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Match Number Four:  Bobby Lashley United States Title Eliminator Gauntlet

Segment One:  Bobby Lashley versus Chad Gable (with Otis)

They lock up and Lashley with a wrist lock into an arm bar.  Lashley with a hammer lock into a side head lock.  Lashley with a take down.  Lashley with a waist lock take down into a front face lock.  Gable with a wrist lock and Lashley with a reversal.  They reverse wrist locks and Gable with a slap.  Lashley with a neck breaker and shoulder tackle.  Lashley with a leg sweep and he slaps Gable and shooooshes him.  Lashley with a forearm to knock Gable off the apron into the announce table.

Lashley sends Gable into the ringside barrier and then runs Gable into the ring post.  Gable gets back to the apron and Lashley suplexes Gable back into the ring with a delayed vertical suplex.  Lashley signals for the spear and Gable with a drop toe hold into an ankle lock.  Lashley rolls through and kicks Gable away.  Gable leaps over Lashley and hits a double thrust.  Gable with a moonsault for a near fall.  Lashley blocks a German suplex and Lashley with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex.  Gable avoids the full nelson but Lashley with a wheelbarrow into a full nelson and Gable taps out.

Winner:  Bobby Lashley

Segment Two:  Otis versus Bobby Lashley

Otis stands on Lashley's chest.  Lashley rolls to the floor and Otis follows.  Otis kicks Lashley in the ribs.  Otis sends Lashley into the ringside barrier.  Otis sends Lashley into the ring post.  Otis gets back into the ring while the referee continues his count.  Otis breaks the count and hits a running body block.  Otis with a splash on the floor.  

We go to commercial.

We are back and Otis works on Lashley's neck.  Lashley with elbows and punches.  Lashley with a waist lock and Otis with elbows.  Otis with a clothesline for a near fall.  Otis with an elbow drop.  Otis with forearms to Lashley in the corner.  Otis with a short arm clothesline.  Otis goes to the turnbuckles for a Vader Bomb but Lashley moves.  Lashley with a flatliner.  Otis blocks a full nelson with elbows.  Otis backs Lashley into the corner and connects with elbows.  Otis misses a splash and Lashley with a spear and Gable interferes and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner:  Bobby Lashley (by disqualification)

Lashley is sent shoulder first into the ring post by Otis and Chad. Chad with a German suplex and Otis with a splash.

Segment Three:  Theory versus Bobby Lashley

Theory punches and kicks Lashley and then he poses.  Theory with punches and kicks in the corner.  Lashley gets Theory up but Theory gets to the apron.  Theory drops Lashley on the top rope and then hits a slingshot rolling drop kick.  Lashley counters A Town Down with a rollup for the three count.

Winner:  Bobby Lashley

We take a look at how we got to Carmella versus Bianca Belair at Money in the Bank.

Bianca Belair is with Sarah and Sarah asks about facing Carmella.

Bianca says Carmella has been away for a while but she showed up tonight in the five way match.  She won Money in the Bank and is a former champion.  She will treat Carmella the same way she would treat Rhea Ripley.  

Carmella attacks Bianca and asks her about always being ready.  She tells Bianca to watch her back.

Miz makes his way to the ring for MizTV.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Miz welcomes us to MizTV.  He says he wants to get to the bottom of what has been going on with his guest.  He brings out AJ Styles.

Miz says AJ has been going through some issues.  He brings up what Edge did to him before Wrestlemania and then THE Judgment Day attacking him.  Then he joined forces with Finn Balor but Finn attacked him.  Then he mentions what Seth Rollins did to him to keep AJ out of Money in the Bank.  Then Omos qualifies for Money in the Bank.  Miz says he is embarrassed for AJ.

AJ asks if Miz brought him out here to get a rise out of him and if he did, he is doing it wrong.

Miz says he brought AJ out so the young, naive University of Nebraska students can get a preview of what it is like to become a failure.

AJ asks if that stings.  They might be young, but not naive.  He says that Miz is naive.  AJ says Miz does not watch football because this is Cornhusker Country.  AJ says Miz feels like a failure because his wife married a guy with tiny popcorn balls.  

Miz says this is not becoming a thing.  AJ says it is a thing.

AJ asks the fans if Miz's tiny balls are a thing.

Miz says he is the only two time Grand Slam champion and he has more wins than anyone.  Miz reminds AJ he beat the man who is coming back next week to celebrate 20 years.  Miz mentions that there is a new episode of Miz and Mrs. after Raw.  He says he is a success.  Miz asks what does it feel to be a huge disappointment.

