Universal Championship Match: Roman Reigns (c) vs Finn Bálor
Reigns tosses Bálor across the ring. Reigns puts Bálor in a side headlock. Bálor tries a step up enziguri but Reigns levels him with a right hand. Bálor falls out to the apron. After the break, Reigns tries a sunset flip. Bálor rolls through and hits a basement dropkick. Reigns and Bálor both stumble to their feet. Bálor dumps Reigns out of the ring. Bálor tries a PK but Reigns catches Bálor’s foot and slams him facefirst into the ring apron. Bálor kicks out. Reigns sends Bálor into the corner hard. Bálor lands a elbow to the face. Standing foot stomp by Bálor. Bálor chops Reigns. Reigns shrugs it off. Reigns forces Bálor into the corner and hits multiple clotheslines. Reigns tries to hit the rope but Bálor dropkicks him. Reigns falls out of the ring. Bálor crushes Reigns with a topé con hilo. Bálor gets a near fall.
After the break, Reigns is stalking Bálor. Bálor and Reigns trade strikes. Bálor drops Reigns with the overhead kick. Bálor trips Reigns. Bálor stomps Reigns. Reigns rolls up Bálor. Reigns lifts Bálor off the mat and hits a sit-out powerbomb for a two count. Reigns misses the Superman Punch. Bálor hits the eye of the hurricane. Reigns kicks out. Bálor lands the sling blade. Reigns gets to his feet. Bálor charges in for the shotgun dropkick. Reigns Superman Punches Bálor out of the air. Bálor kicks out. Bálor rolls up Reigns. Reigns kicks out. Superman Punch by Reigns. Reigns sets up the Spear. Braun Strowman’s music hits. Strowman walks down the ramp. Bálor hits the shotgun dropkick. Bálor goes up top and misses the foot stomp. Reigns hits the Spear for the win.
Winner and STILL Universal Champion, Roman Reigns!
Strowman gets in the ring and kicks Reigns in the chest. The Shield’s music hits. Rollins and Ambrose surround the ring. Strowman attack Reigns. Rollins and Ambrose attack Strowman from behind. Rollins superkicks Strowman. The Sheild sets up the Cerberus Bomb. Strowman fights out of it. Reigns Spears Strowman. The Shield hits the Cerberus Bomb through the table.
TRIPLE POWERBOMB.
@BraunStrowman's #MITB cash-in attempt as been THWARTED by THE SHIELD! #RAW pic.twitter.com/ao0hyj1BXo
— WWE (@WWE) August 21, 2018
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