Clash of Champions
Clash of Champions opens with a video hype package for tonight’s show.
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WWE Raw Tag Team Championship Match: Braun Strowman and Seth Rollins (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode
Strowman shoves Roode into the corner, but Roode comes back with a headlock. Strowman shoves him into the corner again and Ziggler tags in. Roode distracts Strowman and Ziggler goes for a sleeper hold, but Strowman slams Ziggler to the mat and knocks Roode to the floor. Strowman clotheslines Ziggler in the corner and Rollins tags in. Strowman slings Rollins into Ziggler and Rollins delivers a forearm. Strowman drops Ziggler with a shoulder tackle and Rollins goes for the cover, but Ziggler kicks out. Ziggler comes back with a kick and tags in Roode. Rollins sends Ziggler to the floor and then Roode does the same to Rollins. Ziggler drops Rollins with a DDT on the floor and then Strowman stalks Ziggler before the referee tells him to back up. Ziggler gets Rollins back into the ring and Roode goes for the cover, but Rollins kicks out. Ziggler tags in and applies a headlock. Ziggler delivers the Famouser and goes for the cover, but Rollins kicks out at two.
Roode tags in and chops Rollins in the corner. Roode delivers a suplex and goes for the cover, but Rollins kicks out. Rollins comes back and knocks Ziggler to the floor and takes Roode down with a Blockbuster. Ziggler tags in and rolls Rollins up for two. Ziggler applies a sleeper hold and then slams Rollins to the floor. Ziggler goes for a DDT, but Rollins counters and delivers the Falcon Arrow. Strowman tags in and takes Ziggler down and knocks Roode to the floor. Strowman smashes Ziggler in the corner and then runs he and Roode on the floor. Strowman tosses Ziggler back into the ring and smashes him in the corner again. Strowman goes for the power slam, but Ziggler rakes his eyes. Roode tags in as Strowman hits the ring post. Ziggler delivers a superkick, but Strowman tosses Roode across the ring and tags in Rollins. Rollins takes Roode down and then delivers a superkick. Rollins goes for the Stomp, but Ziggler trips him up. Roode goes for the Glorious DDT, but Rollins counters with a Slingblade.
Rollins takes Ziggler down with a suicide dive, but Roode comes back with a spine-buster. Roode goes for the cover, but Rollins kicks out. Strowman gets involved, but gets sent to the floor. Roode hits the Glorious DDT on Rollins and gets the pin fall.
Winners and new WWE Raw Tag Team Champions: Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler
-After the match, Charly Caruso interviews Strowman backstage. Strowman says he didn’t lose the tag titles, Rollins did, just like he is going to lose the Universal title later. Strowman says Rollins is on a losing streak and it will continue.
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Kayla Braxton interviews Becky Lynch backstage. Lynch says at the end of the night, she and Rollins will still be the champions. Lynch says Sasha Banks is the one with everything to prove and wonders if Banks has what it takes to be great. Lynch says she has already proven herself the past twelve months. Lynch says she has earned everything, just like Banks has earned the beating she will get tonight.
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The video hype package for the feud between Bayley and Charlotte Flair airs.
WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship Match: Bayley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair
Flair drops Bayley with a boot to the face and goes for the cover, but Bayley kicks out and rolls to the floor. Flair keeps control of the match and slams Bayley into the barricade a few times. Flair tosses Bayley into the ring and goes for the cover, but Bayley kicks out. Flair spears Bayley in the corner a few times and then delivers a forearm. Flair stomps on Bayley’s knee and goes for the Figure-Four, but Bayley rolls her up for two. Flair kicks Bayley in the face and stomps on her in the corner. Bayley vomes back and slams Flair into an exposed turnbuckle pad and gets the pin fall.
Winner and still WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion: Bayley
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Footage of Chad Gable defeating Shane McMahon in the King of the Ring Tournament Semifinals and McMahon firing Kevin Owens on this past Tuesday’s Smackdown airs.
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WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match: The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) (c) vs. The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)
Woods and Wilder start the match and Wilder works over Woods’ injured knee. Big E drops Dawson with a clothesline on the floor and Woods comes back with a few chops to Wilder. Big E tags in as Woods kicks Wilder in the midsection. Big E slams Wilder to the mat and goes for the cover, but Wilder kicks out. Big E clubs Wilder across the chest on the apron and Dawson pulls Woods to the floor. Wilder takes BIg E down on the floor and tosses him into the ring. Wilder goes for the cover, but Big E kicks out. Dawson tags in and he and Wilder slingshot Big E into the ropes. Dawson goes for the cover, but Big E kicks out. Dawson delivers a leg drop and then tags in Wilder. Dawson drops Wilder onto Big E and Wilder goes for the cover, but Big E kicks out again. Wilder applies a body scissors and then backs him into the corner. Wilder and Dawson double team Big E and Dawson tags in. Dawson drops Big E with an elbow shot and then rakes his eyes. Dawson delivers another elbow and goes for the cover, but Big E kicks out.
