WWE World Heavyweight Title Match: Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins (c)

The Peacock feed is having technical difficulties now as we come back to this match already in progress. Finn Balor and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins are trading strikes. An aggressive Balor beats Rollins down and has words with the referee.

Rollins fights out of the corner and beats Balor down with a flurry of offense. Balor kicks out at 2. Balor blocks a Pedigree. Balor goes for a big move but Rollins turns it into a Falcon Arrow for 2. Balor goes to the floor but Rollins nails three straight suicide dives, knocking Balor into the announce table each time.

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Fans sing for Rollins as he brings it back in. Rollins goes up top. Balor cuts him off and uses his own arm to send him into the ring post, then the floor. Rollins blocks a Barrier Bomb and slams Balor on the apron. They come back out and Balor nails the Barrier Bomb.

Balor brings it back in and hits Slingblade. Balor runs into a superkick, but Balor drops him for 2. Balor with the armbar now. The feed goes back out and comes back to Rollins nailing two Buckle Bombs. Rollins goes up for a Frogsplash but Balor kicks out at 2. The feed comes back to Balor kicking out of a Pedigree.

Damian Priest ends up coming down with his Money In the Bank briefcase. Balor rolls a distracted Rollins up for 2. They tangle and Rollins cradles Balor for 2, but Balor kicks out and sends Rollins into a big right by Priest at the ropes. Balor hits a Pedigree but Rollins kicks out, shocking Balor and Priest.

Priest is seen waving at someone. WWE NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley come through the crowd now, hitting the apron to have words with the referee. Priest offers his briefcase to Balor… for a cash in or for a weapon? He says come on we can do this but Balor is not interested. They argue and Rollins ends up dropping Balor and hitting a Stomp for 2. Rollins is shocked at the kick out.

Rollins goes up top and leaps to the floor to take out Priest. Dominik comes over but Rollins superkicks him. Rollins comes back in but Balor hits a Slingblade, then the corner dropkick. Balor goes up top and hits Coup de Grace but Rollins kicks out at 2 and everyone is shocked as the crowd goes wild.

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Balor is upset now as Priest, Mysterio and Ripley regroup at ringside. Priest slides his briefcase into the ring, then runs to the other side to argue with the referee on the apron. Balor crawls to the briefcase but Rollins jumps up and nails a big Stomp into the briefcase for the pin to win and retain.

Winner: Seth Rollins

After the match, Priest and Rollins stare each other down as the music hits. Rollins grabs the title and begins celebrating as we go to replays. Rollins makes his exit now as Balor looks over at Priest.

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We see NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley walking backstage. Back to commercial.

We go back to the ring and out comes NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley to boos. Ripley announces that Dominik is still your champion.

Ripley says Dominik proved he’s more of a man than Wes Lee and Mustafa Ali, and all of you here. Dominik says that makes him the greatest luchador ever. The music interrupts and out comes Dragon Lee to a pop.

Dragon says he won’t let Dominik disrespect the NXT Universe or his heritage any longer. Ripley says look, it’s Rey Mysterio Junior Jr. Dragon says he doesn’t like Ripley. Dragon says no one, including Dominik, believes this “greatest luchador” stuff because Rey is the greatest luchador of all-time. Dominik goes on about how he made the Mysterio name relevant. Ripley and Dragon disagree about how big Dominik’s balls are. Dragon challenges Dominik to prove he’s the best by defending the title next week.

Dominik says he’s a fighting champion so he will see Dragon next week. Ripley says she will be in Dominik’s corner. Dominik says Mami is all he needs. Ripley says wherever her Latino Heat goes, she goes. Dragon says he won’t be coming alone either… 2023 WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio appears on the big screen to a pop. Rey says he’s proud to be coming to NXT next week to be in the corner of someone who truly deserves it, the future of lucha libre. Rey says he will have the best seat in the house and can’t wait to see Dominik lose the title. The music starts back up to end the segment as fans boo Dominik and Ripley.

We go back to the ring and The Judgment Day is introduced by Samantha Irvin. Priest calls on everyone to rise.

Ripley takes the mic and goes on about how The Judgment Day has been dominating, so who’s going to take them out? Priest names WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, and even Liv Morgan… so no, no one can stop The Judgment Day. Priest says if Sami and Seth show up tonight, he and Dominik will be sure to beat them again. Balor knocks Rollins for faking insanity. Balor says insanity is waking up every day for 7 years and looking at yourself, and seeing scars caused by Rollins, which remind him of a career Rollins ruined and spoiled. Balor can’t erase that but at SummerSlam he can inflict scars on Rollins, which will make him a little bit better because these will remind Rollins of when Balor beat him for the title.

