Posted on 9/10/124 by Bob Magee
A video package played for the opening match.
Chad Gable entered with an American flag to draw the ire of
the Canadian fans (some of whom have Canadian flags).
Eight-person tag team street fight: Wyatt Sicks defeated
American Made (16:55)
Nikki Cross (which is what they’re calling her) tackled Ivy
Nile to start the match. Uncle Howdy watched from ringside
as the rest of his crew attacked American Made. They ditched
their masks. Cross wore white makeup on her face.
Cross cleared the announce table but Nile dropped her on it
as Gable wildly attacked Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy with a
kendo stick. Erick Rowan no-sold the kendo stick and knocked
down the male members of American Made.
Nile sprayed a fire extinguisher in Rowan’s face and the
Creeds gave him a spinebuster through a table. They buried
him under some stuff to (temporarily) take him out of the
match. The crowd initially popped for the table spot but
quickly booed American Made.
American Made placed a trash can over Gacy and hammered at
it with kendo sticks. Nile looked under the ring for
something but found Cross who knocked her over the announce
table. Rowan rose from under the debris and kicked down a
section of the barricade. He used it as a weapon, knocking
over the male members of American Made.
Rowan almost had it won with a chokeslam on Brutus but Gable
broke up the cover. There was a great spot where the Creeds
knocked Rowan out of the ring and Gable gave him a German
suplex into the barricade.
The crowd chanted “This is awesome” as Gacy and Lumis made a
comeback. Lumis drove Brutus through a table with a diving
leg drop off the apron. Gacy wanted to put Gable through a
table but Gable met him on the turnbuckles and hit an Angle
Slam through the table.
Gable put Gacy in an ankle lock as Nile hit Gacy with the
kendo stick. Cross yanked Nile out of the ring and gave
Gable a German suplex. Cross gave Nile a swinging
neckbreaker onto a pile of chairs.
Gable found himself face-to-face with Howdy but Rowan ran
him over with a tackle and slammed him on the steel steps.
Uncle Howdy finally got in the ring and dropped Gable on his
head with a Sister Abigail. Lumis finished him with a splash
off the top for the pinfall win.
This was a perfectly enjoyable TV street fight and the crowd
was into it.
********
Even though the first hour is commercial-free, they aired
their own ads for merchandise and WWE Week on USA.
Liv Morgan will defend her Women’s World title against Rhea
Ripley at Bad Blood on October 5th.
********
Judgment Day segment
Finn Bálor entered. Bálor told Damian Priest that it didn’t
have to be this way. Priest thought Bálor screwed him but
Priest screwed Judgment Day. Bálor tried lifting Priest up
while in Judgment Day but Priest held him down even though
they were brothers.
Bálor ensured Priest stayed champion but Bálor himself
should have been champion first. Priest lurked around with
his briefcase and screwed him when he got close to winning
the title. Bálor called out Priest.
Priest entered. Priest said he has been trying to get his
hands on Bálor but he kept running. He would let Bálor say
what he had to say and then he was dropping his ass. Bálor
said he wasn’t going to do what Priest said because he
wasn’t his sidekick. Finn Bálor was no sidekick. Bálor said
Priest and Ripley would fall on the same night and
challenged him to a match at Bad Blood. Priest accepted.
Priest still wanted to beat him up right now. Bálor reminded
him of the old Judgment Day playbook. Priest didn’t care and
dropped him with a right hand anyway. Carlito and JD
McDonagh tried to attack but he knocked them down too.
Dominik Mysterio joined in but Priest caught him by the
throat.
The numbers caught up to Priest but Ripley entered—on a
crutch. Morgan tried to attack from behind but Ripley
knocked her down. Ripley attacked Dom with her crutch but
Morgan chop-blocked her leg.
The crowd chanted “Yeet” as Judgment Day beat up Priest and
Ripley. Priest covered Ripley’s body to protect her so
Morgan attacked him with the crutch anyway. They held down
Priest and Dom attacked him repeatedly with the crutch.
