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NOVEMBER WEEK 1 MUHAMMAD ABDUL STADIUM RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA Michael Cole and Corey Graves welcome us to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Crown Jewel! They hype the eight matches we’ll see tonight and pick some winners and losers. We’re then sent to the ring for our opening contest. LOGAN PAUL © W/PAT MCAFEE VS CARMELO HAYES *It’s clear early on that this match may be the future of Smackdown, with two blue chip studs who go move for move early on. *They trade the momentum back and forth but neither can get a firm advantage until Paul misses with a right hand and punches the turnbuckle. He protects his hand and allows Hayes to take over, wearing the champion out with a flurry of offense as McAfee panics at ringside. *Hayes plants Paul with a facebuster and then goes to the top and hits Nothing But Net. He quickly makes the cover. 1 2 Paul gets his foot on the rope at the last second! *Hayes has to rain in his shock and disappointment and regroup. He picks Paul up and tries to deliver the HIMplex, but Paul blocks it and reverses it into a northern lights suplex. 1 2 Paul reaches out and grabs the middle rope, using it to push down more in the pinfall. 3! RESULT: LOGAN PAUL RETAINS THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP BY PINFALL Paul and McAfee immediately head back up the aisle. The look on Paul’s face shows no semblance of cockiness. He knows how close that was and how lucky he is to still be the US Champion. Byron Saxton is backstage in gorilla with Becky Lynch. The Man says that tonight is a night she’s waited five years for. Five years ago at WrestleMania 35 it was supposed to be the Man versus the baddest woman on the planet and then Charlotte Flair stuck her nose in it. But here we are, full circle, with a title on the line and just like that night, when that bell rings for the final time, it’ll be her who gets her hand raised and settles the question about who’s the baddest. BECKY LYNCH © VS RONDA ROUSEY *These two go tooth and nail at each other with everything they have. Ronda takes an early advantage and targets Becky’s left arm to weaken her for the arm bar. Lynch does her best to minimize the damage but its clear she’s favoring it. *Rousey continues to work on Becky’s arm and the champ looks in trouble. Ronda takes pleasure in causing pain, but Becky fires some forearms with her good arm, which staggers Rousey and a kick to the stomach sends her falling into the corner. Lynch quickly runs her way, and hits a running knee. *Rousey is seeing stars, and Lynch drags her to the middle of the ring for a pin but Ronda kicks out. Becky picks her up works her over a little more but Rousey begins a comeback, peppering Becky with body shots. Becky backs up into the corner. Ronda takes a step back and then charges but Becky lifts herself up and lets Ronda crash her shoulder into the post. Becky then slides down Rousey’s back and rolls her with a sunset flip for the win. RESULT: BECKY LYNCH RETAINS THE WOMENS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BY PINFALL Becky climbs the ropes, holding her title high in the air, but the moment of celebration is coming to a sudden end. Rhea Ripley slides into the ring and with Becky celebrating, she grabs the champion and delivers a german suplex. Lynch lands in a heap, but that doesn’t stop Ripley from mounting her and raining down right hands. The referee tries to intervene but Rhea throws her across the ring. Rhea goes back to her attack, before picking up the champ and driving her down with Riptide. With Lynch sprawled out on the mat, it’s Mami who picks up the title and holds it up with a smirk. Charlotte is watching everything that happened backstage on a monitor when Bianca Belair walks up from behind. She tells Charlotte that she better worry more about her title than Becky’s because after tonight, when Bianca wins that title match at Survivor Series, Charlotte won’t be able to duck her any longer. Bianca storms off while Charlotte scowls. THE ROUGH RIDERS VS PRETTY DEADLY *Pretty Deadly gains an unexpected early advantage in this match which is essentially a no disqualification tornado tag. *It doesn’t take long however for Storm and Grimes to take over and punish Prince and Wilson for everything they’ve done to them. A general assortment of weapons are used until both Prince and Wilson are flat on their backs. *Storm and Grimes wait in opposite corners and when Pretty Deadly stand, with the aid of each other, they both eat a superkick. Storm and Grimes both make a pinfall for double three counts. RESULT: THE ROUGH RIDERS WIN BY PINFALL We see the Judgment Day in their locker room. Priest, Dom, and Rhea are hyping up Balor as he prepares for his ladder match tonight against John Cena. Kayla Braxton catches Paul Heyman outside the Bloodling Lounge before he enters it. She asks him what his plan is to defeat the Almighty Bobby Lashley again tonight and also is Roman Reigns scared of Lashley? Heyman scowls at the second question saying the Tribal Chief fears no man. Furthermore, he does have a plan and Kayla will find out like all the other irrelevant people in the WWE Universe. DREW MCINTYRE VS BRONSON REED W/THE MIZ *Two behemoths go to battle and they punish each other for the early minutes of the match. When the action goes to the outside the Miz comes into play and helps distract McIntyre, allowing Reed to flatten him and then work him over. *Reed delivers a world’s strongest slam but McIntyre is up at 7, resting on the ring post, although he looks shaky. Reed charges him but eats steel when McIntyre moves. *Reed is staggered, and McIntyre moves in, blasting him with big right hands. He whips Reed into the stairs and begins signaling for a Claymore when the Miz jumps on his back. Holding a handkerchief over his mouth. Graves questions if he’s chloroforming McIntyre and it appears to be working. That is until…. Rex Steiner runs down the aisle and grabs the Miz, pulling him off of McIntyre. The Miz spins and tries to throw a clothesline, but Steiner ducks it, and then launches a Steinerline, knocking the Miz flat. *McIntyre and Reed are now both on their feet and begin trading punches. McIntyre slams Reed’s head off the apron over and over. Reed is wearing down, throwing wild punches. McIntyre shows off his own strength, picking up Reed and running a few feet to spinebuster Reed through the announcer’s table. *McIntyre takes a breath and watches as the referee counts to ten. RESULT: DREW MCINTYRE IS THE LAST MAN STANDING The Miz is besides himself as he looks down at Reed and begins pacing. Meanwhile, Drew McIntyre has taken notice and waits for the Miz to turn around. When he does, he gets a Claymore for his trouble to the crowd’s delight. A video package is shown reviewing the history between Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton with special focus on their match at Fastlane and their interactions in the past few weeks. CODY RHODES VS RANDY ORTON *Psychology is on full display in this as both men try and get in the other’s head early on. Orton is particularly frustrated by this. He makes a few uncharacteristic early mistakes opening the door for Rhodes to do some damage focused on Orton’s well known bad back. *Orton stops the attacks by hitting a cheap shot over the referee’s shoulder and then turns on his normal offense, picking Cody apart piece by piece. Rhodes makes a short comeback, which Orton shuts down with a knee lift which knocks Rhodes flat on his back and from the look in his eyes he’s clearly dazed. Orton hits the mat in his normal setup for his finisher. *Orton springs for the RKO but Rhodes puts on the break and reverses it into a Crossrhodes, and then rolls through it, to deliver a second one. He hooks the leg and gets the win. RESULT: CODY RHODES WINS BY PINFALL A video package is shown reviewing the history between Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley that’s brought us here tonight. ROMAN REIGNS © W/PAUL HEYMAN VS BOBBY LASHLEY *Lashley is angry and he takes it out on Reigns which puts the champion in an unusual position. Heyman is watching in horror as Reigns is thrown across the ring. The look on Reigns’ face is pure shock. *Lashley presses his advantage and almost gets the Hurt Lock but Reigns sheds him and Lashley tumbles through the ropes. That’s when two more faces arrive. The Usos walk down towards Lashley intent on interfering when they’re suddenly not alone. The Street Profits blindside the Usos from behind and a small four man brawl in the aisle keeps the match fair and square. *But it also draws the attention of the referee. Lashley rolls back in and brawls with Reigns. Roman shoves Lashley into the ref, knocking him out of the ring. This allows someone else to get involved. *Solo Sikoa jumps the barrier behind the time keeper and hits the ring just as Roman runs at Lashley and is summarily planted on his back with a pop up spinebuster. Solo grabs Lashley and goes for the Samoan Spike, but Lashley blocks it to Solo’s amazement before he scoops Solo up in a military press. Lashley walks Solo around, but when he turns, Reigns demolishes him with a spear, which also causes Solo to hit the mat and roll out of the ring. *Lashley doesn’t stay down and Reigns hits a Superman Punch which drops Lashley to a knee but he gets up. Reigns hits another Superman Punch and Lashley again goes to a knee but rises, through gritted teeth. Reigns can’t believe it and goes for another but Lashley dodges and locks in the Hurt Lock. *Reigns is flailing but he can’t get out. Solo slides back in and delivers a Samoan Spike, then a second before Lashley releases Roman, who quickly bounds off the ropes and hits another spear. Heyman does his best to manhandle the ref back into the ring and he makes the slowest three count in the world. RESULT: ROMAN REIGNS RETAINS THE UNDISPUTED WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP BY PINFALL Reigns leaves the ring and is handed his title, leaving with his Bloodline. Lashley slowly pulls himself up to his feet with aid of the ropes and by his expression and those of the Street Profits they’re sick of the Bloodline. Following a Peacock advertisement, Charlotte Flair has taken a seat at the announcer’s desk for a bird’s eye view of the upcoming battle royal. NUMBER ONE CONTENDER BATTLE ROYAL *The match is your usual battle royal with some close eliminations which are saved at the last minute. *It boils down to Cora Jade, Bianca Belair, and Gigi Dolin. They’re about to size each other up when Gigi is again distracted by the aisle. This allows Cora to dump her over making it one on one. Bianca dominates with her power and is close to eliminating Cora when…… Asuka, sporting a more evil look crawls out from under the ring as Bianca is trying to get Cora over the top. She gets on the apron and by her wide eyed expression, Bianca is shocked. Asuka spits a plume of black mist into Bianca’s face before dropping down to the floor. *Cora sees what’s happened and wastes no time in eliminating a blinded Bianca to win. RESULT: CORA JADE WINS AND BECOMES NUMBER ONE CONTENDER As Bianca is attended to outside the ring, Charlotte stands from her seat and locks eyes with Cora Jade who stands on the ropes, pointing down at the champion. A video package is shown reviewing the history between Finn Balor and John Cena that’s brought us here tonight. FINN BALOR © VS JOHN CENA *Cena looks like his old self, feeding off the crowd and his power pays dividends early on as he throws Balor around. The champion is not easy to keep down though and Balor fires back at Cena, using strikes, kicks, and chops to get him down. Balor jumps up on the second rope and comes down with a knee on Cena’s throat. *With Cena out of action for the moment, Balor gathers a ladder outside the ring and sets it up. He scurries up the ladder but Cena grabs his foot and yanks him down. The two brawl for a few moments, before Cena is run into the ladder face first followed by a slingblade. Balor goes to the top and hits the Coup d’Grace. *Balor again tries to go up the ladder and he almost has his hands on the championship when…… *Seth Rollins has returned! Rollins pushes the ladder over, crotching Balor on the top rope. When Balor gets himself untangled, Rollins runs and crossbody blocks him over the top rope. *Cena pulls himself to his feet and looks down at Balor and then to the crowd, his eyes wide in recognition of the situation he’s in. He resets the ladder and makes the slow climb to the top before he pulls the championship down. RESULT: JOHN CENA WINS THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Cena stays up on the ladder, tears in his eyes, as he holds up the World Heavyweight Championship. He stands alone at the top of the list of greatest world champions in history with this historic 17th victory. As the fireworks go off to close the show, one thing is certain. The Champ is….back!

