Dragons wing

The next few weeks go by in a flash, but I’ll summarize it for you, I ended up getting my own room like Ryan and Lily, I start teaching Lily how to pick locks, and we end up having a few game nights where we played games like charades, poker, even monopoly, lets just say that we will never play monopoly again. However, the most important thing of all, we ended up finding another dragonkin! We aren’t sure what dragon ancestor he has, but we think he’s another eastern long tail, like Ryan, the new guy’s name is Dillian, He’s great, absolute goofball, he’s from Australia, and according to him, his family has never been anywhere but the land down under, weird, but the guy’s like a little brother to me, so it’s cool, and that catches you up. “Hey Dillian!” I lean my head into his room, “Wanna come hang out with the rest of us? It’s movie night!” Dillian just looks at me, unreadable, 

As I sped off towards Dillian, no, Death Wyrm, he stopped being Dillian when he killed Dr. Crane, one thought was going through my mind, am I going to survive this? It doesn’t really matter, as long as Death Wyrm gets what he deserves, when I arrive in the city I look around from above first, I decide to stop by my old apartment, I remember when My dad helped me find this place before he died, it has looked weird since I had my stuff moved into my room at the Kadmus site, I decide to sit down on the floor, when all of a sudden I hear a click and a secret safe opens from the wall. Inside I find a video message to me from my dad, along with an envelope, with the words for when I’m gone written on it, I look through the envelope and I find an old Kadmus keycard for my dad, so that's what his work was, I knew he was secretive but damn, A few other papers that talk about dragons, turns out, Kadmus had been looking into the dragons for years, although these papers are odd, as if my dad had prior knowledge of the dragons. The ball drops when I play the video message it says, 

Hello James, and I know it's you who will be watching this, at the time of making this message I am about to help you “find” an apartment, this is one that will only play for other people if you give them access and get a blood sample, the key you used is a one of a kind, and allows you full access to pre-recorded messages, and answers for certain questions, I hope that there will come a time when you don’t need it, but, knowing you, you will probably forget what the messages say within an hour, but anyway, I hope that this helps you greatly, here is a list of topics that the message box can give you data on.< The video then becomes like an interactable encyclopedia, where I can read the list at my own pace, I skim through it before my eyes lock on one entry, Dr. Crane Williams, I open the entry and i read about Crane, turns out, he was my fathers research partner and close friend, and the two of them met in college because they had managed to win a competition that landed them tuition for any college of their choosing, and they became friends after my dad stopped somebody from messing with Crane, there was a whole lot more there about Cranes upbringing, his family, his education, but I had to cut it short when Leanne entered my room, unannounced,

“What are you doing?” She glared, in her usual condescending tone, I am not in the mood for this “Jump off a cliff.” I growl, as I tuck the message away, but she sees it, and by the look on her face she could tell what I was looking at, “Let me guess, a message you don’t want anybody seeing?” I hate her but damn it she can connect the dots well, “Was it obvious?” I don’t bother denying it, she’ll just be a jerk about it, “No, I’m just used to being lied to, who's the message from?” Leanne nods at the message box, 

“Was your dad by chance Shane O’Maley?” I look at her, confused, “He was, why?” Leanne immediately seems to get shell shock, as she starts to geek out, “James your father was pretty much science royalty, I would have done anything to speak to him, oh my god I insulted the dead friend of Shane O’Maley, and of his son!” I feel angry that she brought that up again, but now feels like I can get something good out of this, “Ok I’ll make you a deal, if you only do tests with me and the other dragonkin willing to do so, and make sure not to do things like threatening to shock us if we don’t do what you want, I’ll tell you stories about my dad, deal?” It was almost impressive how quickly she answered, 

• I do plan to buy more bras in the future from other highly recommended brands, such as Elomi, Sculptresse Chi Chi, Panache Envy, and Bravissimo.

• The watcher is new to the series and does not know about future episodes, but there is an expectation any previous episodes have been watched.
• I will try not to point information out that becomes important for later episodes, though there may be times it's important because of how episodes are filmed and how episodes string together, I will however try and hide these behind a spoiler tag. I say this as a person who has watched Chuck dozens of times, so if I inadvertently spoiler, sorry.
• I will do my best to point out interesting references that are hidden within the Chuck universe, but not at the expense of extended expositions unless in-depth analysis is necessary as it relates to the scene.

• A cocker spaniel is typically smaller; by ~5inches and up to 30lbs lighter than a springer spaniel.
• Springer spaniels also have shorter fur across their bodies, with feathered hair under their chests and legs.
• Only a cocker spaniel will be solid colored
• Springer spaniels have longer muzzles, while cockers have fluffier ears.

• The Nadan-I-Noor diamond has never been known to be bought or sold and ha only changed owners as a result of theft, conquest, or endowment
• It's listed as having 57 facets + 16 facets on girdle = 73. A facet is comparable with the brilliance of a diamond and is really the flat surfaces of a gemstone arranged in a geometrical pattern. In this case it helps characterize the refraction of light through the diamond interior. The girdle i the outer edge of a diamond surface, having 16 faces is quite large, as the girdle is the largest section of a gem, but also the thinnest when viewed from the side. In this case, having 73 facets puts the Nadan-I-Noor in either the Princess-Cut Diamond or Radiant Cut Diamond category, which are also the most expensive as they have the most possible facets.
• having 4-fold, mirror-image symmetry refers to how the light reflects internally to the diamond and indicates there are no impurities within the crystalline structure.
• interestingly a purity rating is not given, i would expect something like a F or IF (flawless/internally flawless) for a diamond described like this, but one isn't provided.
• the angles of incidence just describe the best way for light to enterefract from the diamond, these numbers are fake, but the metric is real
• there is a lot of sanscript written around the diamond markings, I can't figure out what if anything it means it looks like repeated nonsense
• could be a nod to the Koh-i-noor or "mountain of light" diamond, although this one in Persian is the "fool of light".

• "Yea Yeah" by Matt and Kim - when the gang is playing board games during group date night. This song is about not worrying about the things you cannot change. Little things that build up and bum you out that you need to just let go.
• "Wild Girl" Matt Pond PA - Chuck and Morgan discussing their relationship problems. This song is about overcoming past struggles and finding hope in the present and future. Describing a sense of resilience and optimism
• "weird science" by does it offend you - Chuck and Carina talk at Peyman' Malibu Compound. This is a remind to break free and embrace individuality and live on your own terms. Be unapologetically ourselves.
• Shy by Mathew Dear - the double date
• "Fall into place" the apartment - the team say's goodby to Carina. Deals with growing up, taking (or not taking) chances. finding oneself in the unpredictability of life. I have to say, we don't actually hear the lyrics to any of these songs during the episode just the melody, but I don't really appreciate the music choices here. I feel like there were better options at key points, so that's a miss from me.
  
