PAUL TRIPLE H LEVESQUE opens the show and they have a subdued stage setup here - looks good! IT'S A NEW ERA so here's an HHH promo. THANK YOU HUNTER chant and by golly, wouldn't you know it, he wanted to thank us! Cody drew the largest gate in company history here and that velcro strap is fuckin' on him! A pretty epic video package airs running through his first WWE run, New Japan, IMPACT, AEW, and then returning while "rise up" plays during his WM 28 return!
That was a great goddamn video package but JESUS are they congratulating themselves a bit too much here. Like even Vince in the '80s went with FALSE MODESTY and yeah, it was bullshit, but there was a veneer of "aww shucks guys..." Cody asks for Samantha Irvin to announce him as THE NEEEWWWW UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPION THE AMERICAN NIIIGHTTMARREEEE CODY RHODES!
Rock comes out to a ton of muted heat with his WWWF Title homage-belt. Rock puts over Cody, puts over Dusty and said the Soulman ran with Dusty and maybe he wouldn't be proud of all the bad stuff he did to you - but eh, he doesn't care. Rock asks to hold Cody's belt and Cody says he'll allow that as long as he can hold yours. The crowd chants THIS IS AWKWARD and Rock says that the story with Roman is over, but THEIR STORY HAS JUST BEGUN!
Rock asks for his hand and gives him "something" - probably the Rolex broken up. Judgment Day shows up with Priest looking fantastic! Nakamura is out to face DRAGUNOV! April 26 and 29 are the draft days. God, imagine how good Dragunov would've been in the cold war era of territories. Verne could have had him instead of Private Nelson! Sliding German from Nakamura. HBOMB to Nak and the Torpedo Moscow wins it...so why not just have this be an NXT Title match?
Balor brings out Rhea and then she brings out Damian Priest with NEW MUSIC! We get some comedy bullshit with Truth and Miz and THEIR PARTNER LITTLE JIMMY. Or maybe Cena for two moves. Cody puts over David Taylor in video. Verne Gagne looking on proudly at amateur wrestlers being put over by the World Champion on global TV. Miz springboard crossbody into a double kneeling DDT. Cena comes out for the tag, three-way protobomb, three-way five knuckle shuffle, and three-way AA for the win.
WWE congratulates themselves for over 200,000 fans over the weekend total. Liv beats up Rhea for a bit before Indi is out with Candice TO FACE ROXANNE PEREZ! For some ungodly reason, we get a long drawn out match instead of this just being a single move. Candice grabs the leg and Indi is mad and a boot and Pop Rox ends it. So she had to cheat to win...joy.
SHEAMUS IS RETURNING! WWE congratulates themselves more. Sami's out before Kaiser talks shit and it's now tag time with Gable teaming with Sami. After a few centuries, a powerbomb/uppercut got 2 thanks to Sami saving. Sami gets an ankle lock on the wrong leg before switching it over. Helluva kick and the chaos theory end it after 20 years. Mid-card matches from Mania get hyped up.
Jey says it's JUST ME and he's going for a top contender shot tonight. Chelsea complains backstage about not being able to get a match and all the GMs collaborate to give her a match tonight. Chelsea faces Jade, who demolishes her in like 10 seconds. Sami chats with Gable and Gable wants a shot and Sami grants it for Raw in Montreal next week.
Drew vs. Jey vs. Bronson vs. Ricochet is up with Ricochet being ping-ponged around a bunch and sent through a table by Reed. ANNOUNCE TABLE 450 BY RICOCHET AGAINST REED! Drew wants a claymore but Punk holds his ankle for a superkick, spear, and Uso splash for the win and a Backlash match against Priest!
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