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Tonight's show starts off with a look back at last week's contract signing.
We are at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and your announcers are Tom Phillips, Samoa Joe, and Byron Saxton.
Montel Vontavious Porter is in the ring with the VIP Lounge. He says last week things went a little sideways. It was a special episode with the men's competitors in Money in the Bank. Things didn't go according to plan unless the plan was a brawl. This week, we return to style, sophistication, and class, but remember what happened last week with these three women. We see footage from the "it wasn't a match" match from last week.
Out first is Asuka. MVP asks Asuka a question in Japanese and she says she is very happy. Asuka continues to dance before taking her seat.
Out next is Shayna Baszler.
The final participant from Raw, Nia Jax, makes her way to the ring. Since Shayna is sitting in the middle of one of the futons, Nia sits on the table between the futons.
MVP says these ladies will be out of their comfort zones on Sunday. MVP asks Nia if she has the skill set to make it from the first floor to the roof to the top of the ladder to win? Nia asks MVP if he has paid attention to Raw. She says she has destroyed anyone put in front of her.
Asuka is asked for her response and Asuka yells at Nia in Japanese about what Nia did to Kairi Sane and she calls her a big bully.
MVP asks Shayna how her skills will help her win at Money in the Bank. Shayna says opera non verba. Shayna says unique skill set? She says she does all her talking with her actions and that is the difference between her and everyone else in the match. She asks Asuka and Asuka responds with a number of EZPZs.
Shayna and Asuka stare each other down and they kick Nia off her table. MVP tries to separate Asuka and Shayna. MVP tells them to save it for the fight.
Tom mentions the men's participants in the Money in the Bank ladder match and we see what happened to Apollo Crews last week.
Tonight, someone will join the five men already in the match. We see Bobby Lashley in the back with Lana and we are told that he is going to start off the gauntlet.
We go to commercial.
Match Number One: Money in the Bank Ladder Match Qualifying Gauntlet Match
Segment One: Bobby Lashley versus Titus O'Neil
They lock up and go to a stalemate. Titus with punches and chops. Lashley misses a punch in the corner and Titus with a punch and forearm. Lashley with a spear and he gets the three count,.
Titus O'Neil Eliminated
Segment Two: Akira Tozawa versus Bobby Lashley
Tozawa with a spinning heel kick and missile drop kick. Lashley with a spear for the three count.
Akira Tozawa Elimianted
Segment Three; Shelton Benjamin versus Bobby Lashley
Lashley with a kick as Shelton gets to the ring but Shelton with a blockbuster and then he sends Lashley to the floor. Shelton with a knee to Lashley followed by a slingshot facebuster. Lashley sends Benjamin into the ringside barrier. Benjamin is sent into the ringside barrier. Lashley sets for a spear and Benjamin with a leap frog. Benjamin with a spinning heel kick but Lashley with a spear for the three count.
Shelton Benjamin Eliminated
Segment Four: Humberto Carrillo versus Bobby Lashley
We are back and Lashley chokes Carrillo in the corner. Lashley with an Irish whip but Carrillo with a boot. Lashley escapes a side head lock with a take down. Lashley with a shoulder tackle. Lashley gets Carrillo up and tries for a Dominator but Carrillo lands on his feet. Carrillo with a kick to Lashley from the apron followed by a missile drop kick. Carrillo with a back roll moonsault for a near fall. Carrillo goes up top and Lashley stops him and press slams Carrillo to the mat. Lashley with a running clothesline into the corner followed by kicks and a choke. Lashley with punches to Carrillo. Lashley pushes the referee away and the referee warns Lashley about being disqualified. Lashley has been disqualified by the referee.
Bobby Lashley Eliminated
Lashley biels Carrillo and hits a spear before referees come out to tell Lashley to stop.
Segment Five: Angel Garza (with Zelina Vega) versus Humberto Carrillo
We are back and Garza chokes Carrillo in the corner. Garza with a chop. Carrillo with an elbow but Garza traps Carrillo in the turnbuckles and he drop kicks Humberto. Garza removes the pants and throws them at Carrillo. Garza with a leg drop to the groin and a drop kick. Garza gets a near fall. Garza with an arm bar and then he turns it into a bow and arrow.
We see Bobby Lashley in the back and Lana is trying to give him a pep talk but he doesn't want to hear anything about it.
Carrillo with a hip lock take down but Garza with a knee and slingshot reverse suplex. Garza with a super kick for a near fall. Carrillo with a kick to the head and a head scissors and drop kick. Carrillo gets a near fall. Garza gets his knees up on a moonsault attempt and Garza gets a near fall. Garza with a camel clutch. Garza turns it into a rocking horse. Carrillo tries to escape and Garza gets a near fall. Garza gets a series of near falls. Garza goes to the ropes and hits a quebrada for a near fall.
Carrillo blocks a Wing Clipper attempt. Carrillo counters into a sunset flip for the three count.
Angel Garza Eliminated
Segment Six: Austin Theory versus Humberto Carrillo
Theory with forearms and punches. Theory gets a near fall. Theory with a hard Irish whip. Carrillo with a forearm and Theory with a kick and forearms. Theory with a snap mare and boot to the chest. Theory with a waist lock. Theory with a kick and he returns to the waist lock. Theory sets for a suplex but Carrillo gets to his feet and Carrillo with kicks. Carrillo goes for a springboard head butt and Theory with a forearm for a near fall. Theory puts Carrillo on the turnbuckles and Theory with a chop. Theory with a superplex and Carrillo with an inside cradle for the three count.
Austin Theory Eliminated
Segment Seven: AJ Styles versus Humberto Carrillo
We are back and Carrillo with a drop kick. Carrillo kicks AJ in the corner and follows with punches and kicks. AJ with an Irish whip and Carrillo tries to float over but AJ sees it coming. AJ with knees to the midsection. Styles kicks Carrillo in the midsection. Carrillo tries to land on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt but he lands on his stomach. Styles gets a near fall. Styles with a waist lock. Styles with an abdominal stretch. Styles with an elbow to the midsection as he holds on to the abdominal stretch. Carrillo gets to the ropes.
AJ with a waist lock and Carrillo with an elbow and forearm. Carrillo misses a charge into the corner and AJ drops Carrillo's knee over his shoulder. AJ with a dragon screw leg whip. AJ with a knee drop to the leg. AJ works on the lower leg and Carrillo gets to the ropes. Carrillo with an elbow to AJ but AJ with forearms. AJ goes for a dragon screw but Carrillo escapes and hits a DDT. Carrillo with an enzuigiri and both men are down. AJ with a forearm and kick to the leg. Carrillo with a apinning heel kick and both men are down again.
Carrillo runs into a boot and AJ goes for a moonsault into a reverse DDT but Carrillo counters into an inside cradle for a near fall. Both men with clotheslines and both are down. AJ with a pump handle gutbuster and then he applies the calf crusher and Carrillo taps out.
Winner: AJ Styles
After the match, AJ wrings Carrillo's leg into the ring post.
AJ Styles says he is not a zombie or a ghost. There is no Undertaker to try to steal his spotlight. AJ says he got buried. So what. I admit it and I understand it. It doesn't mean that I lost. There are no rules in a Boneyard Match. That was then and this is now. I have seized an opportunity and he is in the most unique Money in the Bank Ladder Match. It's worth it. I'm going to do anything to get that contract. If that means throwing a Rey Mysterio or an Aleister Black off the top of the WWE headquarters, so be it. They have not been what I have been through. Get ready to rewrite the history book with the most memorable moment in Money in the Bank. AJ says he will win the match and then Mr. Money in the Bank will be Phenomenal.
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