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Roman Reigns & Jey Uso win WWE SummerSlam tag match

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The OTC emerged victorious at SummerSlam, with help from his cousin.

Roman Reigns and Jey Uso got the victory at SummerSlam, defeating Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker in the opening match of Saturday’s show. The finish had Roman Reigns take the bullet for Uso, shoving him out of the way at the last second and taking a spear by Breakker. Uso recovered and superkicked Breakker out of the ring then speared Reed for the victory. Reigns and Uso shook hands after the match and celebrated in the ring.

As Heyman’s men attacked Jey Uso last month on Raw, Reigns made the save, seeking revenge after Paul Heyman’s new group took him out on the Raw following WrestleMania 41. After he took out Breakker and Bronson Reed, the duo retaliated on this past Monday’s Raw, taking out both Uso and Reigns with spears and tsunamis. After Breakker speared both into a barricade, Reed stole Reigns’ sneakers to add insult to injury.

One of Heyman’s men, Money in the Bank winner Seth Rollins, is currently out of action with a knee injury, though his status isn’t 100 percent confirmed.

Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed decimate Roman Reigns & Jey Uso on WWE Raw

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The main event angle of Monday’s Raw saw nothing but pure decimation, and it wasn’t by the OTC.

Originally, the main event had Jey Uso wrestling Bronson Reed. However the match quickly ended when Bron Breakker appeared and speared Jey Uso for the DQ. Roman Reigns came out for the save, but was also taken out as well, sending a clear message to the Bloodline ahead of their tag team match at SummerSlam this Saturday.

Reigns came out as he and Jey originally got the better of the two. But it was Breakker that cast the deciding blow, laying out Reigns with a spear on the outside. That allowed Reed and Breakker to take out Jey with a spear and a tsunami, then it was Reigns’ turn for a tsunami. The assault ended after Breakker speared both men into a barricade on the outside.

Reed added insult to injury by taking Reigns’ shoes off his feet, saying they were his now. The two, along with Heyman, stood tall to end the show.

The tag team match for SummerSlam was set up when Reigns made his return to Raw two weeks ago, seeking revenge for being attacked on the post-WrestleMania episode of Raw. After last week’s show, Reigns issued the challenge on social media, and it was later made official.

Tag team challenge issued for WWE SummerSlam

Posted on by Josh Nason

Former undisputed WWE Champion Roman Reigns has issued a challenge for next month’s SummerSlam if his former Bloodline mate Jey Uso accepts.

In a video posted to social media, Reigns said he wanted to “extend the offer” to Uso to team one last time against “The Bron Brons” in Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed.

Reigns said he loved standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Uso once again on Raw and then challenged Breakker, Reed and the “dumbass” in their corner, Paul Heyman.

On Monday, Reigns addressed Heyman in the main event segment, saying he wanted everyone to know that it was Heyman who ruined the Bloodline. The focus shifted to Breakker and as a brawl broke out between Breakker, Reed and Reigns, Uso ran out to make the save to end the show.

The last time Reigns and Uso were on the same team was at last November’s men’s WarGames match at Survivor Series.

Current WWE SummerSlam lineup | Saturday, August 2 & Sunday, August 3 from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ

  • Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena defends against Cody Rhodes in a street fight
  • WWE World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against CM Punk
  • Randy Orton & Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Jade Cargill
  • WWE Women’s World Champion Naomi defends against IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio defends against AJ Styles
  • WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch defends against Lyra Valkyria in a no DQ, no countout match in Valkyria’s last chance to challenge Lynch for the title
  • WWWE United States Champion Solo Sikoa defends against Jacob Fatu in a steel cage match
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Roxanne Perez & Raquel Rodriguez defend against Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss

Goldberg thinks only Bron Breakker should be allowed to use spear in WWE

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Hall of Famers Goldberg and The Undertaker are both on the same page — Bron Breakker is the only WWE wrestler who should be using the spear as a move after Goldberg retires from the ring.

On a recent episode of his Six Feet Under podcast, Undertaker said he thinks WWE should take the spear away from everyone else because Breakker’s version of the move is so impressive. Goldberg agrees with that and has expressed the sentiment to Breakker.

“1000 percent,” Goldberg told CBS Sports when asked if he agrees with Undertaker. “I had the conversation last night with Bron. And I told him my feelings on it, that I think, 1000 percent, he’s the only human being in the WWE that should be doing that. I know I’m going to catch a lot of hell from that, but I don’t care. Because that’s the truth. I mean, it is what it is.”

Goldberg, who played football in college and the NFL, popularized the spear as a pro wrestling signature move during his WCW career. In addition to Breakker, Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, and Charlotte Flair are among the current WWE wrestlers who regularly do the move.

The son of Rick Steiner, Breakker has now been a pro wrestler for four years, joining WWE after playing college football at Kennesaw State University and spending time in NFL training camp with the Baltimore Ravens. He’s aligned with Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed on WWE Raw as the members of a new faction led by Paul Heyman.

Goldberg will likely deliver the final spear of his in-ring career this weekend when he has his retirement match against Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Atlanta. Gunther’s World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line in the bout.

Bron Breakker vs. Penta, Goldberg interview added to WWE Raw

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Bron Breakker and Penta will square off on Raw.

Adam Pearce made the announcement in a video posted on social media. The two will face off after Penta attacked Breakker at the end of last week’s show, preventing Breakker from interfering in Bronson Reed’s King of the Ring qualifying match. Jey Uso emerged as the winner, moving on to face Cody Rhodes in the King of the Ring semifinal already announced for Monday.

Seth Rollins, the leader of the new group that features Breakker, Reed, and Paul Heyman, is also set to speak.

Pearce additionally announced that Goldberg will sit down for an interview to talk about his upcoming World Championship match against Gunther. The former WCW Champion returned on last week’s Raw and confronted Gunther, setting up what is being advertised as his last match.

