411’s WWE RAW Report 5.23.16

RAW!
IS!
ROLLINS!!!

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Get Better Soon, HOT Ass Evil Emma!

We start the show with a wet-haired Rollins, wearing all black. A nice little “Welcome Back” hant starts for him. Rollins milks it a bit. He says it’s been 200 days. We have all been waiting for 200 days. He has envisioned what it would feel like to step inside this ring – his ring – once again. In case you’re living under a rock, he’s back. For seven months, he has been waiting to come back and take the title that he never lost, and at Extreme Rules, he fired the first shot.

A still of the Pedigree on Reigns shows, and people cheer. THANK YOU ROLLINS chant. Did we miss him, or what? Interesting, he says, because it wasn’t always that way. When he destroyed The Shield, we booed him every single time. We were calling for his head every night. When he won the title, we called him the weakest champion of all time. We were begging for someone to beat him for the title, even though no one ever could. We said he was a coward, and that he hid behind The Authority. We discredited every second of hard work that went into that reign. Then…something happened. Something profound. Her knee buckled under the weight of this company on his back for so freakin long. He saw all these GET WELL SOON tweets, flowers in the hospital, all this fan mail – he didn’t even know what to do with it. Oh wait….he didn’t open a single one of those letters. Know what he did? He put it in a garbage can and lit it on fire.

He doesn’t need any of us. He never did. He didn’t need us on his side to defend the title over and over again, and he doesn’t need us to get it back. Oh, now we want to boo him? That’s fine, because there’s only room on the Seth Rollins bandwagon for one dude…and that’s him. He has done more hard work in seven months than any of us has put together, in our entire collective lives. He says he is back for one thing; the title he never lost. He rebuilt Seth Rollins, he redesigned Seth Rollins, and he will take back his title.

He didn’t come back for us….

Roman Reigns is here, and he looks mighty upset.

Rollins isn’t frightened in the least. He removes his jacket, ready for the clash. Reigns enters the ring, and Seth makes his way out towards the announce table. He says this is his time, his show, he does things his way. Reigns talks shit from inside the ring while Seth talks his way around the ring.

HERE COMES THE MONEY!!!!!

Shane O’ Mac heads down to the ring. He’s overly excited. Rollins stands on the steps.Shane tells him to come back in the ring.

Shane wants to have a conversation with these two. He brings up Wrestlemania 31, when Seth cashes in the Money in the Bank contract and walked out champion that night. He held this title until he was injured, and look – everyone understands that he’s back and he wants back the title he never lost. Roman’s gotta understand Seth’s point here. Shane says this is a Mania type match. He says we will not be waiting at Mania, though, because come Money in the Bank, it will be Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins for the title. Seth seems happy about this. He shakes the hand of Shane, and is all smiles.

We return with Renee Young and Sheamus. She brings up the New Era. Sheamus wonders what type of era has such an important qualifying match with a guy called Sami Zayn. The state of him, skipping to the ring with that hat on his head. Sami is Canadian, not even from this country. He’s gotta say this to all the parents, have your kids leave the room. What he does to Sami tonight will not be suitable for all ages.

Match 1: Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
Sheamus vs Sami Zayn
Sheamus gives a few little slaps, then shoves Sami into the corner. Actual lockup turns into a side headlock take down by Sheamus. Sami with a head scissors, and Sheamus breaks it up. Both men standing, Sheamus with an arm drag. He locks the arm up, but Sami stands and turns into it. Sheamus works the arm, side head lock, hits the ropes, comes back with a shoulder tackle. Sheamus hops over, then eats a heel kick. Chop to Sheamus’ chest. He turns Sheamus around and hits a forearm, then another chop. An elbow to the face, but Sheamus shoves Sami away with a right hand. Kick to the face. Leg Drop by Sheamus. He drops an elbow into the upperback. Sheamus sends Sami over the ropes, but Sami lands on the apron. Shoulder to the gut, hops over Sheanus, catches Sheamus with a hurricanrana, and Sheamus leaves the ring. Sami follows immediately after, and hits a forearm on the outside. Sheamus with a whip to the barricade, but Sami hops on the top and hits a moonsault onto Sheamus! Sami sends Sheamus back in the ring at 7. Sami hops on the apron, and Sheamus runs with a knee, knocking Sami down to the mat!