• On the DVD for Season One the word Wookiee is spelled incorrectly, leaving off the last E.
  
• "It used to be titled "Chuck Versus the Speedo" because the main bad guy in this show is this dude who wears a Speedo all the time. Then when the casting guy realized he had a good amount -- and by good, I mean healthy, a healthy amount of body hair -- they thought, why not call it "Chuck vs. the Wookiee". So it's this guy who's got this diamond, and we're trying to heist the diamond and all hell breaks loose." ―Zachary Levi quoted by Access Hollywood discussing this episode's title
  

Intro -- Personal

The Final(s) Nail In The Coffin

Nexon -- The Gravedigger

• Maplestory - Nexon's most popular MMO. A mere shadow of what it used to be and caught in controversy of trying to be fresh, but appeal to players of the past. Extremely underpopulated now, and generally only played by people who spend money. Maplestory is arguably the birth place of MTX whales in the West. Whaling and spending is so engrained in Maplestory now, it's considered part of it's active culture. Still active, but in perpetual suffering.
  
• Vindictus - One of the very first (if not the first - feel free to correct me) MMO's in the West to introduce brawl-style active combat. Extremely modest MMO at the time. Lackluster story, but very appealing gameplay loop. Practically dead today, and it has succumbed (not necessarily a bad thing) to the 'Korean Developer' trope in introducing a bunch of scantily clad ladies. While the combat loop is still rock-solid, it has aged and others have now done it better (See Blade & Soul, etc). Still alive today, but I'm using that term very loosely.
  

• Combat Arms - THE absolute F2P FPS behemoth in the West (while Sudden Attack was still in the East). It's both surprising and not surprising how many people don't know or have ever heard about this game. In a time where CSS was still the primary talk in the West, Combat Arms started bringing the Eastern F2P heat. With the largest arsenal of any FPS game to ever be released in the West, Combat Arms was a beacon for the F2P formula behind Maplestory. The beginning of the end occurred with the release of the specialist class which signaled Nexon's decline into P2W depravity. It was now another thorn in the side of players beyond the rampant cheating. Combat Arms declined very quickly beyond that point, and was eventually sold to another company - starts with a 'V'. I can't remember.
  
• Sudden Attack - I'd have to double-check, but I'm fairly confident that this is still the most-played FPS in the world between SK and China primarily due to it's accessibility. While still active today, Western servers were shuttered in 2014. Sudden Attack 2 ceased development less than 2 months after it's release.
  
• Dirty Bomb - After Sudden Attack 1's shuttering, Dirty Bomb came onto the scene. Most people don't know it, but Dirty Bomb was one of the first major contenders to break into the scene that Overwatch eventually solidified. However, Nexon and Splash Damage parted ways, and less than a year later, Dirty Bomb shuttered as well.
  
• LawBreakers - We all remember this well roasted chestnut, don't we?
  

Closing Thoughts

1. Variety of game closures and sunsets under contentious situations with developers and publishing partners alike.
2. Account security breaches (I guess a more relevant tangent would be GameGuard. Nexon was the first to widely use GameGuard when Maplestory came to the West. I personally don't care, but I know some others would.)
3. Various cases of government scrutiny world-wide due to addictive Gachapon implementations.
4. Speaking of Gachapon (and P2W), their recent suit around manipulating odds for a P2W item outside of it's listed values: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240312050604
5. And lastly, most recently, Nexon pulling back public support for Maplestory's would-be world-first level 300 player when he used the opportunity to address genuine concerns about the game's current state, including the above lawsuit.

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• Cone Gnome - 30.0 VP
• Stripes - 16.0 VP
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• Founder's Knoo Bucket - 100.0 VP
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• Kid Rexie - 66.0 VP
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The Founder’s Buckets

POLL QUESTION:

Do I (28F) need to worry about my boyfriend's (24M) friendship with his professor (25F)?

My bf (24M) became friends with his former professor (25F), sometime last year - I don't know what to make of it. They seem to be friendly and talk consistently every week, and from what he tells me, it's usually very surface level. Sometime last year after the course ended, my bf, his professor, and some of his male classmates went somewhere to eat together. My bf brought up that he was going to be attending an event (plastic modeling show), and his professsor showed interest and invited herself to the event and asked if she could stay at his airbnb with his friends. My bf and his friends were all OK with it.

I unfortunately couldn't attend the event, but from what my bf told me, he and a few of his friends met up at their airbnb. That same day, his professor comes to my bf's airbnb and tagged a few of her girl friends along (I believe they all stayed in the same place). The next day, they go to the event, went to a bar afterwards and got drinks. A lot of them (except my bf) got pretty drunk and my bf took the liberty of being the designated driver for his professor and her friends. His professor won some model kit from the event, and even in her drunken state, asked my bf if he could stay up with her to work on the kit together. From what my bf tells me, nothing else happened that night.

After the event, everyone from that group created a group chat and they continue to plan and talk about future events together. Since then, my bf and his friends had met up with his professor and got to meet his professor's fiance at an anime convention and it sounded like they all got along well. His professor continues to express interest in other events and it sounds like she may be attending another event with my bf and his friends in the near future.
I trust my boyfriend and don't think he is hiding anything from me. Honestly speaking, I think it's hard for me to understand their friendship as it is his professor. I've had a conversation with him on this, and he's let me know that I have nothing to worry about. I would like to hear other's opinions and see what ya'll think of this friendship? Is this something I need to be concerned about or is it really nothing?
Thank you all!
\Edit: the professor was my bf's former professor. She is classified as an adjunct faculty and works as an accountant as her full time job (which explains why she is a young professor).*
\My bf has not graduated college yet and is still a student at his university.*

Relevant Comments:
You should go to one of the events with him:
"I do struggle with social anxiety so it makes me uncomfortable to be sharing a space with a lot of unknown people. I am hoping to go to the next event though since it's local."
Her relationship with students is grossly unprofessional:
"I'm totally with you - I am also quite confused of her choice of "friends". I am not sure why of all places, does she choose to share an airbnb with her former student and to be drunk with them. She is classified as an adjunct faculty, so she is a professor but is part time (she works full time as an accountant). The whole situation feels weird to me."
Clarification:
Commenter: You say “his professor” what is their specific academic connection? She taught him once years ago and now they’re roughly equals and friends? Or she’s his primary support for a PhD? Or what?
OOP: The first option - she taught him last year and now are now friends. He is no longer in a course with her. I totally understand how it's possible for students and their professors to be friendly, but i've never heard or seen of a friendship where you consistently talk and hang out together so casually.
So she's no longer his professor- they are two adults of the same age and power level:
"It kind of gives me the same vibes like if a student graduated HS and is friends with their young teacher (obv not the same thing, but a student-teacher relationship is there). I think as a teacher, you should still uphold that level of professionalism and mentorship, even if you are no longer the student's teacher.
I also want to note that they are technically not "equals" since they're both in relationships. She can't be acting however she wants with former students."

