The pre-show features a FANTASTIC Riddle training video that I'm sure we'll see a billion times on the main show. JBL loses his shit picking Sami and throws papers around. Nice hype video with a fireworks theme in keeping with July 4th - the ladder and WWE Titles look great in firework form.
Women's MITB starts off and Becky is in a goofy green and black getup. Asuka's physical charisma is unreal - especially with that umbrella. Asuka bulldogs Becky on the ladder. Raquel goes to lift Becky and Liv up on opposite ends of a ladder and gets...Becky up. Well that didn't work - double suplex did. Becky with a legdrop to a half-dozen people...kinda. Ditto the Molly go round sorta hitting.
Asuka and Shotzi go back and forth for a suplex on a ladder and Shotzi eats a hiptoss onto it. Lacey getting booed out of the building here. Lacey gets sunset bombed by Liv on Raquel's shoulders and NO ONE DOES AND IT HITS WELL! WOW! Raquel gets hung up and Shotzi chops her. CLIMB! Jesus. She drops Alexa horribly on the ladder off an electric chair. Raquel goes for a deadlift suplex and we get a near Rampage bomb into a Becky boot sending Asuka on the ladder.
Legdrop off the ladder to Asuka and she just bounces off her! Liv and Becky fight on the ladder and Becky bounces her to the rope and SHE SPRINGS BACK AND KICKS BECKY OFF TO WIN! Fantastic stuff for Liv. Long Theory vs. Lashley video sets up their match with Lashley going for the post F5 and Theory avoids it by kneeing him. Lashley wants it again and Theory jumps on the apron to avoid him before hopping onto him and Lashley catches him - mostly, and Theory eats the post. PERFECT catch from Lashley on that roll through. Wow! Right into the press powerslam for 2.
Theory avoids the Yokosuka cutter and Lashley avoids the PK, but eats a cradle for 2. Rollthrough spear hits for Theory, but A-Town Down is met with a Hurt Lock and Lashley wins it. Lashley wins the US Title to get it off Theory so they have more freedom with the Cena match - good stuff. Bianca vs. Carmella is third - quite a drop from a Mania main event for Bianca.
Mella's tron has the Lambo logo in it. Bianca overpowers her and eats a superkick. MASSIVE backflip off the top to mid-ring for Bianca leads to her overpowering Carmella on a deja vu and backbreakering her. Apron superkick by Carmella before a bronco buster gets 2. RINGS OF SATURN BY MELLA! Bianca powers out and a KOD finishes it. This was better than expected and Corey had some great lines about Carmella not being on his insurance and not knowing what to do with a caseful of champagne. Mella jumps her after the bell so I guess we get a TV rematch. Hilarious live events video with Miz and then they announce Logan Paul's signing.
Usos are out and hopefully have designated drivers. Profits out in big-league gear tonight. Love it! They set up that the Profits aren't getting along here - so maybe they can face off for a Summerslam match. Profits crotch chops. Mounted punches from Jey. Lot of nothing going on in this thing. THEORY OF ALL PEOPLE had a better match so far. "Jimmy looks like someone on the Strip without a clue where he's at!" - Well...
Tez eats the Shelton-HBK superkick spot from the buckle. Crazy to see the Shelton-HBK superkick spot just become a spot and yet NEVER LOOK AS GOOD as it did then. Unreal how perfectly that was done. Demo Decapitation from the Usos gets 2. Tez hops into a big uppercut and we get a dueling chant. DAWKINS DIVE AND HE LANDS ON HIS FEET! He runs wild and gets 2.9!
POUNCE INTO A GERMAN GETS 2.9! Now it's in high gear! TOWER OF DOOM BLOCKBUSTER GETS 2.9! Double Blockbuster is avoided and Tez eats the double superkick for 2.9! HIGH FLY FLOW HITS AND JIMMY SAVES AT 2.99999! A hockey fight breaks out and the Usos win that and the 1D hits and ends it. This was an endless match at points but holy shit, it was hitting high eights A LOT. A weird one - you could rate it highly or lowly and be right. Replay shows that Montez's right shoulder was off the canvas and the ref missed it - good stuff and I look forward to a rematch at Summerslam.
Ronda takes her down with an ankle lock and we get several perfect teases of a tapout before Liv kicks the knee and cradles her to win it! Fantastic moment for her and they played it up big. This feels like it should be it for Ronda or close to it - her star has fallen HUGE and she doesn't have that same spark. LONG Roman-Brock video airs. Men's MITB is up and RIDDLE IS IN HIS HOMETOWN!
Pearce adds THEORY to the MITB match and Drew just looks like hke he's seen this story before. Omos massacres dudes with slams and chokeslams. Moss and Drew send him out with a double clothesline and they all bury him with a ladder. Moss tossed Theory into the post. Moss powebrombs Sami onto a ladder in the corner - YIKES! Draping DDT from Riddle off the ladder. Floating Bro off the ladder KOs Sheamus and Theory gets tree slammed by Theory.
BROGUE KICK TO OMOS! Helluva kick too! Triangle locked on on the ropes! FLYING HEADBUTT to Omos and Drew almost smashes his head on the ladder. Love the Stomp on the apron! SIX MAN SHIELD BOMB TO OMOS THROUGH THE TABLE!
Future Shock to Sheamus! Drew climbs up and BUTCH SAVES SHEAMUS! V TRIGGER TO DREW BY SHEAMUS! Sheamus climbs and gets pushed off the ladder by Drew pushing off the ladder and a claymore to Butch. Moss climbs and gets shoved off by Seth and doesn't have a clean landing - might've jacked his knee up. RKO BY RIDDLE OFF THE LADDER TO SETH!
Theory steals the win and is Mr. MITB. Okay then.
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