WWE Raw lineup for June 23, 2025:

  • Women’s Intercontinental title: Becky Lynch defends against Bayley
  • King of the Ring semifinals: Cody Rhodes vs. Jey Uso
  • Queen of the Ring semifinals: Jade Cargill vs. Roxanne Perez
  • We will hear from Seth Rollins
  • Bron Breakker vs. Penta
  • Goldberg sit-down interview

Uso vs. Breakker, MITB qualifiers announced for next WWE Raw

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The World Heavyweight Champion will be in action in a non-title match on next week’s WWE Raw.

Jey Uso will face Bron Breakker one-on-one on the Monday, May 19 WWE Raw. The match was announced during this week’s episode following a backstage angle where Breakker attacked Uso.

It was also announced during this week’s Raw that Money in the Bank qualifying matches will begin on the Friday, May 16 SmackDown, and will continue on next week’s Raw show. No competitors for the MITB qualifiers were announced.

Two additional matches are also set for the May 19 Raw, with Sheamus facing Grayson Waller in singles competition, plus AJ Styles and Penta teaming against Finn Balor and JD McDonagh of The Judgment Day.

This week’s Raw coverage is available here. Next week’s lineup is listed below.

WWE Raw, Monday, May 19 —

  • World Heavyweight Champion Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker in a non-title match
  • Money in the Bank qualifying matches
  • Sheamus vs. Grayson Waller
  • AJ Styles and Penta vs. Finn Balor and JD McDonagh

Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, Paul Heyman appearance added to WWE Raw

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One of Raw’s newest groups will appear Monday.

It was announced during SmackDown that Paul Heyman, Seth Rollins, and Bron Breakker will be at Raw this Monday in Omaha, Nebraska. This comes following their main event angle on last week’s show that saw Breakker and Rollins take out Sami Zayn.

After the formation of the new group on the Raw following WrestleMania, Rollins was in the ring talking when Zayn interrupted, saying he likes Rollins but doesn’t like what has taken place. Rollins ultimately gave Zayn an option: move aside and go to SmackDown where he’ll get the next WWE title match following John Cena vs. Randy Orton, or remain on Raw and be taken out. 

Zayn contemplated the offer during the duration of the show, but ultimately chose to remain on Raw as he said he will be a future world champion, but will do it the right way. He and Breakker proceeded to have a match that ended after Breakker speared Zayn, causing a referee stoppage. Rollins then hit Zayn with the stomp as the three men posed to end the show.

WWE Raw, Monday, May 5 —

  • Rusev vs. Otis
  • JD McDonagh vs. Penta
  • Seth Rollins, Paul Heyman, and Bron Breakker will appear

WWE Raw live results: Seth Rollins, Paul Heyman & Bron Breakker appear

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Date: April 28, 2025
Location: T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO 

The Big Takeaway —

Another talk-heavy Raw was built around Seth Rollins making an offer to Sami Zayn. You can guess how that turned out. 

Plus, Becky Lynch explained herself, and will get a shot at Lyra Valkyria’s IC title at Backlash. Pat McAfee has himself a match at Backlash against Gunther, and Logan Paul is next in line for Jey Uso. 

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Show Recap — 

Nick Aldis, Rhea Ripley, Roxanne Perez, American Made, Stephanie Vaquer, and Logan Paul arrived at the arena. Aldis is filling in tonight for his rival GM, Adam Pearce, which is allowed for some reason. Ripley got a big reaction as you’d expect, but Vaquer also got a pretty good reaction. 

Michael Cole informed us that Pearce suspended Gunther indefinitely. Pat McAfee couldn’t wait to address Gunther later tonight. 

There was a recap of last week’s closing angle. 

Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, and Paul Heyman segment

Rollins’ music hit, and the crowd popped. They cheered as all three men hit the ring. They sang Rollins’ song and sang along with his catchphrase. 

He said he knew there were people who still wanted to cheer for CM Punk. That actually brought a lot of booing until a small number of people chanted for Punk. That seemed to catch them a bit off guard. Rollins mentioned Roman Reigns next, and he was cheered. 

Rollins said the fans were looking at the future of the industry. The future wasn’t Punk, Reigns, John Cena, Jey Uso, or Cody Rhodes. The future, alongside Heyman and Breakker, ran through Seth Rollins. (There was also a lot of barking for Breakker.) 

Sami Zayn interrupted. Zayn said they’ve been friends a long time and wanted to tell him to his face that this was a lot of crap. Rollins had talked all that trash about Punk and Reigns for years, while noting that the only thing they had in common was Heyman. Zayn wondered how Rollins was any different. 

Zayn used to think Rollins really did hate those two men, but maybe he was just jealous. Maybe he just wanted to be in the position they were in. Zayn called it hypocritical for Rollins to think he had to be at the centre of the industry and compared it to the Bloodline. 

Rollins said this was nothing like the Bloodline, but Zayn said it was just like the Bloodline, because Rollins had his wise man on one side and his little dog on the other. Zayn warned Breakker to stop looking at him, or else he’d get his head kicked in. They got face-to-face until Rollins calmed things down. 

Rollins said this was the future, and Zayn could be with them or against them. That wasn’t meant to be a threat, but if he stood in their way, he was a target. Rollins didn’t want that for Zayn. He offered to have Heyman pull some strings and get Zayn moved off of Raw so he didn’t get caught in the crossfire. Rollins earnestly told him to think about it because they would need an answer by the end of the night.

(They’re a heel group, but the crowd certainly didn’t treat them like that. The only heelish thing about Rollins so far is that he doesn’t like two babyfaces, Punk and Reigns, but we already knew that.) 

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Ripley entered ahead of break, Perez entered during the break. 

Rhea Ripley vs. Roxanne Perez

This was their second match ever, with the first happening in NXT in 2022. 

