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[WWE 2023] Ragnarok And Revolutionize Feb 7, 2023 6:31:31 GMT 1 Asaemon and johnnyboombatz like this

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NXT Vengeance Day

Saturday -- Week 1 -- February 2023

Live! from Charlotte, NC

PRE SHOW

- Toxic Attraction beat Alba Fyre & Indi Hartwell at 6:38 when Jacy pinned Indi. | 47

- Sarray defeated Cora Jade in 11:26 to become the #1 Contender for the NXT Women's Championship. | 51

OPENING VIDEO

The opening video shows some of the events that lead up to tonight's show. The video ends with the footage of NXT Champion Bron Breakker being hit with a car. Once the intro video is over we get a shot of the crowd and the announcers, Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett, welcome us to the show. They almost immediately send it back to McKenzie Mitchell for an update. | 54

UPDATE ON BRON BREAKKER

McKenzie Mitchell is backstage in front of Bron Breakker's locker room. She says that she spoke with Breakker just moments ago and he said that while he has been cleared to compete and did not suffer any long-term injuries he is far from 100% tonight. But Bron has vowed to get his title back tonight. | 61

NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: MANDY ROSE (C) |VS| ROXANNE PEREZ

Roxanne is jumped during her entrance by Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne. The referee kicks them out and forces them to the back. Mandy Rose enters and wants the referee to check to make sure Roxanne can continue. She can. When the match begins, Mandy Rose is in control. She beats Roxanne all over the ring and then around the ringside area when Roxanne is knocked out of the ring. Mandy feigns an injury and the referee checks on her, allowing Gigi and Jacy to beat up Roxanne on the outside. But NXT Women's Tag Team Champions, The KCs run out and chase Gigi and Jacy away. Mandy goes outside and grabs Roxanne. She whips her into the steel steps. Mandy grabs Roxanne by the hair and picks her up and rolls her back into the ring. Mandy climbs back in and continues to beat on the challenger. Mandy hits her with a backbreaker and then covers her but only gets a two-count. Mandy picks her up and whips her into the corner. Mandy charges for a flying knee but Roxanne moves out of the way and Mandy hits her knee on the top turnbuckle. Roxanne takes over from there. She whips Mandy into the corner and hits a running European uppercut. Mandy is staggered. Roxanne hits a Northern Lights suplex for a two count. Then she picks Mandy up and hits a Russian legsweep. She turns that into a Crossface but Mandy is able to fight out of it quickly. Roxanne gets to her feet at the same time as Mandy and Mandy kicks her in the midsection. She lifts Roxanne up and body slams her and then goes for a splash but Roxanne rolls out of the way. Mandy is hurting on the mat and Roxanne rolls her up quickly with a casita but Mandy manages to roll through it and kicks Roxanne in the head. Roxanne is dazed and Mandy gets to her feet first. She picks Roxanne up off the mat and then backs into the ropes she charges Perez and goes for the running bicycle knee she calls Kiss The Rose but Roxanne ducks and quickly schoolgirls Mandy for a near fall. Both women pop up to their feet. They charge one another and Roxanne goes for a Thesz press but Mandy catches her with a modified Codebreaker instead. Mandy covers Roxanne, 1---2---NO! Roxanne kicks out! Mandy can't believe it. She picks Roxanne up and tosses her into the corner. Mandy charges for Kiss The Rose again and this time she hits it. Roxanne falls flat on her face and Mandy rolls her over to cover her. 1---2---Roxanne kicks out again! Mandy is stunned. She looks over to the corner and seemingly gets an idea. She goes up to the top rope and leaps off for a moonsault but Roxanne rolls out of the way. Mandy hits the mat. Roxanne pops up and grabs Mandy. She hits a Falcon Arrow and covers her, 1---2---3!

WINNER by pinfall and NEW NXT Women's Champion: Roxanne Perez (11:49) | 58

POST-MATCH ENCOUNTER

Roxanne is celebrating in the ring. She sells the beating she took in the match and the announcers put over the story that she was beat up the entire match but took advantage of one mistake from Mandy and won the title. Roxanne celebrates into the crowd. In the ring Mandy stands up and is stunned that her long reign came to an end like that. Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin come out to the ring to console Mandy. Mandy is in tears and they're hugging her when suddenly some new music plays and a woman comes down to the ring. Some fans recognize her as TAELER HENDRIX but the announcers don't know who she is or say her name. She climbs into the ring and walks up to Mandy. Mandy asks her who she is. The woman says something and then backs up. Suddenly Jacy and Gigi attack Mandy. They beat her up and then hand her over to Hendrix who hits her with the Ginger Snap (sidewalk slam spun into a facebuster). They leave Mandy laying in the ring as Jacy and Gigi leave with Hendrix. | 61

CARMELO AND TRICK AREN'T WORRIED

Backstage McKenzie Mitchell talks to Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. Carmelo makes it known that they intend to win and that they want to embarass Booker T and Too Cold Scorpio. He says it's embarrassing when old people try to do a young person's game. If Booker T and Too Cold want to relive their in-ring careers that's fine but they shouldn't do it against Carmelo and Trick because then they're asking to be humiliated. Trick adds that he went back and scouted both guys and they were impressive 20 years ago. But time is undefeated and there's no way those two are in any kind of shape to compete. | 56

HYPE VIGNETTE

A video recapping the Carmelo Hayes/Booker T feud is shown. | 68

CARMELO HAYES & TRICK WILLIAMS |VS| BOOKER T & TOO COLD SCORPIO

This was fun but wasn't much of a match. Booker and Scorpio looked good but we definitely limited and so they worked around it. A lot of stalling from the heels early and then Trick took his eyes off of his opponent temporarily and Scorpio lit him up with some kicks and punches. The veteran team controlled early but Trick got a tag to Carmelo and Carmelo ducked a Scorpio spinning heel kick and then took over. Carmelo and Trick kept Scorpio isolated in their corner for a few minutes and got a couple near falls but Scorpio kept kicking out. Carmelo and Trick tried a double team move but Scorpio moved and Carmelo kicked Trick in the face. Scorpio tagged Booker in. Booker T went wild and the crowd was going crazy but Carmelo hit a low blow on Booker. On the outside of the ring Trick took Scorpio out with a ddt onto the floor. Carmelo dropped Booker T with a running kick to the head. Carmelo went to the top rope and nailed a frog splash on Booker and covered him for the win.

WINNERS by pinfall: Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams (6:32) | 44

GRAYSON WALLER WANTS THE WORLD TO KNOW

Up next is a great promo from Grayson Waller. He's livestreaming his preparation for the main event as he's cutting the promo. He says he wants the world to know that he had nothing to do with Bron Breakker being hit by a car. Waller would rather have Breakker at 100% so that when he beats him tonight there won't be any excuses. Waller promises victory again and then tells everyone to stop watching Bron's loser ass and focus their attention on Grayson Waller. | 66

LEE VS DIJAK HYPE

Next up is a video highlighting the major points of the Wes Lee/DIJAK feud. | 44

NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: WES LEE (C) |VS| DIJAK

I had high hopes for this but these two ended up having poor chemistry. The moment the bell rang Wes Lee ran at DIJAK and went right at him. Lee lit him up with kicks and punches and DIJAK covered up in the corner. The referee made Lee back off and DIJAK booted him in the face. Lee went down and DIJAK controlled the match. He bullied Wes Lee for most of the match. DIJAK picks Lee up and drops him like a snake eyes on the top rope. Wes Lee bounces back and falls onto the mat, selling his throat. DIJAK picks Wes up and backs him into the corner. He lights him up with a heavy chop and then chokes Wes with his boot. The referee gives DIJAK a five-count and DIJAK breaks the hold. He whips Wes across the ring and Wes hits the corner hard and his momentum carries him backwards out of the corner. DIJAK hits a lariat to the back of Wes' head. DIJAK bends down and picks Wes up and goozles him. He goes for a chokeslam but Wes Lee finds a way to get out of it. He kicks DIJAK in the midsection and then backs up and bounces off the ropes. He dropkicks DIJAK's knee and the massive heel drops to one knee. Lee bounces off the ropes and drives a knee into DIJAK's chest. Wes kicks DIJAK in the head and DIJAK is rocked a little bit. Lee runs off the ropes again and leaps into the air. He drops DIJAK with a blockbuster. The crowd pops as Wes kips up and stands on his feet. Wes goes for a superkick but DIJAK catches his foot and pulls him in for a chokeslam. DIJAK hits the chokeslam and then covers Lee for a near fall but Wes kicks out at 2.99999. From there DIJAK controls the match. They go outside the ring and DIJAK uses the steps and slams Wes into them. Then he picks Wes up and carries him over to the corner where he slams Wes back-first into the steel ring post. DIJAK keeps working Wes' back for a few minutes until DIJAK goes for a running knee lift but Wes dodges and uses a sweep kick to get DIJAK off of his feet. Wes hits a rolling thunder senton. Wes rolls to the ring apron and waits for DIJAK to get up. Wes Lee does a springboard but DIJAK headbutts Wes. The North American champion crumples to the mat. DIJAK picks him up and hits his finish, Feast Your Eyes on him. DIJAK cockily puts his foot on Wes' chest as the referee counts, 1---2---NO! Wes Lee kicked out! DIJAK is stunned and so he straddles Wes and begins leveling him with punches and forearm over and over and over. Wes is out and the referee calls for the bell.

WINNER by referee stoppage and NEW NXT North American Champion: DIJAK (8:39) | 66

A CELEBRATION AND A CHALLENGE

After the match DIJAK grabs the belt and looks at it. He is pleased to be champion but doesn't look satisfied. He holds the belt up above his head with one arm. Suddenly the music switches and Tyler Bate comes out onto the stage. He points at DIJAK and makes the "I'm taking the title" hand motion. DIJAK sees him and laughs as the ringside mics pick up DIJAK saying "I don't think so." as he holds the title above his head. | 59

AN INTRODUCTION AND AN EXPLANATION

McKenzie Mitchell is backstage with Gigi Dolin, Jacy Jayne, and the mystery woman who debuted earlier. She asks them to comment on what happened tonight. Gigi says that Mandy had been a weak link for a while now and Jacy and Gigi went out and looked for someone who could pull off being in Toxic Attraction. McKenzie asks who the new woman is and she takes over the promo. She says that she is Vanessa Wundor and she is here to revamp Toxic Attraction and take it to the next level. She says their attack on Mandy Rose wasn't personal. She just ran her course and needed replaced. Wundor says that the new Toxic Attraction won't stop until they hold every women's championship in NXT. | 68

#1 CONTENDER'S MATCH FOR THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP: GABLE STEVESON |VS| BRONSON REED

The battle of the small big men seemed like it was booked with Paul Heyman in mind as these two went 100 mph from the second the bell rung. It opened with a spear from Reed followed up by a powerslam. Then Steveson fought back and lifted Reed up and drove him into the corner. Steveson lifted him up onto the top turnbuckle and goes for a belly-to-belly from the second turnbuckle but Reed headbutts him and knocks him off. Reed hits a flying crossbody but Steveson rolls through and gets a two count. Both men get to their feet and charge each other. A double clothesline leads to a double down. Reed is up on his feet first. He picks up Steveson and whips him into the corner. He hits a running avalanche and then a Samoan drop. He picks Steveson up again and goes for a short-arm clothesline but Steveson ducks and gets a waistlock. Steveson German suplexes Reed and then waits for him to get up and goes for an Olympic Slam but Reed blocks it with an elbow to the side of the head. Reed shoves Steveson off and into the ropes. Steveson comes bounding toward Reed and he gets hit with a sidewalk slam. Reed goes for a legdrop but Steveson moves. Steveson pops up and runs toward the nearest corner. He climbs up to the top turnbuckle as the announcers are wondering what he's doing. He comes off the top rope with a flying crossbody but Reed catches him, moves him into position for a Death Valley Driver and hits it and then goes up to the top rope himself. Reed leaps off the top turnbuckle and hits the big splash and covers Steveson for the win.

WINNER by pinfall: Bronson Reed (8:21) | 55

GETTING TO KNOW: AUSSIE OPEN

Reed celebrates in the ring and the announcers put over Gable Steveson's inexperience and his inexplicable attempt at a flying crossbody. Then they pitch to a video introducing the NXT audience to NXT's newest tag team -- Mark Crockett and Kyle Donovan -- Aussie Open. The video shows some clips of their work in the UK and indies all over the world. Cockett and Donovan do some voice overs where they explain their philosophy on wrestling and being a team. | 41

NXT: EVOLVED

Next up is a commercial for the debut episode of NXT: EVOLVED on the WWE Network on Peacock. It's billed as the next evolution of NXT. The stars announced for the show are Chris Hero, Josh Alexander, Jacob Fatu, Slayer (Schaff), and Dez Parsons (Denzel Dejournette). After the commercial we see the NXT-E announce team -- Ian Ricaboni, Allison Danger, and Stevie Richards -- sitting at ringside and they're introduced to the crowd. The announcers put over the show and remind everyone that it debuts next week. | 49

#1 CONTENDERS 4-WAY ELIMINATION MATCH: THE CREED BROTHERS |VS| INDUS SHER |VS| AUSSIE OPEN |VS| THE COFFEYS

A crazy, fun, action-packed match. The match began with all 8 men in the ring as the referee struggled to restore order. Eventually guys powder out and we're left with Sanga in the ring with Julius Creed. They brawl around the ring and Creed takes Sanga out with a German suplex but Sanga tags in Mark Coffey on the way down. Mark Coffey comes in and he and Creed have some hard-hitting action. The first elimination occurs at around the 5 minute mark when Veer Mahaan is counted out as he won't stop attacking Brutus Creed on the outside. The three remaining teams get back to having a hard-hitting match. Crockett and Donovan, Aussie Open, get their chance to shine as they take out all four men remaining in the match. At this point Pretty Deadly, who are watching from ringside, stand up and begin arguing with Aussie Open. This allows the Coffey Brothers to get back in the ring and jump Aussie Open. The Creed Brothers get back in the ring and Julius Creed lays out Joe Coffey. But Creed turns right into Aussie Open and they hit him with the Coriolis and cover him for the elimination. The two newest NXT teams are remaining. These two teams tear the house down in the final. The story being told is that Kyle Donovan hurts his knee coming off the top rope and the Coffeys keep him isolated in their corner. Every time he tries to tag out they cut him off. Eventually Mark Coffey misses a spear when Donovan rolls out of the way and makes the hot tag. Crockett hits the ring and clears house on the heels. This leads to the finish where Crockett throws Mark Coffey out of the ring and they hit Joe Coffey with an over-the-shoulder facebuster from Crockett dropped into a diving cutter from Donovan. They pin Joe Coffey for the win.

