Baron Corbin vs Dolph Ziggler (Winner faces AJ Styles next week for the WWE Championship)
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AJ Styles was at ringside for this contest, keeping a close eye on who he would have to face next week.
Corbin beat off an early flurry from Ziggler before using his size to take the fight to the former world champion. He took him out to ringside to beat him up in front of the announcer’s table so that Styles could have a good look.
Corbin then rolled Ziggler back into the ring and the Showoff fought back briefly before Corbin sent him chest first into the corner turnbuckle. Corbin then used to bottom rope to his advantage as he worked on Ziggler’s shoulder and arm before sending Ziggler crashing into the corner once again as he got a 2-count off the ensuing cover.
Corbin continued his impressive performance as he drove Ziggler shoulder-first into the steel ring-post before rolling out of the ring and hitting Ziggler with a running forearm as he lay on the middle turnbuckle as we headed to another commercial break.
We came back from commercial to see Corbin missing a corner spear and going shoulder-first into the turnbuckle. Ziggler immediately hit the Famouser afterwards and got a nearfall off the following cover.
Corbin tried to hit a Powerbomb after this and Ziggler reversed it into a pinning combination but only got a 2-count. Corbin then hit a devastating STO, laying Ziggler out again. He then almost decapitated Ziggler with a brutal short clothesline. Corbin went for another one, only for Ziggler to reverse it into another pinning combination for another nearfall. Corbin hit another devastating clothesline after this, getting yet another nearfall.
Ziggler then hit the Zig Zag out of nowhere but Corbin somehow kicked out. He then met Corbin on the top rope for a Superplex but Corbin pushed him off and hit a devastating Deep Six for another nearfall.
A frustrated Corbin then took Ziggler to ringside and drove him into the barricade, before repeating it again. He then sent Ziggler crashing into AJ Styles before getting hit by a Superkick as the referee rang the bell after the 10-count.
Draw - Baron Corbin and Dolph Ziggler got counted out
An irate Styles took a steel chair and laid out both Dolph Ziggler and Baron Corbin with repeated steel chair shots.
