• Detailed Results here.
  
• The show opened with Asuka and Sasha fighting in the ring. Ziggler and McIntyre joined them for a double contract signing. The segment broke down into a fight again. Bayley laughed at one of her own jokes like a good heel.
  
• Backstage, Angel Garza and Andrade claimed they would beat the Viking Raiders and get a title shot against the Street Profits. Big Show arrived and claimed he was pulling rank to put his own segment next.
  
• Andrade and Garza confronted Big Show in the ring. Ric Flair came out and warned Show against taking on Randy Orton. The Viking Raiders prevented Andrade and Garza from jumping Big Show.
  
• Andrade and Garza defeated The Viking Raiders in a tag match. Andrade and Garza continued to tease dissension between them, despite Zelina Vega's best efforts.
  
• The IIconics talked poo poo to Ruby Riott backstage and reminded her that even if they lose their title shot, they at least still had each other's backs.
  
• Ric Flair joined Andrade and Garza backstage and said he has a proposition for Zelina Vega.
  
• R-Truth defeated Akira Tozawa (C) to become the new 24/7 Champion.
  
• MVP told Lashley backstage he'd make Apollo Crews pay for disrespecting him.
  
• Seth Rollins did a promo in the ring with Buddy Murphy, Austin Theory (accused in the #SpeakingOut movement) was not there. Rey and his large adult son Dominick appeared on the Titantron to respond to them. Aleister Black and Humberto Carrillo came out to confront Rollins.
  
• Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy defeated Aleister Black & Humberto Carrillo in a tag match. Rollins curbstomped Carrillo on the steel steps.
  
• Asuka and Drew McIntyre were interviewed backstage. McIntyre offered to let Ziggler pick the stipulation for their title match.
  
• Lana told Peyton Royce defeated Ruby Riott, since as Royce told Ruby, Billie Kay had her friend's back.
  
• Big Show was interviewed backstage and said he had no illusions that Ric Flair was setting a trap for him.
  
• Big Show defeated Andrade and Angel Garza when Garza walked out of the match following an argument with Andrade. Vega left with Garza, but pleading with him to come back.
  
• Ricochet, Cedric Alexander, Apollo Crews and R-Truth had a segment backstage.
  
• MVP defeated United States Champion Apollo Crews in a non-title match, following a distraction by Bobby Lashley. Cedric and Ricochet tried to help Apollo and pissed off Lashley.
  
• Bobby Lashley defeated Ricochet in a singles match, and put him in the Full Nelson post-match.
  
• Sasha Banks and Bayley laughed in Dolph Ziggler's face and called him a loser despite Sasha tagging with him in the main event.
  
• Bayley was on commentary for Drew/Asuka vs. Ziggler/Sasha. She did the "wiggles your fingers and go WOOOOO WOO WOOO!" taunt and gleefully asked,"WHO FALLS FOR THIS!?!" when it distracted Asuka and allowed Banks to get the upper hand.
  
• Sasha Banks and Dolph Ziggler defeated Asuka and Drew McIntyre, with Sasha getting the pin on Asuka much to Bayley's utter joy. They ended the show celebrating together, Bayley hesitating momentarily before deciding to let Ziggler join in.
  
• I believe every single mention of the Extreme Rules show tonight had "THE HORROR SHOW" tacked on to it.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• A tribute package aired for the now supposedly retired Undertaker. They then replayed the Boneyard Match from Wrestlemania 36.
  
• Baron Corbin did a promo in the ring about how Undertaker was a suck-up to the McMahons and held people like Corbin down. Jeff Hardy ran in and beat up Corbin.
  
• Kurt Angle and Steve Austin talked about Undertaker's career.
  
• Jeff Hardy was interviewed backstage and said Undertaker was a mentor to him and he was furious at Corbin for talking poo poo about him.
  
• Nikki Cross defeated Lacey Evans, Dana Brooke and Alexa Bliss in a Fatal Fourway to earn a title shot against Bayley at Extreme Rules.
  
• Triple H and Shawn Michaels talked about Undertaker's career.
  
• The New Day and Lucha House Party defeated Shinsuke Nakamura, Cesaro, & Miz and Morrison in an 8 man tag.
  
• Universal Champion Braun Strowman did an in-ring promo about his history with Bray Wyatt.
  
• Jeff Hardy defeated Baron Corbin in a singles match, with multiple members of the roster around the ring watching. BIG E, Braun Strowman and literal IRL rapist Matt Riddle got into the ring and beat up Corbin as well post-match.
  
• Jeff Hardy did Undertaker's kneeling pose towards a titantron image of Undertaker as the assembled wrestlers chanted,"THANK YOU, TAKER!" to end the show.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Damian Priest was found in the parking lot "an hour ago", having apparently been attacked by Cameron Grimes.
  
• Cameron Grimes defeated Damian Priest in a singles match.
  
• Rhea Ripley dumped Robert Stone in a dumpster after he tried to become her manager again. Aliyah slapped Rhea.
  
• Another vignette of Timothy Thatcher stretching wrestlers at a seminar aired.
  
• Interim Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar defeated Jake Atlas in a non-title match.
  
