WWE HIAC

The kickoff panel hypes tonight’s match card.

 

R-Truth vs. Drew Gulak for the 24/7 Championship 

R-Truth won 

 

Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jey Uso - I Quit Match for the Universal Championship inside Hell In A Cell

Roman Reigns won and retains the Universal Championship 

Elias vs. Jeff Hardy 

 

Elias won via DQ

 

 

 

The Miz vs. Otis - Winner Gets Money in the Bank Contract 

The Miz won and is the New Mr. Money in the Bank.

 

 Bayley (c) vs. Sasha Banks - Hell in a Cell Match for the SmackDown Women's Championship

 

 

 

Sasha Banks won and becomes the NEW SamckDown Women’s Champion

 

 

 

Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Slapjack - United States Championship 

 

 

 

Bobby Lashley won and retains the US Title

 

 

 

Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton - Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship

 

 

Randy Orton won and becomes the new WWE Champion 

 

 

 

 

Rating: 70/70

 

Great show and matches 

SmackDown

The entire SmackDown locker room is on the stage, minus Roman Reigns, while Stephanie McMahon and Triple H are in the ring. 

Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode attack the Street Profits, leading to a big roster sized brawl. 

 

As the brawl continues, Lars Sullivan makes his entrance. Sami Zayn leads a group of Superstars against him, including Kalisto, Apollo Crews, and Chad Gable. 

Sami, of course, tactically retreats as soon as Lars enters the ring. 

Jeff Hardy attacks Lars from behind, sending him to the floor. 

 

Jeff Hardy vs. Lars Sullivan 

Lars Suillivan won

 

Big E says the only thing stronger than the Power of Positivity is the power of the WWE Draft. Kofi and Woods will be moving to RAW while E will stay on SmackDown. 

Kofi gets incredibly emotional, thanking the WWE Universe for sharing so many of their favorite moments of the New Day through social media the past week. 

Woods says that he's spent the best six years of his life with the New Day. Kofi says that in 2012, he was at a point where he didn't know if he wanted to do this anymore. When Woods and Big E talked to him about the opportunity to start this group, it reignited his love for the business. 

He calls E and Woods his brothers, his best friends, and begins to cry. Woods says it's time to ride off in the sunset the only way they know how, tag team domination. 

The New Day vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro and Sheamus 

The Day won

 

Daniel Bryan loves being inside the ThunderDome. While he enjoys his time at home, he's happy to be here. He points to Brie Bella and Birdie on one of the screens, waving to them. 

Bryan is excited about the newest Superstars that have joined SmackDown. Bianca Belair, The Riott Squad, Kevin Owens, Aleister Black, Apollo Crews and more have Bryan ready to get back in the ring. 

He's interrupted by the Friday Night Messiah Seth Rollins. 

 

Rollins says that he'll be the one leading SmackDown into a new age, then asks if Daniel Bryan is going to join him on the quest of the greater good. 

 

Bryan says he's all for positive change, but Seth Rollins' crusade seems a bit dumb to him. Rollins gives him a chance to take it back, but that's a no-go. 

Rollins attacks Bryan, but the leader of the Yes Movement responds with a flying clothesline and a series of Yes Kicks. Rollins hastily retreats to the ramp, only to be met by Rey and Dominik Mysterio. 

 

Street Profits (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles

No Contest 

Dawkins is planted with a spinebuster/Zig-Zag combo, but Montez responds with a high angle crossbody, laying out both contenders. 

 

Adam Pearce is in the ring with both Sasha Banks and champion Bayley. 

Banks and Bayley both say that they've been waiting on this moment for a long time. Banks says that Bayley didn't get where she is with any help. It was all by herself. 

The Role Model says that Banks has been waiting to turn on her for such a long time, and Banks is just mad she didn't do it first. 

 

Banks says she could've turned on her at any time, but she would never do that because they were best friends. Friends don't do that to each other. 

Banks is the reason Bayley showed up on the main roster years ago. She was there for Bayley when she won her first main roster belt, and more. Bayley didn't understand that, so now Banks has to take the one thing she holds dear. 

Banks signs the contract, but Bayley doesn't. 

