• Edge kicks off the show to a huge ovation. Edge says, “Dominik Mysterio.” He says he has known Dominik since he was 5 years old.
Edge used to spend time with him in catering. He has been like family and slept at their house when he was in San Diego.
Dominik has been like a nephew to him. After what Dominik did on Saturday, Edge knows Rey raised Dominik better than that.
Dominik can hash it out however he wants with his father, but he’s a different beast. Edge isn’t looking at him like the kid he watched grow up.
He’s looking at Dominik as a WWE Superstar. A man’s game pays a man’s price. Edge calls Dominik out.
Instead, Rey Mysterio comes out. Rey looks heartbroken and is motioning for Edge to calm down. Rey knows his son messed up big.
Rey is asking for an apology on his son’s behalf. Rey begs Edge not to do this.
Edge says Rey knows that he loves him, but his son is old enough to drink, drive, and step foot in this ring.
Rhea Ripley comes out. Ripley says Dominik isn’t his baby boy anymore. Ripley saw the potential in him and made him into a man.
Dominik Mysterio walks out dressed in all black. Rey begs his son to snap out of it. A “Who’s your daddy” chant lightly picks up.
Ripley & Dominik start making their way to the ring. Rey tells Edge to do what he has to do because he can’t be part of this.
Rey leaves the ring and again begs his son not to do this. Dominik doesn't even look at him. Rey sadly walks off.
As Dominik approaches the ring, Finn Balor & Damian Priest attack Edge from behind.
Edge manages to fight them off until Dominik gets in the ring. Rey charges down to the ring, but Dominik & Ripley stand in his way.
Rey tries to get past Dominik, but Dominik throws him back. Ripley attacks Rey from behind and whips him into the steel steps.
In the ring, Balor hits the Coup de Grâce on Edge onto the chair and knee.
• Backstage, Sarah Schreiber approaches The Miz & Ciampa. She asks Miz about last week, but Miz doesn’t want to talk about it.
They walk off and stop when they approach a car that is flipped over.
• #1 Contenders – Fatal 4-Way:
New Day vs. Alpha Academy vs. Los Lotharios vs. Street Profits ends in a no contest (14:00).
Grade: C+
Ending:
Chad Gable is applying Ankle Lock on Montez Ford. Suddenly, BRAUN STROWMAN’s music hits.
Strowman then knocks out everybody in the ring. He looks around, and the crowd gives him a great ovation.
Security runs in, but Strowman viciously takes them out. Strowman signals it is time for the Strowman Express.
He trips, but he quickly gets to his feet and knocks Otis through the barricade.
He then puts Angelo Dawkins through the commentary table with a running powerslam.
• Non-title Match: Raquel Rodriguez & Aliyah def. Nikki ASH & Doudrop (3:42).
Rodriguez pins Doudrop for the win.
Grade: C-
• Backstage, Rey Mysterio says he will never lay hands on his son, but Judgment Day deserves to get their asses beat.
Rey challenges either Finn Bálor or Damian Priest to a match tonight.
• Austin Theory comes out. Theory says things didn’t go as planned on Saturday, but Crown Jewel was an absolute success.
Theory says he’s just kidding because it’s Clash at the Castle.
He says the difference between him and the people is when he gets knocked down, he gets back up, even against a boxer like Tyson Fury.
He says he and Roman Reigns have unfinished business and he’ll soon end Roman Reigns’ two-year reign.
Kevin Owens interrupts. Owens talks about Theory's jaw and a “You got knocked out” chant picks up.
Owens then says that Theory got KOed. A “You got KOed” chant then picks up. Owens smiles.
Owens says he just realized that Theory found his first name again. Owens can call him Austin now.
Owens says the only reason that Theory has the briefcase right now is Owens wasn’t in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
Theory says he is the handpicked future of this company, while Owens is just trying to stay relevant.
Owens admits to doing what he can to stay relevant, which is why he’s so great. Owens says Theory WAS the handpicked future of WWE.
Owens wonders if he’s the only one who knows what is going to happen. A referee is going to run down to the ring.
A referee actually runs down to the ring. Owens says someone will then challenge him to a fight. Oh wait — it’s him.
• Kevin Owens def. Austin Theory (16:54).
Grade: B+
• DAMAGE CTRL make their way into the ring. Bayley says, “Ding dong, hello idiots!”.
Dakota Kai says she wasn’t legal last week during the tag titles match and they are taking those titles.
Bayley talks about how she is the first person to pin Belair in almost 300 days. Bianca Belair comes out.
Belair says if Bayley wants a challenge, they can have a match right now. Bayley says, “Shoosh, please.”
Bayley says it’s Labor Day, so she’s not working today.
Belair gets in the ring and says unless she’s got this title, Bayley is in control of nothing.
DAMAGE CTRL surrounds the ring before walking off. Belair laughs.
Bayley says if and when Bayley wants that title, she’ll get it one way or another.
• Backstage, Johnny Gargano says Theory may have forgotten what he can do in the ring, but he’ll show them. Theory says nobody cares.
Gargano says Johnny Wrestling will return to action next week and tells Theory to be careful of the sharks.
• Damian Priest def. Rey Mysterio (13:30).
Ending:
Mysterio goes for the 619, but Dominik stands in his way. Mysterio attacks Bálor getting on the apron, but he will not lay hands on his son.
Priest takes Mysterio down with a clothesline and follows with the South of Heaven for the win.
Grade: B
Post-match, Rhea Ripley says there’s just one more man left in the way and Dominik will send him back into retirement.
"What Papi wants, Papi gets". She says Dominik will challenge Edge on next Monday.
• Backstage, Braun Strowman says the Monster of all Monsters is back and no one is safe. He says he’ll see everyone on SmackDown.
• Steel Cage Match: Bobby Lashley def. The Miz to retain the US Championship (13:55).
Ending:
Miz climbs over the top of the cage, but he looks down and sees Dexter Lumis lying on the floor underneath him. Miz is shocked and scared.
Miz climbs back into the ring, but Lumis emerges from under the ring. Miz shouts at him and turns into a Spear from Lashley and that gets the pin.
Grade: B
Post-match, Lumis climbs up the cage. Lashley shuts the door on Miz. Lumis then puts Miz to sleep with an Anaconda Vice.
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