Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte vs. Brie Bella
We head to the ring and out comes NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks without her title. Out next is the trio of Paige, Becky Lynch and Charlotte. We find out that they have selected Charlotte to represent them. Finally, out comes Team Bella — Nikki Bella, Brie Bella and Alicia Fox. We find out Brie Bella will be representing them.
Our Divas triple-threat match as part of the Divas Revolution begins now, with Sasha Banks, Charlotte and Brie Bella representing their respective trios.
Nikki Bella shows off her WWE Divas Championship as the fans chant NXT. Charlotte gets in Nikki’s face and the fans do the “Woo!” thing. Sasha talks some trash now as well. Nikki heads out to the floor. Brie comes in.
Brie and Sasha double-team Charlotte to kick off the match. Banks then rolls Brie up for a pinfall attempt. Charlotte then rolls up Banks. Sasha is down now and Brie and Charlotte start going at it. Banks re-enters the mix and blasts both of them with knees in the corner. Banks tries pinning them both at the same time but only gets two.
Charlotte ends up taking control of the offense single-handedly, taking out both Banks and Brie and then hitting a series of trademark moves such as the Flair chops. Banks ends up fighting her way back into the match as well.
Brie starts making her comeback finally and the fans in St. Louis start boo’ing like crazy, as they are clearly in support of the two NXT Divas in this contest.
The three exchange a number of quick, finishing-sequence type moves when finally Banks applies the Bank Statement on Charlotte. Brie breaks it up and slams Banks into the ring post. Charlotte ends up getting Brie in the Figure Eight. Brie taps out.
After the match, Charlotte celebrates with Becky Lynch and Paige as her music plays and the fans cheer.
Winner: Charlotte
WWE United States Championship
– Kevin Owens vs. John Cena (c)
After the video package airs to tell the story of the Cena-Owens feud, Kevin Owens’ music hits and the former NXT Champion makes his way to the ring. Out next to his usual reaction is the WWE United States Champion John Cena.
The formal introductions are done for this title match and both Owens and Cena are ready. WWE United States Championship action is next at WWE Battleground. Both guys are exchanging offensive control early on, but when the smoke clears, it’s Owens who is dominating the action here aganist the current WWE U.S. champ.
Cena starts fighting back. He hits the Canadian Destroyer for a pinfall attempt. Cena goes back to the top for the leg drop but Owens catches him with a sitdown powerbomb. Cena comes back and hits an Attitude Adjustment out of nowhere, however Owens manages to kick out at two. Cena takes Owens to the top rope but Owens counters and hits Cena with a superplex for a two count of his own. Cena is selling his shoulder after the superplex spot.
Owens has been yelling at Cole a lot through this match. The ref is checking on Cena while Owens yells at Cole this time. He tells Cole to “watch this” as he goes for his Pop-Up Powerbomb finisher, however Cena counters it. Owens hits Cena with his own Attitude Adjustment and then locks Cena in his own STF submission hold. Cena finally makes it to the ropes to force a break.
Cena and Owens then go on a rampage exchanging each others finishing moves and their own until we finally get to the finish, which sees Cena lock Owens in the STF. Owens crawls to the ropes but Cena yanks him back out. Owens finally taps out.
After the match, Cena’s music hits and he celebrates with the U.S. title. Owens is stumbling around as the ref is trying to help him, but Owens pushes the ref and walks off. We see some replays of some of the action during the match and that’s about it.
Winner and STILL WWE United States Champion: John Cena