They played cat and mouse early until Perez chucked her ring jacket at Ripley’s face and chop-blocked her. Perez maintained control by working the leg, but Ripley caught her flying crossbody attempt and hit a fallaway slam. Some children chanted, “This is awesome,” a couple of minutes into the match after not much happened. 

Perez regained control during a break and kept targeting the leg. Ripley fought back while selling her leg and hit a Razor’s Edge and a sliding knee for two. 

Giulia walked out to distract Ripley while Perez cradled her for two. Perez followed with a double knee drop for two. Ripley went after Giulia, who was just standing there, and Perez tried to use the distraction, but Ripley fought her off. 

Ripley went for Rip-tide, but Guilia chop-blocked her from behind for the DQ. Cole wondered what they were trying to accomplish. 

Iyo Sky ran out to a big reaction to make the save, repaying the favour from last week. The heels outnumbered Sky, but Ripley came back in to chase them off. 

Match result: Rhea Ripley defeated Roxanne Perez via disqualification (11:49) 

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Judgment Day segment 

Finn Bálor excitedly welcomed JD McDonagh back (and acted like they hadn’t seen each other since the moment their segment ended last week). As they caught up, Liv Morgan interrupted to ask if everything was cool and wondered why they weren’t getting ready for their match. 

Bálor was surprised to learn he had a match tonight. McDonagh thought Morgan had already told him that they had a match against the War Raiders. Morgan wasn’t sure Bálor would like hearing that since it wasn’t a title match. Bálor was happy to have the match, but wanted them to keep him in the loop next time. 

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Jackie Redmond interviewed A-Town Down Under during the break. Austin Theory put over the Kansas City Chiefs, while Grayson Waller congratulated the Philadelphia Eagles on beating the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Waller informed them that he had a singles match next week. Theory was surprised and upset to learn this. 

Logan Paul / Jey Uso segment 

Paul wondered why he was getting booed after beating AJ Styles at WrestleMania. He called the fans victims of circumstance because they were from Kansas City. They didn’t know what greatness looked like. They were so stupid to think a true legend would look like their current world champion, Jey Uso. Paul said he’s done everything there is to do in the industry except win a world title. 

Jey Uso interrupted. Jey said he wasn’t about to hand over the world title he worked 15 years to get to some punk-ass YouTuber. Watching Gunther beat his brother to a bloody pulp lit a fire under him that was never going out. “This title is not given, it’s earned—and it’s mine.” If Paul wanted it, Jey invited him to take it. 

Paul mocked his Yeeting and said he sounded stupid. Paul planned on taking the title, while Jey would crash out, screw up and lose it faster than he lost the Intercontinental Championship. 

Jey laid him out with a superkick, and the crowd popped. 

Jey was good here, and he got a superstar reaction. 

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New Day joined commentary for the next match. Cole liked Xavier Woods’ haircut because it was the same as Alicia Taylor’s. Woods said he had the hairstyle way before she did. 

The War Raiders vs. Finn Bálor & JD McDonagh (w/Carlito) 

Woods said we were only impressed by Ivar’s offence because he was “fat.” Kingston tried to say he was big-boned, but Woods made sure to call him fat repeatedly. Woods said Bálor had a lot of abs, while Ivar was ab-sent. Cole said he should’ve been in the roast. (The last bit happened during a break.) 

Ivar made a comeback after a break, as Woods continued to make cracks about his weight. Woods was impressed by his moonsault, though. Ivar went for the moonsault but took too long while looking over at New Day, so Bálor moved out of the way. 

McDonagh tagged in and wiped out the Raiders with an Asai moonsault. McDonagh followed with a moonsault in the ring, but Erik broke up the cover. Ivar hit a double handspring elbow as Woods continued to mock him. Kingston said he can easily do that move. 

Ivar grabbed Bálor and chucked him into New Day at ringside as they continued to talk trash. Woods actually caught Bálor, so Ivar tackled them all to the ground. 

Carlito tried to distract the referee to help his team, but Penta suddenly appeared and dropped McDonagh off the top rope (as payback for last week). Erik and Ivar followed with War Machine for the pinfall win. 

Match result: The War Raiders defeated JD McDonagh & Finn Bálor (10:34) 

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Otis met with Zayn backstage, but left after Heyman entered. Heyman said he and Zayn were OG Bloodline. Zayn said that might be true, but Heyman blew that all up after what he did. 

Heyman said Rollins viewed himself as the vanguard of the industry’s future, and Breakker was his dog at the gate. Breakker was demanding a match with Zayn, and they couldn’t say no to that because Bron was the key to their plans. However, Rollins held Zayn in such reverence that if he accepted a trade to SmackDown, he would get a pass. 

Heyman already spoke to Aldis. If Zayn accepted Rollins’ offer, he would face the winner of John Cena vs. Randy Orton for the title. Heyman urged him to think about his future and his family. He said Zayn could live in the future or die with the past. (Zayn seemed to be taking this under consideration.) 

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Jeff Passan and Ryan Blaney were in the crowd. 

There was a video package of Becky Lynch’s turn last week. They added a ton of fake booing that did not happen.  

Becky Lynch / Lyra Valkyria segment 

Lynch entered to a mixed reaction. She said Bayley was tragically taken out of her WrestleMania match, but there wouldn’t be any murder mystery or weeks-long who did it. She examined the footage and found the culprit — “It was me! I did it!” 

Lynch was amused with herself until people booed. She told them not to act like she was the bad guy. Bayley has attacked her nonstop since 2019. Bayley never apologized to her. 

Lynch said Bayley forgot what this industry was all about. She begged for people to like her while she wore everyone else’s shirts and danced to their songs. Bayley wondered why she wasn’t a bigger star, but she saw a bigger star when Lynch walked out at WrestleMania. 

