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Crews’ size and strength gave him an early advantage with a pair of shoulder tackles and a stalling suplex and a press slam.
Dom turned it around when he knocked Crews off the top rope and stomped away. He then tried to follow it with the worst looking Three Amigos in history and stopped after one to go for a pin attempt.
Crews caught Dom’s crossbody off the ropes with a fallaway slam to buy some time and hit a blockbuster and a crossbody from the top rope for a near pinfall.
Crews ducked a 619 attempt and pulled Dom to the floor for a hard clothesline and Ripley stepped between them. She held him up enough for Dom to recover and trip him into the ring steps.
Ripley then drove him into the ring post for a near count out.
It's been an emotional journey for @WWERollins to get to this match in WWE this Saturday at #WWENOC. pic.twitter.com/GRuOYykGdA
— WWE (@WWE) May 23, 2023
After his slide in, Dom caught him with a frog splash from over half the ring for the win.
In the next part of Rollins’ interview, he was asked why the Night of Champions and the World Heavyweight Championship is so important, and Rollins said it feels like time for change.
No one ever dubbed him as the next big thing, and it drives him. He wants to see the World Heavyweight Championship to be the best it can be.
Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Matt Riddle vs. Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci, and GUNTHER)
Zayn and Ludwig started it off with Zayn getting the upper hand and tagging in Riddle.
Ludwig caught Riddle with an uppercut and tagged in Vinci, and Vinci hammered away on Riddle with uppercuts.
Riddle turned it around and hit a gut wrench suplex and GUNTHER tagged in. GUNTHER blocked a double leg takedown, and then kicked out Riddle’s left knee, pulled him up, and chopped him down.
Riddle kept fighting back and tagged in Owens, and he went to work hammering Vinci down and stomping away before nailing a clothesline and senton.
TAG TEAM PANDEMONIUM!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/TNFLbfoRQs
— WWE (@WWE) May 23, 2023
A cannonball followed for a near pinfall, and he had to fight off Ludwig on the apron, but Vinci gave a hand and they dropped him to the floor.
Ludwig avoided a Helluva Kick while GUNTHER blind tagged in, and he chopped away on Zayn. Zayn ducked and hit a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near pinfall Vinci broke up.
Owens nailed Vinci with a stunner and was tossed to the floor, and GUNTHER caught Zayn in a sleeper hold to counter a Helluva Kick, and Riddle broke it with a Floating Bro.
Zayn caught Vinci with a Helluva Kick and Owens tagged in for a Swanton Bomb for the win.
Cody won’t stop
Backstage, Triple H paid Cody a visit and tried to convince Cody to get medical attention and said he can tell just looking at his arm he can tell it’s broken.
Cody took offense at being told he’s afraid, and Hunter told him he’s afraid if his arm is broken he won’t be allowed to wrestle at Night of Champions.
Cody’s pride wouldn’t let him back out of his match, and he declared he’s going to Night of Champions to fight Brock Lesnar and hunter left him be.
A determined @CodyRhodes still wants a fight with @BrockLesnar this Saturday at #WWENOC … and even let @TripleH know! pic.twitter.com/EwfsP3cI1A
— WWE (@WWE) May 23, 2023
No surprise Cody’s looking to complete his hero quest against Lesnar to prove he’s tough and won’t be broken, meaning he’ll win or pass out against Lesnar, as he continues his hunt for Roman Reigns’ championships.
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