• Detailed Results here.
  
• The show opened on Bayley and Sasha cackling. Old school promos to camera by various wrestlers about their matches tonight aired.
  
• Bray was on the Firefly Funhouse talking about The Fiend going after Universal Champion Braun Strowman.
  
• AJ Styles (C) defeated Gran Metalik in a singles match to retain the Intercontinental Championship. AJ attacked Lince Dorado post-match.
  
• Baron Corbin approached a suspicious Chad Gable backstage and insisted that his "King's Ransom" on accused literal rapist Matt Riddle was open to Gable to try and cash in on.
  
• A recap of the Bar Fight between Sheamus and Jeff Hardy last week aired. Jeff was then shown being congratulated backstage.
  
• Jeff came out to a promo which was interrupted by Baron Corbin. Drew Gulak attacked Corbin from behind.
  
• Baron Corbin defeated Drew Gulak despite a distraction by accused literal rapist Matt Riddle. Riddle attacked Corbin postmatch but was saved by Chad Gable.
  
• BIG E defeated The Miz in a singles match despite attempted interference by John Morrison (who was ejected from ringside).
  
• A gleeful Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura wouldn't get Lucha House Party join them for their championship party (two flutes of champagne) backstage.
  
• Sheamus admitted in a backstage interview that he made a mistake having a Bar Fight with Hardy, but he was done with him now and that was bad news for everybody else.
  
• Naomi defeated Lacey Evans in a singles match.
  
• Mandy and Otis were walking backstage and decided to go on a date (during the show?). Mandy left to get ready but got jumped by Sonya Deville, covered in lipstick and had chunks of her hair cut out. Miz and Morrison cut jokes about it and a furious Tucker shouted at them.
  
• Bayley (C) beat Nikki about as clean as could be in a singles match to retain her Smackdown Women's Championship.
  
• The show ended with a shocked Nikki in the ring with Alexa after a cackling Bayley left with Sasha. The PC hostages tried to applaud Nikki but she was too distraught, shoved over Alexa and raced out of the ring.
  
• Alexa was left alone when the lights went out, came back red and The Fiend slowly (really loving creepily too) gave her the Mandible Claw to end the show.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• A recap aired of Karrion Kross beating up Dominik Dijakovic.
  
• Io Shirai and Tegan Nox defeated Dakota Kai and Candice LeRae in a tag match. Shirai got the pinfall after hitting a moonsault on LeRae.
  
• A clip was shown of a confrontation between Pat McAfee and Adam Cole on McAfee's podcast. Triple H said this would be sorted out tonight.
  
• Johnny Gargano defeated Roderick Strong in a singles match.
  
• Dakota Kai and Rhea Ripley had a confrontation backstage over who would be next to challenge Io Shirai for the NXT Women's Championship.
  
• Timothy Thatcher cut a promo backstage on Finn Balor and Dexter Lumis. Lumis was watching Thatcher in the background.
  
• The Undisputed Era met backstage to try and hype each other up.
  
• Mercedes Martinez defeated Shotzi Blackheart in a singles match.
  
• Ridge Holland debuts next week.
  
• Keith Lee called out Karrion Kross but Cameron Grimes came out instead. He tried to ambush Lee when Scarlett showed up, but Lee beat his rear end. Kross appeared on the screen and challenged Lee who was more than happy to accept.
  
• NXT Tag Champions Imperium defeated Ever-Rise in a non-title tag match. Undisputed Era jumped Imperium post-match.
  
• A personality profile aired for Bronson Reed.
  
• William Regal claimed he was not letting Kross and Lee declare a title match by themselves.
  
• Isaiah "Swerve" Scott defeated Jake Atlas in a singles match.
  
• Damian Priest faces Oney Lorcan and Ridge Holland in a triple threat next week to qualify for the North American Championship ladder match. Next week Imperium defends the tag titles against Fish & O'Reilly from The Undisputed Era.
  
• Dexter Lumis defeated Timothy Thatcher and Finn Balor in a triple threat match to qualify for the North American Championship ladder match. The finish came when Dexter Lumis choked out Thatcher while he had Balor in an ankle lock.
  
• Dexter Lumis choked out Timothy Thatcher. Dexter Lumis.
  
• Show Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Randy Orton opened the show with an in-ring promo demanding a title match against WWE Champion Drew McIntyre at Summerslam.
  