Dominik goes to speak but the loud boos drown him out. He says all of The Judgment Day will have all the goodies at SummerSlam. Fans chant “you suck!” at Dominik and he yells back but they keep booing. Ripley says any idiot who wants to get in their way, take a page out of Raquel Rodriguez’s book – run, hide or learn to enjoy your time in rehab just like Owens and Liv. The music hits and out comes Rodriguez to a big pop.

Rodriguez rushes the ring as Ripley readies for a fight. They start brawling and go back & forth now. Rodriguez clotheslines Ripley to the floor and stands tall to a pop. Rodriguez follows and slams Ripley into the barrier, then spine-first into the ring post. Rodriguez continues man-handling Ripley at ringside. Dominik distracts her, allowing Ripley to take Raquel’s knee out from behind. Ripley laughs as officials rush over to check on Rodriguez. Ripley attacks the knee again, then backs off. The Judgment Day laughs at Rodriguez while officials tend to her.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn vs. NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest

We go back to the ring for tonight’s main event and out comes Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and out comes WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins. Fans sing his song for several minutes as they wait. Out next comes The Judgment Day – Damian Priest and NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio with Finn Balor and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Rollins and Zayn attack outside of the ring.

Fans sing as the brawl continues. Priest brings Sami in but Sami launches himself right back out. Rollins with a big dive to the floor. Rollins chases Balor to the back, then comes back to the ring. Rollins and Zayn stand tall in the ring now as fans pop. The Judgment Day looks on from the floor as we go to commercial.

This match went back & forth for a while. Zayn and Rollins fought off interference and cheap shots by The Judgment Day. The finish saw Priest hit Rollins with the Razor’s Edge to lay him out. Priest looked out at his Money In the Bank briefcase, then told Finn to hand it to him. Balor hesitates but hands it over. Ripley is helping Priest cash in but Rollins superkicks the briefcase before it was official.

Rollins hits Dominik with the briefcase, but Balor raked his eyes from behind. Sami knocks Balor off the apron with a Helluva Kick. Rollins follows up with a Stomp to Priest for the pin to win.

Winners: Sami Zayn and Seth Rollins

After the match, Rollins and Zayn stand tall and celebrate as The Judgment Day looks on. The final RAW before SummerSlam goes off the air.

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Kickoff Show

Now the trio runs down the advertised lineup for tonight’s highly-anticipated event. From there, they send things over to McKenzie Mitchell who is looking to get a live interview in the locker room of NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio.

Instead of “Dirty” Dom, out comes “Mami” Rhea Ripley. The WWE Women’s World Champion tells Mitchell she can talk to her. She tells her they always have a plan and tonight is no different.

She is super confident Dom-Dom is going to win and retain his title. She mentions him getting his mullet ready and closes by saying “Oh and before I forget, Mami’s always on top.”

Backstage Segment

After a quick backstage segment, which sees Jacy Jane attack Lyra Valkyria as Rhea Ripley appears and mentions how she’s loving what she’s seeing from them, we head to the pre-match video package for our next bout of the evening.

Triple Threat for the NXT North American Title: Dominik Mysterio (C) vs. Wes Lee vs. Mustafa Ali

After a quick backstage segment, which sees Jacy Jane attack Lyra Valkyria as Rhea Ripley appears and mentions how she’s loving what she’s seeing from them, we head to the pre-match video package for our next bout of the evening.

With that said, the events leading up to tonight’s triple-threat title tilt for the NXT North American Championship between reigning and defending title-holder Dominik Mysterio, former champion Wes Lee and Mustafa Ali are shown. After it wraps up, we shoot back inside the arena.

Wes Lee’s theme hits and out he comes to the ring to a good reception from the Texas crowd. Out next is Mustafa Ali, to a decent reaction as well. Both guys wait in the ring and glare as Dominik Mysterio makes his way out for this scheduled defense of his newly won NXT North American Championship.

The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. “Dirty” Dom immediately scoots under the bottom rope to avoid the early fight with Lee and Ali. They head out after him but Rhea Ripley comes over and stands in front of him to protect him. He runs into the ring and sprints across, trying to slide under the bottom rope again.

This time, however, Lee and Ali each grab his feet and drag him back into the ring, where they proceed to pummel him with a two-on-one beat down as the crowd goes absolutely bonkers seeing Dom-Dom get what he has had coming to him.

With Dom-Dom down and out of the picture, Lee and Ali turn their attention to each other. They start duking it out and they head to the corner, where we see them head to the top rope together for a big high spot. Before they can execute it, however, Mysterio recovers and knocks them both off and they each crash and burn in violent fashion on the unforgiving floor at ringside.

Back in the ring, we see “Dirty” Dom taking it to Lee, hitting him with the Three Amigos suplex sequence. Lee comes in and Dom hooks him for a fourth double one to finish things off, but they end up countering on him.