We’re back, and Sheamus has the upperhand. he is holding Sami’s head and forcing him to look up at the hanging briefcase. Sheamus with a slam and a cover for 1…2..NO! Sheamus gets Sami on the top rope. Sami fights Sheamus off with some rights. He hits a hard elbow, sending Sheamus down. Sami stands tall and flies, lands on his feet, rolls through, and runs right into an Irish Curse! Pin for 1..2…NO! Sheamus hits the ropes, but Sami flies forward with a HUGE clothesline! Sheamus up in the corner, he goes for a boot, hits the ropes, but Sami hits a Michinoku Driver! Pin for 1..2..NO! Both men up, they trade rights, but Sami gets the best of it! He hits a chop to the chest, locks the fingers. Sami runs across the ropes, tries to hop on the corner, but Sheamus kicks his left foot out from under him! Sami takes a tumble, and Sheamus is waiting for him. He goes for the Brogue, but Sami ducks! Sami sends Sheamus over the top rope! Sami hits the ropes!

He wants a suicide dive, but Sheamus hits him with a right hand! Sheamus is in the corner. HELLUVA KICK FROM OUT OF NOWHERE!!!!! Pin for 1…2….3!!!!

Winner: Sami Zayn
Well I’ll be damned; a clean win…
Match Quality: ***
Personal Enjoyment: ***1/2
Total Rating: ***1/4

Sheamus is pissed. He stands in the middle of the ring, noticeably upset. He turns into Rocksteady, and screams that he will destroy those damned turtles.

Backstage, Young introduces Apollo Crews, who will be facing Jericho tonight to determine who will be competing at Money in the Bank. Renee asks if Apollo thinks Jericho will be easier to handle considering last night’s match.

Apollo attempts to answer the question, but he gets attacked by Sheamus from behind!! Sheamus screams that he will not be replaced, that this new era ain’t shit! He beats Apollo down while screaming that the New Era will not take his place.

The New Day is here!!!! We’ve got a birthday cake in the middle of the ring. Lillian announces a six-man tag coming up. Woods announces that as of last night, The New Day is still our WWE World Tag Team Champions. Kofi says this here cake is to help celebrate RAW’s 1,200th episode. This makes RAW over 23 years old. What they want to say is Happy Birthday RAW!

Big E says to wait just a damned second. We all know that a WWE ring is never safe for a cake, so he’s going to hop out and they’ll take care of business later. KOfi and WOods take the cake and give it to Big E. Woods says to be careful, we wouldn’t want this cake to end up in someone’s face, especially someone in the front row….Big E gives the crazy eyes to this little kid in the front row, then saunters over to JBL, teasing him with the cake. Big E then stares at Byron as Woods narrates that it wouldn’t be good to have the cake be shoved into Saxton’s face.

While E is teasing Saxton, The Social Outcasts attack New Day!!! They send Kofi and Woods to the outside then grab Francesca II and do a victory lap around the table.

Match 2: The Social Outcasts vs The New Day
We return to RAW, and the match has already begun. Kofi gets Slater into the corner and begins the unicorn stampede. The boys go off with the stomps until Big E comes in to whip Kofi forward with a dropkick. Big E is the legal man now and he runs and hits a Snake Eyes in the corner, while Kofi and Woods each hit a kick at the same time. Bo and Axel go to help Slater, then randomly do a Bo Train. Woods with a flip over the top rope to the outside. He sends Slater back into the ring, and Kofi is on the top rope.

Midnight Hour! Pin for 1..2…3!!

Winner: The New Day
Ha!
Match Quality: *
Personal Enjoyment: *
Total Rating: *

New Day celebrates. Big E makes a nod towards the cake. He goes and grabs a piece, but WOods and Kofi tell him to stop and go get Heath. Big E grabs Heath and drives him into the cake!!!

That cake had one week left till…..ah, nevermind.

