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Ronda says it looks like the belt is back where it belongs. You are in luck because I am in the mood to prove it with an open challenge tonight. She says she does not expect the fans to appreciate that she is defending the title. Only the great recognize greatness and you are too mediocre to understand.
Match Number Three: Ronda Rousey versus Emma for the Smackdown Women’s Championship
They lock up and Ronda backs Emma into the corner and gives a clean break. They lock up and Ronda with a judo throw and take down. Ronda rolls through and gets Emma on her shoulders but Emma with a rollup for a near fall. Emma with another rollup for a near fall. Ronda kicks Emma to the floor. Ronda sends Emma into the ring steps but Ronda misses a knee and hits the steps. Ronda charges into the corner and Emma moves. Emma with a tarantula to Ronda. Emma with a cross body for a near fall. Emma sets for a splash in the corner but Ronda gets her feet up. Ronda with a head lock in the ropes and knees to the head. Ronda chokes Emma in the ropes and connects with a knee to the head.
Ronda rolls through and stretches Emma with a choke. Ronda releases the hold and Emma with punches. Emma with a back heel kick and Ronda with a step up knee. Both women are down after a clothesline from Emma. Emma with forearms and a side Russian leg sweep. Emma gets a near fall.
Ronda with an ankle lock but Emma rolls through and Ronda stops short of the corner. Emma with a wheelbarrow suplex. Emma with a splash into the corner for a near fall. Ronda blocks a power bomb attempt and Ronda gets Emma on her shoulders for a moment. Ronda pushes Emma into the ropes and she almost bumps into the referee. Ronda rakes the eyes and hits Piper’s Pit. Ronda with a cross arm breaker and Emma taps out.
Winner: Ronda Rousey (retains championship)
Michael Cole mentions that Bianca Belair will face Bayley in a Last Woman Standing Match at Crown Jewel.
The Usos will face Ridge Holland and Butch for the Tag Team Championships.
Paul is outside Roman’s door and Jey wants to talk to Roman.
Paul tells Jey it is better to hear it from his wise man. Paul says he has Jey.
Ronda walks in the back and Shayna tells her good job. Natalya says Ronda is the luckiest on the planet because she would have beaten Ronda if she accepted the open challenge.
Shayna chokes Natalya out.
B Fab says since Legado doesn’t want to fight them in their faces and they have friends in high places.
Shinsuke Nakamura joins Hit Row.
Match Number Four: Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, and Cruz Del Toro (with Zelina Vega) versus Top Dolla, Ashante Thee Adonis, and Shinsuke Nakamura (with B Fab)
All six men brawl before the match starts and B Fab stands in the center of the ring but Zelina is not going to fall for her trap. Dolla with a cross body to Wilde in the corner and Adonis with a monkey flip. Dolla with a cross body to Cruz in the corner followed by a monkey flip from Adonis. Nakamura chokes Santos in the corner. Zelina checks on Santos and gets in the ring. B Fab with a bicycle kick to Zelina
We go to commercial.
We are back and the match is joined in progress. Cruz with a reverse chin lock on Adonis. We see footage from the break when Zelina distracted Adonis and he got knocked off the apron into the announce table. Cruz with a clothesline to Adonis and then Wilde tags in and connects with a clothesline. Santos with a clothesline. They continue the tags and clothesline sequence. Santos and Cruz with a double suplex and Wilde with a frog splash for a near fall. Wilde with a front face lock. Nakamura and Santos tag in and Nakamura with forearms. Nakamura kicks Cruz and sends Wilde to the floor. Santos and Nakamura exchange chops and forearms. Nakamura with kicks. Santos blocks a kick and Nakamura with an enzuigiri. Santos has his feet put in the ropes and Nakamura with a sliding German suplex. Nakamura kicks Wilde on the floor. Nakamura with a spinning heel kick for a near fall.
Top Dolla tags in and he catches Cruz off the turnbuckles. He gets Wilde up for a standing power slam. Santos kicks and chops Dolla. Dolla with a wrist lock and he goes to the turnbuckles he hits a chop off the ropes. Dolla sends Cruz to the mat and Nakamura with Kinshasa to Cruz for the three count.
Winners: Top Dolla, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Ashante Thee Adonis
Roman Reigns is in his dressing room and Paul wants Roman to watch something for him.
It is a video of Logan Paul training.
Roman asks why are we watching this.
Paul says it just takes one lucky punch.