Lynch moved on to Lyra Valkyria. She said the friend of her enemy was her enemy. Valkyria would not be in this business if not for her. Lynch had high hopes for Valkyria, but Lynch watched at home while she cozied up to the woman she’s been fighting for six years. Lynch called her a loser for tagging with Bayley. 

Valkyria interrupted. She said many women in the back warned her about Lynch. Bayley was the first. Valkyria didn’t want to believe them. She was caught up in the fairytale dream of winning the tag titles with Lynch at Mania. 

It took Valkyria too long to realize it, but after three consecutive Man-handle slams last week, she realized who Lynch was—and now she would pay for it. Valkyria entered the ring, but Lynch bailed. (Some fans were giving Valkyria the What treatment, but she got them on her side by asking if they wanted to see a fight.) 

Valkyria tried to egg on Lynch by reminding her that she beat her the last time they wrestled. Lynch said she would only wrestle when it mattered, and Kansas City didn’t matter. Valkyria wasn’t surprised, so she suggested Backlash. Valkyria also put her title on the line because she knew Lynch wouldn’t accept otherwise. 

Lynch said she would make the title matter, just like she made Valkyria matter. Valkyria told her to shut up. Valkyria made herself matter. She would be a better person than Lynch, and she was already a better wrestler. 

Lynch started ranting, so Valkyria attacked her, but Lynch bailed through the crowd. It seemed like the segment was wrapping up with Valkyria posing on the stage, but Lynch dropped her from behind. 

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Aldis met with Penta backstage. Aldis didn’t appreciate Penta getting involved in the match earlier. Aldis let him off with a warning because he didn’t want to fine him. Aldis let him know he would be wrestling McDonagh next week. (Why weren’t the heels admonished for interfering last week?) 

Chad Gable (with Ivy Nile) mocked Penta for dropping the ball at Mania. Gable said his favourite part was watching his useless brother Fénix lose to El Grande Americano. Penta dropped him with a kick and told him not to mess with the Lucha Bros. 

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There was a Rusev video package. He left WWE and fell into the abyss. He fixed himself while he was there. He realized he should no longer fight for a woman for a flag. He was free to crush people, not because he was told to, but because he wanted to. 

Non-title match: NXT Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer vs. Ivy Nile (w/Chad Gable) 

Vaquer hit Devil’s Kiss to the delight of the crowd. Nile blocked it earlier, which the crowd didn’t appreciate. After a break, Vaquer did it again. Vaquer hit a Meteora in the corner, but Gable put Nile’s feet on the rope. 

Vaquer confronted Gable, but Nile dropped her with a German suplex outside the ring. Nile hit another one in the ring for two. Nile went to the top, but Vaquer hit her with headbutts before hitting a superplex for a nearfall. The crowd chanted, “This is awesome.” 

Nile countered Vaquer’s finisher with a uranage for two. Vaquer trapped Nile in the ropes and hit a superkick. Vaquer followed with a dragon screw and SVB for the pinfall win. 

This was a pretty good TV match. The crowd liked Vaquer. 

Match result: Stephanie Vaquer defeated Ivy Nile (9:33)

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Aldis met with AJ Styles until they were interrupted by Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, and Dominik Mysterio. Morgan apologized in advance for tanking the ratings because she needed time off to film a big Hollywood movie. Aldis granted her the time off and said it was already taken care of. 

Dom wanted time off, too. Aldis wondered why, and Dom said he was the IC champ and he could do what he wanted. Aldis said no. Being the champion meant working more often. 

Dom suggested he find a retirement home for Styles and wondered if he broke his hip, like his deadbeat dad did. Styles said no, but offered to break something else. Judgment Day left, while Dom held up his belt so Styles could see it. Styles had an idea, and Aldis already knew what it was. 

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Karrion Kross met with Zayn. Kross said Zayn had a big decision to make and hoped he made the right one. (Kross wore his hair like Zayn. He did not get the big reaction he got last week.)

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Pat McAfee promo 

McAfee cut a promo while standing on the announce table. McAfee said a lot of people have forgotten who the hell he was. He’s had such a successful career on the microphone that even he has forgotten who he is. He looked in the mirror and realized he was still that dog that was born in the East Hills of Pittsburgh to a truck driver who lived paycheck to paycheck to paycheck. 

He was not handed a lot in this life, but he was blessed to have a lot of friends. He went from being a bum to being someone known in every city in the country. He wasn’t better-looking than most folks, but he had things he hoped people remembered him by. 

When he was six feet under, he hoped people would speak about how hard he worked. He received a lot and gave back a lot. He gave millions of dollars back to his community. To children’s hospitals across the country, military foundations, homeless shelters, and LGBTQ communities. 

He wanted people to say he left the world better than when he entered it. Most of all, he wanted people to say he was a loyal motherf—ker. (This was censored.) 

There was one man who was with him from the beginning, the greatest of all time, Michael Cole. People chanted for Cole. McAfee had no other option than to protect his boy when that Austrian asshole attacked him. McAfee dropped an f-bomb again when addressing Gunther. He called out “SmackDown’s version of Adam Pearce.” 

Aldis entered. Aldis said Pearce might like chaos to reign supreme, but he wasn’t in charge tonight. Aldis told him to be professional. McAfee wanted Aldis to lift Gunther’s ban so he could fight him ASAP. Aldis said no. The two of them were too valuable as assets to the company. 

Aldis had a proposal: a sanctioned contest inside the ring. (I assume that’s what McAfee was asking for in the first place.) Aldis proposed a singles match at Backlash. McAfee accepted and threw down the mic. 

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Jey Uso met with Zayn. Jey knew he would make the best decision for himself. Zayn thanked him and they hugged. 

The camera stayed on Jey for a while until Logan Paul punched him out. 

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There was a quick segment with Sky and Ripley. Ripley wanted Sky to know she didn’t need her help, and Sky quipped, “Looked like you did.” (Sky will be on tomorrow’s NXT.)