WINNERS by pinfall: Aussie Open (14:38) | 59

POST-MATCH CONFRONTATION

After the match, Aussie Open is celebrating in the ring when Pretty Deadly enters the ring to confront them. The four men have a stand-off and just before they come to blows, Pretty Deadly backs off. | 41

MAIN EVENT HYPE

Next up is a video hyping up the main event. The video package explains the history between Grayson Waller and Bron Breakker. | 58

MAIN EVENT -- DOG COLLAR MATCH FOR THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP: BRON BREAKKER (C) |VS| GRAYSON WALLER

Fantastic main event for this show. Breakker is selling the effects of being hit by a car earlier this week and that allows Waller to control most of the match. Waller uses a chair to beat Bron down early on. Chair shot after chair shot to the back and the ribs wears Breakker down. But Bron fights through it and grabs the chain and pulls Waller toward him and spears him. Bron wraps the chain around his fist and begins punching Waller, busting him open. Bron keeps battering Waller and starts beating him around the ring. But Waller kicks Bron in the groin and wraps the chain around his neck and begins choking him. Waller tries to hit his fireman's carry finish but can't get Bron up so instead he clotheslines him with the chain. Waller puts his boot on Bron's throat and chokes him. Waller walks over to the steel chair he used earlier and picks it back up. He turns around and Bron spears him. Bron grabs the chair tosses it outside. Bron climbs up to the second turnbuckle and prepares for his diving bulldog but Waller pulls the chain and Bron falls off the turnbuckle and right into Waller's knee. Bron seems to be out and Waller covers him for a two count. Waller straddles Bron and punches him over and over. Waller stands up and rolls Bron over and wraps the chain around his face, puts his foot on the back of Bron's head, and then yanks the chain backwards, scraping it on Bron's face. Bron refuses to give up and he uses the chain to pull Waller forward. Waller staggers forward and bounces into the ropes. Bron pops up and hits a lariat. Both men are down. Bron crawls over and covers Waller but gets a two count. Bron picks himself up and walks over to Waller. He bends down to pick Waller up and Waller again hits him with a low blow. Bron falls to his knees and Waller kicks him in the face. Bron no sells the kick and fires up. Waller tries to run away but the dog collar doesn't allow it. Bron grabs Waller's arm and yanks him back and lifts him up over his head for the military press powerslam but Waller rakes Bron's eyes. Bron drops Waller and Waller kicks Bron in the stomach and hits an implant ddt. Waller covers him, 1---2---Bron kicks out! Waller backs up and when Bron gets up on his knees he charges. Waller goes to kick Bron in the head but Bron ducks it and stands up and in one motion grabs Waller and lifts him up over his head. Bron hits the gorilla press powerslam and covers Waller, 1---2---3!

WINNER by pinfall and STILL NXT Champion: Bron Breakker (17:39) | 68

A VICIOUS ASSAULT

After the match is over, Bron is celebrating his win when the new #1 contender Bronson Reed hits the ring and jumps Bron from behind. He hits a belly-to-belly suplex and drops a splash. Reed picks him up and powerslams him and then takes him outside and powerbombs Bron through the announce table. The show goes off the air with Bronson Reed holding the NXT Championship above his head. | 66

OVERALL RATING: 65

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[WWE 2023] Ragnarok And Revolutionize Feb 10, 2023 19:21:55 GMT 1 Asaemon likes this

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WEEK 2 -- FEBRUARY 2023

WWE Monday Night RAW
Monday -- Week 2 -- February 2023
LIVE! from Chicago, IL

GOLD RUSH TOURNAMENT: DAMIAN PRIEST |VS| JOHNNY GARGANO
The show immediately kicks off with in-ring action. The announcers remind us that there will be a men's and women's Gold Rush tournament tonight and next week to determine who will meet Austin Theory for the United States Championship and Bianca BelAir for the World Women's Championship at No Way Out. Priest and Gargano get the show off to a great start with a fantastic opening match. Gargano bumps all over the ring for Priest. Priest misses a big boot and Gargano fights back. Gargano goes for a springboard ddt but Priest catches him and tosses him aside. When Gargano gets to his feet Priest boots him in the face. Priest picks Gargano up and whips him into the corner. Priest misses a running boot when Gargano moves out of the way. Gargano's speed gives Priest some trouble as he is able to duck and dodge and strike Priest and then move out of the way. Gargano charges Priest and Priest moves and throws Gargano over the top rope. Gargano hangs on and skins the cat back in but immediately gets booted in the stomach and then hit with the South Of Heaven for the pinfall.
WINNER by pinfall: Damian Priest (13:08) | 73

GOLD RUSH TOURNAMENT: CHAD GABLE |VS| MUSTAFA ALI
Another good match with a clean finish. Gable and Ali try to outwrestle one another early and Gable easily wins that contest. He picks Ali up and goes for a dead lift German suplex but Ali somehow rotates and lands on his feet. Gable turns around and Ali knees him in the face. Gable falls back into the corner and Ali hits a corner dropkick. Gable falls to the mat and rolls outside to be consoled by Otis. Otis yells at Ali and Ali rolls his eyes. Gable crawls back in and Ali kicks him in the face. Ali bends down and picks Gable up. He whips him into the ropes and goes for a clothesline but Gable ducks it. Gable slides under the ropes into the arms of Otis. Ali hits a suicide dive through the ropes and lands on both men. Gable gets taken down but Otis remains on his feet. Ali and Gable brawl on the outside and Gable reverses a whip into the steps and Ali hits the steps hard. Gable rolls him into the ring and climbs up to the top rope. Ali stands up and Gable leaps off for a moonsault, 1---2---Ali kicks out! Gable hops up onto his feet and waits for Ali to get up and goes for a ddt. Ali blocks it and turns it into a Northern Lights suplex but Gable kicks out. Ali runs off the ropes but is tripped up by Otis. Ali stumbles into Gable's arms and Gable hits an exploder suplex. He covers Ali again but only gets a two count. Gable argues that the referee's count was too slow. Ali gets to his feet and when Gable turns around Ali kicks him in the side of the head. Gable is staggered and falls to one knee. Ali hits a shining wizard and then goes to the top rope and hits the reverse 450 and gets the win.
WINNER by pinfall: Mustafa Ali (10:31) | 72

MICK FOLEY TELLS RHEA THE PLAN FOR NO WAY OUT
Rhea Ripley is back in Mick Foley's office (an actual office this time) and Foley is on the phone. He's ordering a pizza. He asks Rhea if she wants anything. She does not. Foley finishes his order and then tells her to sit down. She says she'd rather stand. Foley sits down behind his desk and tells Rhea that he's finalized 5 of the 6 participants in the women's Elimination Chamber match for No Way Out. He says that originally it was going to be Rhea against all of the women she eliminated from the Royal Rumble but he found out that Raquel Rodriguez is challenging for the Universal Women's Championship at No Way Out so there's an open spot. It will be Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Becky Lynch. And if Brandi Rhodes can defeat Rhea Ripley tonight, she will be the 6th woman in the match. If not, Foley will find another woman to take that spot. Rhea is smiling from ear-to-ear. She says she loves the idea. She wants nothing more than to prove to everyone that she is the most dominant women's wrestler of all-time and she will do that at No Way Out and then at WrestleMania she will finally become WWE World Women's Champion. | 75

MIZTV: THE STREET PROFITS
After the commercial break we see the ring is set up for MizTV. Miz is in the ring and he welcomes tonight's special guests -- the Street Profits! The crowd cheers for Ford and Dawkins as they get in the ring. Miz basically tries to stir the pot and get the two men to argue when he points out how long it took Dawkins to save Ford last week. Dawkins explains that he had the wind knocked out of him and when he first recovered he didn't realize Ford was in trouble. It was a mistake, and he's apologized to Ford. It won't happen again. Miz doesn't believe Dawkins and asks Ford if he believes him. Montez says he does. Miz can't believe it. Miz says Montez is making a huge mistake. Suddenly, Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode -- now known as The A-Listers -- hit the ring and attack the Street Profits. The Profits get the best of the exchange but Miz hits the Skull Crushing Finale on Ford and Dawkins bails and pulls his partner to safety. Miz demands the Profits meet Ziggler and Roode in a tag match later tonight. Dawkins accepts. | 66

GOLD RUSH TOURNAMENT: PIPER NIVEN |VS| NAOMI
The crowd is hyped up for Naomi's return and she gets a big reaction for her entrance. These two have a pretty good match. Niven controls the match early with her power. She slams Naomi and hits a leg drop for a near fall. She puts Naomi in the corner and charges and hits an avalanche. She beals her out of the corner and hits a running dropkick to the back of Naomi's head. Niven picks her up and sets Naomi up for a piledriver but Naomi fights away. Niven charges Naomi for a clothesline but Naomi ducks and when Piper stops and turns around Naomi kicks her in the midsection and hits a facebuster. Naomi rolls Piper over and hits the split-legged moonsault and covers her for the win.
WINNER by pinfall: Naomi (8:26) | 52

GOLD RUSH TOURNAMENT: CHELSEA GREEN |VS| MIA YIM
Chelsea Green jumps Mia Yim before the bell and controls most of the match. But Mia takes advantage of Chelsea missing a clothesline and hits a neckbreaker which starts off her comeback. Mia beats Chelsea around the ring with lefts and rights and karate-style kicks. Mia puts Chelsea up on the top turnbuckle and sets up for a superplex but Chelsea blocks it and shoves Mia off the ropes. Mia lands on her feet but Chelsea leaps off the second turnbuckle and hits a Thesz Press. But Mia rolls through and covers Chelsea for a two count. When the two women get to their feet Mia charges Chelsea, who ducks a clothesline and hits the I'm Prettier (Unprettier) and covers Yim for the win.
WINNER by pinfall: Chelsea Green (9:50) | 35

AJ STYLES MAKES A REQUEST
AJ Styles comes down to the ring and talks about Seth Rollins. Styles says that he's getting sick of this rivalry with Seth Rollins. AJ says that he wants to focus on things like winning championships and making money as he gets closer to the end of his career. But he can't do any of that with this Seth thing hanging over his head. So he calls Seth out and Seth comes out onto the stage -- flanked by Gallows and Anderson. Seth asks AJ if this is because he can't find any friends to help him out. AJ says no and assures Seth that he has two guys ready to go the moment he calls them. Seth doesn't believe it. Seth says that he also wants to get in the ring and beat AJ once and for all so he can do bigger and better things also. AJ says that since they both want the same thing they should just get on with it and agree to something. So Seth offers a match for No Way Out -- Seth will team with Gallows and Anderson to take on AJ Styles and two partners of his choosing. Seth laughs and quickly agrees to the match. | 73

MAIN EVENT HYPE VIDEO
Next up is a video hyping up tonight's main event: Becky Lynch & Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Flair & Bayley. They use footage all the way back to NXT of all four women and their history with one another. It's a really well put together video and does a lot to tell the story of these four women and where their paths have crossed over the years. | 72

A MOCKERY
Next up is a previously recorded backstage promo from Finn Balor and Dominik Mysterio where Finn is wearing a blonde wig and pretending to be Edge and Dominik is wearing a replica Rey Mysterio mask and pretending to be his father. They're talking about how afraid they are of Judgment Day. Finn says he came back to wrestling to get away from his harpy of a wife and now every time he comes to Raw he faces permanent injury because he's not good enough to fight this battle. Dom, as Rey, says that he realizes he's a washed up has-been and his son Dominik has surpassed him in every single way. The truth hurts and he hides behind this mask because he can't bear to admit that he's an old washed up loser. Their segment ends with Rhea Ripley coming into the picture and the two men running for their lives. It's a cheesy segment but it was well done and the stuff they said was serious enough that it seemed to get legitimate heat. | 68

LASHLEY ON LESNAR

Lashley is standing by with Cathy Kelley. She asks Lashley about Brock Lesnar's attacks in recent weeks. Lashley says he learned a lesson about Brock. Brock is a coward. He acts tough when he has the advantage or can sneak up on people but he won't fight Bobby one-on-one. He says Brock keeps attacking him when it's advantageous for Brock so now Lashley needs to return the favor. He also offers to fight Brock anywhere at any time. MVP appears and tells Lashley that he's leaving money on the table if he fights Brock anywhere but WrestleMania. Lashley says he doesn't think he can wait any longer but if MVP wants to be his manager going forward then he needs to put something together for a match with Brock at WM. Lashley tells MVP to wow him with a proposal and he'll reconsider MVP's offers to manage him. MVP says he'll work on it. | 64

TOMMASO CIAMPA |VS| CAMERON GRIMES
Ciampa makes his return from injury in what is essentially a squash match over Cameron Grimes. Grimes gets a small comeback but Ciampa cuts him off and wins with a spinning brainbuster.
WINNER by pinfall: Tommaso Ciampa (6:04) | 69