Roman says Logan has to hit a lucky punch.
Paul says he was in synagogue and he was talking to a doctor who knows a doctor who knows Logan Paul’s doctor and he says that there are screws and a metal plate in his hand.
Roman points out that Logan had two matches.
Paul says that Brock Lesnar won the UFC title in his third match.
Paul says he is going to go fire up the jet for Roman.
We go to commercial.
Kayla is in the back with LA Knight.
Knight says the last time he checked, the ring announcer couldn’t get his home town right.
Ricochet shows up and he says he wanted to tell Knight he might get a warmer reception if he didn’t act like God’s Gift to Smackdown. When someone’s head gets as big as yours, someone is going to knock it down.
Knight walks away.
Match Number Five: Karrion Kross (with Scarlett) versus Riddick Moss
They lock up and Moss with a waist lock. Kross with a back elbow. Moss with a reverse atomic drop and a running forearm. Moss sends Kross into the corner and chops him. Moss with another chop. Kross with forearms and knees. Moss is sent into the turnbuckles and Kross with punches. Kross with forearms and a boot. Kross with knees. Moss with a clothesline and he clotheslines Kross over the top rope to the floor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kross with an exploder. Kross with kicks in the corner. Kross with a Northern Lights Suplex and he rolls through into an elevated clothesline for a near fall. Kross with a hammer lock and a forearm to the chest. Kross with a boot to the head for a near fall. Kross with a forearm. Kross with a back elbow and he gets a near fall. Kross with a hard Irish whip. Kross with a suplex and he floats over for a near fall. Kross with a cross arm breaker but Moss gets to the ropes.
We are back and Kross with an exploder. Kross with kicks in the corner. Kross with a Northern Lights Suplex and he rolls through into an elevated clothesline for a near fall. Kross with a hammer lock and a forearm to the chest. Kross with a boot to the head for a near fall. Kross with a forearm. Kross with a back elbow and he gets a near fall. Kross with a hard Irish whip. Kross with a suplex and he floats over for a near fall. Kross with a cross arm breaker but Moss gets to the ropes.
Moss with elbows to block the Doomsday Saito. Moss with punches and a clothesline or two. Moss with a running shoulder tackle. Moss with a kick and Kross with a rolling elbow. Moss with a spinebuster for a near fall. Moss with a fallaway slam and he hits a running shoulder into the corner and hits a second one. Scarlett gets on the apron to distract Moss. Kross with a shoulder tackle and a Doomsday Saito. Scarlett tells Kross to end it and he hits a running forearm to the back of the head for the three count.
Winner: Karrion Kross
After the match, Kross with the Kross Jacket.
Kross tells Drew that Moss put up a much better fight than you did because he is not a coward or hypocrite like you. I will always stand for the new beginning. When they lock you in the steel cage with me, history will repeat itself. Tick Tock.
Kross maintains the Kross Jacket until Scarlett tells Kross “Tubelcain”
Bray paces in the back and he talks to himself as we go to commercial.
We are back and they run through the card for Crown Jewel.
Kayla is with Rey Mysterio.
Rey says he is excited to be challenging for the Intercontinental Title.
Rey is attacked by Kaiser and Vinci. They hold Rey and Gunther chops Rey.
Next week, Liv Morgan faces Sonya Deville in a No Disqualification Match. Rey Mysterio faces Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship.
Bray Wyatt makes his way to the ring.
Bray says he could get used to that. It’s like adrenaline. Bray starts to laugh. Bray says that makes him feel invulnerable and he wants to do something wild. Bray says he wants you to see something he is very proud of. There is no mask he is hiding behind. There are no smoke and mirrors. It is just me and you. That is what I want you to get used to. This is Bray Wyatt, the real man. This is the best version of him. He says he is proud to be here and he will do some spectacular things while he is here.
Bray says the truth is that he has been out of control for a majority of his life. His emotions don’t work like other people’s. They can send him to a very dark place. Other times, he doesn’t feel anything at all. Bray says that is part of what makes him him. To get where he has gotten, he has done some horrible things. Part of him likes he doesn’t mind doing horrible things. That is not the end of it. There will come another time when he is faced with adversity and he will be forced to do something horrible.
The vision appears on the TitanTron. He says he is the ghost of the man who killed the world. You are a shell of what you once were. We know it is true that you don’t wear the mask. You cannot run from your Uncle Howdy.
We go to credits.
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