John Cena is back! And John Cena is down! The 15-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion’s much-anticipated homecoming was spoiled by none other than AJ Styles — who, having fallen short of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, has apparently decided to make an example out of the next best thing. Moments after Cena declared that the New Era would have to go through him, Styles came to the ring in an arrival that nearly caused the WWE Universe to implode under the weight of dueling fan support.
Once the rancor died down, Styles revealed he?d come to the ring under the pretense of paying respect. He even seemed primed to join the Cenation leader when Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson came to the ring. The whole thing was quickly revealed to be a ruse, however, as all three put a stomping on Cena (guess that breakup from last week was only temporary) that culminated in not one, not two, but three additional pummelings from The Phenomenal One.
Dana Brooke def. Natalya
Dana Brooke more or less cost Natalya the WWE Women?s Championship at Extreme Rules. On this, there is no dispute. But that doesn’t mean The Queen of Harts had to take the insult lying down. She squared off one-on-one with Dana on Raw in an attempt to rectify the two-on-one mugging she endured on SmackDown. Charlotte didn’t interfere outright in this match, but she provided a distraction that allowed Dana to steal a win with her sit-out Michinoku Driver. Before the duo could put a further beating on Natalya, Becky Lynch sprinted to the ring to make the save, driving Charlotte and Dana back into the crowd.
Baron Corbin def. Dolph Ziggler via Disqualification
As you may know, Dolph Ziggler was a record-setting collegiate wrestler at his alma mater, Kent State University. So it would make sense that The Showoff would challenge his rival Baron Corbin to a technical wrestling match after The Lone Wolf low-blowed him at Extreme Rules ? what better way to humiliate Corbin than by luring him onto Dolph’s own turf? Well, turns out the whole technical-wrestling challenge was little more than a bait-and-switch for Ziggler to kick Corbin square in the groin, Charlie-Brown style, the second the bell rang. Needless to say, that’s hardly scientific, not to mention a DQ under any set of rules. But it ain?t like Corbin?s going to be enjoying his victory all that much anyway. Go Golden Flashes!
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