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Zelina Vega, Natalya, and Lana vs. Mandy Rose, Dana Brooke, and Asuka
Natalya and Brooke trade pin attempts and headlocks. Brooke catches Natalya in a spinning head-scissors. Brooke gets a near fall. Rose tags in and slams Natalya for a near fall. Vega pulls Asuka off the apron. Asuka hits her face. Vega and Co take turns beating down Rose. Natalya tries to put Rose in the Sharpshooter. Rose kicks Natalya away and tags in Asuka. Asuka clears the ring with multiple hip attacks. Asuka blasts Lana with a pop-up knee. Rose tags herself in. Lana doesn’t realize it. Asuka misses a hip attack. Lana turns around and Rose destroys her with a pump knee strike for the win.
Winners- Mandy Rose, Dana Brooke, and Asuka
Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler powerwalk down to the ring. Vega gets out of dodge. Jax puts Lana through the announce table again.
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Backstage, Zelina Vega says she is going to prove that she is ready for Asuka. Asuka walks in and says she is ready for Vega. Asuka hops Vega is ready to lose to her one more time. Vega and Asuka argue. Officials separate them.
RAW Women’s Championship Match: Asuka (c) vs. Zelina Vega
Vega and Asuka tear into each other. Asuka rolls Vega into an armbar. Vega gets to the ropes. Vega kicks Asuka in her injured arm. Vega locks Asuka in a praying octopus hold. Asuka escapes to the outside. Vega leaps off the apron into a kick by Asuka. After the break, Vega slaps Asuka in the face. Asuka responds with a pop-up knee. Asuka flattens Vega with a hip attack in the corner. German suplex by Asuka. Asuka follows that with a shining wizard. Vega puts Asuka in a double wrist lock.
Asuka reverses it into a suplex. Both women are down. Asuka almost locks in the Asuka Lock. Vega hooks the ropes. Vega drops Asuka with a backstabber. Asuka gets her leg on the bottom rope. Vega goes nuts and stomps Asuka. Vega goes up top for a moonsault. Asuka gets her knees up and immediately puts Vega in the Asuka Lock. Vega taps out. Asuka refuses to release the hold. Asuka eventually let the hold go.
Winner and STILL RAW Women’s Champion, Asuka!
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Number One Contender’s Match: Zelina Vega vs. Mickie James
Vega is all over James. Vega stomps James in the corner. Vega grabs James by the hair and yells at her.James slams Vega down by her head. James swings Vega by her hair. Vega locks James in the octopus. James drives Vega into the corner to break the hold. Vega locks James in another octopus hold using the ropes. Vega breaks the hold at four. Vega tries a tornado DDT James avoids it and hits a seated senton. Vega kicks out. James calls for the MickDT. Vega counters and sends James into the middle rope. Vega lands a Backstabber for the win.
Winner- Zelina Vega
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Backstage, Lana complains to Angel Garza about Natalya not getting a title shot against Asuka. Garza starts hitting on Lana. Zelina Vega and Andrade walk in. Vega yells at Garza for leaving Andrade last week. Garza says he is tired of getting blamed for Andrade’s failures. Vega yells that she can’t do this anymore. Vega storms off. Garza and Andrade get into a fight.
RAW Women’s Championship Match: Asuka (c) vs. Mickie James
James and Asuka trade pin attempts. James mocks Asuka. Asuka almost locks her in the Asuka Lock. Asuka tries to taunt James but James kicks Asuka’s legs out from under her. Asuka catches James with the pop-up knee. James kick out. After the break, James lands a senton off the top. Asuka kicks out. Asuka drops James with a spinning back fist. Asuka lays in a few stiff kicks. Asuka hits the ropes and James rolls her into a single leg crab. James lands the Chick Kick. Asuka gets her hand on the bottom rope. Asuka and James trade pin attempts. Neither can get a three count. Asuka rolls James into the Asuka Lock. The referee stops the match.
Winner and STILL RAW Women’s Champion, Asuka!
Zelina Vega storms the ring. Vega says she’s been thinking about HER future. Vega says Asuka is too focused on the stars of the past. Asuka should be focused on the future. Vega tells Asuka not to bother asking if she is ready for her. Vega says Asuka isn’t ready for her. Vega slaps Asuka. Asuka charges Vega. Vega rolls out of the ring.
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The Street Profits vs. Angel Garza and Andrade w/ Zelina Vega
Ford catches Garza with a clothesline. Garza tags in Andrade. Andrade doesn’t want to get in the ring. Andrade wasn’t ready for the tag. Dawkins suplexes Andrade. Spinning splash by Dawkins. Garza and Vega get into an argument. In the confusion, The Street Profits hit their finish on Andrade for the win. Garza walks away.
Winner- The Street Profits
As Garza is walking up the ramp, SmackDown Tag Team Champions, Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura walk out on the stage.
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Tornado Tag Match: The Street Profits vs. Andrade and Angel Garza w/Zelina Vega
Garza and Andrade attack Ford and Dawkins before the bell rings. Dawkins is thrown out of the ring by Andrade and Garza. Ford goes up top. Andrade and Garza cut Ford off and attempt a superplex. Dawkins intervenes and takes everyone off the top in the tower of doom. After the break, Garza and Andrade are working over Dawkins. Dawkins catches Andrade as he dives off the top for an exploded suplex. Dawkins crushes Garza with his patented spinning corner splash. Garza breaks up the pin.
Demi is at ringside watching the match. Dawkins is out in the tree of woe. Andrade hits a double stomp off the top. Ford breaks up the pin. Everyone hits a big move. Ford floors Andrade with a running blockbuster. The lights flicker. Garza leaves the ring and takes Demi away from ringside. The commentators run away. Retribution attacks Garza, Ford, and Dawkins. Vega is surrounded outside the ring. Vega goes on the offensive but is quickly overcome by the numbers.