KO BACKSTAGE
Next up is a backstage promo from Kevin Owens. He talks about how he's been put into this Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out. It'll be him and Sami against the Bloodline. KO says they're pretending it's every-man-for-himself but we all know it's actually just an excuse for the Bloodline to beat him and Sami down for half an hour. But Owens is still confident. He's confident because he knows he won't quit. He will fight until he can't fight anymore. And he knows Sami will too. They're going to be in Montreal. That's home for him and Sami. He laughs and says he knows that's why Roman came up with this match for No Way Out. It's intended to humiliate, injure, and destroy him and Sami. But it's not going to work. KO is ready for war. And when it's over -- Sami is going to WrestleMania to take the WWE Universal Championship away from Roman Reigns. And KO will be by his side the entire way. | 78

RHEA RIPLEY |VS| BRANDI RHODES
This was exactly what it should have been. Brandi came out angry and immediately went after Rhea. Rhea let Brandi get some punches and kicks and slaps in and she sold it a little bit but then Rhea hit a really cool looking short-arm knee lift and then proceeded to squash Brandi. Rhea hits the Riptide and gets the win.
WINNER by pinfall: Rhea Ripley (5:02) | 53

MYSTERY HYPE VIDEO
Another hype video airs. This one is a 70s James Bond style intro. We even see the man in question from the neck down. They go to great lengths not to show his face. This time though we get a reveal that he will be making his debut at No Way Out. | 54

THE STREET PROFITS |VS| THE A-LISTERS
Really good tv tag match with all four men performing well. They tell a pretty good story in this one as The Miz comes to the ring with Ziggler and Roode and keeps yelling at Angelo Dawkins and distracting him. This causes Dawkins to be late to help his partner when he's being double teamed and Montez, in the heat of the moment, yells at his partner. Dawkins gets the tag and runs wild on the heels for a moment. He drops them both with a double ddt and then goes to his own corner. Montez, expecting a double team move, tags in and climbs to the top rope. He leaps off for a big splash but only gets a two count because Roode breaks up the pin. Dawkins and Ford have a quick argument and Miz is laughing on the outside as he starts yelling at Ford not to trust Dawkins. Eventually Ford hits a suicide dive on Miz and then Dawkins leaps off the apron and elbow drops Miz. Ford is being double teamed and Dawkins notices it and goes to help his partner immediately. All four men are brawling in the ring. Ford goes for a superkick on Roode but Roode ducks. Ford pulls up before kicking Dawkins and Ziggler superkicks Ford. Dawkins kicks Ziggler in the stomach and hits the Sky High on him. Roode grabs Dawkins and goes for a hammerlock ddt but Dawkins lifts Roode up and charges into the corner, smashing Roode. Dawkins turns around and sees Ziggler getting to his feet. Dawkins hits a running neckbreaker and then turns around in time to get speared by Roode. Roode turns around and Ford is back up. Ford kicks him in the midsection and runs past Roode and then bounces off the ropes and hits a running facebuster. Roode is down on the mat. Ford goes to the top rope and hits a huge splash but Roode is not the legal man. Ziggler is and as Ford is getting to his feet Ziggler hits a rocker dropper. He covers Ford, 1---2---Dawkins breaks it up! Dawkins sees Roode and Miz regrouping on the outside and flies over the top rope and down onto them. In the ring Ziggler picks Ford up and whips him into the corner. Ziggler charges and Ford gets his foot up. Ziggler is staggered and Ford climbs up to the second turnbuckle and hits a frankensteiner that sends Ziggler flipping through the air. Ziggler bumps and then ends up in the corner. Ford charges and hits a monkey flip. Ford hops back up to and leaps off for a flying elbow. He goes more than halfway across the ring in an impressive show of athleticism and then covers Ziggler, 1---2---3! The Profits hug and celebrate in the ring after the match as the announcers put them over as being close to another tag team title shot.
WINNERS by pinfall: The Street Profits (17:11) | 69

A FAMILIAR FACE
Cody Rhodes is out next. He says he's out here tonight with an eye on the future -- specifically No Way Out. Cody says he's here because of the fans and he wants to be a guy who takes on all challenges. He wants to be THE GUY and you can't be THE GUY by taking big events off. So while he's under no obligation to appear at No Way Out, he wants to. He wants fans in Montreal to be able to say they saw him live. He wants to be able to say he performed in front of that crowd in Montreal. All he needs now is an opponent. Cody says he usually thinks it's a bit daft when people issue open challenges but in this case, it's not an open challenge so much as an invitation to a fight. Who wants some? Some new music hits and the big screen lights up with the words "MATT CARDONA" and the former Zack Ryder comes out onto the stage. He walks down to the ring and climbs in. Cody is smiling and seems happy to see Matt. Cody gets an extra microphone and hands it to Cardona and offers his hand to shake. Cardona look at the hand and then looks up at Cody. "Don't patronize me," he says. Cardona says Cody needs to wipe the smile off of his face and stop pretending to be happy to see him. Cardona says Cody is a fake friend. "Smile to your face, stab you in the back" he says. Cody asks what Matt is talking about and Cardona says Cody isn't dumb -- he knows. Cardona was a free agent, he was looking for work, Cody had an executive job and he got Cardona one payday. One. And he had the nerve to talk Cardona into thinking it was what Cardona wanted. Matt says that through his own will and ingenuity he made it work out better than if he had been given a full-time gig. But Cody, the fake friend, didn't have the balls to tell him that he wasn't wanted. Cardona says Cody could have at least told him to his face that he wasn't wanted rather than pretending Cardona didn't really want the spot and telling him there might be a spot in the future. Cody lied. And the moment Matt signed with WWE he was looking forward to this moment. Where he could stand face-to-face with his former friend and confront him on this. Cody is taken aback. He says that Cardona has his cell phone number and could have called or texted at any time. He says Cardona knows where he lives and could have stopped by to talk about this face-to-face whenever he was in Atlanta. Cardona says he wasn't going to do any of that when Cody made it clear he wanted nothing to do with him. He knew they'd eventually have their moment. And it looks like No Way Out is that time. Cody agrees to the match saying that if Cardona wants a fight, Cody is more than happy to give it to him. Cody asks one more time for Cardona to shake his hand. "Be a man, shake my hand, and after we tear the house down at No Way Out we can sit down and hash this out like men." Cardona slaps Cody's hand away and says there is no hashing this out. There's only Cardona kicking Cody's ass and embarrassing him. Cardona turns to leave but stops to see if Cody is attacking him and Cody puts his arms up in the air to indicate he's not intending on doing anything. Cardona walks off and the announcers put over that match as the show fades to commercial on a shot of an upset Cody Rhodes standing in the ring. | 70

CHARLOTTE FLAIR & BAYLEY |VS| BECKY LYNCH & SASHA BANKS
This is the main event and it's treated as such. The heels isolate Sasha and work her over for the first few minutes. They begin working on her knee and she's unable to get the tag to Becky Lynch. But Bayley misses a second rope elbow drop and Sasha limps to her team's corner to tag in Becky. Lynch comes in and takes out both Bayley and Charlotte. She hits a Manhandle Slam on Bayley for a near fall but Charlotte breaks it up. Sasha enters the ring to attack Charlotte and the referee loses control. All four women brawl in the ring but eventually things settle down and Bayley rolls up Becky for a near fall. The match continues after commercial break with the heels back on top. This time Charlotte has Becky isolated and she and Bayley keep taking turns beating on Becky. Charlotte whips Becky into the corner and goes for a handspring back elbow but Becky moves and Charlotte hits the corner. Becky kicks her in the midsection and sets her up on the top turnbuckle. Becky climbs up to the 2nd turnbuckle and goes for a superplex but Bayley interrupts and shoves Becky off the ropes. Becky hits the mat and Charlotte turns around for a moonsault. Becky stands up and Charlotte goes for a moonsault but Becky moves and tags Sasha. Charlotte hits the mat and Sasha gets in the ring and picks her up. She goes for the Banks Statement but Charlotte shoves her away. Charlotte tags in Bayley. Bayley and Sasha begin working toward the finish. Sasha tags Becky back in. Becky charges and spears Bayley. Charlotte enters and Becky kicks her in the midsection and then slams her face-first off the top turnbuckle and then clotheslines her out of the ring. Becky turns around and Bayley grabs her and hits a Belly-To-Bayley for a near fall. Becky is trying to tag Sasha when suddenly she's yanked off the apron by Charlotte. They begin brawling on the outside. In the ring, Bayley spins Becky around but Becky kicks her and hits the Manhandle Slam. Becky covers and gets the pinfall victory.
WINNERS by pinfall: Becky Lynch & Sasha Banks (21:17) | 69

POST-MATCH BRAWL AND ANNOUNCEMENT
After the match is over, Rhea's presence is felt by all four women in the match as she attacks each one. All five women brawl and eventually the brawl ends with Rhea as the last woman standing. Suddenly Mick Foley's music plays and he comes out onto the stage. "Rhea, I wanted to tell you now so that you heard this from me and didn't just see it online later. I've found the final woman for the Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out..." Beth Phoenix's music hits and Rhea, for the first time I can remember, looks shocked/scared as Beth comes out onto the stage. Beth runs down to the ring and slides in and she and Rhea exchange punches and eventually Beth clotheslines Rhea over the top rope. Rhea bails through the crowd as referees break up the other four women. The show goes off the air with shots of all six women in the Elimination Chamber match. The final image is Beth Phoenix posing in the ring and pointing at Rhea who is walking away through the crowd. | 67

OVERALL RATING: 72

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WWE NO WAY OUT
Saturday -- Week 3 -- February 2023
Live! from Montreal, QC, Canada

MAIN EVENT
Elimination Chamber Match
WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns |VS| Kevin Owens |VS| Sami Zayn |VS| Solo Sikoa |VS| Jimmy Uso |VS| Jey Uso
*If Sami Zayn or Kevin Owens win, Sami gets to face Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX Night One*

Elimination Chamber Match
Rhea Ripley |VS| Becky Lynch |VS| Charlotte Flair |VS| Bayley |VS| Sasha Banks |VS| Beth Phoenix
*Winner will challenge for the WWE World Women's Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX*

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Gunther (C) |VS| Drew McIntyre -OR- Sheamus

WWE United States Championship Match
Austin Theory (C) |VS| Damian Priest -OR- Mustafa Ali

WWE World Women's Championship Match
Bianca BelAir (C) |VS| Naomi -OR- Chelsea Green

Seth Freakin' Rollins, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson |VS| AJ Styles & Two Mystery Partners

Cody Rhodes |VS| Matt Cardona

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WWE NO WAY OUT
Saturday -- Week 3 -- February 2023
Live! from Montreal, QC, Canada

MAIN EVENT
Elimination Chamber Match
WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns |VS| Kevin Owens |VS| Sami Zayn |VS| Solo Sikoa |VS| Jimmy Uso |VS| Jey Uso
*If Sami Zayn or Kevin Owens win, Sami gets to face Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX Night One*

Elimination Chamber Match
Rhea Ripley |VS| Becky Lynch |VS| Charlotte Flair |VS| Bayley |VS| Sasha Banks |VS| Beth Phoenix
*Winner will challenge for the WWE World Women's Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX*

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Gunther (C) |VS| Drew McIntyre -OR- Sheamus

WWE United States Championship Match
Austin Theory (C) |VS| Damian Priest -OR- Mustafa Ali

WWE World Women's Championship Match
Bianca BelAir (C) |VS| Naomi -OR- Chelsea Green

Seth Freakin' Rollins, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson |VS| AJ Styles & Two Mystery Partners

Cody Rhodes |VS| Matt Cardona

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NXT on USA Network

Tuesday -- Week 2 -- February 2023

Live! from the WWE Performance Center

- A video airs highlighting some of the bigger happenings at Vengeance Day. We see Bron Breakker retain the NXT Championship and Bronson Reed attacking him after the match to end the video. | 51

- Bron Breakker is out in street clothes to open the show. He talks about the rough last couple weeks he's had physically. He says that he's pretty beat up. He got hit by a car, he fought in a dog collar match, and then he got attacked after the match by Bronson Reed. Bron says the NXT medical staff says he needs to take some time off to recuperate. But he doesn't want to relinquish the NXT Championship. Shawn Michaels comes out and tells Bron that he understands the NXT medical staff's desire to do what's best for Bron's health. He says he also understands Bron's desire to not hand over the NXT Championship but Shawn isn't sure how this can work any other way. Bron asks him for some leeway and asks him to not be forced to vacate the title. Suddenly Grayson Waller comes out with a huge smile on his face. He's being a huge dickhead, mocking Bron and calling him a baby. Waller gets in the ring and HBK calls for security. Security rushes out and stands between Waller and Breakker. Waller tells Bron he's a loser and he got lucky at Vengeance Day. Waller tells Bron to hand the NXT Championship over to him because he's the rightful champion. Shawn says no one is handing the title over -- yet. He also says that Waller isn't the #1 contender anymore. Bronson Reed is. Waller calls Reed a fat wanker who Waller brought back to NXT. He says Reed will do whatever Waller tells him to do. That brings Bronson Reed out. Reed climbs into the ring and tries to get after Waller but he's held back. Breakker tries to get at Bronson Reed but he's held back. Michaels exits the ring and demands everyone in the ring knock it off and listen to him. They do. HBK says he has an idea. Shawn says he will speak to the NXT medical staff and they will clear Bron to wrestle tonight then we will have a triple threat match for the NXT Championship between Bron Breakker, Grayson Waller, and Bronson Reed. If they do not clear Bron then the NXT Championship will be vacated and Reed and Waller will face off in a one-on-one match to crown the new champion. | 62

- Roderick Strong & Nathan Frazer defeated Jonny Vandal & Kyle Matthews in 5:39 | 44

- Ilja Dragunov pinned Javier Bernal in 4:31. | 41

- After the match, two men in black run in from the crowd and attack Dragunov again. He tries to get away but the taller of the two men pulls out a stun gun and incapacitates Ilja with it. They grab Dragunov and suddenly TONY D'ANGELO returns. He gets in the ring and slaps Ilja a couple times while his masked goons hold Ilja in place. D'Angelo asks Ilja if he thought he could just not pay off a debt. He tells the men to bring Ilja to the back and they follow Tony as he heads to the back. | 58

