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Opens with really lovely tribute video to Pat Patterson set to Sinatra’s My Way

They brought back the proper intro WE ARE NOT YOUR KIND!

Damien Priest has a run in with LDF backstage earlier, so he’s in this tag match with Leon Ruff vs. Legado Del  Fantasmo

Damien Priest pretty dominant, on the outside, LDF gets an upper hand with a suicide dive from Fantasmo

Priest looks for Reckoning on Mendoza, Ruff tags himself in, Priest hits it, Ruff hits big splash for 3 and the win

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Shotzi finishes her new tank, and says I think I’m in love, let’s go to war

Undisputed Era War Games package

They’re in a limo, really nicely filmed

They go to dinner, Cole says this is the most they’ve been tested, but like, literally all their previous opponents have been tougher

Team candice interview

She says they’re barely even a team, Raquel says she’s gonna win tonight

Cameron Grimes vs. August Grey

Grimes wins with a Cave In, then runs his mouth afterwards, puts a strap on Grey, beats him, says the great thing is, he can run (Grey runs, Lumis comes back with the strap under the ring), Grimes sees him, freaks out, Lumis whups him with the strap, Grimes is winning this shit

Tony Nese vs. Jake Atlas

During the match, the Pat McAfee Group walk in

Atlas wins with cartwheel DDT, solid match tho

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Atlas babyface interview, he’s been knocked down, he’ll get back up and he wants santos

Pat Mcafee Group

Pat pays his respects to Pat Patterson

He talks a LOT

-UE ate at a restaurant

-He has a lot of money

(this is so beneath Pete Dunne)

He talks up Pete Dunne

Why is his jacket one size too small

Grizzled young Veterans package- they’re back

Karen Q’s water exercises with Boa and Xia Li

EVER RISE vs. Grizzled Young Vets

Imperium take out ER before the match starts

Bartel gets on the mic, says the tag div belongs to Imperium

Ref don’t give a fuck, he makes the match an NXT UK special

Imperium has the upper hand most of the match til the commercial cliffhanger, which is the two teams arguing outside the ring

After the match, they still have control

Bartel and Gibson trade shots to the throat

Oh wow, Aichner had to power Drake up for that bit where Bartel pushes a guy into an Aichner brain buster

Aichner takes them all out with a big splash to the outside, then Ever Rise comes out and takes them all out

Ever Rise bolt during the commercial break

Thatch as Thatch Can Live, he’s talking to the camera close up, when he says My student today… and Ciampa is there with the new PC guy Russ Taylor (Tyler Russ?), Ciampa says he’s there to teach, offers up a free shot- Thatch says he doesn’t want any trouble, surprises Ciampa with a takedown, Ciampa gets the upper hand, Russ hits him from behind, Thatch gets the upper hand, wrecks him on the outside.

Ciampa interview: he praises his student for taking the initiative, confirms his takeover match with Ciampa

Raquel Gonzales vs. Shotzi Blackheart

Kinda messy, in good and kinda bad ways

They battle it out at the top of the ladder, both come falling down

OUCH Shotzi running senton against Raquel’s back against the ladder

Shotzi goes up top, Raquel hits a power bomb from the leap, again… kinda look like it hurts

Both of the teams had been up on like ring stages, Indi gets team candice a ladder so they can come down and attack Shotzi, while Indi puts the ladder in the ring to help get the briefcase- Shotzi takes her out, Raquel takes Shotzi out, Io comes out, takes out Raquel, moonsault onto everyone, Shotzi climbs, gets the briefcase