Honestly speaking, I don’t know what the hell is going on with everyone in need of a secret service surrounding them like warped vultures, but it’s happening way too often. First, Liv Morgan when Raquel Rodriguez came back, the same applies to Chelsea Green and Seth Rollins. I never thought I’d see Bron Breakker wearing a suit and tie like Men in Black, but worse. Is no one else seeing how unimpressive this is?? He has the Brons under his impressionable control. Rollins was vining for the Money in the Bank contract, so he could have absolute power and undying supremacy over the company.
These boys came to the blue brand to deliver a message that anyone and everyone that stands in their way will be dealt with, like they did with Sami Zayn, CM Punk and Roman Reigns. How amazing that not too long ago, Rollins and Zayn were on the same War Games team… Hmm, fancy that. This newly formed alliance will stop at nothing to get what they want.
You know, whatever essence Solo Sikoa had, whatever made him a sight to behold when he first arrived and when he was at NXT, is gone. And I think it’s been gone since he lost in Tribal Combat against Roman Reigns. The fire I saw before isn’t there anymore. Even Rollins admitted that he isn’t intimidated by him, rather by his cousin, the Samoan Werewolf, Jacob Fatu. Everyone in the ring was stepping up to each other without a brawling conclusion… except for when Jimmy Uso started to clean house for his upcoming match.
Jimmy Uso vs. JC Mateo
All the distractions on the outside have served Mateo in his favor, until Jimmy was gaining momentum and turning the tied. Jimmy had JC lined up with a successful suicide dive. Not too long after, Solo was seen barking at his older brother, questioning what his doing. That allowed Mateo to reestablish himself with a drop kick.
Uso fended off against Mateo very well, despite some mishaps, but Sikoa’s involvement, again, put a strain on things. Solo had the official’s attention just as Fatu stood on the apron. Whatever was going on that caused him to not attack, Jimmy ducked out of the way, so JC could accidentally collide with Jacob, roll up Mateo and win. JC was going all kinds of off on Jacob. Ha!
Winner: Jimmy Uso
Zelina Vega vs. Piper Niven – Bakersfield Brawl match
Vega was doing well enough versus Niven when she delivered a stomp on the back and a sliding baseball kick, but Piper turned the light in her direction by slamming Zelina’s face against apron. Piper used the chain she wrapped around her hand to force his opponent to surrender. Zelina didn’t when she reversed her weight around to perform a hurricane DDT resulting in Piper bouncing her head off a steel chair.
At a given point, Niven had the upper hand on Vega when she slapped the champ very hard in the face and was preparing for a superplex. Naturally, Zelina countered with a super Code Red for a near fall if Alba Fyre hadn’t yanked her off, resulting in Chelsea Green beating her up. The next thing I knew was Giulia coming out and being helpful… Zelina did manage to end the match with a massive powerbomb through the table, yet Giulia had different plans.
Winner: Zelina Vega
During a match between LA Knight and Aleister Black, a great one for the ages, Seth Rollins and company came charging in the same way Brock Lesnar did with that bulldozer at SummerSlam versus Roman Reigns. Knight had Black with the Burning Hammer, but his ass was smart enough to roll out of the ring. Rollins stomped Knight on the head knowing that the Megastar is one of the other five men he’ll see at Money in the Bank. Aleister may have momentarily stopped Seth, or so he thought, which opened the door for his other two associates to join in.
On better news, the King and Queen of the Ring tournament begins next week. The finals will take in Saudi Arabia, where the respectable winners will earn a title match against a Champion of their choosing within the brand there’re already part of.
Tiffany Stratton gives all six women competing in the Money in the Bank Ladder match a warning that whoever wins, they’re world revolves around Stratton. The sound of Rhea Ripley’s music made her pale a little bit. Nevertheless, she came with a stamp of her own.
Alexa Bliss, Rhea Ripley & Staphanie Vaquer vs. Naomi, Roxanne Perez & Giulia – 6-Women Tag Team match
Vaquer was going for that “hypnotic move”, Wade Barrett called it, the Devil’s Kiss on Giulia, yet we all were denied the weirdness that is that repetitive motion of unwanted ass in my face. Things went haywire from there when Stephanie had Naomi lined up for Devil’s Kiss, everyone else entered the ring. But don’t worry, she still did it. Ha!
It looked like it was over for Perez, but she amazed everyone, including the commentary table with that counter over the Riptide. Rhea landed hard on the temple of her head. Damn. What shouldn’t be surprising was when Naomi refused Roxanne’s attempt to tag her in, resulting in a one-sided slaughter, in which Ripley, Vaquer and Bliss were victors to.
Winners: Rhea Ripley, Stephanie Vaquer & Alexa Bliss
Penta & Andrade vs. The Creed Brothers – Tag Team match
Right off the bat, Andrade and Penta assert their dominance by performing a double suicide dive onto the Creeds. The match hasn’t officially started when Penta and Andrade were getting their hands dirty very early. Julius and Brutus were reeling during a great portion of the fight, but it was Julius’ running and flying knee to the face of Andrade sitting at the top of the ring that really turned things around.
Brutus only got a one count on Andrade after that Moonsault. Penta shocked the life out of Chad Gable when he took down Julius with a backstabber that almost got his team the triumph if it weren’t for Brutus swerving in. Anarchy took root after Brutus was tossed outside, Chad Gable tried to remove Penta’s mask, however, thanks to his Worlds Collide opponent, El Hijo del Vikingo, getting involved, he couldn’t.
Meanwhile inside the ring, Andrade and Penta worked very well together as they strategically and fantastically nail they’re challengers with one final Mexican Destroyer from Penta.
Winners: Andrade & Penta
While Andrade and Penta were celebrating their victory, they’re immediately overshadowed by Rollins, Breakker, and Reed’s bloodthirsty hands. Bronson delivering a Tsunami to Penta was the last move before officials were making their way to the stage.
As we reach the main event that is tomorrow night, Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes addressed the crowd beforehand. It didn’t take long for Cena to come out first right after being told that he’s the desperate one. He made sure to get the announcer to… properly introduce him just as LP pulled the rug from beneath Jey’s feet with a sucker punch out of nowhere that looked more like a baby poodle crawling a pillow. Anyway, Cena took the opportunity to slam his title in Rhodes’ face.
The one good thing that came from this was seeing Paul slightly slip while trying to go up top. I saw that, idiot. This information is the only thing that matters, not what Cena was saying after they shoved Jey and Cody out. I needed a better ending.
TOP PHOTO: Rollins stomping Penta. Courtesy of WWE
