On this day...Edge opened the show with a promo of visions and predictions. Declaring that obstacles don't stop him, he shows photographic evidence of him successfully putting Roman in a cross face submission at WrestleMania 37. Living rent free in the head of the current Universal Champion, the Rated R Superstar vows to claim the gold. I can't wait to see Roman humbled.
The first match of the evening was a tag match of King Shinsuke Nakamura and Big E verses Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin. It was interesting to note that the graphics during Baron's entrance still say "King Corbin". Reminds me of when they introduced Drew McIntyre in his early days but the graphics still read Drew Galloway. Oops...
Tom is so great at portraying Baron Corbin. He was sporting a pouty face like a pro. The former king is now a pauper. He was sullen and reluctant to start. Then Apollo tagged Corbin in and the juices started flowing until....Rick Boogs. The hype man of Nakamura interrupts like an emcee at a wedding to announce that a White Mercedes SUV with the license plate KING-CR-BN, is being towed. This distraction allowed Big E to utilize the Big Ending on Corbin and win the match. But that was not the best part of the match. Nope...it was when Pat McAfee sat on Michael Cole during the Nakamura's entrance.
These two gentlemen work well together but my brain is always playing the "What If" game. "What If" one day Michael Cole gets a little cold that prevents him from working that night and Corey Graves was the only one available to sub. Can you just image McAfee and Graves doing play by play color commentary! I wouldn't be able to stop laughing and my brain would short circuiting the entire time.
I'm going to save the ladies for last so let's move on to the Last Man Standing match between Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. This is also a qualifying match for the Money in the Bank pay-per-view later this month. KO was on fire right from the start. At one point, he throws Sami over the barricade and slams his face into the LED audience. The fans play along by putting up their hands to "protect" themselves from getting hit with Zayn's face. Gotta love the WWE Universe. We're passionate!
Punishment continues to the climax of stereo tables being stacked up on one another outside the ring. Owens planned to throw Zayn threw the tables but it backfires on him. Kevin gets pushed into the tables that he introduced. But that isn't enough to keep Owens down. Back to a vertical base, he power bombs Zayn threw the announce table, then again threw a table and finally on the ring apron. With the ref's count of 10, KO now has the opportunity to get his hands on the briefcase on July 18th.
Another current punisher is Otis. He is definitely rocking a Vader vibe. He goes up against Angelo Dawkins. With brute power, he repeatedly flattens Dawkins. The clean shaven mammoth of an athlete, sans the ponytail, flies off the top rope to crush Angelo and pick up the win.
The last segment of the evening has the recently arrested Jimmy Uso in the ring calling out Edge.
Edge comes down the ramp unhinged and sends Jimmy into the ring post. Jimmy gets in a couple of good licks after hitting the super kick on Edge. Tables turn and now the Rated R superstar pounds all of his aggression into Uso and makes him tap. With still no sign of Roman Reigns, Edge connects with his signature spear. He leaves the ring, finds a chair and breaks off a rod to use as a weapon in the mouth of Uso. All I can say is: Fear The Beard.
That's it for the men, now for the ladies. I remember the segment earlier this year when Adam Pearce spoke so rudely to Sonya DeVille that I immediately thought this was the storyline opening for her to get back in the ring. Still hasn't happened yet, but DeVille's actions lately regarding Liv Morgan might have the WWE Universe seeing her back in action soon.
SmackDown has been announcing their female participants for MITB instead of having them qualify. The first named entrant was Carmella. Now, the second entrant is Zelina Vega? WTF??? WWE released Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Buddy Murphy and Killian Dain in exchange for Vega?! No bueno. The company has just let a fox back in the hen house and it will backfire on them. And what's with the Red Rooster look?
Liv goes up against Zelina to prove that she is worthy of being in MITB. She beat Carmella last week and beat Vega this week. I think that Liv will get so frustrated with Sonya DeVille to the point of issuing a one on one challenge.
Lastly, let's look at the beef with Bayley and Bianca Belair. Their match at MITB will be an "I Quit" match. This will be the third pay-per-view in a row that these ladies are squaring up. My gut says that because WWE has a couple of superstars currently on the sides of milk cartons, Bayley will lose again to Bianca. This opens the door for either Sasha Banks or Becky Lynch to return. Enjoy your time off Bayley.
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