After a video recapped some of the recent events surrounding the world title, Cody Rhodes made his way to the ring. He said he and Jey Uso were going to regain the tag titles before talking about WarGames and introducing his team.
Rhodes and Seth Rollins had a little confrontation in the ring before The Judgment Day interrupted. They traded the usual insults while the group implied that The American Nightmare and his team would never be able to get along.
Rollins yelled at everyone for talking too much and challenged JD McDonagh and Dominik Mysterio to face himself and Sami Zayn, which was made official during the break.
This was a pretty standard tag match for the story being told. Neither of these duos work as a tag team regularly, but both pairs showed some decent chemistry.
Zayn and Rollins did a great job giving the crowd plenty of moments to cheer, and McDonagh and Mysterio sold all of their offense well. This match won't matter in the grand scheme of things, but it gave the fans a chance to see a couple of WWE's top names do what they do best.
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The opening segment and match took up a combined 35 minutes at the top of the show. When it looked like Rollins was about to win, Rhea Ripley arrived with Bálor and Priest to cause a DQ. Jey Uso and Rhodes showed up to turn it into a huge brawl.
Adam Pearce flipped out and said everyone who isn't in the tag title bout later in the show is banned from the arena.
Result: Sami Zayn and Seth Rollins defeated Dom Mysterio and JD McDonagh by DQ
Notable Moments and Observations
- A young child in the front row had a stuffed dog that looked like Cody's pet, Pharaoh. He stopped and took a moment with her to acknowledge it.
- McDonagh was the only one who didn't get to speak during the opening segment.
- The Judgment Day's breakup is coming. The way Bálor looked at Priest when he claimed to be the leader of the group said it all.
- The way Rollins dropped Mysterio when he hit a suplex counter looked painful.
- Dom's use of the Pedigree to counter was kind of creative.
