Backstage, Kurt Angle and Daniel Bryan chat about the show. Bryan says Smackdown is going to steal the show tonight. The WWE title match has international appeal. Angle says the Raw title match has Universal appeal. Bryan says Smackdown will win, and it’s true. Angle goes into a Yes! chant as Bryan screams No!
Randy Orton vs Rusev
Before the bell rings, Rusev attacks Orton from behind. Rusev sends Orton out of the ring. Rusev fallaway slams Orton into the barricade. Rusev tosses Orton back into the ring. The referee holds Rusev back as he tries to attack Orton. Orton says he is ready to go as he struggles to get to his feet. The bell finally rings. Rusev misses a corner splash. Orton hits one of the sickest RKOs I have ever seen for the win!
Winner- Randy Orton
Backstage, Sasha Banks is walking. Banks runs into Bayley. Banks and Bayley hug.
Raw Women’s Championship Match: Alexa Bliss (c) vs Sasha Banks
Bliss forces Banks into the corner. Banks and Bliss trade shots. Bliss blast Banks with a stiff elbow. Banks tries to lock in the Banks Statement but Bliss avoids it. Bliss stuns Banks on the ropes. Bliss hits a crossbody off the top. Banks turns it into a pin of her own. Bliss kicks out. Bliss traps Banks in the corner and kicks her over and over again. Banks catches Bliss with a high knee. Bliss traps Banks in the ropes. Bliss slams Banks headfirst into the mat. Banks fires up bit Bliss choke pushes her. Bliss goes up top. Banks cut her off but Bliss manages to put Banks in a sleeper on the top rope. Bliss breaks the hold. Banks falls to the mat. Bliss hits insult to injury off the top rope for a near fall.
(cont.)