Dawson applies a body scissors, but Big E fights to his feet. Dawson slams Big E into the corner and delivers an uppercut. Big E comes back and slams Dawson into the corner, but Wilder tags in. Big E drops Wilder with a belly-to-belly slam and tags in Woods. Woods sends Wilder to the floor and drops Dawson to the mat. Wilder comes back, but Woods kicks him in the face. Woods drops Wilder with the Honor Roll and then kicks Dawson in the face. Woods drops Dawson with a DDT and goes for the cover, but Wilder breaks it up. Big E sends Wilder to the apron and charges, but Wilder moves. Wilder comes over the ropes, but Big E catches him. Dawson gets involved and they drop Big E with the Shatter Machine on the floor. Wilder tags in and they double team Woods in the ring. Wilder drops Woods witha chop block and tags in Dawson. They drop Woods with the Shatter Machine and they rip the knee brace off of Woods. Dawson locks in a knee bar and Woods taps out.
Winners and new WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions: The Revival
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Charly Caruso interviews Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross backstage. Bliss says they don’t need to bring up Mandy Rose insulting Nikki Cross, and Cross says it’s all about retaining their titles. The boom mic drops in front of Bliss and then R-Truth is shown as the one holding it. Bliss calls out Truth and tells everyone that Truth is here. The usual 24/7 guys chase after him.
A promo video for Hell in a Cell airs. The even will be on Sunday, October 6th.
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WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross (c) vs. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville
Cross and Rose start the match and Rose slams Cross to the mat. Cross comes back with a clothesline and then delivers a dropkick. Deville tags in and takes Cross down. Deville kicks Cross in the midsection, but Cross comes back with a roll-up for two. Bliss tags in and Cross clotheslines Deville in the corner. Bliss drops Deville with a snap suplex and goes for the cover, but Deville kicks out. Rose tags in and Bliss drops her with a drop toe hold. Bliss delivers forearms in the corner and then slaps Rose across the face. Bliss slaps her again and then drops her with a right hand. Bliss delivers handspring double knees and goes for the cover, but Rose kicks. R-Truth and the 24/7 guys run down. Bliss rolls up Truth, but he kicks out at two. Truth and Carmella escape through the crowd as the guys chase after them. Deville tags in and kicks Bliss in the face. Deville goes for the cover, but Bliss kicks out. Deville grinds her forearm into Bliss’ face and then applies a rear chin lock.
Rose tags in and she and Deville stomp on Bliss in the corner. Rose suplexes Bliss as Deville tags in. Deville delivers a running knee and goes for the cover, but Bliss kicks out. Deville applies a leg scissors hold, but Bliss fights out. Deville kicks her in the midsection and tags in Rose. Rose slams Bliss into the corner and delivers right hands. Bliss comes back with a roll up for two, but Rose clubs her across the back. They deliver simultaneous forearms and then Cross and Deville tag in. Cross drops Deville with a few clotheslines and then splashes her in the corner. Cross slams Deville with a running bulldog and sends Rose to the floor. Cross delivers a back suplex and goes up top. Cross connects with a cross-body and goes for the cover, but Deville kicks out. Bliss tags in and goes up top, but Deville shoves Cross into the ropes. Rose slams Cross into the apron and Deville pulls Bliss to the mat. Rose tags in and they connects with a high-low on Bliss. Rose goes for the cover, but Cross breaks it up.
Cross tags in and knocks Deville to the floor. Rose goes for a running knee, but Cross dodges and hits The Purge from the top rope and gets the pin fall.