Update: my boyfriend and I had a more heart-to-heart talk regarding his teacher and he recognizes that it crossed some of my boundaries. He believes that she may be behaving the way she does because when she hangs out with her fiance's friends, she gets bored with them (and may possibly be seeking attention from other people?). Several weeks later, my boyfriend had a conversation with his college instructor regarding their friendship and told her how I didn't feel comfortable of their friendship and how he thinks they should keep communication at a minimum. She brought up how she understands because her fiance also had an issue with how she chose to share an airbnb with my bf. She mentions to my boyfriend that she sees him as a brother and that's why she feels really comfortable with him, but that she will try to respect my boyfriend's wishes of keeping conversations at a minimum.

Well, even after that talk, she continues to still message my boyfriend weekly on random life updates. And because she is also part of my bf's chat in discord, one of his friends invited her to attend another plastic modeling show (it occurred recently) and dinner. Since she accepted the invitations, I chose to attend as well so that I could personally meet her. The dinner occurred first and it was very uncomfortable because she practically ignored me the entire night. When she joined us at the table, she greeted my bf but didn't say anything to me (even my bf noticed and got annoyed, but then introduced us). She got increasingly drunk throughout the night and was saying random stuff about my bf to his friends like "he could've been the best student in my class but it's cause he missed some assignments" and "[bf's name] gave me a 5 star review on rate my professor!". She ended up not going to the show, but my bf had a chat with his guys and they told him that they want to respect my feelings too and make it a guys' night next time.
I would like to hear other's opinions and see if you also think she is acting suspicious?

Relevant Comment:
She wants to have sex with your boyfriend. She's crossing major boundaries. Has he stopped conversation with her?
"I wouldn't be surprised if that is her intention cause there's def some shady people out there. I agree, she is crossing some professional and personal boundaries, and I think it's quite unusual behavior for any teacher to act like that. Yes, he has stopped communicating with her. She was consistently messaging him until last week...so hopefully she got the memo.

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Meat AND cheese to boot

Honestly that shouldn’t even matter anyway. If you’re agreeing to look after a kid you’re agreeing to meet their dietary requirements. If not make that clear beforehand.

Alot of trust was just lost. Sounds like your brother should take most of the blame as he knew better and didn't stand up for you and your convictions.

Trust lost for sure. But I also seriously doubt this was the first time.

“they thought he was missing out”

yeah I hate when people say "you're missing out!!" like on what? contributing to things that go against my morals? no thanks.

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Lol I just read the other side of this

Please post the link!

I'm trying to find it!

It was on vegan last night. The post was removed I think or deleted I’m not sure. I had a screenshot of it and I posted it on my profile. I’m glad I wanted to send it to my friend so I took the screenshot lol

I wonder why they deleted it

I could tag the OP of the post on vegan to make him aware of this post or to ask if this is actually the aunt, idk if that’s a good idea though.

This is Reddit hunny bunny. BRING ON THE CHAOS!

Okay well u/JupiterLucetius is this person your brother’s girlfriend?

I wouldn’t normally post someone’s name without their consent, but since you so happily used both mine and my son’s legal first names on here without my consent, I’ll use yours.
Stacey, you are an incredibly stuck up and horrible person. And you’ve left out an immense amount of details.
Firstly, you have been dating my brother for less than a year, you do not work, you had to move into my brother’s house because you got evicted from your flat. Shut up with the BS that you worked 50 hours that week or whatever, no you’re on universal credit.
Secondly, my brother and I have an agreement where he takes him whenever I have to go on these out of the blue business trips. My brother volunteered for this because he said he loves spending time with MY SON. and I have never had any complaints from him before, literally ever.
Thirdly, yes I am raising my son vegan, that is my personal choice and you have NO say in that. The fact that you lied to my son telling him the food was vegan and he ended up in hospital doesn’t clue you into the fact that you are the ARSE in this situation?
I’m so glad you posted this here actually because at least now you can see what a cockend you’ve been.

I do work, being a housewife is work. I have to do a lot that you don't even see because you have a cleaner come into your house, so sorry we can't all be privileged making 6 figures by the time we're 25. Joseph hates having to drop everything and look after George whenever you feel like it, don't you think that we have a life outside of being your babysitter?
Fuck you Noah, George loved eating the pizza you daft vegan stuck up spoilt POS. He "ended up in hospital" yeah you took him there when Joseph told you he had had meat as a statement and to make Joseph feel guilty. Well, congrats because we had the biggest argument we ever had last night about you and your brat of a child. Now I am sleeping in my car because you won't unblock him. I hope that I get robbed or worse and you can have it on your conscience that I am hurt and it is your fault. I hope that ways on your mind for the rest of your life.
You care so much about the animals that you can't see the damage you are doing to your own family, to your own son. He is weak, short and underweight. I am sure he is bullied at school for his long girly hair. I would bully him because he is just as pathetic as you are. You ruined my life Noah. So what this little echo chamber agrees with you? If they met you in person they would see how insufferable you are.

Genuinely you are psychotic. I couldn’t give two fucks if you’re sleeping in your car because of your OWN actions. Btw I’ve screencapped this post and sent it in the family group chat. I hope you’ll enjoy everyone seeing your true colours Stacey.
And no I didn’t take my son to hospital for effect or after you told me he ate nonvegan food. You and Joey lied to me saying he had eaten nothing out of the ordinary so I had no fucking clue what was wrong with him.
My son is 6 years old you psycho. Saying you’d bully him? What the actual fuck is wrong with you mentally.
Also Joey has NEVER ONCE expressed to me that he didn’t like having George. I would have found other arrangements if that was the case. My mom would happily have him short notice. The only reason Joey does is because they like spending time together or at least I thought they did.

Then keep your precious little Georgie at home with a different babysitter. Why would you drop your kid off with someone that you feel is a "horrible person"?

George loves my brother, he loves him a lot. The only reason I drop George off with him rather than my mom is because George loves him and I thought he loved having George.
He’s never once told me he didn’t want him, or I would have just left him with my mom when I needed to go on the trips.
I haven’t known Stacey for all that long, she’s been dating my brother for less than a year. And been living with him for less than that. I have tried to keep the peace for the sake of the family but fuck her. I could not care less now.