Ali fires up on offense and gets Lee in a Boston Crab at the same time he has Dom-Dom in a Camel Clutch. Dom ends up biting his way out of that unfortunate spot. He has Ali and Lee both set up for a 6-1-9. The fans boo as he goes for it, but they end up countering and stopping him before he can. Ali has Dom and Lee each laying back-first hanging over the bottom rope.

He leaps off the top-rope with a 450 splash on both guys, but they each move and he crashes and burns with a nasty landing on the hard part of the ring apron. Lee goes for a splash from the ring to the floor on Dom and Ali, but Rhea Ripley hops on the ring apron to stop him. He ends up building up a head of steam and leaping over her for an insane splash. Ripley loses her cool and power bombs Lee through the commentary table at ringside.

The fans explode and react with a loud “Holy sh*t!” chant. She rolls a lifeless Lee back into the ring and Dom covers him. Lee kicks out. Ripley screams like a crazy person at ringside. She throws him the title belt, which he blasts Lee with. He goes for the cover again and again Lee kicks out and Ripley screams like a psycho.

Ali hits his 450 splash and goes for the cover, but Ripley yanks him out to the floor. Dom heads up to the top-rope and hits a follow-up frog splash and steals the pin for the win to retain. The crowd gives the finish a ton of heat.

Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Dominik Mysterio

After the match, Mysterio stands tall as the music hits and we go to replays. Mysterio and Ripley celebrate and back up the ramp while talking trash. Dominik says The Judgment Day is taking over WWE. Ali and Lee look on from the ring, seething and trying to recover while still down.

Backstage Segment

We see how NXT Heritage Cup Champion Nathan Frazer, Dragon Lee, Valentina Feroz and Yulisa Leon defeated Meta-Four on the Kickoff pre-show. The winners are backstage now talking about the win. Dragon walks off and runs into NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Ripley calls Dragon a wanna-be version of 2023 WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio. Lee says Rey is a hero and a legend, but he has his own story, and you know who Dragon is. Dominik says, as he said on Tuesday, he made the Mysterio name relevant, and his dad is just a hypocrite who only likes to help people that look like him, not an original like his son. Dominik walks off with Ripley as Dragon looks on, saying something about Dominik disrespecting his father.

Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Dominik Mysterio

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The Great American Bash go-home edition of WWE NXT opens up on the USA Network with a video package looking at last week’s main event, where The Judgment Day helped Dominik Mysterio defeated Wes Lee to capture the NXT North American Title. We also see Mysterio retaining over Butch on Friday’s SmackDown, and how he retained over Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn on last night’s RAW. We’re now live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida as Alicia Taylor introduces Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Vic Joseph welcomes us to the show, and he’s joined at ringside by WWE Hall of Famer Booker T. Mysterio and Ripley strut to the ring as fans boo.

Ripley takes the mic and brags about how The Judgment Day runs WWE. The boos get louder when Dominik speaks. He says he finally made the Mysterio name mean something. Fans chant “cut the mullet!” but Ripley shuts them down and says she likes it. Ripley has some words for Lyra Valkyria but the music interrupts and out comes Lee.

Lee is fired up. He’s sick of seeing Dominik carry his title. Lee goes on about his historic reign and he can’t stand how he lost the title, and he wants a rematch. Ripley says a new North American Champion is what NXT needed. Lee agrees – we need a new champion tonight. The music interrupts and out comes Mustafa Ali.

Ali has respect for Lee, but not Mysterio. Ali goes on about how Mysterio steals everything. Ali says he was supposed to win the title from Lee, but this clown dropped the ball last week. Ali and Lee have words. Ali apologizes and says he’s just angry. Fans chant “Triple threat!” now. Ali lashes out at Lee again and they argue. Mysterio says this is their problem, he doesn’t care who is at The Bash, he will fight them both. Mysterio says he’s going to break all of Lee’s records. Dominik and Ripley go to leave through them. Ali goes for Dominik but ends up hitting Lee. They brawl as Ripley and Mysterio laugh from the aisle.

Back from the break and we see Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley backstage. Wes Lee vs. Mustafa Ali vs. Dominik for his NXT North American Title was previously confirmed for The Bash. Dominik isn’t so confident about the match as he asks Ripley if he made the right decision when he offered to defend in a Triple Threat. Ripley assures him that this was the right thing to do.

Back from the break and we see Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley backstage. Wes Lee vs. Mustafa Ali vs. Dominik for his NXT North American Title was previously confirmed for The Bash. Dominik isn’t so confident about the match as he asks Ripley if he made the right decision when he offered to defend in a Triple Threat. Ripley assures him that this was the right thing to do.

WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Lyra Valkyria

We go back to the ring for tonight’s non-title match and out first comes WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley with NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and we see footage of Angel Garza following Humberto Carrillo to the parking lot last week, right after they got into it following the loss to Dragon Lee and NXT Heritage Cup Champion Nathan Frazer. They are both fired up but Humberto is especially upset. Humberto asks his cousin… for the first time in your life, can you listen to me? Humberto asks… are we chasing women or glory? Humberto says he’s not doing this anymore. Humberto tells Angel to wake up, then he storms off as an angry Angel kicks the wall. We go back to the ring and out comes Lyra Valkyria as Ripley and Mysterio look on.

The bell rings and Ripley takes Valkyria to the corner, then backs off. They trade moves and counters for the next several minutes now. At one point Valkyria hit a big dive, ducks a big boot an rolls Ripley up for 2.

Ripley fought back and sent Valkyria into the turnbuckles. The back & forth continued until Ripley used a Wheel-Barrow to launch Valkyria into a German suplex. Ripley dropkicks Lyra to the floor. Dominik and Ripley pose for the camera, taunting Valkyria while she’s down at ringside. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and Ripley is working Valkyria over. They go on and Valkyria blocks a Riptide, taking Ripley down into a choke, then a Sleeper. Ripley rams Valkyria back into the corner, then slams her to the mat to break free. Ripley keeps control and nails a big headbutt now. Ripley goes up top for a Frogsplash but Valkyria jumps up and kicks her to the floor.

Valkyria goes to dropkick Ripley through the ropes but Dominik sacrifices himself and takes the move. Valkyria with more offense at ringside. Valkyria tries to go up top for a splash but Ripley cuts her off and they tangle in the corner. Valkyria with a big DDT, then a Frogsplash for a close 2 count. Valkyria mounts some of her signature offense now. She goes on to hit the enziguri and more kicks, then a dropkick. Ripley dodges a spin kick, but Valkyria blocks a suplex.

More back and forth now until Valkyria springboards at Ripley but Ripley cuts her off with a big kick. Ripley then follows up with Riptide in the middle of the ring for the pin to win.

Winner: Rhea Ripley

After the match, Ripley and Mysterio celebrate as the music hits. Ripley stops at Valkyria and tells her to prove herself to Ripley by defeating Jacy Jayne. Ripley and Mysterio walk off.

Tonight’s WWE RAW opens up live on the USA Network, from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Samantha Irvin introduces The Judgment Day and they are already in the ring – Finn Balor, Damian Priest, WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Priest calls on everyone to rise for The Judgment Day. Ripley goes on about how they run the main shows but they also run WWE NXT now. Balor hypes up each member and shows us a video on the man of the hour. We see how Dominik Mysterio won the NXT North American Title from Wes Lee last Tuesday.

We come back from the video and fans are already booing. Ripley says it is her honor to introduce the hottest man she knows. The music hits and out comes Dominik to loud heat. Kevin Patrick welcomes us to RAW and he’s joined at ringside by Corey Graves. The boos get louder as Dominik raises the title and declares himself to be the new NXT North American Champion. To celebrate his win, he shows us a brief video hyping himself up. Fans chant “you suck!” now. Dominik says he is your new NXT North American Champion but the music interrupts and out come the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions – Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens.

Fans pop big for Owens and Zayn as they speak from the stage. Owens says it feels like we did this last week. The Judgment Day came to the ring and tried to talk tough, no one believed the one with the mullet. Owens hates when no one learns a lesson, and The Judgment Day didn’t learn last week. Owens rips into Dominik about how no one will ever care what he says and if he wants to help the business, just shut up. Fans pop. Dominik says he’s a champion now and will not be disrespected. Sami goes on and proposes a match with Dominik tonight. Dominik tells him to come get some. Sami brings up how The Judgment Day got them to defend their titles last week, so Dominik should do the same tonight with his title. Ripley accepts the challenge for Dominik as The Judgment Day’s music starts back up to end the segment.

NXT North American Title Match: Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn vs. Dominik Mysterio (c)

We go back to the ring and out come the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions – Sami Zayn with Kevin Owens. We go back to commercial.

Back from the break and out comes The Judgment Day – NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio with Damian Priest and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. The bell rings and Zayn attacks as they briefly go back & forth.

Sami unloads and takes control. Sami clotheslines Dominik over the top rope to the floor, then nails a big running dive to keep Dominik down at ringside as Ripley and Priest look on. Fans pop for Sami as Ripley tells them to shut up. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and Sami unloads in the corner, then mounts Dominik with punches as fans count along. We see how Ripley nailed Sami with a cheap shot during the break.

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Sami keeps control but the feed briefly skips as it looks like Priest nails a cheap shot from the apron while Ripley has the referee distracted. Owens then lands a shot of his own it looks like, knocking Priest to the floor. The referee only sees Owens, then ejects him to the back as fans boo. Ripley and Priest laugh but the referee then ejects them to the back.