The Miz, and his hot wife, Maryse head out. Maryse announces her husband as STILL the Intercontinental Champion. The Miz repeats this, emphasizing STILL. He would also like to add “FUTURE Money in the Bank Holder.” He mentions that he has been on a roll since Maryse got here. At Extreme Rules, he had a 25% chance of winning, but just like the movie Rudy, he overcame the odds. He says the match was action packed and drama filled. It was Batman vs Superman vs Iron Man vs Captain America. He went up against three men that are the best in the world today, and at the end of it all, one man stood as champion, and his name is The Miz. This is a true underdog story, what movies pay big bucks for, but who would play The Miz? Brad Pitt? DWAYNE JOHNSON?!! Oooooo. Maryse says no one. Miz asks her who will win the contract, and Maryse says he will, then speaks some french. Miz asks for a kiss, and just as she is to oblige, the siren goes off.

Match 3: Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
The Miz vs Cesaro
Cesaro starts the match with an uppercut in the corner, whip, and another, whip and another, whip and another, whip and another, whip….nae nae. A final uppercut drops MIz. Cover for 1…2…NO! Cesaro hits the ropes, and just bounces back and forth over and over until he hits a dropkick. haha. Ok. Cover for 1..2..NO! The Miz rolls to the outside. Cesaro ain’t having it, he gets on the apron, and just launches himself onto The Miz. Maryse starts to talk some shit, but Cesaro just tells her to “Talk to the hand” haha. Back in the ring, Miz takes advantage of the distraction and hits a left. He goes for a suplex, but Cesaro reverses and hits a stalling suplex. While holding The Miz, he hits a few knees, and nearly stops the suplex, but Cesaro just deadlifts Miz again and hits the suplex. Cesaro works the ropes, but Cesaro hits the ropes, and flies off with a corkscrew fuck the world uppercut! Damn, it’s beautiful…

Back, after a break, and Miz is standing tall. Cesaro is grounded. Miz grabs the face of Cesaro, so Cesaro hits an uppercut. A right is dodged, and Miz hits a neckbreaker, backbreaker combo. He calls for the Skull Crushing Finale, gets the Full Nelson, but Xesaro unjooks an arm and locks up in a small package. Pin for 1..2..NO! Miz grabs the arm, drops him on the face. DDT to Cesaro. Pin for 1..2…NO! Miz grabs the legs of Cesaro. He’s resting under the ropes. Miz pulls back and chokes Cesaro up on the ropes! Miz works the left arm again. He slams it against the ropes, then waits for Cesaro to rise. Miz goes for the clothesline in the corner, but Cesaro hits an uppercut. He blocks a left hand and hits another uppercut. One more. Another. Another. One more sends MIz into the corner. Whip is reversed, and MIz hits a shoulder to the shoulder. Clothesline in the corner by Miz! Miz tries to go to the top rope, but Cesaro hits a dropkick!!! Miz tumbles to the outside. Cesaro leaves the ring when the ref hits 5. He rushes towads The Miz and hits a HARD Uppercut!!!! Cesaro sends MIz back into the ring the runs up to the top rope. He flies off with a gorgeous cross body. Pin for 1..2..NO!!! Cesaro grabs the legs, looks for the swing! Miz kicks out, so Cesaro double stomps the chest! Pin for 1..2..NO! Cesaro with a soft slam down! He locks the legs! He goes for the swing, and gets a good two rotations but drops The MIz, being unable to continue due to his shoulder. Miz notices, looks for the Skull Crushing Finale, but Cesaro stop it and drops Miz over the top rope. Miz grabs the arm and pulls down over the ropes!

Miz flies to the corner. He wants an Axe Handle, but Cesaro hits an uppercut! The Neutralizer! Pin for 1…2..3!!!!

Winner:
Holy shit, that was a great match, and not all credit goes to Cesaro!
Match Quality: ***1/2
Personal Enjoyment: ****
Total Rating: ***3/4

Backstage, Renee Young welcomes Seth Rollins. Rolins says this is such a fitting environment considering the MITB PPV is kind of his thing. He won it, and this year he plans on winning the title. He’s that good. Up comes…….STEPHANIE MCMAHON! Seth goes in for a hug, but Steph isn’t down. Seth brings up the title match, and Steph says it’s great to see him, but things have changed around her, including their business relationship. She extends her hand and welcomes Seth back.

Jericho makes his entrance, and he is all bandaged up.