Bálor went up for Coup de Grace but Jey Uso ran out with a
chair and Judgment Day ran away. Jey checked on Ripley and
Priest.
********
Jackie Redmond interviewed Braun Strowman. He admitted he
was still banged up after what Bronson Reed did to him. The
match last week didn’t help his injuries either. It would
take more than that to keep the monster down. A wounded
monster was even more dangerous.
Bron Breakker interrupted. Bron agreed that Strowman was a
monster but Bron was a dog and the only reason Strowman was
still standing there was because they hadn’t fought yet.
Strowman warned him that he didn’t know who he was talking
to. Bron hoped Strowman won and said he’d see him around.
Bron called him a “big sob,” referring to his Big S.O.B. t-
shirt.
********
Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill defeated Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre
to retain the Women’s Tag Team Championships (6:35)
Fyre and Dawn gave Belair their double-team finisher about
five minutes in but Cargill just barely broke up the cover.
Fyre superkicked Belair but Cargill tagged herself in and
booted Fyre. Belair and Cargill gave Fyre their DDT into a
German suplex combo for the pinfall win.
This wasn’t much of a match but it felt like a placeholder
to get us to the top of the hour.
********
Tessitore told us that Ripley and Priest were taken to a
“local medical facility.”
Redmond interviewed LWO but they were quickly interrupted by
Judgment Day. Rey Mysterio called them the Addams Family.
Bálor issued a warning but Rey called them wannabe thugs
that ran from a real fight. Rey told Bálor to stop hiding
behind his estúpido son and fight him tonight. Bálor
accepted.
********
Bret Hart was shown backstage. He’s up next.
[SECOND HOUR]
Bret Hart returns
Tessitore and Barrett were in the ring. Tessitore introduced
Bret Hart.
Hart entered to a huge ovation. Tessitore tried to speak but
the crowd loudly chanted for Bret.
Tessitore told the Calgary fans that WWE would return to
Canada for Survivor Series in Vancouver and announced that
tickets were going on sale on Friday. (Vancouver is a 973
km/605 mi drive from Calgary.)
Barrett asked Hart what it felt like to be back in WWE in
Calgary. Hart said this was the place to be. No one took
more pride in being a champion than him—and a Canadian
champion. Canadian champions don’t back down from a
challenge and prove it every night. He did just that by
being the best there is, was and ever will be. (The crowd
chanted along with his catchphrase.)
Gunther interrupted. The crowd loudly booed him and Hart was
amused. Gunther called him one of his childhood heroes.
Gunther called him the best there was but Gunther was the
best there is and the best there ever will be. Gunther said
Hart was a close second to his real favourite, Bill
Goldberg. (Hart couldn’t help but smile through this.)
Sami Zayn entered wearing a Johnny Gaudreau Calgary Flames
jersey. Zayn also got a huge reaction.
Zayn said Gunther had a lot of nerve standing in Calgary
talking to Hart that way. Gunther shouldn’t joke about Hart
being a hero because Hart was a Canadian hero. He was a hero
to everyone in that city and to every wrestler in the back
who still studied his matches to this day. “And more
importantly, he’s a hero to me.”
Zayn said Gunther may hold the title now but Hart set the
tone for what it meant to be a champion. Zayn challenged him
to a title match last week but he ran away. Zayn challenged
him again.
Gunther said Hart wasn’t in his league and Zayn wasn’t even
close to being in Hart’s league. Gunther’s answer was still
no. He left the ring.
Hart said Gunther didn’t look like a champion, he looked
like a coward. A dirty, yellow, gutless coward. Gunther
seemed offended so he removed his coat and wanted to go
after Bret.
Zayn left the ring and got in Gunther’s face. Zayn blocked a
right hand and attacked him. Zayn hammered away until
officials broke it up. Gunther left. Zayn hugged Hart.
(This was a fun segment and a suitable use of Bret.)