• Nia Jax started a promo but then Shayna Baszler showed up and they started brawling.
  
• Angel Garza and Andrade defeated Ricochet/Cedric Alexander and The Viking Warriors to earn a tag title shot at Summerslam against The Street Profits. Garza pinned Cedric to get the win.
  
• Nia Jax vs. Shayna Bazler went to a double-countout in less than a minute. They continued to brawl and attacked security and an official.
  
• Seth Rollins talked backstage to Buddy Murphy about Rey Mysterio's Large Adult Son Dominick. Mark Henry was seen chatting with Ruby Riott and Bianca Belair.
  
• Dominick attached Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy in an in-ring segment, but they overwhelmed him. Alistair Black came to Dominick's rescue but Murphy almost took his eye out on the steel steps. Dominick ran them off with a kendo stick.
  
• Mustafa Ali assured R-Truth he wasn't after the 24/7 belt.
  
• Mustafa Ali was on the VIP Lounge but turned down MVP's offer to join his "The Hurt Business" stable. R-Truth attempted to pin 24/7 Champion Shelton Benjamin but failed and ran away.
  
• Bobby Lashley defeated Mustafa Ali with a Full Nelson in a singles match. Akira Tozawa and the Parking Lot Ninjas attempted to get the 24/7 title from Shelton Benjamin during the match and Lashley beat them up too.
  
• Dolph Ziggler was interviewed backstage about his match (title/non-title? Nobody seems to know) with Drew McIntyre tonight.
  
• Kairi Sane chased Bayley to backstage ahead of Sasha and Asuka's title match.
  
• Sasha Banks won by count-out to become the new Raw Women's Champion after Asuka knowingly gave up on the belt to race backstage and save Kairi Sane from a beatdown by Bayley.
  
• During Bayley and Sasha's backstage celebrations, Asuka emerged in tears from the trainer's room where Kairi was being treated and screamed at them.
  
• Buddy MUrphy defeated Humberto Carrillo in a singles match.
  
• Before his match with Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre accepted Randy Orton's challenge for a title match at Summerslam.
  
• The stipulation for Drew/Dolph was an Extreme Rules match. Also the match is non-title and thus utterly pointless.
  
• Drew McIntyre defeated Dolph Ziggler in a non-title Extreme Rules match. Randy Orton attacked Drew from behind, then stood over him holding up the belt to end the show.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Backstage, Jeff Hardy promised to beat Sheamus in their "bar fight" tonight.
  
• Bayley and Sasha Banks came to the ring and celebrated having all the belts. Bayley agreed to give Nikki Cross a rematch if she could beat Alexa Bliss in a match.
  
• Nikki defeated Alexa Bliss in a singles match, Alexa seemed miserable at their friendship being strained by the match.
  
• Alexa met with Nikki by one of the unused PC rings, they made peace and Alexa gave Nikki her support for the title match.
  
• In a Firefly Funhouse segment, Host Bray told the head lantern that Swamp Cultist Bray's job was done and now it was The Fiend's turn to go after Universal Champion Braun Strowman.
  
• Accused literal rapist Matt Riddle defeated Tony Neese in a singles match, then beat him up when he tried to jump him postmatch while Baron Corbin was talking poo poo to Riddle.
  
• Naomi was the guest on Miz TV with Miz and Morrison. They brought out Lacey Evans as a surprise guest, she and Naomi brawled and Naomi stole her hat.
  
• Kofi Kingston told BIG E backstage that he was mad about losing the tag titles too, but both he and Xavier Woods were adamant this was BIG E's chance to be a singles star.
  
• Gran Metalik won a Fatal Fourway against Lince Dorado, Drew Gulak, & Chad Gable to get a shot at AJ Styles' Intercontinental Championship next week. This match was really, really good.
  
• New Tag Champions Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro did a promo making fun of BIG E being a singles star, and promising to defeat all the other tag teams on Smackdown.
  
• AJ vs. Metalik, Lacey vs. Naomi, and Bayley vs. Nikki Cross were all announced for next week.
  
• Jeff Hardy defeated Sheamus in a Bar Fight cinematic match, pinning him after a Whisper in the Wind from a ladder onto the bar floor.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• NXT and NXT North American Champion Keith Lee announced he was vacating the North American Championship to give members of the roster a chance at the title.
  