A video replay of last week is shown, of Bobby Lashley winning by disqualification, then fighting off the Bloodline to the point Paul Heyman all but begs Roman Reigns not to engage him. 11-1-23 FISERV FORUM MILWAUKEE, WI “Milwaukee…..acknowledge me!” Reigns spends the next several minutes running down Bobby Lashley as a loser. He lost at Summerslam, and he’ll lose at Crown Jewel. People act like they’re afraid of Lashley but Reigns isn’t. Reigns isn’t afraid of anyone and tomorrow night it’s gonna be a bad rerun. Arrive, dominate, win, leave…still with the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. We go to the announcers who welcome us to Friday Night Smackdown. They hype what we just heard from the Tribal Chief, and also the huge main event between the Street Profits and the Usos. Barrett says he’s also looking forward to the face-to-face between United States Champion Logan Paul and the rookie, Carmelo Hayes. MICHIN VS LYRA VALKYRIA *Michin shows the same initiative that the Good Brothers showed last week. Valkyria puts up a solid fight, but Michin is laser focused and when she loses control, she quickly regains it and puts the match away with Seoul Food. RESULT: MICHIN WINS BY PINFALL Kayla Braxton is standing by with The Brand ahead of a busy night for them. Pat McAfee says it's going to get busier because he is sick and tired of LA Knight, so it’s time to finally crush the cockroach under their shoe. At Survivor Series The Brand challenges him to a six man tag….if he can find two partners. MVP is standing outside Adam Pearce’s office. He knocks and opens the door. MVP tells Pearce he has some business to discuss and Pearce offers a chair. We don’t see or hear anything else after the door closes. ILJA DRAGUNOV VS GRAYSON WALLER *Waller is uber confidant and that is not good for him early on. Dragunov takes him to school with a flurry of hard hitting strikes and a clothesline to the outside over the top. *Pat McAfee comes down to the ring and calms Waller down. From there it’s more of an even match but Dragunov begins to build momentum again. That’s when we see McAfee dig in his pocket and put the black glove out. When the opportunity presents itself and the referee is busy with Waller, McAfee hits a single right hand that drops Ilja. Waller shoves past the ref and hits the Down Under for the win. RESULT: GRAYSON WALLER WINS BY PINFALL Waller and McAfee begin attacking Dragunov who is still down when…. LA Knight runs down to the ring and goes for Waller. Once he’s dealt with him, he turns on McAfee who quickly leaves the ring. Knight helps Dragunov to his feet and it looks like Knight has found his first partner to answer The Brand’s challenge. As Cole and Barrett discuss what they just saw, Bayley comes down to ringside and interrupts, saying she has a big surprise next week. It will be the return of Ding Dong, Hello! and her guest will be the newest addition to the Smackdown Women’s Division! Adam Pearce is in the ring as we come back from break and introduces United States Champion Logan Paul and his challenger Carmelo Hayes. Paul questions why he even has to be out there when everyone in Milwaukee and everyone around the world knows how this match will end. “And still….” Hayes cuts him off with a thank you. Paul is confused but Hayes explains he’s thankful that Paul is so confident because that means tomorrow night when we hear “And new….” Paul won’t be able to bitch and complain because it’ll be his fault. Hayes explains he’s built different, because he’s HIM, and that title will be around his waist. Paul scoffs and pays a little too much attention to the crowd chanting “HIM” and it throws off his delivery in his retort a little. Paul blames the audience for his mistake and cuts the segment off, telling Hayes he’s going to prove once and for all he’s nothing but a rookie who got lucky before leaving the ring. SHEAMUS W/RIDGE HOLLAND AND BUTCH VS SANTOS ESCOBAR W/LWO *A great back and forth match and the extra men on the outside ensure it stays 1v1 for the most part. Sheamus as always is brutal but Escobar hangs in and fires back with his own offense. *With Sheamus unable to gain a real advantage, Ridge Holland runs around the ring to attack the LWO, but he obviously expects Butch to follow. When Butch stays where he is, Holland is double teamed by Wilde and del Toro and send into the barricade. *Sheamus turns his attention to Butch, screaming at him for not helping and before he knows it, Escobar as rolled him up from behind for a three count. RESULT: SANTOS ESCOBAR WINS BY PINFALL Backstage a fight has broken out in the women’s dressing room and it’s spilled into the hallway. After several moments, officials arrive on the scene and get it cooled down. Adam Pearce takes a look at all six women and says if they want to have a warmup before tomorrow’s battle royal, then it’s official…right now! The announcers hype this unexpected six woman tag which will happen right after the break. BAYLEY, LACEY EVANS, AND GIGI DOLIN VS BIANCA BELAIR, IYO SKY, AND ZELINA VEGA *Everything is going the heels’ way early in the match as they keep Zelina in their corner. That plan works until Gigi begins getting distracted by someone down the aisle, though we can’t see anyone. She animatedly tells them to leave her alone, before jumping off the apron and going to confront them, much to Bayley and Lacey’s confusion. *This allows Bianca to get the tag and now that it’s a handicap match, the EST takes out her recent frustrations with Charlotte Flair on both Bayley and Lacey. Lacey gets the KOD while Iyo tags in and hits her moonsault. Bayley tries to break it up but Zelina dropkicks her out of the ring as the ref counts to three. RESULT: BIANCA BELAIR, IYO SKY, AND ZELINA VEGA WIN BY PINFALL Kayla Braxton is standing by with the Rough Riders. She talks to them about their Bunkhouse Rules match with Pretty Deadly tomorrow night and they are both very excited to get their hands on the men who tried to end their careers. Storm promises that they’re going to teach the ‘pretty boys’ what a hard night’s work is all about. Michael Cole and Wade Barrett run down the Smackdown matches for tomorrow’s Crown Jewel. THE STREET PROFITS VS THE USOS *As expected, this match is fantastic between two great teams with a history. The teams trade the momentum back and forth with the crowd firmly behind Ford and Dawkins. *The Usos try some underhanded double teams behind the referee’s back to keep Ford in their corner but he finally breaks free and makes the hot tag to Dawkins. *Dawkins’ power flattens both Jimmy and Jey and he’s building momentum to a victory when Jey pulls the top rope down while he’s trying to run to it and Dawkins tumbles out. Jey lays in some shots while Jimmy gets Dawkins back in the ring. *Meanwhile Jey lures Ford in and then trips him into the steel steps. Jimmy rolls up Dawkins and Jey slides onto to the apron and uses his feet to help give his brother leverage. As soon as the bell rings, the Usos take off running up the aisle, not even waiting to get their arms raised. RESULT: THE USOS WIN BY PINFALL The camera follows the Usos as they run backstage, having literally stolen a win, and the rest of the Bloodline is waiting by their custom SUV. Roman enters first and Heyman orders the rest to quickly get in. When the door slams shut, the car pulls away but suddenly jams on its brakes. Bobby Lashley is standing in the path of the car, with an aluminum baseball bat in hand. He busts out both headlights as we hear the Bloodline in the car freaking out. He dents the hood, and knocks off a side mirror before he smashes out the driver’s window. The car peels out and leaves Lashley behind but it’s clear tomorrow night is going to be a war.