Match 4: Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
Chris Jericho vs Apollo Crews
Jericho tosses his scarf at Crews then runs to him with some right hands. Jericho with a back elbow, knocking Crews down. he hits a few rights then slaps the head of Crews. Knee to Crews, again. Chop to the chest. Jericho hits the ropes, but Crews hits a standing dorpkick. Arm drag to Jericho. Kick to the gut. Suplex to Jericho! Apollo heads to the outside and flips over the top rope onto Jericho. Cover for 1..2..NO! Apollo has Jericho in the corner. Whip to the corner, and Jericho hits an elbow. He rushes forward, but Crews kicks the elbow that’s bandaged up. He then hits a few rights to the bandaged areas of Jericho’s back! Body slam by Apollo, dropping Jericho on his injured back. Apollo gets Jericho in the corner, and the ref holds him back. jericho with a cheap shot. He grabs Apollo and locks the head. Suplex to Apollo. Dropkick to Apollo! Pin for 1..2..NO! Jericho slaps the back of the head, so Apollo hits a right, another, kick to the knee, hits the ropes, and Jericho hits a dropkick! Cover for 1…2.NO! Jericho continues to punk Crews around. He locks a headlock in. Apollo tries to break out, so Jwericho pulls the arms back. Crews turns into the hold and kicks to escape. Right hand. jericho with a kick, a chop. Whip to the ropes. Apollo with a kick of his own. Hard clothesline. Another. Crews hits the ropes. Kick to the face! Splash in the corner. High elbow into the face! Kipup! He gets tossed over the top rope, but Crews stands tall. Jericho hops on the top rope and flies for a dropkick, but Crews moves! Jericho eats shit. Crews with a moonsault off the apron! Apollo sends Jericho back in the ring. He climbs to the top. Waits. Scouts. Flies. Rolls through. Powerslam! Pin for 1..2..NO! Enziguri to the back of the head! Crews looks for the sitout, but Jericho rolls through and locks in the Walls of Jericho!!!!

Crews gets to the ropes to break the hold! Jericho runs, but Crews hits a sick ass Enziguri! Pin for 1..2…..NO!!! So close! Crews with a bunch of elbow to the fACE. wHIP. dROPKICK, buit it’s missed! Jericho with a lionsault, but Apollo kipsup, but he still gets hit!!! I think that should have been cooler, but wasn’t. Chop by Jericho. Another. One more. Whip to the corner, Apollo hops over.

Jericho grabs the legs, looking for The Wall, but Crews rolls up with a small package! 1..2…NO!!! Jericho with the Codebreaker! Pin for 1…2…3!!!

Winner: Chris Jericho
I feel like there was a lot of potential, but this was still a slightly below average match.
Match Quality: **
Personal Enjoyment: *1/2
Total Rating: *3/4

Backstage, Renee wants to know the reaction to this match that Sheamus has. Sheamus chuckles and walks away.

Backstage, further, JoJo is with Corbin. We get the final moments of his match last night, including the low blow. He could care less what people think (which is an incorrect statement). He said he did this to Dolph because I can. Here comes Dolph, who says that he wants to talk about things Corbin cannot do, such as beat Dolph in a technical wrestling match. Corbin says he didn’t grow up wanting to be the best wrestler in the world, he grew up handing out beatings to punks like Dolph. If Dolph wants another match, then ok, but when he is done breaking Dolph’s body and knocking him out, we’ll discuss Corbin’s technical wrestling….once Dolph wakes up. Dolph says then next week, they’ll go at it. TOnight, he’s got a match against Ambrose, and he’ll do something Corbin could never do….steal the show.

ENZO IS BACK!!!

BADABOOM, REALEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, HOW YOU DOIN?!?!

Enzo gets a huge pop and starts dancing! hahahaha.

Enzo says that as most of us are aware, Enzo forgot to pay his electric bill, they cut his lights out. It happens. The doctors diagnosed him with a concussion. He likes to call it a hard sneeze, “Achoo”! THEN HE DABS!!!!

Bless you!

“You’re freakin right, I’m blessed, because I’m all the way up!

YES!!!!

If he had a dime for all the times he got knocked down and didn’t get back up, he would have ZERO DIMES!!!

As for the haters! BUB AND DEVIN DUD! They’ve been out of line, and apparently not on the guest list! Do him a favor, and don’t do them any favors!

At the ed of the day, The Dudleyz are full of bologna, and that bald head on Bubba’s shoulders is only good for one thing; target practice.

