Match Number Three: Dominik Mysterio, JD McDonagh, and Finn Balor (with Carlito) versus Damian Priest, Erik, and Ivar
Finn and Priest start things off and Priest with a punch to Dom when he tries to attack him from behind. Priest sends Finn into the corner but he avoids Priest. JD tags in and Priest with a punch and he sends him into the turnbuckles. Erik tags in and connects with a forearm. Erik goes for a German suplex but JD blocks it. Erik with a uranage and then he slams Dom and Finn. Ivar tags in and Erik slams JD and Erik slams Ivar onto JD. Ivar punches JD in the corner. Erik tags in and he connects with a knee to JD followed by a forearm. Erik with a hard Irish whip that sends him sternum first into the turnbuckles. Erik tags in and they go for the alley oop power slam but Finn makes the save. Erik and Ivar knock Finn and JD off the apron into the announce table.
Carlito and Dom check on Finn and JD. Erik sends JD back into the ring and Carlito back up. Erik stops Dom on the apron but JD drops Erik on the top rope and he falls to the floor. Dom tags in and he sends Erik back into the ring and he kicks Erik. Dom shimmies and he sets for a suplex and hits it. Rom rolls through and hits a second one. He goes for the third one but Erik blocks it. Dom with a punch and forearms but Erik continues to block it. Finn tags in and he punches Erik. JD with a snap mare and Finn with a slingshot boot while Dom hits a slingshot senton. JD with a slingshot splash for a near fall. Finn punches Erik and JD with kicks.
Finn with punches and Erik with back elbows. Finn with a GTR and the referee tells Priest to get back on the apron. Finn with a reverse chin lock. Erik tries to get to his corner but Finn punches Priest and then he drop kicks Priest in the knees. Ivar tags ina nd he gives JD a back body drop and he knocks Dom off the apron. Ivar with a slam to Finn and a cross body splash. Ivar with a seated splash in the corner to Finn and a spin kick of doom to JD. Ivar misses a bronco buster when Finn moves. Priest tags in and Finn tags in Dom. Priest with punches to Dom and then to JD. Priest with a flatliner to Dom. Priest with a back elbow to Dom and a flying forearm. Priest sets for the rebound clothesline and he connects.
Priest sets for South of Heaven but Carlito distracts Priest and Dom clips Priest. Erik with a punch to Carlito but JD with an Asai moonsault to Erik. Ivar with a splash against the ringside barrier. Dom counters a Razor's Edge but Priest hits a Black Hole Slam for the three count.
Winners: Damian Priest, Erik, and Ivar
After the match, Finn attacks Priest when he celebrates the victory. Finn with seated splashes to the injured leg. Erik and Ivar make the save to prevent Finn from hitting Coup de Grace to the knee.
Jey Uso walks in the back and Adam Pearce stops him and Pearce says that Solo and Drew are not here. Pearce tells Jey that he will face Drew McIntyre.
CM Punk is in LOCKER ROOM as he prepares for his time to talk to Seth.
Seth paces in BACK.
We go to commercial with a more Penta-ey graphic.
We are back and Ludwig Kaiser is in the ring and he has something to say.
Ludwig Kaiser demands everyone's gratitude for himself. Kaiser says everyone knows that he belongs at the top of the food chain in WWE. He says he is A+ at everything and European excellence. He demands that Bron Breakker come to the ring.
Instead of Bron Breakker, Sheamus makes his way to the ring.
Sheamus is attacked by Kaiser when he gets into the ring. Sheamus punches Kaiser and he rakes the eyes. Kaiser with thumbs to the eyes and a shot to the ribs. Sheamus with a knee and he sets for a Brogue Kick and he hits it.
LWO is with Alpha Academy and Rey tells Otis he showed juevos by standing up to Chad and he will win next time.
The New Day show up and they applaud Rey's locker room leader advice. Kofi asks if he gave Otis a shoulder to cry on.
Rey tells them to take their BS somewhere else.
Kofi asks if he will have his boys jump him.
Rey says being a leader is stepping up and checking any egos. Rey suggests a tag match.
Woods says Rey will be in it and one of his crony cosplayers will join him. Will it be masked guy, hat guy, no hat guy, or kid with the twelve inch boots on? Woods says they accept the challenge.
Match Number Four: Iyo Sky versus Lyra Valkyria in a Semi Final Match in the Women's Intercontinental Title Tournament
They lock up and Lyra with a wrist lock take down into an arm bar. Lyra with a take down and Iyo with a side head lock take down. Lyra gets a near fall after a leg sweep. Iyo with a near fall aftr a leg sweep. Iyo with a wrist lock and Irish whip. Lyra floats over and Iyo leaps over Lyra. Iyo avoids a spinning heel kick and Lyra gets a near fall with a rollup. Lyra with a near fall. Lyra with a side head lock as we see Dakota watching from a suite.
