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Your announcers are Corey Graves and Joe Tessitore.
We take a look back at the last week of WWE coverage.
Rusev confronts Dom in the back to distract LA Knight from his entrance. Knight doesn't care and he walks some more.
Your Smackdown champion, Cody Rhodes, makes his way to the ring.
Cody asks Evansville what do they want to talk about. Cody says we could talk about this (the Crown Jewel ring). He says as much as he loves the ring, there are nine other digits so he would love to win some more. He mentions his opponent, but before he can mention his name . . .
Seth Rollins' music plays and he makes his way to the ring with Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed. Seth enters the ring alone while the others watch from the floor.
Cody looks over his shoulder because he does not stand with his back to the announce table, where Seth's associates are not standing.
Seth says from the moment they both walked out of SummerSlam as champions, he had Crown Jewel circled on his calendar. They have jumped through some hoops to get here but here they are. Two of the best in the world at their prime, one on one. May the best man win. Seth says it should be that simple, but it is not that simple. Seth says it is you and him and it is deeper than that and it is bigger than that. Seth says he is good at reading people and he knows what the people think of him. He says he knows what the locker room and internet think about him. He knows what the people watching at home think of him and he doesn't give a damn.
They don't know what is good for them and how to make good decisions. The crowd chants for Punk and Seth says it isn't about him because he doesn't have a championship. He says he knows what that moron thinks of him. Seth says he wants the truth from Cody. What do you think of him?
Cody finally circles around to face Bron, Bronson, and Paul.
Cody says it's complicated. It shouldn't be complicated. You have made some questionable choices. One of them is standing right there, and Cody says hello to Mr. Heyman. Cody says Seth changed his life. He came back at Wrestlemania and you had the courage to face an opponent you didn't know. After Hell in a Cell, you had him at his lowest after dealing with his injury. At Wrestlemania, you were his shield to help him get this title into his family.
It shouldn't be complicated. He says he had Seth's wife on his podcast. He says he could run Seth down before Crown Jewel. Cody asks Seth what does he think of himself. On any given night, Seth could be the absolute best. That Seth Rollins is not hiding behind these three goons. Cody says he will not sling mud with him. Cody says they know they have their match and they are both champions. Cody asks Seth what can he do for him now.
Seth says they need to talk about his watch. Seth says this is the watch you gave him at Wrestlemania 40. Seth says he hasn't worn it a single time since then . . . until tonight. Seth says he needs to know if this was a real gift or was this a token gesture? You are fantastic at saying the right things about him. Glowing praise is heaped on him when it suits Cody. In your next breath, you undermine everything he stands for. You stand in this ring and you go on interviews and says with a straight face that you are the right person to lead this industry into the future. You say you are QB1 and that you are the best for the job. What does that say about him?
You don't think he is good enough or as good as him.
They are not goons. They are more than a group of people. They are an idea of what the future of this industry looks like. It runs through him. He is the tip of the spear, not Cody. You can be the quarterback, but you will be his quarterback. If you don't agree with that, it doesn't matter. The truth will come out at Crown Jewel, by any means necessary. You will find out that he is the creator and the prime mover. This is not a two man show. Seth says he is the alpha.
Cody says there are a lot of questions for him and he has two questions for Seth. In the three matches they have had were one on one. Will Crown Jewel be the same way? How many of those three matches have you won?
Cody leaves the ring and Seth turns around to look at his 'are they goons'.
Bron and Bronson walk up to Cody.
Seth signals that this is not the time so they step aside and Paul holds them back for Cody to leave.
Jimmy tells Jey what happened on Saturday was trash. He says he went to Pearce for a match, but you already got a match against LA Knight. Jimmy says they have to sqaush their problem.
Jey says he hasn't had a chance to wipe the blood of his shoes. Jey says they would have won if LA Knight wasn't the referee. He says that Bron and Bronson would have taken care of Knight if Jimmy didn't team with him. Jey says they have a lot to handle. He says they will handle that when he bodies LA Knight.