Next week on Raw: 

  • Rusev vs. Otis 
  • Penta vs. JD McDonagh 

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Seth Rollins / Sami Zayn segment 

Rollins entered alone and called out Zayn. Rollins tried to reason with him. Zayn may not like Heyman and Breakker, but Rollins and Zayn were friends. Zayn celebrated with Jey last week because they were friends. 

Rollins said nobody was better suited to lead them into the future than him. It hurt that Zayn didn’t believe in him. The business tore friendships apart. They’ve both experienced that. He wondered how many true friends they could still count on. Zayn was one of Rollins’ true friends. Rollins turned to Zayn for advice when his baby girl was born. 

Rollins wanted to return the favour by giving Zayn advice that would save his life: Take the way out. Take whatever Heyman offered him. If Zayn didn’t believe in him, bad things would happen, and Rollins didn’t want that. 

Zayn said he was sorry if he had hurt him as a friend. Everything he said about them was true. They were real friends outside of the business, as were their kids. However, Zayn knew Rollins was playing games with what he said in the ring. 

Zayn admitted that Rollins was better than he was at doing that. Rollins knew what card to play because Zayn confided in him over the years about the one thing that nagged at him. The one thing he wanted was the WWE Championship, and now Rollins was dangling that in front of him. Zayn was never one to run away. 

Zayn said Rollins talked about hurt feelings, but Zayn wouldn’t just stand there while his friend threatened him. He didn’t care if he was a target because he’s been a target many times before. But Zayn wouldn’t dare be blackmailed or threatened. 

Zayn fired up and insisted that he would become a world champion one day, but it would not be due to a favour; it would be because he did it the right way. Zayn said, “So buddy, as a friend, I respect you. I love you. But this is me telling you to go to hell.” 

Rollins hung his head as Bron’s music hit. Bron entered in his gear, and I guess we’re having a match. 

Sami Zayn vs. Bron Breakker (w/Seth Rollins & Paul Heyman)

Zayn wrestled in jeans. They went to break after Bron hit a leaping clothesline off the apron and over the announce table. Zayn fought back just in time as they returned from break and hit a sunset flip powerbomb off the ropes for two. Zayn followed with a tornado DDT for two. 

Bron came back with a Frankensteiner, but Zayn blocked a spear and hit an exploder in the corner. The crowd cheered as Zayn set up for a Helluva kick, but Bron cut him off with a spear. 

Rollins watched stoically from ringside the entire match. Rollins nodded at Bron, who hit Zayn with another spear. Rollins told Zayn to take the deal, but Zayn told him to go to hell. Zayn pulled himself to his feet but ate a third spear. 

Zayn fell out of the ring, and the referee called for EMTs. As they checked on Zayn, Bron ran around the ring and killed him with a fourth spear. Jamie Noble tried to plead with Bron, but Bron told him to back off. 

Bron tossed Zayn back in the ring, but the ref covered Zayn and called off the match. (Fans kept chanting, “One more time.”) 

— Rollins told Bron that tonight was his first lesson. Zayn made his bed, and now he had to sleep in it. Rollins stomped Zayn. Rollins, Heyman, and Breakker stood tall as the show ended.

This was meant to push Rollins more as a heel, but of course, the fans sang his song. The crowd did cheer for Zayn during the match, but it looks like it’ll take a lot more to turn them completely against Rollins and his group. They might want to start by changing his music. 

Match result: Bron Breakker defeated Sami Zayn via referee stoppage (12:33)

Bron Breakker aligns with Paul Heyman & Seth Rollins on WWE Raw

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The WWE Raw after WrestleMania 41 closed with an angle revealing Bron Breakker as the newest “Paul Heyman Guy.”

Breakker aligned with Heyman and Heyman’s other new charge Seth Rollins in the main event angle of Monday’s WWE Raw, giving Rollins an ally as he fends off Roman Reigns and CM Punk.

Heyman turned on both Punk and Reigns in their main event match at WrestleMania 41 night one on Saturday, aligning with Rollins. Rollins and Heyman came to the ring for a promo in the closing segment of Monday’s episode, but were quickly interrupted by CM Punk.

Punk and Rollins brawled, with Punk momentarily gaining the upper hand. As he turned his attention to Heyman, Rollins recovered and hit Punk with a curb stomp. Reigns then entered to extract his revenge on Heyman, hitting his former Wise Man with a superman punch.

As Reigns went after Rollins, Breakker ran in and fought off Reigns, eventually spearing him through the ringside barricade. The show closed with Punk and Reigns down, and the new dangerous alliance of Rollins, Breakker, and Heyman posing in the ring.

Our full report from a very newsworthy Raw after WrestleMania filled with big angles and returns is here.

WWE WrestleMania night two notes: More celebrities, announced attendance

Posted on by Josh Nason

Here are some news and notes from Sunday’s second night of WWE WrestleMania 41 action from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

Celebrities in the house

Much like during night one, a large amount of celebrities and luminaries were shown on-screen for the second night.

The list included comedian Tony Hinchcliffe who will host The Roast of WrestleMania Sunday night; musicians Flavor Flav, Ava Max, Quavo, and Rich The Kid; music producer Metro Boomin; Jahmyr Gibbs of the NFL’s Detroit Lions; former UFC two-division champion Daniel Cormier, current UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and UFC fighter Colby Covington; boxer Terence Crawford, and actors Dean Norris, Vanessa Hudgens (also at night one), and Rana Daggubati.

Additionally, Slayer guitarist Kerry King played Damian Priest down to the ring. King plays the guitar for Priest’s entrance theme with his South of Heaven finisher named for a Slayer song.

Attendance

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin was the legend designated to give the attendance for the evening: a sold-out 63,226 and a two-night attendance of 124,693. As of 4 PM EST, WrestleTix reported just over 60,000 distributed with a setup of just over 60,000.

