It's been a week of injuries and Cody's coming to this one hurt. Nice epic video for Cody vs. Seth and Seth says that anyone who's been in a cell with him has been changed forever. Long women's title rundown leads to the Raw Women's triple threat and Becky in a goofy getup. Asuka's out in a sweet Jason mask and Bianca's energy is fantastic. They take out Becky for a bit before going at it
Becky runs wild in the corner before Asuka hip attacks. Big Becky and Asuka exchange mid-ring leads to Asuka running wild and getting 2 off a German. MARCHING SUPLEX BY BIANCA TO BECKY! Love it! Corner punches to Becky and Asuka in the corner, but Becky escapes and pulls her down by the braid. MOONSAULT TO BECKY AND ASUKA GETS 2! Tower of doom to Becky is avoided and Asuka hits codebreakers to both of them!
ANKLE LOCK TO BOTH BECKY AND BIANCA! Bianca gets a schoolboy but BECKY GETS THE DISARMHER! MANHANDLE SLAM TO BIANCA but Asuka saves at 2.9! This has been a fantastic match so far. Bianca goes for Jaded, but gets rolled into an Asuka buzzsaw kick for 2.9 before a save. Disarmer in the ropes and a LONG Asuka lock to Becky that I think was supposed to be a 450 from Bianca but they were too close - so she rolls through. Becky tries to steal it, but a manhandle slam lets Bianca steal the pin.
Omos and MVP chat and MVP rejects Cedric. I love Cedric doing whatever he can to get back in the Hurt Business because logically in kayfabe, he REALLY should do anything he can to make that work. Fantastic intro for Lashley - it took until he got into his mid-'40s to really show him off like a God. It's 8:45 and MATCH TWO has just begun.
MVP uses Omos to get an edge and mounts Lashley with strikes before kneeing him for 2. MVP is "the veteran" in this match despite Lashley being around longer on the main roster. Cedric comes out and gets tossed out by Omos before he eats a spear. Players' kick misses and the Hurt Lock ends it. This was not as bad as expected.
Owens MAIN EVENTED WRESTLEMANIA AGAINST STEVE AUSTIN and is now in the third match facing Not Elias. Jumping knee and then a diving elbow gets 2.9 for Zeke. Back and forth forearms. Stinger splashes in the corner for Zeke and a Double A spinebuster gets 2. Pop-up powerbomb gets 2 for KO. Zeke avoids a stunner and gets the knee again before going up for the elbow and eating a superkick party and a cannonball. Stunner ends it and KO wins. He calls himself THE BEST IN THE WORLD in Chicago. LOL
Judgment Day vs. AJ, Balor and Liv with Liv getting a pop-up rana from her pals into Rhea. Not too much going on with Priest, but things amp up a bit with AJ and Edge. Ushigoroshi to Edge on the upper back gets 2. P1 Forearm hits for 2.9 thanks to Priest saving him. Goofy stupid setup for a suplex from Rhea to Liv hits and then Balor avoids doing the stomp due to Rhea. Edge and Balor have good chemistry together and Rhea prevents another one but Liv attacks her and Balor misses the stomp and Edge's spear ends it. This was fun.
Recap of the Lashley stuff and Cedric says he didn't do all that for Lashley - he did it for himself and Lashley says he's proud of him. Corbin vs. Madcap is up and it's NO HOLDS BARRED - not even the Corbinlock. Walk and brawl. More walking and brawling. Moss drop toehold into the chair. Deep Six gets 2. DDT on a chair from Moss gets 2. Moss eats a chair wrap into the post. Corbin puts steps up in the corner and eats a fallaway slam into them before the Punchline! He Pillmanizes his neck WITH THE STEPS! This was a definitive win.
US Title match is up with Theory out in Captain America gear while Ali is out in Chicago-themed gear with a slick CHI/ALI shirt and great gear too. Nice dive from Ali but he goes for another one and eats a drop to the floor. Killer lariat by Ali! A-Town Down is countered INTO AN STF BY ALI! Well, he escapes and hits the A-Town Down. This program got Ali over, then under.
Seth's out in Dusty's polka dots and Corey talks about Chicago has played such a part in his journey outside of WWE. Cody gets some left jabs and a CODY CUTTER with the right arm for whatever reason. His pec is just demolished! Seth canes the wound! Seth gets a Visionary weight belt and lashes him with it IN CODY'S OWN JACKET!
Seth sets up a superplex through a table, but Cody wants a powerbomb and it gets turned into the KO discus elbow to the neck. Frog splash on the table misses and Cody escapes! Cody gets a bull rope and puts it on and challenges Seth to do the same. This is brilliant! SUPERKICK TO SETH! BELL SHOT HITS AND GETS 2.9! This has been fantastic overall.
CODY SOMEHOW GETS CROSS RHODES FOR 2. BUCKLE BOMB THROUGH THE TABLE GETS 2.9! WHAT AN AMAZING BABYFACE CODY IS! Seth gets a sledgehammer and goes for a pedigree, but Cody HITS ONE FOR 2.9! Tremendous nearfall!
Cody chases him with the hammer and comes in and GETS STOMPED! This gets 2.9! SETH HITS A CROSS RHODES AND THEN CODY ROLLS THROUGH TO HIT ONE! CHAIN OF CROSS RHODES HITS AND HE GOES FOR THE HAMMER. HAMMER SHOT TO THE HEAD! HOLY SHIT. Cody won! I didn't see that and they made him THE BETTER MAN in this feud. Good to see.
This was the most compelling move-for-move match I've seen since HBK vs. HHH at Taboo Tuesday when HBK blew his knee out the day before. Every single thing Cody did seemed more remarkable due to the injury and while they shouldn't have done the match, Cody gave it everything he had in the arena that ALL IN made famous to have another classic.
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