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Your hosts for the Count Down show are Stephanie McMahon and Joe Tessitore.
Joe Tessitore runs through tonight's show.
They talk about how important Madison Square Garden is for WWE.
Jackie gives an update on CM Punk and Cody Rhodes about working together tonight.
Cathy talks about Gunther and Sami Zayn.
Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are at ringside to do commentary.
Match Number One: Laredo Kid versus Trick Williams in a Non Title Match
Trick rips at Laredo's mask and tosses a piece into the crowd. They push each other before the match starts.
They lock up and Trick with a shoulder tackle. Laredo with kicks to the leg and Trick pushes him down. Trick misses a splash into the corner. Laredo goes up top and hits a missile drop kick. Laredo with a chop in the corner followed by shoulders. Laredo wraps Trick's leg in the ropes. Laredo slaps Trick. Trock with a spinning back heel kick. Trick sends Laredo into the corner and he punches Laredo. Trick with a hard Irish whip and Trick gets a near fall. Trick with a delayed vertical suplex attempt but Laredo tries for a counter with an inside cradle, but Trick blocks it and hits the suplex. Trick with punches in the corner. Laredo with a running forearm into the corner and he follows with a thrust kick. Laredo with a clothesline. Laredo goes to the turnbuckles for a moonsault and he gets a near fall. Laredo slaps Trick and sets for a suplex. Trick escapes but Laredo with a drop toe hold and a single leg crab. Trick kicks Laredo away. Laredo with a kick to the chest.
Laredo misses a round kick and Trick hits the jumping neck breaker. Trick with punches and a jumping side kick. Laredo avoids a kick but Trick with a flap jack. Trick with a back hand slap and kicks. Laredo with a victory roll to counter a uranage. Trick goes over the top rope when Laredo drops down. Laredo kicks Trick in the ropes. Laredo with a swanton off the ring post to the floor. Laredo goes up top and misses a corkscrew moonsault. Trick with a jumping knee for the three count.
Winner: Trick Williams
We take a look at Danhausen's parade in New York earlier today.
We take a look at highlights from Fanatics Fest.
Stephanie is in the ring and she brings out Oba Femi.
Stephanie brings up what Oba said on Monday night and asks if there is any trepidation about Hell in a Cell.
Oba says the score is one to one. Some say you are only as good as your last game and he lost their last match. He says he is miles ahead with the mental game. He says he is in Brock's head and he lives in his head. Oba says Brock lost at Wrestlemania, fake retired, and ran away. Brock will understand that the tides are changing and at SummerSlam, he is not locked in there with Brock. Brock is locked in there with him.
Your hosts for the broadcast are Joe Tessitore and Stephanie McMahon.
Your announcers are Wade Bareett and Michael Cole.
Match Number One: Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid versus Paige and Brie Bella for the Women's Tag Team Championships
Paige sends Reid to the floor and Fallon goes after Paige. Paige with a kick and Brie tags in. They kick Reid and hit a double Code Breaker. Brie with a drop kick and she goes for a round kick but Fallon blocks it and Fallon with a forearm. Brie sends Fallon into the corner and Paige with a knee in the corner. Paige and Brie with a double bulldog for a near fall. Rie tags in and drops Paige on the top rope and hits a suplex. Reid with punches. Reid with an elbow and Fallon tags in and kicks Paige. Reid tags in and she kicks Paige. Reid with a snap mare and boot to the head. Reid with a reverse chin lock.
Paige with a jaw breaker and forearms but Reid keeps Paige from making the tag. Page is sent into the turnbuckles and Paige with an elbow to Reid and kick to Fallon. Brie tags in and hits a double clothesline and a clothesline to Fallon. Fallon with an Irish whip but Brie with a side Russian leg sweep. Brie with round kicks. Brie with a round kick to Reid and then she hits running knees to Reid and Fallon. Brie goes up top and she hits a missile drop kick on Fallon for a near fall. Brie goes for the LeBell Lock and Fallon gets to the ropes before Brie can lick it in. Fallon with a flying hair take down. Brie with a punch and Paige tag in. Paige goes to the apron and she connects with knees. Paige punches Jacy on the apron. Fallon with a punch and Fallon puts Paige in the ropes. Fallon wit a sliding German suplex and Reid tags in and misses a double jump moonsault when Brie pulls Paige out of the way.
