Match Number One: Intercontinental Championship Match: Jeff Hardy versus Sami Zayn versus AJ Styles in a Ladder Match
Sami yells at Jeff and AJ but AJ punches Sami. Hardy punches AJ and Irish whips AJ into the corner. Hardy Irish whips Sami into AJ in the corner. Hardy with a snap mare to AJ and then he takes out Zayn. Hardy with a drop kick to Zayn and he goes for the first ladder. AJ with a baseball slide into the ladder that is sent into Hardy. AJ with a slingshot forearm to Hardy. Sami with an Arabian Press onto AJ but Sami favors one leg. Zayn hits Hardy in the back with a ladder. Sami hits AJ with a ladder.
Zayn brings a ladder into the ring but Hardy stops Sami before he can set it up. Hardy with a punch and a back body drop to Zayn onto the ladder. Hardy tries to suplex Styles but Styles blocks it and sends Jeff into the turnbuckles. Hardy kicks AJ and goes for an elbow off the turnbuckles but AJ moves and Hardy hits the middle of the ladder. AJ punches Zayn and Irish whips Zayn into the ladder and he bounces off. AJ goes to the floor and gets a larger ladder to bring back into the ring.
AJ kicks Hardy in the ribs. AJ sets up the ladder and starts to climb but Zayn stops him. Sami pulls AJ off and AJ with a Pele Kick to Zayn. AJ climbs the ladder and so does Hardy. Hardy with punches at the top of the ladder and then AJ punches Hardy. AJ sends Hardy off the top of the ladder. AJ is at the top of the ladder and Hardy grabs AJ's leg. Hardy punches AJ and AJ misses a back fist. Hardy with a reverse atomic drop followed by a double leg drop and drop kick. Zayn returns and sends Hardy to the floor. Sami climbs the ladder and AJ pulls Sami off the ladder. AJ tries to send Sami into the ladder but Sami blocks it and sends AJ into the ladder with an exploder.
Sami climbs the ladder and Hardy stops him. Hardy pulls Sami off and sends Zayn to the floor. Zayn pulls Hardy to the floor and Hardy is sent into the ringside barrier. AJ sends Hardy into the ringside barrier and then he kicks Zayn. AJ misses a forearm off the ring steps when Hardy moves. Hardy goes off the ring steps and hits Poetry in Motion. Zayn with a Helluva Kick to Hardy and Hardy lays next to the front row of screens. Sami gets back into the ring.
Sami starts to climb the ladder but AJ throws a ladder at Zayn to knock him off the ladder. AJ adjusts the ladder while Jeff falls into the ring. AJ starts to climb and so does Hardy. Hardy has his hand on the belt but AJ punches him. The ladder falls and hits the turnbuckles while Styles goes to the floor and Hardy lands on the ropes before falling into the ring. Zayn climbs the ladder and Hardy stops him one more time. Hardy pushes the ladder and Sami falls off and it hits AJ who was trying for a Phenomenal Forearm. Zayn pulls the ladder into position. Hardy pulls Zayn off and hits a Twist of Fate.
Hardy climbs the ladder and AJ grabs Jeff and Jeff kicks AJ away. Hardy is at the top of the ladder and Zayn tries to push the ladder over but Hardy is on the side of the ladder as it hits the ring post and Hardy is down again. AJ with a forearm to Zayn's back. AJ slams Zayn's head into the announce table. Sami with forearms and he sends AJ into the ring post. Zayn bridges a ladder between the apron and the announce table. AJ with an elbow and punch to Zayn. Zayn is sent into the announce table again. AJ kicks Zayn and AJ goes for a moonsault into an reverse DDT on the floor. AJ slams Zayn onto the announce table. AJ puts Zayn on the ladder across the ring and announce table. Hardy hits AJ with a ladder and AJ is down.