After the confusion, Sami follows right up with a Michinoku Driver but Dominik kicks out at 2. Dominik avoids a Helluva Kick and dropkicks Sami into the corner. Dominik charges but Sami turns him inside out with a lariat for 2. Sami goes up top but Dominik cuts him off, then climbs up. They fight but Sami headbutts Dominik to the mat.

Sami flies but Dominik dropkicks him in mid-air for a close 2 count. Dominik pounds on Sami now and talks some trash to boos. Dominik launches himself in from the apron with the senton, then hits another dropkick. They tangle and Dominik avoids a Blue Thunderbomb. Sami dodges 619, then nails the Blue Thunderbomb for a close 2 count.

Sami can’t believe it. Dominik comes back and stomps away. Dominik dropkicks Sami into the ropes again, and this time nails 619. Sami kicks out at 2 and Dominik is shocked. Fans rally for Sami as Dominik unloads with punches and taunts him. Sami fights back but Dominik kicks him and hits the Three Amigos to boos. Dominik goes up top for the Frogsplash but Sami gets his knees up.

Sami catches Dominik with the Exploder suplex into the corner. Sami is preparing for the Helluva Kick but he’s distracted by Priest and Ripley coming out with Owens, and dumping him on the stage. Dominik takes advantage of the distraction and rolls Sami up for the pin to win and retain.

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Winner: Dominik Mysterio

After the bell, Priest and Ripley go right back to the back as Sami, Adam Pearce and a medic tend to Owens on the stage. Dominik takes his title and quickly retreats through the crowd to boos as we go back to commercial.

Back from the break and The Judgment Day is walking backstage with Dominik Mysterio bragging about his win. Apollo Crews is talking to Akira Tozawa when The Judgment Day bumps into them and accuses them of disrespect. They intimidate Tozawa into running away. Crews and Priest have words and a match is made for later. The Judgment Day walks off and Tozawa comes back to tell Crews he’s got this. We go back to the ring and out comes Tommaso Ciampa. We see recent events that led to this match.

We see how Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles last week. Liv Morgan is backstage with Byron Saxton now. She confirms Raquel Rodriguez suffered a serious knee injury in the attack by Rhea Ripley last week, but says Raquel is a big girl and will be back soon to take out Ripley. Liv then has words for Ripley ahead of their match tonight, saying she will not back down. Liv heads out. Green and Deville show up now, knocking Saxton for interviewing Morgan instead of them. Ripley shows up and they hurry off. Ripley says she warned Morgan and Rodriguez to stay out of her business, but they didn’t listen, so she took Raquel out, and Liv is next. Ripley asks Saxton if he sees a pattern forming. Ripley walks off as we go back to commercial.

WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Liv Morgan

We go back to the ring and out comes Liv Morgan for this non-title match. Liv is suddenly blindsided at ringside by WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley.

Ripley launches Morgan into the barriers and continues to destroy her at ringside. Ripley rolls Liv in and follows with a steel chair, then decks her. Ripley holds Liv’s arm down, making her scream out. Ripley talks trash and smashes the arm with a chair. Liv cries out.

Ripley tells Liv to get out of her business, she warned her. Liv is crying as officials tend to her. Ripley attacks again, wraps the chair around the arm and then stomps it. Ripley yells about how this is her division as the boos continue. Ripley makes her exit with the title in the air, still talking trash while Liv is being tended to. We go back to commercial.

We go back to the ring and out comes Finn Balor for the SummerSlam contract signing to make the WWE World Heavyweight Title match official. Balor slowly marches to the ring as we go back to commercial.

Back from the break and Balor is at the table for a contract signing. He says Adam Pearce was supposed to oversee this signing, but he has his hands full with all the chaos tonight. Fans start singing already. Balor says he and his opponent are both professionals, and they both want this match, so he thinks they can handle this like gentlemen. Balor calls Seth Rollins out so they can sign this contract and make the SummerSlam match official.

The music hits and out comes the WWE World Heavyweight Champion to a big pop. Fans are singing his song. Rollins enters the ring, signs the contract and pushes it to Balor. Rollins sits back and puts his feet up on the table. Rollins goes on about how Balor has no chance at beating him for the title. Rollins says if somehow Balor pulls it off, then his title reign will be even shorter than his Universal Title reign because his boy Damian Priest will cash in on him. Rollins says Balor knows this is true because he’d do the same to Priest.

Rollins says SummerSlam will not be a coronation of The Judgment Day, it will be the end of The Judgment Day. Balor signs the contract. Balor goes on about how Rollins thinks he’s so smart with everything figured out… Rollins thinks he runs the place but he doesn’t, The Judgment Day does. Damian Priest is seen coming through the crowd, while NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio comes through another part of the crowd. WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley comes walking down the ramp as fans boo.