No Contest
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Zelina Vega and The IIconics vs. Bianca Belair and The Riott Squad
Kay and Royce double team Morgan. Morgan sends Royce into the corner. Morgan splashes Royce in the corner. Riott tags in. Royce whips Riott into a boot by Kay. Vega, Royce, and Kay take turns working over Riott. Vega taunts Belair. Riott tags in Belair. Belair clears the ring. Vega tries a wheelbarrow but Belair turns it into the Glam Slam. Belair hits the KOD on Vega for the win.
Winners- Bianca Belair and The Riott Squad
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Ivar w/Erik vs. Angel Garza w/Andrade and Zelina Vega
Ivar tries a spin kick but Garza counters it into a facebuster. Backstage, Angelo Dawkins is chatting up the young lady Garza and Ivar are fighting over. Vega steps in front of Garza when Ivar is about to hit a dive. Garza dropkicks Ivar in the head for the win.
Winner- Angel Garza
Dawkins appears on the screen and threatens to expose Garza with a video. On commentary, Samoa Joe notes that WWE has instituted a strike surveillance policy and he got his hands on some footage that he shared with Dawkins. Joe notes it’s amazing what people do when they think no one is watching.
Backstage, Dawkins shows footage of Vega poisoning Montez Ford. Ford appears and they attack Garza and Andrade.
Montez Ford w/Angelo Dawkins vs. Andrade w/Zelina Vega and Angel Garza
Ford is all business. Ford dropkicks Andrade. Andrade falls out of the ring. Ford lands a high dive over the top rope. Ford goes up top. Andrade cuts him off and connects with a superplex. Side headlock by Andrade. Ford fires up and lands two clotheslines followed by a standing moonsault for a near fall. Andrade tries to go up top but Ford leaps up and takes Andrade off the top with a rana. Ford goes up top. Vega gets on the apron. Bianca Belair runs down to the ring. Vega dives off the apron but Belair catches her. Belair flattens Vega with the World’s Strongest Slam. As Andrade is distracted, Ford schoolboys him for the win.
Winner- Montez Ford
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In-Ring Segment: Zelina Vega
Vega says she had nothing to do with Montez Ford being poisoned last week.
Angelo Dawkins vs. Andrade w/Angel Garza and Zelina Vega
Dawkins is all over Andrade. a dropkick sends Andrade tumbling out of the ring. After a distraction, Andrade trips Dawkins on the apron. Andrade pummels Dawkins. Dawkins manages to hit a suplex. Andrade trips Dawkins into the corner. Andrade hits his patented running double knees. Dawkins kicks out. Vega gets on the apron. Belair runs down to the ring and takes care of Vega. Dawkins hits the cashout for the win.
Winner- Angelo Dawkins
Belair throws Vega into the ring. Belair wants to start their match now. Vega runs away.
Bianca Belair vs. Zelina Vega
Vega begs and says she didn’t do it. Vega rolls Belair into a triangle choke. Belair powers out of it. Belair picks Vega up by her head and slams her face into the mat. Belair bops back and forth and screams for Vega to get up. Belair traps Vega in the corner. Belair unloads on Vega. Vega pokes Belair in the eye. Tornado DDT by Vega. Belair kicks out. Vega dives off the top but is caught by Belair. Military press slam by Belair. Vega slaps Belair. Belair goes off, landing clubbing blow after clubbing blow. Vega goes for the 10 punches in the corner while screaming she didn’t do it. Belair powerbombs Vega, the ally oops her into the top rope. Belair pins Vega after the KOD.
Winner- Bianca Belair
After the match, Charly asks Belair if she has any proof that Vega did this. Belair says Vega knows what she did. When Charly asks how Tez is doing, Belair walks away. Dawkins says they will be ready for SummerSlam and they want the smoke.
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Backstage, Angel Garza gives a rose to Demi Burnett from The Bachelor. Zelina Vega tells him to focus on his match.
Angelo Dawkins (with Montez Ford) vs. Angel Garza (with Andrade and Zelina Vega)
Garza goes shoulder-first into the ring post when Dawkins dodges him. Dawkins pounces Garza into the barricade. Dawkins flattens Garza with a flapjack. With a dropkick, Dawkins continues to dominate. The camera pans to Demi Burnett watching the match backstage. Garza hits a dropkick and goes for the Wingclipper, but Dawkins drills him with a right hand. Montez Ford falls over at ringside, and the distraction allows Garza to rock Dawkins with a superkick. Garza pins Dawkins with a kick to the face.
Winner: Angel Garza
Dawkins tends to Ford at ringside.
Andrade vs. Montez Ford
The match began during a commercial break. Ford uses his athleticism to gain the upper hand when the two competitors exchange technical holds. Andrade takes control with a chop and some knees to the mid-section. He sends Ford out of the ring, but Ford whips Andrade into the barricade. Andrade drills Ford with a forearm shot. A suplex earns Andrade a two count. Andrade grounds Ford again, but Ford rallies with two clotheslines. A dropkick sends Andrade crashing to the floor. Ford dives onto Andrade outside. But Ford collapses in the ring, and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Andrade
Medical officials tend to Ford.
Backstage, Charly Caruso says she doesn’t have an update on Montez Ford. Angel Garza flirts with her. Zelina Vega says she and her associates are concerned about Ford. Angelo Dawkins says the doctor thinks Ford may have been poisoned. Bianca Belair confronts Vega and asks her what happened to Ford. She says Vega was responsible for his poisoning. Vega and Belair brawl and their respective allies break up the fight.
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