Much like night one, the announced number is shy of the 63,969 for the 2024 Vegas Kickoff Classic between USC and LSU but more than the 61,629 announced for that same year’s Super Bowl. Night one’s attendance was announced as 61,467.

Before he did that, he managed to drive his four-wheeler into a barricade which appeared to knock a woman down. After Austin did his business, WWE head Nick Khan was seen checking on the woman.

WrestleMania Debuts

After Jacob Fatu, Tiffany Stratton and Rey Fenix made their official WrestleMania debuts Saturday, even more made their first in-ring appearance on the big stage Sunday.

TNA World Champion Joe Hendry answered the open challenge to take on Randy Orton following Kevin Owens’ neck injury. Even though he isn’t under WWE contract, it’s the second major PLE Hendry has appeared at in 2025 following his debut at the Royal Rumble.

After Fenix debuted Saturday, Penta made his debut Sunday, failing to win the WWE Intercontinental title in a four-way. That match featured Bron Breakker, who also made his WrestleMania debut in losing the belt to Dominik Mysterio.

Reigning Women’s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria made her WrestleMania debut memorable by winning the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles with the returning Becky Lynch.

Penta & Bron Breakker vs. Judgment Day, New Day match set for WWE Raw

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New additions have been made to the lineup for Monday’s edition of WWE Raw.

On Sunday, General Manager Adam Pearce published a video announcing a tag match pitting Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker & Penta against Judgment Day’s Finn Balor & Dominik Mysterio. This comes after Judgment Day interfered in last week’s Intercontinental title match between Breakker and Penta.

Pearce also revealed that New Day’s Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods will be in action, though their opponents have yet to be named.

Pearce says in the video:

“Off of the chaos of last week, the Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker teams with Penta to take on Judgment Day’s Finn Balor and Dirty Dom Mysterio. Plus Jimmy Uso, one-on-one with the World Heavyweight Champion Gunther. And after running their mouth in my office last week, New Day will be in action tomorrow night live at the O2. Plus AJ Styles, Logan Paul and John Cena face to face with Cody Rhodes. What will happen? Find out tomorrow night, it’s Monday Night Raw.”

Monday’s Raw is scheduled for the O2 Arena in London, England. It will air live on Netflix beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern time.

WWE Raw advertised lineup for Monday, March 31, 2025:

  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Rhea Ripley (Bianca Belair special guest referee)
  • Gunther vs. Jimmy Uso
  • Logan Paul calls out AJ Styles
  • John Cena & Cody Rhodes face-to-face
  • New Day’s Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston in action
  • Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker & Penta vs. Judgment Day (Finn Balor & Dominik Mysterio)

Penta vs. Bron Breakker Intercontinental Championship match set for WWE Raw

Posted on by Ian Carey

Two matches have been added to the lineup for WWE Raw.

Bron Breakker defending his Intercontinental Championship against Penta is now scheduled for the show. Penta issued a challenge to Breakker for a title match on last week’s Raw, and later helped Breakker fend off an attack by Judgment Day in the show’s final segment.

Dragon Lee vs. Chad Gable has also been confirmed for Raw. This match comes after someone wearing a lucha mask and resembling Gable has been attacking members of the LWO for the last three weeks.

General Manager Adam Pearce announced the news in a social media post on Sunday:

“Breaking news: Tomorrow night live on Raw, the Intercontinental Championship’s on the line. Bron Breakker one-on-one with Penta. Plus, Dragon Lee finally gets his hands on Chad Gable and Lyra Valkyria puts her Women’s Intercontinental Championship on the line against Raquel Rodriguez.”

Monday’s show is scheduled to take place at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. It will air live on Netflix beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern Time.

WWE Raw (Monday, March 24) —

  • Women’s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria defends against Raquel Rodriguez
  • Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta
  • Dragon Lee vs. Chad Gable
  • CM Punk appears
  • Jey Uso and a mystery partner vs. A-Town Down Under (Grayson Waller & Austin Theory)
  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes & John Cena appear

Penta challenges Bron Breakker to WWE Intercontinental title match

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Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker might have his challenger for WrestleMania 41.

Monday’s episode of Raw made clear that Penta is next in line to challenge Breakker for the IC title. After Breakker retained against Finn Balor in tonight’s main event, the show-closing angle saw Penta save Breakker from an attack by The Judgment Day. They worked together to take out Dominik Mysterio and Carlito, then Breakker and Penta went face-to-face as the episode ended.

Penta defeated Ludwig Kaiser in a no DQ match earlier in the night and gave a post-match interview where he declared that his next goal is to win the Intercontinental title. An official announcement of the Breakker vs. Penta match has not been made yet — and WWE has not confirmed if it will be one-on-one.

If the match is booked for WrestleMania 41, it will be both Breakker and Penta’s WrestleMania debut. Penta has not been pinned or submitted since joining WWE this January.

A two-time Intercontinental Champion, Breakker’s current reign began in October 2024. He retained against Balor on Raw tonight after botched interference by Dominik, who accidentally caused Balor to lose his balance on the top rope. A Frankensteiner and spear then got the win for Breakker.

Triple H: I have Paul Heyman spending a lot of time coaching Bron Breakker

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Paul “Triple H” Levesque has enlisted the help of Paul Heyman to help develop Bron Breakker’s promo and character work.

In a feature story The Hollywood Reporter published on Heyman’s contributions to WWE on-screen and backstage, Levesque named Breakker as a talent that Heyman has been helping coach. Levesque described Heyman as a “conduit” between Breakker and the creative team.

“He’s a young guy, incredibly athletic, great character, he’s a sponge,” Levesque said about Breakker. “I have Heyman spend a lot of time with him to help develop him with his promos, to help develop his character, to help push him in a direction. Then Paul talks to me and talks to the writers about where do we want to take that, and then he’s the conduit for where we want to go to that talent.”