• General Manager William Regal announced there would be a series of Triple Threat matches to qualify for a Ladder Match for the vacant title at TakeOver on August 22nd.
  
• Dexter Lumis defeated Killian Dain by submission in a singles match.
  
• Breezango defeated Ever-Rise in a tag match.
  
• Dominik Dijakovic was interviewed backstage and claimed he would knock Karrion Kross unconscious tonight as revenge for last week.
  
• Shotzi Blackheart defeated Aliyah in a singles match, and ran over Robert Stone's other leg in her little tank. Mercedes Martinez attacked Shotzi post-match.
  
• Bronson Reed defeated Johnny Gargano and Roderick Strong in a triple threat to qualify for the North American title ladder match at TakeOver. Reed pinned Strong.
  
• Timothy Thatcher defeated Oney Lorcan in a singles match. This was apparently a very good match.
  
• Mercedez Martinez hired Robert Stone as her manager so she didn't have to deal with admin "crap" and just focus on wrestling.
  
• Next week Finn Balor faces Timothy Thatcher and Dexter Lumis in a Triple Threat Qualifying match.
  
• Karrion Kross defeated Dominik Dijakovic by choke-out in a singles match, with Keith Lee at ringside wanting the match to end but Dijakovic refusing to give up.
  
• Show Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Seth Rollins opened the show and blamed the fans for him making Rey Mysterio hold a sharpied ping-pong ball against his eye-socket at the PPV. Aleister Black came out, beat up Buddy Murphy and went after Rollins.
  
• Seth Rollins defeated Aleister Black following a distraction by Buddy Murphy. Rollins Curb Stomped Black's arm afterwards.
  
• Shelton Benjamin pinned R-Truth during a backstage segment with Ron Simmons, MVP and Bobby Lashley, becoming the new 24/7 Champion.
  
• Ricochet and Cedric Alexander introduced Mustafa Ali (so the Smackdown Hacker storyline is dead?) as their partner for a match they then won against MVP, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin.
  
• Randy Orton did a backstage promo talking about his career and how he was looking forward to ending Big Show's career.
  
• Ron Simmons chatted to The Viking Raiders backstage.
  
• Christian was in a remote interview about his physical and mental state after Orton punted him a few weeks back.
  
• Bianca Belair talked backstage about helping out Ruby Riott. Riott mocked Peyton Royce for once not having Billie Kay backing her up.
  
• Ruby Riott defeated Peyton Royce in a singles match.
  
• The Street Profits attacked Angel Garza and Andrade during the latter's backstage interview.
  
• Raw Tag Team Champion the Street Profits defeated Angel Garza and Andrade in a non-title match. Afterwards, Garza and Andrade assured Zelina Vega they were on the same page despite the loss, and she told them to prove it.
  
• Bayley and Sasha Banks were doing a promo about Bayley's involvement in the finish of the Raw Women's Title match at the PPV. Asuka came out wanting her title back. Then Stephanie McMahon appeared on the screeen.
  
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• Stephanie declared next week would be Sasha vs. Asuka to determine the real Raw Women's Champion.
  
• Kairi Sane defeated Smackdown Women's Champion Bayley in a non-title match on the last day of her WWE contract. Asuka was over-the-moon for Kairi. Hell, same.
  
• Dolph Ziggler begged Drew McIntyre for another title match and offered to let Drew pick the stipulation this time. Drew agreed, but like at the PPV just gone, said the stipulation wouldn't be revealed till the match itself.
  
• Big Show talked backstage about how Orton was dangerous and could concievably end Show's career, but he planned to write the end to his own story.
  
• Randy Orton defeated The Big Show in an unsanctioned match, and punted him post-match to end the show.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• D-Von Dudley advised The New Day how to win a tables match: You put your opponent through a table.
  
• Kevin Owens, who defeated Seth Rollins at Wrestlemania, defeated Buddy Murphy in a singles match on the pre-show.
  
• Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro defeated The New Day (C) in a tables match to become the new tag team champions. Kingston was put through the table by Cesaro hitting an assisted powerbomb.
  
• Bayley (C) defeated Nikki Cross to retain the Smackdown Women's Championship, after Sasha passed brass knuckles to Bayley.
  
• Bray Wyatt showed a clip of the Smackdown Karaoke Challenge on Firefly Funhouse so people could see something REALLY scary.
  