Paige slaps Fallon to the floor. Reid with a rollup for a near fall. Reid with a punch. Reid pulls down the knee pad and Paige wit a thrust kick to Reid. Paige goes for RamPaige but Jacy gets on the apron to distract the referee. Fallon clotheslines Paige. Reid is sent into the ring post but Fallon holds on to Reid. Brie with a clothesline off the ring steps. Paige with a rollup for a near fall and then Jacy pushes Reid over in front of the referee and the referee makes the three count.
Winners: Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid (new champions)
Cathy is with Sami Zayn in the back.
Sami says he is trying to choose his words and he does not want to call himself a victim, but look at everything that has happened. All Punk and Cody needed to get a title match at SummerSlam is say when. Sami says he had to bang himself against the glass ceiling. Sami says he has to team with a man who says that Sami is not on his level.
Gunther tells Sami to stay out of his way and don't ruin SummerSlam for him.
We have a video package for the Danhausen?JD McDonagh match.
Jackie wants to talk to JD before he goes to teh ring.
She asks if JD is prepared for whatever Danhausen has in store for him.
JD says he no more games tonight and he is getting it.
Match Number Two: JD McDonagh versus Danhausen in a No Disqualification Match
Danhausen winds up for a curse but JD gets out of the way and he goes to the floor. Dom gets on the apron with Danhausen's Knicks jersey. JD attacks Danhausen from behind and he chops Danhausen. JD chokes Danhausen. They go to the floor. JD Irish whips Danhausen into the ringside barrier. JD does it again. JD sends Danhausen into the announce table and connects with forearms. Dom hits Danhausen and JD continues to send him into the announce table. They return to the ring and JD with a suplex. JD goes to the turnbuckles and hits a diving head butt for a near fall. JD with a hard Irish whip while Dom cleans his shoes with Danhausen's jersey. JD with an elbow drop to the back.
JD with a chop and hard Irish whip. Danhausen with punches and chops. Danhausen punches JD from the turnbuckles. JDdrops Danhausen onto the turnbuckles and JD gets a near fall. Dom hands JD the jsersey and JD wipes himself with it. JD puts the jersey on top of Danhausen but misses a moonsault. Danhausen puts on the jersey and JD slaps Danhausen. JD with more slaps and Danhausne with punches. Danhausen with a reverse atomic drop and clothesline. Danhausen with an exploder to Dom. Danhausen goes for a reverse DDT but JD drops down and gets a near fall with a victory roll. JD goes for a suplex but Danhausen with Stundog Millionaire for a near fall.
Danhausen is hit from behind by Dom and Dom kicks Danhausen. JD and Dom kick Danhausen. Dom holds Danhausen and JD with a head butt. JD with a second head butt. Dom and JD rip the jjersey and then Dom tells JD they should get a table. The table is not under the ring when they check. They go to a second side and they pull out a table and there is a MiniHausen on the table. More show up and one hits a cross body and the next one takes them down. They punch Dom and JD. Dom kicks one away. They Irish whip the Mini Hausens into the ringside barrier and ring steps.
Danhausen puts the cat in the cloning machine while Dom brings the table into the ring. They set up the table with a Mini Hausen.
The machine is running and out comes Karl Anhonty Towns. Karl goes to the ring with Danhausen.
Danhusen curses JD and Karl grabs JD and choke slams him. He does the same thing to Dom, but through the table. Danhusen with a reverse DDT for the three count.
Winner: Danhausen
Lyra is in the back and Cathy tries to talk to her to get her feelings and thoughts about Bayley.
Lyra says the last time they were in the building, they wrestled for the tag title. Lyra says she wanted to make it to the top but here we are.
Cathy asks if she will be done with Bayley after tonight.
Lyra says think of who she would have been if Bayley had been who she needed. Bayley will be out of her head forever after tonight.
We take a look at Fanatics Fest.
Jackie stops Bayley in the back on her way to the ring about the match.