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Balor says he’s been losing for 7 years and it’s driving him slowly insane, and this is all because of you, Seth. Balor asks Rollins if he knows what insanity feels like. The other members of The Judgment Day hit the apron now. Fans begin singing for Rollins. Balor says this insanity is like a 7 year itch, so he’s going to make Rollins his 7 year bitch. Rollins suddenly tosses the title at Balor, then tips over the table to knock Priest off the apron. Rollins fights off Balor and Dominik, but turns around to a Money In the Bank briefcase shot from Priest. Fans boo.

The music hits and out comes Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn with a steel chair. Sami hits the ring and ducks a briefcase shot from Priest, then unloads on Dominik and Priest. Ripley grabs the chair from Sami as he goes to swing it, allowing Balor to tackle Sami from behind. Balor works Sami over now to boos. Officials rush down to try and restore order but Ripley and Dominik start tossing furniture out at them. Priest with a South of Heaven chokeslam to Sami. They toss Sami to the floor, then bury him under furniture at ringside.

Balor stalks Rollins in the ring now. Rollins is on his knees as The Judgment Day corners him. Rollins attacks first but they beat him down. Priest with a big Razor’s Edge to Rollins in the middle of the ring. Dominik goes up top and nails a Frogsplash on Rollins. Balor then goes up top and hits a Coup de Grace on Rollins as the boos get louder. Balor raises the title over Rollins, then drops it onto him while talking trash. The Judgment Day stands tall in the middle of the ring while Rollins is laid out. RAW goes off the air.

We see how Dominik Mysterio won the NXT North American Title on Tuesday night. Kayla Braxton is backstage with Dominik and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley now. Dominik knocks his father Rey Mysterio and says if he goes on to win the WWE United States Title, that will be nothing compared to him as he will only be champion of the USA while Dominik is champion of North America, 23 countries. Butch shows up to congratulate Dominik. He says we’re in the home of NXT tonight and it feels like Fight Night, so how about a match? Dominik makes excuses and says plus there’s no one from NXT to make the match. WWE Hall of Famer & Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative shows up and says Butch vs. Dominik sounds like a wonderful idea. Shawn is headed to Adam Pearce’s office to get the match made.

NXT North American Title Match: Butch vs. Dominik Mysterio (c)

We go back to the ring and out comes NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio with WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and we see how Ridge Holland injured Elton Prince last week in Pretty Deadly’s match against Holland and Sheamus. Butch makes his way to the ring now. The bell rings and they lock up. Dominik takes Butch down. They run the ropes and Butch decks Dominik, then grounds him and starts bending the fingers while Ripley looks on.

Butch stomps Dominik’s elbow. Dominik tries to fight but Butch takes him back down and works on the fingers. Dominik gets the rope to break it. Dominik drops Butch over the top rope to stun him.

Ripley runs over and places a steel chain in Dominik’s hand. Ripley distracts the referee but Holland runs down and prevents Dominik from using it. Butch nails the enziguri for a close 2 count as we go back to commercial.

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Back from the break and Dominik launches himself in from the apron for 2. Dominik mounts Butch with punches, then applies a headlock. Pretty Deadly comes out now with Kit Wilson pushing Prince in a wheelchair, which is odd as he has a shoulder injury. Butch unloads on Dominik with offense now. Butch with a big right and a stiff kick. Butch misses a stomp. Dominik goes for 619 but Butch side-steps and hits a German suplex. Butch with more offense for 2.

Wilson with a cheap shot but Holland gets involved. Kit backs away as Holland and Butch stare him down at the bottom of the ramp. Prince then jumps out of his wheelchair and runs away with Holland chasing them. Butch goes back to the apron but Dominik kicks him.

Dominik distracts the referee, allowing Ripley to clip Butch’s knee from behind. Dominik then rams Butch into the ring post head-first, and dumps him back into the ring for the pin to win and retain.

Winner: Dominik Mysterio

After the match, Mysterio and Ripley celebrate as we go to replays.

Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley are backstage now. Tony D’Angelo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo walk by and Tony says Dominik’s friend from jail said hello. They wish them good luck and leave. Dominik points out Lyra Valkyria, and Ripley calls her over. Ripley says she told everyone how Lyra is a badass, but then she went and got beat by Jacy Jayne. Ripley asks if she was wrong about Valkyria. Lyra says no, and she will prove it the next time she steps in the ring with Jayne. Lyra walks off and Dominik says she doesn’t want to get on Mami’s bad side.

NXT North American Title Match: Dominik Mysterio vs. Wes Lee (c)

We go back to the ring for tonight’s main event and out comes The Judgment Day’s Dominik Mysterio with WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and out comes NXT North American Champion Wes Lee to a pop. Alicia Taylor does formal ring introductions. They lock up and Lee applied a headlock.

Dominik fought out and they went back & forth early on. Lee dropkicked Dominik to the floor at one point and went to follow but Ripley got in the way. Dominik taunted Lee from behind Ripley as the show went to commercial. Lee finally got hit hands on Dominik and went to work. Dominik turned it around and unloaded in the corner as Ripley looked on.