Live from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, and we’re one day away from Crown Jewel. Long time adversaries, the Usos and the Street Profits will main event Smackdown this week and Managing Director Adam Pearce has declared the winners will be in line for a Unified Tag Team Championship match. Tomorrow night Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns will face arguably his biggest challenge in the Almighty Bobby Lashley. The two met at Summerslam with the Bloodline getting involved. Now Lashley has a second chance and has shown his ability in recent weeks to fight off the cousins of the Tribal Chief. What will Reigns have to say when he addresses the WWE Universe this week? We’re also headed towards a United States Championship match between Logan Paul of the The Brand and new Smackdown Superstar Carmelo Hayes. While Paul has shown his acumen inside a WWE ring, Hayes’ career in NXT is hard to surpass. Paul and Hayes will meet face to face this week just 24 hours before their match. Also in Action: Ilja Dragunov vs Grayson Waller Sheamus vs Santos Escobar Michin vs Lyra Valkyria Don’t miss all the action this Friday night on FOX!

NOVEMBER WEEK 1 ADDITION FINANCIAL ARENA ORLANDO, FL The show begins in Sonya DeVille’s office. She’s with Charlotte Flair and says she wants to inform the WWE Women’s Champion that next week here on Superstars we’ll have the contract signing between her and whoever wins the battle royal at Crown Jewel. Charlotte just smiles and says she’ll be happy to bring some class to this place before she exits the office leaving Sonya with a less than pleasant expression. Thea Hail is backstage very happy and energetic when Naomi and Tamina approach her. They begin to bully her and threaten her when someone behind yells for them to back off. Roxanne Perez walks over and stands next to Hail. She tells the Naomi and Tamina that if they want to talk crap, the four of them can settle it in the ring next week. Naomi and Tamina agree through their laughter and walk off. Hail thanks Perez for the help and she’s assured that next week they’ll make a statement. ISLA DAWN VS COURTNEY RUSH *Rush puts up a fight but Dawn controls the match throughout. After putting Rush down with a spinning backhand, Dawn comes off the second rope with a knee drop to the back of the head, Graves refers to as the Witching Hour. RESULT: ISLA DAWN WINS BY PINFALL Kelly Kinkaid is with Rhea Ripley. She asks Rhea about her match tonight with Natalya but Ripley scoffs and says tonight is just another night at the office for Mami. Show up, eradicate, hand raised. Rinse and repeat. LITA VS SHAYNA BASZLER *An open match and Lita keeps her promise to go to the extreme by hitting three different moves off the second rope early in the match. Shayna is reeling but when Lita goes for the swanton, Shayna hits the ropes and Lita falls awkwardly. *Baszler jumps on Lita like a hungry lion on a gazelle. She ground and pounds for a moment before locking in a dragon sleeper. Lita fights to get to the rope but Baszler cranks her neck back and the referee calls for the bell when Lita won’t submit. RESULT: SHAYNA BASZLER WINS BY STOPPAGE The referee checks on Lita and signals an ‘X’. He’s careful with her neck as medical officials comes to the ring. Lita is crying as they check on her and we go to a WWE Network commercial. We come back from a quick advertisement and Lita has been loaded onto a stretcher. As she is wheeled up the aisle, Rhea Ripley comes out for her match. She smiles at Lita, and gives her a little wave goodbye. RHEA RIPLEY VS NATALYA *Ripley controls the early going but Natalya makes her comeback and gets Mami in the Sharpshooter. Ripley is flailing but finally gets to the rope. She goes to the outside and Natalya follows but its a trap and she gets tripped into the ring post. *Ripley is back in control, and brings Natalya back into the ring. Ripley goes for Riptide but Natalya is fighting her, trying to get free. Rhea delivers three sharp and violent elbows into Natalya’s neck before hitting Riptide and stacking her opponent for the win. RESULT: RHEA RIPLEY WINS BY PINFALL To end the show, Michael Cole and Corey Graves run down the final card for Crown Jewel. This Saturday only on Peacock!

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FREE AGENTS NOVEMBER 2023 ROSTER ALEXA BLISS BAD BUNNY BRAUN STROWMAN CARMELLA CEDRIC ALEXANDER CORA JADE DOLPH ZIGGLER DREW GULAK INDI HARTWELL LYRA VALKYRIA OMOS W/MVP R-TRUTH ROXANNE PEREZ SHELTON BENJAMIN SHOTZI TEGAN NOX WES LEE

NOVEMBER 2023 ROSTER UNIVERSAL WWE CHAMPION ROMAN REIGNS WWE WOMEN’S CHAMPION CHARLOTTE FLAIR UNITED STATES CHAMPION LOGAN PAUL UNIFIED WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS KEVIN OWENS AND SAMI ZAYN ADAM PEARCE AJ STYLES ALBA FYRE ANGELO DAWKINS ASUKA AUSTIN THEORY BAYLEY BIANCA BELAIR BOBBY LASHLEY BUTCH CAMERON GRIMES CARMELLO HAYES CHARLOTTE FLAIR CRUZ DEL TORO DAKOTA KAI ELTON PRINCE GIGI DOLIN GRAYSON WALLER ILJA DRAGUNOV ISLA DAWN IYO SKY JAKE ROBERTS JAMES STORM JEY USO JIMMY USO JOAQUIN WILDE KARL ANDERSON KARRION KROSS KAYLA BRAXTON . KEVIN OWENS KIT WILSON LA KNIGHT LACEY EVANS LOGAN PAUL LUKE GALLOWS MICHAEL COLE MICHIN MONTEZ FORD NAOMI PAT MCAFEE PAUL HEYMAN REY MYSTERIO RIDGE HOLLAND ROMAN REIGNS SAMI ZAYN SANTOS ESCOBAR SCARLETT SHEAMUS SOLO SIKOA TAMINA WADE BARRETT ZELINA VEGA

