• Judgement Day kick off the show.
Finn Bálor talks about how Edge overcame the career threatning injury and returned to doing what he loves most.
Bálor says, as with most things in life, you can only outrun fate for so long. Bálor says he’ll force Edge to utter the words, “I quit.”
Rhea Ripley puts an arm around Dominik Mysterio and whispers into his ear. A loud, “Who’s your daddy” chant picks up.
Dominik says he’ll tell them who his daddy is. It isn’t Rey Mysterio. Dominik says he hates Rey Mysterio and Rey lied to him his entire life.
Dominik has a new family now, thanks to the Judgment Day.
Bálor says since they’re talking about families, he wants to talk about AJ Styles. Bálor could have ended him last night… not last night.
He’s so mad, he meant to say last week. Bálor doesn’t want to do bad things, but he will if he’s forced to.
• Finn Balor & Damian Priest def. AJ Styles & Rey Mysterio (11:00).
Ending:
At ringside, Rey approaches Ripley, but Dominik steps between them. Dominik gets on his knees and begs Rey to hit him. Rey won’t.
Ripley then clotheslines Rey. In the ring, Bálor hits the Coup de Grâce on Styles for the win.
Grade: B-
Post-match, Styles is furious that Rey Mysterio wasn’t there for him. Rey gets in the ring to apologize to him, but Styles shoves him down.
Rey sadly leaves the ring. Judgment Day then viciously attacks Styles.
• Backstage, Mustafa Ali (with a new hairdo) confronts Bobby Lashley and says he’s done being in the back of the line.
Lashley says he’ll give him a shot if he keeps fighting. Ali turns him around, saying he is not asking for a shot, he is demanding.
Lashley is going to give him one.
• Backstage, Sami Zayn is laughing it up with Jimmy Uso. Solo Sikoa is standing nearby. Jey Uso walks up and says they need to get serious.
They’re supposed to be letting everyone know that The Tribal Chief is pulling up to Raw for the Season Premiere next week.
They see Street Profits and Zayn says they need to be prepared to acknowledge Roman Reigns next week.
Montez Ford says The Bloodline needs to acknowledge two things… deez… Angelo Dawkins stops him.
Jey Uso warns him not to disrespect the Bloodline, or he’ll get another boot.
Ford is revealed to be wearing a walking boot because of injury. Sikoa gets in Dawkins’ face and challenges him.
• Non-title Match: Bobby Lashley def. Mustafa Ali via referee stoppage (11:29).
Ending:
Lashley applies the Hurt Lock, but Ali refuses to tap out. Ali passes out, so the referee stops the match.
Grade: B+
Post-match, Lashley goes to get Ali to his feet to put him over… until Seth Rollins attacks him from behind.
Rollins hits Lashley with a Stomp and follows with another Stomp onto the US Championship. Rollins then hits Ali with a Stomp on the floor.
• Rollins says now that he has cleared “Bobby Trash-ley” from the ring, they can continue with the festivities and then calls out Matt Riddle.
Riddle comes out and says Rollins will not only be getting more stitches in his forehead. This Saturday, he’s going to kill Rollins.
Then the crowd won’t be singing Rollins’ song. They’ll be singing, “Bro.” The crowd starts to sing “Bro” to Rollins’ theme song.
Rollins shushes them. Rollins says Riddle has a good singing voice before asking if he sings his kids to bed.
Oh wait, he’s not allowed to see his kids. Rollins says child support is expensive these days.
Riddle sneers, but he cannot touch Rollins due to No Contact Clause.
Riddle says Rollins talks about being so great, but he hasn’t held a championship in a long time.
The last time he challenged for the title, Roman Reigns choked him out. He’s never main evented WrestleMania, but his wife has.
Daniel Cormier appears on the titantron. Cormier says Fight Pit is his style and he’ll be a strong referee in this.
Rollins knocks Riddle’s hat off before walking off.
• Another QR code appears, which leads to a painting depicting Delilah severing Samson’s hair.
