Posted on 10/13/126 by Bob Magee
Live from Bossier City, Louisiana. Is this a suburb of Bossy
City, Louisiana?
Joe Tessitore & Corey Graves were on commentary.
After a recap of Money in the Bank, Graves noted that the
ladders don’t always play along. Yeah, tell that to Lola
Vice, who looked like she hit every step sliding down that
ladder when she fell backwards on Saturday.
Meet the New Mr. Money in the Bank
Lillian Garcia brought Penta out to the ring. She called him
Mr. Money in the Bank, but his chyron said “Señor Dinero en
el Banco.” His briefcase is all black with the artwork from
his past, as well as fireworks. The fans gave the obligatory
“You Deserve It!” chant.
Penta thanked the fans and all his opponents in Money in the
Bank. Penta fought for 20 years, and he’s earned every
opportunity he’s ever been given. And Pentadid it one more
time at Money in the Bank. He cut part of his promo in
Spanish, then said in English that the briefcase means
everything to him. No one knows when he is going to cash in,
but when he does, he will become world champion.
Cue Je’Von Evans’ music, and Je’Von came out with a limp and
his arm in a sling. He was decidedly not bouncy tonight. He
slowly (but still probably faster than Roman) made his way
into the ring. When he finally got there, the crowd chanted
“Bouncy!” Evans pulled up his shirt to show a DDP memorial
rib tape job. Even though Evans was beat up and his head
hurt, Evans wasn’t going to miss Raw. He was there to tell
Penta that he deserved the briefcase this year. Evans said
he was proud of Penta and that he deserved it, which set off
another round of “You Deserve It!” Chants.
As Evans and Penta hugged, Bron Breakker came from out of
nowhere. Evans pushed Penta out of the way, and Breakker cut
through Evans with a spear. The gaggle of geeks came down
to tend to the injured Evans while Penta glared at Breakker.
Rey Mysterio v. Big Cass
Big Cass was already standing in the ring when the show came
back from commercial. Rey took his sweet time getting to the
ring tonight as well, shaking pretty much every fan’s hand
in the front row.
Rey charged into a knee from Cass, then started to give
chase around the ring. Rey snuck around the ring, hiding so
Cass thought he was under the ring. While Cass was looking
for Rey around the ring, Rey came off the apron with a rana
to send him into the ring barricade. Cass finally did catch
up to Rey and slammed him into the ring barricade, then
press-slammed Rey from the floor over the top rope back into
the ring.
After a commercial break, Rey fought out of a vertical
suplex, then got cut down with a clothesline for a near
fall. Rey tried to come back with a seated senton, but Cass
put him back down with a boot. Cass tried for a powerbomb,
but Rey punched his way out of it, sent Cass out of the
ring, and then hit Cass with a 619 to the back of the head
while he was standing on the floor.
Rey dove out of the ring and hit a tornado DDT (which Cass
initially was able to block). Cass tried to get back in the
ring, but Rey hit a 619 to Cass’s ankle. He went for a third
619 but ran into a back elbow from Cass. The crowd responded
to that by chanting “You Still Suck!”
Cass backed Rey into a corner and pounded him with elbows.
Referee Jessika Carr pulled Cass out of the corner while he
was pounding on Rey. While Carr’s back was turned tending to
Rey, Dragon Lee came out and hit Cass with a gamengiri. Cass
slumped into the ropes, Rey hit a 619, then snagged Cass in
a victory roll to score the pinfall.
Match Result: Rey Mysterio defeated Big Cass by pinfall
(10:05).
Graves put over what an awesome victory this was for Rey on
commentary. But Cass was pulled out of the corner by the
referee for beating Rey so badly, and Dragon Lee interfered
so Rey could get the win. So… yay for the babyfaces, I
guess?
— After a recap of the Bloodline v. 946 feud, The Bloodline
FaceTimed in with another promo. Jaida Parker again reminded
us that “ain’t nobody safe.”
— Adam Pearce assigned senior official Chad Patton(?) to the
main event tonight. He thought it was a punishment. Pearce
told him to try and keep as much order as he could and try
to get a pinfall or submission, and get out of there in one
piece.
Liv Morgan & The Judgment Day
Liv Morgan came out with the rest of the Judgment Day to
celebrate regaining the Women’s World Championship. Morgan
and Dominik Mysterio embraced in the ring while fireworks
went off to celebrate the victory. Morgan got on the mic and
did her usual heel schtick. And for the first time, the
Crown Jewel show was mentioned, as Morgan said her next
focus was becoming the first two-time Crown Jewel Women’s
Champion.
WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green came out to a huge pop
from the crowd. Green said she was excited to face Morgan at
Crown Jewel, and offered her hand to Morgan in the spirit of
a good contest. Morgan refused to shake Green’s hand,
because Green isn’t even a real champion. Morgan called
Green a “placeholder champion” and said the only threatening
thing about Green was her friend Tiffany Stratton, who is
injured.
Green was fine with Morgan underestimating her. While Morgan
parties with “her minions” Green will be working hard to
make sure that when the bell rings at Crown Jewel, Morgan
would be the one looking up at the lights. Green then called
Morgan Dominik’s “placeholder girlfriend.” Roxanne Perez got
in Green’s face and said that Green couldn’t beat any woman
in the Judgment Day, which led to the impromptu challenge
from Green and a ref running down to the ring to make things
official.
Chelsea Green v. Roxanne Perez (w/ The Judgment Day)
The match was joined in progress after a commercial, with
Perez and Green fighting over a lockup on the floor. They
got back in the ring and Perez worked over Green’s arm.
Green tried to roll out of an arm ringer, but Perez rolled
with her to maintain control. Green finally escaped with a
La Magistral cradle for a near fall.
Green grabbed a side headlock to take control. Perez fought
up to her feet and caught Green with a slap. Green responded
with a slap of her own that was so hard she sold hurting her
own hand.
Green missed a charge in the corner, and Perez beat her
down. Green came back and hit a shotgun dropkick from the
top rope to send Perez to the floor and the show into
another commercial break.
Green blocked a Russian leg sweep and hit a pair of what
I’ll politely call arm drags, then hit the Rough Rider for a
near fall. Green slid into… something, I don’t know what she
was trying, and nearly got pinned with a cradle. Perez hit
the Shining Wizard for a near fall. Green tried for the
Unprettier but changed it up into a German suplex.
Green ran the ropes, but Morgan tripped her up. Green yanked
at Morgan’s hair, and Perez hit her from behind with a
forearm. Green tossed Perez to the floor, then hit both
Perez and Raquel Rodriguez with a dive. Green tossed Morgan
over the ring announcer’s table. Green jumped back in the
ring, and Perez hit her with the Pop Rocks to get the
pinfall.
Match Result: Roxanne Perez pinned Chelsea Green (10:28,
joined in progress).
I really like Roxanne and she really tried, but this was mid
at best.
After the match, Green slapped Morgan, who laid her out with
the ObLivion. Green v. Morgan was advertised on-screen for
Crown Jewel in Riyadh with a start time of 12pm EST on
November 7th. So that show is officially on (for now) in
Riyadh.
— Solo Sikoa and The Usos argued about whether Sikoa would
take orders from the “captains” tonight.
— Oba Femi walked around backstage.
Oba! Oba! Oba!
“The Ruler” was in a very good move, after having disposed
of Bronson Reed at Money in the Bank. He was told it would
be “Tsunami after Tsunami after Tsunami” but when he got to
Louisiana, it was nothing but blue skies and calm waters.
Reed learned his lesson at Money in the Bank, that it
doesn’t matter who you are, who’ve you’d wrestled, or —
notably— “how many cousins you’ve got;” you will bend the
knee. Because Oba is on his way to fulfilling his destiny,
which…
… was to be interrupted by Paul Heyman. Heyman nearly gives
himself a brainuerism talking about how many Tsunamis Reed
was going to give Oba Femi to win. Heyman noted that no man
has kicked out of the Tsunami, but Oba Femi did.
Heyman (cautiously) entered the ring, and called Oba Femi
the future of the WWE. Heyman said Femi was better at Money
in the Bank than he was at WrestleMania at Brock Lesnar.
Heyman said there’s no stopping “this guy,” who is “the
guy.”
Heyman was getting ready to pitch his services to Femi, but
Oba grabbed his mic and tossed it out of the ring. Femi said
that he wasn’t Brock Lesnar, and he wasn’t Roman Reigns.
He’s not a Paul Heyman guy, he’s an Oba Femi guy.
— Adam Pearce and Iyo Sky were trying to have a
conversation, but kept getting interrupted. First, Lyra
Valkyria confronted Adam Pearce about Bayley’s threats from
last week, demanding security. Then, Roxanne Perez and
Raquel Rodriguez appeared. Perez demanded a shot at
Chelsea’s title, but Pearce sent her to Nick Aldis for that.