 

Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman for the Universal Championship 

Roman Reigns won 

 

Roman tries to appeal to Jey and says he needs to prove himself to their family. He sends the chair to Jey, wanting the former tag champ to use it. He turns his back on Jey, giving him the chance to hit him. 

Jey doesn't do it. Jey can't do it. Roman smiles and comes in for a hug, thinking he's finally gotten through to Jey. 

Nope. Jey rocks him with a right and superkicks him before cracking him with the chair a few times. Roman, thanks to help from the officials, knocks Jey down with a Superman punch. 

He's incredibly upset that he has to hurt his cousin again. That was Jey's last chance. At HIAC, he makes an example out of him. 

 

 

Rating: great show and matches 

 

 

 

WWE RAW

Randy Orton opens WWE RAW.

Randy Orton promises that at Hell in a Cell, no matter if he is on RAW or SmackDown, he will take the WWE Championship from him. 

Drew McIntyre comes out and says that Randy Orton made a mistake by not kicking him with a punt. 

McIntyre got up. He said that he promised that he would beat up Orton every time they were in the same building together. The two of them start to brawl in the ring.

The brawl spills outside the ring, where Drew continues to batter Randy Orton and hits him with a backdrop on the announce desk. 

Randy Orton manages to roll out of the ring and keeps going.  

Stephanie McMahon is out and in the first overall pick for the Draft for RAW:
1. RAW: Bray Wyatt "The Fiend"
2. SmackDown: SmackDown Women's WWE Champion Bayley
3. RAW: Randy Orton "The Legend Killer"
4. SmackDown: RAW Tag Team Champions, Street Profits
5. RAW: Charlotte Flair

 

Kevin Owens vs. Aleister Black in a No Disqualification Match 

Kevin Owens won 

Stephanie McMahon is out again for the next round of Drafts.
RAW: Braun Strowman
SmackDown: Daniel Bryan
RAW: Matt Riddle 
SmackDown: Kevin Owens
RAW: Jeff Hardy

 

The Miz and John Morrison are out now and they say that The Miz is now the face of The USA Network and make fun of Heavy Machinery splitting up.

The Miz and Morrison invite Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke out to the ring.

Natalya and Lana interrupt Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke. Natalya and Lana are thrown out of the ring by Brooke and Rose, asserting their dominance early on. 

The Miz and John Morrison may be done with their first guests, but they have another guest. The Miz introduces his friend John Morrison as the 'Mayor of Slam Town' and the next guest.

Before they can continue, Lars Sullivan comes out to the ring as he seems to focus on The Miz and John Morrison.

The Miz runs away, leaving John Morrison to deal with Lars Sullivan alone. 

John Morrison gets eradicated. The Miz tries to pull him out of the ring, but Sullivan grabs Morrison and throws him around, before hitting the Freak Accident, making a rather compelling statement. 

Stephanie McMahon is out again and it's time for the next round.
RAW: RETRIBUTION
SmackDown: 'The Freak' Lars Sullivan
RAW: 'Limitless' Keith Lee
SmackDown: King Corbin
RAW: Alexa Bliss

 

Seth Rollins is in the ring again as he bids farewell to WWE RAW. 

Seth Rollins says that there's no one here on RAW who can step up in his shoes. He says that Dominik and Rey have been drafted to SmackDown and he is sad about that. 

He is interrupted by Jeff Hardy, one of the newest draftees of RAW. 

AJ Styles vs. Seth Rollins vs. Jeff Hardy 

AJ Styles won

 

Stephanie is out again, and it's time for the next round:

RAW: Elias 
SmackDown: Sami Zayn
RAW: Lacey Evans
SmackDown: Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro
RAW: Sheamus

Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke vs Natalya and Lana

Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke won 

 

 

Angel Garza vs. Andrade 

Angel Garza won 

Suddenly everything goes black in the ring and then in the corner, Alexa Bliss is there in the classic Fiend pose. 

The Fiend is behind them.

The Fiend and Bliss hit dual Sister Abigails on Andrade and Zelina Vega. 