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A video replay is shown of Paul Heyman setting up tonight’s main event between Bobby Lashley and Solo Sikoa. We then see the debut of Carmelo Hayes and the staredown between him and United States Champion Logan Paul to end the show. OCTOBER WEEK 4 FROST BANK CENTER SAN ANTONIO, TX The Brand comes down to the ring. McAfee says that he thought it was appropriate to come out and to settle everyone down a little. All week long it’s Carmelo this and Carmelo that. Well let us not forget we have standing here three one of ones. Three future Hall of Famers. They are the future, not some rookie who got lucky. Paul takes the mic and says he promised a big announcement and he always delivers. Right now he wants to show his generous side and he wants to give Carmelo Hayes the chance to avoid the biggest mistake of his life. They don’t have to fight for the United States Championship at Crown Jewel. Carmelo can continue his career with more mediocre victories and be happy with that. In fact….. Carmelo Hayes comes out and says he’s not making any mistake, he’s making history. Logan Paul is a hell of an athlete, all of The Brand are great athletes but none of them are…HIM. McAfee says if he’s so sure, then tonight he can take on Austin Theory and Grayson Waller, if he can find a partner. LA Knight comes out and after explaining whose show this is (L….A….Knight's) he says he thought he heard about a chance to punch two of these idiots in the mouth tonight and to inflict some blunt force trauma and he’s alllllways down for that, yeah! The match is set for later tonight! LACEY EVANS VS ZELINA VEGA *The dislike is evident as these two finally clash after weeks of derogatory statements by Evans. She controls the early going with stiff shots and taking liberties with the rules. Vega however digs deep and fights back. *As much as Evans tries to bully her, Vega fires shot after shot, backing Evans into the corner. When the referee tries to break them up, Vega blocks a cheap shot over the ref’s shoulder and continues her offense, slinging Lacey by hair across the room. *Evans is on her heels but Vega doesn’t slow down, hitting the old favorite where she slams Evans’ face into the turnbuckle ten times with the crowd counting in Spanish along with Zelina. Evans staggers to the middle of the ring, punching the air. Zelina bounds off the ropes and grabs Lacey’s hair, planting her face first in the ring, then jumps off the middle of the second rope with a moonsault. She makes the cover and beats Lacey in the middle of the ring. RESULT: ZELINA VEGA WINS BY PINFALL In the Bloodline’s Lounge they’re all assembled. Roman Reigns is solemn and serious. He looks to Solo and tells him that he knows what he has to do tonight. Solo nods while taping his thumb. Cole tells us tonight is going to be nothing but a war. Kayla Braxton is backstage with Gigi Dolin. Kayla asks why she attacked Iyo Sky and Gigi just smiles. After a moment she looks directly into the camera. She says that it wasn’t about Iyo, it wasn’t even about Bayley. It’s about…”her”. “She’s” the problem. “She” is the one who won’t leave Gigi alone. Kayla asks who she’s talking about and Gigi simply says ‘you’ll see.’ ASHLEY VOX VS CHARLOTTE FLAIR © *Flair dominates her ‘credible challenger’ from start to finish, showing a slight nasty streak in attacking her knee until she slaps on the Figure-8 for the win. RESULT: CHARLOTTE FLAIR RETAINS THE WWE WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP BY SUBMISSION In his office, Adam Pearce tells us that next week at Crown Jewel there will be a ten woman battle royal and the winner will face Charlotte Flair at Survivor Series! THE LWO VS THE GOOD BROTHERS *The LWO is high flying and fast offense and that works for a few minutes until Gallows swats Wilde out of the air like a fly. The Good Brothers show a level of aggression which has not been seen in a long time. Barrett suggests that AJ Styles “pep talk” is the reason. *Regardless, Anderson and Gallows dominate the match and end it with the Magic Killer. RESULT: THE GOOD BROTHERS WIN BY PINFALL A vignette is shown in which there is a black screen for a few moments until the screen turns blazingly white and for just a moment we glimpse the silhouettes of two very large men. LA KNIGHT AND CARMELO HAYES VS AUSTIN THEORY AND GRAYSON WALLER *Theory and Waller cheat to hold the advantage early on but when Knight gets the hot tag he changes that in an instant. Knight controls the match and after a few minutes, Hayes tags in and gets in some of his spotlight offense on Waller. *Theory tries to get involved but Knight stops him cold and clotheslines him over the top rope. Left alone, Waller puts on a comeback but Hayes puts an end to that with a kick to the stomach and hitting a bridged fisherman suplex Cole calls the Him-Plex for the win. RESULT: L.A. KNIGHT AND CARMELO HAYES WIN BY PINFALL Knight and Hayes hold the ring and both climb opposite corners to celebrate their victory. Kayla Braxton is backstage with Rey Mysterio. He tells her that he wishes Bobby Lashley well at Crown Jewel but make no mistake….he remembers what Roman Reigns tried to do to him. He tried to steal his mask…his honor and one way or another, he’ll get his hands on Roman Reigns again! Backstage Charlotte is all smiles but that fades when Bianca steps up. Bianca congratulates her on that hard fought victory. Charlotte rolls her eyes and tells Bianca that if she wants a title shot, stop bitching and win the battle royal. The champ walks off and Bianca ends the segment with ‘You bet I will.” A comical vignette is shown of Pretty Deadly preparing for Crown Jewel’s Bunkhouse Rules match by training on a ranch. Typical hijinks ensue with them getting filthy and miserable around the animals, but they persevere and overcome the challenges of the chores. They hug in celebration then quickly separate, aghast at the mess they’re in. BOBBY LASHLEY VS SOLO SIKOA W/PAUL HEYMAN *Power versus power and there is no mercy on either side. They brutalize each other but neither man can gain much of an advantage. Lashey gets a close two count off of a powerslam but Solo kicks out at the last second. *Solo surprises Lashley with a flying shoulder block and wears down the Almighty with a series of strong attacks, before he rears his arm back and swings for a Samoan Spike, but Lashley ducks and puts Solo in the Hurt Lock. Heyman is freaking out when…. *The Usos hit the ring and both attack Lashley causing the referee to ring the bell. RESULT: BOBBY LASHLEY WINS BY DISQUALIFICATION As the bell rings, all three begin attacking Lashley but in a fit of strength, Lashley begins fighting them all off. He spinebusters Jey, military presses Jimmy, and then ducks an attack by Solo and clotheslines him over the top. Lashley turns and locks eyes with Roman Reigns who has come down the aisle. Roman slowly starts to crawl onto the apron, but Heyman runs over and does all he can to pull Roman off, begging him not to do this, to handle it at Crown Jewel. It seems to get through to the Tribal Chief and he backs off, but the look between he and Lashley says it all about their match next week.

Live from the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, and one night away from Crown Jewel, Bobby Lashley will go one on one against the Bloodline’s Solo Sikoa. No doubt lurking in the wings will be Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Will Solo take out Lashley before his title match tomorrow night or will the Almighty send a message to the Tribal Chief and demolish his enforcer? Last week Carmelo Hayes made a huge impact in his Smackdown debut by becoming the number one contender to Logan Paul’s United States Championship. The Brand will be on hand to address the new challenger and Paul promises to show his generous side with a special announcement. Also in Action: Lacey Evans vs Zelina Vega Charlotte Flair will defend the WWE Women’s Championship against NXT’s Ashley Vox, whom she describes as a credible challenger Joaquin Wilde and Cruz del Toro of the LWO take on the OC’s Good Brothers Don’t miss all the action LIVE this Friday night on FOX!