• Undisputed Era convinced Roderick Strong to get into the trunk of his car, then told him he had a match against Dexter Lumis tonight.
  
• Malcolm Bivens did a promo with Indus Sher calling out Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan.
  
• Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez defeated Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter in a tag match. Kai then challenged Women's Champion Io Shirai to a title match.
  
• Karrion Kross defeated Bronson Reed in a singles match.
  
• Adam Cole insisted in a backstage interview that he didn't care who won the next title shot against him.
  
• Rhea Ripley defeated Aliyah in a singles match despite Robert Stone throwing a shoe at her.
  
• Dexter Lumis defeated Roderick Strong by countout when Roddy ran away. Lumis put a sleeper hold on Bobby Fish who also ran away.
  
• William Regal booked Rhea Ripley to face Aliyah AND Robert Stone in a handicap match next week.
  
• Mia Yim, Tegan Nox, Candice LeRae and Dakota Kai fight next week to earn a title shot against Io Shirai, even though Dakota already openly challenged Io.
  
• Roderick Strong faces Dexter Lumis in a rematch next week, this time a strap match.
  
• Keith Lee (C) defeated Johnny Gargano and Finn Balor to retain his NXT North American Championship. Lee pinned Balor, and will now fight Adam Cole with both titles on the line.
  
• No posts were made at any point today that I saw regarding this show, so there is no link here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode revealed they were the ones traded from Smackdown to Raw in exchange for AJ Styles. Ziggler demanded a title shot against WWE Champion Drew McIntyre at Extreme Rules, Drew accepted the challenge.
  
• Nia Jax came to the ring to complain about Charlotte Flair getting a title shot. R-Truth got chased by ninjas while asking her if she was Akira Tozawa in disguise.
  
• Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax brawled and Charlotte appeared to hurt her arm.
  
• Backstage, the Street Profits and Viking Raiders agreed they were friends now but that wouldn't stop either bringing their best in their tag titles match tonight. Zelina Vega was plotting something.
  
• The Street Profits (C) defeated The Viking Raiders to retain their Raw Tag Team titles. Andrade and Angel Garza attacked the Profits postmatch and the Raiders came to their rescue.
  
• Seth Rollins did a piece to camera warning Rey Mysterio that even legends can outlive their welcome.
  
• Charlotte Flair was looked at by trainers but insisted she was fine for her title match tonight.
  
• Asuka (C) defeated Charlotte Flair to retain her Raw Women's Championship.
  
• Edge did a pre-taped promo warning Randy Orton he'd awakened the "Rated-R Superstar" and he would stop at nothing to destroy Orton's life. Orton did a response saying he hoped Edge and Christian lived happy lives very far away from him.
  
• Nia Jax jumped Charlotte from behind and worked over her injured arm.
  
• Akira Tozawa defeated R-Truth (C) to become the new 24/7 Champion, after Lashley assaulted Truth before his match with Tozawa.
  
• Nattie Neidhart declared with Charlotte hurt and Asuka not somebody who rallied the troops, SHE would be the new locker-room leader.
  
• Nattie defeated Liv Morgan in a short singles match after Liv was distracted by Lana, who she had a 4 minute angle with months ago that was promptly forgotten.
  
• A sweaty Big Show was interviewed about helping the Street Profits and Viking Raiders last week, and he reminded everybody that while he likes being a fun guy, he's also a giant and you probably don't want to gently caress with him.
  
• A non-sweaty Big Show confronted Randy Orton and Ric Flair during an in-ring segment and warned Orton he was gunning for him. Orton warned him that whatever happens next is on Big Show.
  
• Bayley and Sasha Banks (C) defeated The IIconics to retain their Women's Tag Team Titles. Sasha did the majority of the work, and afterwards declared she was jealous of Bayley having two belts and she wanted a title shot... against Asuka.
  
• Bayley and Sasha cackled.
  
• Asuka answered the challenge but then Bayley attacked her and Sasha joined in.
  
• Lashley said he attacked Truth to get revenge for being cost the WWE Championship. MVP tried to convinced Apollo Crews to join his team.
  
• Liv Morgan wanted nothing to do with Ruby Riott.
  
• US Champion Apollo Crews defeated Shelton Benjamin in a non-title match. Apollo rejected MVP's attempt to be friends so Lashley attacked him.
  
• Rey Mysterio and his large adult son Dominick did an in-ring bit about their rivalry with Seth Rollins. Aleister Black and Humberto Carrillo came to their aid when Seth and his cronies tried to attack them. Dominick and Seth both were teased getting their eyes injured like Rey a few weeks ago. The faces stood tall at the end of the show.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• New Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles forced Daniel Bryan to present him with the belt, and belittled Bryan's suggestion he be a fighting champion taking on all comers. Matt Riddle, who apparently is a real-life rapist, came out and got into a fight with AJ.
  
• Matt Riddle defeated Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles in a non-title match. AJ will have a title match against Drew Gulak next week.
  
• Jeff Hardy was interviewed about losing clean to Sheamus at the PPV, he promised he would beat Sheamus.
  
• Chad Gable knocked down Mojo Rawley when Mojo tried to ambush him from behind.
  
