WWE Monday Night Raw is just about to cap off with the six-man tag team main event, pitting Kevin Owens and the Viking Raiders against Buddy Murphy and AOP.
But first, Interviewer Girl #1 backstage with Liv Morgan. She says she was as excited as anyone to see one of her closest friends return after battling back from injury, just as surprised as anyone else when Ruby Riott appeared. The rush of emotions when she came out to celebrate her victory with her was one of the best moments of her career. And then Ruby betrayed her trust and threw years of her friendship aside like it meant nothing. Being betrayed by someone that you wholeheartedly believed in was enough to break anyone. Years ago, it would’ve broken her. But she’s not that puppy dog on a leash anymore. She found comfort in her own skin. She will go on to Elimination Chamber, eliminate Ruby Riott and move on to WrestleMania.
Kevin Owens & The Viking Raiders vs. Murphy & AOP
After a commercial break the bell rings and Owens is already pummeling Murphy in one corner. Murphy has Rollins gear on which is great. Tag to Ivar who comes in with a big shoulder block. Tag to Erik who also gets a big shoulder block. Takes Murphy to the heel corner, Owens tags in and chops Murphy. Takes him to a neutral corner to do much the same. Quick tags as they beat on Murphy, as they seem to do at the start of every last one of these matches. Ivar grinds the forearm into the face of Murphy.
Tag to Erik, who gets bodyslammed onto Murphy. Jawbreaker, Murphy tags to Akam who faces off with Erik. Shoves him. Erik demands more, they exchange forearms. Erik wins out, knee lifts to the gut and a clobbering shot to the face, tag to Ivar! Double team, whipping Akam into the knee lift from Erik! Erik tags back in, but eats a Powerslam! Akam with hammer fists. Tag to Rezar, Wheelbarrow into a Kneelift from AOP for a nearfall. Murphy tags in, snapmare, hook kick for a 2 count. Cinches in for a chinlock. Tag to Akam, Erik fights back, deposits Rezar and fends off Akam, simultags to Murphy and Owens! Owens flips him inside out with a clothesline, senton!
Murphy with a boot up off a charge, rushes in but eats a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
And there’s a damn inset commercial a couple of moves into a hot tag, awesome, great, what a good idea, very happy you did this. Anyway he runs wild on them, gets Murphy with a spiking DDT for a nearfall. Owens goes up top, Murphy crotches him. He gets pulled out and tossed into a barricade. Thrown into the ring and is being pummeled with punches. He’s held with a neck crank but fights his way up until an STO trip takes him down as we come back from the inset. More punches rained down on Owens.
AOP with quick tags and isolation now. Owens gets Murphy with a big shot to the face, series of superkicks! But a tag to Rezar who keeps him in the heel corner, series of knee lifts to the gut. Murphy tags in. Owens with wicked shots, exchange of blows. Murphy with a knee to the gut, hits the ropes, Owens stops him with an elbow! Tag to Ivar now, gets Rezar with a big boot, Side Slam to Akam, running splash, rolling heel kick to Murphy! Seated Senton to Rezar, cartwheel evasion into a lariat to Akam! Tag to Erik, Buisaku Knees to Rezar, Erik drives Ivar into him! Tag to Owens who goes up for the Senton Bomb for a nearfall! But an illegal shot lays him out, tag to Murphy who comes off the top, Owens evades him, he lands on his feet but eats a Pop-Up Powerbomb! AOP break up the cover, Viking Raiders deposit them, Stereo Suicide Dives! Owens ducks a clothesline, hits a Stunner on Murphy! But the faces are not allowed to get a pin ever in this feud so in comes Seth Rollins to attack Owens for the DQ.
Winners: Kevin Owens & The Viking Raiders (by DQ)
Unnamed Top Heel Faction is now beating down the faces once more and Rollins gets on the mic, says he told them this is what would happen if they stood in the way of progress. This is what would happen if you impede his vision. They hold Owens up and Rollins kicks him in the face. Seth says Owens has crucified him since Day 1 and now it’s time for them to crucify you. For some reason, the Street Profits come in to break things up! Driving away Rollins’ henchmen and stare Seth down. He bails as the disciples are back in the ring but the babyfaces have the numbers now and they take them all out. Stunner to one of AOP, as Murphy and the other gets top rope frog splashes from Ford and Ivar and that’s the end of the show.
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