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Rhodes family and Daniel Bryan def. The Shield
Seth Rollins takes down Cody Rhodes but Rhodes get’s right back up only be punched in the face by Rollins again. Rollins chokes Cody on the ropes and holds him for Reigns to splash Cody. Seth delivers a power-slam to Rhodes before taking in Reigns again. Rollins makes a hot tag in to deliver a kick to Cody and makes a quick tag to Ambrose.
Ambrose faces off against Rollins but Daniel Bryan quickly gains momentum. Daniel flips Ambrose off the turnbuckle and then goes for the pin. Rollins and Reigns break up the pin and the match breaks down quickly in the ring. Bodies are laying literally on all sides of the ring as Bryan and Ambrose collide with each other. Roman Reigns slams Cody into the barricade but Goldust attempts to save his brother.Reigns attempts to spear Goldust but crashes himself into the ropes.
Daniel Bryan continues gaining momentum on Ambrose but Ambrose keeps getting up. Ambrose delivers a superplex from the top rope and goes for the pin but Cody saves it. Rollins back and exchanges blows with Cody. Rollins then tries to power-bomb Cody off the apron and it takes a punch from Ambrose to pull Cody off the ropes. Seth sends Cody flying into his brother and both men go tumbling over the announce desk. Ambbrose is sent flying into Seth who also tumbles onto the announce desk.
Finally it comes down to the two legal men Ambrose and Bryan, Bryan hits his signature moves and wins the match for his team.
Rhodes family and Bryan hug as SmackDown goes off air!

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This exciting main event featured Seth Rollins with the arm bar on Cody Rhodes early in the match. Rollins looks to gain control as he and his partner must defend their titles against the Rhodes two. Seth shows a lot fight and attempts to refuse to let Cody Rhodes pull him off the ring ropes and he rolls through with an attempted pin.
Cody dives through Rollins’s legs and makes the tag to Goldust. Goldust tries to catch Seth but he ends up getting a kick to the gut. Seth follows it up by going to the top rope and pulling off a perfect Goldust imitation. The two fight on the ouside of the match up as things begin to break down inside the ring. Cody Rhodes is going for cross-rhodes and get’s stopped by Dean Ambrose. Ambrose and Rollins proceed to beat up Cody in the ring as Goldust and Roman Reigns engage in a tug of war over a steel chair which Reigns doesn’t win. The entire Shield get’s chair shots but later Rollins fights back by tossing Cody into the ringside barricade. Just when the Shield seems to be triumphing the Big Show makes his entrance from the crowd and proceeds to deliver a knock out punch to Seth. Roman Reigns attempts to challenge the big man but when he ducks Cody roads he runs into a punch as well. Cody takes advantage and gets the win.
The Rhodes men end the Shield’s tag team reign just after Seth Rollins and Reigns broke the top five list of tag team title reigns. But you can bet that all this loss did was make the men angry.

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The Shield vs. Rhodes family and Daniel Bryan

Seth encountering Goldust first, as Goldust does his signature battle stare-down/whatever the bizarre one does. Seth yells “What is that?!” before the two engage in battle. Goldust makes the tag to Cody and Seth immediately goes to work Rhodes’s arm. Ambrose runs in to Cody Rhodes’s knee and nearly gets pinned. Ambrose takes an elbow to the forehead and a boot before Goldust re-enters the fray briefly. Goldust setting up Ambrose for Cody. Cody goes top rope and Reigns tries to interrupt him.Roman Reigns gets booted off the apron, but the slight distraction allows for Ambrose to shove Cody off the top. When we return from commercial Rollins is taking it to Cody Rhodes once again as the rest of the Shield jeers him on. The tag is made to Ambrose who tries to wear Cody down with a headlock. He adds punches to the back of Rhodes for more injury. Cody Rhodes manages to shake Ambrose in order to hit his moonsault. Amborse grabs Cody to prevent him from making a tag but it doesn’t work as Cody takes in Bryan against Rollins. Seth Rollins gets tossed on his head before getting flipped off the top rope. Reigns interupts the pinfall and the match begins to break down. Reigns blindsides Goldust but gets some back from Rhodes. Bryan and Rollins still remaining in the ring. Rollins throws Daniel but he lands on his feet and kicks Rollins in the face. Rollins gets locked in the yes lock but Ambrose interrupts with a chair. The Match is ruled a DQ but Triple h refuses to allow it!

The match is restarted as a no DQ. Daniel Bryan leaps out of the ring onto both Reigns and Ambrose. Orton appears from out of nowhere and KO’s Daniel Bryan. Bryan is shoved back into the ring for Seth Rollins to pick up the win. Just when it seems like all is over Triple H points to the ring and tells the Shield to attack. The Shield attacks Bryan and company until the Big Show enters the ring. The Big Show is mauled by the Shield but he manages to power out by throwing all three members to the side. Triple H stares face to face with the Big Show until Show knocks him out in the center of the ring. Bryan stands over Triple H and celebrates with the yes chants until Raw goes off air.

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Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes and Goldust

The Shield stands face to face with the Rhodes family including Dusty who holds his belt buckle out, making clear he has full right to use it on anybody. Rollins starts of the match against Cody Rhodes and attempts to choke him out with Ambrose yelling from ringside “make him feel it, make his mother feel it!” Cody manages to get in some offense by stomping on Seth’s chest with an energetic anger. The referee warns Cody to calm down as he almost get’s carried away despite the five count.Roman Reigns is tagged in next and knocks Cody down with his signature “Rawwwwrr”. Reigns marches Cody into the corner and holds him for Seth to deliver a punch from the top rope. Seth then follows it up with an arm bar as Ambrose keeps and eye on the “Dream” from the outside of the ring. Rollins prevents Cody from getting a tag and he hangs Cody up in the corner of the ring and delivers stomps to the chest. The crowd chants “We want Goldust!” as Seth takes a shot to the face.Cody goes up top for his moonsault and catches Rollins square in the head. Goldust and Reigns get tagged in as Goldust delivers his vintage atomic drop.
Goldust delivers punches in the corner on Reigns but get’s planted on the floor. Ambrose takes the opportunity to talk some trash. Seth awaits his return to the ring and Goldust barely makes it back in at the 9 count. Seth delivers shoulders to the midsection and tags in Reigns. Reigns uses all his power to hold Goldust down. Rollins goes back in against Goldust but misses the dropkick. Reigns gets back in and get’s a boot to the face and makes a quick tag back to Rollins. Rollins takes a slam from Goldust who then takes in Cody.
Cody delivers a massive dropkick to Seth, then follows it up with a hard kick to the middle and a spin around to his back. It doesn’t do it though as resilient Rollins kicks out. Seth tries to get up but gets planted hard again onto his back. Reigns goes in to interrupt the count and takes out Goldust from the equation. Cody eliminates Reigns and Ambrose and Seth catches him by suprise from behind. Cody catches Seth in Cross-Rhodes and manages to get the three and save his families jobs.