• Roman came out (to massive boos) and said he and BRAUN! had agreed to meet in the ring at 8pm, it was past that now, and if BRAUN! didn't show up then Roman would issue an open challenge to anybody wanting a shot at him. BRAUN! arrived.
  
• BRAUN! said Roman talked big but had needed Seth and Dean's help to save him last week, but Roman pointed out that Dean and Seth do what they want and nobody "leads" the SHIELD. Roman called him a "Meatshack" and told him all he does is lift and throw objects, but Roman wins titles, and if he really wants a fight, they can do it for the title right now.
  
• BRAUN! declined, saying Seth and Dean would just interfere. So he was cashing in at Hell in a Cell, so it would just be the two of them in the Cell and no excuses.
  
• Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre came out to talk trash, and Roman and BRAUN! were both more than willing to fight them right then. Baron Corbin came out to calm everything down, confirming the Hell in a Cell match and making Roman/BRAUN! vs Dolph/Drew tonight official.
  
• Corbin also announced ANOTHER match against Finn Balor, it went back and forth for way too long AGAIN and then Corbin attacked Balor with a chair to get DQed. He then got on the mic, said as acting GM he forgot to mention the match was No DQ, got in and hit Balor with the chair again and pinned him.
  
• That was so loving stupid.
  
• A video package aired promoting the Triple H vs. Undertaker match in the big Australia show, with various big names like Ric Flair, Mick Foley and Kevin Nash offering their predictions.
  
• Shawn Michaels will be on Raw next week.
  
• Apollo Crews and Dana Brooke were talking backstage about how to get her on the Evolution PPV, with Crews suggesting she "tune up" against a jobber tonight. An overly excited Titus O'Neill showed up and explained he had got her a match... against Sasha Banks.
  
• Sasha Banks defeated Dana Brooke in a little under 3 minutes.
  
• Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins were chatting backstage, and shortly after Jinder Mahal approached Ambrose to try to offer him help in ridding himself of his inner anger. Ambrose visualized brutalizing Jinder and told him to get out of his face.
  
• Seth Rollins came to the ring to talk about the SHIELD reunion and his own desire to remain a fighting Intercontinental Champion. Kevin Owens came out to a big pop where he pointed out that Seth had the help of his best friend, while Owens was stuck without the help of HIS best friend Sami Zayn. Owens wanted to win the IC Belt, saying there was nowhere better than Toronto to win it... well, maybe Montreal, Quebec! The crowd booed that as well as his use of French.
  
• In what was a shock to nobody, Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins had a really good match for the IC Title, with Rollins eventually overcoming Owens to retain his title.
  
• BRAUN! approached Baron Corbin and handed over his Money in the Bank briefcase, telling him to bring it to the Hell in a Cell PPV.
  
• Owens was still in the ring after a commercial break, sitting in a chair as the crowd chanted for him. Owens took a moment, then declared,"I quit" and walked out.
  
• Drew and Ziggler were interviewed backstage by Renee Young about taking their chances to get at Roman and BRAUN!
  
• The Revival defeated The B-Team in a (of course) non-title match. Afterwards they got on the mics and said The B-Team were jokes simply holding the belts for them, and they could take it from them at any time.
  
• Michael Cole announced that Summerslam will be in Toronto next year. More importantly, so will NXT Takeover.
  
• Elias faked out a concert, talking trash about Toronto. Trish Stratus returned and traded barbs with Elias for a little while before she slapped him for saying he didn't date women in their sixties.
  
• Nattie defeated Alicia Fox in a quick match, more notable for Trish joining Ronda Rousey at ringside, and Alexa Bliss (who Trish faces at the Evolution PPV) bringing out Mickie James who has her own history with Trish.
  
• The Bellas joined Ronda, Trish and Nattie backstage and informed them that they'd been talking with Baron Corbin and were going to be back to being wrestlers, returning to action next week. They all took a selfie together.
  
• Steve Austin, Booker T, Big Show and he, yes he, yes D. D. P. were shown talking up Triple H vs. Undertaker in Australia.
  
• Baron Corbin was on the phone with Stephanie McMahon, assuring her he would figure out what was going on with Kevin Owens. Bobby Lashley joined him and Corbin told him he has a match coming up, but he'd forgotten the name of his opponent.
  
• Lashley came to the ring and Corbin informed him over the Titantron that he actually had TWO opponents: The Ascension.
  
• In yet another shock, Bobby Lashley turned out to be easily able to defeat The Ascension in a handicap match.
  
• Dean Ambrose took far too long and far too much of an asskicking before hitting the Dirty Deeds and beating Jinder Mahal. Dean looks jacked as hell though and the crowd loves him.
  
• BRAUN! confronted Roman backstage, where Roman "It took me 4 years to eke out a distraction finish against Brock Lesnar" Reigns called BRAUN! a guy who couldn't get the job done.
  
• Roman/BRAUN! vs Ziggler/Drew went about 10 minutes and then ended in a DQ after Roman managed to tag BRAUN! who then just stood on the apron and did nothing until Drew and Dolph figured they might as well just keep stomping on Roman until the ref called the match off.
  
