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We begin with a 10 bell salute for Pat Patterson.
We cut to a video package with recent happenings in the feud between Orton and “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt with Alexa Bliss. Orton compares himself to The Fiend and how he doesn’t need to wear a mask, and says when his time comes, he will stare the devil in the face and let him know that the most evil son of a b—h has come home. But in the meantime, he will be knocking on the door of the Firefly Fun House, waiting and wondering just exactly who is going to let him in. The Fun House music interrupts as we see Wyatt waving on the big screen.
Wyatt says it’s so nice of Orton to join him tonight. Bliss would’ve joined them tonight but she’s not here since Orton was so mean to her last week. Orton says he’s the last person Wyatt wants to play games with. Wyatt goes to a “Let’s Get Randy” game show parody. The prizes are a brand new Crucix, the one we’ve seen Wyatt and Bliss use as of late, and the carcass of Friendship Frog. The contestants are Mercy The Buzzard, Ramblin’ Rabbit and Huskus The Pig. The question is how should Orton be punished at WWE TLC. They all get a chance to answer and Wyatt says none of his contestants are correct but fortunately for Orton, “He” always has the right answer. Wyatt changes his tune and we get flashes of The Fiend. Orton says he will play games if Wyatt wants to, but he wants a match tonight. Not with The Fiend because he will see him at TLC… Orton wants to face Wyatt tonight. Wyatt accepts. The Fun House music starts back up as Wyatt waves goodbye to Orton. Orton looks on and smirks in the ring.
– The announcers hype Asuka vs. Shayna Baszler for tonight. We get a Progressive-sponsored video on recent happenings in the feud with Asuka and Lana vs. Baszler and Nia Jax. The two teams will meet at TLC and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles will be on the line.
Asuka vs. Shayna Baszler
Lana distracts Baszler and Asuka rolls her up.
Winner: Asuka
After the match, Asuka and Lana celebrate as the champs seethe in the ring.
– The announcers hype Lashley vs. Hardy and Kingston vs. Benjamin for later tonight. We see The Hurt Business walking backstage now. They bully a young staffer and laugh as he walks away.
– Still to come, a special look at Drew McIntyre’s road to TLC. Back to commercial.
– Back from the break and we get a video package for the TLC match between AJ Stylesand WWE Champion Drew McIntyre, with potential involvement from The Miz. Tonight’s 2-on-3 Handicap Match will feature McIntyre and Sheamus vs. Miz, Styles and John Morrison.
Tom hypes a mixed tag team match as we see what happened last week with Dana Brooke, Ricochet and members of RETRIBUTION. We go backstage to Ricochet and Brooke taking strategy now. Riddle interrupts looking for WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley and Ricochet is annoyed. He offers some doughnuts but ends up walking off, telling them to let him know if they see Lashley and crew. Sarah Schreiber interviews Ricochet and Brooke now. Ricochet is confident about showing RETRIBUTION what shame or change is all about tonight. Brooke says it’s all about teamwork and RETRIBUTION will regret it if they try to disrespect them. She shows off her black eye and says she owes Reckoning one.
Reckoning and Slapjack vs. Ricochet and Dana Brooke
Brooke wins the match with a Mchinoku Driver on Reckoning.
Winners: Ricochet and Dana Brooke
After the match, Ali hits the ring and yells in Reckoning’s face, then at Slapjack, blaming them for another loss and embarrassing him. Ricochet and Brooke watch from the stage as Ali exits the ring by himself.
– Keith Lee approaches Sheamus in the back. Like last week’s backstage segment between the two, Lee says everyone in the locker room knows it’s just a matter of time before Sheamus turns on Drew McIntyre and stabs him in the back. Sheamus stands up and gets in Lee’s face, excusing himself so he can go turn on the champ and beat the hell out of him. Sheamus stares Lee down and walks off. Back to commercial.
Back from the break and the announcers congratulate Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch on the arrival of their baby daughter, Roux.
– We go back to the ring and The Miz is out with John Morrison for another must see edition of MizTV. Miz welcomes us and talks about how busy he’s been. Yesterday was Tribute to The Troops, Thursday is a new episode of his hit how Miz & Mrs., and tonight they have this and the Handicap Match. Miz goes on and introduces their partner for tonight. Out comes AJ Styles with Omos. AJ poses on the stage as the pyro goes off. Miz and Morrison dance to AJ’s music in the ring as AJ and Omos march to the ring.
Miz apologizes and says they couldn’t find a chair big enough for AJ’s associate. Omos watches the segment from ringside and AJ says he prefers to stand. Miz and Morrison asks AJ about his plan for the TLC Match against WWE Champion Drew McIntyre at TLC. AJ says it’s pretty challenging because this is his first time facing Drew, but he plans to take a steel chair and wrap it around Drew until it breaks, and to put Drew through every table he sees, so Drew will be coughing up splinters for months. He goes on about Drew’s size, heart and strength, but says all that won’t mean a thing when he knocks Drew out cold, then climbs the ladder to reclaim his spot at the top of the mountain, as the new WWE Champion. Fans boo AJ louder now.
