 Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair def. WWE Women's Tag Team Champions IYO SKY (Non-Title)This was a rematch of SKY's in-ring debut on Raw two days after SummerSlam. This one had a clean finish, which is fine because another non-finish would have been lame. That said, SKY losing three days after Dakota Kai lost to Raquel Rodriguez in under two minutes on SmackDown doesn't exactly make Damage CTRL look strong. That said, Belair vs. SKY was as well-wrestled as you'd expect. Belair's verbal exchange with Bayley beforehand was also good and set up a Ladder match between the two for Extreme Rules.
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 Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford def. "Captain" Shawn Dean and Skye BlueIt was odd that Blue teamed with Dean and not her boyfriend Dante Martin, but they probably didn't want Martin getting pinned by Sabian. I believe this marked the first time Sabian and Ford have teamed up since both have been back. They're a good on-air couple (who are obviously legitimately married in real life), but I don't see them getting pushed overly the similarly-obnoxious duo of Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo. This was a decent match while it lasted.
 NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Fixers def. Gold RushhhGold Rushhh consist of Jordan Clearwater and Marshe Rockett from Idolmania Sports Management. The group does nothing for me, but those two are at least talented competitors and thus I had no issue with them getting a shot at the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. This was a good match and a nice first defense for The Fixers. It would have been silly for them to lose the belts so soon after winning them.
 Darby Allin and Sting def. House of Black (Brody King and Buddy Matthews) in a No Disqualification MatchIt was wise to have this open the episode while the crowd was still somewhat hot/awake (this was taped immediately after Wednesday's Dynamite in the same venue). Unfortunately, they didn't sound like they were into most of what we saw until the end. It was a fun brawl, but we see this sort of stuff all the time in AEW and, for me, they've lost their luster. The Great Muta showing up and saving Sting was an awesome touch given their history and I'm happy the audience appreciated that. House of Black have eaten defeat quite a bit lately, so let's move them on from this feud and onto something where they can win.
 Dante Chen def. Bryson MontanaChen has settled nicely into his enhancement role on Level Up where he helps the lesser-experienced prospects get better. I haven't seen too much of Montana yet on his own to get a grasp of what he's capable of, but he's passable from what I can gather and I thought he had a decent showing here. This was an adequate opener with a nice pace and the crowd was into Chen.
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