Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Asuka (WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship)
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Winner: And still the WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion, Charlotte!
Highlights: Charlotte was adorned in gold and accompanied by her loyal subjects as her father’s them played. Then she made her true entrance as her them music blazed over the speakers. Then Asuka made her presence felt as she hit the ring with a new mask to boot. The match kicked off with both ladies engaging in some counter wrestling. Charlotte reached into her bag of mind games to taunt Asuka, but this did nothing but anger Asuka and make her get even rougher. After some back and forth rope running action, Asuka cleaned Charlotte’s clock with a running dropkick. Asuka then went on the attack with a double foot stomp right to the champ’s back. Charlotte got back to her feet and started landing a bevy of chest chops. When Charlotte got planted onto the ring apron, Asuka clocked her with a few kicks and then shoved her right off into the crowd barrier. After watching Charlotte tend to her now injured shoulder, Asuka began targeting it with continued offense.
Charlotte struggled to get some offense going, but she finally began getting the upper hand after landing a few strikes. Charlotte then chose to come off the top rope with a Moonsault, but Asuka caught her coming down and locked her into a slick submission hold. Charlotte looked to be on the verge of tapping, but she saved herself soon after by escaping and locking in her own Boston Crab. Asuka eventually made her escape as well. Both ladies continued to lay in each other as the match wore on. After Charlotte used a big boot to damage Asuka while she was stuck between the ropes, an apron struggle ensued. It ended when Asuka sacrificed herself and Charlotte by suplexing her off the ring apron.
Both women slowly got to their feet and crawled back into the ring to break the ref’s count. Asuka landed her striking combination on the champ and then came off the top rope with a Missile Dropkick. Asuka got ahold of Charlotte’s injured shoulder again and went to the top rope, but Charlotte got her arm free and responded with numerous chops. Then she climbed to the top rope and slammed Asuka to the mat with a Spanish Fly. While Asuka laid in the ring on her knees, Charlotte tried to land her Natural Selection. But Asuka countered the hold by locking in her Asuka Lock. Charlotte fought hard to escape, which she finally did. Later on, Asuka hit the ropes and found herself getting hit with a nasty Spear from Charlotte. Then Charlotte blew shocked the world by breaking Asuka’s streak after locking in the Figure Eight Leg Lock! Asuka then paid respect to the champ by telling the crowd that Charlotte was indeed ready for her. Both women hugged it out afterwards.
Cesaro and Sheamus (c) vs. Braun Strowman and Nicholas (WWE Raw Tag Team Championship)
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Winners: The new WWE Raw Tag Team Champions, Braun Strowman and Nicholas!
Highlights: “The Bar” hit the arena with their own parade float and live band backing them up. Once Braun came out, he roared and forced “The Bar’s” parade followers to scatter in fear. Braun even shoved their float off the stage in a another moment of unbridled destruction. When it came time to announce his partner, Braun told the crowd that it could be any one of them. He exited the ring and searched the crowd for any willing participant. In a shocking twist, Braun randomly chose a child named Nicholas to be his partner! Once the match finally began, Braun began doing all the heavy lifting as he beat down “The Bar.” Braun soon found himself getting weakened after Cesaro kicked him in the back of his leg.
Cesaro and Sheamus then used their best tandem maneuvers to keep Braun grounded. Both men tried to land their double corner kick, but Braun caught their legs and proceeded to squash them with a running body splash. Then Braun shocked the crowd by tagging in Nicholas! Little Nicholas looked petrified as he stood across the ring from Cesaro. Nicholas made the wise decision to tag Braun back in, who made quick work of Cesaro with a Running Powerslam.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) (c) vs. The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E and/or Xavier Woods) vs. The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) (Triple Threat Tag Team Match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship)
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Winners: And the new WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions, The Bludgeon Brothers!