• Apollo Crews did not pass his medical and was not cleared to defend his US Title against MVP tonight. MVP declared that he was now the US Champion.
  
• Seth Rollins defeated Rey Mysterio in an Eye for an Eye match. The match came to an abrupt end with Rey shielding a cartoonishly cheap eyeball prop (a sharpied ping-pong ball?) against his eye socket, and Seth vomiting. You think I'm lying, but I'm not.
  
• Backstage, a traumatized Bayley looked down the camera and quietly told her hero Rey Mysterio that... he wasn't seeing double, she really does have TWO championship belts!
  
• Asuka (C) vs. Sasha Banks for the Raw Women's Title....ended? Bayley stole the ref's shirt after he was misted by Asuka, hit her with a belt and counted the pinfall for Sasha, then grabbed the belts, forced the timekeeper to ring the bell and declared Sasha the winner. No idea what the official ruling was.
  
• An update on Rey Mysterio was given that maybe he'll still be able to see okay after all.
  
• Drew McIntyre (C) defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE Championship in a "Extreme Rules but only for Dolph" match, where Drew could have lost the title by DQ or Countout and Dolph couldn't be DQed. Drew kipped up and hit a Claymore Kick in the middle of Dolph going for a superkick to get the pin.
  
• The non-title Swamp Match between Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt was a godawful mess and ended with The Fiend emerging from the swamp after a lame non-finish ending where both Bray and Braun disappeared into the water. Words can't express how awful this match was.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• A series of promos about the horror show at Extreme rules the horror show (at Extreme rules) aired.
  
• Cesaro defeated BIG E in a singles match to determine the stipulation for the tag titles match at Extreme Rules. It will be a Table Match.
  
• Bayley and Sasha crashed A Moment of Bliss to talk poo poo to Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. Asuka was Alexa's guest and a brawl broke out.
  
• Bayley and Sasha defeated Asuka and Nikki Cross in a tag match. Bayley used the ropes to get the pin on Nikki.
  
• Swamp Cultist Bray Wyatt took over Firefly Funhouse to do a promo about his swamp fight with Universal Champion Braun Strowman.
  
• Braun delivered a fired up and almost incomprehensible promo about how he...created the Fiend?
  
• Braun obliterated John Morrison in a singles match, then got on the mic and told Bray he was coming home. A concerned Miz helped Morrison backstage.
  
• Lacey Evans defeated Naomi in a singles match after tying her hair to a ring rope.
  
• Sheamus Brogue Kicked Jeff Hardy out of nowhere during a backstage interview.
  
• Bayley did a "freaking science" lesson in a backstage interview about why she and Sasha would win their respective matches at the PPV.
  
• The face Nikki overheard Bayley laughing nearby and heroically jumped her from behind. The heel Sasha cowardly tried to save her friend from the assault. Bayley called Nikki a "crazy broad".
  
• AJ Styles (C) defeated accused literal rapist Matt Riddle in a singles match for the Intercontinental Championship.
  
• Postmatch, AJ offered Riddle a handshake which he accepted. Baron Corbin jumped Riddle from behind and beat him up. AJ minded his own business and strolled off, and Corbin left Riddle laying in the middle of the ring to end the show.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• NXT World and North American Champion Keith Lee opened the show to celebrate winning both belts last week. He paid tribute to Killer Tim Brooks, then called out Dominik Dijakovic and asked him to be his first challenger as thanks for testing his limits in their earlier feud.
  
• Damian Priest defeated Cameron Grimes in a singles match.
  
• Timothy Thatcher tortured another student during a wrestling seminar.
  
• Indi Hartwell defeated Shotzi Blackheart in a singles match following interference by Robert Stone and Aliyah.
  
• Tegan Nox cut a backstage promo about her NXT Women's Title shot tonight.
  
• El Legado Del Fantasma did a vignette where they discussed forging their empire.
  
• Double-Champion Keith Lee defeated Dominik Dijakovic in a singles match to retain both titles.
  
• Lee and Dijakovic hugged post-match, and then Scarlett came out and dropped the shattered hourglass pieces on the floor. Dijakovic ended up brawling with Karrion Kross backstage after being confronted during an interview.
  
• Timothy Thatcher defeated Denzel Dejournette in a singles match via submission. Oney Lorcan saved Dejournette from post-match grappling torture.
  