Bayley says she thought Lyra was different, but she is the one who id different. She will stop Lyra tonight.
Match Number Three: Lyra Valkyria versus Bayley
They lock up and Bayley backs Lyra into the corner and Bayley slaps Lyra. Bayley with a front face lock and punches. Lyra sends Bayley to the mat. Bayley with a double leg take down. Lyra gets to the ropes and goes to the apron. Bayley with a forearm after she goes to the floor. Bayley with a forearm to Lyra and she sends Lyra to the apron and she suplexes Lyra to the floor. The referee pulls Bayley away from Lyra after Lyra starts to bleed. The referee checks on Lyra and Bayley with a take down and punches on the floor. Lyra with forearms against the apron and Bayley with a forearm. Lyra is sent into teh apron and then they return to the ring.
Bayley sends Lyra to the apron and Bayley sets for a cutter in the ropes but Lyra pushes her away. Lyra pulls Bayley into the top rope. Lyra yells at Bayley for what she did to her nose. Lyra slams Bayley's head into the mat. The referee checks on Lyra's nose and she connects with shoulders in the corner. Bayley with an Irish whip that sends Lyra over the top rope to the floor. Bayley is stopped by the referee. Bayley with a cross body to Lyra. They return to the ring and Bayley gets a near fall. Lyra with a hip toss and a snap mare. Lyra with a knee drop to the head. Bayley wtuith an Irish whip but Bayley runs into a boot. Lyra stands on Bayley's head.
Bayley with forearms and a back body drop. Lyra with an Irish whip and Bayley floats over and gets a near fall with a sunset flip. Bayley with a Boston Crab and Lyra rolls through and kicks Bayley away. Bayley with a cutter in the ropes. Bayley goes up top and she sets for an elbow drop but Lyra recovers and stops Bayley with a forearm. Lyra iwth a neck breaker on the top turnbuckle. Lyra with a kick to Bayley in the ropes and Lyra goes to the turnbuckles for a leg drop to the back of the head. Lyra gets a near fall. Bayley and Lyra exchange punches. Lyra wit kicks and Bayley with a T-bone suplex. Bayley with a sunset fliip power bomb into the turnbuckles. Lyra escapes Rose Plant. Bayley with a Northern Lariat and a cross face. Bayley keeps Lyra from getting to the ropes and rolls into the center of the ring.
Lyra goes for Night Wing but Bayley escapes. Lyra runs Bayley into the top rope to escape an O'Connor Roll. Lyra gras Bayley and Bayley goes for a belly-to-belly suplex but Lyra escapes and she applies a rear naked choke. Bayley passes out and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Lyra Valkyria
After the match, Lyra kicks Bayley to the floor.
Lyra starts to head to the back but she stops and turns around to pick up Bayley and send her into the ring post. Lyra returns to the Bulldog choke. The referee pushes Lyra off Bayley.
Lyra moves the ring steps and she picks up Bayley and Lyra hits Night Wing on the ring steps.
Cathy is with Cody and Punk.
She asks them about their motivation for tonight.
Cody asks why Cathy didn't ask the 'can they co-exist'. He says he wants no excuses from Punk when he beats him.
Punk says Cody is his friend and his partner tonight, but at SummerSlam, Cody is his opponent. They need to make sure they have a one-on-one match at SummerSlam.
Punk asks Cody who goes out first.
Match Number Four: Cody Rhodes and CM Punk versus Gunther and Sami Zayn in an If Sami and Gunther win we get a Fatal Four Way at SummerSlam for the WWE Title, but if Cody and Punk win, no change to the title match Match
Punk punches Same when he is about to enter the ring and the referee starts the match.
Punk with n arm bar and Cody tags in and hits a double sledge to the arm. Punk with a kick and Cody with a punch. Cody with a wrist lock and arm wringer. Punk tags in and hits a dobule sledge. Gunther punches Punk and tags in. Gunther with chops to Punk. punk goes to the floor and Sami tags in but Gunther chops Punk while Sami forces Cody into the ring to distract the referee. Gunther drops Punk on the ringside barrier. Cody goes to check on Punk while the referee makes his count. Cody sends Punk into the ring and Sami with punches. Sami with head butts. Sami punches Punk and puts him on the turnbuckles. Punk pushes Sami away and he hits a clothesline on Sami and both are down.
