– Naomi was backstage for an interview. She said it’s unfortunate that she won’t be defending her title at WWE Battleground, but she will be the first person in the ring to congratulate whoever wins the contender’s match. Carmella eventually cut her off and dismissed Renee Young. She reminded Naomi that everyone the title goes, she’ll be following with her Money in the Bank briefcase.
– It’s time for an X-Files themed edition of the Fashion Files. “The Truth is Not H”. There’s a sign on their bullet board that says “I Want To Bo-Lieve”. Tyler Breeze said there’s no such thing as ghosts or aliens and suddenly there’s a weird moaning sound coming from behind a curtain. They went to check it out, but it was just Aiden English doing his warmups. A delivery boy has a package for them, and the Fashion Police thought he was an alien and couldn’t believe that he breaths air like a human being. Fandango repeatedly asked “what’s in the box” for the David Fincher reference of the night. They opened it up and it was the decapitated head of their pet horse Tully, with a note that indicated we’ll all find out what’s going on at Battleground.
AJ Styles & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens & Baron Corbin
United States Champion AJ Styles made his entrance first. Nakamura was out second and Baron Corbin once again tried to attack him from behind, but this time the Artist had it scouted. The two brawled on the entrance ramp until Kevin Owens ran out to join in the fun, and Styles made the save to even the odds. The babyfaces rallied and fought off their attackers, rolling in the ring and pumping up the crowd as they cut to the final commercial break of the night.
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