Highlights: The New Day marked their arrival to the ring with midgets dressed as pancakes joining them in a mini-parade. After the Bludgeon Brothers got to ringside and stood up on the apron, Kofi jumped into action by landing on dropkick on Harper. The Usos then did their best to keep both giants grounded. A Suicide Somersault Plancha took them out, but then one of the twins turned right around to meet Kofi’s Trouble in Paradise. The Bludgeon Brothers then woke back up just in time to begin torturing the entire field, which also included Woods. Once Harper got back into the ring, The Usos tore him apart with a series of tandem offense. After landing a Superfly Splash, one of the Uso twins looked to get the win. However, Harper kicked out of the following pin. On the outside, Rowan got into a brawl with both Usos.
All the while, Big E tried his best to take out Harper. Both men went at it tooth and nail before The Usos ran back in to keep their titles intact. Inside the ring, all three teams began a war of attrition on the top rope. Rowan ran in and shoved the Usos off the top rope, which led to Kofi facing a horrible same fate soon after. Rowan then grabbed hold of Kofi and put him into the waiting arms of Harper on the top rope. Harper then finished Kofi with a top rope sitdown powerbomb for the win.
AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (WWE Championship)
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Winner: And still the WWE Champion, AJ Styles!
Highlights: Nakamura’s entrance was marked by an amazing lineup of excellent violinists and drummers. The bell finally rang after AJ entered the ring and got introduced alongside his challenger, then the magic truly began. Both men got into some rough exchanges during their first few lockups. Nakamura tried kicking at the champ, but AJ dodged them and even grabbed his foot to force him down to the mat. While laying on the ropes, AJ looked down and got annoyed as Nakamura taunted him. This led to a striking contest between the two. Once both men got back into the middle of the ring, AJ kneed Nakamura in the face and followed that strike up with a Snap Suplex. AJ locked in a tight headlock on Nakamura, but he was forced to break the hold after getting pushed into the corner. After being freed, Nakamura blasted AJ with strikes. AJ shook them off and got the upper hand once again, however.
AJ kept Nakamura grounded soon after by placing him in a Chinlock. Nakamura eventually broke the hold, but moments later he was met with a Phenomenal Dropkick. AJ then hopped onto the ring apron to land something major, but Nakamura slipped him up kicking him right in the leg. Back in the ring, Nakamura used his arsenal of kicks to finally take AJ off his feet. After screaming at AJ to “COME ON!,” Nakamura began getting the better of AJ with his signature comeback offense. During Nakamura’s next suplex attempt, AJ cut him off by planting him face first into the mat. AJ started making his comeback and laying into the challenger. Nakamura found most of the air emptied out of him after eating a Pumphandle Gutbuster from AJ. AJ then signaled for the Styles Clash, but Nakamura forced him off and planted him on the ring apron. AJ then looked to land his Phenomenal Elbow, but Nakamura caught him just in time to plant him with a Landslide.
When the match got back into the ring, both men began battling on the top rope. Nakamura tried landing a big move, but AJ slipped underneath him and began damaging Nakamura’ knee. After kicking him in hat body area several times and shaking off the strikes landed on him, AJ locked Nakamura into a Calf Crusher. Nakamura writhed in pain for several moments, but he countered the hold minutes later by locking in a Guillotine Chokehold. AJ almost passed out several times, but he fought hard and deadlifted Nakamura into the air for a followup slam. AJ tried going for his Styles Clash again, but his injured back prevented that from happening. Nakamura clocked him with a counter kick and almost laid a knee into his back. But AJ slipped off the ring apron to dodge his strike and answered it with a Phenomenal Elbow. After being unable to finish Nakamura, AJ then came off the ropes with a Springboard 450 Splash. Nakamura got his knees up in time to counter AJ, however.
When both men got back to their feet, AJ and Nakamura lit each other up with some stuff elbow strikes. Then they clocked each other with their signature combos, which led to AJ landing a Pele on Nakamura. Nakamura didn’t go down though, which forced him to wake up up in time to knee AJ in the back of the head. Nakamura got his second wind and planted AJ with an Inverted Powerslam. Nakamura signaled for his Kinshasa, but his attempt was thwarted as AJ flipped him over to finally land a Styles Clash. After the match, Nakamura seemed as if was showing AJ respect. He handed him the title and bowed to him. Then all of a sudden, Nakamura low blowed the champ and kicked him repeatedly. Nakamura then left the arena after laying in a final Kinshasa to AJ while the crowd booed in unison.