OCTOBER WEEK 4 FREEMAN COLISEUM SAN ANTONIO, TX The Man, Becky Lynch is already in the ring, pacing with a microphone in her hand. She says that she saw the very impressive workout video on Raw of Ronda Rousey but she’d like a closer look so why doesn’t Ronda come on out and we’ll see how impressive she is! Rousey takes no time to head to the ring, sans entrance music and as soon as she slides in the fight it on! It only lasts for a few moments as each woman gets the other in the corner and has a chance to pummel the other. Lynch uses mudhole stomp kicks, while Rousey goes for more traditional right and left punches to the body. Sonya DeVille comes out with a ton of security and they finally break them up but by their expressions, Crown Jewel will not only be for the title, but for personal pride. A replay is shown of the brawl and the breakup as Cole and Graves hype the upcoming Women’s World Championship match. ALBA FYRE VS STEVIE TURNER *Alba Fyre makes some quick work of NXT’s Stevie Turner. Fyre takes pleasure in making the most of her five counts before breaking several choke holds and ends it with a good looking Gory Bomb. RESULT: ALBA FYRE WINS BY PINFALL Kelly Kinkaid is with Lita. The Hall of Famer tells us that she can’t believe how chaotic Raw’s women’s division has been and if she’s being honest, she loves it. It reminds her of a pretty popular bygone era in WWE and it makes her want to get extreme. So much so, that she’d like to get extreme next week. How about it, Shayna? You wanna get extreme? BLAIR DAVENPORT VS CANDICE LARAE *Davenport makes a good showing for herself, putting LaRae in a lot of danger but the Poison Pixie battles back and when the opportunity arises, she hits a dropkick off the second rope followed by a hurricanrana. She hooks the leg and holds Davenport down for three. RESULT: CANDICE LARAE WINS BY PINFALL NAOMI VS IYO SKY *Naomi is in firm control in the beginning of the match and does not relinquish the advantage until Iyo begins to claw back into the match with a series of strikes and kicks. Even then, Naomi uses some underhanded tactics out of the referee’s view to keep her down. *Naomi whips Iyo into the ropes and goes for the Rear View, but Iyo hangs on and then dropkicks Naomi in the back and puts her in 619 position on the ropes. Iyo takes a running jump onto her back and Naomi flops onto the mat. Iyo climbs the ropes and hits her moonsault for the win. RESULT: IYO SKY WINS BY PINFALL Iyo quickly escapes the ring before Tamina, who has run down the aisle, can get in. The announcers remark how Iyo has escaped the Bloodline’s trap, but she seems to have a lot of people gunning her for now.

A video replay is shown of last week’s Universal Championship match that saw Roman Reigns retain against Rey Mysterio OCTOBER WEEK 3 BOK CENTER TULSA, OK The Almighty Bobby Lashley is already in the ring as SmackDown kicks off and says we now know who he’ll challenge at Crown Jewel and the more he thought about it, the more he thinks….why wait? Roman, Tribal Chief, Head of the Table, whatever you call yourself they’ll be calling you FORMER Universal Champion soon enough so just come on down here and let’s get this over with! …… Ladies and Gentlemen! The Wiseman Paul Heyman walks out alone but stays at the back of the aisle. He says unfortunately the Tribal Chief is not here tonight and even if he was here, Lashley doesn’t call any shots against the Head of the Table. At Crown Jewel, it will go down just as it has for over 1000 days so on behalf of the Reignsing, defending, undisputed WWE Universal Champion….the answer is no. Heyman smirks as Lashley just grows more annoyed as we go to break. RIDGE HOLLAND AND BUTCH VS CEDRIC ALEXANDER AND SHELTON BENJAMIN *Ridge starts the match and refuses to tag in Butch, telling him he needs to watch. There is a small opening where Cedric and Shelton have the advantage but Holland bounces back and dominates them both, ending the match with Northern Grit. RESULT: RIDGE HOLLAND AND BUTCH WIN BY PINFALL Kayla Braxton is backstage with Bianca Belair. Bianca admits to being frustrated lately and if Charlotte Flair thinks she needs to earn a title shot, she’ll earn it tonight when she gives Tamina the Kiss of Death! Adam Pearce is in his office with Pretty Deadly. He says he can see they’re still smiling about what they did to the Rough Riders but he has news that will make everyone smile. At Crown Jewel it will be Pretty Deadly versus the Rough Riders in a Bunkhouse Rules match. He wishes them good luck as they protest in futility. R-TRUTH VS OMOS W/MVP *Truth and Omos meet in the middle of the ring, with Truth comically looking up into the face of the giant. Truth simply says ‘you win’, and lays down. Omos seems amused and plants a foot on his chest for the quick victory. RESULT: OMOS WINS BY PINFALL A vignette is shown of Jake the Snake Roberts in the Snake Pit. He tells us that he wants to thank Charlotte Flair for what she did at Fastlane. The WWE Women’s Championship was an albatross, Hindering Asuka’s transformation, her de-evolution into her true self. Now she is free to open her black heart to the true meaning of evil. Roberts says he can’t wait to see her blossom, and when she does, nobody will be ready for her. “Trust me.” BIANCA BELAIR VS TAMINA *Two powerhouses who aren’t able to gain a complete advantage over the other through most of the match. *Tamina knocks Bianca back into the corner with a running knee but when she goes for a running splash, Bianca moves. Tamina hits chest-first and staggers back into a KOD. RESULT: BIANCA BELAIR WINS BY PINFALL Kayla Braxton catches up with Paul Heyman backstage and questions him why he’d turn down Lashley’s challenge. Is the Bloodline scared? Heyman scoffs it off and says if Lashley is so interested in fighting, he can fight Solo next week and then when he doesn’t make it to Crown Jewel he’ll only have himself to blame. Lacey Evans is in her dressing room, pacing angrily. She says she’s had enough of Zelina Vega and all the people like her. Lazy criminals who want to steal off the hardworking tables across America. Next week this ends and after she beats Zelina, she’ll personally deport her back to where she belongs! Backstage AJ Styles is leaning against a wall when the rest of the OC approach asking him where he’s been and what his problem is. AJ raises his voice, saying his problem is he’s surrounded by losers. This is not who they are. They need to get back to what made the OC the most feared faction in the business and if they can’t do it, then they’re out. He storms off leaving them all sharing a look. BAYLEY VS GIGI DOLIN *Gigi’s aggressive style has Bayley on her heels early on but the Role Model settles in and begins to take over the match. *She taunts Dolin as she climbs to the top, signaling she’ll go for a big elbow when… *Iyo Sky runs down and shoves Bayley off the top. The referee calls for the bell. RESULT: BAYLEY WINS BY DISQUALIFICATION Iyo isn’t done. She gets in the ring and mounts Bayley, throwing right hands. Meanwhile…. Dolin gets up and sees what’s happened. Her eyes widen with anger as she grabs Iyo by the hair, pulling her off Bayley and hitting a knee to the back of her head. Iyo is out on her knees and Dolin locks in an STF on the helpless Iyo. Bayley sees the look on Gigi’s face and rolls out of the ring, wanting no part of this as officials try to get her off Iyo. Logan Paul comes down and sits with the announcers ahead of the fatal four way match to name his next challenger. One by one they’re announced. Tben Adam Pearce walks out and says the fourth man is Smackdown’s newest Superstar…. NUMBER ONE CONTENDER FOR US TITLE ILJA DRAGUNOV VS MONTEZ FORD VS SANTOS ESCOBAR VS CARMELO HAYES *Athleticism and high flying attacks are shown off left and right in this match as all four men go at one another and through the course of the match they’re all paired off. *Half way through the match they go through a series of close falls with the count being broken up at the last second. *Dragunov hits Torpedo Moscow on Escobar but before he can go for the pin, Ford tosses him out of the ring and jumps up to the top rope for a frog splash but Hayes pulls Escobar out of the way and Ford bellyflops the mat. *Dragunov climbs onto the apron and Hayes hits him with an enziguri, Escobar and Hayes brawl for a few moments before Hayes ducks a clothesline with a matrix-like dodge, then dropkicks Escobar out of the ring. By now, Ford is on his feet but Hayes kicks him in the gut and hits a ‘perfect’ Fisherman suplex with a bridge for the 123. RESULT: CARMELO HAYES WINS BY PINFALL Carmelo Hayes climbs the ropes in celebration as Logan Paul stands from his seat and the two lock eyes as Paul holds the United States title up in the air.