Dominik ended up going for Three Amigos as Ripley did the taunt for WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero at ringside. Lee blocked the third suplex but Dominik dropkicked him, then went on to hit 619 and a Michinoku Driver for 2. Dominik went for the Frogsplash but Lee moved. The back & forth and pin attempts continued until Dominik grabbed the title belt but Lee nailed a suicide dive.

Lee kept control and went up for a Spinal Tap. Finn Balor rushed in from out of nowhere, distracting the referee. Damian Priest also ran in but Lee hit him with a Cardiac Kick. Ripley hit Lee in the back of the head with a belt shot, allowing Dominik to get the pin to win the title.

Winner and New NXT North American Champion: Dominik Mysterio

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After the match, The Judgment Day regroups the ring, celebrating and praising Dominik. The music hits and we go to replays. NXT goes off the air with The Judgment Day posing at the entrance-way.

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Jackie Redmond is backstage with Undisputed WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez to discuss tonight’s title defense. WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley shows up and dismisses Redmond. Raquel and Rhea have words, then Liv goes to talk about how they’re not afraid of Ripley, but Ripley drops her with a headbutt. Ripley and Rodriguez brawl now as officials try to keep them apart. Ripley kicks Raquel in the knee. A doctor is called to look at the knee now.

We go back to the ring and out comes The Judgment Day – Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and we see Valhalla and The Viking Raiders backstage waiting. We go to the ring and The Judgment Day is out. Ripley says they are stronger than ever. She laughs at the idea they’d ever break up. Ripley goes on about how she is the most dominant woman in WWE. She says Priest and Balor will become world champions, and tomorrow Dominik will become WWE NXT North American Champion.

Dominik goes to speak but the boos drown him out. Priest touts his Money In the Bank briefcase and shows that he and Finn are on the same page. Finn says he will be listening to WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins later tonight, but their issues will not be over until the title is around Balor’s waist. Dominik goes to speak again but the boos pick up and now the music hits as Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn come to the stage.

Sami polls fans on who paid to hear Dominik speak or who wants to see him get beat up. Priest says they’ve been focusing on singles titles, but he sees a set of titles that will look good in The Judgment Day. Owens has looked to be really annoyed since coming out. Priest challenges them to put the titles on the line. Fans chant “yes!” now. Sami asks Owens to respond. Owens snaps a bit and says he doesn’t care as long as he gets to hit a Stunner on Dominik and kick Priest’s face in. The music hits as fans pop.

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles Match: Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn (c)

We go back to the ring for tonight’s main event and out first are Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn to a pop. Back to commercial.

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Back from the break and out comes The Judgment Day – Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio with Finn Balor and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. We get formal ring introductions from Samantha Irvin.

The bell hits and the match begins but WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins comes rushing through the ring from out of nowhere, hitting a suicide dive on Balor at ringside. They get up and start brawling to the back. Lots of back & forth to start. At one point the champs double teamed Dominik. Owens then hit another splash on Dominik, taunting Priest. Priest tried running in but the referee held him back.

Priest eventually came in and mounted offense on Sami. Dominik tagged in for the double team. Sami ended up following Dominik to the floor, then tossing him into the announce table. Sami had words with Rhea, but then turned into a baseball slide from Dominik. Priest tagged in and chokeslammed Sami into the edge of the apron for the commercial break.

The back & forth action and close pin attempts continued. At one point Dominik got huge heat as he planned to hit 619 on Sami but it was blocked. The finish saw Owens cannonball Priest off the apron to the floor, then Sami dove out onto Dominik. Ripley ran over and launched Owens into the steel ring steps while the referee wasn’t looking. Priest hung Sami up on the top rope throat-first, then Dominik rolled him up for 2. Ripley jumped up on the apron to argue with the referee but Liv Morgan ran down and pulled her off, then worked her over. Ripley fought back and they went into the barrier. Liv then tackled Ripley over into the timekeeper’s area. A distracted Dominik turned into the Exploder from Sami. Sami went for a Helluva Kick on Dominik but Priest rushed in and grabbed Sami for a chokeslam. Owens then rushed in and made the save with a Stunner to Priest. Sami then hit the Helluva Kick on Dominik for the pin to win and retain.

Winners: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

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We go right to the ring and out comes The Judgment Day – Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Alicia Taylor does the introduction. Priest is carrying his Money In the Bank briefcase.

Fans chant “Mami!” as the music stops. A “welcome home!” chant starts up. Balor says daddy’s home and fans pop. This is the house Balor built and he’s back to lay down some house rules with The Judgment Day. He introduces Priest and Ripley to boos, but the loud boos start up for Dominik. Priest orders all to rise for The Judgment Day. Priest addresses Trick Williams and NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes, who thought they were calling out a divided group, but this is who runs WWE, who runs NXT, this is The Murderer’s Row of WWE. Dominik tries to speak but the boos are too much.