Morrison says that is if Drew makes it to TLC. Miz reminds AJ that they have the chance to annihilate Drew and his friend Sheamus in the Handicap Match tonight. Miz and Morrison go on mocking the accents of Sheamus and McIntyre. The music interrupts and out comes Sheamus. He says they nailed those accents but as entertaining as it was, he’s tired of everyone in the back saying he would betray his best friend Drew. Sheamus goes on and has some fighting words for Miz and Morrison as fans cheer him on. Miz points to how Sheamus has no one standing with him while there are three of them in the ring. Sheamus says that’s not exactly correct. The music interrupts and out comes McIntyre in his kilt. Fans cheer them on and the heels look worried in the ring.
Sheamus and McIntyre enter the ring together, facing off with Miz, Morrison and Styles. McIntyre knocks AJ for a pop and turns his attention to Miz and Morrison, commenting on how they keep coming back for more each time they get knocked down. McIntyre recalls how everyone in the back thinks Miz has no balls. Drew knows that’s not true, he knows Miz has balls, just not his original ones because Maryse keeps those in her purse. He says Miz replaced those balls with Morrison’s when he made him his personal sidekick b—h. It looks like a fight is about to break out when AJ stands out with Omos, pointing that later on it will really be 4-on-2, not 3-on-2. Sheamus and Drew brawl with Miz and Morrison now, clearing the ring to a pop. They then toss out the MizTV set pieces. Drew grabs the Money In the Bank briefcase and launches it way across the arena, forcing Miz to run and get it back. We see how the flying briefcase shot took out a LED board on the Tron. Drew and Sheamus laugh at Miz and Morrison. AJ and Omos continue looking on from ringside.
– We see what happened earlier tonight with Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton. Their match is confirmed for later tonight.
Kofi Kingston vs. Shelton Benjamin
Kofi wins with Trouble in Paradise.
Winner: Kofi Kingston
Kofi Kingston vs. Cedric Alexander
Alexander wins with the Lumbar Check.
Winner: Cedric Alexander
After the match, Cedric runs wild with his celebration. MVP and Shelton join him in the ring as the music hits.
– We see how Jeff Hardy defeated Elias in the Symphony of Destruction last week. Still to come, Hardy will face WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley in a non-title match.
– Also still to come, more to celebrate the life and career of Pat Patterson. Back to commercial.
Sheamus Brogue Kicks Drew by accident and AJ hits Sheamus with the Phenomenal Forearm from behind.
Winners: AJ Styles, The Miz and John Morrison
After the match, AJ celebrates with Omos at ringside as his music hits. Miz and Morrison also regroup and celebrate. We see Drew down at ringside trying to recover. We go to replays. Sheamus is also shown trying to recover, looking over at Drew as the announcers play up the situation between the two friends and partners.
– Still to come, Orton vs. Wyatt. Back to commercial.
– Back from the break and announced for RAW Talk is Drew McIntyre, Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander.
– We get more replays of Sheamus’ accidental Brogue Kick to Drew McIntyre in the last match.
– The announcers show us tonight’s pre-match backstage segment with Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler talking about how they were going to destroy Asuka. This was before Asuka’s win over Baszler. Lana vs. Jax is announced for next Monday. We see Lana and Asuka backstage now. Lana is worried about next week, thinking she will get slaughtered if she has to face Jax alone. Lana thinks she and Asuka can win the titles together but there’s no way she can face Jax alone next week. She goes on and on, saying she can’t do it. Asuka yells at her and tells her repeat after her, saying she can believe in herself, that she can beat Jax, and that they will become WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. Lana repeats Asuka and then repeats herself, saying she can do it, she believes in herself, and she can beat Jax. Asuka walks off. Lana turns around to Jax and she’s terrified. Jax stares Lana down and Lana walks away in fear.
– Charly Caruso approaches Sheamus backstage. He’s pacing around. She asks about the accidental Brogue Kick to Drew McIntyre. Sheamus knows Drew is going to come back here and try to kick his ass, so he’s going to try to kick Drew’s ass back. She asks if the kick was intentional and he says it was not. Drew approaches and they face off. Sheamus asks if he knows the kick was accidental. Drew acknowledges and asks Sheamus if he knows what’s about to happen. They stare each other down as we go to commercial.
– Back from the break and Drew McIntyre is brawling with Sheamus at catering in the back. Other Superstars are cheering them on. WWE Producer Pat Buck gets in between them and breaks the fight up. They stop and Sheamus asks if this guy is serious. Drew and Sheamus then team up on Buck and drive him through a catering table. Sheamus and Drew are on the same page now, laughing. Sheamus says it’s Drew’s turn to buy the beer. They walk off together as officials check on Buck.
Bobby Lashley vs. Jeff Hardy
Lashley wins with the Hurt Lock.
Winner: Bobby Lashley
After the bell, Lashley keeps the submission locked. Riddle gets on the apron and MVP tries to pull him off but MVP gets kicked back into the barrier. Riddle enters the ring to make the save but Lashley shoves Hardy into him, knocking them back into the corner. MVP and Lashley back up the ramp together as Riddle stands with Hardy in the ring, watching MVP eat his doughnuts.
– We see Randy Orton backstage in his locker room. Someone knocks on his door and he answers but no one is there. Ramblin’ Rabbit is there now. He says Bray Wyatt can’t wait to see Orton in the ring tonight, and it’s going to be a lot of fun. Back to commercial.
Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton
Orton hits an RKO on Bray but the lights go out and The Fiend hits the Mandibal Claw as RAW goes off the air.