• Robert Stone was apologizing backstage to Killian Dain over the coffee segment last week when Aliyah showed Stone a drawing by Dexter Lumis of Blackheart running over Stone's leg. For some reason this enraged Dain who demanded a match with Lumis next week. What?
  
• Io Shirai (C) defeated Tegan Nox to retain the NXT Women's Championship. Dakota Kai attacked Shirai post-match.
  
• Nobody on this forum made a single post about NXT before, during or after the show.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• MVP's guest on the VIP Room was Dolph Ziggler. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre came out and punched Ziggler in the face.
  
• Charly Caruso interviewed Andrade & Garza, got talked down to by Zelina Vega, and then given a (stolen) rose by Ivar after The Viking Raiders showed up.
  
• Andrade and Angel Garza defeated The Viking Raiders in an Elimination Tag Match. Erik was eliminated by Andrade, Andrade was eliminated by Ivar, and then Garza won by pinning Ivar. The whole thing took less than 10 minutes.
  
• Ruby Riott introduced the IIconics to her new tag partner, Biana Belair, in a backstage segment.
  
• Ruby Riott and Bianca Belair defeated The IIconics in a tag match.
  
• R-Truth and Cedric Alexander explained to 24/7 Champion R-Truth that he was in a match with Orton tonight, not Ric Flair. Truth ran away, found Akira Tozawa, and Ricochet and Cedric saved him from Tozawa's Parking Lot Ninjas.
  
• R-Truth vs. Tozawa for the 24/7 Title never happened after Shayna Baszler returned and beat the poo poo out of Tozawa's Parking Lot Ninjas. Baszler warned both Women's Champions she was going to give them a dose of reality.
  
• Seth Rollins did a promo about his Eye-for-an-Eye match with Mysterio, insisting the stipulation is that you gouge out the opponent's eye. Kevin Owens came out to talk poo poo to Rollins.
  
• Aleister Black defeated Buddy Murphy by DQ when Seth Rollins interfered on Buddy's behalf.
  
• Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins in a singles match after Rollins was distracted by Aleister Black, Rey Mysterio, and Rey's large adult son Dominick. Mysterio warned Rollins that he was going to take his eye at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules: The Horror Show (at Extreme Rules (the Horror Show)).
  
• Ric Flair told Big Show not to risk his health and wellbeing by having a match against Randy Orton.
  
• Randy Orton did a backstage promo about the people he'd hosed over recently were friends who betrayed him. He teased turned against Ric Flair as well.
  
• Randy Orton defeated 24/7 Champion R-Truth in a non-title match.
  
• Orton challenged Big Show to an unsanctioned match on Raw next week, after Big Show came out to stop him punting Truth.
  
• MVP showed off his unofficial US Title belt backstage. Dolph Ziggler jumped Drew McIntyre and they brawled till officials pulled them apart.
  
• Lashley defeated Ricochet in a singles match, submitting him with the Full Nelson then attacking Cedric Alexander too.
  
• Big Show accepted the unsanctioned match against Randy Orton.
  
• Bayley and Sasha Banks (C) defeated The Kabuki Warriors in a tag match for the Women's Tag Team titles. Bayley got a submission win from a Crossface on Kairi.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Miz and Morrison interviewed Jeff Hardy, where they asked him to accept a "Bar Fight" against Sheamus. Hardy agreed, but then challenged one of them to a fight tonight.
  
• Jeff Hardy defeated The Miz in a singles match despite a distraction by Sheamus on the Titantron.
  
• Bayley and Sasha defeated Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross in a non-title match. Babyface Nikki Cross heroically jumped the vile heel Bayley from behind before the start of the match, but was cowardly saved by Bayley's friend Sasha.
  
• A replay of Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt's Universal Title match from Money in the Bank aired.
  
• Jey Uso MCed the Smackdown Karaoke Challenge, in whi.... wait what the gently caress?
  
• Naomi won the Karaoke Challenge... seriously, what the gently caress, a karaoke challenge? Lacey Evans attacked Naomi afterwards because she wanted to win the.... karaoke challenge?
  
• Lacey vs. Naomi ended by DQ when Dana Brooke and Tamina attacked Lacey and then started fighting each other.
  
• AJ Styles was informed backstage that next week he will defend the Intercontinental Title against accused literal rapist Matt Riddle.
  