Live from the Bok Center in Tulsa, Logan Paul will be on hand to find out which of the four mystery men will win the number one contender’s match and face him at Crown Jewel. Smackdown Managing Director Adam Pearce has been tight lipped all week as to who is in the match but whoever it is will earn the chance of a lifetime. After Roman Reigns successfully defended his WWE Undisputed Universal Championship last week against Rey Mysterio, the Almighty Bobby Lashley now knows who he’ll fight for the title at Crown Jewel. Lashley promises to open the show this week with an important announcement. What does he have to say and what will be the Tribal Chief’s reply? Also in Action: Ridge Holland and Butch vs Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin Bianca Belair vs Tamina Bayley vs Gigi Dolin Don’t miss all the action LIVE this Friday night on FOX!

OCTOBER WEEK 3 AMICA MUTUAL PAVILION PROVIDENCE, RI Kelly Kincaid opens the show and introduces Ronda Rousey. She asks why Rousey attacked Becky Lynch and Rousey says that’s obvious to anyone who isn’t an idiot but since she’s surrounded by them she’ll explain. In all the time she’s been in WWE all she’s wanted is to be the champion. Becky is just a stepping stone, and now she’s gotten what she wanted. At Crown Jewel, she will end the reign of the Man and then she’ll destroy the entire Women’s division and every woman in it. A video highlighting Bayley is shown. LYRA VALKYRIA VS SHAYNA BASZLER *Valkyria puts up a good fight but Baszler’s fighting skills are too much and once she locks in the Kirifuda Clutch it’s all over. RESULT: SHAYNA BASZLER WINS BY SUBMISSION Next week’s main event is announced. It will be Iyo Sky taking on Naomi of the Bloodline. BIANCA BELAIR VS ISLA DAWN *Belair withstands an early barrage from Dawn before she makes a comeback and ends it with a KOD. RESULT: BIANCA BELAIR WINS BY PINFALL PIPER NIVEN VS RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ *Two powerhouses show off their strength with neither gaining an advantage. The action spills out to ringside and Raquel begins to build momentum. *She dodges when Piper charges the post, then backs up Niven with a few right hands. Niven is teetering and is rolled back into the ring. *Soey Stark runs down to the ring and as Rodriguez is climbing back into the ring, she attacks her causing a disqualification. RESULT: RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ WINS BY DISQUALIFICATION Niven and Stark continue their assault on Raquel, leaving her down in a heap. They stand over her with their arms raised as the show ends.

A recap of Fastlane is shown highlighting Charlotte Flair cashing in after her non-title loss and Bobby Lashley and Karrion Kross’ battle which saw Lashley emerge as Roman Reigns’ opponent at Crown Jewel. The package ends with the staredown that closed the show. OCTOBER WEEK 2 ENTERPRISE CENTER ST. LOUIS, MO The Bloodline comes down to the ring and after ordering St. Louis to acknowledge him, Reigns tells us that in four weeks he has a date with Bobby Lashley at Crown Jewel….if….Lashley can make it to Crown Jewel because you see…… Rey Mysterio comes out from the back and says he’s seen enough of Reigns and the Bloodline and what they did to his amigos in the LWO. So tonight he’s here and he wants Reigns. Roman begins to laugh it off until Mysterio asks if he left his cojones on the Island of Relevancy. That changes the champion’s mood and just as Heyman begins to shoot down the challenge, Reigns stops him and says he accepts. The crowd and the announcers pop big time for an impromptu match as we go to break. A replay is shown of what happened before the break between Roman Reigns and Rey Mysterio. Cole tells us that Adam Pearce has made it official and tonight’s main event is a WWE Undisputed Universal Championship match between the Tribal Chief and the Hall of Famer! In gorilla, the Brutes are gathered before Sheamus’ match but they stop Butch as they walk out. Sheamus says that him losing….and shaking the hand of Ilja Dragunov is a very bad look. So he can sit back here and watch how a brawling brute takes care of business and maybe learn something. Sheamus and Ridge leave him behind. SHEAMUS W/RIDGE HOLLAND VS SHELTON BENJAMIN *Sheamus is ruthless in this matchup and doesn’t mind sharing with Holland who gets in a few shots on the outside. Shelton is still a great worker but even he can’t kick out of a Brogue Kick. RESULT: SHEAMUS WINS BY PINFALL A vignette is shown in which there is a black screen for a few moments until the screen turns blazingly white and for just a moment we glimpse the silhouette of a very large man. AUSTIN THEORY W/PAT MCAFEE VS AKIRA TOZAWA *Theory shows off both his talent and his vicious streak in this as he dominates Tozawa and puts him away with A-Town Down. RESULT: AUSTIN THEORY WINS BY PINFALL Kayla Braxton is backstage with Bobby Lashley. Lashley says he knows he has a bullseye on his back with the Bloodline because Roman is afraid of him. Further he says he respects Rey Mysterio and whoever wins tonight, is going to get the best of the Almighty at Crown Jewel. ALBA FYRE VS ZELINA VEGA *An even and open match that goes back and forth but Zelina puts momentum together in the end and finishes Fyre with a running second rope moonsault (Lionsault). RESULT: ZELINA VEGA WINS BY PINFALL Charlotte Flair comes out as she did on Superstars and revels in her championship cash-in at Fastlane. She further says that as a FIFTEEN time world champion she is really sad that she will never break her father’s record because this title isn’t going anywhere. Wooooooooo! THE GOOD BROTHERS VS THE USOS *Good Brothers have it working early on but things fall apart on them mid-way through the match and before you know it, the Usos are in full gear and putting in the work as only they can do. *With Gallows down and out at ringside, they focus on Anderson and he eats a 1D to end the match. RESULT: THE USOS WIN BY PINFALL The camera catches sight of AJ Styles high up in the arena. He looks less than pleased with the outcome of that match as he turns and walks through an exit. A video replay of The Brand’s attack on L.A.Knight at Fastlane in which they reportedly broke his ankle is shown. Kayla Braxton is backstage with The Brand and they’re happy about Theory’s victory but especially what they did to L.A. Knight at Fastlane. Their joy begins to fade when Adam Pearce shows up. Pearce says next week there will be a four way match to find a new opponent for Logan Paul and the United States Championship at Crown Jewel. McAfee demands to know who the four participants are but Pearce says he can find out next week like everyone else. REY MYSTERIO VS ROMAN REIGNS © W/PAUL HEYMAN *Rey starts off with fast offense, hitting and moving to wear down Reigns bit by bit. That works for awhile until the hit and run attacks are met by a stinging right hand. *Reigns seizes control and punishes Mysterio with a series of power moves, using his size and power advantage but no matter what he hits him with, Rey won’t stay down for a three count. *Reigns begins to badmouth Rey as he delivers kicks and stomps, telling him to acknowledge the Tribal Chief and lay down, that it’s over. Mysterio responds with a flurry of offense which puts Reigns on his heels. Mysterio presses his advantage, hitting some of his traditional offense and even a 619! 1 2 Kickout! *Heyman looks like he’s going to have a stroke. Rey goes to the outside and is ready for a West Coast Pop but when he soars, so does Reigns, with a Superman Punch. Now, Roman looks angry and delivers more power moves intent on not just beating his challenger but humiliating him. *Reigns hits a series of big clotheslines before whipping Rey into the ropes. Rey hurdles him but on the return rebound from the ropes, Reigns hits a spear and gets the three count. RESULT: ROMAN REIGNS RETAINS THE WWE UNDISPUTED UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP BY PINFALL The rest of the Bloodline runs down to the ring and are circling Mysterio like sharks and then Roman gives his decree. He wants Rey’s mask. The Usos hold up Mysterio by the arms as Roman moves in to unmask Rey until…. The LWO sprints down to the ring, chairs in hand, and the Bloodline ditches the ring except for Solo who takes a couple hits across the back before he dumps out as well. The LWO has protected their leader’s honor but the Bloodline doesn’t look done with them as the show ends.

