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Cody Rhodes looked ahead to Saturday Night’s Main Event 

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair def. Sol Ruca & Zaria 

NXT Women’s North American Champion and WWE Women’s Speed Champion Sol Ruca and her partner Zaria had the opportunity of a lifetime as they challenged WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair for the title. 

Fellow NXT Superstar Blake Monroe sat in the front row and scouted Ruca before she faces her at NXT Halloween Havoc. 

Zaria used her strength to beat down Bliss, preventing her from tagging Flair. 

Ruca hit a huge Sol Snatcher on Flair, but Bliss interrupted the count in the nick of time. 

Monroe distracted Ruca, allowing Flair to capitalize by hitting a chop block on Ruca. 

Back in the ring, Flair cinched in the Figure-Eight Leglock and forced Ruca to tap. 

Carmelo Hayes blindsided The Miz 

Ilja Dragunov def. Sami Zayn to win the United States Title 

After Carmelo Hayes attacked The Miz, Ilja Dragunov made his return to WWE by answering Sami Zayn’s United States Title Open Challenge. 

Zayn attempted the Helluva Kick, but Dragunov clocked him with a kick of his own for a two-count. 

Zayn hit a huge Michinoku Driver from the top rope, but Dragunov somehow kicked out. 

The Mad Dragon nailed an immense Senton from the top rope and a superplex, but Zayn got his boots up when Dragunov went for the H-Bomb. 

As Zayn tried to connect with a Helluva Kick, Solo Sikoa distracted him before Dragunov hit the Torpedo and an H-Bomb to win the United States Title. 

The Wyatt Sicks confronted The MFTs 

Motor City Machine Guns def. Los Garza 

On the one-year anniversary of their WWE debut, The Motor City Machine Guns squared off against the team they defeated one year ago, Los Garza. 

Chris Sabin and Alex Shelly connected with Skull and Bones on Angel to win the match and celebrate their one-year anniversary. 

Drew McIntyre def. Cody Rhodes via Disqualification 

After Jacob Fatu was found laid out backstage, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes challenged Drew McIntyre to an impromptu match. 

Rhodes, who wasn’t dressed for the match, bit McIntyre in a fit of rage. 

Outside the ring. Rhodes blasted McIntyre in the face with the WWE Title, ending the match in a disqualification. 

Rhodes and McIntyre then erupted into a brawl and had to be separated by WWE officials.