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Throughout this season, multiple teams have gone winless but will look to capture their first victory tonight while avoiding being sent home. Team Pawz and Mahalicia are both currently winless, and the pressure was on tonight. Which team would be sent packing, and which one would advance in the MMC tournament?
Alicia Fox, Jinder Mahal, and the Singhs were all arguing on the way to the ring, which didn't give them any confidence going into the match. On the other hand, Natalya and Bobby Roode came into tonight's bout with some momentum, picking up some big wins recently.
Mahalicia (Alicia Fox & Jinder Mahal) vs Team Pawz (Natalya & Bobby Roode)
Mahal and Roode started off the night. The Modern Day Maharaja overpowered the Glorious One early on, but Roode's technical skill got him back in the game quick, nearly putting Mahal away with the Glorious DDT. Jinder escaped back to his corner where Alicia Fox tagged herself in.
Natalya ran through Fox with multiple clotheslines. Fox tried to get back into the fight, but Natalya avoided an attack by the former Divas Champion, slingshotting her on top of the ropes before kicking her in the face.
Natalya went for the Sharpshooter, but the Singhs distracted her, allowing Fox to deliver a serious boot to her face. Natalya kicked out of multiple pinfalls, then was locked into a headlock in the middle of the ring.
Natalya broke out, only to be sent back down on her back with a hair pulling mat slam, following up with a falling elbow to Natalya's midsection. Fox almost put the former SmackDown Live Women's Champion away with a northern lights suplex, but Natalya managed to kick out.
Jinder tried to tell Fox to calm down, almost causing her to be pinned by Natalya. Fox sent her back down to the mat with another clothesline. Fox went for a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, but Nattie countered, bringing her down with a body splash.
Fox kicked out, then drove Natalya into the corner, stomping her into the ground. She attempted to calm down with Jinder's mantra, but this only allowed Natalya to tag in Roode.
Roode came in like a house of fire, taking Mahal down with multiple clotheslines and nearly picking up the pinfall with the blockbuster. Mahal kicked out.
The Sunil Singh interrupted a Glorious DDT, and Mahal went for the Khallas. Roode escaped but was slapped by Fox. Natalya took Fox out, and Samir distracted Roode, allowing Mahal to drive Roode down with the Khallas.
Results: Mahalicia defeated Team Pawz via pinfall.
Bobby Roode and Natalya have been eliminated from contention tonight. Team Mahalicia finally picked up their first win tonight, but will not have an easy time next week when they face an undefeated team.
Mahalicia will face Ember Moon and her mystery partner next week as the tournament progresses.
On the blue side, the two lowest teams on the totem pole, Fabulous Truth and Ravishing Rusev Day looked to avoid elimination tonight. Truth almost left Carmella early tonight, as he attempted to get home early for Thanksgiving. Thankfully, Carmella reminded him that there was a match tonight, and he got prepared in time.
Rusev and Lana have been struggling as of late, both on the Mixed Match Challenge and SmackDown Live. Tonight, the husband and wife duo hoped to turn their luck around.
Fabulous Truth (Carmella & R-Truth) vs Ravishing Rusev Day (Lana & Rusev)
Both teams attempted to get the crowd on their sides, dividing the crowd between "What's Up," "Rusev Day" "Lana Day" "Lana is the Best" and "Dance Break" chants. Finally, the dance break chant won out, only for Rusev and Lana to bail out before it happened.
Fabulous Truth began the dance break without their opponents, which was a bit of a mistake, as Rusev and Lana attacked them from behind.
Lana and Carmella started this match off, with Lana sending Carmella around the ring with a pair of suplexes. Carmella countered the third one but was sent crashing to the mat with a hair pull. Carmella was set up in the middle rope where Lana drove her knees into the former SmackDown Women's Champion's spine.
Lana continued to beat down the Princess of Staten Island, but she was eventually able to break away. Truth almost tagged himself in, but Rusev pulled him down off the apron, dropping him head first on the side of the ring. Lana then tagged Rusev in, and the Bulgarian Brute went to work.
Rusev dominated the veteran then tagged Lana in, who went after her nearly unconscious opponent on the outside. Rusev told Lana that she was Brock Lesnar. As he continued to cheer for his wife, Truth took him out. Lana then caught Truth with a kick to the head for attacking Rusev, but the Ravishing Russian was distracted long enough for Carmella to regain her composure.
Carmella dropped Lana with a superkick, picking up the win for her team.
Results: Fabulous Truth defeated Ravishing Rusev Day via pinfall.
Truth and Carmella join Mahalicia in picking up their first win of the season.
The playoffs have officially begun. Next week, The Raw side of the playoffs begin, with Team B'n'B (Bayley and Finn Balor) taking on the team of Country Dominance (Mickie James and Bobby Lashley), along with Mahalicia's match against Ember Moon and her mystery opponent.
With an injured Braun Strowman dropping out of the tournament, can Mahalicia continue their streak of good luck? Tune in next week to find out.
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