Then, Rodriguez insulted Sky, setting up Sky’s next program.
— Jackie Redmond put over LA Knight’s efforts in the World
Title match on Saturday. Solo Sikoa came along and put
Knight over. But Knight wasn’t interested in Sikoa’s praise,
since Sikoa was back with the Bloodline. Sikoa told Knight
he wasn’t “with the Bloodline,” but Knight wasn’t buying it.
Sikoa: “Are we good?” Knight: “We’re good.”
(Narrator: “They were not good.”)
AAA World Cruiserweight Champion Rey Fenix v. WWE
Intercontinental Champion Chad Gable for the WWE
Intercontinental Championship
After a stalemate, Gable and Fenix shook hands, then
immediately started firing off forearms at each other. Gable
blocked a tijeras and went for the ankle lock, but Fenix
escaped to the ropes. Fenix kicked Gable over the top ropes,
then slid through the ropes and caught Gable with a head
scissors. Fenix hit a modified Asai moonsault off the middle
turnbuckle.
Gable caught Fenix off a springboard with a Northern Lights
suplex for a near fall. Gable hit a top-rope moonsault for a
near fall. Fenix went for a wheelbarrow suplex, but Gable
countered and grabbed the ankle lock. Fenix kicked free,
then hit a series of spinning kicks.
Gable tossed Fenix into the ropes, but he rebounded with a
hook kick. Fenix went for his rolling cutter, but Gable
grabbed him out of the air with an Olympic Slam for a near
fall.
The fight went to the floor, and Fenix caught Gable with a
punt kick from the apron. Gable hit a dropkick from the
apron to the floor. Fenix charged at Gable, who tossed him
over his head with a release German suplex into the
barricade.
Gable tossed Fenix back in the ring. As Gable followed,
Fenix caught him with the rolling cutter for a near fall.
During a commercial, Fenix hit Gable with an Angel’s Wings
for a near fall. Gable powered Fenix up and over with a
series of German suplexes, finally ending with a bridge for
a near fall.
Gable went to the top, but Fenix caught him with an
uppercut. Fenix sprang to the top and yanked Gable down with
an avalanche hurricanrana. Fenix followed up with a double
jump moonsault for a near fall.
Fenix ran the ropes and hit Gable with another punt, then
followed up with a frog splash for a near fall.
Fenix hit a gamengiri in the corner, then set up the Mexican
Muscle Buster. Gable escaped and sent Fenix into the ropes.
Fenix was a little slow on the rebound and went for the hook
kick, but Gable grabbed the ankle lock. Fenix countered into
his own ankle lock, but Gable reversed back into his own
ankle lock. Fenix tried to roll on his back and kick away,
but Gable countered with the leg scissors, but finally Fenix
got the ropes. That was a tremendous sequence.
Gable suplexed Fenix backwards into the top turnbuckle.
Gable tried to go to the top, but Fenix crotched him on the
ropes. Fenix tried for the Mexican Muscle Buster again, but
Gable rolled out and into the ankle lock. This time, Gable
locked in the leg scissors right away, and after a bit of a
struggle, Fenix tapped.
Match Result: Chad Gable submitted Rey Fenix with the ankle
lock to retain the Intercontinental Championship (18:41).
This might have been better than anything on the pay-per-
view. Sorry, “Premium Live Event.” This title run for Gable
has been aces, and I’m gonna be really sad if (or when)
Ethan Page gets the belt and drags the work down.
— Byron Saxton violated HIPAA by stalking Stephanie Vaquer
at the “Doctor/Trainer” office. Vaquer left the office on
crutches. Becky Lynch came along to yell at Vaquer, who has
“a broken ankle and no title.” Vaquer doesn’t respect Lynch
anymore, and she doesn’t need to be the champion to “kick
her a$$.”
Roman Reigns v. Sami Zayn for the Men’s Crown Jewel
Championship was announced for Crown Jewel.
Next Week’s Raw:
Speaking of Roman, he returns to Raw next week.
Joe Hendry v. JD McDonagh
They’re gonna need to sign a few more matches for that one.
— Jackie Redmond interviewed Rey Fenix about losing to Chad
Gable. Ethan Page showed up to call Fenix a loser, then Page
attacked him. Chad Gable came out of nowhere to chase Page
away.
— Jaida Parker escorted The 946 from of an unmarked moving
van and towards the ring for the main event.
