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WWE RAW REPORT: LASHLEY VERSUS BIG E (A FEW TIMES), US TITLE MATCH, WOMEN'S TITLE MATCH, DISTRACTION FINISHES, A NEW CHALLENGER EMERGES, AND MORE

Damian Priest says this has nothing to do with last night.  He vows to beat Sheamus tonight.

The New Day are in the back and Kevin Patrick ambushes to ask Big E for his plans for the steel cage match.  

Big E says he didn't know there would be a family reunion tonight.  Shelton and Cedric, you want to get involved, that is okay.  I promised you two weeks ago that I would cash in and I did.  I promised that we would win last night and we did. I am going to call my shot one more time.  Just you and me and I will walk out as your rightful WWE Champion.

Sheamus says this type of match is made for him.  He says he is the best brawler in the business.  This won't be pretty.  It will be pretty ugly.  In the end, I am going to get back my US title.

Match Number Five:  Damian Priest versus Sheamus in a No Disqualification Match for the United States Championship

They lock up and Sheamus with forearms and a take down for a cover.  Sheamus with a reverse chin lock.  Sheamus gets a near fall.  Priest with a hammer lock and he gets to the ropes but who cares because rope breaks mean nothing.  Sheamus with an elbow.  Sheamus with forearms to the back.  Priest with an Irish whip and an elbow into the corner.  Priest with an elbow in the corner and Broken Arrow for a near fall.  Sheamus goes to the floor and Priest goes to the apron and Sheamus trips Priest and punches him.  Priest with a suplex on the floor.  Priest kicks Sheamus off the ring steps.  Priest goes under the ring and he gets a table (and the crowd in Columbus would have gone wild).

Sheamus hits Priest from behind while Priest sets up the table on the floor.  Sheamus sends Priest off the ring steps.  Priest with a forearm off the ring steps.  Sheamus sends Priest back into the ring and Sheamus goes for the forearms from the apron.  Priest with forearms and he misses a boot.  Sheamus with a forearm and Sheamus with an Air Raid Crash off the apron through the table.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Sheamus with a kendo stick and he hits Priest wtih it a few times.  Sheamus puts the kendo stick in Priest's mouth.  Sheamus with a forearm to the back when Priest tries to get free of Sheamus.  Sheamus with a power slam for a near fall.  Sheamus gets another table and sets it up against the turnbuckles.  Sheamus stomps on the hand and he punches Priest but Priest punches back.  Priest with forearms and Sheamus with a kick.  Sheamus is sent to the apron and Sheamus goes to the turnbuckles after dropping Priest on the top rope.  Sheamus comes off the turnbuckles but Priest swings for the fences and connects with the chest and back.  Priest clotheslines Sheamus over the top rope using the kendo stick.

Priest with a flying elbow to Sheamus against the ringside barrier.  Priest is sent face first into the ring post by Sheamus.  Sheamus sends Priest into the ringside barrier.  Sheamus sits down in the center of the ring while Priest struggles to get back into the ring.  Sheamus puts the chair under Priest's neck but Priest punches Sheamus.  Priest with a bicycle kick and then he goes for a springboard move but Sheamus with a forearm and he sends Priest into the chair in the turnbuckles.  Sheamus with an Alabama Slam and he gets a near fall.  

Sheamus sets for the Brogue Kick but Priest throws the chair at Sheamus and hits South of Heaven for a near fall.  Sheamus and Priest exchange forearms.  Priest with uppercuts and bicycle kicks.  Priest with a springboard clothesline off the ropes.  Sheamus sends Priest to the apron and Priest with a kick to the head.  Priest with a springboard move but Sheamus with a knee to the head for a near fall.  Sheamus is unable to get back to his feet and he falls to the mat.  Sheamus gets a kendo stick and he hits Priest in the back.  Sheamus misses a kendo stick shot and Priest boxes the ears.  SHeamus goes for a power slam through the table but Priest escapes.  Priest sends Sheamus through the table.

Priest picks up Sheamus and hits Reckoning for the three count.