Winners and still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss
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WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) (w/Sami Zayn) vs. The Miz
Nakamura applies a waist-lock, but Miz counters into a wrist-lock. Miz drops Nakamura with an arm drag, but Nakamura comes back with a standing arm-bar. Miz counters into a wrist-lock, but Nakamura counters with an elbow shot. Miz punches Nakamura in the face, but Nakamura backs him into the corner. Miz chops Nakamura a few times and then connects with a knee strike. Miz goes for the cover, but Nakamura kicks out. Miz bscks Nakamura into the corner and grinds his forearm across his face. Miz sends nakamura to the apron and then pulls him to the floor. Miz throws Zayn’s microphone up the entrance ramp and tosses Nakamura back into the ring. Zayn distracts Miz and Nakamura kicks Miz in the face. Nakamura puts Miz on the apron and connects with a knee strike. Nakamura drops a knee across Miz’s neck Nakamura gets Miz into the ring and delivers a few kicks and sends him to the corner. Miz comes back with a kick to Nakamura’s knee and delivers a few right hands. Miz kicks Nakamura in the chest repeatedly and delivers a few knee strikes in the corner.
Miz takes Nakamura down and goes up top. Miz connects with a double ax-handle and goes for the cover, but Nakamura kicks out. Miz works over Nakamura’s knee and goes for the Figure-Four, but Nakamura counters and goes for an arm-bar. Miz rolls through for a two count and then drops Nakamura with a DDT. Miz goes for the cover, but Nakamura kicks out again. Miz kicks Nakamura in the chest a few times, but Nakamura rolls him up for two. Miz goes for the Skull Crushing Finale, but Nakamura dodges and kicks him in the face. Nakamura kicks Miz in the neck and drops him with a snap German suplex. Nakamura delivers a face-buster and sets up for the Kinshasa. Miz dodges it and slams Nakamura into the corner. Miz delivers a knee-breaker and locks in the Figure-Four, but Nakamura gets to the ropes. Nakamura comes back with a roll-up for two, but Miz connects with a few kicks. Zayn trips Miz up and Nakamura connects with a knee to the neck. Nakamura goes for the cover, but Miz kicks out at two.
Nakamura sets up for the Kinshasa, but Miz dodges it and hits the Skull Crushing Finale. Zayn gets on the apron and the referee doesn’t see the cover. Miz goes after Zayn and chases him around the ring. Nakamura kicks Miz in the face and rolls him in the ring. Nakamura hits the Kinshasa and gets the pin fall.
Winner and still WWE Intercontinental Champion: Shinsuke Nakamura
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The video hype package for the feud between Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks airs.
WWE Raw Women’s Championship Match: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Sasha Banks
Lynch slaps Banks across the face and slams her face into the mat a few times. Lynch sends Banks to the corner and splashes her. Lynch goes for the Disarm-Her, but Banks rolls to the floor. Lynch delivers a baseball slide dropkick that sends Banks to the floor. Lynch delivers a clothesline from the steps and tosses Banks back into the ring. Lynch delivers a few kicks and goes up top. Banks pulls her down and stomps away on her in the corner. Banks chokes Lynch with her boot and then chokes Lynch over the ropes. Banks goes for the cover, but Lynch kicks out. Lynch connects with the Meteora and goes for the cover, but Lynch kicks out. Lynch fights back with forearms, but Banks delivers a face-buster and a right hand. Banks goes for the cover, but Lynch kicks out. Lynch comes back and kicks Banks in the corner. Lynch goes for the Beck-sploder, but Banks counters. Banks comes off the ropes, but Lynch counters with a dropkick. They exchange shots and Lynch drops Banks with a few clotheslines.
Lynch takes Banks down with a suplex and then delivers a few knee strikes. Lynch goes off the ropes, but Banks counters and locks her in the Bank Statement. Lynch fights out and delivers the Beck-sploder. Lynch kicks Banks in the midsection and connects with a leg drop from the ropes. Lynch goes for the cover, but Banks kicks out. Lynch puts Bliss up top, but Banks comes off with the Meteora. Banks goes for the cover, but Lynch kicks out. Banks delivers double knees in the corner and then a kick to the face. Banks goes for the Bank Statement, but Lynch rolls through for the Disarm-Her. Banks rolls through for a two count, but Lynch counters into the Disarm-Her again. Banks makes it to the ropes, but Lynch delivers a basement dropkick. Lynch delivers a missile dropkick and goes for the cover, but Banks kicks out. Lynch stomps on Banks in the corner, but Banks comes back with two Backstabbers. Banks locks in the Bank Statement, but Lynch counters into a roll-up for one. Banks grabs a chair and slides it into the ring.
The referee grabs it and Banks hits Lynch with another chair. Banks connects with a Shining Wizard and goes for the cover, but Lynch kicks out. Banks gets the chair in the ring again, but the referee stops her. Lynch grabs the chair and tries to hit Banks, but she moves and Lynch hits the referee. Lynch hit Banks with the chair and then chases her through the crowd. They brawl through the crowd and into the main concourse of the arena. They come back through the crowd and back to ringside. Banks slams Lynch into the barricade a few times and tosses her back into the ring. Michael Cole announces that Lynch was disqualified for hitting the referee.
Winner via disqualification: Sasha Banks
-Banks grabs the chair in the ring, but Lynch stops her and takes the chair. Lynch beats Banks down with the chair and then slams her face into it a few times. Lynch applies the Disarm-Her through the chair and referees rush the ring to get Lynch off of Banks.
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The video hype package for the feud between Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton airs.
WWE Championship Match: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Randy Orton
They lock up and Orton backs Kingston into the corner. The referee separates them and Orton applies a side headlock. Kingston sends him off the ropes, but Orton drops him with a shoulder tackle. Orton applies a waist-lock and delivers an elbow shot. Orton takes Kingston to the mat and applies a headlock. Kingston comes back and sends him off the ropes, but Orton drops him with a shoulder tackle. Kingston comes back with a back elbow and then clotheslines him in the corner. Kingston delivers a forearm and Orton rolls to the floor. Orton comes back and they lock up. Orton backs Kingston into the corner, but Kingston comes back with a chop. Kingston delivers another chop and then follows up with a series of them. Orton comes back with a poke to the eye and then delivers his own chops. Orton drops Kingston on the apron and Kingston falls to the floor. Orton slams Kingston into the announce table a few times and then slams him onto the barricade. Orton delivers a suplex onto the floor and rolls back into the ring.
Orton slams Kingston onto the announce table a few times and then tosses him back into the ring. Orton goes for the cover, but Kingston kicks out. Orton goes for another cover, but Kingston kicks out again. Orton slams Kingston to the mat and sends him to the floor. Orton slams Kingston into the steps and then rolls him back into the ring. Orton continues the offense and sends Kingston to the apron. Kingston counters with a shot and then takes Orton down with a springboard clothesline. Kingston delivers a few more clotheslines and then a dropkick. Kingston delivers another springboard clothesline and then hits the Boom Drop. Kingston goes for the Trouble in Paradise, but Orton counters with a back-breaker. Orton goes for the cover, but Kingston kicks out. Orton sets up for the draping DDT, but Kingston sends him to the floor. Kingston takes Orton out with a suicide dive and tosses him back into the ring. Kingston comes off the top with a cross-body, but Orton rolls through and gets a two count.
Kingston goes for the SOS, but Orton counters with a dropkick. Orton goes for the cover, but Kingston kicks out. Orton delivers quick strikes, but Kingston fights back. Orton rakes Kingston’s eyes and goes for a clothesline, but Kingston counters with the SOS. Kingston goes for the cover, but Orton kicks out. Kingston goes up top, but Orton cuts him off. Orton climbs and goes for a superplex, but Kingston fights back and knocks Orton to the mat. Orton comes back with right hands, but Kingston sends him into the turnbuckle face-first. Kingston comes off the ropes, but Orton counters with a power slam. Orton goes for the cover, but Kingston kicks out at two. Orton delivers the draping DDT and sets up for the RKO. Kingston counters with a roll-up for two and then kicks Orton in the face. Orton hits the RKO out of nowhere, but Kingston gets his foot on the rope at two. Orton goes for the Punt, but Kingston dodges and delivers the Trouble in Paradise and gets the pin fall.
Winner and still WWE Champion: Kofi Kingston
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The Street Profits are backstage. They talk about Kingston retaining and the King of the Ring Finals between Baron Corbin and Chad Gable on Raw tomorrow night. Angelo Dawkins picks Corbin to win, while Montez Ford picks Gable. King Booker walks up and wants to give his pick, but Dawkins interrupts him. Dawkins asks to be knighted so he can impress women in the club. Booker transitions into Booker T and tells them to get their minds right.
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The video hype package for the feud between Erick Rowan and Roman Reigns airs.
No Disqualification Match: Roman Reigns vs. Erick Rowan
Reigns attacks Rowan before the bell and then tosses him into the ring. The referee calls for the bell as Reigns delivers a series of rights to Rowan. Rowan comes back with a clothesline and then tosses Reigns to the floor. Rowan slams Reigns into the barricade and then into the announce table. Reigns comes back and slams Rowan into the steps and grabs a kendo stick. Rowan hits him with the steps first and sends him into the crowd. Rowan grabs the kendo stick and hits Reigns with it. Rowan hits Reigns with a trash can, but Reigns fights back with right hands. Reigns sends Rowan back to ringside and then connects with the Drive-by. Reigns takes about the announce table, but Rowan runs him down with a shoulder tackle. Rowan tosses Reigns back into the ring and delivers a series of rights. Rowan slams Reigns into the corner and then puts his boot in his face. Rowan slams Reigns to the mat and splashes onto him. Rowan comes off the ropes and connects with a back elbow. Rowan goes for the cover, but Reigns kicks out.
Rowan kicks Reigns in the ribs, but Reigns fights back. Rowan takes control back and slams Reigns to the mat. Rowan goes for the cover, but Reigns kicks out. Reigns comes back and clotheslines Rowan to the floor. Rowan lands on his feet and pulls Reigns to the floor. Rowan slams Reigns into the ring post and slams him into an exposed part of the LED board apron. Rowan kicks Reigns in the face and tosses him back into the ring. Rowan goes for the cover, but Reigns kicks out at two. Rowan brings the steps into the ring, but Reigns counters and drops him with a Samoan Drop. Reigns goes for the cover, but Rowan kicks out. Reigns hits Rowan with the steps and delivers the Superman Punch. Reigns goes for the cover, but Rowan kicks out at two. Reigns sends Rowan to the floor and goes for another Superman Punch, but Rowan block him. Rowan power bombs Reigns through the announce table and tosses him back into the ring. Rowan goes for the cover, but Reigns kicks out.
Rowan tosses Reigns over the barricade and grabs the ring bell. He smacks Reigns in the back with it and they brawl into the crowd again. Rowan slams Reigns through a table with the Iron Claw. Rowan puts Reigns on the stage and grabs the swinging camera. Reigns grabs a piece of the stage and hits Rowan with it. Reigns hits Rowan with the swinging camera a few times and then delivers another Superman Punch. Reigns goes for a Spear, but Luke Harper appears and drops Reigns with a big boot. They toss Reigns back into the ring and Rowan delivers a boot in the corner. Harper drops Reigns with a discus clothesline and then Rowan delivers the Iron Claw and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Erick Rowan
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Charly Caruso interviews Seth Rollins backstage. He says he doesn’t give a damn what Braun Strowman thinks about the tag title match earlier. He says he has to focus on defending his title. He says he respects Strowman and considers him a friend, but tonight is not his time. He says he slayed a Beast and he adds a Monster to his collection tonight.
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WWE Universal Championship Match: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Braun Strowman
Strowman drops Rollins with a shouler tackle and splashes him in the corner a few times. Strowman goes for the power slam, but Rollins gets free and attacks Strowman’s knee. Rollins delivers a few superkicks and goes up top. Rollins delivers the frog splash, but Strowman throws him off before the count. Rollins goes for the Stomp, but Strowman catches him and slams him to the mat. Strowman tosses Rollins across the ring a few times and delivers a headbutt. Strowman charges, but Rollins dodges and Strowman hits the ring post. Rollins connects with a knee strike and then delivers another from the top rope. Rollins goes for a third knee, but Strowman catches him and clubs him across the chest. Rollins goes to the floor, but Strowman runs him over with a shoulder tackle. Strowman runs him over again and goes for a third, but Rollins moves and Strowman goes over the announce table. Rollins gets back into the ring and then takes Strowman out with a suicide dive.
Rollins delivers another suicide dive and Stromwan falls through the table. Rollins goes for a third, but Strowman catches him and goes for a power slam. Rollins shoves Strowman into the steps and then onto the third announce table. Rollins goes up top, but Strowman climbs and shoves him to the mat. Stromwan climbs the ropes, but Rollins goes for a suplex. Strowman shoves Rollins to the mat and splashes Rollins from the top. Strowman goes for the cover, but Rollins kicks out. Strowman goes for the running power slam, but Rollins counters and locks in a sleeper hold. Strowman fights back, but Rollins connects with the Stomp. Rollins goes for the cover, but Strowman kicks out at one. Rollins hits the Stomp again and goes for the cover, but Strowman kicks out at two. Rollins hits a third Stomp and goes for the cover, but Strowman kicks out at two again. Rollins goes for the Stomp again, but Strowman counters and goes for the power slam. Strowman’s knee gives out and then Rollins hits a Pedigree and then a fourth Stomp and gets the pin fall.
Winner and still WWE Universal Champion: Seth Rollins
-After the match, The Fiend appears and lays Rollins out with Sister Abigail on the stage. The Fiend applies the Mandible Claw and chokes Rollins out. The show comes to a close with The Fiend’s laugh playing over the speakers.