• The New Day (C) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro for the Smackdown Tag Titles ended in a Double-DQ when all four guys refused to stop fighting in the ring.
  
• Nakamura and Cesaro did an assisted middle rop powerbomb of Kofi into BIG E and through a table to end the show.
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Candice LeRae defeated Mia Yim in a street fight.
  
• Bronson Reed defeated Tony Nese in a singles match.
  
• Robert Stone failed to recruit Shotzi Blackheart into his stable, and accidentally tossed coffee onto Killian Dain, and got tossed into a cart and run over by Shotzi's mini-tank.
  
• Johnny Gargano defeated Isaiah "Swerve" Scott in a singles match.
  
• A video package aired for Tegan Nox challenging NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai on next week's show.
  
• El Legado del Fantasma defeated Drake Maverick and Breezango in a Six-Man Tag. Santos Escobar got the pin on Maverick.
  
• Mercedes Martinez made her return and defeated Santana Garrett in a singles match.
  
• Cameron Grimes faces Damian Priest in a singles match next week.
  
• Keith Lee (C) defeated Adam Cole (C) in a title-vs-title match, to become the first ever dual NXT North American Champion and NXT Champion.
  
• Karrion Kross and Scarlett were shown watching Lee's championship celebration.
  
• Show Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Dolph Ziggler refused to tell WWE Champion Drew McIntyre what the stipulation for their title match at Extreme Rules would be.
  
• Ziggler brought out legitimately fired wrestler Heath Slater and had him cut a promo on Drew McIntyre and demand a match against him.
  
• Drew McIntyre defeated Heath Slater in less than 30 seconds. Drew saved Slater from a Ziggler beatdown and they hugged afterwards. So did they rehire Slater?
  
• Bayley accepted a match on Sasha's behalf against a mystery opponent of Asuka's choosing. Asuka chose a returning Kairi Sane.
  
• Kairi Sane defeated Sasha Banks by DQ after Bayley attacked Kairi when she had Banks in a submission.
  
• Aleister Black was found beaten up backstage, with a Rey Mysterio mask on.
  
• The Big Show fired up The Viking Raiders to get serious in a backstage segment.
  
• Seth Rollins was on the Kevin Owens Show, where Owens reminded Rollins that Owens beat him at Wrestlemania. Rey Mysterio and his large adult son Dominick came out and Owens offered to be Mysterio's tag partner tonight.
  
• Kevin Owens and Rey Mysterio defeated Seth Rollins and Murphy in a tag match and the right to choose the stipulation at Extreme Rules. Mysterio declared him vs. Seth Rollins would now be an eye-for-an-eye match.
  
• MVP and Bobby Lashley revealed their own version of the US Title, and MVP said he would make it the official belt when he beat US Champion Apollo Crews at Extreme Rules.
  
• MVP and Bobby Lashley defeated Ricochet and Cedric Alexander in a tag match.
  
• Angel Garza and Andrade were arguing backstage. Ric Flair and Randy Orton arrived and talked up Andrade and Garza as fellow third-generation wrestlers.
  
• Asuka and Kairi Sane reformed The Kabuki Warriors and challenged Bayley and Sasha to a tag title match next week.
  
• Randy Orton, Andrade & Angel Garza defeated The Big Show and The Viking Raiders in a six man tag. Orton pinned Erik for the win.
  
• Ruby Riott confronted the IIconics backstage after they talked poo poo about her.
  
• An amused Randy Orton misdirected Akira Tozawa and his Parking Lot Ninjas away from 24/7 Champion R-Truth.
  
• Billie Kay defeated Ruby Riott in less than 3 minutes following a distraction by Peyton Royce.
  
• Bayley was surprised but quickly back onboard when Sasha Banks agreed to the Kabuki Warriors' challenge.
  
• Raw Women's Champion Asuka defeated Smackdown Women's Champion Bayley in a non-title Champion vs. Champion match. This was the main event of the evening, and ran over 20 minutes.
  
• WWE apparently can't quite figure out what micro-managed forced branding they're going with, and "Extreme Rules" and "The Horror Show" was referenced in a variety of combinations throughout the evening.
  
• GDT Discussion.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Accused literal rapist Matt Riddle was interviewed by Michael Cole about why he wrestles barefoot. Baron Corbin confronted Riddle and promised to make his life a living hell, starting with making him wrestle John Morrison.
  