- Kelly Kincaid is backstage and she tries to get an update on Bron Breakker's status for the main event but the medical staff tells her no comment. As she is about to pitch it back to ringside Tony D'Angelo and his men are seen dragging Ilja Dragunov through the hallway. They're stopped by security and while we can't hear what they're talking about, D'Angelo takes a stack of money out of his pocket and hands it to them and they let them pass. | 51

- Blair Davenport defeated Thea Hail by pinfall in 6:16. | 43

- Aussie Open is walking around backstage introducing themselves to people when they are confronted by Joe Gacy and the Dyad. Mark Crockett has a funny line where he calls Gacy "William H. Gacy" and the Dyad attack Aussie Open. The two teams fight until Gacy separates them. He says they don't need to use fists to settle differences. They just need to submit to their inner demons. Gacy says he recommends it. | 48

- "Earlier Today" Vidal Duran arrives to the building in a limousine. He gets out of the limo wearing a designer suit and sunglasses. Paparazzi flock to him and start taking his picture. He walks past everyone and enters the building. | 40

- Carmelo Hayes w/Trick Williams defeated Ikemen Jiro by pinfall at 4:22 | 53

- Mr. Stone and Von Wagner are backstage looking for Shawn Michaels. They come across Charlie Dempsey instead. Stone mocks him and Dempsey fires back but Von Wagner kicks Dempsey in the stomach and throws him into a wall. Stone and Wagner keep walking. | 40

- A video hyping up the NEW NXT North American Champion DIJAK is shown. | 44

- Tyler Bate beat Damon Kemp by pinfall in 5:09 | 52

- New NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez comes to the ring for a promo. She thanks the fans for their support. She thanks Booker T for training her. And she thanks all of the women in the back who have supported her and all of the ones who have been hating on her. She says that next week she has her first defense -- against Sarray. And she's excited. She puts over Sarray as an incredible competitor who can take her belt if she's not at her absolute best. Roxanne says that she will be at her best, and she will defeat Sarray. But she will be a fighting champion and defend the title as often as possible. She's interrupted by the new Toxic Attraction. Vanessa Wundor, Gigi Dolin, and Jacy Jayne get in the ring and begin bullying Roxanne. Jacy calls Roxanne a runt and Gigi says she would have called her something similar but she doesn't want to get fired (holy shit). Roxanne asks Vanessa Wundor who the hell she is and what she's doing out here. Vanessa says she's just introducing herself and wants to send Roxanne a message. Toxic Attraction attacks Roxanne but Sarray hits the ring and makes the save. Sarray helps Roxanne up to her feet as the segment ends. | 47

- The announcers mention that Bron Breakker has been cleared and a camera shot shows him walking to the ring when he's jumped from behind by Grayson Waller and Bronson Reed. They beat him up in the hallway and Reed powerbombs him through a table. Bron is bleeding from the mouth. Shawn Michaels shows up and tells Waller and Reed to get the hell out of the area while he checks on Bron Breakker. Gable Steveson shows up to check on Bron too. The announcers wonder what this means for the main event as the show goes to commercial. | 59

- Back from commercial, Shawn Michaels is in the ring. He says that Bron Breakker has suffered injuries to the ribs, neck, and head over the past two weeks and he is NOT cleared to wrestle tonight. However, because of the brutal attack that just happened Bron will not be stripped of the NXT Championship. Instead NXT will crown an interim NXT Champion and whoever the interim champion is will take on Bron Breakker in a unification match whenever Bron is cleared to wrestle again. Michaels says that next week on NXT there will be a 20-man battle royal and the winner of that battle royal will face #1 contender Bronson Reed in two weeks to crown the interim NXT Champion. Michaels then says that he was fortunate that NXT was hosting some guest trainers from the main roster this week and those visitors have agreed to wrestle in our main event on short notice. | 74

- The Street Profits defeated Grayson Waller & Bronson Reed in 12:38 when Angelo Dawkins pinned Waller. | 68

OVERALL RATING: 66

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ProWrestlingFlashlight.com News Update for Wednesday, Week 2, February 2023

- NXT Champion Bron Breakker did sustain a neck injury in the dog collar match against Grayson Waller at Vengeance Day. He is unable to compete in the ring but will not need surgery and is fine to work angles for the time being. That's the reason for the angles we saw on NXT last night.

- The angle with the Street Profits wrestling in the NXT main event unannounced was planned in advance as a way to make the events on the show seem more real and add to the anything-can-happen feel of the show.

- Eric Bischoff has official retired from the wrestling business. Rumors were flying that WWE contacted him to bring him in for an angle and he turned down every offer they made to him and reiterated over and over that he was retired.

- Jay White has signed with WWE but his contract does not begin until March.

- Kota Ibushi has signed an exclusive deal with AEW and has relocated to the United States.

- Jon Moxley suffered a shoulder injury this past week at Dynamite and is expected to miss a few weeks while he recovers.

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Friday -- Week 2 -- February 2023
Live! from New Haven, CT

PARKING LOT BRAWL
Before the opening video we get an "Earlier Today" segment that is narrated by the announcers. They mention that it occurred a mere 30 minutes ago. We see Sami Zayn arriving at the building. As soon as he gets out of his rental car and walks around to the trunk to get his bag out he is accosted by Solo Sikoa who jumps him. They brawl around the parking lot and slam each other onto cars and generally just cause a ruckus. We then get a live shot of both men being loaded into cop cars and driven away. | 69

WHO REIGNS SUPREME? THE BOSS OR THE QUEEN?
After the SmackDown intro video, Sasha Banks' music hits and The Boss comes down to the ring to a big reaction. She gets in the ring and begins cutting a promo on the women in the Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out. But when she gets to Charlotte Flair and begins to talk about her, Charlotte walks out onto the stage with a mic in hand. Charlotte calls Sasha a baby. She says that Sasha took her bal and went home and then came back and expected to be given her flowers. Charlotte says she'd never walk out. She'd never cry about something not going in her favor and then quit. She'd fix it. But instead Sasha just expects to be handed everything. Sasha says that she has had to earn every single thing she's gotten in her life. Charlotte is the one who has been handed opportunities. Charlotte benefited from having the famous father. Sasha never got a single hand out. Charlotte mocks her and Sasha tells Charlotte to get in the ring and work this out right now. Charlotte starts toward the ring but is stopped halfway by road agents and security. William Regal walks out onto the stage and tells both women to find a tag team partner because next week they'll get to settle these differences in a tag team match. | 69

SANTOS ESCOBAR |VS| RICOCHET
Great way to open the show. Escobar and Ricochet are shown as evenly matched. There's a lot of high flying moves and counters and multiple spots where the two men wrestle to a stalemate and get an ovation from the crowd. The finish is pretty cool as Santos monkey flips Ricochet out of the corner but Ricochet lands on his feet. Escobar charges and eats a superkick. Escobar collapses to his knees slowly and Ricochet hits a charging knee that knocks Santos down to the mat. Ricochet goes to the top rope and leaps off for a 450 splash but Escobar rolls out of the way. Ricochet hits the mat and Escobar goes to roll Ricochet up with la casita but Ricochet rolls through. Both men are on their knees and Escobar headbutts Ricochet and then stands up. He hits a running boot and then immediately picks Ricochet up and hits an implant ddt. Escobar goes to the top rope but Ricochet pops up and runs up the ropes. Ricochet goes for the Spanish Fly but Escobar hangs on to the top rope and Ricochet back flips off the ropes and lands on his feet. Escobar times his jump perfect and as soon as Ricochet's feet hit the mat Escobar hits a flying codebreaker and covers Ricochet for the win.
WINNER by pinfall: Santos Escobar (12:02) | 76

MCINTYRE RANTS ABOUT SHEAMUS
After a commercial break Drew McIntyre is backstage with Kayla Braxton. She asks him about his match with Sheamus tonight and Drew says that he's pretty upset that he has to even have this match in the first place. He feels that he's earned a shot at Gunther and he shouldn't have to beat Sheamus to actually get it. But he doesn't make the decisions so he can't do anything but live with it. So instead he'll just do what he always does and beat Sheamus' ass and face Gunther at No Way Out. | 64

THE #1 CONTENDER DOESN'T MATTER
Next up is a promo from WWE Universal Women's Champion Ronda Rousey. Tonight there's going to be a #1 contender's match to determine her opponent at No Way Out. Ronda says that when she sees the four women involved in the match she sees four capable competitors but four women who ultimately could never compete with Ronda's talent. Rousey says that she already has her WrestleMania plans booked even if William Regal and Triple H don't realize it yet. Ronda says she's made it known what she wants -- a chance to beat all four of WWE's golden women: Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Bayley and Sasha Banks in one match. She will do whatever it takes to get it. She says she means no disrespect to the four women wrestling tonight but Ronda has always found a way to get what she wants and this time is no different. So no matter who wins tonight, Ronda is going to put an end to their championship hopes as quickly as possible when they get in the ring. | 56

LOS LOTHARIOS |VS| HIT ROW
A squash match in favor of Los Lotharios. They isolate Ashante the Adonis in their corner and beat him down. He eventually is able to hit a desperation clothesline and make a hot tag but Top Dolla is hit with a drop toe hold and dropkick to the face double team and then a tag team brainbuster and a double frog splash for the pinfall.
WINNERS by pinfall: Los Lotharios (5:38) | 51

POST-MATCH DEVELOPMENT
After the match, Hit Row is arguing in the ring and Ashante the Adonis goes to walk off but Top Dolla grabs his arm and pulls him back. Ashante shoves Top Dolla and Top Dolla goes to punch Ashante but B-Fab steps in between and is erroneously hit with Top Dolla's punch. Dolla is shocked about what he did and tries to check on B-Fab who is knocked out but Ashante shoves him away and Top Dolla walks off looking dejected and with tears his eyes. | 42

WHY SO SERIOUS?
Next up we get a clip from a recent episode of Up Up Down Down where the New Day's storyline progressed. Kofi was playing a fighting game against Shelton Benjamin and Kofi seemed very upset about something and wasn't talking or joking. After the game was over Woods asked Kofi if everything was ok and why he'd been acting so serious lately and Kofi immediately walked out, leaving Woods and Shelton stunned. | 61

WWE UNIVERSAL WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP #1 CONTENDER -- FATAL 4-WAY: RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ |VS| EMMA |VS| MICKIE JAMES |VS| SONYA DEVILLE
A pretty good match that progressed a couple different stories. Emma was jumped during her entrance by Lacey Evans and was unable to compete in the match. The three-way match was good with Sonya trying to hit Raquel and run away and Mickie trying to keep her in the ring to help Raquel get her. Raquel and Mickie work in tandem for most of the match but Mickie tries to steal a pinfall from Raquel and Raquel starts to go after her too. The finish comes when Sonya kicks Mickie in the back of the head and Mickie is knocked forward into a sidewalk slam from Raquel. Sonya goes a step-up enziguiri on Raquel but Raquel catches her in the air and hits her finish, the Tejana Bomb, on Sonya and covers her for the win.
WINNER by pinfall: Raquel Rodriguez (11:03) | 60

BY THE LAST BREATH OF THE FOURTH WINDS BLOW
As Raquel is celebrating in the the ring, three figures enter the ring and begin attacking her. They're all wearing hoodies and work out gear. During the beating their faces become visible and we can see that it's Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir, and Jessamyn Duke! The announcers call them out by name. The three women each take a limb and lock Raquel in a hold. Shafir and Duke lock her in arm bars and Shayna gets a knee bar. Mickie James enters the ring with a chair and clears the ring. Raquel is in pain as Mickie checks on her. The three MMA women walk up the aisle and Ronda Rousey comes out onto the stage to shake their hands and hug them. She raises the Universal Women's Championship over her head as the crowd boos. | 48

BRAWLING BRUTES RESPOND TO DREW
Next is a backstage promo where Sheamus and the Brawling Brutes talk about Drew McIntyre saying he deserves an Intercontinental Championship Match more than Sheamus does. Sheamus says that Drew is overrating his own abilities. He says Drew is a great fighter but he's not tough. He grew up in a house with parents and a dog and siblings. Sheamus grew up on the streets. Sheamus was fighting dogs for his dinner. Sheamus is a self-made man. Drew is a silver spoon rich kid who never got into a street fight or a bar fight until he began running with Sheamus when they wrestled at carnivals and street fairs in Britain when they were beginning their careers. If anyone is going to defeat Gunther -- it's Sheamus. | 53

SHINSUKE WON'T SAY
Kayla Braxton is standing by with Shinsuke Nakamura. She asks him a question about his upcoming match with Rey Mysterio but he says nothing. He looks at her for a few seconds and then turns and walks away. | 56

REY MYSTERIO |VS| SHINSUKE NAKAMURA
Good match between these two. Shinsuke works great as a heel here, keeping Rey grounded and not letting him do anything that resembles an aerial move. Shinsuke keeps Rey grounded with a chinlock that he works all the way to the ground. After a slow opening few minutes the pace picks up when Rey hits a dropkick to Shinsuke's legs and then begins flying around the ring. Rey hits the 619 and goes for the West Coast Pop but Shinsuke moves out of the way. He kicks Rey in the side of the head and Rey is dazed. Shinsuke picks Mysterio up and backs him into the corner. Shinsuke whips Rey across the ring but Rey runs up the turnbuckles and back flips over a charging Shinsuke and dropkicks Nakamura in the back, sending him into the corner. Rey goes to grab Shinsuke and turn him around but he gets hit low with a mule kick and Shinsuke turns around and hits a palm strike and the Kinshasa for the pinfall victory.
WINNER by pinfall: Shinsuke Nakamura (13:02) | 66