• Chad Gable defeated Mojo Rawley in a singles match.
  
• Mandy Rose was a guest on The Dirt Sheet with Miz and Morrison. They brought out Sonya Deville and the two ended up fighting.
  
• The New Day (C) defeated Lucha House Party in a non-title tag match. Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro jumped New Day post-match.
  
• Various members of the women's roster were all trying to stake their claim to a shot at Bayley's Women's Championship. Alexa Bliss noticed Nikki Cross was missing.
  
• Sheamus voewed to "toast" Jeff Hardy next week and told people to bring champagne.
  
• Nikki Cross jumped Bayley and Sasha at the announce desk, then demanded a match against Sasha Banks.
  
• Sasha Banks defeated Nikki Cross in a singles match.
  
• Titus O'Neil is a finalist for the 2020 Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award.
  
• Firefly Funhouse aired, interrupted by Universal Champion Braun Strowman. Bray said he had raised the dead, and turned into the old Wyatt Family version of Bray Wyatt, blew out his lantern and told Braun to "run".
  
• GDT Discussion.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Imperium (C) defeated Breezango to retain the NXT Tag Titles. Fandango was pinned after trying to pin the non-legal man, and while Indus Sher and Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch were brawling at ringside.
  
• Velveteen Dream did an interview stressing to Dexter Lumis that while they'd recently helped each other, he had no interest in challenging for the tag titles with Lumis.
  
• Damian Priest defeated Killian Dane in a singles match.
  
• Aliyah defeated Xia Li in a singles match when Xia Li was distracted by a drunk Robert Stone - who is managing Aliyah - vomiting.
  
• Timothy Thatcher stretched some dudes in a seminar in a vignette.
  
• In a pre-taped segment, Undisputed Era took Roderick Strong to therapy with Dr. Kyle O'Reilly, who tried to convince him to lock himself in the trunk of a car. Roddy ran away.
  
• Keith Lee approached Adam Cole backstage and warned him again he was after Cole's NXT Championship.
  
• Adam Cole went to the ring and declared Karrion Kross needed to work his way up to a title match, and that HE was coming after Keith Lee's North American Championship. Keith Lee, then Johnny Gargano, then Finn Balor all came out to make a variety of threats about winning titles.
  
• William Regal appeared on the Titantron and declared Lee would defend the North American Championship in a triple threat next week against Balor and Gargano, and the winner would face Adam Cole on July 8th with both titles on the line.
  
• Candice LeRae confronted Keith Lee backstage and ended up in a brawl with Mia Yim.
  
• Dakota Kai defeated Kayden Carter in a singles match after interference by Raquel Gonzalez.
  
• Karrion Kross smashed the hourglass from last week and walked through the glass and sand. A vignette aired for Mercedes Martinez.
  
• Bronson Reed defeated Leon Ruff in a singles match, then challenged Karrion Kross to a match next week.
  
• Cameron Grimes made fun of Damian Priest in the parking lot when Priest found his tires slashed.
  
• Santos Escobar came to the ring with Raoul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde and did a promo about leaving the name El Hijo del Fantasma behind. Drake Maverick attacked him and Escobar, Mendoza and Wilde beat his rear end till he had to be stretchered out.
  
• Sasha Banks & Bayley (C) defeated Shotzi Blackheart & Tegan Nox to retain the Women's Tag Team Titles.
  
• NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai attacked Sasha & Bayley after the match.
  
• Show Discussion here and here.
  

• Detailed Results here
  
• Graphic footage of surgery on Edge's torn triceps was shown without warning.
  
• Orton opened the show and claimed he has retired Edge. Christian confronted him and Orton challenged him to an unsanctioned match.
  
• Backstage, Zelina, Angel Garza and Andrade all insisted there was no dissension between them.
  
• Kevin Owens defeated Angel Garza in a singles match after there was dissension between Garza, Andrade and Zelina. Postmatch, Zelina yelled at Garza and Andrade to stop fighting and start working together.
  
• Bobby Lashley told Lana during an in-ring segment with MVP that he wanted a divorce.
  
• Akira Tozawa and his parking lot ninjas (including the mega-ninja) challenged The Viking Raiders and The Street Profits to a "sequel".
  
• The Viking Raiders and The Street Profits obliterated Tozawa's Parking Lot Ninjas in an 8-man tag. The Big Show came out to confront the mega-ninja but Tozawa got them out of there.
  
• Christian was backstage on the phone trying to figure out whether to accept Orton's challenge.
  
• Seth Rollins arguing with Rey Mysterio over the titantron, then got jumped from behind by Rey's large adult son Dominick.
  
• Bobby Lashley and MVP challenged Drew McIntyre and R-Truth to put their titles on the line tonight in a winner takes all match. Truth accepted, much to Drew's chagrin.
  
• The IIconics defeated Nattie Neidhart and Liv Morgan in a tag match. I have no idea why Liv and Nattie were tagging together. The IIconics challenged Bayley and Sasha to a title match tonight, and when they got no answer declared they had already arranged a title match for next week.
  
• Big Show offered advice backstage to Christian.
  
