MVP vs. Crews is the pre-show match and MVP stalls for a bit before backdropping him to the floor off a corner charge. Crews sends him out and hits a flip dive. Toss powerbomb ends it. Okay, so that Raw match meant nothing. Shelton and Lashley come out in new, slick black and gold shirts and Crews escapes. We get Thunderdome crowd shots and the Summerslam lighting looks great with it.
Asuka's out with her CG mask intro and slick pyro. Asuka runs wild on Bayley and hip attacks her off the apron. Bayley runs wild and gets a chinlock because every match has to have a chinlock. THE WWE VIRTUAL UNIVERSE IS GOING INSANE. Tremendous verbiage... Bayley trips her on the apron and Asuka goes for a missile dropkick and Bayley catches her in a humping kneebar and Asuka gets the rope. Bayley goes for the macho elbow and Asuka gets an armbar. Sasha sacrifices herself for an apron hip attack and Bayley gets an elevated small package to win. They kick her ass after the match.
Dom meets with his mother and father and Dom makes Rey promise him to not come out. KO is out to do commentary for the Raw tag title match. Andrade chops Tez and Garza clubs him from a back mount up top. I like the Alberto double stomp being done with Garza holding Dawk up so it ACTUALLY MADE SENSE. Tez gets a hot tag and froggy bodies into the ring. Profits hit their finish and win it.
Role Models are interviewed and get canned boos. Bayley says nothing can ruin this historic and MAGICAL night. Bayley gets a broom and predicts a clean sweep. Sonya-Mandy hype. Sonya's out and looks badass with her leather getup while babyface Mandy Rose is out in a surprisingly covered-up getup. Mandy hits a lariat off the announce table and then gets a table. Sonya bounces her off the announce table for a bit and gets a dragon sleeper. They brawl on the floor and Mandy carefully puts her on the table. Mandy bar slides a chair on the table and Sonya ducks. Mandy gets a pump kick and two shining knees before the Angels Wings hits and misses another shining knee by a mile to win. Otis does the worm and holds her high. She goes for the worm and sucks at it and Corey buries her TikTok and isn't shocked.
Seth-Dom video sets up their match. I can't boo Seth using Rey's classic Halloween Havoc/Phantom gear. Dom's gear isn't bad. They do some shitty lockups and headlocks here in this blood feud. Dom drop toeholds him on to a chair. So the White Russian Legsweep off the ropes put them BOTH THROUGH THE TABLE, but Seth had like 2% more force going through it, I guess. Seth takes Dom's hoodie off and canes him. Brutal caning going on... Byron - MY GOSH! Byron's keeping it TV-Y. Seth gets out the cuffs to make it TV-MA.
Angie comes down and Rey talks her down before Murphy goes for Dom and Rey attacks. They handcuff Rey and get kendo sticks. They go towards Angie and Dom hits him and Dom gets a 619. Frog splash meets the knees and gets the stomp to end it. Seth and Dom embrace mid-ring
Bayley white girl dancing to Sasha's theme is tremendous. Sasha takes her down and gets some shitty punches. Sasha lands a nice sunset bomb on the floor - although that ass-first landing isn't going to be good for her. Asuka gets a flying Asuka lock and Sasha breaks out and turns it into a crossface. Bayley gets up on the apron and knocked down and Sasha is in the Asuka lock and taps out. Asuka gets the belt back to tell the tale for Bayley-Sasha.
Orton vs. Drew is up and Drew gets a big pyro entrance. They stall. And brawl. And stall and brawl and stall. It's the Randy and Drewy show. Long chinlock by Randy and Drew gets a spinebuster. Drew gets a figure four...Jesus is this boring. Drew avoids an RKO and hits the future shock for 2. Orton gets the draping DDT for 2. A BACKSLIDE ends it thank God. Drew says he isn't the top of the mountain - he is the mountain.
LIMITLESS KEITH LEE going to Raw. Logically, shouldn't THE WINNER go to the main roster? Corey in a bright blue suit jacket and Cole are here for only the Universal Title match. Okay then. Bray's out and Braun has a new camo vest and no top - he's in good shape. He bum-rushes Bray and clubs him in the corner. Braun hurks up some chairs and hits him. BRAUN VS. BRAY IS OUTPACING ORTON VS DREW. They brawl backstage. LOL @ WWE just having a generic WWE office area in every building they're in. It's like the video games come to life. Braun gets tossed into a wall and hit with Sister Abigail on the floor.
IN THE THUNDERDOME PROPER, Bray gets beaten up and Braun tears up the ring with an Xacto knife before taking a uranage on the wood and another Abigail "on the wood" on the mat. THE BIG DOG RETURNS and spears the Fiend! BIG DOG RETURNS AND SPEARS THE MONSTER! Big bearded Roman with a badass-ish edge. I dig it. Roman beats the shit out of him with a chair.
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