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While the Stomping Grounds card has quite a few rematches, there should also be some intrigue with Sunday's pay-per-view.
The biggest intrigue has to do with the Universal Championship match between Seth Rollins and Baron Corbin. Corbin has his choice of special guest referee so Rollins will likely have the numbers stacked against him. Will Seth be able to overcome these odds? There's also the fact that Brock Lesnar can cashin-in the Money in the Bank briefcase at anytime so the Universal Champion may not leave Stomping Grounds with the title.
SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley will have a tough test in RAW superstar Alexa Bliss. With Nikki Cross at ringside for her friend Alexa, Bayley will have to look out for any outside interference.
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Kofi Kingston will defend the WWE Championship against Dolph Ziggler in a Steel Catch match. The match stipulation is designed to keep other superstars out, but it also allows for "anything goes" rules. If Ziggler can get his hands on some weapons, he could try and become WWE Champion using dastardly tactics.
There's potential for a lot of shakeup in the Monday Night RAW and SmackDown title scenes after tonight. Here's everything that happened at WWE Stomping Grounds.
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WWE STOMPING GROUNDS RESULTS
Tony Nese (c) vs Akira Tozawa vs Drew Gulak - Cruiserweight Championship Match
- Match is on the pre-show
- Drew Gulak pins Akira Tozawa after a Torture Rack Neckbreaker
Becky Lynch (c) vs Lacey Evans - RAW Women's Championship Match
- Lynch wins via submission after a Dis-Arm-Her
Backstage
- Paul Heyman comes out of Baron Corbin's office. He's asked if he will be the special guest referee.
- Heyman says that Kofi Kingston and Seth Rollins will be here tonight but asks if Lesnar will be here and doesn't answer.
- Corbin comes out and says he won't say who will be his special guest referee.
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs Big E and Xavier Woods
- Owens pins Xavier Woods after a Stunner
Backstage
- Alexa Bliss tells Nikki Cross that she feels bad for not breaking up the pin on Monday, but Nikki says that she knows it was Bayley's fault and she'll be at ringside to see Bliss win.
Samoa Joe (c) vs Ricochet - US Championship Match
- Ricochet wins via pinfall after a 630
- Ricochet is greeted by Seth Rollins, Heavy Machinery, Carmella, Charlotte, Curt Hawkins and Triple H when he gets to gorilla.
Daniel Bryan and Rowan (c) vs Heavy Machinery - SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match
- Bryan pins Tucker with a roll up
Bayley (c) vs Alexa Bliss - SmackDown Women's Championship Match
- Bayley wins via pinfall after a Bayley to Belly
- The finish was set up after Nikki Cross got in the ring to get to Bayley while Alexa was setting up for a Twisted Bliss. The referee gets Nikki out and Alexa tries to hit the Twisted Bliss but Bayley gets her knees up. Bayley then hits her finish for the win.
Backstage
- Ricochet is taking a photo with his new US Championship when Gallows and Anderson come in and take photos with him.
- AJ Styles comes in and congratulates Ricochet and then says he will see him tomorrow night.
Drew McIntyre (with Shane McMahon) vs Roman Reigns
- Shane would get involved for most of the match, but Roman would hit him with two Superman Punches
- Roman hits Drew with a Spear and is about to get the three count, but Shane breaks it up and takes out the referee. Shane hits Roman with a Coast to Coast and throws the referee back in but Reigns kicks out.
- Roman wins via pinfall after a Spear
Kofi Kingston (c) vs Dolph Ziggler - WWE Championship Steel Cage Match
- Kingston wins by escaping through the door.
- The finish had Ziggler crawling under the bottom rope to get through the door, but Kofi leaps through the middle rope and out of the cage before Dolph.
- After the match, Kofi is asked what the future holds for him. Kofi says that he respects Dolph Ziggler but he told him that he would leave Stomping Grounds as the champion.
Backstage
- Drew McIntyre is asked about losing to Roman Reigns, and Shane McMahon makes a 2-1 handicap match for tomorrow night. Reigns will have to take on Drew and Shane.
Seth Rollins (c) vs Baron Corbin - Universal Championship Match
- Before the match Seth gets on the mic and says that whoever he chose to get the title off of him, they will have to deal with him.
- Lacey Evans is chosen as the special guest referee. Lacey tries to take Seth's chair when Corbin hits Rollins from behind. He then starts hitting Seth with a chair before the bell rings.
- Evans does classic heel referee tactics. She does slow counts and doesn't call a three count for Seth. She also makes the match where there's no countouts. She also makes it no DQ.
- Lacey hits a low blow on Seth, which causes Becky Lynch to come out and take Evans out. John Cone comes out to be the new referee.
- Seth wins via pinfall after a Stomp.
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