Stardust vs. Neville
Backstage, Stardust cuts a promo paying homage to his father, the late Dusty Rhodes. We head to a commercial break.
When we return from the break Neville comes out and then Stardust. The announcers talk about this being Stardust’s first appearance since the passing of his father.
Neville tries to shake Stardust’s hand to start the match, as the fans were chanting for Stardust, but when Neville extended his hand, Stardust hit him with a cheap shot.
The two fought back and forth until the end when Neville goes for the Red Arrow, however Stardust avoids it and eventually rolls him up for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Stardust
WWE Battleground Contract Signing
– Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar
Seth Rollins and Kane make their way to the ring. Rollins whines and complains about Lesnar and then talks again about how he is going to burn Suplex City to the ground this Sunday at Battleground.
This leads to Lesnar’s theme hitting. Lesnar and Paul Heyman make their way to the ring. Heyman tells the story of Lesnar-Rollins, explaining that is why Lesnar can’t wait to get his hands on Rollins this Sunday.
Heyman goes on to say everyone wants to see Rollins get his ass kicked and this Sunday, the fans are going to get their money’s worth. He lists the moves and punishment Rollins will be forced to endure this Sunday. He closes by telling Rollins that he will be going to Suplex City.
With that said, Rollins signs the contract. Heyman whispers something into Lesnar’s ear and then he signs the contract. Heyman says, “Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!” and tells Rollins to put his hands on the table.
Rollins tells Heyman he’s paranoid. Lesnar flips the table over and discovers a big stick under the table that Rollins was apparently reaching for. The fans chant Suplex City as Lesnar holds the big stick and slams it on the table, which he set back up. He calmly sits down and tells Rollins to do the same.
Rollins pretends to sit down and quickly yanks the stick and backs up and smiles. He approaches Lesnar but Lesnar picks the table up and smashes it into Rollins like a baseball bat. Lesnar takes out Kane on the floor and catches Rollins who leaped over the top. Kane ends up knocking Lesnar down from behind. He puts the puts to Lesnar and Rollins joins him.
Rollins grabs the big stick and smashes it into Lesnar on the floor. Rollins puts the boots to Lesnar and picks him up. He throws him into Kane, who catches him coming in and slams the steel steps into Lesnar’s face.
Kane picks Lesnar up and brings him over to Rollins. Lesnar ends up picking up Rollins and slamming him into the barricade. He charges over to Kane and picks him up and F-5’s him on the floor. Rollins jumps the barricade and runs through the crowd to the back.
Lesnar walks back over to Kane and puts his leg on one half of the steel steps. He takes the other half and slams it down onto Kane’s leg. Kane screams in pain. Lesnar walks into the ring and grabs the WWE title. He holds it up high, his music plays and the fans go wild. We see Rollins watching on from the crowd as Lesnar poses with his title. We see replays of Lesnar’s carnage.
Rollins gets in the ring after Lesnar leaves and he gets on the mic. He says Lesnar thinks he’s untouchable. He says Lesnar ran through everybody, but he didn’t run through Seth Rollins. Rollins picks his title up and says at WrestleMania, he took this title from Lesnar because he’s better than Lesnar and in six days at Battleground, he will do what no other man on this earth can do — I will prove again that you are not a machine, you are not a monster. You are a man with a pulse and you can be beat. He says he will rip his stupid sword tattoo off his chest and he will forever be known as the man who slayed the beast.
Rollins goes to leave and sees the trainers working on Kane who is still hurting from having his leg smashed. Rollins yells at Kane and asks if this was his big plan to get rid of Lesnar. He asks Kane how that worked out for him. He says it worked out like his whole career worked out — one big disappointment. He tells Kane he is nothing without him. He says he’s not with him anymore so now he’s nothing. He calls him a never-was and a wannabe Hall of Famer. Kane looks at him angry but still selling. Rollins drops the mic and stomps on Kane’s leg. He picks his title up and leaves to the back as Kane screams in pain. The Battleground “go-home” edition of RAW goes off the air on that note.
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