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Still to come
- Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes
Results
- Dominik Mysterio def. Joe Hendry (5:57) (Pre-show)
- Baron Corbin vs. Lil Yachty (Five-Minute Challenge) (5:00)
- Trick Williams def. Baron Corbin (WWE United States Championship) (11:14)
- Oba Femi def. Bron Breakker (DQ) (13:19)
- B-Fab, Jade Cargill & Michin def. Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair & Tatum Paxley (9:39)
Dirty Dom opens the night with a win
Before the main card kicked off, the pre-show saw AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio face off against Joe Hendry. The rest of Judgment Day were at ringside to support Mysterio. The Mega Champ caught Hendry off guard with a dropkick to start. Hendry got back into the match moments later, holding Mysterio upside down for over 10 seconds before completing a huge brainbuster.
Liv Morgan and JD McDonagh got between these two as the fight went to ringside. Hendry dropped McDonagh with an uppercut to the jaw. This slight distraction gave Mysterio some time to recover and get back into the fight with a tope suicida.
McDonagh got a cheap shot in on Hendry as the referee was distracted by Mysterio. Back in the ring, Mysterio got a two-count after a springboard senton. Hendry started to mount a comeback at the four-minute mark, catching a crossbody from Mysterio and reversing it into a fallaway slam.
Hendry’s Hit Single discus lariat was reversed by Mysterio into a neckbreaker for another two. Hendry countered a tornado DDT into a deadlift suplex, then scored the Hit Single upon second attempt, giving him his first near fall of the match.
McDonagh got onto the ring apron, a distraction which allowed Mysterio to knock Hendry into the ropes with a head kick. He followed up with a 619 then a frogsplash for the pinfall victory. A quick, very average match.
Afterward, Morgan got on the mic and cut a quick promo about how she’s going to beat up Stephanie Vaquer on tomorrow’s episode of Raw.
Tonight’s pre-show was hosted by announcer Joe Tessitore and The Miz.
Yachty survives five-minute challenge, Williams dethrones Corbin for U.S. title
After a short performance from Quavo, Atlanta’s own one-third of the Migos, our opening contest saw artist Lil Yachty meet Baron Corbin in a five-minute challenge. If Yachty could survive the short exhibition against United States Champion Corbin, ally Trick Williams would get another shot at his title immediately after.
Before the five-minute clock started, Corbin got on the mic and offered Yachty one more chance to back out of the beating he was about to take. “You don’t want to get blood all over these new clothes … Why don’t you just pack it up and take a hike,” Corbin said.
Yachty pretended like he was about to say something, then dropped Corbin with a right hand! The clock started and we were underway. Yachty started running around the ring to try and burn the clock. Corbin caught Yachty by the legs, and the beatdown started to ensue.
Corbin ran Yachty into barricades twice then started to take apart the announce desk. Two artists from Yachty’s Concrete music label tried to drag Yachty away from the ringside area. Corbin tossed these two men away from Yatchy then brought him back to ringside.
Yachty took a kendo stick out from under the ring and started to whip Corbin over the head with it! The champ looked like he was taking some seriously nasty shots here. Yachty’s momentum was once again broken up, as he ate a nasty lariat in the ring.
Two of Yachty’s Concrete artists got into the ring but were once again wiped out by Corbin, but this bought Yachty some time to recover. He scored an impressive hurricanrana… Then a not-so impressive crossbody out of the corner. This run of moves came to an end when Corbin wiped him out with his End of Days finisher.,
The U.S. champ could’ve gone for the pin but instead decided to make an example out of Yachty. He gave him a second End of Days. With 45 seconds to go, Corbin took a table out from under the ring. He was cutting it close here… Corbin tried for a superplex out of the corner, but Yachty prevented the move by giving Corbin a low blow! Corbin fell out of the corner, and the five-minute time limit was reached! A frustrated Corbin put Yachty through the table after the bout finished.
Per the match stipulation, Yachty surviving the time limit meant that Trick Williams was immediately given a title opportunity. Williams came sprinting down the ramp, knowing he was facing off against an already-damaged Corbin.
Corbin knocked Williams off the ring apron early on in this one, sending the challenger flying into the commentary desk. Williams worked his way out of a submission from Corbin, but ran into a hard lariat immediately after. The champ got a two-count after a modified Uranage.
Williams started to make a comeback after scoring with a clothesline then a neckbreaker. An attempted Trickshot was countered by Corbin into a chokeslam for a near fall. Corbin came running off the ropes but was caught by Williams into a Bookend Uranage. Another kick from Williams was reversed by Corbin into a Deep Six, giving the champ a second two-count.
A frustrated Corbin took the US title from ringside, but couldn’t get it through the ropes due to Lil Yachty holding onto an end of the belt. Corbin got into the ring with the belt eventually but was dropped by a huge kick from Williams for a two count! With Yachty on the ring apron and unintentionally distracting the ref, Corbin struck Williams with the title, but it still wasn’t enough for the pinfall win!