Live from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, the Tribal Chief and his Bloodline will be on hand following the events of Fastlane which saw the Almighty Bobby Lashley earn a title shot at Crown Jewel. What does the Head of the Table and his Wiseman have in store? Fastlane also saw a shocking development as Charlotte Flair lost her non-title cage match against Asuka, but then cashed in her Money in the Bank briefcase after smashing the cage door into the head of the champion. The Queen will address the WWE Universe this Friday. Also in Action: The Good Brothers vs the Usos Sheamus vs Shelton Benjamin Alba Fyre vs Zelina Vega Don’t miss all the action LIVE this Friday night* on FOX! *Show likely to drop Sunday

OCTOBER WEEK 2 JQH ARENA SPRINGFIELD, MO Sonya DeVille is in the ring and introduces the new WWE Women’s Champion, Charlotte Flair. <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="200" id="ips_uid_1120_16" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZEAXKffoVfo" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> Charlotte comes down to the ring and says that Fastlane was a landmark moment in the Women’s division in WWE. We’ve had cash ins before but never has someone been so strategic as she was. She didn’t care about losing that first match, in fact she planned on it. Because as she always says, she is the opportunity and Asuka walked right into her trap. So now the title is back where it belongs and it will be here for a long, long time. If you don’t like it, learn to love it. Wooooooooooo. A recap from Raw is shown where Ronda Rousey attacked Women’s World Champion Becky Lynch following her successful title defense, the announcers wonder how will The Man answer the Baddest Bitch in the WWE. THEA HAIL VS TAMINA *Tamina dominates this young girl from NXT who still shows she has the spirit to keep fighting back. Tamina squashes the spirit out of her with a Superfly Splash. RESULT: TAMINA WINS BY PINFALL Kelly Kincaid is interviewing Raquel Rodriguez when Piper Niven walks into the scene. Niven and Rodriguez go chest to chest and Niven says there’s only room for one powerhouse in the Raw Women’s locker room. Rodriguez says there’s an easy way to fix that. Next week, here on Superstars, they find out who has the power. Niven gives a smirk and backs off, saying it’s her funeral. ROXANNE PEREZ VS LACEY EVANS *Perez actually has an early advantage in this until Evans jams a thumb into her throat. From there its Evans’ cruelness which rules and she finally locks on the Cobra Clutch. RESULT: LACEY EVANS WINS BY SUBMISSION Lacey won’t let goof the hold and Perez has passed out. That’s when Zelina Vega sprints down to the ring. She slides in and grabs Evans by the hair with one hand and rakes her eyes with the other. That forces her to release the hold, and Zelina isn’t done, now grabbing her hair with both hands and slings her out of the ring. Evans is furious but she’s also not in a hurry to get back in there. NO DISQUALIFICATION MATCH NATALYA VS VALHALLA *The action happens mostly in the ring with some weapons brought from under the ring including a chair which Valhalla lodges between some turnbuckles. She whips Natalya into the corner and charges but Natalya moves and Valhalla’s knee crashes into the chair. *With her opponent hobbled, Natalya goes to work with a kendo stick on that knee, before grounding Valhalla and applying the Sharpshooter which gets a submission. RESULT: NATALYA WINS BY SUBMISSION Nikki Cross hits the ring and it’s soon a two on one attack by a pair of the craziest women on the roster. After a few moments the crowd reacts to two more faces rushing down to the ring. Katana Chance and Kayden Carter hit the ring and save Natalya, sending the heels to the outside. From the look in the eyes of Nikki and Valhalla they only want to keep fighting but officials intercede as Carter and Chance check on Natalya as the show ends.

Following Gunther, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, and Charlotte Flair fielding questions, Chief Content Officer Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque sat down to address the assembled media. “Good evening. First, I want to thank Indy, always a great host city for us and the folks at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Second, only one injury coming out of tonight, with L.A. Knight, he's being evaluated with that ankle. Everyone by now has heard about Ronda and Ilja and they both worked through their prior injuries to deliver tonight. Speaking of Ronda, those six really put on a show and if Rhea is to be believed. we have more in store for us. That's a good thing for the WWE Universe whenever we get half a dozen performers of their skill mixing it up and raising the bar. In terms of early numbers, this show when you consider the early gate numbers, and the expected buys is over a million. I'm definitely happy with that. The big news tonight of course is Bron Breakker picking Raw, can't wait to see him on Monday nights. We also now know who will challenge Roman Reigns at Crown Jewel in a month's time. And she did it again, didn't she? Charlotte never fails to surprise. I also want to give credit to Adam Copeland, Edge, and Bobby Roode. They've been quietly working backstage as producers the last couple of weeks and they're showing they have as much of a knack for that as they did in the ring and they're assets for us. With that we'll open it up for questions.” (48 HOURS FOR ANY OF YOU TO ASK US WHATEVER YOU WANT!)