• Nattie ripped into Liv backstage, then commiserated with Lana about how both of them thought they'd be married to WWE Champions by now.
  
• Christian accepted Orton's challenge to a match. Charlotte Flair talked backstage with Ric Flair.
  
• Apollo Crews (C) defeated Shelton Benjamin to retain the United States Championship, using the ropes for leverage after Shelton failed to do the same.
  
• Tozawa and his Parking Lot Ninjas were going to attack R-Truth but backed off when Drew McIntyre showed up. Drew warned Truth to take their match seriously.
  
• Asuka promised she would be the one to end the fight Nia Jax started.
  
• Truth gave Drew the good news that he'd worked it so now only the WWE Championship was on the line.
  
• Big Show pointed out to the Viking Raiders and the Street Profits that one way to finally figure out which team was better was to... have a match for the tag titles.
  
• Drew McIntyre and R-Truth defeated Bobby Lashley and MVP in a tag match, so Drew retained his WWE Championship. Drew allowed Truth to pin MVP to win the match.
  
• Christian assured Ric Flair backstage that he wasn't going to regret accepting Randy Orton's offer.
  
• Bayley and Sasha Banks got into an argument with the IIconics about their tag title match.
  
• Asuka (C) defeated Nia Jax to retain the Raw Women's Championship... with a fast count by a pissed off referee after Nia shoved him. Why?
  
• Orton promised to destroy the legend of Christian.
  
• Ric Flair came to the ring to plead with Christian not to fight Orton... then punched Christian on the dick. Orton punted Christian, pinned him and won the match before apologizing and gently stroking Christian's hair then yelling at Christian it was his fault.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here
  
• Apollo Crews (C) defeated Andrade on the pre-show to retain the United States Championship. Kevin Owens on guest commentary stopped Angel Garza from interfering in the match.
  
• Bayley and Sasha Banks (C) defeated The IIconics and Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross to retain the Women's Tag Titles, with Sasha pinning Alexa Bliss after Alexa has hit Twisted Bliss on Peyton Royce.
  
• Sheamus, the heel who allegedly ran over Elias and faked Jeff Hardy being responsible for it and then forced Hardy to do a piss test AND called Jeff a loser fraud and claimed he was better than him.... beat face Jeff Hardy clean with his move in the middle of the ring.
  
• Miz and Morrison backstage hadn't realized that beating Braun Strowman tonight wouldn't make them co-Champions. Otis teased cashing in his MITB briefcase on either of them if they won the title tonight.
  
• Asuka (C) and Nia Jax went to a double-countout in their Raw Women's Championship match. Which means they're wrestle each other again.
  
• MVP and Lana argued backstage over Bobby Lashley.
  
• Braun Strowman (C) defeated The Miz and Morrison in a handicap match (the heels had to tag in and out) to retain the Universal Championship.
  
• AJ Styles - who won the vacant Intercontinental Championship on Friday - announced he would hold a Championship Celebration on Smackdown and Daniel Bryan was invited.
  
• Drew McIntyre (C) defeated Bobby Lashley to retain the WWE Championship. Lashley actually looked to be winning till Lana got involved and took a bump, and Drew Claymore Kicked a distracted Lashley and got the pin.
  
• The Viking Raiders and The Street Profits had an incredibly bizarre backstage "fight" for no reason, featuring flashbacks to their "Anything You Can Do, We Can Do Better" segments, then teamed up to fight Akira Tozawa's Parking Lot Ninjas. They then ran away from a mega-ninja, then they started fighting again and ended up in a dumpster where they were attacked by the tentacle monster from Star Wars: A New Hope. I did not make a single piece of this recap up.
  
• An actual match The Viking Raiders and The Street Profits were meant to have never happened.
  
• Audio footage of Howard Finkel was used to introduce Edge and Randy Orton for their match. The match had piped in crowd noise on top of the reactions of the Performance Center hostages.
  
• Randy Orton defeated Edge in a singles match to end the show. It was billed as The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever. It was okay.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Sheamus forced Jeff Hardy to do a piss test at their contract signing for Backlash. Jeff threw the piss in Sheamus' face and signed the contract.
  
• People sometimes ask what it means that WWE is written for an Audience of One. The above segment is a good example.
  
• Backstage, the fake doctor told Sheamus that Jeff Hardy's sobriety test came back negative.
  
• Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro defeated The New Day in a tag match.
  
• A blindfolded Otis got kissed by Mandy and thought it was Tucker. Sheamus and Jeff Hardy brawled through a corridor.
  
• AJ Styles defeated Daniel Bryan to win the vacant Intercontinental Championship. It was a very good match broken up by 4 commercial breaks.
  
• A recap aired of last weeks segments of Miz & Morrison pranking Braun Strowman. Braun did a backstage piece to camera afterwards about his reaction, and warned Heavy Machinery not to pull any bullshit with the Money in the Bank briefcase tonight.
  
• Bayley and Sasha held a party in the ring to celebrate winning the tag titles. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross interrupted, as did the IIconics via video, and faces Alexa and Nikki heroically attacked Bayley and Sasha from behind for the villainous crime of Bayley wanting to read a poem to her friend about how much she loves and appreciates her.
  