• BRAUN! hauled Roman up, screaming,"I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!" and headbutted him a couple of times, then stood back to watch Dolph and Drew assault Roman some more. Dean Ambrose came tearing out but got outnumbered and beaten up too. Seth Rollins came out to a big pop but was also outnumbered, and BRAUN! powerslammed Seth, then Dean and finally Roman to leave all three members of the SHIELD lying.
  
• BRAUN! raised Drew and Dolph's arms to end the show.
  

• The New Day opened the show to celebrate being 5-time, 5-time, 5-time, 5-time, 5-time tag team champions... and as was only appropriate, they were joined and blessed by KING BOOOOOK-KAAHHHHH
  
• Booker dubbed Lord Xavier the Wise, Sir Kofi the Brave and.... BIG E. BIG E wanted to know why he didn't get a title,and Booker calmed them down and welcomed them to the 5 Time Champions club. Xavier carefully removed Booker's crown and he performed a royal spinaroonie. Xavier and Kofi followed suit and then aided BIG E in doing his own.
  
• The Bar defeated The Good Brothers and The Colons (back as an active tag team) after Cesaro was able to blind tag in and take advantage to get the pin. The New Day were set up doing commentary at ringside... but we couldn't hear it on television. At the very end of the match, they cut to a picture-in-picture and brought up the audio for New Day commentating, so I guess they commentated on the whole thing but we just... didn't hear it?
  
• Paige met with Rusev Day backstage and told them they would be in a triple threat against Sanity and The Usos, and the winner of that match would face The Bar for a shot at the New Day. Rusev Day appear to be completely back on the same page, with Rusev and English best buddies again.
  
• Jeff Hardy, with RKO painted on his face, came out to the ring to call out Randy Orton to finish what he started last week. Orton showed up and warned him he wasn't finished with him yet, and insulted Canada. Hardy challenged Orton to a Hell in a Cell match, but Orton just walked away.
  
• Renee Young interviewed Carmella and asked if she felt overshadowed by the Charlotte/Becky controversy. Carmella insisted she still got all the attention, and she would regain the title tonight. R-Truth showed up after she left still looking for a match against her to earn a title shot, and Tye Dillinger had to explain again it didn't work that way.
  
• Billie Kay defeated Naomi in a singles match, with help from Peyton Royce who kicked Naomi allowing Billie to roll her up and get the pin.
  
• Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella came out to the ring and were soon joined by Andrade "Cien" Almas and Zelina Vega, with Zelina talking up Andrade and Brie as legends and Daniel as somebody who was also there. Bryan reminded everybody he couldn't make a match between himself and Andrade as he was no longer GM, and then signaled to Paige to come out to make the match official. Nothing happened and he said that was embarassing, then Paige showed up out of breath and said she'd run in high heels from the other side of the arena. She made the match official.
  
• Almas and Daniel Bryan were having a really entertaining match when Miz showed up to try and distract Bryan. He was able to turn this around and dive onto Miz and put a beating on him, then escape Almas' attempted pin and get Almas into the Yes Lock. Zelina tried to distract the referee but Brie knocked her off the apron, but she got jumped by Maryse from behind. Bryan broke the Yes Lock to check on Brie and got jumped by Miz (the director cut away BEFORE the sneak attack). Maryse held Brie in place for Zelina to attack, Miz hit Bryan with the Skull Crushing Finale and then he and Maryse celebrated to big boos from the crowd who certainly weren't in "bizarro" mode.
  
• Charlotte was interviewed backstage where she said she refused to apologize for winning the title, and it was Becky's own fault for not being able to win when she got the chance. She promised to run through Carmella tonight and then give Becky the opportunity she so desperately wanted, just to remove any excuses she might have for her failure.
  
• AJ Styles came out as they played a video recap of his recent troubles with Samoa Joe. AJ said as Champion he ran things here, and he was demanding Joe come to the ring right now so he could beat the poo poo out of him. Joe appeared on the Titantron looking very pleased with himself, and called Wendy to tell her he was gonna send AJ home to her, and to save him a plate because he might stop by for the BBQ next week. Joe's delivery was incredible, especially when he asked how "Our little Annie" was doing. A horrified AJ took off to find Joe backstage.
  
• AJ rushed backstage but Joe was nowhere to be seen. AJ almost attacked a member of the crew who happened to be nearby and startled him.
  
• Charlotte retained her Smackdown Women's Title against Carmella, in a match that was far too long and had Carmella dominate far too much of it. Eventually Charlotte was barely able to eke out a victory using the Figure 8 (Carmella may have held out longer in it than Asuka at Wrestlemania!).
  
• Becky jumped Charlotte from behind to a monster pop. She beat the poo poo out of Charlotte, demanded a microphone and grabbed the belt as the crowd went nuts chanting for her. She told Charlotte she was getting her way at Hell in a Cell and taking back her belt.... "you bitch."
  
• The show went off the air with Charlotte holding the belt and fuming in the corner as the crowd booed her and chanted for Becky.
  
• Becky is a superface. I mean, god drat.
  

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Aug 29, 2018

MJeff fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Aug 28, 2018