Williams reversed out of an End of Days, then caught Corbin with a Trickshot kick for the pinfall win in 11 minutes. Williams has regained the WWE United States Championship. Yachty is a sloppy and green talent who likely shouldn’t be wrestling, yes. And, Corbin thinking nothing could go wrong when he had all of 30 seconds to finish off Yachty was, obviously, silly. But I thought this was a fun opener, with the Williams and Corbin portion especially generating some good heat from the Atlanta crowd.
Bronson Reed returns, wipes out Oba Femi
Up next, the “future of the WWE” was allegedly determined when Bron Breakker and Oba Femi faced off. You’d think a match of this magnitude would be reserved for a bigger show than, say, a Peacock special like SNME, but here we are. Paul Heyman, who has refused to pick a side in this Breakker and Femi feud, introduced both men as part of their entrances.
Breakker and Femi traded shoulder tackles early on, failing to knock each other over with the thudding blows. Femi was able to eventually drop Breakker with one of the shots, causing the Vision member to roll to ringside for a breather. Femi followed Breakker to the ringside area and tossed his head into the ring apron.
Breakker escaped a move from Femi, instead pushing him head-first into a ringpost. Breakker attempted to dive off the apron with a move, but was instead dropped by an echoing chop to the body by Femi. Breakker regained control of the match, then came diving off the apron with a clothesline which sent them both over the announce desk.
Back in the ring, Breakker came speeding off the ropes for a huge clothesline. He was in full control of the match by this point. Breakker earned a near fall after impressively lifting Femi up for an inverted lumbar check.
Breakker scored a German Suplex for another two-count. He started to get in Femi’s face, shouting, “Future of what?!?” Femi worked his way out of a sleeper from Breakker, beginning a comeback run of moves. Breakker connected with another German Suplex, but Femi shot up to his feet and responded with a hard clothesline.
Femi dropped Breakker with a front kick, then put together a series of hard uppercuts in the corner. Femi looked to seal the deal with a chokeslam, but Breakker kicked out at two. Breakker raked the eyes of Femi to escape a side slam. The fight returned to ringside, where Breakker tried for one of his high-speed shoulder tackles but instead ran into a hard uppercut from Femi – this looked great.
Austin Theory appeared at ringside but was put through the announce desk by Femi. This distraction allowed Breakker to nail Femi with a spear at ringside. Breakker followed up with another spear in the ring, but Femi kicked out at two.
Logan Paul, still rocking a brace on his left arm, came running down the ramp with brass knuckles. Knowing he was up to no good, the referee immediately ejected him from ringside. But, as this was happening, Maxine Dupri sneaked another pair of brass knucks to Breaker.
Femi dodged a brass knuckles punch from Breakker, instead tossing him across the ring with a huge slam. But, this all meant nothing moments later, as the returning Bronson Reed hit the ring and attacked Femi! The match ended via disqualification – I guess we’ll have to wait until another day to see who is the “future of WWE.”
Reed, back in the fold with The Vision, unleashed an endless flurry of huge Tsunami frogsplashes out of the corner to Femi as part of a post-match beatdown. I have to say, Reed looked in incredible shape. Leaner, but still huge and menacing.
This match was fine, albeit the usual WWE style of overbooked and full of run-in spots. They did a good job putting over the strength of both men, as the battle looked like a car crash in the best way possible at times. It makes sense that Reed’s return was used as a way to protect both men in this finish, although you could make the case that all of the assistance Breakker requires during matches already makes him look significantly weak.
Backstage, Paul Heyman was asked for comment on the match. Just before he was about to unleash his opinion, he picked up a phonecall. I guess we’ll learn more tomorrow.
The latest – 9:25 p.m. ET: Jade Cargill and her ‘Baddies’ win in trios action
The co-main event saw Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss team with recent NXT call-up Tatum Paxley to face Jade Cargill and her helpers, B-Fab & Michin. Cargill’s squad were wearing bright all-silver outfits, which commentary said was an homage to one of TLC’s looks.
Bliss got isolated early in this one, leading to a hot tag run from Flair at the five-minute mark. Cargill sneakily tagged into the match and caught Flair off guard with a head kick. She scored a Sandstorm Blue Thunder Bomb, but a follow-up pin attempt was broken up by Paxley.
Flair reversed a Jaded into a pin attempt, earning her a two-count. Michin hit the ring but was given a fallaway slam by Flair. Climbing to the top, Flair landed on both Cargill and Michin with a moonsault for another near fall.
A Natural Selection from Flair caused another pin attempt, which was broken up by Michin. At ringside, B-Fab took out Paxley and Bliss. Flair dropped Cargill with a head kick then started to look for a Figure Eight. B-Fab got into the ring and tried to prevent the submission from being applied. Paxley followed B-Fab into the ring and was about to attempt dual Figure Eights with Flair… But then B-Fab escaped the attempt, sending Paxley head first into Flair. Cargill gave Flair a Natural Selection for the pinfall win in under 10 minutes.