• Matt Riddle defeated John Morrison in a singles match. Postmatch, AJ Styles jumped Riddle from behind and was in turn jumped by Drew Gulak.
  
• Raw Women's Champion Asuka and Smackdown Women's Champion Bayley will be having a match on Raw.
  
• AJ Styles defeated Drew Gulak to retain his Intercontinental Championship. Daniel Bryan did guest commentary via ToutZoom.
  
• Bayley and Sasha presented an amazing video tribute to themselves, after Bayley recounted a hilarious story about Undertaker calling her to tell her how great she and Sasha were.
  
• Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross came out to interrupt, resulting in Sasha accepting a match on Bayley's behalf against Alexa Bliss.
  
• Bayley defeated Alexa Bliss by DQ after an unprepared Bayley in street clothes dominated Alexa entirely in the match, then got punched by Nikki when Bayley took exception to Nikki attacking Sasha at ringside. Bayley is the heel.
  
• A preview of the Swamp Fight between Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman included a look at their history in WWE together..
  
• Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Kofi Kingston in a singles match. BIG E and Cesaro were ejected from ringside during the match, but returned postmatch where BIG E saved Kofi from being put through a table.
  
• Sasha/Bayley & Alexa Nikki have a tag match next week. New Day defend the tag titles against Shinsuke/Cesaro, and the Bray/Braun Money in the Bank match will be replayed.
  
• The "toast" to Jeff Hardy was Sheamus teleconferencing in from his home bar while Jeff was in a ring set up with a ton of alcohol. Hardy poured alcohol over the bartender, smashed the glass over the bartender's head, then hit him with a Swanton Bomb. The bartender was just some dude doing his job.
  
• Wait what, that was the end of the show? What?
  
• GDT Discussion here.
  

• Detailed Results here.
  
• Tegan Nox won a Fatal Fourway Elimination match to become Number One Contender for the NXT Women's Championship.
  
• The order of elimination was: Candice LeRae (pinned by Mia Yim); Mia Yim (pinned by Dakota Kai); Dakota Kai (pinned by Tegan Nox).
  
• Damian Priest challenged Cameron Grimes to a rematch.
  
• Timothy Thatcher defeated Oney Lorcan by submission in a singles match.
  
• Rhea Ripley defeated Robert Stone and Aliyah in a handicap match, submitting both simultaneously.
  
• Dexter Lumis submitted Roderick Strong in a strap match, despite interference by Bobby Fish.
  
• Candice LeRae cut off being interviewed with Johnny Gargano to assault Mia Yim backstage. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott tried to break them and Gargano got in his face.
  
• NXT Interim Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar (Jordan Devlin is STILL pictured with Santos on WWE's Champions page at the time of this writing) announced his stable is called El Legado del Fantasma.
  
• Drake Maverick tried to jump Escobar and got his rear end beat by Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde. Breezango came to Maverick's aid and a six man tag was announced for next week.
  
• Mia Yim and Candice LeRae will be in a street fight next week.
  
• Cameron Grimes ignored Damian Priest's challenge and instead challenged whoever wins the double-championship match next week between Adam Cole and Keith Lee.
  
• NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai defeated Sasha Banks in a non-title match. Bayley interfered on Sasha's behalf, but then Asuka appeared from nowhere and spat green mist in Banks' face. Shirai took out Bayley, moonsaulted onto Banks and got the pinfall victory.
  
• Show Discussion here.
  

• The WWE now has a free tier for their Network and no longer offers free months of the paid version.
  
• The Street Profits/Viking Raiders games of one-up-manship continued through the month and culminated in... a short match that the Street Profits won clean.
  
• WWE Champion Drew McIntyre ended a feud with Bobby Lashley and sidegraded to one with Dolph Ziggler. Raw Women's Champion Asuka ended feuds with Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax (kinda) and upgraded to one with Sasha Banks.
  
• The legitimately fired Drake Maverick got a new contract personally handed to him by HHH and wept with joy, in what would have been one of the most disgusting promotional tactics WWE has ever done if they hadn't loving plunged to new depths as the month continued.
  
