We see photos of the big battle royal last night, which Nia Jax won. We get an interview with Jax backstage. Kayla Braxton asks Jax when she will challenge for the Women’s Championship. Nia says Ronda has Becky next, but after that she will be waiting for her. Braxton says Nia was very impressive last night as she eliminated four competitors, but not as impressive as the next guest, who eliminated five, Ember Moon! The She-nom comes in and says last night was amazing and felt like lightning. Nia interrupts and says Ember was impressive, but at the end of the day, she won, so shouldn’t Braxton be talking to her? Nia refers to Moon as “little Ms. lightning in a bottle”. Moon says she is grateful for debuting as Nia’s partner and for all the guidance she has given, and she sure hopes that she has respect for her, but how about they have a match tonight? Nia agrees and warns Ember that even when she caught that lightning, she still couldn’t beat her. I was right, they’ve turned Nia heel again. That marks Jax’s fourth turn of this year.
We see some replays of Triple H Vs. The Undertaker at Super Show Down. Both D-X and the Brothers of Destruction will be here tonight!
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We’re back and so is Elias! The former drifter introduces himself before playing a little ditty. He says he came to Charlotte early because Ric Flair wanted to hang out with him. He says Flair brought him to his house and told him he’s his favourite star right now, and Elias says he knows, he’s everyone’s favourite. Apparently Flair loved what Elias did to Baron Corbin last week, i.e. hit him with his guitar. Elias plays the clip again and the fans chant “yes!”. He says it felt good, despite it destroying his Fender. He says he had planned to play something for Corbin tonight, but it doesn’t look like he can make it out tonight. That said, the song is too good and Elias is a giver, so he’s gonna play it anyways. Elias takes his guitar and walks backstage. Along the way he meets Dana Brooke, who asks for a song, and he blanks her. Elias makes his way to Corbin’s dressing room. He knocks the door but Corbin won’t come out. He plays the song outside the door, and insults Corbin multiple times until the GM bursts through the door. He finishes his song anyway and Corbin runs back into the room holding his ribs. Before Elias can say his last word – teasing a swear – Jinder Mahal attacks him from behind! He slams the drifter into a roadie box, then kicks him. Corbin comes out and says Elias will face Mahal next!
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Elias Vs. Jinder Mahal W/The Singh Brothers
The bell rings and Mahal forces Elias to the corner, with Elias holding his ribs from the attack. Mahal tries to attack the ribs, but Elias punches him back and hits a stiff lariat. Mahal quickly comes back with a back suplex before stomping him. Samir Singh stretches Elias on the ring post while Sunil Singh distracts the referee. Mahal stomps Elias and applies a chin lock.
Mahal transitions to an overhead wristlock before applying a bear hug to the injured ribs. Mahal quickly knees him in the ribs and sloppily applies an abdominal stretch. Elias eventually gets out and kicks Mahal back. Mahal quickly scoops Elias up, but Elias slides off, avoids a knee, and hits Drift Away for the win!
Winner: Elias
Footage is shown from earlier in the night when Braun Strowman hit Baron Corbin with three Powerslams, before Brock Lesnar gave Strowman an F5.
After the break we’ll get a look at the career of Kurt Angle for some reason.
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We’re back from the break and see still images of last night’s historic PPV.
We see the brackets for the World Cup tournament at Crown Jewel; Seth Rollins will face Bobby Lashley, Kurt Angle faces Dolph Ziggler, Jeff Hardy faces The Miz, and Randy Orton faces Rey Mysterio. That’s a good tournament but Cena brought some nice star power to it. I think you can see that Cena would have beaten Rollins, then faced Kurt Angle in the semi-final, with potentially Hardy and Mysterio on the other side of the bracket.
We get a video of Kurt Angle’s career, then a promo from the man himself in the gym. He says people have always said he was out of his mind but he continues to prove people wrong. He says winning Crown Jewel would be the biggest achievement of his career and he aims to prove that he isn’t just a nostalgia act, he’s still the best in the world.
The Ascension are in the ring, they’ll be part of a triple threat tag team match, against Roode & Gable, and The Author’s of Pain. As AOP are making their entrance, the other two teams attack them and lay them out. Hoping they can have the match before they come to.
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The Ascension Vs. The Author’s of Pain Vs. Bobby Roode & Chad Gable
We come back from the break to see Gable hit Rezar with a jawbreaker. Konnor blind tags in and hits Gable with a spinebuster. Akam pulls Konnor off the pin. Gable knocks Akam into Konnor. Viktor tags in, but Gable flips through a back suplex. Roode tags in, and they hit a rolling German Suplex/neckbreaker combo for the win. That was quick.
Winners: Chad Gable & Bobby Roode
Just as Roode and Gable are celebrating, Akam and Rezar return and attack them from behind. They toss Konnor into the ring post, slam Viktor, then hit the Super Collider on Roode and Gable. Maverick returns and poses with AOP.
The announcers go back to the Roman Reigns announcement, then show him at a children’s cancer hospital just six weeks ago. The kids from the hospital are shown and they wish Roman good luck and good health with his fight. The fans chant for Roman after the segment, so Michael Cole stops speaking to let it happen. He then again talks about Dean Ambrose’s heel turn and Renee looks awkward af. We get a replay of what happened. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins will be out after the break.
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