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Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods make their way to the ring..
Match Number Two: Erik and Ivar versus JD McDonagh and Finn Balor (with Carlito)
Ivar and JD start things off and Ivar with a shoulder tackle. JD with a side head lock and JD lands on his feet and goes for an O'Connor Roll. Finn and JD double team Ivar and Finn tags in. Finn with punches and he poses over Ivar in the corner. JD tags in and JD with a beard hold. Ivar with a back body drop and Erik tags in and he punches JD. Erik with an exploder and a running drop kick to JD. Ivar tags in and Ivar with a splash to Finn followed by a knee to Finn and they both connect with knees to JD. JD is sent to the floor.
We get a stare down with The War Raiders and New Day. Finn and JD try to attack them from behind but they slam JD and Finn. Erik slams Ivar onto JD. Ivar tags in and he misses a cross body against the apron.
We go to commercial.
We are back and JD punches Erik in the corner. Erik with a clothesline to Finn on the apron and then he connects with a forearm to JD. Ivar and Finn tag in and Ivar with a shoulder tackle and a side slam. Ivar with a cross body and misses a splash in the corner but hits a seated splash and a spin kick of doom. Ivar with a Bronco Buster. Ivar goes up top but misses the moonsault when Finn moves. JD tags in and knocks Erik off the apron with a forearm off Ivar's back. JD with an Asai Moonsault onto Erik and Ivar. JD with a moonsault for a near fall. Finn sends Ivar to the floor. Ivar with a handspring back elbow to both men. Erik picks up JD and Ivar gets up Finn and he sends both of them into each other. Ivar sends Finn into Xavier and Woods and Ivar with a cross body. Erik with a forearm to Carlito and JD with a rollup for a near fall.
JD with a jaw breaker. Carlito distracts the referee and Penta pushes Finn off the turnbuckles. Ivar with War Machine for the three count.
Winners: Erik and Ivar
After the match, Penta celebrates on the announce table and struts.
Sami is with Otis and Paul Heyman shows up and he wants to talk to Sami alone.
Paul says he was thinking about what Sami said about the Bloodline. They are OG Bloodline.
Sami says that Paul blew up what was left of the Bloodline at Wrestlemania.
Paul says he respected Sami's decision to leave and maybe Sami will respect his decision. He says that Seth is the vanguard of the future of the industry. That is how Seth views himself. Bron feels like the dog at the gates. Bron wants a match with Sami. Paul says that him and Seth cannot say no because Bron is the key to his plans. Seth respects Sami so he is going to give him a pass. If you accept a trade to Smackdown this week.
If Sami goes to Smackdown this week, Sami faces the winner of Randy Orton and John Cena. That is how much Seth thinks about you. He tells Sami to think of his future and the future of his family. You can live in the future or you you can die with the past. Paul tells Sami to think about it.
Bron stands at the door and Paul walks into the hallway.
Becky Lynch walks in the back.
Becky Lynch makes her way to the ring.
Becky says she is back in business so let's get down to business. Bayley was tragically taken out of her Wrestlemania match but there won't be any weeks long mystery. She says she has found the culprit. Becky says she did it. She says don't act like she is the bad guy. Don't feign outrage. That woman has attacked her nonstop since 2019 and not one time did she ever apologize to her. The world is supposed to forget about it, just like she has forgotten about the business. Becky says Bayley got to see who a bigger star is when she walked down the ramp at Wrestlemania. That brings her to Lyra. There is an old phrase, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The friend of my enemy is my enemy.
Lyra wouldn't be in this business if it weren't for her. She said Lyra would be the future, but when she was out, Lyra was friends with the woman who has been tormenting her for six years. She told Lyra to ditch that bitch. Lyra never would have won the tag titles with Bayley.
Lyra interrupts.
Lyra says a lot of women warned her about Becky. Bayley was the first and she said Becky would step on your throat if it meant get ahead. Lyra says she didn't buy into it because she wanted to be the Irish tag team champions at Wrestlemania. It took manhandle slam after manhandle slam and now she sees it. She knows what Becky is. The illusion of Becky Lynch is dead. You will pay for what she did to her and Bayley.
Becky leaves the ring and Lyra asks her where is she going. She asks Becky if she is thinking about the last time they met when she beat Becky for the NXT title.
Becky says she only fights when it matters and it doesn't matter in Kansas City.
Lyra says they can do it at Backlash for the title.
Becky says she made Lyra matter.
Lyra interrupts and she says she doesn't want to be the next Becky Lynch. She says she will be a better person and she is a better wrestler.
Lyra drop kicks Becky through the ropes and then she sends Becky into the ring. Lyra with punches and Becky goes to the floor and she runs through the crowd.
While Lyra poses on the stage, Becky attacks Lyra from behind.
Penta is in the back and Nick Aldis shows up and he tells Penta to be tranquilo. He knows that Penta wants revenge. He won't fine Penta but he tells him not to do anything else. He gives Penta a match against JD.
Chad Gable says he wanted to see a luchador on the decline. He mentions Penta's loss at Wrestlemania. He says Penta losing wasn't his favorite part of Wrestlemania, it was watching your useless brother lose to El Grande Americano.
Penta punches Chad.
Chad Gable and Ivy Nile make their way to the ring.
Chad says this is like the wild west. Penta is getting chance after chance. There is one shining star getting a chance. His favorite new wrestler El Grande Americano. Tonight is about Ivy and the challenge she laid out to Stephanie Vaquer. Not only is she our Lady Liberty, she will be the new face of the women's division going forward.