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• We begin our story on the first RAW of June, following the events of last week where Liv retained her Women's Championship and kissed Dominick Mysterio, along with other events that took place involving the Judgement Day. We have a backstage segment involving the members of the Judgement Day (Damian Priest, Finn Balor, and JD McDonagh) and Carlito. Dominick is notably absent and Damian wants to know where Dominick is so that they can figure out this whole Liv Morgan situation (he is not in a good mood at all). Nobody seems to know where Dom is and Finn even says that he reached out but Dominick hasn't returned any calls. Damian starts to turn his attention to JD, asking him if he knew anything about this and what is going on with Liv. JD says he has no idea and then Priest says it's very convenient that JD used his situation with Braun Strowman (that he couldn't finish the job) and led Braun to come down to ringside and cost Becky Lynch. Priest says that he wonders if JD and Dom are working together. Finn intervenes and tells Priest that pointing the finger at each other isn't going to solve anything and that they need to first talk to Dominick and have him explain himself. Carlito starts to make a joke about Dominick being able to pull both Liv Morgan and "Mami" and Damian gets in his face and snaps at him, telling him that he must address her as "Rhea" and if he ever hears him disrespect her again then he will drop him where he stands. Damian then tells Carlito to get out (to which Carlito will be like "what about the LWO?"), and then Carlito leaves when Damian looks like he's about to get violent. JD also leaves the locker room when Finn wants a moment alone with Damian to which he will ensure Damian that he will find Dominick and try to get some answers, meanwhile he wants Damian to cool off and focus on his World Title match with Drew for Clash at the Castle and for his match that night with Rey Mysterio. Damian and Finn exchange a fist bump and we move on to the next match/segment of the night (Damian Priest vs Rey Mysterio will main event). Later that night, we get an interview segment with Liv Morgan where she talks about how "dominant" her reign has been so far now beating "The Man", Becky Lynch twice and now it doesn't look like she will ever come back as Liv has embarrassed her. When questioned about kissing Dominick and if he is aligned with her or not, Liv just smiles and says something along the lines of "Let's just say, I understand now why Rhea calls him her Latino Heat" before winking and leaving. However, as she leaves her interview, she is attacked backstage by Lyra Valkaria, who is looking for revenge after what has happened with Becky. The two are separated and Adam Pearce tells Lyra to go out for her match tonight. Lyra goes out and defeats Dakota Kai and then is attacked by Iyo Sky after the match. Iyo hits her moonsault on Lyra and then walks out (leaving Damage CTRL in the ring). A match is made official for next week, Lyra Valkaria vs Iyo Sky with the winner challenging Liv Morgan at Clash at the Castle. There's a moment backstage where Finn is looking for Dominick but ends up finding JD McDonagh talking to Liv Morgan that gets interrupted immediately. Liv leaves (saying "bye JD" in a seemingly happy and maybe flirtatious way?) and Finn pushes JD against a corner and demands answers, JD says that he was asking where Dominick was and found out that he's not here. JD suggests that since Liv knows that he's not here that she must have had some contact with him again. Finn tells JD to be careful, him being seen with Liv looks bad and doesn't want him to get in trouble if he's not working with Liv. Carlito at one point runs into Dominick (who turns out to be there) backstage and wants Dominick to help put in a good word to the rest of Judgement Day to help protect him against the LWO. When Dominick doesn't guarantee this, Carlito says that he'll keep his secret if he does (Dominick looks at him, knowing he's being exploited now) and Carlito leaves. Later that night in the main event, Carlito nearly costs Priest the match (to which Priest is not happy about him coming out for this match) after he takes a bit from an apple and spits it out aiming for Rey but accidentally gets Priest. Rey goes for the 619 and connects with the first part, but after Rey dives for Priest, he counters with the South of Heaven chokeslam and gets the pin. Carlito starts to attack Rey after the match, but Priest is pissed and hits Carlito with the South of Heaven Chokeslam to Carlito, who at this point, has had enough of Carlito. Priest has snapped, putting a serious beating to Carlito to which Dominick (followed by the other members of Judgement Day) try to tell Priest to stop. Priest shoves Dominick away (who sells his arm as he's not cleared yet) and then hits another South of Heaven Chokeslam to Carlito through the announce table. After that attack, the members of Judgement Day help Dominick to the back (Finn looks back disapprovingly) and then Drew McIntyre comes out to lay out Priest with the Claymore and leaves through the crowd before the other members of Judgement Day can get to him. The next week, Dominick is back and tries to explain that he has no idea why Liv did what she did after the cage match and vows to make it right at Clash at the Castle. Priest interjects and says that Dominick is going to watch the match with them in the back, forbidding him to interfere in that match and if he sees either him or JD talk to Liv again, there will be serious consequences. From now on, they are keeping a close eye on both of them.
• To avoid this being too long of a post (and boring some people to tears with my wordy descriptions, the rest of Liv Morgan's side of the build is focused on the odds being against her and each woman wanting to prove a certain point. For Morgan, its about proving she's the best in the world and will represent RAW better than Rhea ever could, for Lyra, this is about proving that she's ready to be the best now and wanting to prove she can do on RAW what she did in NXT, and for Iyo this is about proving that she can replicate what she did on Smackdown over to RAW, but even better. The rest of the build on Priest's side is focused around Priest trying to stay focused for his match with Drew but there are a lot of distractions going on that is frustrating him more and more. On top of that, Drew is starting to get in Priest's head when he talks about how the Judgement Day is falling apart and how a real leader and real World Champion would get their group in order. McIntyre says that Priest doesn't have the respect of Judgment Day considering they continue to interfere on his behalf because "they know what I know, you can't do it on your own". McIntyre also makes comment about the pressure of being World Champion is starting to get to Priest and to not worry, because soon, McIntyre will strip that responsibility from Priest and will lead RAW, like a real leader can. Priest fires back saying that McIntyre can't talk to him about distractions when he is looking past him and focusing on Gunther and CM Punk (Punk's name gets McIntyre's attention). Priest says that McIntyre had his chance to be World Champion and the pressure of that mixed with his obsession with Punk made him crumble in just a little over 5 minutes. Priest finishes by saying that he will show McIntyre that he can do it on his own and will do it on his own. The segment finishes the two brawling and Drew getting the upper hand until Punk's music begins to play which gets McIntyre's attention (but there is no CM Punk), Priest then lays McIntyre out with a South of Heaven Chokeslam and stands tall.

• WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Drew McIntyre def. Damian Priest (c)
  • While technically being a Heel vs Heel matchup, McIntyre is very much the babyface in this match, wrestling in front of his home country. They have a back and forth match with both men having their moments to shine. At one point, JD, Dominick, and Finn Balor make their way to ringside to assist Damien Priest and Priest is NOT happy about this. Priest yells at them to go back to the back and that he doesn't need or want their help (Finn is yelling at Priest to watch out from behind). Drew hits the Future Shock DDT after this and gets a close 2-count. At one point, after a distraction from Dominick, JD stops Drew from hitting a GTS by stunning him with a superkick, Priest hits his South of Heaven Chokeslam to Drew and gets a very close 2-count. Priest is frustrated, and targets his frustration out on the members of the Judgement Day. Priest gets in JD and Dom’s faces, screaming at both of them that he wanted to do this on his own. They start to argue back and Priest pushed JD’s face out of the way and then pushes Dom to the floor when he tries in intervene. Balor is not happy about this at all and tells Priest to calm down and win the match while Priest is furious and yells at Balor that he wanted to do this on his own, and says that Balor doesn't believe in him. The two have an argument that results in Balor stopping Priest from getting back in the ring and then Priest slaps Balor. The two get in each other's faces until McIntyre dives to the outside, taking out both Priest and Balor. Drew throws JD towards the barricade and hits Dominick with a headbutt. Drew rolls Priest back in the ring and hits a Claymore but Priest kicks out for a very close 2-count! McIntyre goes for another Claymore but accidentally hits the ref instead, Priest and McIntyre then take each other out with a clothesline. Dominick, JD, and Finn Balor get back to their feet and they look to be leaving towards the back but Balor is pissed and goes back towards the ring, he tries to lay out Drew with a shotgun dropkick in the corner but Drew moves and Balor hits Priest instead. Drew hits a Claymore to Balor and then tosses him out of the ring. McIntyre waits for Priest to get to his feet and hits a second Claymore and gets the pinfall victory. Drew McIntyre is the NEW World Heavyweight Champion!
• . Post-match: Drew McIntyre is celebrating in the ring as confetti begins to reign down and cover the ring. The crowd is going wild, cheering for their fellow countryman. However, all of the sudden, those cheers turn into loud boos. McIntyre looks confused and angry, yelling and screaming at the crowd. McIntyre begins to scream insults, saying that his own country has betrayed him... but it's not Drew that they're booing... You start to see the camera pan just slightly, until you see that someone has entered the ring, standing behind Drew. That man, just so happens to be CM Punk. Drew turns around and is tackled by Punk as Punk begins to reign down punches to Drew. They both get to their feet and Punk hits a kick to the head, stunning Drew. Punk lifts Drew up and hits the GTS, laying Drew out in the middle of the ring in front of his own country. Punk raises the World Heavyweight Championship up in the air, making it clear what he wants.
• WWE Women's World Championship: Liv Morgan (c) def. Lyra Vakaria and Iyo Sky
  • These three women have plenty of time to work with as each person has their time to shine (Becky being a fighting champion and bringing the fight to her opponents, Liv being a sneaky heel and waiting for her opportunities to get an advantage, and Lyra being the newcomer and showing why she is the real deal). There are plenty of near falls where each woman has a moment where they look like they’re going to win. In the end, Lyra and Iyo go back and forth and Lyra moves out of the way of Iyo's top rope moonsault finisher and connects with her Michinuku Driver finish. Before Lyra can get the 3 count, Liv kicks Lyra in the back of the head and throws her out out the ring and steals the pin fall victory! Liv Morgan is STILL Women’s World Champion.

• We begin our build for Money in the Bank by advertising that there will be qualifying matches to determine our participants for both the men and women's Money in the Bank match. It is advertised that Finn Balor will go up against Rey Mysterio and Damian Priest will go up against Jey Uso. Finn Balor and Rey Mysterio open the show (Dominick and JD accompany Balor) and Finn Balor picks up the victory and will compete at Money in the Bank. Backstage after the match, Finn Balor is celebrating his win with JD McDonagh and Dominick Mysterio until Damian Priest shows up and the vibe immediately changes. Balor asks for JD and Dominick to give them the room but Damian interjects, telling them to stay because he has something that he wants to say to all of them. Damian tells them that he asked them ("no, I pleaded with you guys") to not interfere in his match with Drew because he wanted to prove to Drew, the roster, and most importantly, to them that he was as good as advertised and that he could beat Drew McIntyre on his own. Finn tries to interject but Damian snaps and tells him to let him finish. Damian continues by saying that he knows that he hasn't always been easy to work with and that he can lose his cool from time to time (as he also apologizes for putting his hands on them), but at the end of the day he loves and respects each of them, he just wishes they felt the same way (and also calls out Balor for hitting him with his shotgun dropkick). JD says that they do love and respect him and that he has it all wrong, they're sorry that they cost him the match against Drew. Priest says that he has a qualifying match tonight against Jey Uso and that when he beats him again, he will go on and be a two-time Money in the Bank briefcase holder, and then become World Champion again. Finn has something to say about this and says that maybe it will be him that goes on and does what Priest is planning. Priest just responds by saying "You couldn't do it then, you think you can do it now?". After a tense stare, Priest again, apologizes and then says that he's going to go prepare for his match. Dominick right after says he has some business to take care of and leaves too. Later that night, Priest takes on Jey Uso and looks to have the match won until JD and Finn come down to watch which causes Braun Strowman to chase after JD (Braun was attacked earlier in the night and he thinks it was JD and the rest of Judgement Day... but it wasn't). This distracts Priest to the point where he is hit with a spear and then a splash from the top rope to pick up the win. The next week, Damian is PISSED and gets in JD's face. Priest wants an explanation on why he is involved with Braun Strowman again, and why he didn't handle his business with him. JD says that he had nothing to do with Strowman getting attacked and doesn't want anything to do with Strowman anymore. Priest tells him that in fact, he should take care of Strowman once and for all, and actually went to Pearce to request the match (to which everyone is not a fan of) and then he starts to get to Dominick and asks why he should still be in Judgement Day considering he seems to be more concerned with Carlito and Liv Morgan these days. Dom says that he will always be with the Judgement Day, and if Carlito has to be out then he'll accept that decision, he then says that he has a plan to get the belt off of Liv Morgan and suggests his plan is to make Liv think that he has aligned with her until Rhea comes back and then when Rhea gets her match, Dom will double cross Liv. Priest says that in that case, until Liv doesn't have the belt anymore, then he should be seen less with them and tells Dominick to get out of the their locker room. Balor starts to get fed up with Priest and say something until Dominick tells Finn that it's okay and that that's the best coarse of action to take to convince Liv and then leaves. Balor is not pleased with this and leaves to focus on his match. Later that night, JD gets squashed by Braun Strowman who continues to add additional damage after the match, but right before he can send JD through the announce table, Strowman is attacked by Uncle Howdy and the Wyatt 6 faction (they begin their feud as they are also revealed to be the ones who attacked Strowman last week). For the rest of this part of the build, Balor picks up momentum, winning his matches leading up to the ppv while there continues to be tension and distrust within the Judgement Day.
• On Liv's side of this booking, she has a mini feud with a returning Raquel Gonzales (as she will not be defending at this ppv) and they'll face off for the Women's World Title at point on Monday Night RAW, to which Liv will retain (again, thanks to Dominick interference as now they are a pairing...for now). Lyra Valkaria will feud with Iyo Sky with the winner of their match being the number one contender for the Women's World title at Bash in Berlin. Lyra will win that match clean against Iyo (and there will be further cracks forming within Damage CTRL). That program build will begin after Money in the Bank. Throughout the build we see both Liv and Dominick build chemistry but it's not hitting at first, it's clear that Dom's chemistry with Liv is not the same as it is with Rhea but Dominick continues to go along with it. Liv continues to persist and uses Dominick to her advantage in matches and feuds. Meanwhile, during an in-ring interview segment with Lyra Valkaria, Dominick comes out to interrupt but Valkaria doesn't give him the opportunity to speak, saying that he is a snake for what he has done throughout his career but is showing his true colors now, aligning with Liv Morgan fully. Valkaria says that he will be a champion that RAW can be proud of and represent RAW proudly, not needing to manipulate others to do her dirty work. Liv comes out and says that the shame that Becky felt when losing to her will be nothing compared to the shame Lyra will bring to her own name, knowing that her best is not enough to beat the best in the world (Liv Morgan). They brawl and Lyra nearly hits her finish but Liv just narrowly escapes.