The 946 (Royce Keys, Lucien Price & Bronco Nima) (w/ Jaida
Parker) v. The Usos & Solo Sikoa
The 946 came out through the crowd with no music, then sat
on the announcer’s desk to await their opponents.
Curiously, Parker jumped up on the apron and laid the
badmouth on The Usos and Sikoa. Both sides cautiously
approached from opposite sides of the ring. The fans chanted
“Yeet!” while waiting for the standoff to break out into
violence.
Eventually, both sides got in the ring, and finally Jey
jumped one of Key’s henchmen and the fight was on.
And this was a wild fight to start. Keys dumped Sikoa in the
timekeeper’s area. Jey Uso ate a boot from Nima, and Jimmy
took a headbutt from Price. Sikoa tossed an office chair at
Keys on the floor, and soon everyone was fighting on the
floor. Jimmy came off the top onto a pile of guys with a
twisting moonsault.
After a commercial, the show returned to a proper tag match,
with Jimmy getting stomped by Nima. Nima attacked Jimmy’s
partners, then tossed him into the ringpost.
On the floor, Jey tried to help Jimmy, and Price jumped him
from behind and whipped him into the LEDs around the ring.
Back in the ring, the heels worked over Jimmy in their
corner. Jimmy caught Nima with an enziguri, but Keys cut him
off from making the tag. Keys crushed Jimmy in the corner
with an avalanche.
So far, I’m not feeling like there’s a lot of heat for this
one.
Jey rescued his brother from a double team by Price and Nima
and hit them with superkicks and a spear. Jimmy was still
legal, and he finally got the hot tag to Sikoa, and man, was
the crowd ready for that.
Sikoa went crazy on Keys, tossing him down with a Samoan
drop. The crowd went crazy for Sikoa, who gave Keys several
warning shots before leveling him with a hip attack. Sikoa
then laid him out with an uranage. Sikoa went for the cover,
but Jaida Parker pulled the referee out, and tossed him over
the ring barricade.
Ah, there’s the heat I was looking for earlier.
The fight went to the floor, and Bronco Nima sent Sikoa into
the ring post. Jey caught Price with a superkick. The Usos
double super kicked Price, then dumped him over the
barricade. Nima dumped the Usos over the barricade. The
Usos, Nima, and Price all split off into a walk-and-brawl
throughout the arena.
Back by the ring, Royce Keys started clearing off the
announce desk. Price and Nima found some aluminum trash cans
to beat the Usos with. Keys hit Sikoa with some ring steps
(according to the commentary, I don’t think we got a shot of
that). Meanwhile, Jey dove from the stands onto Price, Nima,
and Jimmy. Parker then dove onto the Usos from the stands.
Now back to ringside again, where Keys set up Sikoa for
something through the table. But, Keys ran his mouth too
long. Sikoa reversed whatever Keys was going for and put him
through the table with a Samoan Drop.
Back in the ring, Sikoa hit a splash off the top. Sikoa was
ready to drop Keys with the Samona Spike, when out of
nowhere a man covering his face with a bandana ran in and
hit Sikoa in the knee with a tire iron.
The man pulled down his bandana to reveal his identity…
Carmelo Hayes, who I don’t think we’ve seen in any notable
role since he lost his U.S. title to Sami Zayn before
WrestleMania (Turns out he lost to Baron Corbin SmackDown
back in August. So like I said, no notable role).
Hayes hit Sikoa with the tire iron again, and Keys delivered
a massive spinebuster. The Usos tried to make the save, but
Sikoa was done so it was a four on two assault on the Usos
with the tire iron. Nima and Price held Jey Uso in place so
Hayes could hit him with the tire iron. Price and Nima
dropped Jimmy with their swinging double-team Olympic Slam.
Keys grabbed Joey to tell say “let his a$$ [Roman,
probably?] know, ain’t nobody safe.”
Match Result: Err, non-finish, I guess? (Call it 19:00).
The 946 stood tall over the Usos (well, Keys sat in a chair
while the rest of them stood) to end the show. Keys also
indicated that time is up.
The heat for the main event really got going once Sikoa got
the hot tag. He’s got real fire and a real connection as a
babyface. With the 946 now four members strong, and Sikoa
mostly back with the Bloodline (who are also four members
strong), it looks like the 946 is one short for War Games
(which seems like where this is heading).
But the big news coming out of tonight is, at least for now,
Crown Jewel is still on for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.