We return to see Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel make their entrance.
Finn Balor Vs. Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel
Balor starts against Bo Dallas and sidesteps him. Dallas and Curtis Axel talk strategy. They go for a test of strength, but Balor quickly backs off. Axel tags in, and they lock up. Axel applies a waistlock, but Balor gets out and shoves him away. Balor applies a waistlock, but Axel shoves him to the corner and shoulders him. Dallas tags in and stomps him. Axel then tags back in and stomps away at him. Axel then taunts the crowd.
Balor punches Axel back and elbows Dallas down. Axel quickly punches him back, but he has a whip reversed. Balor rolls through a sunset flip and dropkicks him in the face for a two count. Balor then applies a chin lock. Axel fights up and pushes him into the ropes. Dallas tries for a cheap shot, but Balor punches him. Axel then takes Balor down. Axel’s nose is bleeding. Dallas tags in and attacks. Balor comes back with a double stomp and covers, but Axel breaks it up.
Axel tags back in and attacks Finn. Axel puts him in the corner and climbs, but Balor knocks him off. Balor sets up for the Coup de Grace, but Dallas grabs his legs. The Miztourage starts to double-team him, so the referee calls for the bell.
Winner Via Disqualification: Finn Balor
The Miztourage continues to double-team Balor. Out of nowhere, Hideo Itami runs down for the save! Itami kicks Axel in the chest. Then, Balor holds Dallas up, and Itami headkicks him. Itami and Balor celebrates in the ring. Wow, didn’t see that coming. I think we’re getting a tag match.
*Commercial Break*
Finn Balor & Hideo Itami Vs. The Miztourage
We join the match in progress. Itami starts attacking the arm of Dallas. Balor tags in and comes off the top rope with a club to the arm. Balor then applies an arm bar. Dallas gets out with an eye rake. Axel tags in and stomps away at Balor, before hitting a backbreaker for a near-fall. Axel stomps him before applying a chin lock. Dallas tags in and clotheslines him in the corner before sending him into a knee from Axel for a two count.
Axel applies a chin lock and grounds Finn in the middle of the ring. Balor fights up, but Axel knees him and sends him to the corner. Axel charges, but Balor sidesteps him. Itami tags in and knocks Dallas off the apron before twisting Axel around and kneeing him. Itami comes off the top rope with a clothesline for a two count. Itami reverses a whip and kicks him in the face. Itami hits a strike combination and the Busaiku Knee, but Dallas breaks it up. Balor gets Dallas out of the ring and dropkicks him in the corner. Itami then hits the GTS, the move he innovated, for the win.
Winners: Finn Balor & Hideo Itami
Tonight’s main event will see Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, and Jason Jordan take on Samoa Joe, Cesaro, and Sheamus.
Renee Young is backstage with Cedric Alexander. She asks if he’s overlooking Drew Gulak. Alexander says he wants to be the champion so bad he can taste it. Alexander wants to show the world what the Cruiserweights are made of. This is a second chance, and he’ll take full advantage of it. As for overlooking Gulak, the only way he’ll do that is when he’s standing over him after beating him.
*Commercial Break*
WWE congratulates The Rock for receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore makes his entrance with Drew Gulak. Enzo says Gulak’s match against Cedric “The Entertainer” Alexander will be better than the new Star Wars. Gulak says he’s considered him a Jar Jar Binks, which draws boos. Tonight is the biggest match of his life, and he owes it all to his mentor and best friend, Enzo Amore. As a token of appreciation, he has an Enzo Amore tribute of a PowerPoint presentation. Cedric Alexander’s music hits to interrupt. Enzo Amore joins the commentary table.
Drew Gulak Vs. Cedric Alexander
They lock up, and Alexander powers him to the corner before giving a clean break. Gulak takes him down by the leg, but Alexander hooks the head. Alexander hits a headlock takeover. Gulak fights up, but Alexander takes him down with a handspring head-scissor.
Alexander knocks him out of the ring and hits a summersault senton. Alexander points at Enzo before putting Gulak in the ring for a two count. Alexander chops the chest a few times, but Gulak applies a waistlock. Alexander applies a front facelock and they go over the top rope in a nasty suplex spot.
*Commercial Break*
We come back from the break to see Gulak hard Irish whip Alexander into the corner. During the break, Gulak shoves Alexander off the top rope to the floor and hurt his back. Gulak continues to work the back for a two count. Gulak chops him back, but Alexander sidesteps him. Gulak turns him inside out with a clothesline for a two count. Gulak applies a surfboard stretch, but Alexander gets out.
Alexander hits a back body drop and connects with a clothesline and a back elbow. Alexander chops him, but Gulak comes back with a sunset flip for a two count. They trade pins before Alexander hits him with a standing Spanish Fly for a near fall. A “CM Punk” chant is starting up. Alexander punches and uppercuts him. Gulak counters a kick into a modified bow and arrow stretch. Alexander gets to the bottom rope.
Enzo is texting while the match is going on and not interested, sadly like most of the crowd. Enzo then gets up and leaves. Gulak is distracted by that. Alexander kicks Gulak in the face and they stand around awkwardly before Alexander hits a springboard clothesline. Alexander then hits a Lumbar Check to become the #1 Contender!
Winner: Cedric Alexander
Still to come, Sasha Banks, Mickie James & Bayley face Absolution. We see highlights from last night’s Clash of Champions. Asuka is up next.
*Commercial Break*
Enzo Amore is walking around backstage and he comes up to a smiling Nia Jax. Enzo says he got her DM. She wants to finish their conversation unless he wants to check on his friend, Drew Gulak. Enzo says Gulak isn’t his friend. Gulak runs up and apologizes. Gulak wants to own up to his failings and says he lost to Cedric Alexander. Enzo says it’s ok. Gulak says he let Enzo and the Zo Train down. Jax says she’ll let him deal with it. They can talk another time. She walks off. Enzo says Gulak did a lot of things wrong and storms off.
A pre-taped interview is shown with Alicia Fox. Fox is upset that Paige and her “fangirls” attacked her. If she loses tonight, she’ll freak out.
Asuka vs. Alicia Fox
The bell rings, and Fox immediately puts herself through the ropes. An “Asuka’s gonna kill you” chant picks up. Asuka charges, and Fox sidesteps her. Fox looks terrified. Fox ducks a punch and puts herself through the ropes. Asuka blocks a kick and applies a waistlock. Asuka applies a side headlock, but Fox whips her off. Asuka shoulder blocks her down and taunts her. Asuka takes her down for an arm bar, but Fox quickly gets to the bottom rope.
Foxy leaves the ring to collect her thoughts. Fox snaps her off the top rope and hits a big boot for a two count. Fox hits a northern lights suplex for a two count. Fox applies a chin lock, but Asuka fights up. Asuka gets pumped up and hits a missile dropkick. Asuka hits a running hip attack in the corner before hitting a running snapmare. Asuka kicks her in the face and wraps her in an armbar for the submission win.
Winner: Asuka
Coming up next, we’ll see Rollins, Ambrose, and Jordan take on Samoa Joe, Sheamus, and Cesaro.
*Commercial Break*