Winner:  Damian Priest (retains championship)

Mansoor is in the Gorilla Pisition and Ali asks Mansoor if this was his idea to be part of a six man tag match with Jeff Hardy.  Mansoor says that Jeff is a legend.  If they win, they can stay together as a team.  Ali says if he saw Hardy, he would tell him . . . 

Jeff Hardy shows up and he asks Ali what would he say and Ali says that he is honored to team with him.  Jinder, Shanky, and Veer are big men and he is looking forward to twisting their fate.

Jinder Mahal says he should not be facing these men tonight.  He asks Veer and Shanky if they are worried or concerned.  They have no idea what kind of destruction they will unleash.

Match Number Five:  Jeff Hardy, Mansoor, and Mustafa Ali versus Veer, Shanky, and Jinder Mahal

Ali drop kicks Shanky and Shanky with a spinning side slam.  Veer tags in and he connects with a foerarm but Ali sends Veer into the turnbuckles.  Mansoor tags in and connects with a running forearm and chop and they have no effect.  Veer with a flying shoulder tackle.  Veer with a leaping elbow drop for a near fall.  Veer works on the neck.  Shanky tags back in and Mansoor with a punch.  Shanky with a forearm and elbow in the corner.  Hardy and Mahal tag in and Hardy with punches.

Hardy with a running forearm and a reverse atomic drop and double leg take down.  Hardy with a leg drop and drop kick followed by a splash for a near fall.  Hardy sets for the Twist of Fate and he kicks Mahal but Mahal sends Hardy into the corner.  Hardy with an elbow and Ali tags in and hits a slingshot rolling X Factor for a near fall.  Veer sends Hardy to the floor and Shanky picks up Hardy but Mansoor with a forearm off the ring steps.  Veer with a shoulder tackle to Ali.  Veer with a lariat for the three count.

Winners:  Veer, Shanky, and Jinder Mahal

Karrion Kross had comments from earlier today.  He says he has never felt more alive than now.  He has just started to taste the erasing of souls.  Some of your favorite superstars have limped out of the ring with torn ligaments.  No one knows where they will end up at the end of this, but it all leads to one point.  At the end, they all fall and pray.

Match Number Six:  Karrion Kross versus Jaxson Ryker

They lock up and Kross with forearms and kicks in the corner.  Ryker with forearms and Kross with a boot to the head.  Kross works on the head and Kross taunts Ryker.  Ryker with forearms and Kross with an exploder for a near fall.  Kross with an arm bar.  Ryker with punches and a double sledge to the chest.  Ryker gets Kross up but Kross gets to his feet and Kross with a Doomsday Saito and Kross Jacket that forces Ryker to tap out.

Winner:  Karrion Kross

We see Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville in their office and Doudrop shows up.  Doudrop says she would like to have the title match.  Sonya says that Doudrop might not be the right person but Naomi does not deserve it.  Sonya suggests that Charlotte won't expect it.  Sonya tells Doudrop if she wins, she has to do her dance.

We see Bobby Lashley in the back and he says that Big E calls himself the rightful champion but that makes him sick.  You cashed in after I was in a grueling match.  I am not injured tonight.  I am happy that it is a steel cage match.  I can bash your head in.  I can escape that cage or I can walk out that cage door as the rightful WWE Champion.

Match Number Seven:  Riddle versus AJ Styles (with Omos)

They lock up and Riddle with a waist lock take down.  AJ backs Riddle into the corner and AJ with an elbow.  AJ misses a clothesline and Riddle with kicks in the corner.  AJ blocks a kick and puts the leg in the ropes and AJ kicks Riddle in the hamstring and then he trips Riddle.  Riddle blocks a kick and Riddle with strikes to the chest and forearms.  AJ with an Irish whip and Riddle floats over and Riddle with a kick followed by a back senton.  Riddle with a Karelin lift into a gutwrench suplex and he holds on for a second one and then hits a third for a near fall.  Riddle with a knee to the head and Riddle with a forearm into teh corner but AJ with a flying forearm in the corner.

AJ drops Riddle to the floor and Riddle falls in front of Omos.  AJ with a sliding knee to the head from the apron.  AJ sends Riddle back into the ring. Riddle with punches but AJ with a back breaker.  AJ sends Riddle to the floor in front of Omos as we go to commercial.

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