The New Day (Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson (WWE Tag Team Championship)
Winners: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson by DQ…
Highlights: Turns out Jon Stewart decided to align with The New Day to make up for Big E’s absence. Kofi and Anderson got this match started. After some lockup battles, Kofi got the better of Kofi with his high flying offense. Anderson looked to Monkey Flip Kofi to the mat, but Kofi landed on his feet and put down Anderson. Xavier helped his New Day brethren out by putting down Anderson with a tag team move. Gallows came in, but he got cut down with a dropkick to the knee from Xavier. Then Xavier and Kofi hit their big stomp combo and running dropkicks to Gallows in the corner. Once Gallows ended up the outside, Kofi took to the air and launched himself right onto Gallows. Kofi climbed to the top rope but due to a distraction from Anderson, Gallows kicked Kofi right off of it. Anderson then entered the match and began assaulting Kofi.
Anderson kept the offense up with his partner for a several moments. Gallows missed a big running splash, which led to Kofi tagging in Xavier. Xavier pulled out his quickest moves on a now weakened Anderson. Xavier climbed on the top rope, crawled across the rope and landed a huge elbow drop to Anderson halfway across the ring. The action continued with a double team move that almost ended Anderson. Gallows returned to the ring to land a huge boot on Xavier. Anderson and Gallows landed their Magic Killer on Kofi after Xavier got caught with a Spinebuster. All of a sudden, Jon Stewart interrupted the match and almost got his balls slammed into the ring post. Then Big E made his surprise return and tore up Gallows and Anderson. The match was thrown out, but The New Day chose to celebrate with their newest member anyway.
Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler (WWE World Championship)
Winner: And still the WWE World Champion, Dean Ambrose!
Highlights: Both Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan came out to watch the match’s proceedings. The crowd cheered loudly for Ambrose as soon as the match began. Both men slapped each other and got locked into some quick pins as the ref tried to regain control. Ziggler took Dean out with a nice dropkick and followed him outside the ring with a Stinger Splash/Neckbreaker combination. Back in the ring, Dean and Ziggler struggled for a bit before Ziggler got thrown clean out of the ring. Dean beat down Ziggler outside the ring for a bit before he brought him back into it for even more punishment. Dean came off the top rope with Ziggler by landing a big double arm suplex. Dean kept beating on Ziggler with more strikes and even a single-leg crab. When Dean came off the top rope, Ziggler cracked him with a dropkick. Ziggler looked to start up some new offense, but Dean planted him with a Glamazon Slam (shout out to Beth Phoenix). Dean mocked Ziggler by signaling for a Super Kick, but Ziggler stayed in the fight after spiking Dean with a DDT.
The action got more intense as it headed into 2nd gear. Ziggler got in a line of effective maneuvers that lasted a good while. Dean made sure to get himself back on top with his signature comeback offense. Dean made fun of Ziggler’s antics by mimicking him again, but then he got locked into a sleeper hold. Dean chose to throw both himself and Ziggler to the outside to break the hold. Ziggler landed a nice headbutt strike and Superkick to Dean right over the security barrier. Ziggler went for another Superkick, but Dean shoved his foot away and almost hit his Dirty Deeds. But Ziggler countered him with a Zig Zag. Ziggler laid in some punches on Dean and then locked on another Sleeper Hold. Dean almost fell out, but he got back to his feet and took Ziggler down with a Rebound Lariat. Dean then took to the tope rope for another big move, but Ziggler shook the rope and caused him to trip right onto his groin. Ziggler looked to drop Dean with his top rope Facebuster, but both men landed on their feet. Dean then finished Ziggler off with a devastating Dirty Deeds.
Carmella, Becky Lynch, and Naomi vs. Natalya, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Bella (Six-Woman Tag Team Match)
Winners: Natalya, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Bella!
Highlights: Eva Marie didn’t show up as expected, so a freshly healed Nikki Bella made her return. Becky and Alexa got the match started with dueling pin attempts. Alexa landed a nice knee strike to Becky’s gut and followed that up with a forearm strike. Becky countered Alexa’s leapfrog by grabbing her leg in mid-air. Naomi got tagged in to then lock up with Natalya. Both women pulled off some impressive moves against each other, which came to a close with Naomi’s split into a Legdrop. Carmella then entered the match by taunting Natalya and throwing her across the ring with a Headscissors. Natalya ran to the outside , but she was met with a Clothesline. Back in the ring, Carmella found herself slammed to the mat with a Powerslam. Natalya then tagged in Nikki, who received some love from the crowd. Nikki locked Carmella into a chinlock, but she wiggled out of it. Carmella ran right into a big Spinebuster, though.
Alexa then entered the match and helped weaken Carmella some more. Carmella almost got the hot tag, but Alexa stopped her with a swift knee maneuvers. Natalya then got in to keep working over Carmella. Natalya’s submission hold kept Carmella locked in pain but when she escaped and dodged a clothesline from Natalya, Becky got the hot tag. Becky used her comeback offense on Natalya and gave her and her three partners some extra kicks for good measure. Becky took Natalya down with an Enzuguri and went to the top rope. She ended up landing a big top rope leg drop, but her pin attempt got stopped by Nikki. Alexa entered the match, but Naomi came in to land her swiftest kicks on her. Alexa dodged her Split Legged Moonsault and tagged in Nikki, who ended up battling Carmella. Chaos ensued as every woman entered the ring for a big brawl. Nikki soon clean clocked Carmella with an elbow strike and got the win for her team with a TKO.
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