After the match, Charly Caruso asks Asuka if she underestimated Zelina. Asuka says Zelina is like a firecracker. Small and dangerous but she was not ready for Asuka. Asuka offers her hand to Zelina and Zelina bows. Asuka bows and Zelina kicks Asuka and sends her to the mat before leaving the ring.
Asuka takes the mic and says something in Japanese.
Apollo Crews says winning the US title was the greatest moment in his career. He will show that he does not have to sell out to achieve your goals. He says he will become a two time champion.
Match Number Three: United States Championship Match: Bobby Lashley (with MVP) versus Apollo Crews (with Ricochet)
Lashley with a take down and a near fall. Lashley with a wrist lock. Lashley with a shoulder tackle. Crews with a boot and clothesline that sends Lashley over the top rope to the floor. Lashley with a moonsault off the apron. Lashley with a shoulder and he tries to send Crews into the turnbuckles but Crews blocks it and he sends Lashley into the turnbuckles. Crews with a cross body for a near fall. Lashley with an Irish whip and he does not follow Crews into the corner. Lashley with a flatliner for a near fall.
Lashley chokes Crews in the ropes while MVP taunts Crews. Lashley with punches. Lashley chokes Crews in the ropes again. Ricochet makes sure that there are no shenanigans. Lashley with a suplex for a near fall. Crews rolls to the floor and Lashley follows. Lashley gets Crews on his shoulders but Crews gets to his feet and he sends Lashley into the ring post. Crews with running forearms and then he backs Lashley into the corner. Crews with a splash into the corner. Lashley with a back heel kick but Crews with an elbow that sends Lashley to the floor and then Crews with a splash into Lashley.
Crews goes up top and leaps over Lashley. Crews with an enzugirii and he presses Lashley above his head and drops him to the mat. Crews with a standing moonsault for a near fall. Lashley punches Crews when he goes up top. Lashley sets for a superplex and hits it. Lashley gets a near fall. Lashley sets for the Dominator but Crews lands on his feet and hits a standing shooting star press. Crews goes up top and hits a frog splash for a near fall. Lashley with a choke slam and he sets for the full nelson. Lashley locks in the full nelson and Crews taps out.
Winner: Bobby Lashley (retains Championship)
Match Number Four: Raw Tag Team Championship Match: The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) versus Andrade and Angel Garza
Dawkins and Andrade start things off and Dawkins with a wrist lock. Andrade with a reversal and Dawkins with a reversal. Andrade with a forearm and Garza tags in. Garza with a kick and arm bar. Andrade tags in and he kicks Dawkins in the arm. Andrade with a side head lock and he holds on when Dawkins tries to send Andrade off the ropes. Dawkins with a shoulder tackle and he hits a drop kick. Ford tags in and hits a drop kick on Andrade and then Garza. Andrade hits Ford from behind. Andrade is held by Garza to force Ford to miss a drop kick. Garza tags in and Garza kicks Ford and the pants are off.
Garza with an arm bar and Andrade tags in. Andrade with a missile drop kick. Andrade sends Ford to the floor and Garza tags in. Andrade puts Ford on the apron and Garza with a running knee to the head. Garza gets a near fall. Garza with knees to the ribs and he applies an arm bar while putting pressure on the head. Ford with a belly-to-back suplex to escape but Garza kicks Ford. Andrade and Dawkins tags in and he clotheslines Andrade and hits a flying back elbow. Dawkins sends Garza to the mat and then he hits an exploder on Andrade. Dawkins with a spinning splash to Andrade followed by a drop kick. Andrade misses the running double knee strike. Garza tags in and Dawkins with a spinebuster and Dawkins tags Ford in. Garza drop kicks Dawkins to the floor.
Ford and Garza fight on the turnbuckles. Garza with a Spanish Fly for a near fall. Ford punches Garza. Andrade pulls Dawkins off the apron to prevent a tag. Garza with a rollup for a near fall. Garza with a knee to Ford and Andrade tags in. Andrade with the running knees to Ford for a near fall. Ford with an enzuigiri to escape the hammerlock DDT. Dawkins tags in and hits The Annointment for the three count.
Winners: The Street Profits (retain championship)
Kayla Braxton is in the back with Drew Gulak, the 24/7 Champion. She asks him how did he find a way to win the title. Drew says as a coach, his first rule was always be alert. He was doing his lunges in the Thunderdome and he seized his moment. Drew dedicates his victory to a former champion Akira Tozawa who was eaten by a shark . . .
R Truth shows up and hits Drew and pins him to win the title back.
Smackdown Women's Champion Bayley makes her way to the ring and she has her chair with her.
Bayley puts her belt on the chair. Bayley says it is sad news that Nikki cannot compete tonight. That means that she has to forfeit her title match. She was hoping to see Nikki show us that she could win. Bayley even got new gear for this match. Bayley says she will not let you down. Bayley says she will give the opportunity of a lifetime for her Smackdown title. Bayley says she has closed the door on any opponent. Bayley wants a referee to come into the ring to raise her arm.
Asuka's music plays and she makes her way to the ring and Bayley looks like she has seen a ghost.
Match Number Five: Smackdown Women's Championship Match: Bayley versus Asuka
Asuka with kicks and she tries for a German suplex but Bayley escapes the hold. Asuka with a suplex and Bayley goes to the floor. Asuka with a drop kick and hip attack for a near fall. Asuka with a cross arm breaker. Asuka with an Asuka Lock and Bayley gets to the ropes. Bayley punches Asuka. Bayley with a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Bayley wraps the arm in the ropes. Bayley with a knee to the head for a near fall. Bayley with Divorce Court and she goes to the turnbuckles as she has some words for MIchael Cole. Asuka with a Codebreaker as Bayley comes off the turnbuckles. Asuka misses a kick and Bayley pulls Asuka off the apron.
Bayley misses a baseball slide and Asuka kicks Bayley and hits a German suplex on the floor. Bayley htis Asuka with a chair and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Asuka (by disqualificaton) [Bayley retains championship]
After the match, Sasha Banks hits Bayley with a steel chair. Sasha with forearm and punches to Bayley. Bayley kicks Sasha away and Sasha holds her throat.. Sasha is sent into the ring and Bayley goes under the ring for some chairs and a kendo stick.
Sasha kicks Bayley and hits her with a kendo stick. Sasha stands on the chair that Bayley crawls to get. Sasha tries to hit Bayley with the chair but Bayley gets to the floor.
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