Lyra goes for a Billy Goat's Curse and she swings Iyo. Lyra drives the knees into the mat. Lyra with a drop kick through the ropes.Lyra sends Iyo back into the ring and Lyra goes for a Northern Lights suplex but Iyo with elbows to escape. Lyra runs into a boot. yo goes to the turnbuckles and Lyra grabs the leg and hits a dragon screw off the turnbuckles. Lyra with an elbow drop and she works on the leg and tries to hyper-extend the knee. Lyra continues to work on the knee. Lyra gets Iyo on her shoulders but Iyo escapes. Lyra works on the leg. Iyo kicks Lyra away and gets a near fall. Lyra returns to the leg and she gets a near fall.
Iyo with punches and Lyra with a heel hook into a modified Liontamer but using an ankle lock. Lyra with an atomic drop to the knee. Iyo with a kick and punch but she has little power in her punches due to the damage done to her leg. Iyo with forearms and Lyra blocks a kick. Iyo blocks a leg trapped German suplex with elbows and Iyo with a drop kick and both are down. Iyo avoids a spinning heel kick and she connects with shotei and a running back elbow. Iyo goes to the turnbuckles and she hits a missile drop kick. Iyo goes up top and Lyra stops Iyo on the turnbuckles. Lyra with a forearm to the back and she sets for a super Night Wing. Iyo counters into a sunset flip but Lyra does not go over. Lyra drop kicks Iyo into the turnbuckles and follows with a tornado DDT. Lyra with a suplex for a near fall. Lyra sets for Night Wing and Iyo gets to her feet. Iyo with an O'Connor Roll and a German suplex for a near fall.
Iyo goes for a Tiger Driver but Lyra with a spinning heel kick and a swinging suplex for a near fall. Lyra goes to the turnbuckles and Iyo stops her. Iyo climbs the turnbuckles and connects with a chop. Iyo goes for a Victory Bomb and hits it for a near fall. Iyo goes to the apron when Lyra rolls to the floor. Iyo sets for a moonsault and hits it on Lyra. Iyo sends Lyra into the ring and she limps to the corner for a running double knee strike in the corner. Iyo goes to the turnbuckles for a moonsault and she misses but lands on her feet and her knee buckles a bit. A series of standing switches and Iyo with an O'Connor Roll for a near fall. Lyra rolls through and bridges for the three count.
Winner: Lyra Valkyria (advances to Finals)
We are told that the finals will take place on January 13th.
Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring.
Seth welcomes everyone to the show. He says that we will go out with a bang on the final Raw on USA Network. One week from tonight, the biggest fight in the sport. Ten years in the making. Seth says after next week, you know where you will find him. He will be here on Monday night and the Monday after that. He says he will be fighting because that is what he does. If things don't go Punk's way, you can't say the same about him. Will he cry and whine about it? Will he take another ten years off and take his ball and go home again?
CM Punk's music plays and he makes his way to the ring.
Punk repeats what Seth said about taking your ball and going home. That is the most cliché thing to say. Who is the one who wanted to turn the boys against everyone? Did Steve Austin take his ball and go home? Did The Man take her ball and go home?
Do you want to tell all of these people that he abandoned them, but the truth is he abandoned him. We both made our decisions and Punk says he has no regrets. Punk wants to talk about the last ten months. He asks Seth how is his neck. How is your knee? How are your insides because he saw Reed hit six tsunamis? How is your pride since you didn't get revenge when Punk broke his ankle? Self proclaimed best in the world? Punk says he didn't want to make friends, he wanted to make money and next week is the biggest money game. He calls Seth little brother.
Seth says the people who left have left. He says his wife left to raise a kid, which you don't know anything about. Austin says he made a mistake leaving. You wanted this company to die. You went on your buddy's podcast and took shots. You took a chunk of change to join the competition. How did that work out? You want to call him a martyr. Seth says he never felt bad about anything he did. He stayed. Revolutions are won by people in the trenches, not being a coward. He says that he is a big brother. You will take ten years off but it won't be a decision that you make. Seth says he will make that decision.
Punk says you recognize the pioneers by the arrows in their backs. Punk says Seth wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Punk. Punk says he didn't hate this place, just the guy who ran it and that guy loved you. You stabbed Roman in the back. Now you are dressed like an idiot. Punk says he left because he had to and he waited until the arrows couldn't reach him. He eventually pulled them all out. He came back after seven years because they chanted his name, mostly during your matches. Punk says he should be dead and he is not. Oh, are the arrow throwers mad. Next week, those same arrows that should have done him in, he walks into LA with the arrows in his hand and he will jam them down your corporate throat.
Seth says he never said this to Punk's face. Maybe at one time you were a pioneer. You have become a cancer. You are a cancer to that locker room and a cancer in his brain. You are a cancer to this business. Cancer does not cure itself. The way to get rid of it is to cut it out. Bring your fist full of arrows, he will bring his eyes of fire and his rage and he will burn Punk to the ground.
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