• Money in the Bank match: Jey Uso def. Logan Paul, LA Knight, Ilja Dragunov, Carmelo Hayes, Bron Breaker, and Finn Balor
  • Right before the match, Finn Balor and Damian Priest have a moment backstage where there is tension but Priest wishes Balor good luck and to bring the briefcase to the Judgment Day, Balor nods and makes his entrance. This match is just chaos as everyone gets their moment to shine. In the final stretch of the match, Bron Breaker spears Logan Paul, then he spears LA Knight, he spears Jey Uso out of the air, he rolls to the outside and spears Finn Balor through the barricade, he comes back into the ring after seeing Hayes climb the ladder and try to grab the briefcase and pushes the ladder, sending Hayes flying and going through a few tables to the outside (Carmelo is done for the match). Bron then goes for a spear to Ilja but its countered as Dragunov hits his Flying Moscow running headbutt. Desperate to take Bron out of the equation, Dragunov lays Bron over the announce table and hits H-Bomb off the ladder and through the table. Bron is out of the equation. Ilja slowly rolls back in the ring and on his last legs tries to start climbing a ladder but is laid out by a shot with the brass knucks by Logan Paul. Logan starts to climb the ladder but LA Knight follows as they go blow for blow, Logan stumbles and before LA Knight can grab the briefcase, Waller and Theory pull Knight off the ladder and hit him with a double team move. Jey Uso spears both Waller and Theory. Uso and Paul start to climb the ladder until Finn Balor slowly enters the ring again with a chair and cracks each of them once with the chair to the spine (this causes Uso to fall back to the ring while Paul remains on the ladder. Balor (who is also on his last legs) goes for another swing to Jey but Jey counters with a superkick to Finn, sending him to the floor. Jey begins to climb the ladder and brawl with Logan Paul at the top of the ladder. Jey Uso eventually is able to pull down the briefcase and win the match, last knocking Logan Paul off the ladder.

• We begin our Bash in Berlin build with a segment where the Judgement Day have an open forum to air out any grievances against each other, and it goes from respectful to digs being taken against each other, especially between Priest and Balor. Balor talks about Priest tried to be a leader in a group that was designed to not have a leader and Priest has been self-centered. Priest admits that he has been self-centered and hasn't been the best teammate but only wanted to prove himself that he belongs on the top of the card and wanted to prove that to Judgement Day. Balor makes a dig that Priest proved that when it comes time to sink or swim, he sinks. Priest is annoyed by this and says that if he sank, then what has Balor done before what he did? Carlito comes out (after having lost to the LWO at this point) and threatens to reveal Dom's secret. Before he can, the Judgement Day finally show some unity and defend Dominick. Priest challenges Carlito to a match and it's official. After Priest destroys him, Carlito again, tries to speak into the mic. The Judgement Day (including Dominick Mysterio who hasn't been seen with Judgement Day for a while) come back in the ring until the lights go out, and when they come back on, they are all attacked by The Wyatt 6, who destroy them. Carlito and JD McDonagh get the worst of the beatdown and are written off TV for a bit. The next week, the Judgement Day are looking for members of the Wyatt 6 but during those searches we see QR Codes that lead you to personal conversations from each member of the Judgement Day bad mouthing a someone within the group. The next week, there is a segment in the ring where Damian Priest, Finn Balor, and Dominick Mysterio are in the ring and they call out Uncle Howdy and his group. Priest starts things off saying that he wants to actually thank Uncle Howdy for bringing the Judgement Day closer than they've been in months and that they will expose this "family" at Bash. Balor says that they have awoken something within him when they threatened him and the rest of Judgement Day, and he will make them pay for that. Dominick attempts to say something until all of the sudden, you see on the titantron (in classic Wyatt Family style) Uncle Howdy, who says that The Judgement Day pretending to be a family is a joke while they (Wyatt 6) are a true family that looks out for each other when the Judgement Day looks out for themselves. Howdy says that the Judgement Day's foundation is built on lies and manipulation while Howdy loves his family and will not only show that at Bash in Berlin, but right now. All of the sudden, you see a giant QR Code show up on the screen which will immediately transition into a video that begins to play of Liv Morgan and Dominick Mysterio backstage where Dominick is infatuated with Liv, saying that he will do everything he can to make sure she stays Women's World Champion. He then begins to talk trash about each member of the Judgement Day, and even says something bad about Rhea Ripley. Liv is delighted by this and calls him his Latino Heat while Dominick calls her "Mami". The video fades to black and Finn and Damian look FURIOUS with Dominick, who is trying to explain himself but before he can, all three men are attacked by Erick Rowan, Joe Gacy, and Dexter Lumis. Uncle Howdy slowly makes his way to the ring and picks up the pieces, hitting Sister Abigail to Damian (who is the last one standing and tries his best to fight back) and stands tall as Uncle Howdy, Dexter Lumis, Erick Rowan, and Joe Gacy stand tall. On the final show, we see Uncle Howdy specifically target Finn Balor, telling him (on a television monitor backstage) that he knows there is a Demon within him that has been building and feeding off of hate. Howdy says that he knows that demon wants to come out, and tells him to "Let the Demon out, Finn. I know you want to". Finn smashes the monitor and heads straight to the ring, demanding to see Uncle Howdy. Damian Priest comes out to try to calm Balor down but then they are jumped by Gacy, Lumis, and Rowan. Dominick eventually comes down with a chair (seemingly siding with the Judgement Day and still wanting to make up) and the Judgement Day are able to shortly get the upper hand until Lumis, Rowan, and Gacy are called back by Uncle Howdy. Balor is still furious and wants Howdy's head but when Priest again tries to calm Balor down, Balor turns around and decks Priest with a punch. Balor is stunned, thinking it was someone else as all three Judgement Day members stare at each other. Balor leaves. Mysterio tries to talk to them backstage but Priest tells him that he can be in the match to make it a 3-on-3 match but that they do not trust him.
• For Liv Morgan's build with Lyra Valkaria, Lyra focuses on getting payback on Liv for Becky and finally will get an opportunity to go 1-on-1 with her. Liv says that Lyra isn't ready to take on the mantle of world champion while Lyra says that she always has been, and won't need anyone else's help to do it. Also, during this build, we see the chemistry between Dominick and Liv build, now it seems like Dom is all for Liv Morgan and Liv is playing him like a fiddle. However, once Uncle Howdy reveals that conversation between the two, it halts what we see between the two for now as Dominick is spending more time trying to get under the good graces of Judgement Day. The rest of the build focuses on Liv trying to get the upper hand and attack Lyra, but Lyra is always ready for Liv and has a counter for all of her plans. Dominick is a wild card though as it is now a question how much involvement he will have with Liv for htis upcoming match. If he is involved, will Liv is able to take advantage and capitalize? If not, what will the strategy be for Liv? One segment, Liv targets the knee of Valkaria and injures her, putting her at a disadvantage leading up to the ppv. On the go-home show, they have a contract signing and Lyra puts Liv through the table after Liv tries to get the upper hand one last time before the ppv but it massively backfires.