• A new Miz and Morrison music video was cut-off by the arrival of Universal Champion Braun Strowman for their six-man tag match.
  
• Matt Riddle will make his first appearance on Smackdown next week.
  
• Braun & Heavy Machinery defeated Dolph Ziggler and Miz & Morrison in a six-man tag. Otis ran backstage to beat up Baron Corbin when he was creeping on Mandy Rose, then returned to get the win over Dolph.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• The Undisputed Era celebrated Adam Cole beating Velveteen Dream to retain the NXT Title. Roderick Strong was scared that Dexter Lumis would come and get him.
  
• Backstage, Keith Lee told Undisputed Era he was going after the NXT Title.
  
• Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano defeated Mia Yim and Keith Lee in a mixed-tag match after Candice faked being hurt by Keith Lee.
  
• Damian Priest punched Cameron Grimes backstage.
  
• A vignette aired celebrating Io Shirai being the new NXT Women's Champion.
  
• Indus Sher defeated two jobbers called Mikey Delbrey and Mike Reed in a squash tag match.
  
• Cameron Grimes claimed his jaw was broken but got caught chatting up women outside the building, and Regal (via tablet) informed him his match with Finn Balor was still on.
  
• Breezango face Imperium for the tag titles next week. A video package about Breezango's career together aired.
  
• Rhea Ripley beat up a disheveled Robert Stone when he tried to recruit her backstage.
  
• Finn Balor defeated Cameron Grimes in a singles match. Balor called out NXT North American Champion Keith Lee post-match.
  
• Dakota Kai defeated Kacy Catanzaro in a singles match. Kayden Carter saved Kacy from a beatdown postmatch by Kai and Raquel Gonzalez.
  
• Drake Maverick challenged Interim Cruiserweight Champion El Hijo del Fantasma to a title match.
  
• The parking lot ninjas showed up and Fantasma revealed to the shock of nobody that he was the one behind them. All three unmasked, revealing the ninjas were Jaoquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza. Fantasma declared he was El Hijo del Fantasma no longer, and would now be known as Santos Escobar.
  
• Tegan Nox and Shotzi Blackheart will challenge the winners of Backlash's Women's Tag Champions triple threat next week.
  
• NXT Champion Adam Cole defeated Dexter Lumis in a non-title match after interference by Roderick Strong. Bobby Fish joined in on giving Lumis a stomping.
  
• Velveteen Dream ran down to help Lumis, who scared Roderick Strong into running away.
  
• Scarlett appeared at the top of the stage as Cole was left alone in the ring. She placed an hour glass down to signify Cole's time as champion was running out, and Karrion Kross was coming for his title.
  
• Show Discussion starts here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Asuka came out to open the show but was interrupted by new Women's Tag Champs Bayley & Sasha, then the IIconics, then Charlotte. It was announced Bayley & Sasha face The IIconics and Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross in a triple threat tag title match at Backlash.
  
• Asuka and Charlotte defeated The IIconics and Bayley & Sasha in a Triple Threat tag that Bayley & Sasha quickly disappeared from. Asuka and Charlotte did not get on and Charlotte attacked Asuka post-match.
  
• Rey Mysterio and his large adult son Dominic did a sit-down interview about Rey maybe retiring. Seth Rollins was at the announce desk talking poo poo to Mysterio when Aleister Black attacked him out of nowhere.
  
• Aleister Black & Humberto Carrillo defeated Buddy Murphy and Austin Theory in a tag match. Seth Rollins came out in a Rey Mysterio mask and lead Murphy and Theory in beating down Carrillo and Black.
  
• Christian interviewed Edge on The Peep Show, where he warned him about phoning it in and just showing up at Backlash against Orton to do a greatest hits match and then leave. Edge got fired up and told a mocking Randy Orton on the Titantron that Backlash wouldn't be the end of Edge's return.
  
• The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders tied in a Decathlon: 1600-meter dash; archery; cup flipping; swordfighting; hurdles; stick-fighting; danceoff; shotput; turkey-leg eating and pole vault.
  
• Kevin Owens assaulted Angel Garza and Andrade as they were coming to the ring for a triple threat.
  
• Andrade defeated Angel Garza and Kevin Owens to become Number One Contender for Apollo Crews' United States Championship. Andrade pinned Garza after taking out Kevin Owens who had Stunnered Garza.
  
• Charlotte did a promo backstage explaining how losing her title last night was actually super cool and good and made her a winner. Asuka danced in and slapped Charlotte in the face.
  
• Zelina Vega put her Stable of Pretty Men in their place during a backstage argument.
  
• Kurt Angle (is he still fired?) picked Edge to win the Edge/Orton match at Backlash.
  
• WWE Champion Drew McIntyre invited The Viking Raiders to join him for a celebration after the show.
  
• Drew McIntyre came out instead of Bobby Lashley to be guest on The VIP Lounge. Lashley and MVP tried to ambush him but Drew beat up MVP.
  
• Bobby Lashley and MVP defeated The Viking Raiders in a tag match when Erik tapped out to Lashley's Full Nelson. Lana was backstage claiming she was happy to take time for herself since Lashley had told her not to be at ringside for his matches.
  