GUNTHER ARRIVES
Gunther is introduced and Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser escort the Intercontinental Champion down to the ring. Gunther sits on a chair at ringside to watch the match with Kaiser and Vinci standing guard behind him. | 66

MAIN EVENT -- INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP #1 CONTENDERS MATCH: DREW MCINTYRE |VS| SHEAMUS
This is a fight from start to finish. They have a face-off to start and both men immediately start throwing punches. Drew gets an early advantage by whipping Sheamus into the corner. Sheamus bundles out of the corner and Drew back body drops him. Drew waits for Sheamus to get to his feet and charges him. Sheamus thinks he's going for the Claymore Kick so he quickly crawls backwards to avoid it. Instead Drew stomps on Sheamus' midsection and then picks him up. He clotheslines Sheamus to the outside and Sheamus hits the mat directly in front of the Intercontinental Champion Gunther. Sheamus and Gunther have a quick exchange of words and then McIntyre slides out of the ring on the side and runs around. He goes for a clothesline of Sheamus but Sheamus ducks. They fire right hands at one another in front of Gunther and Sheamus kicks Drew in the midsection. He grabs Drew by the back of the head and slams him face-first off of the ring apron. Drew elbows Sheamus and then returns the favor. Both men climb back in to avoid a countout. They get onto their feet and begin exchanging forearm shots. They stagger one another with stiff, heavy forearm shots. Drew rocks Sheamus with one and goes for the Claymore Kick but Sheamus spears him. They go tumbling through the ropes and down to the arena floor. They begin brawling on the outside once again. This time Sheamus picks Drew up and drops him onto the barricade. Sheamus grabs Drew's arm and goes to whip him into the steel ringpost but Drew reverses it. Sheamus hits shoulder first and Drew grabs him and shoves him into the barricade in front of the time keeper and ring announcer. Drew goes to get back into the ring but Butch was hiding under the ring and he grabs Drew's leg and holds onto him to prevent him from getting in the ring. Sheamus gets to his feet and staggers to the ring but he's too late and he gets counted out as well.
Decision: Double Countout (12:49) | 77

POST-MATCH BRAWLING
As the bell rings and the announcement is made, Drew reaches down and grabs Butch and begin beating him up. Ridge Holland rushes out to save Butch. Meanwhile on the other side of the ring Imperium jump Sheamus and begin beating him down. Holland and Butch realize this and rush over to help their friend. Imperium bails through the crowd as the announcers wonder aloud who will be facing Gunther at No Way Out. Suddenly William Regal's music plays and he comes out onto the stage. Regal says that since both men were counted out tonight and it seems that both Sheamus and Drew McIntyre have a good claim at being the #1 contender, Gunther will defend his Intercontinental Championship at No Way Out against BOTH Sheamus AND Drew McIntyre in a Triple Threat Match! Gunther is pissed but Drew and Sheamus are both smiling from ear-to-ear at this announcement. The show goes off the air with shots of all three men and their reactions. | 70

OVERALL RATING: 73

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WWE NO WAY OUT
Saturday -- Week 3 -- February 2023
Live! from Montreal, QC, Canada

MAIN EVENT
Elimination Chamber Match
WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns |VS| Kevin Owens |VS| Sami Zayn |VS| Solo Sikoa |VS| Jimmy Uso |VS| Jey Uso
*If Sami Zayn or Kevin Owens win, Sami gets to face Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX Night One*

Elimination Chamber Match
Rhea Ripley |VS| Becky Lynch |VS| Charlotte Flair |VS| Bayley |VS| Sasha Banks |VS| Beth Phoenix
*Winner will challenge for the WWE World Women's Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX*

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
Gunther (C) |VS| Drew McIntyre |VS| Sheamus

WWE United States Championship Match
Austin Theory (C) |VS| Damian Priest -OR- Mustafa Ali

WWE World Women's Championship Match
Bianca BelAir (C) |VS| Naomi -OR- Chelsea Green

WWE Universal Women's Championship Match
Ronda Rousey (C) |VS| Raquel Rodriguez

Seth Freakin' Rollins, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson |VS| AJ Styles & Two Mystery Partners

Cody Rhodes |VS| Matt Cardona

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WWE NO WAY OUT
Saturday -- Week 3 -- February 2023
Live! from Montreal, QC, Canada

MAIN EVENT
Elimination Chamber Match
WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns |VS| Kevin Owens |VS| Sami Zayn |VS| Solo Sikoa |VS| Jimmy Uso |VS| Jey Uso
*If Sami Zayn or Kevin Owens win, Sami gets to face Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX Night One*

Elimination Chamber Match
Rhea Ripley |VS| Becky Lynch |VS| Charlotte Flair |VS| Bayley |VS| Sasha Banks |VS| Beth Phoenix
*Winner will challenge for the WWE World Women's Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX*

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
Gunther (C) |VS| Drew McIntyre |VS| Sheamus

WWE United States Championship Match
Austin Theory (C) |VS| Damian Priest -OR- Mustafa Ali

WWE World Women's Championship Match
Bianca BelAir (C) |VS| Naomi -OR- Chelsea Green

WWE Universal Women's Championship Match
Ronda Rousey (C) |VS| Raquel Rodriguez

Seth Freakin' Rollins, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson |VS| AJ Styles & Two Mystery Partners

Cody Rhodes |VS| Matt Cardona

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WEEK 3 -- FEBRUARY 2023

WWE RAW
Monday -- Week 3 -- February 2023
LIVE! from Bakersfield, CA

EDGE AND BETH RESPOND
Edge in-ring promo responding to Balor & Dom's promo from last week. Edge vows to run through the entirety of Judgment Day to put an end to the group he started. Judgment Day come out onto the stage and offer to allow Edge to choose a match against any member of Judgment Day he wants for No Way Out. But the catch is -- they get to pick the stipulation. Edge agrees and says he wants Dominik Mysterio. Finn calls him a coward for choosing young Dom. Edge says he wants to beat some sense into Dom. Balor says they'll pick the stipulation but they won't tell Edge until right before the match begins. Edge says that's fine but if he wins their match he wants another match with Judgment Day. Balor says he isn't about to make any other concessions. Either Edge takes this match or he doesn't. Edge agrees and Beth chimes in and warns Rhea that she has been dreaming about getting her hands on Rhea inside the Elimination Chamber. Beth says the adrenaline rush she gets from imagining the beating she is going to put on Rhea is unlike anything she's felt in the last 10 years. Beth says she's going to hurt Rhea -- and she's going to enjoy every second of it. | 69

TOMMASO CIAMPA |VS| RYAN KIDD
An old school squash match where Ciampa gets to destroy a jobber in a couple minutes to get over. It's effective as Ciampa looks really good and wins with the Fairy Tale Ending.
WINNER by pinfall: Tommaso Ciampa (2:41) | 47

BIANCA BELAIR MUSIC VIDEO
A video airs hyping up Bianca as the current WWE World Women's Champion and going over all of her accomplishments in WWE so far. | 66

CURIOUS CORBIN
Backstage Baron Corbin is walking around asking people if they know who his opponent at No Way Out is going to be. The announcers mention that Mick Foley told Corbin earlier today that he will be in action at No Way Out but his opponent will be a mystery. Corbin is getting increasingly frustrated as everyone he asks either doesn't know or has no idea what he's even talking about. | 67

MATT CARDONA |VS| JOHNNY GARGANO
This was a story-driven match designed to get Cardona over. The story they told here was that Cardona was going out of his way to be as vicious as possible and Gargano was trying to use that aggressiveness against him. Gargano shined at first, then Cardona cut him off and controlled the match. Cardona missed a blockbuster from the second rope and Gargano superkicked him as he sat on the mat and took control. But Cardona eventually got control back with a snake eyes on Gargano and then won with the Radio Silence leg lariat and covered Gargano for the win.
WINNER by pinfall: Matt Cardona (11:45) | 61

THE STREET PROFITS HAVE A REQUEST
Backstage, the Street Profits are in Mick Foley's office. They say that they think the Raw tag division needs some new life and they have a suggestion on a team Foley should call up from NXT. Foley says he will be adding more talent to the roster in coming weeks and he'll take their advice. He also tells them that if they keep winning they'll be in line for a shot to bring the tag titles back to Raw. After Dawkins leaves, Montez asks him if he's considered Montez's request -- Foley says yes and gives Montez a thumbs up. | 68

KEVIN OWENS: "SOLO IS ROMAN'S BITCH"
Next up is a backstage promo from Kevin Owens. He is sitting on some storage crates in a hallway in the back. He says that all day today all he's been able to think about is how the Bloodline is going to try to put him out of action before the Elimination Chamber match this Saturday night at No Way Out. He says that he realizes that there's countless ways they could try and he's ready for as many as he can be. He says that thinking about Solo Sikoa makes him sad because Solo could be a champion. He could be one of the top stars in WWE but he's content with being Roman Reigns' bitch. Owens says that he's not in the business of cutting young stars off at the knees but he realizes that tonight it's Sikoa or him and he's not ready for it to end tonight. He has to make it to Saturday to help his friend get one step closer to being Universal Champion. And he's going to do that if it's the last thing he does inside a wrestling ring. | 70

CODY RHODES |VS| THE MIZ
Another match designed to built toward No Way Out. Rhodes dominated most of the match but Miz's A-Lister buddies Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode came down to the ring and distracted Cody long enough for Miz to take over. Miz went for the Skull Crushing Finale but Cody elbowed his way out of the move and turned it into a Cross Rhodes. Before he could cover Miz, Dolph hopped up onto the apron. Cody knocked him off and when he turned around Robert Roode was there and hit Cody with a spinebuster. Miz covered Cody but Cody kicked out at two. Miz picked Cody up and tried another Skull Crushing Finale but in the process Cody grabbed his arm got a drop toe hold and folded Miz into a small package and got the win.
WINNER by pinfall: Cody Rhodes (7:41) | 70

POST-MATCH BRAWL LEADS TO MATCH
Ziggler and Roode immediately hit the ring and attacked Cody. This brought the Street Profits out to make the save. The show went to commercial and during the break Mick Foley made a six-man tag between the men in the ring. | 60

CODY RHODES & THE STREET PROFITS |VS| THE A-LISTERS (THE MIZ, DOLPH ZIGGLER & ROBERT ROODE)
A fantastic match between these six men. Robert Roode looked way too good to be involved in a going nowhere mid-card stable as he greatly outperformed the other men on his team. Cody and the Profits worked together well and had the crowd solidly behind them. The A-Listers kept Montez Ford isolated in their corner but he got a hot tag to Cody. Then Cody was isolated after his initial burst. But when he made the hot tag to Angelo Dawkins, Dawk went wild on all three of the heels. Dawkins hit Miz with an avalanche in the corner and then hit Ziggler with a short-arm powerslam and got a near fall that was broken up by Robert Roode. Cody took Roode out and Dawkins tagged in Montez so he could come off the top rope for a big splash onto Ziggler for the win.
WINNERS by pinfall: Cody Rhodes & the Street Profits (17:29) | 71

KING'S COURT: SETH ROLLINS, KARL ANDERSON & LUKE GALLOWS
Jerry "the King" Lawler returns for an in-ring interview segment with Rollins and the Good Brothers. The heels talk about their match with AJ Styles at No Way Out. Rollins asks the Good Brothers if they have any idea who his partners might be. Gallows isn't sure but he knows all of AJ's friends and he says that even AJ's friends don't really like him. Karl says AJ is a lame loser who plays video games all day with kids and no one wants to party with him. Anderson thinks his partners are going to be Mario and Luigi. Rollins says it doesn't matter who his partners are because Seth is going hit each of them with a Curb Stomp and put an end to them right then and there. AJ appears on the big screen and says that his recruiting mission is done and that he cannot wait to see the looks on their faces when his partners are revealed. Seth says that he cannot wait to see the look on AJ's face when realizes that he's about to eat the mat courtesy of a curb stomp! | 56

US TITLE GOLD RUSH TOURNAMENT FINAL: DAMIAN PRIEST |VS| MUSTAFA ALI
Ali is jumped before the bell by Priest and Priest looks like he's cruising to a win but every time he tries to pin Ali, Ali fights back. Priest drops Ali on the barricade outside and Ali looks legitimately hurt but the match continues. They get in the ring and Ali gets a school boy roll up for a two count and Priest nearly takes his head off with a discus lariat. The finish comes when Ali hits a tornado ddt and then goes up top and hits the 054 and pins Priest for the win.
WINNER by pinfall: Mustafa Ali (11:03) | 66

THEORY IS BACKSTAGE
As Ali is celebrating in the ring we see United States Champion Austin Theory is back in Mick Foley's office watching the match on the monitor. Theory shakes his head and asks Foley if this is really the best he can do. Foley tells Theory that if he underestimates Mustafa Ali we will have a new United States Champion at No Way Out. Theory blows him off and says there's no way Ali can beat him. Theory says Ali is too small and Foley cuts him off and reminds him that Ali just beat a guy who is way bigger than Theory. They're showing this segment in the arena and Ali hears it and grabs a microphone. He responds directly to Austin Theory by saying that people have doubted Ali his entire life. They said he couldn't become a police officer -- he did. They said he couldn't become a wrestler -- he did. They said he couldn't make it to WWE -- he did. And now Austin Theory says he can't become the United States Champion -- he will. Ali throws the mic down only to be jumped from behind by Damian Priest who gets his heat back by laying Ali out with the South of Heaven. | 70