Big Cass saying he putting his big boot into Bubba’s head will be like tossing a basketball into a swimming pool, because he ain’t gonna miss. HOWYADOIN

Cass will say it aghain, there’s only one word to describe them…

I love Enzo so much.

I love Emma more….

Match 5: Bubba Ray Dudley vs Big Cass
Lockup to start. Cass overpowers Bubab into the corner, but Bubba turns it around. Big Chop to the chest. Big Cass no sells it and shoves Bubba down on his ass. He waits for Bubba to stand. Lockup again. Cass walks forward, cornering Bubba, but again, Bubba reverses. They break the hold, Bubba goes for a cheap shot, but Cass ducks and hits a right of his own. Whip tot the corner, hard, another, and Bubba faceplants. Enzo talks mad shit on the sidelines, and D-Von trucks him down. Cass checks on Enzo, so Bubba hits the back and hits a back body drop. Right hand by Bubba. Again. Cass with a clothesline! Cass out of the corner with a shoulder tackle! Again. Splash in the corner! Bubba is on the outside, looking for the break, but Cass heads to the outside. Enzo runs, and Cass tosses him into D-Von!!!! Bubba back in the ring. Cass runs into an elbow in the corner. Bubba on the top rope. Cass with a right hand. CCass tosses Bubba off the top corner hard!

BIG BOOT!!!! HOWYOUDOIN!?!?!?! Empire Elbow! Pin for 1..2…3!!!

Winner: Big Cass

Match Quality: **
Personal Enjoyment: ***
Total Rating: **1/2

Dana Brooke, Ric Flair, and the WWE Women’s Champion are here to celebrate Charlotte’s win from last night. Charlotte starts with a Woo. Ric wants the mic. He wants to say something before Charlotte starts. He just wants to convey as a father that he is proud for everything she has accomplished since she won the title at Mania. What can he say? As a child, every time he turned around, Charlotte had her hand in the candy jar. Every time they hid it, she would find it, and every time she touched, Charlotte just made it happen. Last night, with her back against the wall, she prevailed. He then says Dana Brooke prevailed cuz she’s that damned good. Without Charlotte, there is no Dana Brooke.

Ok, Flair, go home….and stay away from the airport.

Charlotte says she wants to thank one person, and that’s obviously herself. She says she couldn’t be more proud of Dana. She made the right decision. Brooke says she is honored to be standing in the ring with the DIRTIEST player in the game.

Speaking of Ric, Charlotte says, she remembers something different growing up. Charlotte turns on the crowd, saying they are disrespecting Flair. She says that she remembers Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays, and she remembers her mom saying….that daddy is always with you, but he was never there because she had to watch him on television.

The crowd continues to WHAT the hell out of her, and she loses control, saying she’s trying to tell her dad something. She never understood why Flair wasn’t there, but now she gets it, because she’s the champ. She’s never been more powerful, more confident, and now she understands. Just like Flair knew what it felt like to be The Man, she is The Woman! This is why she finally has the courage to say this; “Get out of my ring.” She repeats it, in case Flair is hard of hearing. She tells Flair to get out of her ring. Flair doesn’t. She says he figured he would stand there looking dumb. Everyone from his generation is all the same; they never want to leave the spotlight. Charlotte was compassionate enough to let Flair bask in her own light.

Charlotte is no longer Ric Flair’s daughter, Ric Flair is now just Charlotte’s dad. Her spotlight shone greater than his ever did. Charlotte then starts goin wild with emotion, and tells Flair that he is going to listen to her. Flair starts trying to cry. Charlotte thought she couldn’t do it without Flair, that she couldn’t do it without the two-time hall of famer.

Charlotte tells Flair that he is the second dirtiest player in the game, and she doesn’t have time for people who come in second place. Charlotte tells Flair that she doesn’t need him anymore. She clowns the fans, making fun of her dad for crying.

Charlotte says Flair abandoned her, how do you think she felt the last thirty years of her life?

She tells Flair that to us, he is immortal. To her, he’s just – to her – dead.

So….she’s telling Flair what everyone has been telling her this entire time? Good lord, Charlotte sucks, and the people who write her suck harder.

Flair leaves the ring, sadly. Charlotte sings the goodbye song. It does elicit boos, admittedly. Charlotte holds Dana’s hand high in the ring as Ric makes his way to the back.