• Drew McIntyre Claymore Kicked Bobby Lashley when he wouldn't release a Full Nelson on Ivar.
  
• Charlotte Flair defeated Asuka in a singles match after Nia Jax ran to ringside and Asuka got distracted beating her rear end. Asuka appeared to kick out at 3 which they cut out of the replay.
  
• Nia attacked Asuka postmatch.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Mia Yim, Shotzi Blackheart & Tegan Nox defeated Candace LeRae, Dakota Kai, & Raquel Gonzalez in a six-woman tag.
  
• Finn Balor defeated Damian Priest in a singles match.
  
• Keith Lee (C) defeated Johnny Gargano to retain the NXT North American Championship, despite attempted interference by Candace LeRae, and Gargano gouging Lee's eye with a key.
  
• Adam Cole (C) defeated Velveteen Dream in a Parking Lot Brawl to retain the NXT Championship. Dexter Lumis kidnapped The Undisputed Era when they tried to interfere, but Cole won anyway. This was probably the worst "Cinematic match" WWE has done so far.
  
• Karrion Kross defeated Tommaso Ciampa by submission in a surprisingly quick match.
  
• Io Shirai defeated Charlotte Flair (C) and Rhea Ripley to become the new NXT Women's Champion.
  
• Shirai hit a moonsault on and pinned Rhea while Rhea was in the Figure 8 Leglock.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Jeff Hardy opened the show to reveal to the shock of nobody that Sheamus set him up to look like he did a drunken hit-and-run on Elias last week. Sheamus showed up, said Jeff was making excuses, then beat the poo poo out of him.
  
• Otis defeated Baron Corbin by disqualification when Corbin attacked him with a chair. The heel Corbin was despicably mad about the face Otis heroically stealing Corbin's crown backstage earlier.
  
• Miz and Morrison were surveilling Braun arriving at the PC with security cameras that rendered the camera crew also filming Braun invisible. They had shaken up a bottle of sparkling water that spilled all over Braun's hands.
  
• Mojo Rawley, Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro beat up Chad Gable backstage until New Day came to his rescue.
  
• Lacey Evans defeated Sonya Deville in a singles match when Mandy Rose appeared on the Titantron to call Sonya - who has beaten Mandy clean every time they fought - a loser.
  
• Miz and Morrison accidentally poured slime on the backstage interviewer instead of Braun Strowman.
  
• AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan met in the ring to discuss their Intercontinental Title match next week. AJ Styles offered Drew Gulak a handout... of an asskicking.
  
• Drew Gulak defeated AJ Styles in a singles match.
  
• Miz and Morrison smashed up the windshield of Braun's car with a golf club and baseball bat. This was explicitly shown to be recorded on security camera. Later it was shown at least two security guards watched them do it from a few feet away.
  
• The New Day & Chad Gable defeated Shinsuke Nakamura, Cesaro and Mojo Rawley in a six-man tag.
  
• Braun flipped the van Miz and Morrison were in.
  
• Bayley and Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross (C) to become the new Women's Tag Team Champions.
  
• Bayley and Sasha, the heels, won clean via good team work.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Candice LeRae vs. Mia Yim went to a double-countout, followed by a big brawl between other members of the women's roster.
  
• Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano defeated Mia Yim and Keith Lee in a tag match. Gargano stabbed Lee in the eye with his car keys.
  
• Legitimately fired Drake Maverick did a promo about this being his chance to not be legitimately fired anymore.
  
• A video package aired about the Cole/Velveteen Dream rivalry.
  
• Dexter Lumis drew a picture of him driving a truck with the Undisputed Era tied up in the back.
  
• Isaiah "Swerve" Scott defeated Tony Nese in a singles match, despite Jack Gallagher's efforts to distract him.
  
• Breezango defeated The Undisputed Era and The Brit-Am Brawlers to become Number One Contenders for the tag titles. Indus Sher came out to get in Imperium's face during the post-match staredown.
  
• Chelsea Green fired Robert Stone as her manager (this happened like a week ago?).
  
• Santana Garrett defeated Aliyah in a singles match.
  
• A video package aired for the Charlotte Flair vs. Io Shirai vs. Rhea Ripley triple threat.
  
• Cameron Grimes defeated Bronson Reed in a singles match. Karrion Kross attached Bronson Reed post-match.
  
• El Hijo del Fantasma defeated Drake Maverick to win the interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship.
  
• Maverick was distracted during the match when the parking lot ninjas rushed the ring, allowing Fantasma to superkick him and get the pin.
  
• Triple H came out and awarded the legitimately fired Drake Maverick with a new contract despite losing. The show ended with Maverick weeping with happiness for being given a second chance by the monstrous piece of poo poo company that fired him in the middle of a Global Pandemic despite making record profits. No word on if he is one of the wrestlers who got offered his job back at a fraction of the money WWE were paying them before firing them. gently caress this piece of poo poo company and gently caress this storyline whether it was fully a work or was real all along or whatever. Seriously. This is loving disgusting. That is not editorializing, that is straight-up fact.
  
• Show Discussion starts here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Seth Rollins "hosted" the Rey Mysterio "retirement" ceremony.
  