AJ says everyone sees it.  He says Miz wants him to lose his cool, but he is not playing Miz's game.  He isn't in the Money in the Bank match.  A friend left him high and dry.  He got caught up in the Seth and Cody drama.  AJ says he has been through adversity before.  How do you think he became Phenomenal?  When he gets disrespected, he does not come out and run his mouth like Miz does.  AJ says he does this and he punches Miz.

Ciampa attacks AJ from behind and knocks him to the floor.

Match Number Five:  AJ Styles versus Ciampa

AJ runs CIampa into the corner and punches him.  Ciampa with an Irish whip and AJ with a clothesline.  AJ with a back breaker and he gets a near fall.  Ciampa with an elbow to AJ followed by a chop.  AJ with a Phenomenal Drop Kick and Ciampa goes to the floor.  AJ goes to the apron but Ciampa gets back in the ring and Ciampa kicks AJ to the floor and hits a knee to the head.  They return to the ring and Ciampa with a knee to the head for a near fall.  Ciampa with a neck breaker for a near fall.  Ciampa gets another near fall.  Ciampa with a kick to the head.  Ciampa with a reverse chin lock.  AJ with a short arm clothesline and a flying forearm.

AJ with a clothesline into the corner and then he gets Ciampa up for an Ushigoroshi and a near fall.  Ciampa with a rolling elbow and he sets for Fairy Tale Ending but AJ blocks it and hits a back drop bomb.  Ciampa sends AJ to the apron and AJ with a forearm and then he sets for the Phenomenal Forearm and hits it for the three count.

Winner:  AJ Styles

After the match, Miz gets up and goes into the ring but AJ moves and hits a Pele Kick.  AJ sets for the Styles Clash and hits it.

We take a look at what Veer Mahaan did to Rey Mysterio last week.

Kevin Patrick is on the Okerlund Platform with Veer Mahaan.  Kevin asks Veer about his victory over Rey last week.  Veer says only some are calling it gruesome because that is a shame.  What I did to The Mysterios is just a beginning.  I love carnage.  No one knows how to stop me because I can't be stopped.  He speaks in Hindi.  He says he will not be stopped until their is nothing left to pick off their bones. 

Match Number Six:  Becky Lynch versus Asuka in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match

Becky attacks Asuka on the stage and Becky punches Asuka as they get closer to the ring.  Becky Irish whips Asuka into the apron and Asuka with a forearm.

The match starts and Asuka with forearms and punches.  Asuka gets a near fall.  Asuka with a shoulder tackle.  Asuka goes for the Asuka Lock but Becky sends Asuka to the floor.  Becky with a baseball slide.  Becky sends Asuka into the apron a few times while the referee continues his count.  They get back into the ring but Asuka kicks Becky many times and hits a hip attack to knock Becky to the floor.  Asuka goes to the floor and Becky with a kick.  Becky sends Asuka into the apron again and then Becky goes up top.  Asuka with a punch and she sets for a superplex.  Becky blocks it and Becky with forearms to send Asuka to the mat.  Becky misses a missile drop kick and Becky rolls through.  Asuka with a Codebreaker for a near fall.

Asuka with kicks to the chest.  Becky blocks a kick and Becky with European uppercuts.  Asuka goes to the turnbuckles and Becky with a forearm to knock Asuka off the turnbuckles and send her to the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Becky misses a leg drop and Asuka with a sliding kick.  Asuka and Becky exchange forearms.  Asuka with slaps but a back fist is blocked.  Asuka with an inside cradle for a near fall.  Asuka with a kick and a flying clothesline.  Asuka with a hip attack int he corner.  Asuka with a back fist and kicks.  Asuka with a spinning back heel kick followed by a German suplex.  Asuka with a hip attack for a near fall.  Asuka goes for the Asuka Lock but Becky blocks it and applies an Asuka Lock and adds a body scissors.  Asuka escapes and turns it into an ankle lock.  Becky tries to roll through but Asuka holds on to the ankle lock.  Becky rolls Asuka forward and Asuka is sent into the turnbuckles.

Becky with a kick to the back and a clothesline for a near fall.  Becky sends Asuka to the apron and connects with forearms.  Becky misses a leg drop from the turnbuckles and Asuka with an Asuka Lock in the ropes.  Asuka goes up top and hits a missile drop kick for a near fall.  Asuka misses a sliding kick on the apron and Asuka goes for a power bomb to the floor.  Becky blocks it and hits a leg drop on the apron.  Becky comes off the apron but Asuka catches Becky and hits a knee to the jaw.  Both women are down on the floor.  Both beat the ten count.  They exchange forearms.  Asuka misses a round kick and Asuka blocks a uranage.  Becky with a near fall.

Becky goes for DisArmHer and Asuka gets to the ropes and then gets a near fall with a rollup.  Asuka with a round kick for the three count.

Winner:  Asuka

Becky throws a fit and half of the things on the announce table.

We go to credits.

 

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