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We are at the WWE Performance Center and your announcers are Samoa Joe, Tom Phillips, and Byron Saxton.
Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring and he is accompanied by Austin Theory and Buddy Murphy.
Austin and Buddy sit at ringside while Seth is in the ring.
Seth says tonight is a huge night on Raw. There are a lot of things happening tonight. Soon, he will have a match with Aleister Black. Aleister is confused about a lot of things about Rey Mysterio so he will enlighten Aleister. Seth says Rey will be on the show later tonight to speak to all of you. Seth says it will be difficult for Rey and Seth says that Rey will not be able to announce his own retirement. Seth says he has taken it upon himself to do this for Rey.
Seth says if you know Rey as well as he does, Rey is too humble and too modest to come to this ring and call himself a legend. Seth says it is his duty as a leader to come out and show that Rey was a sacrifice to the greater good. Rey was a sacrifice for the Greater Good of Raw. If that is not legendary, what is? It is true that Rey is without a doubt the greatest luchador to every live. He has transcended language and border. Rey is a kind and generous man. In his darkest hour, Rey presented himself to Seth to be sacrificed for the greater good. To be able to lead Raw into the future. It is his duty to appreciate Rey properly. To honor the end of Rey Mysterio's career, he has prepared a video package to admire and enjoy the greatness that is Rey Mysterio.
Seth says that Rey is a guaranteed first ballot Hall of Famer and Seth says he would be honored to induct Rey into the Hall of Fame.
Aleister Black makes his way to the ring without being lifted from the bowels of the stage and he forces Rollins to the floor.
We go to commercial.
Match Number One: Seth Rollins (with Austin Theory and Buddy Murphy) versus Aleister Black
Black with a kick to the leg. Black with another kick to Rollins' leg. They go to a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock and Black with more kicks and Rollins backs into the corner. Rollins with a forearm and Black with a leg sweep. Black misses a kick and Rollins goes to the floor. Rollins trips Black and pulls him to the floor. Black with a round kick to the chest and he sends Rollins back into the ring. Rollins with a drop kick as Black re-enters the ring. Rollins with punches. Rollins with a suplex and he gets a near fall.
Rollins with a wrist lock and boot on the neck. Rollins with an arm wringer. Black with punches but Rollins with a knee and drop kick. Rollins chokes Black in the ropes. Rollins with a knee and he sends Black to the floor and hits a suicide dive that sends Black into the boards. Black kicks Rollins but misses a double stop. Rolilns with an elbow but he misses an enzuigiri. Rollins with a take down but Black with a round kick. Rollins sends Black to the floor with a back drop. Murphy and Theory make their way to Black while Rollins distracts the referee.
Before they can do anything, Humberto Carrillo's music plays and he is out with a chair.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Rollins chokes Black in the corner. Rollins with a forearm to the back. Rollins misses a drop kick and Black with a waist lock but Rollins with a back elbow. Black with a kick and Rollins with slingblade for a near fall. Rollins with a forearm and he goes to the apron. Rollins goes for a springboard move but Black moves and he punches Rollins. Black with kicks to Rollins including a leg sweep and flying boot to the head. Black with a quebrada for a near fall. Black with a rollup for a near fall. Rollins counters and gets a near fall. Black with a kick and German suplex for a near fall.
Rollins with an enzuigiri followed by a super kick and Falcon Arrow for a near fall. Rollins goes up top and Black gets his knees up to block the frog splash. Black with elbows and Rollins with kicks on the apron. Black with a kick that sends Rollins into the ring post and to the floor. Black with a moonsault off the ring post onto Rollins as we go to commercial.
We are back and Rollins knocks Black off the turnbuckles and Rollins with a frog splash but Rollins takes his time to cover Black so Black is able to kick out. Black says this is for Rey when he goes for Black Out but he misses. Black with an arm bar but Rollins escapes and hits a power bomb. Black with a knee to the head as Rollins comes off the turnbuckles. Black lifts Rollins up and Murphy and Theory get on the apron. Carrillo stops Theory and Murphy. Murphy and Theory attack Carrillo while Rollins gets a near fall with a rollup. Black with a rollup for the three count.
Winner: Aleister Black
After the match, Murphy and Theory go after Black. Carrillo gets into the ring to help Black. Rollins, Murphy, and Theory are too much for Black and Carrillo. Rollins with Black Out while Murphy and Theory hold Black to watch. Rollins asks Black if he wants to be a hero. Rollins with Black Out to Aleister.
Tom Phillips mentions the return of Raw Talk.
We have a video package for Apollo Crews.
Charly Caruso is in the back and she is joined by Angel Garza and Zelina Vega.
We take a look at Angel's victory over Kevin Owens last week.
Zelina says that Kevin Owens agreed to that match, and Angel cuts off Zelina. He says in love and war, everything is fair. In matters of competition and seduction, you must be one step ahead. Zelina says the win was triumphant because Angel saw what he wanted and he took it. Angel says if someone is not happy with his actions, they haven't wanted something as badly as he does.
Charly thanks Angel for his time and Angel thanks Charly.
Angel gives Charly a rose and then Zelina destroys it.
We are back and Samoa Joe wants to know if WWE is giving away a house on Sunday at In Your House.
The week after Takeover, we will have the Greatest Match of All Time.
We go to Shawn Michaels. He says talk about a high bar and the pressure. From a guy who has had a few great wrestling matches, like the ladder match against Razor Ramon or his match against Bret Hart, or the matches with the Undertaker. You two have set this stage for the greatest wrestling match. Shawn says he thinks they can deliver. Shawn says he might have a bit of a bias, but he is going with Edge. Wisdom and fate gives Edge the edge.
We will also have Drew McIntyre defending the WWE Championship against Bobby Lashley. We take a look at what happened between them last week on Raw.
MVP and Lana are in the back and Lana is telling MVP this is her husband.
MVP says unlike Lana, he has actual work to do and get ready for his match with the WWE Champion. He does not want to get into whatever attention sucking drama.
Lana calls MVP a leech for using her Bobby to further his career.
MVP says if that was true, doesn't that make two of us?
Lana stares at MVP for a moment and then slaps him and walks away.
We go to commercial.
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