********
Bron approached Pete Dunne. Bron was about to call him
“Butch” but Dunne told him not to. Dunne said he would win
tonight, smash Trick Williams, win the NXT title, and smash
Bron for the IC title. Then Bron could call him double
champ. Bron mocked Dunne’s shrug and smirk and said, if they
did fight, Dunne would be doing a lot of shrugging and
wondering at what the hell just happened. Bron wished him
luck.
After Bron left, Sheamus flew in and clobbered Dunne with a
knee. Sheamus tried to attack with the shillelagh but Dunne
bailed and officials held back Sheamus.
*******
Dominik Mysterio (w/Judgment Day) defeated Dragon Lee
(w/LWO) (8:14)
This was Dragon Lee’s first singles match since June when he
lost to Carlito.
Lee hit Dom with a double foot stomp but McDonagh placed
Dom’s foot on the rope to get a rope break. This led to a
brawl between the two teams outside and they fought to the
back. The ref was distracted so Morgan chop-blocked Lee. Dom
followed with a 619 and frog splash (while blowing a kiss to
Morgan) for the pinfall win.
********
Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane approached Belair and Cargill. Sky
congratulated them on the win but told them not to get used
to being champions. (Sane had a bandage over her eyebrow and
made sure the champs saw it.)
********
Tessitore spoke about the tragic deaths of Johnny and
Matthew Gaudreau. (Johnny played for the Calgary Flames for
eight full seasons.)
Jackie Redmond was shown outside the arena earlier today.
The arena’s exterior was covered in tributes (jerseys,
memorabilia, pictures, flowers) for the Gaudreau brothers.
Redmond spoke about Johnny Hockey’s time in Calgary. She
called him a special player who was magical to watch and a
pleasure to interview. Redmond and WWE sent their
condolences to Meredith Gaudreau, Madeline Gaudreau and the
entire Gaudreau family.
(This was very nice and Remond was the right person for
this.)
********
Deville interrupted Valkyria’s entrance and called out their
mystery partner who, of course, was Natalya. (Natalya wore
red and black.)
Six-woman tag team match: Natalya, Lyra Valkyria & Zelina
Vega defeated Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark
(6:52)
Natalya made a hot tag after a break and went for a
Sharpshooter on Stark but her teammates pulled her out of
the ring. Vega and Valkyria wiped them out and Natalya went
for the Sharpshooter again.
Deville and Baszler tried to interfere again but Vega put
Deville in a Walls of Jericho and Valkyria put Baszler in
Lance Storm’s single-leg crab. Natalya locked Stark in the
Sharpshooter and she tapped. The crowd popped big for the
finish.
********
Bret hugged Natalya backstage as she spoke with Valkyria and
Vega. Natalya put over Bret but Bret wanted to make sure she
knew this moment was for her.
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[THIRD HOUR]
Drew McIntyre segment
The crowd chanted for CM Punk as McIntyre entered. He
encouraged them to keep chanting and even joined them
because now when they chant Punk’s name, it was simply in
his memory.
McIntyre said Punk’s words last week were poetic. Punk
screwed him out of the title three times this year. McIntyre
pinned him at SummerSlam and Punk was an arrogant prick if
he thought they were done just because he touched some
corners. McIntyre made Punk a bigger star since January and
would have to live with that but he was also the one who
ended Punk’s career.
It was time to move on to the future and what mattered most
around here: himself. First on the list was the world title
he’s been screwed out of. Also on the list was the movie he
starred in alongside Dave Bautista.
Next on the list involved Wade Barrett. McIntyre spoke about
their friendship and said they even got arrested together.
Barrett stood up for him on commentary while Michael Cole
called him a hypocrite so McIntyre wondered why Barrett
stood in his way when it was finally time to end Punk.
McIntyre wasn’t angry, he was just disappointed. But if
Barrett did it again, he would be angry and would do
something about it.
Barrett removed his headset and got to his feet. He said
something (off mic) to McIntyre but Adam Pearce quickly
interrupted. Pearce didn’t think McIntyre actually wanted to
fight his friend and told him to get back in the ring
because he had information he needed to hear. McIntyre
called Pearce a corporate suit, the type of suit that Punk
likes to kiss the ass of.