• Aleister Black defeated Seth Rollins in a singles match. Austin Theory, Buddy Murphy and Humberto Carrillo all got involved but in the end Black got a clean win.
  
• Rollins' forced Black to watch Carrillo get curbstomped, then curbstomped Black too.
  
• The commentators plugged the return of Raw Talk as well as the new free tier of the WWE Network.
  
• Angel Garza continues to flirt backstage with Charly Caruso. Shawn Michaels thinks Edge will win the "Greatest Wrestling Match of All Time" against Randy Orton.
  
• Lana and MVP argued backstage over who is exploiting Bobby Lashley.
  
• US Champion Apollo Crews handpicked Kevin Owens as his first challenger. The match ended with a DQ when Andrade attacked.
  
• Apollo Crews and Kevin Owens defeated Andrade and Angel Garza in a tag match. Crews once again got a clean pin on Andrade.
  
• The Viking Raiders won a game of bowling by a single pin over The Street Profits to even up 2-2 in the "Anything You Can Do, We Can Do Better" challenge.
  
• Billie Kay defeated Nikki Cross in a singles match.
  
• Rey Mysterio did an injury update from home. His large adult son Dominic warned Seth Rollins that he would exact "an eye for an eye".
  
• R-Truth pinned Rob Gronkowski while he was being filmed being filmed for a TikTok video.
  
• Nia Jax defeated Kairi Sane in a singles match. Kairi was legit hurt in this match though apparently it was a pure accident rather than Jax being to blame.
  
• Edge and Orton did promos about THE GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH OF ALL TIME coming up at the next PPV.
  
• Charlotte Flair defeated Asuka by count-out when Asuka was distracted by Nia Jax doing a parody of Asuka's entrance. The match was really getting good up until they ruined it.
  
• Lana decided to be at ringside for MVP's match, since Lashley had only asked her not to be present at his own.
  
• WWE Champion Drew McIntyre defeated MVP in a singles match. The show ended with Bobby Lashley putting Drew into a Full Nelson.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Empty Arena matches due to COVID-19 continued, WWE still refuses to reference it by name despite now selling face-mask merchandise.
  
• WWE ended the month finally following AEW's lead and putting wrestlers in the "crowd", but made them stand in place for up to 9-10 hours a day for multiple days of tapings.
  
• Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro started randomly being associated with Baron Corbin for no reason, while Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn wasn't ever mentioned by name.
  
• A series of video packages aired through the month celebrating Jeff Hardy overcoming his addictions, despite a more recent DUI post-dating the time the video was covered. WWE then ended the month with an angle where somebody (presumably Sheamus) faked that Jeff was driving while intoxicated again. Matt Hardy immediately tweeted a reminder that he was happy to be working for AEW now.
  
• AJ Styles - back from being buried alive by Undertaker at Wrestlemania - was randomly drafted to Smackdown out of nowhere in exchange for "future considerations".
  
• Ricochet and Cedric Alexander began a feud with Shane Thorne and Brendan Vink that went 50/50, then Vink and Cedric disappeared and Ricochet and Thorne went straight to Main Event (the show, not the top match on the card).
  
• Adam Cole retained his NXT Championship over Velveteen Dream, Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher lost their tag titles to Imperium and then Thatcher beat Riddle in a singles match ahead of Riddle going to Smackdown. Drake Maverick, who remains legitimately fired in real life, made it to the final of the Interim Cruiserweight Championship Tournament along with El Hijo del Fantasma.
  
• Drew Gulak was temporarily finished with the company over a disagreement on money for a new contract, but this was quickly resolved and Drew returned to Smackdown.
  
• Sami Zayn, unlike Jordan Devlin, was stripped of the IC Title for mistakenly taking WWE at their word that it wouldn't be held against anybody who didn't want to travel and wrestle during a global pandemic. AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan made it to the finals of that tournament.
  
• Sonya Deville beat Mandy Rose in every match they had.
  
• Ember Moon reported her achilles injury from taking part in the stupid 24/7 backstage chases may have ended her career.
  
• Bayley continued to be an MVP during this pandemic, delivering some wonderful trash talk along the way and continuing a long-running angle about whether she is exploiting her best friend Sasha Banks despite the two constantly succeeding and working together as a unified pair.
  
• 24/7 Champion Ron Gronkowski returned to the NFL and WWE is desperately trying to cash in on him still being champion.
  
• Otis and Asuka won the Men's and Women's Money in the Bank briefcases respectively. Baron Corbin threw Aleister Black and Rey Mysterio off the roof but luckily a second, slightly shorter roof was beneath them.
  
• Becky Lynch revealed she was pregnant and that Asuka had actually won the now vacant Raw Women's Title the night before at Money in the Bank.
  
• Randy Orton and Edge are building up to a match that WWE is insisting on marketing as,"THE GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH... EVER!" ahead of time.
  
• Zelina Vega's Stable of Very Pretty Men kicked Austin Theory out of the group, and he was picked up as part of Seth Rollins' cult consisting of Seth, Buddy Murphy and now Austin Theory.
  
• Apollo Crews defeated Andrade to become the new United States Champion.
  