Cody and Gunther tag in and they exchange punches. Cody floats over and hits a power slam. Cody with Beautiful Disaster. Sami tags in and Cody with jabs and a ionic Elbow. Gunther goes for a belly-to-back suplex and Cody lands on his feet. Cody with a Cody Cutter to Gunther. Cod with a suicide dive to Sami.Cody punches Gunther and comes off the turnbuckles. Gunther misses a clothesline and Cody hits a double jump Cody Cutter for a near fall. Gunther with a snap mare to escape CrossRhodes and Sami tags in. Cody escapes a Blue Thunder Bomb. Cody goes for CrossRhodes and Sami counters with a Victory Roll and he gets a near fall. Sami with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall.
Sami missesa Helluva Kick when Cody moves. Punk makes the tag and he hits a clothesline off the turnbuckles. Punk with a running knee into the corner and a bulldog. Punk goes up top for an elbow drop and hits it and gets a near fall. Punk with an Anaconda Vice and Cody stops Gunther. Cody escapes a power bomb and Cody with a figure four on Gunther. Gunther rakes Punk's eyes to get him to release the hold. Sami hits Cody. Sami with an exploder into the turnbuckles and Sami sets for a Helluva Kick and he connects. Cody with CrossRhodes on Sami to prevent the cover. Gunther with a short arm clothesline to Cody and Gunther tries for a clothesline but Punk counters with Go to Sleep.
Sami goes to his corner to try to make the tag and Punk does the same but Cody is not there. Gunther tags in and Punk with a sleeper on Gunther. Punk bumps into Cody and Cody falls off the apron. Gunther with a sleeper on Punk. Punk gets Gunther up but Gunther with elbows. Gunther with a sleeper and Cody makes the tag. Cody with CrossRhodes on Gunther Cody gets a near fall. and in the process of breaking up the cover, the referee is hit by Sami and Punk. Sami punches Punk and then he punches Cody. The referee has fallen to the floor. Punk with Go To Sleep to Sami. Cody punches Gunther.
Punk with a chop to Gunther. Cody with punches and Punk with chops. Cody goes for a Cody Cutter on Gunther but Gunther pushes Punk in the way. Gunther gets the title belt and he sets to hit Cody with it and he connects. Gunther tosses the title belt to the floor and then Gunther with a power bomb. Gunther signals for a new referee and he comes to the ring but Nick Aldis pulls the referee from the ring. Gunther sees what Aldis did and Aldis hits Gunther with the title belt. Punk with a Go to Sleep and Punk puts Cody on top of Gunther as Nick wakes up the referee to make the three count.
Winners: Cody Rhodes and CM Punk
After the match, Cody gives Punk the title belt and they shake hands and hug. Cody raises Punk's hand and then Punk accidentally hits Cody with the title belt when he puts it over his shoulder.
Stephanie and Joe talk about what just happened
Jalen Brunson makes his way to the ring with Roman Reigns.
Roman says this is something you don't see every day. Some of you are asking what are they doing out here. This is rare air. This is where greatness acknowledges greatness. Roman says it is no secret that this city is the home of WWE. He is not gonna lie, you make him feel like he is home too. Roman says 53 years was way too long. Jalen will tell you this is a team sport and it took everybody on the roster. There is only one tribal chief and there is only one captain.
Roman says in the WWE, every champion needs a title. Roman says he made some moves and he gives Jalen his own title belt.
Roman says Jalen earned it. Now it is complete and it is time to acknowledge them.
Seth Rollins's music interrupts and Tyrese Halliburton comes out with a chair.
Seth comes from the crowd and attacks Roman from behind with a forearm and then he kicks Roman. Tyrese gives Seth the chair and he hits a thrust kick. Seth sets for Black Out on the chair but Jalen stands in the way.
Seth takes off his jacket and he has some words for Jalen. Jalen tells Seth this is his house mother f***er. Roman with a Superman punch and spear.
The Larry O'Brien trophy is brought into the ring.
We go to credits.
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