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We see Lyra Valkyria in the crowd to watch her opponent for tomorrow night in action.

Match Number Two:  Becky Lynch versus Indi Hartwell for the NXT Women's Championship

Indi misses a boot but connects with an elbow.  Becky misses a uranage and Indi with a clothesline.  Becky goes to the floor and she ends up in front of Lyra on the floor.  Becky with a forearm and she goes up top but Indi moves and Becky rolls through.  Indi goes for a slam but Becky escapes.  Indi escapes a DisArmHer attempt.  Indi with a hot shot and side slam while Candice watches MONITOR in LOCKER ROOM.  Becky with a leg lariat and Indi rolls to the floor.  Indi avoids a baseball slide and Indi swings Becky into the ringside barrier.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Becky sends Indi to the apron and connects with forearms.  Indi with a boot to the head and an elbow drop off the turnbuckles for a near fall.  Indi goes for a suplex but Becky with an inside cradle for a near fall.  Becky goes for DisAmrHer but she cannot get her to the mat.  Becky escapes a slam and hits a reverse DDT for a near fall.  Candice continues to watch MONITOR.  Becky sets for a uranage but Indi blocks it and goes for a full nelson.  Indi with a boot to the head for a near fall.  Indi goes to the turnbuckles and Becky with a forearm to stop her.  Becky goes to the turnbuckles and Indi with a forearm.  Becky with forearms and she hits a superplex.  Becky goes for a cross arm breaker but Indi blocks it.  Indi gets a near fall while Becky tries for a triangle.  Indi with a one arm power bomb for a near fall.  Becky sends Indi throat first into the ropes.

Indi with a spinebuster for a near fall.  Indi goes for a full nelson but Becky drops down and gets a near fall.  Indi gets a near fall.  Becky applies DisArmHer and Indi taps out.

Winner:  Becky Lynch (retains championship)

After the match, Becky offers her hand and Indi shakes it.

Becky leaves the ring and walks over to Lyra Valkyria.

Candice is in the back watching MONITOR.  Xia Li punches Candice in the throat and she tells Candice that is a warning to Indi.

Adam Pearce talks to security about the contract signing.

Nick Aldis shows up and he wants to talk to Adam.  He says they got off on the wrong foot.  He apologizes for kicking Adam out of the building.  He blames it on a rookie error.  He says he wants healthy competition to be able to show that Smackdown is the number one show, but he doesn't want to ruin their working relationship.  Nick apologizes.

Adam says he felt that it was out of line on Friday, but it was water under the bridge.  Adam tells Nick to hang around to see how the flagship works.

Adam tells the referee to double security.

We are back and Adam Pearce is in the ring with the official contract for the Women's World Title match at Crown Jewel.  Adam mentions the chaos in the women's division but they settle things in the ring.  He wants to get this signed before things go to hell so he brings out the participants in the match.

Raquel Rodriguez comes out first.  Raquel signs the contract.

She is followed to the ring by Shayna Baszler.  Shayna signs the contract.

Out next is Zoey Stark.  Zoey signs the contract.

She is followed by the final challenger, Nia Jax.   Nia wants to wait for Rhea to sign the contract.

Adam says Rhea is going to sign the contract later since she has caused a lot of the trouble.  She tells Nia to sign the contract so she gets to face Rhea at Crown Jewel.  Nia signs the contract.

Rhea Ripley comes out and she says she is not sorry she came out prematurely because she got a little impatient.  She has something to get off her chest.  She tells Adam she could beat everyone in the ring individually.  This is a conspiracy and you are trying to set her up.  The more you try to control her, the more she is going to make his life a living hell.  It is smart to make this a five way match at Crown Jewel.  By the end of this, you will have four fewer women in your division.  None of them are taking the title from her and she will show that she is the most dominant.

Nia says Rhea is good.  Nia says Rhea is smart not to step in the ring.  You want her to squash all of them for Rhea.  That leaves them one on one.  Nia says Rhea wants her to squash each of them for Rhea.  She says that Shayna and Zoey are smart.  She points out that Raquel is from Texas so she breaks it down for her.  

Raquel knocks the mic out of Nia's hand and Raquel punches Nia.  Security holds Zoey and Shayna back.  All four women are in different corners.  Raquel and Nia take care of their security.  Shayna with a knee to Raquel and Zoey goes after Nia.  Nia with a head butt to Zoey while Rhea laughs at ringside.  

Raquel and Nia stand in the center of the ring and they exchange punches.  Security gets back in the ring and we have a scrum.  Nia and Raquel take care of security again and Nia with a Samoan drop to Raquel.

Kaiser tells Vinci that he needs him to deliver and get the job done.  He needs Vinci to take out Gargano tonight.  Kaiser says Vinci's performance reflects on him.