OCTOBER WEEK 1 GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE INDIANAPOLIS, IN The Bloodline arrives high in the building, taking their seats in a VIP area. They seem to be in a good mood and match their fans’ fingers in the air before sitting down. *The three sets of challengers control the match early on with Zayn catching a beating from everyone. *Owens finally gets a tag and turns the tables, hitting EVERYONE he can. He almost hits a stunner on Gargano, but Ciampa pulls his partner out to stop the momentum. The match slows down and everyone gets involved again. *It breaks down into an eight man brawl which sees DIY wipe out Indus Sheer by double cross body blocking them over the top. That leaves the champs and New Day. Kofi goes to the top but Owens shoves him off and he wipes out DIY and Indus Sheer at ringside. This allows Zayn to hit a Heluva Kick on Woods for the win. RESULT: KEVIN OWENS AND SAMI ZAYN RETAIN THE UNIFIED TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP BY PINFALL Exhausted and pushed to their limit, the champions climb opposite corners and celebrate their hard fought win. A video is shown of Asuka and Charlotte’s non-match brawl a few weeks ago on Smackdown, then Asuka’s interference in the number one contender’s match and finally Charlotte asking for this non-title cage match. NON-TITLE CAGE MATCH *The cage comes into play early and often as these two brutalize each other. Asuka takes great pleasure in grinding Charlotte’s face into the cage and almost clears a quick pinfall following a knee drop from the second rope. *Charlotte rebounds with a series of chops which has Asuka rocked. After running Asuka into one side of the cage and then the other, and when she drops to a knee, Charlotte hits Natural Selection for another close two count. *As the match draws to a close Jake Roberts slips a kendo stick through the cage and Asuka wears it out across Charlotte’s back before hitting a spinning heel kick and that gets the three count. RESULT: ASUKA RETAINS THE WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP BY PINFALL As Asuka climbs and raises her arms, Charlotte leaves the cage looking upset, standing with her hands on her hips near the time keeper. Asuka begins to exit as well when Charlotte sprints and kicks the cage door into Asuka’s head. Asuka falls back into the cage, holding her head as Charlotte digs under the ring and pulls out what she’s looking for. She hands it to the official at ringside and re-enters the cage. She stalks Asuka, methodically, savagely kicking her in the head, before locking in the Figure Eight. Asuka has no escape and eventually succumbs and taps. Charlotte Flair is the new WWE Women’s Champion! A video package is shown highlighting the path Shinsuke Nakamura has taken to get this Intercontinental Championship opportunity tonight. With the Ring General having surpassed the Honky Tonk Man’s record to become the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time, is tonight the night that he is dethroned? We’re about to find out. *This match is so physical that many at ringside grimace as the chops and kicks land from both men. Half way through, both of their chests are beet red. *Nakamura hits Gunther with everything he has, even using some high risk maneuvers to try and put him down but the champion keeps kicking out. *At this point Kaiser and Vinci come down to the ring with Kaiser getting on the apron and distracting the referee, and Vinci sliding in to attack Nakamura but he gets red mist in the face. *Nakamura turns around and gets helicoptered by a huge lariat from Gunther. Sensing that he finally has an opening, Gunther quickly delivers a powerbomb, then another before making the cover and scoring the win. RESULT: GUNTHER RETAINS THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP BY PINFALL Byron Saxton enters the ring to speak with the victorious Gunther. Saxton asks him if he respects Nakamura after that match and Gunther says that he respects the effort and the challenge, but nobody can beat him. Nobody can take this title from his shoulder. That is why he is the greatest and longest reigning Intercontinental Champion. Backstage, Charlotte Flair is basking in her new title when she’s approached by Bianca Belair. Bianca congratulates her and asks when she can get that title shot. Charlotte says she doesn’t understand and Bianca reiterates that Charlotte told her last night that she could have the next title shot. Charlotte now understands but informs Bianca that what she actually said was she could have the next shot “against Asuka.” Bianca, increasingly annoyed, asks exactly what that means. Charlotte gives her a direct answer. “Back of the line,” before walking away leaving Bianca steaming. *If the previous two matches weren’t violent enough, this one takes the cake. These two brawl all over ringside, both of them breaking the count when it's to their advantage to keep punishing their opponent. *Butch is fighting as if his life is on the line in this rubber match, but Dragunov is absorbing it all and then firing back. They stand in the middle of the ring, hitting each other back and forth when Butch ducks a punch and sweeps Dragunov’s leg, before applying a crossface. Dragunov drags himself to the rope and finally gets it. *Butch drags him back into the middle of the ring and tries to put it on again, but Dragunov slips out and catches Butch with a knee under the chin. Butch is dazed and open for Torpedo Moscow which gets the win. RESULT: ILJA DRAGUNOV WINS BY PINFALL Butch is very disappointed and for a moment they lock eyes before Dragunov offers a handshake. Butch stares at his hand, glancing to the crowd who is giving them both a standing ovation before shaking the victor’s hand and leaving the ring. A video is shown of how these six women got here tonight. The dual history of Rhea Ripley’s rise and the history between her and Becky as well as the issues between Becky & Trish/Lita are shown. Plenty of footage of their big brawl and a spotlight on the errant punch from Lita that broke Ronda Rousey’s jaw. *Trish takes the brunt of the heels’ attacks for the early part of the match until Lynch gets the tag and takes over, especially working with Baszler. *Rhea cheap shots Becky and tags in. They work a large portion of the match in even fashion, then Rousey gets in and works over Becky until she makes the tag to Lita. The announcers play up Rousey’s broken jaw and the animosity between these two. Lita holds her own until Trish tags back in and they hit a double dropkick on Ronda which is broken up by Shayna. *Rhea gets back in and overpowers Lita for a few minutes, but when she goes for Riptide, Lita hangs on and headlocks her over, but when they’re on their feet, Rhea boots her in the face. *Rousey and Baszler run around the ring and yank Stratus and Lynch off the apron, allowing Rhea to hit a buckle-bomb directly into a Riptide for the win. RESULT: RHEA RIPLEY, RONDA ROUSEY, AND SHAYNA BASZLER WIN BY PINFALL Shayna rams Trish into the barricade while Ronda sends Becky into the post face first. They roll back into the ring and along with Rhea, they stand over a fallen Lita with Rhea screaming that this is just the beginning! Stephanie McMahon and Adam Pearce are in the ring, each with a brand contract in hand. Bron Breakker, the prized free agent comes down to the ring and shakes both their hands. Stephanie says it’s a new era on Raw and there is no reason Bron can’t sign with her show. Pearce counters that Smackdown is the place for Bron to be because it will give him the biggest spotlight being on network TV instead of basic cable. Breakker considers both, almost signing one, then the other. He says this is a much harder decision than he had expected, but after talking to his dad and his uncle, they both made him realize one thing. It’s never a good idea to be on a McMahon’s bad side. He tosses the Smackdown contract and signs with Raw to Stephanie’s delight. Pearce, disappointed, leaves the ring as the Raw Managing Director raises the arm of her newest signee. Raw has won the bidding war for the hottest free agent in WWE history. The future of Raw may very well be bright with Bron Breakker coming to Monday Nights!!!!! *Theory jumps Knight before the bell as he’s distracted by McAfee and controls the first half of the match but he can’t keep Knight down. *Growing frustrated, Theory goes to the top but Knight crotches him by hitting the ropes. He then delivers a big superplex but it only gets a two. *McAfee gets on the apron and begins jawwing with Knight. Theory charges but Knight moves and Austin collides with McAfee, knocking him off the apron. Theory turns around right into Blunt Force Trauma and Knight picks up the win. RESULT: L.A. KNIGHT WINS BY PINFALL Knight is celebrating his win until Grayson Waller and Logan Paul hit the ring and blast him from behind. McAfee recovers and gets in and soon it’s four on one as they all take their shots while others hold Knight up. McAfee looks around and gathers a chair. As the other members of The Brand hold him down, McAfee winds up and jabs the edge of the chair down into Knight’s right ankle. Just when you think they’re done, they wrap the chair around his ankle, and Paul comes off the second rope. Knight immediately screams in pain, curling into a ball. Officials hit the ring and force The Brand out of the ring as medical staff attend to Knight. A video highlighting the long history between Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes is shown, then snippets of their more recent encounters, focusing on the sneak attacks by Orton and the promise to injure the American Nightmare. Cody Rhodes may have stuck his nose where it didn’t belong, will a Viper strike? We’re about to find out….this is the Fastlane Raw main event! *A great match between these two old friends turned enemies. Orton controls the early but Cody makes a comeback. Orton heads to the outside, with Cody on his heels and Orton uses it to his advantage by luring Cody in, then jabbing him in the throat. With Rhodes down, Orton uses an old school slingshot to send him into the post, busting him open. *Orton rolls Cody back in and peppers his head with right hands to make his face even more of a mess. With a sly smile, Orton lines up for a Punt but when he runs, Cody moves and he catches the off-balance Orton with another old move, an atomic drop. Orton is super selling it, and now it’s Rhodes turn to deal out some damage. *Cody spends the next several minutes paying Orton back and the Viper tries to escape the ring but Cody catches him. As the referee tries to separate them at the ropes, Orton mule kicks Rhodes between the legs. *Cody backs off in pain, giving Randy the opening for an RKO. He makes a very cocky cover but gets the win. RESULT: RANDY ORTON WINS BY PINFALL Byron Saxton is backstage with World Heavyweight Champion Finn Balor. He begins to question the champ about his upcoming match with John Cena at Crown Jewel but Balor cuts him off. He runs Cena down, saying that match isn’t even happening now because he sent Cena back to Hollywood with his little towel between his legs. At this point Saxton begins looking past Balor and takes a few steps back. When Balor turns around….. Cena is standing there looking stern, and a moment later begins laying into Balor. It looks like textbook Cena as he uses his power to manhandle the champion, throwing him around before delivering an Attitude Adjustment through a nearby merch table. Cena gathers one of the towels that Balor mentioned and lays it over his chest as he looks at the camera and gives a salute. *Kross is very strong but Lashley shows that he’s stronger early on and it frustrates Kross to no end. He throws Kross across the ring and follows it up with a clothesline which sends him out to Scarlett. *When Kross returns the match settles down, and it goes back and forth, with Kross finally gaining the upper hand thanks to a hidden eye gouge. He batters Lashley and hits a Saito suplex but Lashley kicks out. *Kross quickly moves to lock in the Kross Jacket, but Lashley powers up, getting to his feet with Kross on his back. He runs backwards, crushing Kross in the corner twice before the hold is broken. Kross charges Lashley who hits a big backdrop. Kross gets up, and turns right into a spear. *Lashley sizes him up and hits another before signaling to the crowd that it’s time for the Hurt Lock. He lifts Kross to his feet and applies the full nelson. Kross flails and tries to get to the ropes but Lashley won’t relent and Kross submits. RESULT: BOBBY LASHLEY WINS BY SUBMISSION Lashley climbs the turnbuckles, hitting his pose, then points up at the Bloodline luxury box. Roman Reigns stands from his seat and glares down at his new challenger as the show comes to a close.