymaker"...for his tag team title victory at Survivor Series before his and Damien Mizdow's match.
The Miz and Damien Mizdow beat Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego).
Renee Young interviews Fandango and Rosa Mendes. Well, she tries to, anyway.
Fandango beats Adam Rose.
Natalya and Tyson Kidd celebrate Thanksgiving when Summer Rae and Layla show up and trash them, making fun of her divorce and tossing a pumpkin pie into her face. All the while, Tyson Kidd agrees with them when they say Natalya's voice is annoying.
Cesaro guests on commentary for the opening match.
Before their match, Bo Dallas talks about how a young Boliever from catering offered him a cheesesteak to give him strength for his match...and how he threw it in the garbage because it's a heart attack on a bun only for Mark Henry to pull it back out of the trash and eat it.
Dolph Ziggler retains the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Bo Dallas after the ref catches Bo Dallas using the ropes for leverage during an attempted pinfall.
Tyson Kidd goes up to Kane backstage for a match, and says he's his own man. Kane, obviously not taking Kidd seriously, tells him Natalya has asked for a match and has already lined him up for one against Jack Swagger...then tells Kidd not to tap out to Swagger like he does his wife.
Nikki Bella, The SLayers (Summer Rae and Layla) and Cameron beat Brie Bella in a 4-on-1 handicap match.
Tyson Kidd gets a surprise win against Jack Swagger.
Cesaro beats Jack Swagger by hitting him with a thumb to the eye after grabbing the ring skirt, causing the ref to take his eyes off the match to put it back and allowing Cesaro to sneak the thumb in.
Natalya talks to Kane about putting Tyson Kidd in a match, but Kidd shows up and makes it clear he's having none of this before he starts arguing with Nattie. Kane isn't having it with the arguments, and to stop the bickering he puts Kidd in a match...and the match is next.
Tyson Kidd beats Kofi Kinsgston with the Sharpshooter. After the match, Kidd completely ignores Natalya as he celebrates his victory.
Renee Young interviews Mark Henry. The loss to Bo Dallas still stings, but he's more than ready for Round 2!
Brie Bella beats The SLayers (Summer Rae and Layla) in a handicap match.
Bo Dallas beats Mark Henry by disqualification when Henry fails to get Bo out of the corner. After the match, Mark Henry hits Bo with two World's Strongest Slams before telling him Bo had best Bolieve "That's what I do!"
Lana and Rusev show up. Lana says that Roman Reigns will be crushed. Reigns shows up and tells Rusev this is his ring, not Rusev's, and tells him to put up or shut up. Lana tells Reigns to be careful what he wishes for, but Reigns knows what he's stepping into. A referee shows up, but Lana wants to wait until later tonight. Lana and Rusev leave.
AJ Lee beats Cameron after Naomi tosses Cameron back into the ring.
Renee Young interviews Randy Orton. He's not worried about Kane, who seems to hate him at the moment. He's more focused on Chris Jericho.
Adam Rose beats Fandango by count-out when Fandango tries to keep Summer Rae and Layla from destroying each other at ringside. Adam Rose hits the Party Foul on Fandango after the match.
Renee Young interviews Chris Jericho, who says that his match with Bray Wyatt at Battleground will prove to be a classic. He says he can't save Wyatt, as he's too far gone and is nothing like he's ever faced before. As for Orton, he plans to give Orton everything he's got.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Titus O'Neil and Heath Slater. Byron Saxton interviews The Usos after the match. They predict in typical hilarious Uso fashion that they will win their two-out-of-three falls match against The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) to retain the WWE Tag Team Championships at Battleground.
Bray Wyatt and the Wyatt Family (Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) appears on the TitanTron before Chris Jericho vs. Randy Orton to tell Jericho to save himself.
Randy Orton beats Chris Jericho after The Wyatt Family's (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) special effects distract Jericho, allowing Orton to hit the RKO.
Summer Rae and Layla's Money In The Bank rematch with Fandango reprising his role as special guest referee ends with both Divas turning on Fandango and becoming surprise allies.
Goldust beats Curtis Axel. Ryback goes on the attack after the match only to outfox him by blowing gold dust in his face.
Bo Dallas beats Diego and El Torito in a 2-on-1 handicap match. Bo Dallas beats up El Torito after the match.
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon return...and Dean Ambrose, John Cena and Roman Reigns take on Randy Orton, Seth Rollins and Kane in a six-man tag match on Raw this Monday!
Roman Reigns vs Rusev ends with interference by Randy Orton. Orton attacks Reigns with an RKO after the match.