DING DONG HELLO WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BECKY LYNCH, SASHA BANKS, CHARLOTTE FLAIR, RHEA RIPLEY, AND BETH PHOENIX
After a commercial break we get a talk segment. Bayley hosts the other five women in the Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out. She takes a second to introduce all five women with condescending, sarcastic introductory sentences. Each woman gets a second to explain why they will be the one to walk out of No Way Out with a guaranteed shot at Bianca BelAir's World Women's Championship. Becky reiterates that she is the Man. Sasha says she's been working toward this for months and she won't stop until she gets it. Charlotte tells everyone to look at her and they'll see why she's going to win. Rhea says she's just going to beat everyone's ass and Beth immediately attacks Rhea. They roll around on the mat and eventually all six women are brawling in the ring. Bayley is screaming for them to stop because her segment isn't over but her set gets destroyed by the brawl and Becky Lynch grabs Bayley but Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky rush out and grab Bayley and help her to escape. Road agents and security rush in to break up the fight. Rhea is bleeding from the lip but she's the last one left in the ring. Beth Phoenix throws some security guards down and gets back in the ring and tackles Rhea. They roll around for a bit and are pulled apart but they fight back to each other again. This time when they're pulled apart Judgment Day is there to help remove Rhea. Judgment Day flees through the crowd as Edge runs down to help out his wife. | 66

WWE WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD RUSH TOURNAMENT FINAL: NAOMI |VS| CHELSEA GREEN
This was weird because they've been hinting at Bianca vs Naomi and Naomi has just recently returned but she didn't win here. Naomi dominated the match and was really made to look good. She hit all of her signature offense and the crowd was completely into it. But during what felt like the finish, Nikki Cross hit the ring and distracted the referee while Piper Niven got in the ring and hit a Michinoku Driver on Naomi and placed Chelsea Green on top of her. When the referee turned around she counted the pinfall and Nikki and Piper climbed in the ring and picked Chelsea up and celebrated with her.
WINNER by pinfall: Chelsea Green (6:50) | 50

OPEN CHALLENGE
After a commercial break Carmella comes down to the ring. She tells the fans that they're happy to see her back on Raw. She then says that Mick Foley told her that she could have some time to come out and talk to the fans tonight but Carmella would rather fight someone. She issues an open challenge to anyone who wants to lose to her. Suddenly Asuka's music hits and Carmella immediately regrets her decision. | 63

ASUKA |VS| CARMELLA
A quick squash match for Asuka. The bell rings and Carmella goes after Asuka. Asuka hits a spinning back fist and then kicks Carmella in the midsection. Carmella falls to her knees and Asuka kicks her in the head and pins her for the win.
WINNER by pinfall: Asuka (0:39) | 69

MAIN EVENT -- KEVIN OWENS |VS| SOLO SIKOA
As the show comes back from commercial the cameras show Kevin Owens attacking Solo Sikoa in the back. Owens is standing over a seated Solo and is hammering him in the face with right hands. The Usos show up and go after Owens. Owens takes off for the entrance and the Usos chase after him. When he gets out onto the stage the Usos follow and they're ambushed by Sami Zayn who was hanging out on the stage dressed as a pyro technician. Owens superkicks Jey Uso and powerbombs him onto the stage. Jimmy Uso gets taken out with a running boot from Sami. But Solo is back and he spears Sami. Owens goes over to Solo and they exchange punches. They brawl down to the ring and the match eventually begins. Security comes out to separate the Usos and Zayn and remove them. Paul Heyman comes down to the ring to manage Solo. Solo and Owens have a good match with lots of action. Solo hits a Samoan Drop and gets a near fall. The fight continues and Owens hits a pop-up powerbomb but the ref is bumped. Owens doesn't realize it and covers Solo. As soon as KO gets to his feet, Roman Reigns shows up from the crowd. He slides in the ring behind Owens and when Kevin turns around Roman spears him. Roman picks Owens up and hits the Superman Punch. Owens collapses into the corner. Reigns grabs him and tells Solo to get to his feet. Roman walks Owens over to Solo and Solo hits the Samoan Spike. Roman exits the ring and the referee gets up in time to see Solo cover KO and get the pinfall.
WINNER by pinfall: Solo Sikoa (12:33) | 66

POST-MATCH ASSAULT
After the match is over Paul Heyman climbs in the ring with a huge grin on his face. He and Roman stand over KO as the Usos make their way back to the ring. We get a shot of the outside of the arena where Sami Zayn has been thrown out and security refuses to let him back in, despite his efforts. In the ring The Bloodline continues their assault of Kevin Owens. But before they can do too much damage, CODY RHODES rushes out with a chair and the Bloodline bails. The show goes off the air with Cody and the Bloodline having a staredown as Cody checks on Kevin Owens. | 62

OVERALL RATING: 65

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WWE NO WAY OUT
Saturday -- Week 3 -- February 2023
Live! from Montreal, QC, Canada

MAIN EVENT
Elimination Chamber Match
WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns |VS| Kevin Owens |VS| Sami Zayn |VS| Solo Sikoa |VS| Jimmy Uso |VS| Jey Uso
*If Sami Zayn or Kevin Owens win, Sami gets to face Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX Night One*

Elimination Chamber Match
Rhea Ripley |VS| Becky Lynch |VS| Charlotte Flair |VS| Bayley |VS| Sasha Banks |VS| Beth Phoenix
*Winner will challenge for the WWE World Women's Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX*

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
Gunther (C) |VS| Drew McIntyre |VS| Sheamus

WWE United States Championship Match
Austin Theory (C) |VS| Mustafa Ali

WWE World Women's Championship Match
Bianca BelAir (C) |VS| Chelsea Green

WWE Universal Women's Championship Match
Ronda Rousey (C) |VS| Raquel Rodriguez

Seth Freakin' Rollins, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson |VS| AJ Styles & Two Partners Of His Choosing

Baron Corbin |VS| Mystery Debuting Superstar

Cody Rhodes |VS| Matt Cardona

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NXT on USA Network

Tuesday -- Week 3 -- February 2023

Live! from the WWE Performance Center

- The show opens with a recap of last week's events with Bron Breakker and the announcement about the 20-man battle royal tonight. | 54

- NXT Tag Team Champions Pretty Deadly defeated Ikemen Jiro & Scrypts in a non-title match at 4:21 | 38

- After the match it is announced that Aussie Open will get their tag team championship match next week and Aussie Open comes out into the entrance way to wave at Pretty Deadly. | 41

- Alba Fyre is cutting a promo backstage when she's interrupted by Tiffany Stratton who wants the screen time for herself. Fyre clocks her with a forearm shot and Stratton falls to the floor. | 42

- We get footage from after NXT went off the air this week that shows Grayson Waller throwing a tantrum in the ring. He slapped Wade Barrett at ringside and the announcers mention that Waller's been fined for the slap and HBK removed him from the #1 contender battle royal. | 52

- Ivy Nile vs. Indi Hartwell is interrupted by Grayson Waller. He grabs a mic and starts to cut a promo on Shawn Michaels but his mic gets cut out and security hits the ring. The show abruptly goes to commercial. | 49

- "Earlier Today" Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen are filming a segment for WWE.COM where they walk around and ask other NXT superstars weird questions. They go up to the Coffey Brothers and Brooks asks them if they drink coffee. Josh rolls his eyes at the question. The Coffey Brothers tell them to get lost and a confrontation occurs and the announcers mention a match has been made for tonight. | 42

- Charlie Dempsey beat Von Wagner by DQ at 6:29 when Wagner refused to let go of a sleeper hold. | 38

- Backstage Aussie Open runs into The Schism again and Joe Gacy tries to recruit them again. Ava Raine tells them that if they just give in to their biggest desires they can have the world. Aussie Open mocks them and walks off. | 53

- Vidal Duran is in the back when Kelly Kincaid tries to interview her but his manager, Salina de la Renta (who is not named in this segment) enters the picture and tells her that Vidal only speaks through her. | 59

- Alexander Hammerstone hype video. The announcers mention they'll finally seen him at the Performance Center working out and he's massive. | 59

- Blair Davenport defeated Aliyah by pinfall at 4:29 | 38

- The Coffey Brothers beat Briggs & Jensen by pinfall at 5:11 | 51

- Ilja Dragunov shows up with two black eyes and cuts a promo where he reveals what happened with Tony D'Angelo. Dragunov admits that he was having issues getting his family to the US and Tony D'Angelo offered to help him out. Ilja took him up on the offer but when D'Angelo wanted Ilja to be his lackey -- Ilja said no. And now D'Angelo is coming for his pound of flesh. Ilja takes off his shirt and his belt and begins whipping himself with his belt as he tells D'Angelo to come take it. He tells D'Angelo to send in as many goons as he wants but Ilja will run through them all and then he'll eventually cut the head off of the snake. | 50

- Roxanne Perez pinned Sarray to retain the NXT Women's Championship at 13:28. | 55

- After the match Vanessa Wundor and Toxic Attraction hit the ring and try to intimidate Roxanne but Sarray stands with Roxanne and Toxic Attraction backs off. | 49

- NXT Champion Bron Breakker is interviewed via satellite from his home and says he's rooting for his friend Gable Steveson to win the battle royal tonight. | 51

- Gable Steveson won the 20-man battle royal at 26:49. | 52

Order of Elimination:

Quincy Elliot by DIJAK

Sanga by Tyler Bate

Apollo Crews by Veer Mahaan

Oro Mensah by DIJAK

Andre Chase by Carmelo Hayes

Trick Williams by Duke Hudson

Veer Mahaan by Roderick Strong & Nathan Frazer

Joe Gacy by Gable Steveson

Damon Kemp by Wes Lee

Odyssey Jones by DIJAK

Nathan Frazer by Carmelo Hayes

Axiom by JD McDonagh

Wes Lee by Carmelo Hayes

DIJAK by Tyler Bate

Tyler Bate by JD McDonagh

Duke Hudson by Carmelo Hayes

Roderick Strong by JD McDonagh

JD McDonagh by Gable Steveson

Carmelo Hayes by Gable Steveson

- Bronson Reed comes down to the ring and lays out Steveson as the show goes off the air. | 58

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Friday -- Week 3 -- February 2023
Live! from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

THE BLOODLINE'S PLANS FOR WRESTLEMANIA
After the SmackDown opening video, the show opens with The Bloodline coming down to the ring. Heyman opens the festivities by telling the crowd in Montreal that the Bloodline is here to outline their plans for WrestleMania for all to hear. Heyman says that tomorrow night -- after No Way Out -- Roman Reigns will be guaranteed to only defend one championship at WrestleMania. Not only that but the Bloodline will finally put an end to Sami Zayn's ludicrous assertion that he is Universal Championship material. Heyman introduces the Tribal Chief and tells the crowd to acknowledge him. But before he can hand him the microphone, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens hop the barricade from the crowd with chairs in hand and slide in the ring behind the Bloodline and begin assaulting them with chairs! Zayn takes out Solo Sikoa with a chairshot to the back. Owens drops both Usos by hitting them in the ribs and then the back. Reigns turns and sees what's happening and quickly bails. Zayn nearly hits him with a chair. Paul Heyman is trapped in the ring with Owens and Zayn. Owens grabs him by the lapels of his jacket and Heyman tries to get out of his jacket to get away. He manages to get one arm out before Zayn sticks his foot out and trips him. As Heyman tumbles to the ground near the ropes KO boots Heyman in the ass, knocking him out of the ring. The Bloodline staggers to the back as the crowd goes insane for their hometown heroes. Zayn grabs the microphone and says something to the crowd in French. Then he looks at Roman Reigns and tells him that tomorrow night at No Way Out -- one way or another he's going to earn a Universal Championship match at WrestleMania. He tells Roman to polish the belt up for him because he wants it to look great when he's holding it high over his head as he stands over Reigns' lifeless body. | 73

RUNDOWN
After the show returns from the first commercial break the announcers go over the card for tonight. They mention that the tag match between Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair has been changed to a six-woman tag featuring all six women in the Elimination Chamber Match. There's also a NINE-MAN tag team triple threat match as Imperium takes on the Brawling Brutes and Drew McIntyre with Braun Strowman and Ricochet! | 66

SHINSUKE NAKAMURA |VS| DREW GULAK
Shinsuke has a new re-mix on his tremendous theme music and his entrance is much more heelish now as he just walks to the ring like a cocky asshole. Gulak catches Shinsuke off-guard as the bell rings and takes him down with a double leg. Gulak outwrestles Shin on the mat for the first few moments. Eventually he goes for a quick cradle pin but Nakamura kicks out and both men get to their feet. Shinsuke mocks Gulak with some sarcastic golf clapping. The two men go to lock up but Shinsuke knees Gulak in the stomach and takes control of the match. Gulak tries to cover up to block Shinsuke's strikes but Gulak still finds himself in the corner. Shinsuke whips him across the ring but Gulak stops short of the corner and turns around to attack Shinsuke but Nakamura is ready and hits a flying knee. Gulak is sent flying into the corner. Shinsuke lights him up with kicks and open hand palm strikes. The referee backs Shinsuke off and Gulak stumbles out of the corner. Nakamura goes for a head kick but Gulak ducks and school boys Shin for a one count. Both men pop up and Gulak clothesline Shinsuke. Gulak covers him again for a one count. Gulak stays on Nakamura and picks him up and sets up for a suplex but Shinsuke blocks it and shoves Gulak away. Gulak steps forward toward Shinsuke and gets caught with a kick to the side of the head. Gulak crumples to his knees allowing Nakamura to hit the Kinshasa and pick up the pinfall victory.
WINNER by pinfall: Shinsuke Nakamura (10:49) | 58

RAQUEL DOESN'T WANT TO WAIT
Raquel Rodriguez is shown back in William Regal's office via the Office Cam. She says that she really doesn't want to wait 24 hours to face Ronda. She's more than happy to have the match tonight if Regal is ok with it. He says that there isn't time on the show as of now but he loves the idea of putting the match on the show tonight. He says he'll look at what's scheduled for the rest of the show and see if he can make time and if he can, he'll check to see if Ronda is willing to do it tonight too and if she agrees -- it'll happen. He tells Raquel to stand by and he'll let her know. | 56

VIKING. RAIDERS. EMPHASIS ON VIKING.
Next up is a video, set to "Runar" by Dannheim, that shows the Viking Raiders conducting some kind of rituals in the woods. | 23

HERE'S A SONG FOR YA
After the video there's a jobber standing in the ring and the announcers mention that we're getting ready to see some in-ring action when Elias hops the barricade with a guitar in hand and climbs into the ring. Pat McAfee is pissed that Elias is here, saying he's not supposed to be in this match. Elias offers the jobber a handshake and then pulls him close, kicks him and then throws him out of the ring. Elias demands a mic and someone hands it to him. He says that he's sick of being forgotten around here so he wrote a song that will make sure no one forgets him. He tells the referee to hold the microphone so he can perform when suddenly Pat McAfee stands up on the announce table, microphone in hand. He tells Elias that he sucks out loud and no one wants to see him. He tells Elias to get the hell out of the ring. Elias challenges McAfee to get in the ring and make him leave. McAfee is about to do just that when Rick Boogs returns out of nowhere, slides in the ring and spins Elias around. He kicks him in the midsection and then slams him in the head with his own guitar. Boogs plays air guitar and kicks Elias out of the ring under the bottom rope. On commentary, McAfee says Boogs is now his favorite wrestler as the show goes to commercial. | 59

MAMI VERSUS DADDY
Backstage we see Rhea Ripley and Dom Mysterio walking around. Rhea stops to go visit the WWE trainers and tells Dom to wait there. As Dom is standing there, Rey Mysterio happens to walk by. He sees Dom and awkwardly stops and goes to walk the other way but Dom calls him a coward. Rey turns around and confronts his son. He tells Dom that Dom's mom cries every time she sees him on tv. Dom doesn't react. He says that Dom's sister is in therapy now. Dom doesn't react. "Dammit Dominik, what's it going to take to get through to you?" Dom just smirks at Rey and doesn't react. Rhea comes back out and walks up to Dom and puts her arm around him. "Hi daddy!" she says as she waves at Rey. Rey looks dejected, looks down at the ground, puts his hands over his face and begins muttering what sounds like a prayer as he starts to walk away. Dom grabs Rey's arm "Tell mom and Aliyah that they wouldn't be so upset if they had just sided with me instead of an old loser like you." Rey starts to come after Dom but Rhea gets in between them and tells Rey to scurry along. Rey does. | 74

THE NEW DAY |VS| LEGADO DEL FANTASMA
The Kofi Kingston storyline continues as Kofi comes down to the ring looking almost depressed. He just walks down to the ring while Xavier tries to pump him up. When the match begins, Kofi is working hard to win but he's not smiling and he's not his usual jovial self when he's on the ring apron. Woods is isolated by the heels but he gets a hot tag and Kofi goes wild. The crowd is really into Kofi's comeback and he seems to be getting into it and just as he's starting to feel it, Zelina Vega trips him as he bounces off the ropes. When he stumbles, it gives LdF time to recover and Del Toro hits Kofi with a superkick and Joaquin Wilde hits a springboard ddt on Kofi. Wilde dives to the outside to take out Woods and Del Toro covers Kofi for the pinfall.
WINNERS by pinfall: Legado Del Fantasma (11:08) | 62

BACKSTAGE ARGUMENT
After a commercial, we see New Day in the back having a heated discussion. Woods is telling Kofi not to blame himself for the loss but Kofi disagrees. Kofi says he doesn't have it anymore. Then he says that he has an idea. Woods asks what his idea is and Kofi says he'll find out next week and walks off. | 59

OFFICE CAM: RONDA ROUSEY
Next up is an Office Cam segment with Regal speaking to Ronda Rousey. Regal tells Ronda that Raquel wants her match tonight. Ronda asks if she gets the same pay for winning tonight as she would tomorrow and Regal says yes, it's a contractually obligated payout per her contract. Ronda then agrees to face Raquel tonight instead of tomorrow. | 56

CHARLOTTE FLAIR, BAYLEY & RHEA RIPLEY |VS| SASHA BANKS, BECKY LYNCH & BETH PHOENIX
This was one hell of a match. All six women put on fantastic performances. Early on, Rhea and Beth brawled into the crowd and it became a tag match for the moment. But Damage CTRL's Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai came out and attacked Becky Lynch, leaving her laid out on the outside. Charlotte and Bayley double team Sasha and work her over, getting a couple near falls. Charlotte hits a superplex on Sasha and covers her but Becky Lynch returns to the match and yanks Charlotte out of the ring to break up the pinfall. Rhea and Beth come battling back to the ringside area and the match devolves into a six-woman brawl. Inside the ring Becky hits the Manhandle Slam on Bayley and pins her.
WINNERS by pinfall: Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks & Beth Phoenix (12:55) | 73

POST-MATCH
After the match ends the brawling continues. Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky run back out and save Bayley. Dom Mysterio runs out and helps Rhea flee from Beth Phoenix who is brandishing a chair. The segment ends with Charlotte standing tall in the ring after laying out Sasha with the Natural Selection. | 68

BRAY HAS A FINAL OFFER
Next up is Bray Wyatt in an undisclosed location. He says that in this world there's nothing more important than your soul. Your body, your earthly vessel, doesn't matter in the grand scheme of the cosmos. But your soul follows you from vessel to vessel. So to lose one's soul is to simply fail to exist. Bray says he wants something badly enough to offer up his soul. "My soul for your compliance. This is my final offer. Meet me in the ring." | 65

WWE UNIVERSAL WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: RONDA ROUSEY (C) |VS| RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ
A hard-hitting title match but one that probably didn't need to happen at No Way Out. The two women exchange words and slaps at first. Ronda and Raquel then start exchanging blows and that ends with Raquel kicking Ronda in the midsection and throwing her into the corner. Raquel controls the early moments of the match but she loses the advantage when Shayna Baszler comes walking down to the ring. Raquel gets distracted and Ronda takes control of the match by getting a double leg takedown and trying to work a submission hold but Raquel gets away. Ronda hits a knee to Raquel's back and knocks her to the arena floor. Shayna Baszler goes after Raquel while Ronda talks to the referee to distract him. But Raquel whips Shayna into the steel steps and takes her out. Raquel gets back in the ring and and Ronda goes after her but Raquel catches her and hits the Tejana Bomb on Ronda. But just as Raquel goes to cover her, Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke hop the barrier and try to get into the ring. Security rushes over and tackles them and starts to remove them from the ring. Shayna Baszler slides in the ring and takes out Raquel with a chop block to the knee. Raquel falls to one knee and Ronda kicks her in the side of the head and then locks her in a knee bar and Raquel fights and fights but eventually taps out.
WINNER by submission and STILL WWE Universal Women's Champion: Ronda Rousey (12:26) | 64

MAIN EVENT -- IMPERIUM |VS| THE BRAWLING BRUTES |VS| DREW McINTYRE, BRAUN STROWMAN & RICOCHET
This match was a mess. It was fun but it was hard to follow and just pure chaos. All nine men brawled in and around the ring and eventually everyone was taken out except for Gunther, Drew, and Sheamus. They exchanged punches and forearms in the middle of the ring. Eventually Gunther won that exchange and hit a double lariat to take both men out. They didn't want to waste any spots in this match so as soon as this exchange ended, Ricochet leaped off the top rope and dropkicked Gunther. Gunther staggered backward into the arms of Braun Strowman who tried to chokeslam him but Gunther kicked him in the midsection and threw him into Ricochet in the corner. Ricochet saw it coming and hopped back up onto the top turnbuckle to avoid it. He leaped off at Gunther but Gunther caught him and hit The Last Symphony for the pinfall victory.
WINNER by pinfall: Imperium (20:29) | 67

FINAL SEGMENT
As Gunther celebrates in the ring a foot comes in and kicks him and we see that it's Sheamus who hit the Brogue Kick and knocked Gunther out of the ring. Sheamus celebrates until Drew hit the Claymore Kick on him. The show goes off the air with Drew McIntyre standing tall on the turnbuckles and celebrating. | 68

OVERALL RATING: 69

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WWE NO WAY OUT
Saturday -- Week 3 -- February 2023
Live! from Montreal, QC, Canada

MAIN EVENT
Elimination Chamber Match
WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns |VS| Kevin Owens |VS| Sami Zayn |VS| Solo Sikoa |VS| Jimmy Uso |VS| Jey Uso
*If Sami Zayn or Kevin Owens win, Sami gets to face Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX Night One*

Elimination Chamber Match
Rhea Ripley |VS| Becky Lynch |VS| Charlotte Flair |VS| Bayley |VS| Sasha Banks |VS| Beth Phoenix
*Winner will challenge for the WWE World Women's Championship at WrestleMania XXXIX*

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
Gunther (C) |VS| Drew McIntyre |VS| Sheamus

WWE United States Championship Match
Austin Theory (C) |VS| Mustafa Ali

WWE World Women's Championship Match
Bianca BelAir (C) |VS| Chelsea Green

Mystery Stipulation Of Judgment Day's Choosing
Edge vs. Dominik Mysterio

Seth Freakin' Rollins, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson |VS| AJ Styles & Two Partners Of His Choosing

Baron Corbin |VS| Mystery Debuting Superstar

Cody Rhodes |VS| Matt Cardona

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NO WAY OUT RESULTS

NOTE: My wife is currently out of town and I am here with my two boys so I haven't had a lot of time to write these results out. In the interest of not falling too far behind schedule I wanted to get this up ASAP so some results may be shorter than I would usually prefer for a PLE show. I apologize if anyone was looking forward to reading longer results. Thanks - Slee.

WWE NO WAY OUT

Saturday -- Week 3 -- February 2023

LIVE! from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

CORBIN WANTS ANSWERS

After the No Way Out intro video we get a live shot of the arena and Baron Corbin is in the ring demanding that Raw GM Mick Foley postpone or cancel his match since he's supposed to face a mystery opponent and he doesn't like it. Mick Foley comes out to address Corbin but just introduces Corbin's opponent -- NICK ALDIS! | 48

BARON CORBIN |VS| NICK ALDIS
This wasn't exactly a squash match but Aldis dominated most of the match. Corbin attacked Aldis before the bell as Aldis was taking off his robe. Corbin was mocking Aldis and talking trash to him as he beat him up for the opening moments of the match. But Aldis fought back and never looked back. Corbin got a Deep Six out of nowhere but Aldis kicked out at two and eventually got the pinfall with the Tormentum.

WINNER by pinfall: Nick Aldis (8:11) | 50

WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: AUSTIN THEORY (C) |VS| MUSTAFA ALI

These guys went all out to have a good match and they did. As soon as the bell rung, Ali charged and attacked. Theory, caught off-guard, took the first chance he had to bail to the outside. Theory stalled for a few moments until Ali hit a suicide dive and took Theory out. Ali rolled Theory back in the ring. He went for a springboard clothesline but Theory caught him with a boot to the face. Theory took control and got a near fall with a running powerslam. The two men exchanged big moves. Theory went for a top rope powerbomb but Ali hit a hurracanrana from the top rope. He then went for the 054 but Theory got his knees up and Ali hurt himself. Theory picked him up and hit A-Town Down for the clean pinfall victory.

WINNER and STILL WWE United States Champion: Austin Theory (11:27) | 64

ALDIS SPEAKS

Backstage, Byron Saxton spoke with Nick Aldis. He asked Aldis if he was happy with his debut and Aldis said that every time he wins, he's happy. Aldis is excited to begin his WWE career and is looking forward to the competition. He's interrupted by The Miz who mocks Aldis' accent and calls him a bum. He says Aldis doesn't deserve any fanfare or hype. Aldis is a loser who's been a big fish in small ponds but he's never been in WWE and that means he's irrelevant! Aldis offers to show Miz how irrelevant he actually is and Miz agrees and tells Aldis he'll see him on Monday night. | 53

ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH: CHARLOTTE FLAIR |VS| BECKY LYNCH |VS| RHEA RIPLEY |VS| BAYLEY |VS| SASHA BANKS |VS| BETH PHOENIX