• Best friends Sasha Banks and Bayley won back the Women's Tag Team Titles, and successfully defended them multiple times throughout the month. The two have been an utter highlight of current WWE, one of very few, and one of their segments beat a Chris Jericho segment on AEW which had never lost against a WWE segment before.
  
• Adam Cole defeated Velveteen Dream in a bad cinematic match to retain his NXT Championship. Io Shirai defeated Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley to become new NXT Women's Champion. Charlotte then left for surgery and Rhea never got her win back or any kind of revenge for Wrestlemania.
  
• Bobby Lashley and Lana appear to have broken up as an onscreen couple maybe? Raw Executive Producer Paul Heyman was shunted out of his position by Bruce Prichard, whose first couple of weeks in charge featured a lot of younger wrestlers getting beaten by much older established talent (there was also a minor ratings increase which has since dropped back down to record lows).
  
• WWE engaged in petty Search Engine Optimization marketing to ensure any Google search for "Greatest Wrestling Match Ever" will send back hits for Edge vs. Randy Orton. Ric Flair appears to be back managing Orton.
  
• El Hijo del Fantasma became the Interim NXT Cruiserweight Champion and unmasked, renamed himself Santos Escobar, and revealed he was behind the Parking Lot Ninjas who had been kidnapping people (who turned out to be the Parking Lot Ninjas themselves?)
  
• Akira Tozawa also had some Parking Lot Ninjas of his own, and a mega-nina, all of whom have apparently disappeared and Tozawa quickly lost back the 24/7 Title he won from R-Truth.
  
• NXT had a rare win over AEW in the ratings in the last week of June, with AEW seeing a surprisingly large drop in viewers. NXT's show was main evented by a threeway for the NXT North American Championship and a title shot against Adam Cole.
  
• Without fanfare or any build at all, NXT happened to announce they were doing a two week Great American Bash special over the same two weeks that AEW is doing Fyter Fest, which they have been building up for weeks.
  
• The Undertaker claims to have finally retired for good, but even then was still saying he would come back if Vince McMahon needed him to.
  
• WWE is marketing Extreme Rules as "The Horror Show" which is incredibly tone deaf given world events. They also insist that everybody on-air refers to it in full each time as "Extreme Rules: The Horror Show".
  
• The #SpeakingOut movement exposed a depressingly large number of wrestlers from multiple promotions all over the world as creeps and sexpests, but also outright rapists and serial abusers. WWE was not immune, but their reaction has been equally depressing in how weak and pathetic it has been. Velveteen Dream, accused of attempting to groom multiple minors, appears to be on his way out but only due to other long-standing issues that WWE had been hoping to just ignore. Matt Riddle was accused of straight up rape and not only was nothing done, he continues to be actively pushed as a newcomer to the main event on Smackdown. Multiple members of NXT UK were accused of various things, and the result was a couple of suspensions and a declaration that WWE takes this seriously... if there is irrefutable evidence, at which point they will consider what to do. NXT Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin was accused of abuse and is still displayed on WWE's own site as the Cruiserweight Champion, despite WWE having already earlier quietly dropped saying,"Interim" about the Interim Cruiserweight Championship Tournament that Santos Escobar won. The response has been pathetic at best.
  
• Somehow, arguably even worse than that, was WWE's continued mishandling of the COVID-19 epidemic. To the surprise of nobody, multiple wrestlers have tested positive for COVID-19. The company initially refused to let any of the wrestlers forced to stand for 10 hours a day wear masks (even WWE merchandise ones!) and then lied and pretended they never said that. They haven't contacted people who have reported testing positive (including Renee Young, who had to get her own home test when her WWE test was negative, or a terrified independent wrestler who has a pregnant wife at home and learned the news of the positive tests via the media). They have only just started to do tests beyond the forehead temperature checks that everybody always knew were a poor method of testing for COVID, and if anybody fails those tests they... just do the tests again hoping they'll pass. Wrestlers have been instructed not to speak to anybody in the media, but also haven't been getting any information from WWE itself. A travel ban put in place by various States to try and prevent the spread of COVID was reacted to by WWE openly announcing they were just gonna fly wrestlers to a different State and have them drive home from there. There isn't enough room to go into the frankly horrifying level of malice and incompetence on display by "The Worldwide Leader in Sports Entertainment" in a simple recap, but to quote Bryan Alvarez (whom the thread title comes from),"Whatever you've heard, it's worse.".
  

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Aug 1, 2020

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