Triple H shows up. He balmes the WWE Universe for Daniel Bryan being stripped of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. He promises there will be a new champion at Money In The Bank. Triple H then brings out Seth Rollins, whom he touts as "the future of WWE." Rollins shows up, and Triple H asks Seth how it felt to betray The Shield (Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns). Seth calls the feeling "indescribable," and says the WWE Universe will never have that feeling as they "don't have the guts to follow their dreams" and instead will "keep doing the same thing over and over." Rollins calls his turncoat actions last week as a mere front to become the very best, calling Ambrose and Reigns "dead weight" that he had to cut loose. As Rollins thanks Triple H, Dolph Ziggler shows up to call Rollins a sell-out yet again. He promises to beat Rollins tonight "without an egotistical boss to hold his hand every step of the way."
Jimmy Uso beats Luke Harper.
Rusev beats Kofi Kingston with the Accolade.
Renee Young interviews Summer Rae. When Summer calls Layla a "catty little twat," Layla blindsides Summer before pouring milk and cat litter on her!
We start the show with Triple H. He announces that the NXT's next two-hour live show will be Takedown, for May 29th.
Tyson Kidd defeated Bo Dallas. Dallas' losing streak continues...
Devin Taylor interviews Camacho, who says that he can throw a better party than Adam Rose, but wounds up being bumped by a Rosebud with a luchador mask, followed by the Rose Express.
The brackets of the NXT Women's Championship Tournament is revealed with two matches: Sasha Banks vs. Bayley and Natalya vs. Layla!
Sasha Banks defeated Bayley to advance in the tournament.
Adam Rose defeated Danny Burch. After the match, Camacho attacked the luchador Rosebud that got him earlier tonight.
Promos of Brodus Clay and Adrian Neville are shown for their No Disqualification Match for the NXT Championship tonight!
Natalya defeated Layla to advance in the tournament.
Mojo Rawley defeated Oliver Grey. Aiden English comes out, only to get beat down by Rawley.
Adrian Neville defeated Brodus Clay in a No Disqualification Match to retain the NXT Championship!
The Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Goldust) beats The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Cesaro).
The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi) beat Alicia Fox and Layla.
Big Show beats Titus O'Neil.
Paul Heyman shows up. He says Undertaker will get all the disrespect he can handle from Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 30. He declares Lesnar will beat The Streak. 'Taker shows up behind Paul Heyman, grabs him by the throat, and tells him to tell Brock he'll "slay the beast" and throw his carcass into Hell...and if there's any part of that Lesnar doesn't understand, he'll tell him personally next week on Raw in Brooklyn, New York.
I'm going to make this segment really short and sweet:
Daniel Bryan undergoes a "corporate makeover" at the expense of Stephanie McMahon. He then comes out and says how John Cena is only a sports-entertainer while he is a WRESTLER. Vince McMahon comes out and he still doesn't think he deserves a WWE title shot. He then says if he wants it so much, then he would have to cut his beard. The employees come out with a barber chair. Wade Barrett then comes out with the hair clippers, only for it to be used on his beard. RIP Wade Barrett's beard...
The Miz will be on commentary on this next match.
RVD def WHC Alberto Del Rio
RVD defeats Del Rio in a rematch, when Ricardo Rodriguez interfering tatics have failed. Del Rio will then attack him after the match, signifying the end of their long time alliance, maybe?
Cody Rhodes is in the ring with Damien Sandow's MITB briefcase. Yes, the briefcase that has been throw in the Gulf of Mexico. Sandow comes out and tells Cody to drop the briefcase and walk away. He does, until Sandow tries to overpower him. He then empties the nasty briefcase, including the waterlogged contract.
Mark Henry def Ryback via count-out
Ryback walks away, giving Henry the count-out win. WOW! What a Wrestlemania rematch....
Courtesy of PrinceWatercress (getting kinda lazy, folks): John Cena shows up. He talks abotu Daniel Bryan's criticisms of him, and compares him to The Rock and CM Punk for it. He also says D-Bry glorifies armories and auditoriums because he's more comfortable in them. He promises to beat Daniel Bryan, then Randy Orton shows up. He says theRaw Money In The Bank briefcase is what matters to him, not who wins at SummerSlam. The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) show up. Daniel Bryan runs in to even the odds. The Shield try to flee, then Brad Maddox runs in and stops everyone in their tracks, putting them all in a six-man tag match.
The Wyatt Family def Tons of Funk
Erick Rowan and Luke Harper defeated Tons of Funk in a rematch. After the match, Bray Wyatt cuts another promo towards Kane. Kane then shows up on the TitanTron and says that he can't wait til Summerslam to tear Bray apart. He also says "ring of fire", which is hinting an Inferno match.