Pearce said he spoke to Punk and Punk was not done with
McIntyre. McIntyre laughed. McIntyre didn’t believe Pearce
but indulged him. McIntyre said Pearce was signing Punk’s
death certificate if he was telling the truth. Pearce
thought they were done but realized they weren’t. He signed
a rematch at Bad Blood — inside Hell in a Cell. (The crowd
cheered the announcement but it wasn’t super loud.)
********
Karrion Kross spoke to Miz and wanted to help him out of his
rut. Xavier Woods stepped in and Kross left. Miz knew what
Kross was trying to do but admitted Kross wasn’t wrong about
him being a rut. Woods tried talking sense into Miz. Miz
appreciated Woods’ words but he didn’t understand. Miz left.
Kofi Kingston approached Woods (who was sort of cosplaying
as Bret Hart). Kingston informed him that he got them a shot
at the tag titles. Woods was excited even though they
previously spoke about going after singles titles. Woods
said this would be a great way to celebrate their tenth
anniversary as New Day. They did Bret’s pose.
********
Rey Mysterio defeated Finn Bálor via disqualification (8:03)
Rey hit a dive, they went to break, and Bálor was in control
anyway after the break. Rey made a comeback but Bálor caught
his 619 attempt and applied a single-leg crab between the
middle rope. The ref did the longest five count ever but
Bálor didn’t let go so he was disqualified.
— Bálor dropkicked Rey into the ring post after the match.
He posed as refs followed him up the aisle. He ran through
them and dropkicked Rey into the side of the ring.
********
Ilja Dragunov told Redmond he had a chance at taking care of
some unfinished business with Bron Breakker. Bron
interrupted and said they did not have unfinished business
but had no trouble beating him again.
Jey walked by and shot Bron a look. The camera followed him
as he told them to hit his music and he made his entrance.
********
There was a quick Judgment Day promo. They issued a warning
to everyone.
********
Next week on Raw in Portland:
Finn Bálor & JD McDonagh vs. The New Day for the tag team
titles
CM Punk returns
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Fatal four-way match: Jey Uso defeated Pete Dunne, Ilja
Dragunov and Braun Strowman to become number one contender
for the Intercontinental Championship (19:40)
Dunne tried manipulating Strowman’s fingers so Strowman just
picked him up and chucked him out of the ring onto Jey and
Dragunov.
Strowman fought off everyone after a break but Jey dodged a
charge and he went shoulder-first into the ring post. They
teamed up on Strowman again moments later and drove him into
the steel steps. Dunne shoved Jey into the ring post and
went after Dragunov but Dragunov fought him off. Dragunov
tried a coast-to-coast but Jey caught him with a mid-air
superkick for a nearfall. The crowd chanted “Yeet” as they
went to break for the second time in nine minutes.
Dragunov got the better of a strike exchange with Jey and
hit a clothesline but Dunne broke up the cover. Dunne
snapped Dragunov’s fingers but Strowman knocked Dunne aside
before running over all three guys around ringside.
Strowman cleared the announce desk but Bronson Reed suddenly
appeared on the barricade and he splashed Strowman through
the table. This was perfectly timed. The crowd chanted “Holy
shit.” This took Strowman out of the match. Reed left.
Dragunov and Jey exchanged strikes again until Jey nailed a
spear. Dunne chucked Jey from the ring and tried to steal
the pin but Dragunov kicked out. The crowd chanted “This is
awesome.” Dunne stomped the fingers of Dragunov, kicked him
in the head and hit repeated forearms.
Dragunov countered Dunne’s Bitter End and hit a powerbomb
and an H-bomb but Jey broke up the cover with a superkick.
Jey hit Dunne with an Uso splash for the pinfall win. Jey
was the clear favourite and the crowd popped big for the
finish.
Bron entered and had a staredown with Jey as the show ended.