Bronson Reed says that their boss gave him a hell of a fight last week and he tells Kaiser to tell his boss whenever he is ready for round two he is ready.

Akira Tozawa tells Reed he wants a match tonight.  Reed says no.  Tozawa tells Reed he wants a match and Reed tells Tozawa it is his funeral.

Maxxine shows up and says that wasn't what the Coach suggested.

Match Number Three;  Johnny Gargano versus Giovanni Vinci (with Ludwig Kaiser)

Vinci catches Johnny and runs him into the turnbuckles.  Vinci with chops.  Gargano with forearms and Vinci with European uppercuts.  Vinci catches Gargano and hits a tilt-a-whirl back breaker.  Vinci with a forearm to the lower back.  Vinci with a back breaker to Gargano and he hits another one followed by a fallaway slam.  Gargano has a kick blocked on the apron and Vinci with a kick to Gargano.  Gargano with a slingshot spear when Vinci charges at Gargano.  They exchange forearms and Vinci blocks a kick.  Gargano avoids a clothesline and Kaiser distracts Gargano.  Vinci hits Gargano from behind.  Gargano with a super kick.  Kaiser gets on the apron and Ciampa pulls him off the apron and into the ring post and time keeper's area.  Gargano with a kick to Vinci and One Final Beat for the three count.

WInner:  Johnny Gargano

Shinsuke Nakamura says a beating at his hands is a beautiful thing.  He says he is happy to give Ricochet this experience.  He says he ants to find an opponent who will inspire the yet to be seen self within him and release the expressions still trapped in his dreams.  He asks who is worthy enough to set him free.

Logan Paul makes his way to the ring.

Logan says he realized the fool he beat in his boxing fight over the weekend got dropped by his fight league.  Not only did Logan make him lose his fight, he lost his job.  Unemployed, unhappy, unfulfilled.  Logan says because he is a free agent, he might be a bit harsh.  Logan says he is a free agent.  Logan tells the haters to run to their keyboards because when he beats Rey Mysterio, he will give you something to talk about.  He says once he becomes champion, he might have to come to Raw to defend his title.

Dominik Mysterio interrupts and he comes out.

Dom says from a champion to a future champion he says he can't wait to see Logan beat his deadbeat dad.  

Logan appreciates it and he says Dom's dad was right about what he said about them.  Logan says Rey did not talk about what they had to deal wtih.  Dom grew up with a deadbeat dad to become champion of the continent.  Logan says he followed his passion and the only person who needs a humbling is Dom's father Rey.

Dom says after Crown Jewel, Logan will be a champion and Dom says he will be the only Mysterio with a title.  

Logan says he can see it with him as US Champion.  Logan asks his favorite ring announcer to do the honors and he invites Samantha into the ring.  Logan says it was hard for her when she had to announce Logan as the winner against her fiance at SummerSlam.  He says she kept it professional.  He wants Samantha to give everyone a preview of him as the new US Champion.  

Ricochet spears Logan and Dom grabs Ricochet but Ricochet with a forearm.  

Dom misses a punch and Ricochet with a jumping knee.  Ricochet goes up top and goes for a shooting star press but Dom is pulled out of the way by Logan.

Match Number Four:  Chelsea Green and Piper Niven versus Natalya and Nikki Cross in a Non Title Match

Natalya and Green start things off and Nattie floats over.  Nattie with a rollup for a near fall.  Nattie goes for a Sharpshooter but Green blocks it.  Nattie gets a near fall and then Green gets a near fall of her own.  Green with an Irish whip and she runs into a back elbow.  Green hits Nattie in the back while Piper gets involved from the apron.  Green with a kick and Piper tags in.  Piper sends Nattie into the turnbuckles and hits a splash while Nikki stands motionless on the apron and stares straight ahead.  Piper with forearms and Green tags in.  Green with a forearm to the back and Piper with a clothesline.  Green gets a near fall.

Nikki leaves the apron and starts to walk away.  Green stares at Nikki's departure and Nattie hits a German suplex.  Nattie sends Green into the turnbuckles and hits a slingshot atomic drop.  Nattie knocks Piper down on the apron and hits a discus clothesline for a near fall.  Green goes for UnprettiHER and Piper tags in.  Natalya goes for a Sharpshooter but Green with an UnprettiHER and a cross body from Piper for the three count.

Winners:  Piper Niven and Chelsea Green

We are told that Cody suffered an ankle injury.

Jey Uso is in the back and Drew McIntyre shows up.  Drew says he is sorry for what happened last week.  He cannot imagine what it is like for the Bloodline to cost you a title.  He tells Jey to get over it.  Drew says whatever happens in his match with Sami is on Jey.

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