Josh Matthews interviewed CM Punk. He considers Curtis Axel to be Paul Heyman's "blind sheep". He promises that he will beat Brock Lesnar at Summerslam.
Layla def Kaitlyn
Due to interference from A.J. Lee. Layla defeats Kaitlyn with the "Bombshell" for the win. Layla and A.J. then skip around the ring after the match.
Christian def Heath Slater
CM Punk vs Curtis Axel=No Contest
Paul Heyman interferes during this match. It then turns out to be a full brawl between Axel and Punk. Punk then tries to go after Heyman until Brock Lesnar then comes out to attack Punk again. Punk held his own however until he was hit with an "F5" and received three chair shots to the back.
Renee Young interviews Paul Heyman and his guys backstage. Brock is clearly unimpressed with Punk, and Heyman says that he will challenge him to a match next week on RAW.
Kofi Kingston def Fandango
Kofi Kingstoon defeated Fandango in his first match since being injured by Ryback.
Stephanie McMahon is very upset with her Dad and about her failure towards Daniel Bryan's "corporate makeover". Triple H says he's tired of Vince's B.S. and that he's gonna put an end to it.
The Real Americans def The Usos
The Real Americans defeated The Usos in a rematch.
Big E. Langston def Dolph Ziggler
Big E defeats Ziggler after Kaitlyn and A.J. brawled in the ring during the match.
John Cena, Randy Orton, and Daniel Bryan def The Shield via DQ
Cena, Orton, and Bryan wins the match via DQ. After the match, Randy was seemingly going to cash in, but The Shield comes back and attacks Bryan and Cena. Randy then RKO's both Cena and Bryan to end the show.
We kick off the show with World Champion Alberto Del Rio. He thanks the WWE Universe for not wanting him to be the champion, but he's here anyways. He makes fun of John Cena's Summerslam opponent Daniel Bryan and claims that Cena is afraid of him. He considers Brock Lesnar, but he already has a match. He considers Booker T, but he then shoots at him as a disappointment. The opponent he chooses is Ricardo Roderiguez.... SERIOUSLY?! Obviously, Vickie Guerrero is not impressed and comes out very disappointed with Del Rio. She then announces a 3 way main event to determine the #1 Contender to face DEl Rio at Summerslam. It is then booked to be: RVD vs Christian vs MITB Winner Randy Orton.
Cody Rhodes def Jack Swagger
Cody Rhodes defeats Jack swagger after he countered the Gut-Wrench Powerbomb.
Josh Matthews interviews Cody Rhodes. He said that he threw the MITB briefcase into the Gulf of Mexico because he was tired of Sandow throwing around his "superiority" and putting him down. Damien attacks him after he said this.
Big E. Langston def Sin Cara
Renee Young is interviewing Kaitlyn and Layla. Kaitlyn says that she's ready for A.J. this time. Layla says she's never met a Diva who has the determination and drive of Kaitlyn and she's pulling for her.
Alberto Del Rio is upset at Vickie Guerrero for "going back on her word". Brad Maddox shows up and thanks Vickie for the good descision. Then, he stands up to Del Rio.
CM Punk def Fandango via Submission
CM Punk defeats Fandango via the Anaconda Vise.
Renee Young interviews RVD. He's ready for the triple threat match. Then Christian shows up tht he says he's going to have "one more match" for the World title. Then, Randy Orton come and says that just because he's a MITB winner, doesn't mean that he can't have possession of both titles. He tells RVD to watch out, but he isn't worried a bit.
Divas Championship: A.J. Lee def Kaitlyn via Submission to retain
AJ Lee defeats Kaitlyn with the "Black Widow" submission to retain the title after Layla stops Kaitlyn from attacking AJ out the outside. She then skips out with A.J., completing her heel turn.
Alberto Del Rio shows up and says that he'll be watching RVD vs Orton vs Christian in the back and he'll make the winner tap at Summerslam.
#1 Contenders match: Christian def Randy Orton & Rob Van Dam to become #1 contender
Christian wins the #1 contendership match! Randy Orton shakes hands with him, then RVD shakes hands with him a little after. He's then interviewed by Josh Matthews, but attacked by Del Rio.
Justin Gabriel vs Heath Slater (w/ Jinder Mahal & Drew McIntyre) went to No-Contest
Justin Gabriel comes out to a new theme song! He and Slater battle to a no contest when The Wyatt Family made their presence known when they attacked not only Gabriel, but all the members of 3MB. Then, Bray Wyatt cuts a promo and ends the show with his "Follow the Buzzards" motto and the members standing over Gabriel & 3MB.