Hardy moves a ladder against the ring and climbs it and hits a swanton onto Zayn and the ladder is history. Hardy hits AJ in the ribs with a ladder. Hardy brings a ladder to the apron but Styles stops Hardy. AJ enters the ring and he sees the belts above the ring. AJ pulls a ladder into the ring. AJ sets up the ladder and puts it in position. AJ starts to climb the ladder but Hardy pushes the ladder over and AJ hits the mat. Sami is back to his feet and he sends Hardy into the ringside barrier a few times. Sami goes into his jacet and he gets two sets of handcuffs. Sami kicks Hardy and hits him with a small ladder. Sami puts one handcuff through Hardy's ear and then locks the other side into the ladder.
Sami puts a ladder in the ring and he kicks AJ. Sami locks in part of the handcuff to Styles and then he sets up the ladder before trying to lock AJ into the ropes but AJ with punches and he sends Sami into the ladder. AJ with a suplex but now he is cuffed to Sami. AJ punches Sami. AJ drags Sami to the ladder and he tries to figure out how to climb the ladder. Jeff brings himself and his new friend the ladder into the ring. AJ gets Sami on his shoulders to climb the ladder. Sami has the key to the handcuff and he releases himself and he locks Styles to the ladder while Hardy hits AJ with the ladder connected to his ear. AJ is now cuffed to the ladder.
Sami climbs the ladder and takes the belts.
Winner: Sami Zayn (new Champion)
After the match, Kayla Braxton asks Sami about recapturing the Intercontinental Championship. Sami says this title was his all along. He didn't recapture anything. He is your winner and STILL Intercontinental Champion.
Michael mentions R Truth's appearance on the Kickoff Show and we see what happened.
R Truth is in the back and he is walking carefully. He walks into a referee's room and Truth says my bad.
Drew Gulak is in the back and he rolls up Truth for a three count.
We take a look at footage from the WWE Chronicle about Jey Uso.
Match Number Two: Raw Women’s Championship Match: Asuka versus Zelina Vega
They lock up and Asuka sends Zelina face first into the mat. Asuka wants a test of strength because she is taller and Zelina tries to stomp on the feet but Asuka moves. They have a test of strength and Asuka takes Zelina to the mat and gets some near falls. Zelina with a kick to the arm. Asuka with a wrist lock. Asuka with a side head lock and she holds on when Zelina tries to send her off the ropes. Asuka with a shoulder tackle. Asuka blocks arm drag and Asuka goes for a cross arm breaker but Zelina gets to the ropes. Asuka kicks Zelina in the corner. Asuka puts Zelina on the turnbuckles and goes for a superplex but Zelina blocks it.
Zelina knocks Asuka off the turnbuckles and Zelina goes for the arm but Asuka pushes her away. Asuka with a back heel kick and a hip attack that knocks Vega off the apron to the floor. Zelina sends Asuka's injured arm into the ring steps. They return to the ring and Zelina kicks Asuka and chokes her in the corner. Zelina with a hammer lock and she sends Asuka shoulder first into the turnbuckles. Asuka with an Irish whip and she runs into a boot.
Zelina with an arm wringer and she gets a near fall. Zelina with a hammer lock and she bridges. Zelina gets a near fall. Zelina works on the arm but Asuka goes for the Asuka Lock and Zelina uses the turnbuckles to escape and she applies a cross arm breaker. Asuka with the Asuka Lock and Zelina with a snap mare to escape. Asuka with a kick and Zelina with a forearm. Asuka with a kick and she misses the hip attack in the ropes and Zelina with a crucifix in the ropes. Zelina with a head scissors take down and a running double knee strike for a near fall. Asuka holds on to the ropes when Zelina goes for a lungblower. Zelina with a rolling kick for a near fall.
Asuka blocks a kick and Asuka goes for the Asuka Lock but Vega with a victory roll for a near fall. Vega with another rollup for a near fall. Asuka with the Asuka Lock to force Vega to tap out.
Winner: Asuka (retains championship)
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