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We start off with a look back at the end of the TLC Pay Per View and James Ellsworth costing Dean Ambrose the title after almost costing AJ Styles the WWE Championship. Will James Ellsworth get some sense knocked into him or will he go 4-0 against AJ Styles?
We are in Houston, Texas and your announcers are Mauro Ranallo, David Otunga, and John Layfield. Your host is Tom Phillips.
AJ Styles makes his way to then ring and his left foot is in a boot.
AJ says some call it a travesty and some call it a blessing. We see AJ's tights ripped. He says that looks good. AJ says you thought he was talking about the boot? He calls everyone gullible geeks. He wrapped steel chairs around Dean's back and he send Dean through a table. He kept Dean from his WWE Championship. If the worst thing is that he has to be in this boot for a week, things will be fine. AJ says he is not medically cleared to wrestle tonight.
James Ellsworth makes his away to the ring and he is not wearing a neck brace tonight.
AJ says that Ellsworth looks like he is in slow motion.
James says he is the one out here moving in slow motion? You are the one hobbling around in a boot. Do you really need that boot or are you finding a convenient way to get out of the title match tonight. Maybe Daniel Bryan is protecting you? James says he has AJ's number. He has beaten him three times. He tells AJ that he is ducking him. James says he would beat AJ a fourth time if he wasn't ducking him and he would become the WWE Champion.
James says that AJ wouldn't have won without him.
AJ says he would have won either way. If you weren't so delusional you would see it. AJ says you are drinking your own chin and tonic. Everything you have done here is because of Dean Ambrose. AJ says he has put Ellsworth in a neck brace and a back brace. He knows when to stop beating Ellsworth while Dean does not. Dean will cave in your face so it looks like your chin.
Dean Ambrose comes to the ring and he hits the double underhook DDT on Ellsworth and leaves.
Bray Wyatt appears and he is with Randy Orton and Luke Harper. They're here.
We go to commercial.
Match Number One: Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton (with Luke Harper) versus Heath Slater and Rhyno for the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
Orton and Slater start things off and Orton with a waist lock. Slater with a standing switch and a side head lock. Orton with a hammer lock into a side head lock. Slater with a forearm but Orton sends Slater to the mat. Wyatt tags in and he runs into a boot from Slater. Slater with a cross body and he tags in Rhyno. Rhyno with a clothesline and back elbow followed by a belly-to-belly suplex. Rhyno sets for the GORE but Wyatt goes to the floor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Wyatt with a rear chin lock on Rhyno. Rhyno with punches followed by a knee from Wyatt and a hard Irish whip. Wyatt with a clothesline followed by a back senton for a near fall. Wyatt with another near fall. Orton tags in and he stomps on the midsection. Rhyno blocks a punch and he connects with punches. Orton with a drop kick for a near fall. Rhyno with punches but Orton with a kick. Orton with an Irish whip and Rhyno with a clothesline out of the corner. Slater tags in and he knocks Wyatt off the apron and then he punches Orton. Slater with a Harley Race knee and a jumping leg lariat followed by a neck breaker for a near fall.
Orton with a power slam and Rhyno breaks up the cover. Wyatt with a knee to Rhyno and he sends Rhyno to the floor. Wyatt tags in and Slater punches Wyatt but Wyatt with a clothesline. Wyatt sets for Sister Abigail, but he decides to tag in Orton who gets Slater passed to him for an RKO and the three count.
Winners: Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt
Kalisto is in the back stretching and he is asked about why would he ask for a rematch against Baron Corbin. Kalisto says he felt like he was in a car wreck at TLC. He has one advantage against Baron Corbin . . . speed. He says Speed Kills.
We are back and Carmella says that she has something to say before Natalya waddles to the ring. Carmella says Nikki always thought it was her who attacked Nikki at Survivor Series. Carmella says she revealed who did it. Natalya talked about how she pulled a Tonya Harding on Natalya. Nikki is stealing Natalya's spot ever since Total Divas came out. Natalya is the runner up. She is jealous and envious. The fact that she denies attacking Nikki, Natalya is a deceiving con artist.
Match Number Two: Natalya versus Carmella
Natalya with a double leg take down and punches before the bell rings. Carmella slaps Natalya and Carmella runs around the ring and to the back.
Natalya is in the back and she sees Nikki Bella standing there.
Natalya says that Carmella is a liar and you cannot believe her.
Nikki walks away in disgust.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Baron Corbin is walking in the back. He is asked about Kalisto's comments earlier tonight. Baron says you cannot deny that Kalisto is fast. Baron says he is the big man and they are all the little men. Kalisto is like a mosquito. He is fast and buzzes around until they land on him and it is splat.
Konnor talks about how the landscape is shifting in the tag team division. Things are getting darker. Zack and Mojo are the old way and the dark will rise.
Zack and Mojo talk about how they will take care of the Wasteland Weirdos.
Match Number Two: Konnor and Viktor versus Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley
Viktor and Ryder start things off and Viktor knocks Rawley off the apron. Ryder with shoulders and forearms. Ryder goes after Konnor on the apron but Viktor with a knee. Konnor tags in and pulls Ryder to the floor. Konnor sends Ryder into the apron. Konnor gets a near fall. Viktor tags in and they work over Ryder with a series of strikes and Viktor gets a near fall. Viktor with a reverse chin lock. Viktor with a leaping fist drop and he chokes Ryder in the ropes and then Konnor punches Ryder. Konnor goes for a suplex but Ryder lands on his feet and he hits a neck breaker.
Rawley and Viktor tag in and Rawley with clotheslines and a shoulder tackle followed by a splash and he gets a near fall. Konnor and Ryder are sent to the floor. Viktor gets a near fall with a rollup. Ryder tags in and they hit a Hype Ryder for the three count.
Winners: Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley
We go to commercial.
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