Match 6: Money in the Bank Qualifying match
Dolph Ziggler vs Dean Ambrose
Lockup to start. Go behind from Ambrose who drops Ziggler down seated. Dolph tries to escape, Ambrose takes him down. Cover for 1. Kickout. They lock fingers. Firemans takeover by Ziggler. Pin for 1. Ambrose works the arm. Ziggler reverses. Cover for 1. Ambrose with another go behind into a side headlock takedown. Ziggler turns into the hold, hits the ropes. AMbrose with a shoulder tackle. Rope work. Dropkick by Dolph. Pin for 1..2.NO! Ziggler with a headlock takedown of his own.Both men up. They hit the ropes. Ambrose with a back elbow to the forehead. Body slam by Ambrose. Cover for 1. Chop from Ambrose. Another. Ambrose with a chop in the corner. He whips Ziggler into the ropes, ducks, and Ziggler with a sunset flip for 1..2..NO! Reversal pin from Ambrose for 2, ZIggler breaks it and reverses as well for 1..2..NO! Ambrose sends Ziggler to the outside. He looks to dive, but Ziggler sees it and Ambrose notices. Ambrose stops short of the dive and we get a commercial break.

Back after a break, and Ziggler is locked up on the top rope. He hits some rights out of it, dropping Ambrose back to the mat, but Ambrose runs forward with an elbow. Double underhook from Dean into a suplex off the 2nd rope! Pin for 1..2…NO!!! Ambrose bounces off the corner, hits an elbow, goes for the bulldog, but Ambrose pushes forward and hits a splasdh in the corner. He goes for the neckbreaker, but AMbrose escapes. Ziggler goes for the DDT, but Ambrose shoves him off the apron to the mat outside! Ambrose with the suicide dive! Ambrose snds Ziggler bak in the ring. Dolph goes to the corner. Ziggler runs up and hits a few rights, but Ambrose knocks him back own. Ambrose with an elbow dorp, but Ziggler rolls through for a pin. 1..2..NO!!! Fameasser! Pin for 1..2.NO! Ziggler calls for the superkick, doesn’t get it. Both men hit the ropes. Double crossbody!!! They go back and forth with right hands. Ambrose gets the best of it, till Ziggler hits a Superkick! Ambrose vounces off the ropes with a clothesline! Pin for 1..2….NO!!! Ambrose on the top rope. He flies! DROPKICK to Ambrose!!! Ziggler mounts and punches in the corner, Ambrose moves forward, but Ziggler slides through for a rollup. 1…2..NO!!

Ziggler goes for Zig Zag, but Ambrose holds the ropes! DIRTY DEEDS! Pin for 1..2..3!!!

Winner: Dean Ambrose
It felt like they just did the most basic match to get to the most basic ending…
Match Quality: **
Personal Enjoyment: **
Total Rating: **

Backstage, Flair is walking down a hallway all sad. He runs into Arn Anderson who is there to give him a hug and say sorry. Renee Young is here to bring up what happened. Is there anything Flair wants to say? Flair says not really, no, and walks away sad. Camera man goes super film school and zooms in on the EXIT sign taped to the door.

AJ Styles is out before his match. They say you never know how good someone is until you get in the ring with them, and he is here to tell us that Reigns is every bit the man he says he is. One of the better men he’s ever been in the ring with. He says this and telling you this; he’s still not phenomenal. Because if it wasn’t for The Usos, Gallows and Anderson, he had Reigns beat. If it wasn’t for them, he’d be the new champion. Tonight, he has an opportunity to beat Owens ON HIS OWN and go on to Money in the Bank.

Gallows and Anderson take an obvious offense to this. They come out and tell Styles to hold on, bro. If it weren’t for them, he’d be champ?! This sounds like Styles didn’t want them out there last night. Styles says that from the beginning, he wanted to do this on his own. This is not Japan. ANderson says yeah, he’s right, because if it were Japan, they’d have gone out for a round of drinks for having Styles back last night. Things have changed…AJ has changed. Styles says maybe things got lost in translation, but AJ didn’t help them come to the WWE to watch his back. He wanted them to build a legacy.

Gallows says if they hadn’t helped Styles by dropping people he’s had issues with, Styles never would have made it to Extreme Rules. Styles says he sees what’s happening. Don’t let their professional lives break up the friendship, he’s just saying that professionally, they need to separate. Styles says they are done….