• Wyatt 6 (Uncle Howdy, Dexter Lumis, and Joe Gacy) def. The Judgement Day (Damien Priest, Finn Balor, and Dominick Mysterio) (Berlin Street Fight)
  • The biggest theme of this match is that Uncle Howdy's team works like a family, they have trust, and work together like a solid unit while The Judgement Day have a lot of mistrust, wrestling more as individuals rather than a team and not working together (I'd also have it to where Balor and Priest BARELY ever tag in Dominick. Storyline wise this can be because that they trust him the least but also this is to protect him in case he is still not able to compete because of his injury). There are moments where Judgement Day fight together and when they are on the same page, they start to get in control and put the team of Uncle Howdy in serious trouble. However, there is crucial error as after Damien Priest is destroying everyone, he gets poison misted by Uncle Howdy after he attempts Razor's Edge to Joe Gacy. Balor self tags in and hits a few slingblades to Gacy and then to Lumis followed by a shotgun dropkick to the corner that also knocks Howdy to the outside momentarily. Finn Balor attempts Coup De Grace but when Gacy moves out of the way, Balor accidentally runs into the blinded Priest who immediately grabs Balor around the throat and hits him with his South of Heaven Chokeslam (commentary puts over that Priest had no idea that was Balor since he is blinded). Uncle Howdy is tagged in and takes out Priest, leaving Balor all alone in the ring. Dominick Mysterio, who sees the writing on the wall as the whole Wyatt 6 is watching on the apron, runs away through the crowd, abandoning his partners to be picked apart. Uncle Howdy picks up the win for his team after hitting Balor with Sister Abigail and pinning him.
• WWE Women's World Championship: Liv Morgan (c) def. Lyra Valkaria
  • Liv Morgan is all alone for this match as Dominick Mysterio has seemingly fled the building following his 6-man tag match with the Wyatt 6 faction.These two have a back and forth match as this is designed to be a showcase for Lyra, who comes very close to winning and hits all of her best moves (except for her finisher, which Liv is trying to avoid at all costs). Liv at one point tries to leave the match and accept a count out loss to retain but Lyra stops her from doing so. At another point, Lyra again goes for her finish but Liv rakes the eyes and hits a codebreaker for a close 2-count. In the end, as Lyra goes for her finish, but her knee gives way, Liv Morgan is able to hit a codebreaker and then hits ObLIVion to pick up the win and retain her championship.
    • Post-Match: Liv holds her Women’s World Championship in the air in celebration and then all of the sudden you hear the theme song of Rhea Ripley play (“This is my brutality!”). Liv’s expression changes, going from happy in celebration to one of worry. Rhea Ripley RETURNS and comes out to head straight to the ring, looking to brawl with Liv but before she can get her hands on her, Liv exits the ring and leaves through the crowd. Rhea signals that she is coming for the title, looking fired up and looking for revenge against Liv.

