We are live from the Air Canada Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We start an hour earlier than usual.
Pre-show results: Naom Dar, Rich Swann and TJ Perkins def. Ariya Daivari, Drew Gulak and Tony Nese.
Kane def. Luke Harper
We start things off with the Women’s elimination match. After all of team WWE SmackDown Live members make their entrance, Nikki Bella’s music plays and we await her entrance.
Apparently she was attacked from behind and knocked out cold as we get footage from the back of a trainer and Daniel Bryan along with the coach for the team, Natalya examining Nikki. The trainer says he cannot clear Nikki for the match and Daniel decides that Natalya would be taking Nikki’s place in the match.
Team RAW (Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Alicia Fox, Nia Jax, and Bayley) vs Team SmackDown Live (Natalya, Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Carmella and Naomi): Alicia and Carmella start things off for their respective teams and start by trading offense. Carmella hits the bronco buster in the corner, while Becky and Bayley tag themselves in respectively. Charlotte tags herself in even before Becky and Bayley can go at it.
Sasha then tags herself in and Team RAW starts fighting with each other, and in the process brawl with team SmackDown. Nia Jax clears house. The first elimination occurs when Alicia hits the axe kick on Carmella for the three count. Alicia is taken out by Alexa.
Naomi connects with a suicide dive onto Nia on the outside. Nia retaliates by slamming Naomi into the ring post. (Ouch! That must have hurt!). Naomi is unable to respond to the referee’s 10 count and is eliminated. One elimination per team.
Sasha connects with the double knees twice on Natalya and goes for the backstabber, but Alexa breaks it up. Natalya rolls up Sasha from behind for the three count. Sasha is eliminated. The RAW women’s champion, Charlotte comes in now. Natalya drops her with a sit out powerbomb. Natalya locks her in the sharp shooter but Charlotte gets to the ropes with a bit of help from Dana.
Charlotte retaliates with a big boot on Natalya for the three count. Becky and Alexa double team on Nia but Nia over powers both of them and hits a suplex on both of them. Nia picks up Alexa, but Becky comes off the top rope that drops Nia and Alexa. Becky locks in the disarm her on Nia and she taps out. Nia is eliminated.
Nia beats down on Becky at ring side after her elimination, while Charlotte drops Alexa with a big boot and eliminates her. It is now down to Charlotte and Bayley vs Becky. Becky looks for the disarm her on Bayley, but she rolls through and delivers a suplex. Becky goes for the submission again, but Bayley gets to the ropes and counters Becky with a belly to belly for the three count. The winners: Team RAW.
Post-match, Charlotte attacks Bayley, setting up a potential feud for the upcoming Roadblock pay per view supposedly.
James Ellsworth is shown walking backstage giving high-fives. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson approach him and make fun of him. Lots of chin jokes. Mick Foley comes in and sticks up for Ellsworth.
Ellsworth talks about how big a fan he is of Foley and starts talking about his match at the Hell in A Cell and how Foley beat the Rock for the world title. Foley tries to talk Ellsworth into making the transition to RAW, but Ellsworth declines. They shake hands and Foley walks away. Ellsworth turns around into Braun Strowman, who asks Ellsworth if he knows him and Ellsworth runs away.
The Miz vs Sami Zayn for the intercontinental Championship: Back and forth action between the two initially. Zayn knocks Miz out of the ring with a flying knee.
Miz drags Zayn out along with him and Zayn hits a springboard moonsault off the barricade. Maryse distracts Zayn and Miz attacks Zayn’s knee. Zayn comes back with a kick and follows it up with a one legged suicide dive. Miz goes for a move, but Zayn comes off the top rope, but Zayn connects with the blue thunder bomb for a two count.
Zayn tries to go for the big boot, but he still seems to be injured. Miz locks in the Figure Four leg lock on Zayn but Zayn gets to the ropes. Appears Zayn is injured on his left knee. Miz connects with ‘Yes!’ kicks. Zayn catches the Miz on the last kick and locks him in the figure four. Maryse rings the bell at ring side, prompting Zayn to think that he won the match and releases the hold. Miz rolls up Zayn from behind for the win. As we predicted, Miz retains and the title stays on SmackDown Live.
Dean Ambrose and AJ styles are trash talking backstage. Shane walks in and asks them to cut it out and asks them to stay on the same page only for one night, tonight.
Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Live Tag team elimination match: Surprisingly from SmackDown Live, Fandango starts things off and starts issuing fashion violation tickets to everyone. The New Day get him with a Midnight Hour and he is eliminated. Jey connects with a super kick on Kofi immediately, eliminating him.
Gallows and Anderson start working on Mojo till Ryder gets the tag, who cleans house. He hits a double knee on Anderson and follows it up with a missile drop kick. Gallows tags himself in and connects with the magic killer on Ryder, eliminating him. Gable comes in next and Gallows tags in Sheamus.
Jordan and Primo are tagged in and the American Alpha connect with the Doomsday device on the Shining Stars, eliminating them. After this there is a brawl that breaks out with the action spilling to the outside.
Slater goes to the top and hits a dive onto everyone. Gable connects with a german suplex on Cesaro and launches Jordan into a suicide dive onto everyone. Gallows connects with a super kick on Jordan and connects with the Magic Killer on Jordan. American Alpha are eliminated. Slater comes in and clears house.
Anderson comes back with a spine buster and tags in Sheamus. Rhyno and Gallows tag themselves in and Rhyno connects with the gore to eliminate Gallows and Anderson.
Cass connects with a big boot on Gallows and follows it up with a boom shaka laka to eliminate Slater and Rhyno. Usos connect with a super kick and follow it up with a splash to eliminate Enzo and Cass. Usos connect with super kicks to Cesaro, sending him to the outside. Sheamus connects with a big boot on Jimmy and goes to the top rope. He hits the white noise on Jimmy, but Jey retaliates with the super kick and pins Sheamus.
The pin is broken by Cesaro. Cesaro connects with a 619 on Jey and follows it up with a splash for a two count. Cesaro calls for the Cesaro swing and tries to swing Jey, but Jimmy super kicks Cesaro in the knee. Jey gets Cesaro in the Tequila Sunrise. Cesaro gets out of it and locks in the sharp shooter on Jey. Sheamus connects with a super kick on Jimmy and meanwhile, Jey taps out. The winners: Team RAW.
Cruiserweight championship match: Brian Kendrick vs Kalisto: Kendrick crushes Kalisto between the apron and the steel steps and connects with a boot. Kalisto gets back before the 10 count and connects with a Spanish fly on Kendrick. Kendrick crotches Kalisto on the top rope and then connects with a captain’s hook off the turnbuckle. He applies the hold on the mat and Kalisto gets to the ropes.
Kalisto connects with kicks and connects with the salida del sol for a two count. He goes to the top rope, but Corbin comes out and attacks Kendrick from behind. Kalisto jumps off the top but Corbin catches him and connects with the End of Days. The match ends in a disqualification and the winner by disqualification is, Brian Kendrick. The title stays on RAW, along with the entire Cruiserweight division. This is the second prediction coming true here!
Post-match, Daniel Bryan cuts a promo on Corbin.
Men’s 5 on 5 elimination match: Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Live. Styles and Owens start things off for their respective teams. Owens tags in Jericho, who works on Styles. Styles comes back with a drop kick.
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