The music interrupts and out comes Trick and Carmelo. Ripley yells at them for interrupting Dominik. They joke on Dominik and hit the ring. Hayes thanks them for coming but says this is about Balor. He says Balor is on the NXT Mount Rushmore but NXT is full of Trick & Melo influence now. Hayes says Balor did get the best of him on RAW, but this is NXT and Trick & Melo run things. Ripley laughs at him and says that’s pure ego. Priest also dismisses this.

Trick and Priest have words now as fans pop. Hayes goes to suggest a match but Balor warns him – if you come at The Prince, you better not miss. Hayes says let’s do this then. Hayes drops the mic as the music hits and they face off.

McKenzie Mitchell is backstage with NXT North American Champion Wes Lee, asking about his Great American Bash match with Mustafa Ali. Lee goes on about how he takes all matches serious, but this one is different as he can’t get a good read on Ali and come up with a strategy. Dominik Mysterio walks up with Rhea Ripley. Dominik says Lee must be the Open Challenge guy, so he accepts. Lee says he hasn’t held an Open Challenge in some time. Dominik says that’s because he’s around now. Ripley says Lee is pathetic. Lee says he hasn’t held an Open Challenge because things got crazy around here, but if Dominik wants to get crazy, he will go get the match made. Dominik stops him and says they will do it next week.

The Judgment Day vs. NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams

We go back to the ring for tonight’s main event and out comes NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and out comes The Judgment Day – Finn Balor and Damian Priest with Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley.

The bell rings and Priest locks up with Trick. Trick with a headlock and a shoulder but Priest is still standing. Priest unloads on Trick in the corner now. Priest keeps control until Balor tags in and works Trick over. Balor chokes Trick on the ropes.

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Balor kicks Trick around and tags Priest back in to take over. Priest goes on and hits a Broken Arrow for a close 2 count. Priest grounds Trick and blocks a comeback attempt. Balor tags back in with chops. Trick looks to turn it around but Balor takes him back to the corner. They go on until Trick finally comes out of the corner with a big clothesline on Balor.

Hayes tags in to a pop now. They unload on Priest with a big double team, and Balor was also sent to the floor. They go on and hit an assisted springboard to Priest, sending him back out. Hayes and Trick pose in the ring as The Judgment Day regroups at ringside and we go to commercial.

More back and forth after the break. At one point Priest and Balor unloaded on Hayes with kicks, then Balor hit a scissors kick to taunt Booker T. Balor controls Hayes now, shutting down his comeback attempt and preventing a tag. Balor ended up hitting a backbreaker, then Priest hit a leg drop for a 2 count.

Priest and Balor keep control. Priest with a knee strike, but Hayes comes back with a jawbreaker. Trick tags in and unloads on Priest, hitting strikes and a dropkick and high knee. Trick with a Flapjack and a neckbreaker for a 2 count. Priest and Trick trade big kicks now and both go down.

Hayes and Balor tag in and they go at it. Hayes with the Atomic Drop and a superkick for a close 2 count. Balor comes back with a Slingblade and the corner dropkick. Balor goes up top for Coup de Grace but Hayes dodges it and nails a springboard lariat. Priest tags in and knocks Trick off the apron but Hayes rolls him up for 2. Priest goes for the South of Heaven chokeslam but it’s blocked with a big Stunner. Priest keeps control of Hayes and drops him for another pin attempt as Trick makes the save. Priest ends up pulling Trick to the floor and slamming him on top of the announce table with a Razor’s Edge.

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Priest goes back in and flies off the top but Hayes superkicks him in mid-air, then spikes him again. Dominik hits the apron to distract Hayes, but Hayes decks him. Priest rocks Hayes and goes on as fans rally for Hayes. Hayes blocks South of Heaven with a big DDT. We see Ripley whispering something to Dominik at ringside now.

Dominik grabs a steel chair and tries to bring it in but the referee keeps stopping him. This allows Ripley to go over and toss the Money In the Bank briefcase to Priest. Priest waits to hit Hayes with the briefcase but Ilja Dragunov runs down and jumps up on the apron, then grabs the briefcase from Priest. Hayes charges at Priest but he side-steps and Hayes accidentally knocks Dragunov to the floor.

Priest comes right back with South of Heaven to Hayes in the middle of the ring. Balor tags in and goes up top for Coup de Grace, nailing it for the pin to win.

Winners: The Judgment Day

After the match, The Judgment Day stands tall to mostly boos. We go to replays. Hayes is in the ring now, yelling out at Dragunov on the floor. The Judgment Day pose together at the entrance-way as NXT goes off the air.

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