• The night after Bash, we open the show with the returning Rhea Ripley, who comes out solo for this promo. Rhea starts off by saying "Mami's home". Rhea talks about how torturous the last few months have been because of her injury, seeing the Judgement Day falling apart, and seeing Liv Morgan try to snatch up her "Dom Dom" and claim her "Latino Heat" as her own. Rhea says that she'll deal with those final two points later but with Liv, she wants to focus on getting payback for putting her on the shelf and taking her World Championship. Rhea puts Liv on notice that no matter where she runs and hides, Mami is coming back for her gold. Liv Morgan comes out and tells Rhea Ripley that she has taken everything away from her, she's taken her man, destroyed her group from within, and has taken her Championship. Morgan continues by saying that if Rhea really wants to experience that heartbreak all over again, Liv has no problem taking her on. The match is made official for Summerslam. However, when Liv gets a little too confident and gets inside the ring, Rhea immediately starts to brawl with her and is beating the hell out of her. Rhea looks to hit Liv Morgan with the title, but Dominick comes out and gets in between them. This gives Liv enough time to get away. Rhea is furious with Dominick (who is very visibly conflicted about what he has done and whose side he's on) and decks him with a punch before leaving. Backstage, Rhea is screaming at Dominick, and wants an explanation to who's side is he on? Priest comes out and tries to calm down Rhea, and then tells Dominick that next week, they want answers. Balor tries to get an explanation from Priest on why he attacked him at Bash in Berlin. Priest quickly says that he didn't mean to and that he'll explain more later because they need to focus on this situation first. Balor doesn't look happy about this and leaves.
• The next week, we have an advertised segment that involves the Judgement Day that says something like "The trial of Dominick Mysterio or Dominick's Judgement Day" (or something much better than that). We have all members of the Judgement Day out in the ring and it looks as if Damien Priest and Rhea are leading this segment. When we get to the segment, Dominick Mysterio comes out first, separate from the rest of the Judgement Day (Rhea Ripley, Damian Priest, Finn Balor, and a returning JD McDonagh) who later get their own entrance. Damian leads this segment as he allows Balor, Rhea, and himself to present Dominick's crimes against the Judgement Day and will allow Dominick to defend himself in the end. Dominick tries to explain that he loves the Judgement Day, as they saved him from a horrible family and made him a bigger star than ever before. He says he would never betray them. Rhea and Damian point out all the actions that Dominick has done recently to prove otherwise. Before we can get a verdict, Balor finally speaks up and thinks Priest should be questioned too over all of the things he has done over the last few months. Priest tries to say that they can address this after but Balor is furious and lets all of his frustrations out. He tells Rhea that the Judgement Day is in the state that it is in right now because Damian is a failure, and while he does blame Dominick for a lot of things, Priest is the one that has actually damaged the Judgement Day. When Rhea and Damian fire up and seemingly shut Balor down, before they can continue on, Balor finally snaps and attacks Damian Priest! Balor is vicious with his assault and Priest tries to defend himself. They have to be separated by security. Meanwhile in the ring, as Rhea is distracted, yelling at Balor to stop, Liv Morgan comes out and attacks Rhea Ripley (Dominick is stunned and doing nothing but just watching). Liv has Rhea in a fujiwara armbar, targeting the previous injured shouder of Rhea Ripley. It looks as if Liv is going to injure Rhea again until security breaks them up too. Dominick is too stunned to speak
• To summarize the rest of the build, Balor cuts vignette promos explaining that Uncle Howdy was right about his demon wanting to come back out, and that he has had a lot of hate stored up. He shares that his hate is for Priest after everything that has happened and now, he will finally let those demons out and hurt Priest badly. Priest says that if Finn feels that he needs to fight him to let those frustrations out, then he will let Finn have the chance. Priest also warns him to not think of him as his own punching bag, and that Priest will bring the fight right back to Balor. Priest also emphasizes that he hopes after this, the Judgement Day can thrive together again. For Liv and Rhea, they are continuosuly at each other's throats and have to be separated every time they are together. On the go-home show, after attacking Rhea after her match, Liv tries to attack with a chair but Dominick steps in between her and Rhea! (He makes it appear that he has made his choice and that he sides with Rhea Ripley). Rhea lays Liv out with Riptide and her and Dominick embrace (but dominick looks at Liv, with unsure eyes. Not knowing if he made the right decision).

• Finn Balor def. Damian Priest (No Holds Barred)
  • Damian Priest looks like he is ready for war when he comes out. However, Balor enters in as "The Demon", who also looks to have the worst intentions in mind. After an absolute war, Balor pins Priest. Post-match, Damian gets back to his feet very slowly, looking into the eyes of "The Demon", holding onto Balor as he tries to get back to his feet. Before Priest can stand up fully, JD enters the ring from behind and hits the back of Priest's knee with a pipe. The two men beat Priest down putting the boots to him, stomping away. JD goes outside and brings a chair into the ring as Balor climbs to the top rope but Priest tries to fight back. Priest lays JD out but Balor targets the leg again and hits Priest in the back with the chair. JD traps Priest's leg in the chair and Balor hits the Coup De Grace onto the chair. Priest's leg is seriously injured and Balor still looks intense as JD yells at Priest, talking trash. The two men leave together as Priest is tended to by medical personnel. Backstage, Rhea is screaming at both JD and Balor, demanding an explanation. JD says something smart and gets punched in the face. She then gets in The Demon's face, as nothing is said between the two as it's a tense encounter. Balor just leaves. Dominick comes into frame and Rhea asks Dominick if he knew about this, to which he just says no. Rhea tells Dominick to stay behind during her match and check on Damian. Dom looks to protest but decides against it, and says "Okay Mami, whatever you say". Rhea storms out of frame and we see Damian being helped onto an ambulance, Dom goes in a different direction off-screen.
• WWE Women's World Championship: Liv Morgan (c) def. Rhea Ripley
  • The crowd LOVES Mami. Rhea is aggressive from the jump, trying to brawl with Liv from the get-go. Rhea takes the first chunk of the match, showing her dominance and showing why she was the champion. Liv uses dirty tricks to get ahead and take control back in the match. Liv starts to target the shoulder of Rhea, showing her vicious side. From that point on it's a back and forth match with both women having moments of nearly winning the match. Liv at one point, puts Rhea in the Fujiwara Armbar, and has it for a solid while, doing damage to Rhea as she screams in pain. Rhea is able to get to the ropes. At another point in the match, after raking her eyes behind the ref's back, Liv hits her finish, ObLIVion and goes for the pin. 1...2... Rhea kicks out at 2.9. Liv goes for the Fujiwara Armbar again but it's countered into the Riptide, but Rhea can't go for the cover right away as she grabs her arm, selling the damage that Liv has inflicted. Rhea goes for the pin, 1...2... Liv puts her foot on the bottom rope to break the pin attempt. As the two trade strikes as the get to their feet, Rhea goes for a big boot but hits the ref instead after Liv dodges out of the way, causing a ref bumb. Liv hits her codebreaker and as Rhea stumbles backwards, she rebounds off the ropes and hits Liv with a lariat and both are down on the mat. All of the sudden, Dominick comes down to the ring with a steel chair in hand, Rhea (who on one hand wanted Dominick to stay out of this) is happy to see him, and tells Dom to give her the steel chair. Dominic pauses for a moment, and then slides the chair into the ring... but not towards Rhea... but directly to Liv Morgan. Rhea looks heartbroken, almost in tears, knowing that this wasn't a mistake. Rhea asks Dom, "why?", as she starts to get to her feet. Dom just says "I'm sorry, Mami", and as Rhea gets to her feet and turns around, Liv throws the chair into Rhea's face and then hits obLIVion onto the chair. The ref is now conscious again, and slowly counts the pin, 1...2...3. Liv has retained the Women's World Championship. The final shot, is Dominick, leaving by Liv's side as she smiles and lifts her championship in the air and Dom smiles when she looks at her, but when she looks back at Rhea, he can't meet her gaze as Rhea looks absolutely crushed.

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