Styles says nothing and no one can separate them from being brothers.

Gallows says how dare he try and call them brothers. Anderson says they’re not brothers anymore, they’re not friends anymore.

Styles says if thats the way it is, they don;t need to be in the ring together. As of right now, Styles says this is his ring.

Anderson backs Gallows up, tells him to “come on.”

Match 6: Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens
Both men talk shit back and forth, then go immediately into right hands back and forth, over and over, and over. Stlyes gets the best of it, driving Owens into the ropes. Right hadns and a chop, but Owens hits a kick then a right. He gets a headlock, and shouts, “Headlock master!” Rope work, Stlyes leapfrogs, Owens holds onto the ropes, and Styles goes down on a failed dropkick. Styles is up and covers, then hits a snapmare into a knee drop. Cover for 1…2..NO! Styles grabs the head, lifts Owens up, and hits a chop on the ropes. Again. Owens hiots one of his own, another. Styles goes one more time, whip, hits a kick, then eats a dropkick from Owens. Owens covers for 1…NO! Owens kicks the back of AJ. Styles up. Go beghind, by Owens drops him. Styles with the leg scissors takedown then sends Owens to theo utside. Styles looks to fly, lands on the apron, and Owens pulls his leg out from underneath him. Owens in the ring. He hits the ropes, looks to dive, but just rolls under the ropes and hits a right hand to Styles. hahaha. Styles in the ring. He hits a right to Owens who is on the outside. Styles uses the ropes and dives over with a forearm to Owens. Owens with right hands to Styles. A whip is reversed, and Owens hits the steps hard with the shoulder. Styles sends him back into the ring and we get a break.

We’re back,and Styles is kicking Owens a few times in the thigh. Owens gets him up on his shoulders, but Styles falls off and hits a huge spinning punch. Styles hits the ropes and knocks Owens down. Cover for 1..2..NO! Styles sends owens into the corner. Styles runs and gets hit with an elbow. owens misses a right, so Styles lifts and hits a face plant into a pin for 1..2…NO! Styles grabs Owens up, sets up for Styles Clash, but Owens sends him over with a back body drop. Styles favors the back. he hops on the 2nd rope, but Owens brings him back down and hits a German!!! Cannonball in the corner! Owens covers for 1…2..NO! Owens shouts at Cole to shut up. Owens lifts Styles and pushes him to the ropes. Styles holds on, kicks Owens, blocks a right with his leg. He goes for an Enziguri, but Owens side steps it and goes for a German. Styles with a German of his own, though!!!! Styles hits the kick this time, sets up Owens on his shoulders, he flips Owens over and drives his head into the knee! Pin for 1..2…NO!!! Styles locks up for Styles Clash again, but Owens sends Styles over. tyles holds the legs, but Owens grabs him, lifts the leg for a suplex, but instead drops Styles straight on his knee!!!! Ouch!!! Pin for 1..2…NO!!!

Owens heads to the top rope. Styles is out on the mat. Owens looks to stand, but Styles is up. ERight hand to Owens. Styles sets Owens up. He locks the head, but Owens fights out. Headbut from Styles. Owens shoves Styles off the corner, and he falls to the mat. Owens hops up, turns, moonsault!!!! BUT HE MISSES!!! Styles is on the apron! He grabs the ropes. Springboard 450 splash to Owens!!!!! Cover for 1..2……NO!!! Owens rolls to the outside. Styles hops over the ropes, runs on the apron, and knees Owens hard. Styles heads to the barricade, then runs towards Owens. he hops up, Owens catches him, POWERBOMB ONTO THE STEPS!!! Owens into the ring. Styles crawls in at the count of nine. owens shoves Styles to the ropes! Looks for the pop up, but Styles lands on his feet. PELE kick to Owens!! Cover for 1..2…NO!!!! Styles on the apron. Springboa—NO!

Owens with a superkick to the heel, and Styles tumbles down. Owens lifts Styles, pulls the arm. POP UP POWERBOMB! Pin for 1..2…..3!!!!

Winner: Kevin Owens
Interesting choice to give Owens the clean win.
Match Quality: *****
Personal Enjoyment: ****
Total Rating: ****

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