• Bobby Lashley is now being mentored/managed by MVP. Lana is not happy and Shane Thorne and Brendan Vink disappeared from his company.
  
• The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders took part in a series of embarrassing vignettes of playing basketball, mini-golf and axe-throwing contests.
  
• In sad news, former Cryme Tyme wrestler Shad Gaspard drowned while making sure rescuers saved his son when both were caught in a riptide.
  
• Seth Rollins hurt Rey Mysterio's eye and it was casually announced out of nowhere that Rey would be retiring in June (he probably won't be retiring in June).
  
• Raw, Smackdown and NXT all hit record lows in ratings/demographic breakdowns etc before having a bump back up towards the end of May.
  
• Apparently referees, executives and producers are all getting paycuts, despite the fact WWE is making record revenues/profits higher than any they've ever made before and the company is cash-rich and making out like a bandit from this Global Pandemic. The stock ended the month at $46.27 a share, up from $43.92 at the start of the month (it was $62.83 in January).
  

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• Detailed Results here.
  
• Seth Rollins "hosted" the Rey Mysterio "retirement" ceremony.
  
• Aleister Black defeated Seth Rollins in a singles match. Austin Theory, Buddy Murphy and Humberto Carrillo all got involved but in the end Black got a clean win.
  
• Rollins' forced Black to watch Carrillo get curbstomped, then curbstomped Black too.
  
• The commentators plugged the return of Raw Talk as well as the new free tier of the WWE Network.
  
• Angel Garza continues to flirt backstage with Charly Caruso. Shawn Michaels thinks Edge will win the "Greatest Wrestling Match of All Time" against Randy Orton.
  
• Lana and MVP argued backstage over who is exploiting Bobby Lashley.
  
• US Champion Apollo Crews handpicked Kevin Owens as his first challenger. The match ended with a DQ when Andrade attacked.
  
• Apollo Crews and Kevin Owens defeated Andrade and Angel Garza in a tag match. Crews once again got a clean pin on Andrade.
  
• The Viking Raiders won a game of bowling by a single pin over The Street Profits to even up 2-2 in the "Anything You Can Do, We Can Do Better" challenge.
  
• Billie Kay defeated Nikki Cross in a singles match.
  
• Rey Mysterio did an injury update from home. His large adult son Dominic warned Seth Rollins that he would exact "an eye for an eye".
  
• R-Truth pinned Rob Gronkowski while he was being filmed being filmed for a TikTok video.
  
• Nia Jax defeated Kairi Sane in a singles match. Kairi was legit hurt in this match though apparently it was a pure accident rather than Jax being to blame.
  
• Edge and Orton did promos about THE GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH OF ALL TIME coming up at the next PPV.
  
• Charlotte Flair defeated Asuka by count-out when Asuka was distracted by Nia Jax doing a parody of Asuka's entrance. The match was really getting good up until they ruined it.
  
• Lana decided to be at ringside for MVP's match, since Lashley had only asked her not to be present at his own.
  
• WWE Champion Drew McIntyre defeated MVP in a singles match. The show ended with Bobby Lashley putting Drew into a Full Nelson.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Candice LeRae vs. Mia Yim went to a double-countout, followed by a big brawl between other members of the women's roster.
  
• Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano defeated Mia Yim and Keith Lee in a tag match. Gargano stabbed Lee in the eye with his car keys.
  
• Legitimately fired Drake Maverick did a promo about this being his chance to not be legitimately fired anymore.
  
• A video package aired about the Cole/Velveteen Dream rivalry.
  
• Dexter Lumis drew a picture of him driving a truck with the Undisputed Era tied up in the back.
  
• Isaiah "Swerve" Scott defeated Tony Nese in a singles match, despite Jack Gallagher's efforts to distract him.
  
• Breezango defeated The Undisputed Era and The Brit-Am Brawlers to become Number One Contenders for the tag titles. Indus Sher came out to get in Imperium's face during the post-match staredown.
  
• Chelsea Green fired Robert Stone as her manager (this happened like a week ago?).
  
• Santana Garrett defeated Aliyah in a singles match.
  
• A video package aired for the Charlotte Flair vs. Io Shirai vs. Rhea Ripley triple threat.
  
• Cameron Grimes defeated Bronson Reed in a singles match. Karrion Kross attached Bronson Reed post-match.
  
• El Hijo del Fantasma defeated Drake Maverick to win the interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship.
  
• Maverick was distracted during the match when the parking lot ninjas rushed the ring, allowing Fantasma to superkick him and get the pin.
  
• Triple H came out and awarded the legitimately fired Drake Maverick with a new contract despite losing. The show ended with Maverick weeping with happiness for being given a second chance by the monstrous piece of poo poo company that fired him in the middle of a Global Pandemic despite making record profits. No word on if he is one of the wrestlers who got offered his job back at a fraction of the money WWE were paying them before firing them. gently caress this piece of poo poo company and gently caress this storyline whether it was fully a work or was real all along or whatever. Seriously. This is loving disgusting. That is not editorializing, that is straight-up fact.
  
• Show Discussion starts here.
  

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Jun 4, 2020