– Liv Morgan defeated Sonya Deville in No Disqualification match. After the match, Liv Morgan stands tall and raised her arm while Sonya Deville is slow to recover.

– Megan Morant at backstage with Emma and asks about how it feels to be back. Emma says it was 5 years since she was in WWE, and she wasn’t sure the day would ever come again, so when she was out there, she could feel the blood pumping, her heart pounding out of her chest. Emma says she had something to prove to herself…but Xia Li walks up and applauds, then dismisses Morant. Xia Li says Emma has a good talk game, but she watched Emma lose and the only thing she proved is that she’s weak. Emma says number one, that was Ronda Rousey, and number two… Emma drops Li with a right hand, and leaves her laying.

– We see Imperium arriving at backstage, while we also see Rey Mysterio arriving. Cole hypes tonight’s main event.

– We see a clip of Jake Paul and Logan Paul on Logan’s “Impaulsive” podcast, talking about how Jake Paul will be at WWE Crown Jewel with Logan Paul as he challenges Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Cole sends us to a video package on the Crown Jewel main event.

– Ricochet at backstage with words for LA Knight. Ricochet threatens to knock some of LA’s teeth out to shut him up.

– We got a new vignette for The Viking Raiders and Sarah Logan. They’re by the fire again, and the woman is putting war paint and Viking headdress on Erik and Ivar. Valhalla Awaits.

– Ricochet is waiting in the ring and LA Knight makes his way out. LA Knight insults his opponent and the fans, then knocks ring announcer Samantha Irvin for messing up his previous entrance, and not doing a good enough job tonight. LA insults Ricochet again, but turns around to a big dive from the ring, with Ricochet taking him down on the floor. Irvin is Ricochet’s real-life girlfriend. Ricochet beats LA around the ringside area, then brings him back in for a hurricanrana into the mat.

– LA Knight defeated Ricochet via pinfall. After the match, LA Knight heads to the floor and celebrates. LA talks some trash from the stage as Ricochet looks on from the ring.

– The Bloodline at backstage, without Roman Reigns. Sami Zayn hypes them up for WWE Crown Jewel, and mentions how The Usos are preparing to set a record with their title reign. The Usos want to go to the ring and call out The Brawling Brutes but Sami says the match is already made, and he wants them to stay in the back, rest up and get a good night’s sleep for the match tomorrow. Jey Uso says Reigns isn’t running the show tonight, and this is about them, not Sami. Jey says The Usos were champions before Sami, and will be champion after him. Jey walks off. Jimmy Uso says his brother has a point. Jimmy follows Jey as Solo Sikoa just keeps looking straight ahead. Sami is worried. 

– Bray Wyatt at backstage, who is once again pacing around. Wyatt says he’s not the type who likes to share his feelings, it’s a new concept entirely for him. It makes it even harder when people play with him like that, when people interrupt him when he’s trying to do something obviously incredibly hard for him. A WWE staffer calls Wyatt’s name from the background, apparently with some sort delivery in his hand, or not. Wyatt says he knows the man is probably here to do his job, and Wyatt is trying to do his job as well, but… Wyatt asks the man if he knows the feeling you get when someone cuts you off in traffic and just smiles in your face… for the next little bit all you can think about is what you would do if you had the man alone for 30 seconds. 

We see flashes of Uncle Howdy on the screen. Wyatt says he can’t stand the way he’s thinking about these things, he hates himself right now because all he wants to do is take the staffer’s head and smash it into the wall. Wyatt says… honestly bro, I can’t even handle myself. He needs the man to reach down and from the bottom of his soul, look in Wyatt’s eyes and apologize, tell him he didn’t mean to come over and mess him up. 

Wyatt further says he needs the man to mean it, tell him he means it, say he’s sorry. The man says he’s really sorry and didn’t mean to interrupt. Wyatt briefly laughs, then asks the man to please go away. We see more Howdy flashes. Wyatt kneels over and seems stressed to end the segment. Cole hypes Wyatt’s appearance at WWE Crown Jewel.

– The Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos – Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso makes their way to the ring. Cole hypes their Crown Jewel title defense against Ridge Holland and Butch. Jey announces that The Bloodline is now in your city. They raise their 1s and fans pop. Jimmy says they are on their way to making history, and it starts at Crown Jewel. Jimmy points to how they will become the longest reigning tag team champions. Fans chant “Uce-y!” now. Jey says The Brawling Brutes are the 2s, and The Usos are the 1s. The music interrupts and here comes The New Day’s Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods.

The New Day tells The Usos to slow it down and relax. They say they will be rooting for The Brutes tomorrow but if somehow they retain the titles, The New Day needs them to understand one thing – as soon as they touch back down on American soil, The New Day will be waiting to rip them limb from limb to protect their title record. In other words… they got next. Fans chant “New Day rocks!” as the two teams face off in the middle of the ring. The Usos raise their title belts in the air but Ridge Holland and Butch attack from behind, laying the champs out. They stare The New Day down now, but the two teams begin to stomp away on The Usos.

Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn run out to make the save now. Butch jumps on Sami but Solo superkicks Ridge, then tosses Butch to the floor. The Usos join in with Sami and The Bloodline takes The New Day out now, sending them out. Holland is taken out by The Bloodline next. Fans cheer for The Bloodline as The Usos go up top to opposite corners. They go to nail the double splashes on Holland but Butch runs in with a shillelagh, taking out Bloodline members. Solo decks Butch, then lays him out with the Spinning Solo. The Bloodline stands tall and stumbles out of the ring. 

– Kayla Braxton at backstage with Rey Mysterio now. Rey says he loves competing in WWE, it’s his whole life, and he’s given it to this business. He always shared this with his son but he just has the memories now. Rey misses his son Dominik Mysterio but he’s not giving up now. Rey goes on and says he’s going to show that even when the worst happens, you can’t give up and must keep fighting. Rey says GUNTHER is one hell of an opponent, and his chest still hurts from the chop last week, but he’s going to take all the pain inside and turn it into rage, and use that rage to fill himself up to chop GUNTHER down to size to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion.

– Shayna Baszler defeated Natalya via submission. After the match, Baszler waits to release the hold as the referee warns her. Rousey enters the ring as Baszler stands tall and they celebrate together. Baszler pulls her knee pad down, then walks to Natalya and levels her with a knee to the face while Natalya was on her knees. Natalya’s nose is bleeding now as Baszler and Rousey exit the ring to loud boos.

– The announcers send us to a video package for the Steel Cage match between Karrion Kross and Drew McIntyre at WWE Crown Jewel.

– We see how Asuka and Alexa Bliss won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles from Damage CTRL on Monday Night Raw. Cole hypes the rematch for Crown Jewel.

– MVP is making his way to the ring by himself. MVP says he was pleased to find out Braun Strowman would be in action tonight, so close to his Crown Jewel match with Omos. MVP says he’s kind of a big deal around here, and used his connections to sort out some opponents for Strowman tonight. Well… 5 opponents for Strowman.

The music hits and comes a group of 5 local enhancement talents. Their names are not announced. MVP looks on from the ring, smiling. Braun’s music hits before the 5 jobbers can even make it to the ring. Braun runs out and levels them all on the entrance-way, half-way to the ring, with one attack. Braun stares MVP down now and enters the ring. MVP is a bit worried. Braun steps over the top rope and MVP retreats to the floor.

Braun chases MVP around the ring. MVP swings his cane but Braun catches it and puts him down. Braun snaps the cane and launches MVP into the edge of the apron, then into the barrier. Braun yells out to the crowd for a big pop. Braun tosses MVP into the ring, then follows. Braun scoops MVP for a big powerslam in the middle of the ring as fans cheer him on. Fans want one more, and Braun gives MVP one more running powerslam. Fans want a third powerslam, and Braun delivers.

– Kayla Braxton at backstage with Imperium now – WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci. She goes to ask GUNTHER about the main event, but Kaiser cuts her off and takes the mic, handing it to GUNTHER. The Ring General says tonight he will step into the ring and successfully defend his title with dignity, respect and honor. He says Rey Mysterio has no honor, which is why his son turned his back on him. GUNTHER says one thing will never change and that is him being the WWE Intercontinental Champion. Kaiser takes the mic back from GUNTHER and hands it to Braxton. Imperium walks off.

– WWE announced The New Day vs. The Usos or The Brawling Brutes for the undisputed tag team titles next Friday Night Smackdown. The SmackDown World Cup will also begin next week. The eight-man tournament will produce the winner who will take the first-ever SmackDown World Cup. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Santos Escobar is also announced for next week’s show.

– We go backstage to Legado del Fantasma – Santos Escobar, Zelina Vega, Cruz Del Toro, and Joaquin Wilde. Santos says he always thought Shinsuke Nakamura was intelligent but his choice last week to side with Hit Row leaves Santos with no choice but to make an example out of Nakamura next week. Vega laughs and tells Nakamura the time for talk is done because after what happens next week, everyone in WWE will see why Legado del Fantasma’s growing empire cannot be stopped. Escobar goes on about Legado equaling the perfect enterprise. Vega says she will drink to that. Escobar says they will all drink to that. They all share a toast to end the segment.

– GUNTHER defeated Rey Mysterio via pinfall and successfully retained his WWE Intercontinental Championship. After the match, the Imperium stands tall. GUNTHER snatches his title from the referee and walks around Rey Mysterio. The Ring General GUNTHER raises the WWE Intercontinental Title in the air as Rey tries to recover and Friday Night SmackDown goes off the air.