RAW: Nikki Cross
SmackDown: Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode
RAW: R-Truth
SmackDown: Apollo Crews
RAW: Dabba-Kato

 

The New Day vs.Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler for the RAW Tag Team Titles 

 

The New Day won and retains the RAW Tag Team Titles

 

 

Ricochet vs. Cedric Alexander 

 

Ricochet won

 

 

 

 

Women’s Battle Royal

 

 

Lana won and will challenge Asuka for the RAW Women’s Championship.

Meanwhile, McIntyre and Orton brawl to the ring. 

Orton and Drew have to be pulled apart from each other as they continue to brawl. 

 

 

 

Rating: 70/70

 

Great show and matches 

SmackDown

Roman Reigns opens the show.

Paul Heyman says he's incredibly nervous. Knowing Roman Reigns since he was born, everyone knew that this was destined to happen. Tonight, we're gathered here to declare Roman Reigns the Tribal Chief. Not of his family, SmackDown, or the WWE. 

Heyman seems terrified. Roman takes the mic and says he doesn't want Paul Heyman to call him the Tribal Chief, because Jey didn't do it at Clash of Champions. 

He demands Jey to come to the ring, which he does. 

Jey Uso doubled down on everything, claiming that he doesn't know THIS Roman Reigns. The Universal Champion demolished him, but Jey Uso's spirit was never broken. 

What came out of Jey's mouth next may have been because of the possible concussion, but he claims that if Jimmy never threw the towel for him, Jey would be Universal Champion right now. 

Roman Reigns claims that Clash of Champions was the worst night of his life. He was trying to help Jey and give him an honest shot at the Universal Championship. Roman still loves Jey, and goes so far as to say he loves Jey more than Jimmy does. 

Roman believes this is his birthright, and all he wanted Sunday was for Jey to acknowledge him. On Sunday, Jey broke Roman's heart. Roman was still looking to mend things, but Jey kept looking at the Universal Championship. 

Roman gave it to him without question. At Hell in a Cell, Jey Uso gets a rematch for the Universal Championship. Roman hugged his cousin one last time, saying that he still loves him. 

Jey accepts as Roman and Paul Heyman walk away. As Jey stands in the ring, AJ Styles comes out. The Phenomenal One says that Jey Uso matters to him, and he doesn't want to see Jey take that beating at Hell in a Cell. 

Of course, it was all to ask for Jey's opportunity. After all, Jimmy is the better athlete. Well, that was the last straw. Jey Uso tackles AJ to the floor and hits a flying crossbody off the announcer's desk. 

AJ Styles vs. Jey Uso

Jey Uso won

 

Otis vs. John Morrison 

Otis won 

 

Sheamus vs. Chad Gable

Sheamus won

 

Kevin Owens is backstage getting ready for the SmackDown official KO Show with Alexa Bliss. Behind him, a screen flashes, erasing the SmackDown logo for the Firefly Fun House one instead. 

Kevin Owens states that after the WWE Draft, he could be making SmackDown his new home. When WWE offered him the opportunity to come here to host the KO Show, he jumped at the opportunity. HE has a lot of questions for his guest tonight, the Goddess Alexa Bliss. 

Owens claims that the anger and frustration he sees in Alexa Bliss is something he also sees in Aleister Black on RAW. The Alexa Bliss he sees in front of him is not the one he used to know back at the Performance Center. 

Bliss asks if Kevin wants to change and become better. Owens states that he does, which may end up letting The Fiend in. 

Owens feels that if he understands what's happened to Alexa Bliss, he'll hopefully understand what happened to Aleister Black. 

Bliss asks if Owens has ever been around The Fiend. Your spine goes cold, your body numb. When he looks into your eyes, you're unable to get away. Owens claims that Bliss is brainwashed. Bliss admits it but claims its more of a cleansing than anything else. 

Owens knows what's coming, and when Bliss says "Let Him In" he stands up ready for a fight. However, the lights go out, and when they come back up, red, The Fiend has the Mandible Claw on Kevin Owens. 

As The Fiend finishes Owens, he turns around to see Alexa Bliss staring into his soul.

 

 Bliss takes his hand and flashes a wicked smile to the camera before they disappear.

Matt Riddle and Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik vs. Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura and Baron Corbin

Matt Riddle and Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik won

 

Sami Zayn vs. Jeff Hardy for the Intercontinental Championship 

Sami Zayn won and retains his Intercontinental Championship 

 

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches