WWE Backlash:
Match #1: Hardcore Match
Dean Ambrose vs Braun Strowman
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Ambrose takes control early on after quickly knocking Braun to the floor and splashing him a couple times with top rope dives, and things get hardcore quickly now as Dean pulls out a kendo stick from under the ring. He beats Braun with it until Braun finally makes it to his feet and yanks the kendo stick out of his hand, and smacks Ambrose with it. Braun goes under the ring himself and pulls out a ladder while Ambrose gets to his feet and pulls out a table under the ring himself and get things into the ring, but neither is able to use their weapon as both get blocked by the other, but Braun takes control with a dropkick. Braun uses some power offense on Ambrose to keep control including throwing him across the ring with a biel but when he tries to follow that up with a running strike, Ambrose blocks him with an elbow to the jaw and rolls up Braun for 2. Ambrose grabs a chair from under the ring and ends up busting Braun open with it before dropping Braun with a DDT onto the chair, but a pin attempt only gets a 2 count. Dean goes for Dirty Deeds, but Braun blocks it and shoves him away but Dean bails out of ring and runs up the ramp while Braun follows him, and Braun ends up throwing Dean off the stage. Braun follows him to the floor area in front of the stage and stalks Ambrose as he gets up, and hits him with a Reverse Chokeslam but only manages to get a 2 count.
Braun gets back up onto the stage and heads down the ramp towards the ring, but Ambrose charges him and hits a knee to the back, then rolls up Strowman for another 2 count, but when they get back up Braun picks him up and hits a Running Powerslam on the stage for a close 2 count. The fight ends up going backstage after this and Ambrose grabs a trash can and smashes it over the head of Braun, then finds a second trash can and does the same with that one before grabbing a briefcase, and he smacks Braun across the face with it once he gets up! Ambrose takes a stroll down the hallway backstage while Braun slowly begins to recover, and Ambrose grabs a fire extinguisher and waits for Braun to come find him, before spraying him with it which stumbles him, and Ambrose smacks the butt of the extinguisher into the face of Braun right into a pin attempt, but only manages 2 again, he can't put the monster away! Ambrose gets frustrated and heads into the parking lot, and opens the trunk of a car and pulls out a kendo stick! Braun heads into the parking lot and blocks a kendo stick shot and hits a big boot on Ambrose, sending him sprawling across the parking lot. Braun tries to follow up, but Ambrose kicks him away and jumps to his feet before headbutting Braun and runs over to the forklift and jumps up onto it to get away from the monster, who of course follows him. The two rivals have a staredown and Ambrose dives at Strowman, but he's caught! Ambrose struggles to escape the monster's clutches with no luck, as he's slammed down into the cement! Braun pulls Dean back to his feet and hits him with a Reverse Chokeslam, and covers him for the pin and the win ending this brutal war of a match.
Winner via pinfall: Braun Strowman
After Strowman celebrates his victory, we transition into the interview area where Roman Reigns stands. He's asked about his match vs Kevin Owens later tonight for the World Heavyweight Championship and he says he's thought long and hard about the match with Owens at King of the Ring, and sure he could make excuses and say Owens won because he didn't exactly fight his way there by hiding throughout the championship chase but the fact is, Owens was just the better man that night and he wanted it more. He says he's going to give it his all tonight and if Owens wants to beat him again, he better be prepared to damn near kill him, but at the end of the night there will be no excuses for either of them and the better man will win. He ends by saying if he loses tonight, he promises he will not challenge for the championship again as long as Kevin holds it, before walking off.
Match #2:
Dakota Kai vs Shayna Baszler
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As soon as the bell rings, Shayna charges Dakota and blasts her with a running knee strike and covers right away, looking to prove a point, but Dakota kicks out at 1. Dakota is quickly to her feet but Shayna simply throws her out of the ring and takes time to taunt the fans as Dakota gets to her feet, and shoots a glare at Shayna, who clearly doesn't feel any sort of threat here. Dakota yells at her to come get her, and Shayna is happy to oblige as she slides out of the ring and after a moment of taking blows from Dakota, she whips her hard into the guard rail! Dakota gets back up and blocks a punch from Shayna and hits her with a few kicks before throwing her into the ring post, and slams her skull off it to knock her down before sliding into the ring, and Shayna eventually gets in at the 8 count. The two go back and forth fighting for awhile with neither truly able to get control, but suddenly Dakota snaps off a facebuster followed by the Kai-Ropractor (Front flip Backstabber), for a very close two count, and Shayna bails out of the ring after kicking out, taking a moment to regroup after nearly losing to the woman she didn't take seriously at first. After waiting for a couple seconds, Dakota slides out of the ring to go after Shayna, but Shayna slides into the ring to avoid her and when Dakota gets back in, she's dropped with a running knee strike to the face! Shayna puts Dakota in the ropes and snaps her arm off the ropes, before pressing Kai's throat into the middle rope to wear her down. Shayna goes for a gutwrench suplex after Dakota is out of the ropes, but Dakota lands on her feet and drops Shayna with a roundhouse kick!
Dakota throws Shayna into the corner and charges at her, looking for a kick to the face...it hits! Shayna falls and Dakota covers her, but only manages a 2 count again. Dakota goes for another Kai-Ropractor, but Shayna blocks it and hits a combination of strikes to knock her down before exposing the turnbuckle in the corner and whips Dakota into the exposed buckle! Dakota goes down and this lets Shayna work over the arm for a bit, finishing with twisting it into an awkward position before stomping on it, causing her to roll around in pain as Shayna simply chuckles at potentially injuring her rival! Dakota eventually gets to her feet and Shayna goes after her, but Dakota attempts a roll up but it's blocked and Shayna catches her out of nowhere with the Kerifuda Clutch! Shayna takes Dakota down to the mat and cinches in the hold as Dakota struggles to try and escape, but it's no use as she's unable to
and she's forced to tap out!
Winner via submission: Shayna Baszler
Backstage, Kurt Angle is with American Alpha and hyping them up for their title match tonight, he says he'll be there with them and tells them Undisputed Era will be tough, they'll try to pull out every trick in the book, but he knows they can win and they'll have the crowd behind them. Gable says tonight they ruin this "golden prophecy" of Undisputed Era and take the titles, as Jordan nods in agreement while lifting weights as they head out of the locker room.
Match #3: 2 Out Of 3 Falls Match for the Intercontinental Championship
Gentleman Jack Gallagher vs Aleister Black (c)
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Gallagher dominates early but Black fights him off and sends him to the floor. Back and forth fighting with nobody really gaining control for awhile as they fight on the floor with Jack trying to use the elements around him to his advantage, while Black tries to keep this a pure fight. Eventually out of nowhere, Black blocks a strike and hits Black Mass out of nowhere! He slides into the ring and tells the ref to count Jack out, perhaps testing his will, but Jack is back in at the 7 count, and dodges a springboard knee strike, and hits a headbutt, but only manages a 2 count. Jack throws Black into the corner and charges in, hitting a corner dropkick, but gets 2 more. Jack gets frustrated and stomps the hell out of Black before rolling out of the ring and grabbing a steel chair! Jack slides into the ring and stalks Black, but the ref gets in his way and pulls the chair out of his hands and yells at him, which lets Black get up and german suplex Gallagher, then blast him with a second Black Mass out of nowhere! Jack goes down and Black covers him, getting the first fall of the match in a very similar way to the way he retained against Jack the first time they fought!
Black maintains control for awhile on the second fall but Jack blocks a Bicycle Knee Strike, and snaps off another headbutt for another 2 count. Jack grounds Black for awhile and works him over before throwing him into the corner for another running dropkick, but somehow it only gets one! Jack is shocked and quickly whips Black into the corner again, and again hits the Running Dropkick into a pin, but this one only gets 2! Jack is very frustrated now as he can't manage to put Aleister Black away, and he mounts him and fires off some punches before rolling out of the ring and picking up the chair he grabbed earlier. He slides into the ring and debates striking Black, but realizes if he does he'll lose the match and drops it, and instead knocks out the ref! The fans boo as Black begins crawling to his feet as Jack grabs the chair and slams it across his back! He hits Black 3 more times with the chair before disposing of it as the ref is back up and Jack pins, but again only gets 2. Jack is beside himself, trying to figure out what he needs to do to even score a fall on Black nevermind win, so he throws Black into the corner and lifts him up to the top turnbuckle. Gallagher climbs up and goes for a superplex, but Black shoves him off to block it! Black dives off and hits the double stomp to the chest of Jack, then waits for him to get up and hits a springboard kick followed by a german suplex, and Jack is in trouble as Black has gotten rolling! Black backs into the corner and hits the Bicycle Kick, but Jack kicks out at 2! Both men get to their feet and Jack grabs a roll up suddenly for 2, but when they get back to their feet, Jack is dropped with a quick Black Mass! Aleister isn't done yet though as he drags Jack to the middle of the ring and lifts him up with his boot, and drops him with another Black Mass! Aleister falls into the pin and gets the pin, scoring the second fall and retaining his title!
Winner via pinfall and STILL IC Champion: Aleister Black
Backstage, Roderick Strong is warming up for his match until he notices the camera. He looks into the camera and says he's disappointed Undisputed Era decided to turn on him, he really thought of them as his brothers, but they thought he was the weak link and that's fine, let them think that. Tonight he begins getting his revenge on them by beating the hell out of Adam Cole and beating him, and after he's through with that he's setting his sights on Bobby and Kyle, they might have made the first move but he'll make the last when he slowly destroys each and every one of them.
Match #4: World Tag Team Title Match
American Alpha w/ Kurt Angle vs Undisputed Era (c)
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An interesting match here as Undisputed Era decided to surprise American Alpha and used Kurt Angle being at ringside to their advantage, attacking him multiple times throughout the match and using it to take back the advantage when they'd lose it at a various points. American Alpha eventually turned the match into a brawl on the floor for awhile out of anger, and this turned out to be a mistake as Kyle and Bobby managed to isolate Gable because of this after destroying Jordan on the floor and a series of double team moves wore down Gable, eventually hitting the High-Low Attack, but Jordan saved the match at the last second by breaking up the pin! Shortly after this, Jordan got the hot tag into the match and began clearing house, hitting suplexs on Kyle O'Reilly and even taking out Bobby Fish when he got into the ring illegally, before taking the straps down on his singlet and throwing Kyle into the corner, spearing him against the turnbuckles before hitting a belly to belly suplex! Jordan went for a pin but only managed a 2 count. However he saw a chance to win the titles and moved quickly, whipping Kyle into the American Alpha corner and tagging in Gable so they could hit Grand Amplitude, but Bobby Fish broke up the pin! Fish took out Jordan with a spin kick, causing him to roll out of the ring and blocked a punch from Gable before restraining him long enough for Kyle to get up and they hit a double DDT, before Fish climbed up to the top turnbuckle and dove onto Angle, wiping him out at ringside! O'Reilly waited for Fish to get in the corner and tagged him in, which let Fish spear Gable down then climb to the top turnbuckle and hit a moonsault before bringing him into the corner and tagged in Kyle, and they hit the High-Low Attack! Kyle pinned Jordan as Fish tackled Jordan as he got in the ring, and it was enough to score the pin in a hard fought match.
Winners via pinfall and STILL World Tag Team Champions: Undisputed Era
Backstage Peyton Royce is stretching for her title match against Asuka up next as Billie Kay tells her she's going to destroy Asuka, and send her crying back to Japan. Peyton stops stretching and tells her she's so glad after tonight they won't have to deal with Asuka ever again and can finally move on. Billie says maybe they move onto the most ICONIC match that could ever happen....Billie vs Peyton! Peyton sounds excited by the idea and agrees that would be iconic but warns her it can't happen if Asuka gets in the way and they both agree she must be stopped.
Match #5: Raw Women's Championship Match
Asuka vs Peyton Royce (c) w/ Billie Kay
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From the start, Asuka pretty much dominates the match, catching Peyton after she bailed from the ring and ran around ringside to start and taking the fight to her throughout from there. Peyton kept fighting back, using some heel tactics to fight Asuka off for awhile, but she's never able to truly gain much momentum until Billie distracts the ref, and Peyton uses the distraction to hit Asuka with a chair! Peyton managed to gain some momentum
from here after minutes of being destroyed, and managed to hit two suplexs followed by a fishermans suplex for 2. Peyton wasn't sure what to do after the kick out and climbed up top and went for a diving elbow drop, but Asuka rolled out of the way and after Peyton got up, and hit a running hip attack for 2! Asuka proceeded to lock in the Asuka Lock, and Peyton was quickly in trouble as she realized she was trapped in the middle of the ring! Billie realized her friend was in danger and jumped onto the apron to distract the ref, and while the ref was distracted, Peyton tapped out! But the ref didn't see it! Asuka broke the hold and celebrated for a moment before realizing the situation and quickly went after Billie on the floor, chasing her around ringside before suddenly being blindsided by a Peyton Royce big boot! Peyton quickly tossed Asuka into the ring and covered Asuka, but only got a 2 count. Peyton followed this up by rolling up Asuka for another pin, but again only gets 2! Peyton is angry now and rolls out of the ring and grabs the chair from earlier, ignores the ref yelling at her and smacks Asuka with the chair causing a DQ!
Winner via DQ: Asuka
STILL Raw Women's Champion: Peyton Royce
Seth Rollins is backstage and walks into the office of Shawn Michaels, and says he doesn't care who wins the main event, he wants the next title shot. Michaels tells him he's not gonna promise him anything, but will think about it. Rollins looks slightly annoyed, but sighs and says he'll take it and leaves the office.
Match #6: Grudge Match
Roderick Strong vs Adam Cole
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Back and forth match for awhile at the beginning with Cole controlling it slightly more and taking time to trash talk throughout the match, calling Roddy a weak link and saying he's nothing. At one point Roddy gets rolling after a couple clotheslines and follows up with a snap suplex and a scoop slam followed by a middle rope elbow drop for a 2 count. Strong goes for a backbreaker, but Cole counters it and throws Strong out onto the apron, and hits an enziguri knocking him to the floor! Cole dominates for a bit while keeping the fight on the floor and tries for a countout win multiple times, but both times Strong gets back in the ring but the second time he avoids a countout, Cole hits a superkick followed by a german suplex for a close 2 count. Cole tries to follow up with a Last Shot, but Roddy blocks it and snaps off a backbreaker! Roddy begins stalking Cole for his finisher, but Cole blocks it and knocks Roddy into the ropes, then clotheslines him over the top rope! Shortly after Cole gets Roddy into the corner and hits him with the Panama Sunrise after a few more moves to build to it, and picks up the win over his former stablemate.
Winner via Pinfall: Adam Cole
Match #7: World Heavyweight Championship Match
Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens (c)
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Chain wrestling to start with Reigns getting the better of it and ending up getting the advantage after a roll up into a powerbomb and dropping Owens. Reigns keeps control with some slams before Owens grabs a roll up but it's kicked out of at 1 and Owens takes control by following up with a shoulder block. Owens wears down Reigns a bit with stomps before hitting a running senton on Reigns then climbs up to the top turnbuckle, and goes for a frog splash, but Reigns gets his knees up to block it. Reigns gets to his feet and hits a couple clotheslines before throwing Owens into the ropes, and hits him with a samoan drop! Reigns rolls out of the ring and clears off the announce table but by time he does it, Owens is out of the ring and throws him into the announce table before throwing Reigns into the steps. Owens tries to put Reigns on the announce table, but Reigns blocks it and shoves him away, and hits the Superman Punch! Reigns now throws Owens onto the announce table and powerbombs him through it! Reigns throws Owens into the ring and covers him for a pin, but Owens kicks out at 2. Reigns goes up to the top turnbuckle but Owens is up and kicks his legs out from under him, knocking him off the top and back into the ring! Owens whips Reigns into the corner and hits a few punches to the side to knock him down into a sitting position, then hits a running cannon ball! Reigns is down but not for long as Owens pulls him up and shoots him off the ropes, then drops him with a Pop Up Powerbomb! Owens pins Reigns, but Reigns kicks out at a close 2!
Owens hits another running senton on Reigns to keep him down, then goes up top and hits a frog splash! Owens covers for a pin but Reigns kicks out at 2. Owens seems to snap a bit here as he climbs up top again and hits another frog splash, but he doesn't cover and instead goes up top again and goes for a third frog splash...but Reigns gets his knees up and blocks it! Owens rolls away holding his ribs as Reigns gets to his feet, and ducks a clothesline from Owens then rolls him up for 2. Reigns hits a few punches on Owens once he's back up before whipping him into the corner and lifts Owens up to the top turnbuckle and climbs up, hitting a superplex! Owens rolls away as Reigns loads up a Superman Punch in the corner...it hits! Reigns now backs up and loads up a Spear, and charges for it...but Owens sidesteps it! Owens waits for Reigns to get up and clotheslines him over the top rope and to the floor! Reigns lands hard on the floor as Owens sees an opening, and bounces off the opposite set of ropes then dives over the top and wipes out Reigns with a dive! Reigns goes back down as Owens throws Reigns into the ring before sliding in after him and hits a running elbow drop before picking up Reigns, and dropping him with a Package Piledriver! Owens covers for a pin, but it isn't enough and Reigns kicks out at 2. Owens waits for Reigns to get up and goes for a pumphandle drop, but Reigns blocks it with a backdrop! Reigns loads up another Superman Punch, but Owens blocks it and hits a Stunner out of nowhere! Reigns is down but Owens decides he needs to do more, and picks up Reigns and drops him with a second Pop Up Powerbomb! Owens falls into the pin and this time it's enough, he retains!
Winner via pinfall and STILL World Heavyweight Champion: Kevin Owens
Tried something different this show and had full details for a couple matches to see how it works. I'll probably start slowing down a bit with these shows as I finally start playing other games, but I still have a few shows done and in my notes so who knows. Hopefully whoever reads this enjoys.