Kairi Sane Vs Nia Jax
The match begins and Sane dodges Jax to jump on her back with a sleeper. Sane jumps for a dropkick but Jax catches her legs and swings her around before releasing. We see Asuka watching on a monitor backstage and she’s screaming at the TV.
Jax throws Sane by the hair. Sane goes to the apron and slides under in an attempt to pin Jax but she lifts Kairi up and throws her into the buckles – super dangerous and poorly executed from Jax. Nia runs at Kairi in the corner but nobody’s home. Sane starts kicking the leg of Jax until she drops to a knee.
Nia lifts her but her knee gives out, so Kairi attacks her on one knee. Kairi knocks Jax into the corner and hits a sliding knee. Sane goes up top and jumps but Jax moves. Nia hits a Samoan drop for the win.
Winner: Nia Jax
Seth Rollins is sitting on a leather chair in his home. He says Drew McIntyre is a brave man, a fighting Champion, and he respects that. He says not many know what it’s like to be in Drew’s shoes, but he does. He says they both beat Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, and they both have a deep passion for the industry. And so he accepts his challenge to a match at Money In The Bank out of necessity, because the WWE Universe needs a leader. He is a proven leader and Drew is not. He says he’s going to take McIntyre’s title at WrestleMania because he has to.
*Commercial Break*
We see Erik and Ivar of The Viking Raiders driving on the road. They say they love to fight, that they worship Thor, they love beards, and conquer the tag team division while chanting their team name. Ivar is eating a huge leg of meat.
MVP makes his way to the ring and says he has seen lots of WWE Superstars rise and fall in pursuit of the Money In The Bank briefcase. He says we’ve already seen Daniel Bryan and Aleister Black qualify, and tonight the living legend Rey Mysterio attempts to get in. Nut right now he faces Apollo Crews, the most talented man in WWE, but he’s already told his agent to book a flight to Tiatn Towers because he’s definitely goinna win.
Money In The Bank Qualifying Match
Apollo Crews Vs. MVP
The match begins and Crews unloads right hands, then drops MVP with two dropkicks and the veteran rolls to the apron. Crews knocks him off the apron, then jumps onto it himself but MVP swipes his legs.
*Commercial Break*
Back live and MVP has Crews in a camel clutch. Crews stands up and slams him into the buckles, but MVP fires back with a big lariat and a two-count. MVP drills Apollo with forearms while naming the people he’s wrestled against. He looks to hit The Playmaker but Crews avoids it and hits a neckbreaker.
Crews batters MVP in the corner, then hits a bit clothesline. Apollo connects with a high-angle bodyslam for a two-count. Another body slam from Crews, then looks for a frog splash but MVP gets his knees up. MVP hits the Playmaker but Crews kicks out. Apollo drops MVP, hits a miliatry press, standing moonsault, standing shooting star press, and a spin-out powerbomb for the win!
Winner: Apollo Crews
Charly Caruso inetrviews Ruby Riott backstage andasks how the Riot Squad went from being tight to divided. Ruby says there never was a Squad if you ask her, she needed double shoulder surgery because she had to carry Morgan and Logan. And now Sarah has a broken arm and Liv will be lucky if she doesn’t break both of hers. Liv thinks she’s all grown-up but tonight she will prove how small and weak she really is.
*Commercial Break*
Ruby Riott Vs. Liv Morgan
The match begins with a stiff lock-up and Liv forces Ruby to the corner but gets decked with a forearm. Ruby kicks Liv and slams her head into the mat. Morgan fights back and hits a few clotheslines and a springboard dropkick for a two-count.
Morgan shoves Riott by the head, then looks for a suplex but Ruby counters by suplexing Liv onto the top rope, then kicking her head. Ruby applies a submission to Liv and trash talks her. Ruby beats Liv against the ropes, then drops her with a superkcik. Ruby slaps the head of Liv and asks her to beg for mercy. Ruby hits the ropes but Morgan hits a rope-assisted flatliner for the win!
Winner: Liv Morgan
We’re back in the gym with Bobby Lashley and he says he’s all warmed-up. He says this is no easy task, it takes an elite athlete to flip a tractor tire, then he does it with ease. Lashley says any athlete can do that, but how many can do this; and he turns to a far bigger tire that he’ll flip later in the night.
*Commercial Break*
RAW returns with a graphic to commemorate Howard Finkel, who died this past week. That’s a shame, The Fink was most certainly deserving of a tribute video.
Money In The Bank Qualifying Match
Rey Mysterio Vs. Murphy
The match begins and Murphy takes down the Lucha legend with a headlock. Rey flips out but Murphy swipes his feet but Rey does the same to him and Murphy kips-up. Murphy laughs and says “not bad for an old man.”
Rey catches Murphy with a hurricanrana that lands him on the middle rope, and Rey runs but Murphy jumps up and Rey tells him how close he came. Murphy atacks Rey, who goes between the ropes to get away, then leaves the ring and tells the referee he hurt his finger. Murphy runs out after Murphy and shoves him into the barricade, then back into the ring.
Murphy takes a wristlock but Rey flips out and knocks him from the ring. Rey dropkicks murphy through the ropes, then slides through the ropes towards him but gets caught by Murphy. Rey fights away but Murphy connects with a boot. Murphy then stomps the injured hand as we head to the break.
*Commercial Break*
Back live and Murphy slams Rey’s hand into the steel steps. Murphy drags Rey to the apron and slams his hand onto the top of the ring post, then stands on it. Rey kicks Murphy off the post and he falls to the floor. Rey runs off the steps and hits a hurricanrana onto the steel ramp!
Rey hits a springboard crossbody to Murphy back in the ring, then counters him to hit a tilt-a-whirl DDT for a near-fall. Both men wind-up on the apron and Rey knocks Murphy off into the barricade. Rey runs and catches Murphy with a bseball slide into a hurricanrana into the barricade.
Rey throws Murphy back inside the ring, and dives for a crossbody but Murphy rolls through and lifts him for a swinng facebuster. Murphy hits a knee to the face and a brainbuster for a near-fall. Murphy drags Rey to near the corner, scales the ropes, but Rey comes back with a right hand. Rey jumps and hits a Canadian Destroyer, followed by a 619. Rey goes up top and hits a frog splash for the win!
Winner: Rey Mysterio
Rey joins Daniel Bryan, Aleister Black, and Apollo Crews in the Money In The Bank ladder match.