Breakker — the son of WWE Hall of Famer Rick Steiner — is WWE’s current Intercontinental Champion. A former college football player who spent time in NFL training camp with the Baltimore Ravens, he signed with WWE in 2021 and started out in NXT, where he had NXT Championship reigns.

The Hollywood Reporter story also included Roman Reigns discussing how Heyman has helped him up his game to the highest level.

“As a top guy, there’s a billion different things you’ve got to worry about on game day,” Reigns said. “And there’s a lot of people pulling you in a lot of different directions. A lot of people want this and that, and he can become that filter that makes it really easy to go out there on game day and perform at the highest level.”

WWE Raw live results: CM Punk responds to Seth Rollins

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Date: December 16, 2024
Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA 

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Show Recap — 

Judgment Day, Bron Breakker and Ludwig Kaiser arrived at the arena. 

There will be a medical update later on Cody Rhodes following Kevin Owens’ attack at the conclusion of Saturday Night’s Main Event. 

CM Punk and Seth Rollins segment 

CM Punk entered to kick off Raw and there was a nice wide shot to show the packed TD Garden. The crowd chanted for Punk. He told them to be careful because some people might be mad if they chant his name. He pointed out a guy wearing a New York sports jersey so the fans could boo him. 

Punk admitted he was in a bit of a bad mood. He told Seth Rollins two weeks ago that he didn’t think about him at all. Over the past two weeks, however, his mind wandered back to Rollins. It put him in a bad mood because Rollins was right. There was something going on between them and it was only a matter of time before they went at it in the ring. 

He knew that no matter what, at some point, Rollins’ stupid music would hit, and he would tip-toe out in clogs like the Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak dressed like Liberace. And, for all the sensitive people, that wasn’t an insult because Punk thought Liberace was cool as hell. Just because Rollins wore Elton John’s shades didn’t make him Elton John. Just because Rollins grew up idolizing him, putting on a pair of wrestling boots didn’t make him CM Punk. 

Punk said it was true that he ghosted Rollins. But Punk wasn’t here to litigate the past. He looked forward to the future. Rollins painted Punk out to be the bad guy. Punk wasn’t denying he was a bad guy and had the fans give a show of hands if they were ever considered the bad guy. There weren’t bad students, only bad teachers, so Rollins was Punk’s failure. Punk wanted to try it again, so he offered to give Rollins a wrestling lesson for free. 

The last guy who went down this road was Drew McIntyre, and Rollins had to ask himself if he was tougher than McIntyre. There weren’t enough staples in the world to put Rollins back together when Punk was done with him. 

Rollins appeared in the crowd (not dressed like a clown). He wanted to see Punk from the perspective of the fans but concluded, “You’re still an asshole.” 

Punk was glad Rollins didn’t come out to his stupid song. Punk said Rollins was where he belonged, with the rest of the CM Punk fans. 

Rollins said he was not embarrassed to be with the fans. Rollins was a fan, and this was his place. Punk wanted it to die when he left, but Rollins put it on his back and made it stronger than ever. Rollins had more WrestleMania main events than Punk ever would, “And that’s a fact, Phil.” 

That was enough for Punk. They met in the crowd and exchanged fists as officials stepped in. Their pull-apart brawl continued for a while (and they exchanged a few swears) until officials were finally able to separate them. 

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Judgment Day met backstage. Finn Bálor was miserable. Liv Morgan wondered why his mantra (“listen to Finn, and you win”) worked for her at SNME but not him. Bálor wondered where everyone was during his match. Morgan said they believed in him and didn’t think he needed help. 

Morgan suggested he focus on his tag title defence because they were all banned from ringside. Morgan said Raquel Rodriguez would win her match tonight. Rodriguez repeated his mantra and said she would win. Morgan sarcastically wished luck to Bálor and JD McDonagh. Morgan said she had something special planned, so she left with Rodriguez and Dominik. 

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They aired a video of Triple H unveiling the new Raw on Netflix logo. 

Adam Pearce confronted Rollins backstage. Rollins wanted Pearce to make a match with Punk immediately. Pearce told them to stop trying to tear each other’s eyes out (perhaps a reference to Rollins’ eye-for-an-eye match against Rey Mysterio), and maybe he would be able to do his job. Pearce left. 

McIntyre approached Rollins. McIntyre reminded Rollins that he once told him to get over his issues with the Bloodline. After watching Smackdown, it was clear that Roman Reigns was still the same person and everyone involved—Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso—needed to be taken out. 

Rollins laughed at him. He told McIntyre they did not have a common cause. Zayn and the Usos were his friends. He respected them, but the jury was out on McIntyre. Rollins planned on doing something McIntyre couldn’t and that was end Punk. 

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Bron Breakker defeated Ludwig Kaiser to retain the Intercontinental Championship (18:12) 

They went to break 90 seconds in. Bron was in control after the break despite Kaiser’s efforts to target his shoulder. Kaiser poked Bron’s eyes and attacked his shoulder, but Bron hit a leaping clothesline over the announce table. That did further damage to Bron’s shoulder, and Kaiser targeted it again after poking him in the eye again. 

Kaiser continued on the shoulder following a second commercial break. Bron came back with a knee strike and strikes with his right arm (while still selling the left shoulder). Bron still managed to hit a leaping Frankensteiner for two. Kaiser avoided a spear and hit a Finlay Roll for two. Bron missed a tackle and went shoulder-first into the turnbuckle. 

With Bron leaning against the steel steps, Kaiser ran around the ring for a dropkick attempt, but Bron was gone. Bron ran up behind Kaiser and hit a shoulder tackle, followed by a gutbuster and super spear for the pinfall win. 

(This was fine except for all the time they spent clearly communicating spots with each other.)