There is also a binary code that translated to "GACY".
If you put the Magic Eye code into a Base64 decoder, it translates to “10822.” 10-8-2022 is the date of Extreme Rules.
There is also coordinates in the URL of the second Samson photo, which marks the location of the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, which is the venue for Extreme Rules.
There is also a random red lines, which is actually the Yautja language.
When translated, it reads, "Before me things created were none, save things. Eternal, and eternal I endure".
That quote ends with the phrase, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here," the same words drawn across the door of the Firefly Fun House.
• Backstage, Miz is talking to Maryse on cell phone and says he wants assurances that he who must not be named will not make an appearance.
Lumis appears to be sneaking into the locker room, but he soon disappears. Miz says she’ll be hosting his birthday celebration next week.
• Dakota Kai def. Candice LeRae via roll-up with the help of Damage CTRL (11:02).
Grade: C+
• Backstage, Johnny Gargano sees The Miz passed out on a road case.
Gargano wakes him up, and Miz notices a drawing of himself and Dexter Lumis on his chest.
Miz runs away in fear. Gargano smirks and says, “Oh, Dexter”.
• Otis def. Johnny Gargano (6:39).
Ending:
Gable distracts the referee while Theory hits Gargano with the briefcase. Otis hits a World’s Strongest Slam for the victory.
Grade: B
Post-match, Theory & Alpha Academy triple-team Gargano until Braun Strowman runs down.
• Braun Strowman def. Chad Gable (7:05).
Grade: C+
• Backstage, Lashley says he’ll put his title on the line against Rollins on Raw and he will end him.
• Corey Graves is in the ring. Graves says this is the first Ladder Match for a Women’s Title in WWE history.
Graves introduces Bayley and out she comes without Damage CTRL. Bianca Belair is out next.
Bayley signs the contract. Bayley says the ladder is symbolic of her entire WWE career since the day she walked in.
Unlike Belair, she had to literally climb and climb. She also used to be Belair with the colors and smile.
The little girl she walked by that has a Belair sign used to have a Bayley sign. Then the cheers got less and less.
Belair tells her to shut up and then signs the contract. There’s a QR code on the back of the contract.
Belair says it might be hard to see someone having everything she wants. Comparison is the thief of joy. Bayley can never be her.
The reason Bayley didn’t work in the past is that she was pretending to be something she was not. Belair is her authentic self.
Belair says Bayley didn’t evolve; She just became her real self.
Backstage, Dakota Kai & IYO SKY attack Alexa Bliss & Asuka. Bayley then attacks Belair in the ring.
Belair shoves Bayley into the LED apron and runs to the back. Belair gets to Asuka & Bliss.
Asuka’s leg is wrapped in a steel chair, and she is crying from pain. Bliss says this isn’t over and she wants IYO SKY tonight.
• Solo Sikoa def. Angelo Dawkins (12:02).
Grade: B-
• Backstage, Austin Theory says he’ll take Gargano down on Season Premiere of Raw.
• Edge is shown in a pretaped promo. Edge says he didn’t have a family the last time he was an active wrestler.
Now, he’s got a family that has to sacrifice and see him beat up.
It’s getting harder and harder to come back, but he keeps doing it because he loves this.
Edge says it’s his own fault Judgment Day even exists, but he knows what he has to do when his back is against the wall – ask Mick Foley, The Undertaker, John Cena and Randy Orton.
Edge says they cannot physically hurt him enough to make him quit. He hopes they are all ready for a war because he sure is.
• IYO SKY def. Alexa Bliss (9:19).
Grade: B-
Post-match, Damage CTRL triple team Bliss. Belair tries to help, but they overwhelm her.
Asuka comes out with a kendo stick and smashes it on Kai, but SKY dropkicks a ladder into Asuka.
They slam the ladder onto Asuka before sandwiching Bliss in it. Bayley then puts down Bliss & Belair with a Rose Plant.
Bayley grabs the Raw Women’s Championship and climbs the ladder with it.
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