The match begins with Rhea Ripley and Sasha Banks and the other four competitors in the pods around the outside of the ring. Ripley beats up Banks for most of the opening five minute period. When the first pod is set to open the randomizer selects Beth Phoenix! She enters the match and goes right after Rhea. She tackles Rhea and fires right hands at her. Rhea covers up and Beth gets to her feet and stomps Rhea. She picks Rhea up and clotheslines her out of the ring. Beth takes Rhea and slams her into the glass of the nearest pod. Rhea hits the glass hard and Beth backs up and rushes to go tackle her but Rhea moves and Beth slams through the glass. The crowd pops and a "HOLY SHIT!" chant erupts. Beth is hurt and the officials open the Chamber door to check on her as the lights dim and the next entrant is revealed: BAYLEY! Bayley comes in and immediately attacks Sasha Banks. Officials rush in to the Chamber to check on Beth Suddenly, WWE Universal Women's Champion Ronda Rousey comes charging down to the ring with Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke, and Marina Shafir. Duke and Shafir have kendo sticks in hand and Shayna has a chair. They get in the Chamber and immediately attack Sasha and Bayley. Ronda tosses Sasha down and stomps on her arm. Shafir locks Bayley in a crossface and plugs the kendo stick into her mouth to add insult to injury. Rhea Ripley isn't sure what to do as she exchanges words with Ronda. Ronda says she has no beef with Rhea saying "This isn't about you." Shayna Baszler is taunting Charlotte and Becky inside their pods. The next pod opens and Charlotte Flair comes out. She's immediately met by Shayna Baszler and they brawl. Ronda kicks Charlotte in the back of the left knee and the MMA Horsewomen begin kicking and stomping Charlotte's leg. Becky Lynch is so determined to get at Ronda and her goons that she literally kicks down her pod door before her time is up. Becky charges out of her pod and tackles Ronda. But Jessamyn and Marina grab Becky by the arms and pull her off of Ronda and hold her while Ronda kicks in the midsection. Rhea stands by the exit and taunts Beth Phoenix as the medical staff and referees take her out of the Chamber. Rhea is laughing and fake crying and waving bye to Beth. Beth shoves one of the medical staff into Rhea and attacks her again. The medical staff try to talk Beth out of continuing in the match but she ignores them and tackles Rhea again and starts throwing punches. Ronda and the MMA Horsewomen ignore Rhea and Beth to focus on Sasha, Bayley, Charlotte, and Becky. Marina and Jessamyn begin hitting Becky and Sasha with kendo sticks while Shayna puts a chair around Charlotte's leg and Ronda is about to Pillmanize her but Charlotte manages to fight back and get the chair off of her just in time for Ronda to stomp her leg. Road agents finally get in the Chamber and force Ronda and her friends out of the ring. The medical staff are no longer working on Beth so they check on the other women. Becky Lynch is holding her ribs and she's helped out of the Chamber. Beth and Rhea are still fighting outside of the ring. Rhea headbutts Beth and then hits the Riptide onto the steel. Rhea looks around and sees that she's the only woman standing. She climbs into the ring and grabs Charlotte and hits the Riptide and covers her for the elimination. Then she does the same to Sasha Banks. Rhea grabs Bayley and Bayley shoves her away. Bayley is doubled over and holding her back. Rhea grabs her by the throat and tosses her into the corner. Rhea hits a charging corner clothesline and then the Riptide and covers her for the elimination. Rhea is standing tall and she realizes Beth is still in the match. She walks over to the ropes and peeks over but Beth grabs her by the back of the head and drives Rhea throat-first down over the top rope. The crowd pops as Beth climbs into the ring and spears Rhea. She picks Rhea up and hits a Michinoku Driver for a near fall. She picks Rhea up and sets her up for the Glam Slam but Rhea won't let Beth pick her up and instead turns it into a short-arm forearm to the face. Beth is staggered. Rhea hits a Full Nelson Slam and covers Beth but she kicks out at two. Rhea gets up and yells at the official, and Beth gets up. Rhea turns around and Beth elbows her in the stomach and then sets her up for a piledriver. Rhea reverses into a back body drop. Beth pops up and Rhea goes for a clothesline but Beth ducks and runs off the ropes. She goes for a spear but Rhea lifts her knee and Beth is staggered. Rhea hits a discus clothesline and then kicks Beth in the ribs as she gets up onto her knees. Rhea grabs Beth by the hair and picks her up onto her feet. She whips Beth into the corner and charges but Beth moves. Rhea hits the corner and Beth grabs her and hits the Glam Slam! Beth covers Rhea, 1---2---Rhea kicks out! Beth picks Rhea up and goes for another Glam Slam but Rhea pulls her in close and headbutts her. Beth collapses to a knee but Rhea grabs her and hits the Riptide again. Rhea covers Beth, 1---2---3!

WINNER: Rhea Ripley (24:25) | 68

POST-MATCH PROMO

After the match, Byron Saxton catches up with Ronda Rousey and her friends in the back. He asks her to comment on her actions and Ronda says that she's been telling everyone for weeks that she wants her WWE legacy to be that she destroyed the so-called Four Horsewomen of WWE. Tonight was just the first part of that plan. The REAL Four Horsewomen, the ORIGINAL Four Horsewomen are here to make sure the WWE rip-off version is ended once and for all. Ronda and her friends walk off. | 64

JUDGMENT DAY ANNOUNCES MATCH

Edge makes his entrance and then Judgment Day comes out onto the stage. Finn Balor tells Edge that he thought he was slick by choosing to face Dom but he's actually going to face Dom AND Damian Priest in a handicap match. | 66

HANDICAP MATCH: EDGE |VS| DOM MYSTERIO & DAMIAN PRIEST

Balor tries to interfere and is kicked out of ringside area within the first 3 minutes of the match. Edge is on fire to start but eventually the numbers game catches up to him. Edge keeps fighting back and gets a few hope spots to keep the crowd into it. Priest hits South of Heaven and Dom goes to the top rope for the frog splash when suddenly Rey Mysterio comes running down to the ring. Dom and Priest are distracted and Edge runs up the turnbuckles and hits a belly-to-belly off the top rope. Edge stands up and spears Priest to the outside. Edge turns and Dom kicks him in the nuts and the referee missed it due to Rey's presence. Edge collapses to his knees and Dom bounces off the ropes and goes for a kick to Edge's face but Edge ducks, pops up, bounces off the ropes and spears Dom and covers him for the win.

WINNER by pinfall: Edge (12:35) | 71

STYLES ANNOUNCES HIS PARTNERS

AJ Styles is backstage with Cathy Kelley. He announces his tag team partners for tonight and Matt Ridde and RANDY ORTON, RKBro, walk into the picture. | 67

SETH ROLLINS, KARL ANDERSON & LUKE GALLOWS |VS| AJ STYLES, MATT RIDDLE & RANDY ORTON

A good six-man tag. AJ worked most of the match for his team. The heels got an advantage early and worked him over. Styles got a hot tag to Riddle and Riddle turned the tide of the match with some quick strike offense. Rollins hit a low blow on Riddle and turned the match back around. The heels worked Riddle over until Riddle got the hot tag to Randy Orton. Orton RKO'd all three members of the heel team but the legal man, Rollins, rolled to the outside. Riddle rolled Rollins back into the ring and Orton went for another RKO but Rollins blocked it and hit a turned Orton around and hit a Falcon Arrow for a near fall. Rollins tagged in Anderson and Orton tagged in Styles. Styles hit the Styles Clash on Anderson and RKBro held Gallows and Rollins back as Styles picked up the win.

WINNERS by pinfall: AJ Styles, Matt Riddle & Randy Orton (14:43) | 73

RHODES AND CARDONA HYPE VIDEO

A video airs detailing the relationship between Cody Rhodes and Matt Cardona and hyping up their match. | 54

CODY RHODES |VS| MATT CARDONA

They told a good story with this match. Rhodes was trying to compete fairly and wasn't trying to hurt Cardona but Cardona was desperate to win and kept cheating. Cody wanted a handshake to start but Cardona slapped his hand away. They locked up and wrestled to start but the second Cody got an advantage Cardona hit a cheapshot. After the first few minutes, Cody gets angry when Cardona hits him in the throat. Cody tackles Matt and throws punches. From there they have a really hard-hitting match that Cody wins with the CrossRhodes.

WINNER by pinfall: Cody Rhodes (13:56) | 61

WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: GUNTHER (C) |VS| SHEAMUS |VS| DREW MCINTYRE

A great, hard-hitting fight. These guys just stiffed each other all match, it was incredible. Unlike most three ways where one guy kinda lays back for minutes at a time to let the other two have the spotlight this match was pretty much three guys punching, slapping, chopping, and kicking each other as transition spots in between high spots like Gunther powerbombing Sheamus just as McIntyre lights him up with the Claymore Kick or McIntyre trying to a double superplex on both Sheamus and Gunther only to be thrown off the turnbuckles to the mat and have both of his opponents land on him (Sheamus with an elbow drop, Gunther with a knee drop). The finish was fun. All three men were in the center of the ring, dazed from combat. They exchanged chops and punches in a circle (Gunther hitting Sheamus, Sheamus hitting Drew, Drew hitting Gunther) until eventually they all knocked each other down. Gunther went down to a knee while Sheamus dropped to the mat and Drew went down to both knees. Gunther grabbed Drew and set him up for a powerbomb and Sheamus went for the Brogue Kick. Gunther let go of Drew and ducked the Brogue Kick. Drew went for the Claymore but Gunther ducked and Drew Claymore Kicked Sheamus and sent him out of the ring. Drew turned around and Gunther kicked him and powerbombed him. He covered Drew but Sheamus pulled Gunther off the pin and climbed in the ring. Sheamus and Gunther headbutted each other and both men collapsed backwards into the ropes. Drew got to his feet and clotheslined Sheamus to the outside and turned and went to hit the Claymore on Gunther but Gunther sidestepped it and as Drew was in mid-air, Gunther caught him and powerbombed him to the mat and covered him for the win.

WINNER by pinfall and STILL WWE Intercontinental Champion: Gunther (17:17) | 71

NO ONE LEFT

After the match, Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser of Imperium came to the ring to celebrate with Gunther. Ludwig Kaiser grabbed a microphone and said we all just witnessed greatness. He put Gunther over as the best wrestler in the world and Gunther took the mic and said that as far as he's concerned, there's no one left for him to defend the IC title against. He's beaten everyone put in his path. Suddenly JOHN CENA'S music hit and Cena came out onto the stage and waved at Gunther. He looked at the camera and said "See you Friday night!" | 77

WWE WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: BIANCA BELAIR (C) |VS| CHELSEA GREEN

This match wasn't great but based on it's placement on the card I think it was intentionally kept pretty basic. Chelsea stalled a lot and kept complaining to the referee that Bianca was cheating when she wasn't. We did get the reveal of Piper Niven as Chelsea's new bodyguard/friend as Niven came down to the ring and tried to distract Bianca. Bianca hit a frog splash on Chelsea but only got a two count because Piper grabbed the referee and interrupted the count. When Bianca got up and yelled at Piper, it allowed Chelsea to get the most offense she had all match in but Bianca cut her off with a leg lariat and then hit the KOD and covered Chelsea for the win.

WINNER by pinfall and STILL World Women's Champion: Bianca BelAir (11:04) | 50

PRE-MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT

All of the Elimination Chamber participants are introduced. Starting in the pods are: Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa, Jey Uso, and Kevin Owens. Sami Zayn and Jimmy Uso will begin in the match. But before the match can begin Paul Heyman has an announcement. He says that he was speaking with Roman and they decided that it isn't fair that the only one in this match who can earn a shot at the Universal Championship at WrestleMania is Sami Zayn so they went to William Regal and had a clause added to the contract for this match that says whoever wins will face Roman on Night 1 of WrestleMania. That includes Bloodline members. The winner of this match will face Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania. And if Roman wins -- he gets the night off. | 74

MAIN EVENT -- ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH: WWE UNDISPUTED UNIVERSAL CHAMPION ROMAN REIGNS |VS| SAMI ZAYN |VS| KEVIN OWENS |VS| JIMMY USO |VS| JEY USO |VS| SOLO SIKOA

The announcers point out that the Chamber is still broken from the earlier Chamber match and one pod is completely missing the glass so the match will begin as a three-way with Jey Uso also joining Jimmy Uso and Sami Zayn. The Usos beat Sami down to open the match. They beat him all over the ring but don't even try to pin him. When the first pod opens KEVIN OWENS enters the match and immediately attacks the Usos. The faces take the match over and we realize that Solo Sikoa's pod is also broken when he decides to enter the match before the alotted time and immediately attacks Owens. The Bloodline uses their 3-on-2 advantage to dominate the faces. But Jimmy Uso misses a superkick on Sami and hits Jey by mistake, allowing Sami to throw Jimmy out onto the steel and cover Jey for the elimination. The tide turns and the faces begin to take over the match again until Roman Reigns enters the match. He immediately turns the tables back in the Bloodline's favor and they beat up Sami and Kevin for what feels like forever. Jimmy climbs up onto one of the pods to go for a big splash on Sami but KO hits a Stunner on Solo Sikoa and shoves him backwards and Jimmy ends up landing on Solo. Sami Zayn is aware enough to get a quick school boy roll-up of Solo and gets the pinfall elimination on him. The match is down to four men: Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Jimmy Uso, and Roman Reigns. A more traditional tag team style match breaks out with Sami and KO working together to fight off the Bloodline. At one point, KO hits a Stunner on Reigns and Sami hits a Helluva Kick, knocking Reigns out but he rolls under the ropes. Sami and KO pin Jimmy Uso. The crowd is excited as the match comes down to Reigns, Sami, and KO. Reigns proves why he's the Undisputed Universal Champion and holds his own against the faces. At one point, Sami goes for a Helluva Kick on Reigns but Reigns pulls KO into the way. Sami is shocked that he kicked Owens and Reigns spears him. Heyman hands Reigns handcuffs and Reigns handcuffs KO to the ropes. Reigns beats down Sami for a few moments and looks like he has him defeated. Roman goes for a spear but Sami leap frogs and Roman hits the steel corner post. Sami reaches into Roman's pocket and finds the handcuff key and hands it to KO. Sami hits a Helluva Kick on Reigns and covers him. KO releases himself and jumps on Sami to help keep Roman down. The announcers pop huge for Roman being pinned and eliminated. Corey Graves points out that it literally took two men to pin him. As Reigns is rolled out of the ring Sami and KO stand up and the crowd cheers for them. They shake hands and go to lock up but Owens kicks Sami right in the nuts. Sami falls to his knees and Owens hits the Stunner. The impact causes Sami to pop back up and fall backwards into the corner. Owens grabs Sami by the arm and pulls him toward Owens' body for the pop-up powerbomb. Owens covers Zayn, 1----2----3!!!

WINNER of the Elimination Chamber Match: Kevin Owens (28:15) | 66

POST-MATCH SITUATION

As soon as his music hits, KO stands up and immediately begins walking to the back. He is all business as the crowd boos him mercilessly. Owens walks by Reigns and Heyman and stops to tell them he'll see them at WrestleMania. He walks up to the stage and points at the WrestleMania sign as the crowd boos for him screwing over Sami Zayn. The show goes off the air with a shot of a disappointed Sami Zayn on his knees in the middle of the ring. | 69

OVERALL RATING: 68

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WWE WrestleMania XXXIX
Saturday and Sunday -- Week 1 -- April 2023
LIVE! from Los Angeles, CA

NIGHT ONE

MAIN EVENT
WWE Universal Championship Match
Roman Reigns (C) |VS| Kevin Owens

NIGHT TWO

MAIN EVENT
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
Roman Reigns (C) |VS| Cody Rhodes

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