Rusev says he had it all, the gold, the fame, the tank at Wrestlemania. Then he lost himself. He left WWE and on the way to Bulgaria he fell into the abyss. He redeemed himself and fixed himself. He will not fight for a women who wasn't his or a flag that isn't his. He had an epiphany. He will use his hands and jacked body for good. He will hunt the frauds and arrogants who waste their talents for bad. Your lack of suffering ends now. He is the tempest rolling in. He will fix you like he fixed himself. There will be new hardship and there will be no loss.
Match Number Three: Stephanie Vaquer versus Ivy Nile (with Chad Gable) in a Non Title Match
Ivy goes for the leg but Vaquer moves. Ivy with a take down and a cover. Ivy with a front face lock and she gets a near fall. Vaquer with a a bridge and she gets a near fall. Ivy with a side head lock and Ivy with a clothesline. Vaquer with a shoulder tackle. Ivy with a head scissors take down and Vaquer with a satellite rollup for a near fall. Vaquer with a suplex and she gets sets for Devil's Kiss but Ivy escapes and she stretches Vaquer. Vaquer with Devil's Kiss. Ivy goes to the floor and Vaquer is sent into the apron. Ivy sends Vaquer into the ring post. Ivy sends Vaquer back into the ring and Ivy with an Irish whip.
Ivy with another Irish whip and a clothesline. Ivy sets for a delayed vertical suplex and she hits it. Ivy gets a near fall. Ivy wtih an ankle lock into a Calf Crusher. Vaquer with a side head lock. Ivy with a punch and Ivy works on the knee. Vaquer with a jaw breaker. Ivy with a punch and Vaquer with a DDT. Vaquer gets a near fall. Vaquer with Devil's Kiss. Vaquer with a running double knee strike into the corner but Chad puts Ivy's leg on the rope to stop the count. Vaquer goes up top Gable but Ivy hits a German suplex on the floor. Ivy with a running thrust kick in the corner followed by a German suplex for a near fall. Ivy with a slam and she goes up top. Vaquer with a chop and she goes up top and sets for a superplex.
Vaquer with head butts on the turnbuckles and she sets for a superplex and hits it for a near fall. Ivy and Vaquer exchange forearms and Ivy with the advantage. Vaquer with a kick and Ivy escapes SVB. Ivy with a uranage for a near fall. Ivy misses the running thrust kick and Vaquer puts Ivy in the turnbuckles and follows with a kick and Dragon Screw. Vaquer with SVB for the three count.
Winner: Stephanie Vaquer
Nick is with AJ in the office and Nick says if anyone knows how to make a comeback, it is AJ. He has a list of opponents.
Liv, Raquel, and Dom show up.
Liv says she will be filming a movie so that will affect the ratings for Raw.
Dom says he needs some time off too. He says he is the champion and he can do what he wants.
Nick says when you are the champion, the workrate doubles.
Nick says he is busy talking and Dom asks if they are talking about a retirement home.
Dom asks AJ if he broke a hip.
AJ says he has something to break.
AJ says he has an idea and Nick likes it.
Sami Zayn is in the back and Karrion Kross shows up and tells him he has a big decision to make and he hopes it is the right one.
We are told that Lyra Valkyria faces Becky Lynch for the Intercontinental Championship.
Cathy is with Ludwig Kaiser.
Kaiser says week after week, Adam favors others over his fastest rising superstar. He favors other people over Ludwig Kaiser. He says he is sick and tired of the disrespect. Apparently, Ludwig is underappreciated and he is being overlooked. Adam does not know what kind of talent he has on his hands. He is the greatest German export since Mercedes Benz.
Michael brings up what happened last week and he says he has earned the right to give opinions. He says he might get carried away at times but it is due to his emotions.
We take a look back at what happened last week.
Cole mentions the suspension and fine and it is time for Pat to talk.
Pat gets on the announce table and he says this is the right place to give this message. People have forgotten who he is. He has been so successful on the mic that he forgot who he is. He says he had to look in the mirror. He says he is from the east hills of Pittsburgh. He was not handed a lot in his life. He has great friends. He went from being an irrelevant bum to someone known in every city in this country. He doesn't have more talent than everybody. He has a few things people will remember him by. When he dies and he is six feet in the dirt, he says he hopes people say that guy was an incredible worker and he worked his ass off for his community. He hopes they call him an empathetic man who gave money to his community and organizations across the country. He hopes people say that he gave back and made the world better. When he is dead and gone, they will say that he was a loyal motherf***er.
You are with him or against him. There is one man who has been with him since the day he met him and that is Michael Cole. He says he will be loyal until he is in the soil. If someone has something with Cole, he has something with him. When that Ausrian ass**** put his hands on Cole, he had to do something. Pat says he got choked out and he was told he shouldn't have done that to Gunther. Pat said f*** that s***. If he dies he dies.
Pat wants Smackdown's Adam Pearce to come out.
Nick Aldis comes out and he says he knows Adam's management style is to let chaos reign supreme on Monday. This is not the time and place for this discussion. He tells Pat to keep it professional.
Pat says Nick has the power tonight to make things happen. He does not like that Pearce suspended Gunther and that he is not here. Pat says he wants the suspension lifted and he wants to fight Gunther ASAP.
Nick says he talked to Pearce about it. As for lfiting the suspension, the answer is no. You are both too valuable. We can lift the suspension and you can get your hands on him, in a sanctioned contest in a WWE ring. Nick suggests Pat McAfee versus Gunther at Backlash.
Pat accepts the match.
We have a video package for Randy Orton and John Cena.
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