In-Ring Segment: Brock Lesnar
Lesnar asks the crowd what they want to talk about. Lesnar let’s the crowd know that Rhodes will not be out here tonight and he won’t be at Night of Champions either. Even so, Lesnar says he isn’t going to let everyone down. Lesnar issues an open challenge for anyone to fight him at Night of Champions. Cody Rhodes barges out on the stage flanked by referees and Adam Pearce. They are trying to get him to come back to the trainers room. Rhodes isn’t listening.
His arm is in a sling with an ice pack. Rhodes struggle to get in the ring. Lesnar laughs as Rhodes removes his sling. Both men charge at each other. Rhodes lands a few right hands, but Lesnar traps him in a kimura. Rhodes screams in pain as Lesnar tries to rip his arm off his body. Lesnar eventually lets the hold go. Before leaving the ring. Lesnar stomps on Rhodes’ injured arm.
The Alpha Academy w/Maxxine Dupri vs. The Viking Raiders w/Valhalla
Gable sends Erik flying with a head scissors. Erik and Ivar double team Gable. The Viking Raiders take turns beating down Gable. Gable manages to tag in Otis. Otis clears the ring. Otis lands the catapilar. Gable gets the tag. Outside the ring Dupri and Valhalla get into an argument. Valhalla chases Dupri away. In the confusion, Gable escapes Erik and Ivar’s finish. Gable rolls Erik into an O’Connor roll for the win.
Winners- The Alpha Academy
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Finn Bálor w/Damian Priest
Bálor and Nakamaura trade submission attempts right out the gate. Bálor knocks Nakamaura into the corner and lands a few strikes. Nakamura explodes out of the corner with a knee strike. Good vibrations by Nakamura. Bálor tries to block it, but Nakamura lands a head kick. Nakamura lays Bálor on the top rope and hits a running knee strike. Bálor rolls out of the ring. Bálor distracts the referee while Priest floors Nakamura with a clothesline outside the ring. After the break, Nakamura and Bálor trade counters.
Nakamura lands a sliding German suplex. Outside the ring, Nakamura tells Priest to come on. Priest chases Nakamura around the ring. Nakamura rolls back into the ring and lands a goard buster. Bálor surprises Nakamaura with a sling blade. Nakamura dodges and lands a suplex. Nakamura calls for the Kinshasa. Bálor counters with a double stomp. Bálor misses a double stomp off the top.
Nakamura destroys Bálor with a running knee to the back of the head. Nakamura calls for the Kinshasa again. Priest pulls Bálor out of the ring. Nakamura dives off the apron and knees Preist in the face. Nakamura clotheslines Priest over the barricade. Bálor dropkicks Nakamura into the barricade. Bálor sends Nakamura into the ring and lands the Coup de Grace for the win.
Winner- Finn Bálor
Raquel Rodriguez vs. Sonya Deville w/Chelsea Green
Deville land a flurry of strike. Running knee by Deville. Rodriguez kicks out. Rodriguez fires up and lands her powerbomb for the win.
Winner- Raquel Rodriguez
After the match, Green attacks Rodriguez from behind. Shotzi runs down to the ring and makes the save. Rodriguez holds the ropes open while Shotzi lands a tope suicida.
Backstage, a referee tells Pearce that Rhodes wont let anyone in his locker room. Pearce says he’s going to handle it. Trish Stratus walks in and ask Pearce to make a no-touching clause for the contract signing with Becky Lynch tonight. Pearce says nope and walks off.