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New Day arrived backstage, and they bumped into Rey Mysterio. Rey blocked the locker room door. Xavier Woods wondered if he had a problem with them, too. Rey said it was everyone in the back. Kofi Kingston wondered if suddenly nobody had their backs after ten years of sharing the locker room. 

Kingston said Rey was supposed to be a locker room leader and suggested he do something. Rey said they crossed the line with Big E, and it was in their best interest to find somewhere else to change. Woods said they didn’t want to share a locker room with them anyway. They left. 

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There was a Rhodes/Owens video package. This was followed with a “Did you know?” factoid stating: “All the post show videos of Saturday Night’s Main Event across all of WWE social platforms have combined for more than 45 million views!” 

It was funny seeing them celebrate this fake achievement over an image of Rhodes being stretched out with a potentially serious neck injury. 

Joe Tessitore said Rhodes’s x-rays were negative for a fracture, and he was resting at home. 

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There was a War Raiders video package. That was good. They spoke of the severity of their injuries over videos of them recovering at the hospital. They said their injuries should have ended their careers—but it didn’t. 

Judgment Day tried to end their careers and cheated them out of the titles. The Raiders were stronger than ever. Every match could be their last, and their moment had to be now. Erik said his sons needed to know that all the pain was worth it. The only way to prove that was by bringing them the world tag team titles. 

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Adam Pearce announced to Cathy Kelley that CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins will happen on Raw’s Netflix debut on January 6th, 2025.

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Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley segment 

Morgan entered with Dom and Rodriguez. Dom was loudly booed before he handed things over to Morgan. She used a megaphone to announce she was the greatest Women’s World Champion ever. She said 2024 was the year of Monday Night Morgan, and they were just getting started. There were a lot of changes coming in 2025 and there was nobody better to lead this company into the future than her. 

Rhea Ripley interrupted. Morgan kept talking, so Ripley told her to shut the hell up. Ripley said this had gone on long enough, so it was time to settle it. Ripley informed Morgan that Pearce named her number one contender. 

Ripley said, “I will be the new Women’s World Champion, and all that you’ll be left with is your little chicken tender slut.” She dropped the mic and her music played. 

(They didn’t announce a date for the match.) 

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Jackie Redmond tried interviewing Rollins. In the background, you could see McIntyre making a beeline toward Rollins, but he was suddenly attacked by Zayn. They brawled as officials tried breaking it up. (Rollins vanished.) 

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Miz met with Final Testament backstage. He tried to get out of their arrangement now that they beat the Wyatt Sicks. Karrion Kross said things weren’t over between them. He was still pissed about what they did to Scarlett. Kross told Miz he would be facing Dexter Lumis next week. Miz wasn’t happy, but Paul Ellering said he owed them. Kross tried to encourage Miz by reminding him that he’s won 22 titles in his career. Miz left. 

Rezar asked if Kross thought Miz could take Lumis. Kross wasn’t sure, but he wanted to keep testing the Wyatts. He also wanted Miz to learn that you couldn’t back out of a deal with the devil. (He also gave Ellering a stern look when saying this, and Ellering looked a little concerned.) 

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Tessitore congratulated Chelsea Green on winning the Women’s United States Champion. 

Women’s IC title tournament first-round triple threat match: Zoey Stark defeated Kayden Carter and  Raquel Rodriguez (9:21) 

Carter wiped out her opponents with a dive before a break, and Stark returned the favour after the break. Rodriguez set up Carter for a Tejana Bomb, but Stark dropped them with a missile dropkick. That knocked Rodriguez out of the ring, so Stark gave Carter the Z-360 for the pinfall win. 

Stark advances and will face Dakota Kai in the next round. 

This wasn’t much, and it came to a crashing end when Stark messed up her own finisher. 

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R-Truth met with Alpha Academy until he was confronted by Pete Dunne, who was still pissed about being called “Butch.” Truth responded, “Butch, please!” Dunne got in his face, but Otis stepped between them, so Dunne left. Truth left, too. 

Chad Gable and American Made approached Alpha Academy. Gable called them a clown show that ruined his Academy. He called them a joke, and their commercial was pathetic. He ran them all down until Otis told him to shut up. Gable said it was time to kill his darlings, and he would start with Tozawa. 

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Redmond interviewed New Day backstage. They were still without somewhere to change, and the disrespect continued because the interview was quickly interrupted by yet another commotion. This time it was PCF taking out Kairi Sane. (They trapped her arm in a heavy equipment box.) 

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A red logo flashed on the screen. It appeared to be a zero, perhaps teasing Penta. 

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The War Raiders defeated Finn Bálor & JD McDonagh to win the World Tag Team Championships (16:11) 

The War Raiders were in control through an early break until McDonagh used Ivar’s beard to yank him down over the top rope as Bálor distracted the referee. Ivar responded by knocking down both men with a handspring double back elbow, which popped the crowd. Erik tagged in and was in control until Bálor tripped him from outside the ring. Bálor and McDonagh twice drove Erik into the steel steps, leading to another break. 

They worked over Erik until Ivar made the hot tag. Ivar gave Bálor a seated senton and McDonagh a cartwheel kick. Ivar gave McDonagh a world’s strongest slam off the middle rope for a nearfall. They gave McDonagh a pop-up powerslam combo, but Bálor broke up the cover. They went for War Machine, but Bálor dropped the top rope to knock Ivar out of the ring. 

Bálor gave Erik a slingblade and dropkick. McDonagh hit a moonsault, and Bálor followed with Coup de Grace, but Ivar broke up the cover. 

McDonagh distracted the referee as Bálor went for a chair, but Damian Priest suddenly appeared (in exactly the right position) to prevent him from grabbing it. Priest knocked Bálor into the barricade. 

Bálor rolled back in the ring, and Erik and Ivar gave him War Machine for the pinfall win. They got a nice pop and a big fireworks display as the show ended.