Becky Lynch vs. Mickie James
Winner: Becky Lynch!
Highlights: Lynch and James locked up and tried to power each other down from the onset of their bout. As they continued to jockey for good positioning, they both fell to the outside while the ref began his count. They both got back into the ring before the count of 10 and locked up once more. Lynch got the advantage of James, but it didn’t last long once James flipped her way right out of her grasp. Both women fought each other off for a while, but Lynch knocked James to the outside. Lynch then took this opportunity to land a jumping kick and elbow strike to James while she was stuck outside. James shook off all the damage taken from those moves caught Lynch with a stiff kick/Spike DDT combo when she tried to re-enter the ring. James then targeted Lynch’s arm with some especially painful limb offense right after.
James took her time working on Lynch’s even weaker arm. After several moments of offense on her weakened arm, James soon succumbed to Lynch’s start of a comeback series. Lynch almost made a full comeback, but James cut her off and dropped her with her signature Hurricanrana from the corner. Lynch finally escaped James’ grasp after being locked in a submission hold for a good while and began furiously beating down James. Lynch’s comeback lasted a while before James took her down with a Flapjack and a Jumping Seated Senton. Lynch held on for much longer and responded with a side kick followed up by a Missile Dropkick. After a big counter exchange, James laid Lynch out with her Mick Kick. Lynch kicked out of Becky’s next pin attempt, though. In a shocking moment, James fought hard to block Lynch’s Dis-Arm-Her. But Lynch went ahead and rolled up James instead while she was struggling to block Lynch’s submission. Lynch then managed to get the 1-2-3.
Randy Orton vs. Luke Harper
Winner: Randy Orton!
Highlights: Orton and Harper stared each other down before finally engaging. Harper knocked down his former family member at one point and looked for the quick pin, but Orton kicked out and escaped to the outside. Harper followed him outside and quickly got on top of Orton by delivering brutal strikes. Once Orton got back into the ring, he got cut off with a surprising dropkick from Harper. Harper made his way to he top rope, but Orton caught him by shoving him right down to the floor. Harper managed to wake up, but Orton took him right to the announcer’s table section and backdropped him right onto one of them. Once back inside the ring, Orton locked on a particularly painful chinlock for an extended amount of time on Harper.
Harper tried crawling back to his feet, but Orton cut his comeback off and suplexed him gut first over the ring ropes. Orton took the time to pull off his signature taunt after performing it earlier on in the match. He used a series of boot strikes to injure Harper’s limbs and then lock on another submission hold. Harper managed to escape that chinlock and use a number of shocking moves from his comeback offense to get one up on Orton. At one point, Orton almost landed his Apron DDT. Harper slipped away and soon catapulted Orton’s throat into the bottom ring rope. Harper looked to fly through the middle rope with a tope suicida, but Orton put a stop to it with a forearm strike. Orton looked to finally land his Apron DDT, but Harper slipped out of his grasp and finally land his tope suicida. Harper then took the time to backdrop Orton on the same announce table he got slammed on before. Harper looked to land another big move, but Orton cut him off with a Snap Powerslam.
Both men then made their way to the top rope, which led to Orton landing a beautiful Superplex on Harper. Both men got back to their feet and began exchanging strikes. Harper fought off an RKO attempt, but Orton got the jump on him soon after with a Full Nelson Suplex. Orton then finally landed his Apron DDT. Orton signaled for an RKO, but he was served with two nice Superkicks from Harper that almost finished him. Harper and Orton got locked into another counter exchange that led into Harper landing another Superkick and dropping Orton with a Sitdown Powerbomb. Orton survived both of these big moves, though. Both men laid atop their knees and cracked each other with continued blows as they fought back to their feet. Harper looked to land his Discus Clothesline, but Orton shoved his arm away and finally did away with him after a well-placed RKO.
Nikki Bella vs. Natalya
Winner: No one…
Highlights: After a tense staredown, some John Cena signature mocking and a stiff slap from Natalya, both women got extra rough with each other. Nikki repaid the favor to Natalya with a slap of her own, which did nothing but piss off Natalya even more. Natalya then used some waistlock takedowns and strikes to embarrass Nikki, but Nikki pulled out multiple submissions to counter her. Natalya got shoved to the outside at one point, but Nikki followed her with a Baseball Slide and a follow up flying Forearm Strike. Natalya moved to the announce table section and shoved Nikki’s back right into the corner ring post.
Back inside the ring, Natalya continued to take down Nikki and taunt her the whole time. Natalya trapped Nikki in a submission hold for several moments, but Nikki made her way out of it and almost got n some big moves of her own. Natalya forced her back down to the mat with a clothesline. Natalya continued to berate Nikki, her mother at ringside and the live audience. Natalya locked in a leg submission on Nikki, but Nikki reversed it right into an STF out of nowhere. Afterwards, Nikki pulled out her signature comeback moves and kicked herself into 2nd gear. Natalya shook off all the damage she just attained and dropped Nikki with a nice Michinoku Driver.
Natalya tried locking in the Sharpshooter, but Nikki kicked her way out of it and struck Natalya down with a stiff elbow shot. After a series of reversals, Nikki landed a Spinebuster on Natalya that only got her a 2-count. Nikki followed that up with a Springboard Enzuguri that almost got her the win. Both women soon ended up the top rope and then Natalya decided to bring Nikki down to the mat with a stiff Superplex. Natalya then finally locked in her Sharpshooter and kept Nikki locked in for several grueling moments. Nikki fought hard to escape and she locked in the STF once again to further punish Natalya. Natalya crawled to the outside, which led to a brawl between both women that led to a double countout. Even after the final bell rang, Natalya used one final elbow strike to lay out Nikki. Natalya tried to make her way to the back, but she turned right around into catching a Spear from Nikki.
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