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The hourly breakdowns are in, and they show a pretty standard pattern of the first hour being the most watched, with a dropoff in the third. Hour two actually outperformed hour three this time, which isn’t always the >
The show was built around a couple of key matches and segments. The opening bout was a tag team match featuring Raw Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley teaming with her Money in the Bank challenger, Nikki Cross, against two of their possible future opponents in a title feud, Lacey Evans and Peyton Royce. The heels won after a miscommunication between the >
Later on, Drew McIntyre had a confrontation with General Manager Adam Pearce about his quest for a rematch against WWE Champion Edge. Pearce agreed to book a match between McIntyre and Edge at the next pay-per-view, Money in the >, but only if Drew could beat a mystery opponent later in the show. That opponent turned out to be Cesaro, who lost to McIntyre after a hard-fought >
The main event featured a six-man tag with the team of Seth Rollins, AJ Styles, and Samoa Joe taking on Bobby Lashley, Kevin Owens, and John Cena. Rollins’ team came out on top, giving him momentum as he heads into a Money in the Bank qualifying match next week against >
Overall, it was a solid episode of that delivered on the ratings front and featured some interesting developments heading into Money in the > on July >