SHEAMUS vs. THE MIZ & JOHN MORRISON

When the show returns, the heels are in clear control as both Miz and Morrison hit running kicks with Sheamus managing to kick out. The Miz then dumps Sheamus out of the ring and he then launches himself out with a big diving boot.

Not to be outdone, Morrison then follows suit and launches himself over the top rope to take out Sheamus. The dup then launch Sheamus into the barricade, with Morrison hitting another big kick to the face of Sheamus. Despite the domination from the heels in the ring, as Morrison gets sent into him, Sheamus sends him flying over the top rope and then he fires a clothesline into Miz for good measure.

Sheamus then connects with some clubbing blows as he plants Morrison and then hits a rolling senton on Miz, into Morrison as he turns things around. Sheamus then hits his classic beats to the chest on the ropes, and as Morrison tries to break it up, he actually hits Miz and then he gets a taste of that as well.

Sheamus then goes to the top rope and he dives down to the floor, taking out both of his opponents at once. Sheamus sets up the Brogue Kick, but Morrison grabs his leg. Miz looks for his Skull Crushing Finale, but Sheamus fights it off and then avoids an enziguri from Morrison, responding with a Brogue Kick! But before he can follow up on that, Miz hits his Skull Crushing Finale

Winners: The Miz & John Morrison

CHARLOTTE CONFRONTS HER FATHER

Ric Flair is backstage with Lacey Evans, teaching her different moves when Charlotte walks in, catching them in an awkward-looking spot. She tells Evans to leave, and Ric says just because Charlotte is a big star, doesn’t mean there’s not a place for him in the locker room, and he is always going to be himself.

Charlotte asks if she means, the person who spent all his money on anybody but his family, saying he is going from legend to old man, and she isn’t the bad guy. Evans then appears from behind and hits Flair with the Woman’s Right.

AJ STYLES vs. R-TRUTH

Straight away, AJ Styles attacks R-Truth while he’s getting prepared, and he then launches him into the turnbuckles as he then focuses on the legs of Truth with several kicks before hitting a backbreaker. AJ then acts like he’s in the Rumble, trying to throw Truth over the top rope, but he reverses and sends AJ out.

Styles tries to hit the Phenomenal Forearm when he gets back in, but he reverses and drops Styles down, hitting the five knuckle shuffle. He tries the Scissor Kick and then the AA, but AJ gets out of that and sets in the Calf Crusher.

Winner: AJ Styles

FINN BALOR FINDS A TAG TEAM PARTNER

Finn Balor is told his match is confirmed but he needs a partner, and Finn says that there are a couple of people around here that owe him a favor. Balor is then shown heading into Undisputed Era’s locker room where he says he is looking for his payback, and he asks Kyle O’Reilly if he’s in or if he’s still sucking his meals through a straw.

Roderick Strong tells him to watch his moth but Adam Cole calms him down, and Kyle tells Finn that he is in.

LEGADO DEL FANTASMA PROMO

Santos Escobar is then shown in the ring as he says he is the champion of champions. He says a champion of champions doesn’t have to conquer a curse like Johnny Gargano or have a glass jaw like Finn Balor. He says he doesn’t need a fancy car or to have all the pomp and circumstance like Karrion Kross, who didn’t even make it to his first title defense.

Santos says he backs up every word that he has said, and he has beaten every person who has been on his path. He then praises his stablemates for winning their first-round match, saying it puts them one step closer to being like him, champions of champions.

However, Lucha House Party then hit the ring and they start brawling with their quarter-final opponents. However, it is Legado Del Fantasma who gets the best of the situation, until Curt Stallion hits the ring and evens up the playing field, sending the heels packing.

BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW

Drake Maverick says this year he’s walking into this year with a beacon of light, a best friend in the entire world, Killian Dain. He puts over their Dusty Cup opponents, MSK, but he says they’re not going to win this tournament because they are.

Killian says that’s pretty good as he slaps Drake and says he will see him next week.

FIGHT PIT MATCH
TOMMASO CIAMPA vs. TIMOTHY THATCHER 

It’s main event time! The two men waste no time in slugging it out as Timothy Thatcher hits a suplex on Tommaso Ciampa, who simply slams onto the hard floor on the top level. Thatcher then starts kicking his back, but Ciampa fights back with some kicks to the face.

Ciampa then starts stomping away on his rival as he connects with several big chops. Ciampa then sets Thatcher up in the metal guard rail and pulls him up, as he goes neck-first into the metal. When the match returns from commercial, they’re inside the pit itself as Ciampa launches Thatcher into the steel several times, following it up with a running knee into the steel.

Thatcher responds well though, slamming Ciampa shoulder-first into the steel, and he then stomps down on Ciampa’s head. Ciampa kicks away at the knee of Thatcher and he hits a chop, only for Timothy to slam Ciampa into the steel and bounce off with a belly-to-belly suplex.

Thatcher then manipulates the fingers of Ciampa, bending them apart, but Ciampa responds by sending Thatcher head-first into the steel. Ciampa then nails a stiff kick to the spine of Thatcher but once again the pendulum swings as Thatcher kicks Ciampa away into the steel.

He then looks to lock in the sleeper hold, but Ciampa breaks out of the hold with a low blow. Thatcher then crawls over the referee’s back as he is checking on him, but this allows Tommaso to use the referee in order to connect with Willows Bell!

Thatcher just beats the count, but Ciampa charges straight into him only for Thatcher to fire back as the two men go back and forth with big forearm strikes and slaps. Ciampa slams the skull of Thatcher into the steel and then nails the Fairytale Ending as he follows it up with a submission, but Thatcher lifts him up and sends Ciampa into the steel, neck-first.

Thatcher locks in a sleeper hold but Ciampa climbs up the corner, looking to flip over and out. However, Thatcher pushes Ciampa’s leg into the steel which holds up the structure, trapping him, and Thatcher then yanks away on the previously injured knee, forcing Ciampa to submit.

Winner: Timothy Thatcher