Match Number One: Grayson Waller, Xavier Woods, and Kofi Kingston versus Erik, Ivar, and Penta in a No Disqualification Match
All six men brawl until Woods, Kofi, and Waller are sent to the floor. The Raiders and Penta set for stereo dives but Kofi, Woods, and Waller move. Erik and Penta are pulled to the floor but Ivar pulls Woods into the ring. Woods with a thumb to the eyes but Iver with a seated splash in the corner. Ivar misses a Spin Kick of Doom. Kofi with an arm drag and Trouble in Paradise but Waller hits Erik with the kendo stick. Penta takes it and hits Waller with it. Waller with a jumping knee to Penta. Woods punches Erik and Kofi with a forearm to the back. Ivar with a double shoulder tackle to Kofi and Woods. Penta with a step up flip dive onto Kofi and Woods while Ivar hits a cross body to Waller against the apron.
Erik, Ivar, and Penta go under the ring for tables and bring them into the ring. Kofi stops Erik and Penta is sent over the announce table. Waller sends Penta into the ring and Woods sends Erik in to the ring. Waller hits them with the kendo stick. Woods gets more kendo sticks and Waller continues to hit Erik with them. They now have giant hats and they go to the turnbuckles. They leap off and then land on the mat and hit them with the kendo sticks. They pose but Penta with a thrust kick and Erik and Ivar take care of Woods and Waller. Erik, Ivar, and Penta put on the hats and they strut. Waller, Woods, and Kofi attack them and send them to the floor.
All three attack Penta with kicks. Waller is sent over the top rope to the floor. Penta with a head scissors to Kofoi. Woods moves but Penta goes to the apron and he tries to kick Woods but Woods trips Penta and puts him on the table. Kofi goes up tp and he hits a leg drop through the table. Waller gets a near fall. Ivar with a knee and Erik with a knee. They set for the Viking Experience but Woods and Koif stop them. Kofi and Woods go for a double superplex and Waller has the kendo stick but misses Erik. Erik with a head butt to Waller. Erik with a double power bomb to Woods and Kofi. Waller and Erik go over the top rope to the floor. Ivar sets for a moonsault and he misses it when the sea parts. Woods holds Ivar on the ropes and Kofi with a back senton. Waller goes for a rolling move onto the apron but Ivar with a power bomb. Woods hits Ivar with the kendo stick.
Erik catches Woods and hits a spinebuster on the apron. Kofi with a cross body off the steps to Erik. Kofi misses Penta. Kofi is sent through the table with an overhead belly-to-belly throw. Waller hits Penta with a kendo stick. Waller climbs the turnbuckles and he says something to Penta on the turnbuckles. Waller sets for a Spanish Fly but Penta counters into a super Destroyer for the three count.
Winners: Penta, Ivar, and Erik
We go to the Judgment Day and Dom shows up. He says he is looking Finn and he brings up Rusev.
Finn says he thought Dom had it all under control.
Dom says they need to stay together.
Finn brings up El Grande Americano.
Finn says he is busy tonight.
Dom asks JD what is he doing tonight and JD says he is busy.
Dom says he could trust JD but not Finn. JD says Dom didn't need any help.
Roxanne begs Finn to help.
JD says he will do it, not for Dom but for the team.
Dom says it is official that JD faces Rusev tonight.
Raquel says that Roxanne has to get ready for Bayley.
Lyra is in the back and Bayley shows up and she is in a good mood.
Lyra says she shouldn't have walked into her room last week.
Bayley says last week was awesome. You got to win a big match and Bayley says she got to return. She says it was so good to see her.
Lyra doesn't know what Bayley is talking about.
Bayley asks Lyra to be in her corner.
Lyra tells Bayley what happened last week but Bayley doesn't remember that.
Bayley says since she helped Lyra last week, why not return the favor.
Lyra says if it means it will be the best version of Bayley.
Bayley says that will help.
Lyra says she will do it and Bayley says no take backs.
Stephanie Vaquer walks in the back.
Byron Saxton is with Paul Heyman in the New Day Interstitial Concourse.
Byron asks about Paul and Brock.
In this day and age when someone asks a direct question, he applauds Byron. He says a direct question deserves a direct answer. At Crown Jewel, Seth Rollins will defeat Cody Rhodes for the Crown Jewel Championship. This is very personal to Seth Rollins. Cody is running around as a pseudo champion claiming to be the title holder that Seth truly is. Cody is bragging about how he is 3-0 against Seth, but that streak comes to an end at Crown Jewel. Paul says he is a master of the strategy of conquering the streak, let's talk about streaks and their conquerors. Seth will end the streak at Crown Jewel.
That is not a prediction, that is not even a spoiler, that is a prophecy.
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