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Finn, Dominik, and Damian stand in the ring, along with JD McDonagh. Dominik looks completely heartbroken and distraught. Finn is absolutely livid and Damian looks fed up that JD is even in the ring with them. Last week, Finn Bálor recruited JD without consulting any of the other Judgment Day members, who were only shown grieving over the betrayal of Rhea Ripley

Finn: Two weeks ago...the Judgment Day was blindsided! We never, ever thought Rhea would be the one to betray the Judgment Day.

Damian: What's that supposed to mean?

Finn: Woah, I didn't say it was you either, Priest!

Dominik: So it was me!? You think I would betray Judgment Day!?

JD: Hey, guys, just calm-

Damian: Shut up! Just shut up! I don't even know why you're here!

Finn: He's going to be taking Rhea's place.

Damian: Yeah? And who decided that? I don't know if you noticed, Bálor, but you're not our leader! I'm the original member of the Judgment Day! This is MY group, not yours. As for you...

He says, turning to JD.

Damian: Get lost.

JD: You can't tell me what to do!

Priest gets in his face and looks down at him sinisterly.

Damian: Who the hell's gonna stop me?

Finn: I will!

He says getting between the two. Damian and Finn stare each other down when the lights go out. Then, a familiar gong plays before a piano begins to play. Draugr is here.

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Draugr walks down the ring with Rhea Ripley by his side. The two enter the ring and look at the men in front of them. Draugr stares down at the Judgment Day, removes his mask and hat, then adjusts both of his gloves. Then, he raises a mic to his mouth.

Draugr: My brother, you see how they cannot support you? All they want to do is tear you apart.

Damian doesn't respond. Instead, he takes what Draugr is saying to heart.

Finn: If you want to get to Priest, you're gonna have to get through us!

Draugr: That will not be a problem. You see, I was unable to make it to SmackDown last week. No, it was not to give you a break. I had to...retrieve a soul...of a friend who lost his way. You see, in my time of...grieving...I lashed out at him for straying too far from what he was destined to be. Now, he's back. Now, he's home.

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The Monster Among Monsters Duncan Blake is back and better than ever. He marches down the ring, clad in all black, and reunites with Draugr. Draugr looks at his old friend-turned-ally, then back at the Judgment Day.

Draugr: Priest is coming with us. Now.

Finn: I don't think so!

Before any violence can break out, Adam Pearce marches out onto the ring with a mic in hand.

Adam: Woah, woah, woah. If you four want to settle this, we'll settle it tonight. It'll be Draugr and Duncan versus Finn Bálor, JD Mcdonagh, and Dominik Mysterio. And that match starts...now!

Draugr removes his jacket. He and Duncan work out who should go out first and they decide it should be the returning Duncan. The Judgment Day decide JD should prove himself by sending him out to face Duncan.

The ref rings the bell and Duncan comes out the gates hot. The Monster charges forward and completely bulldozes through JD with a shoulder tackle.

He keeps the pressure on by grabbing JD by the head, lifting him to his feet, then throwing him across the ring violently like he's a bale of hay. Duncan stomps over to him and stands on JD's stomach with one leg before stepping up, driving the air out of him. Then, he drops down to a knee, driving his knee into JD's sternum. Duncan stands up and roars loudly at the crowd. He may have been gone for a few weeks, but he's just as good as he was when he left.

JD tries to roll over and crawl to the Judgment Day's corner. Before he can get close at all, Duncan grabs his ankle and drags him backwards, practically throwing him away from the Judgment Day.

JD crawls into the corner, hoping that'll keep him safe. Unfortunately, he's met with the giant Monster sprinting his way and crushing him in the corner. Duncan grabs JD's head and throws him to the mat. Duncan waits in the corner for JD to get back up to his feet. Once he's on his feet, Duncan sprints forward and dropkicks JD back to the mat with a Tyrannosaurus Dropkick.

JD's lighter body goes flying backwards. Finn stands on the middle rope and reaches out as far as he can, barely making contact with JD's shoulder and tagging himself in. Finn sprints out and hits Duncan with a flurry of punches and kicks. Duncan does his best to cover himself, but the combined damage of all the strikes is starting to hurt and making him angry. He quickly lashes out with a headbutt, knocking Finn to the ground.

Blake smirks as he looks at Finn's injured body. Having seen what Draugr put Finn through with the Bonebreaker onto the production crate a few weeks ago, he knows to target Finn's back, ribs, and chest. He runs forward and punt kicks Finn in the ribs causing the shorter man to roll in pain. Duncan reaches down, grabs him by the neck, hoists him onto his feet, then clubs him multiple times in the chest and stomach.

Once feeling he's done with Bálor, Duncan drags him over to Draugr. He throws Bálor by the back of the head into the corner, then tags Draugr in. The Son of the Deadman slowly enters the ring, then strikes Finn in the ribs with slow, methodically placed right hands. Then, he follows up by lunging into Bálor, bashing his face with a stiff elbow. He whips Finn to his corner hard, causing the Irishman's body to bounce off the turnbuckles. Before Bálor could fall, Dominik tagged himself in.

The young Mysterio runs in blindly. He hits several dropkicks. Then, when he goes for a clothesline, Draugr counters with a uranage.

He gets up and walks around the fallen Dominik before crouching beside him. Draugr wraps a gloved hand around Dirty Dom's throat strangling him. While choking Dom, he forces the young Mysterio to look at Rhea.

Draugr: She's mine now....she...is...mine!

Dom starts trying harder to get out of the hold. Once he manages to remove Draugr's hand, he kicks Draugr in the head. Then, he does a kip up. He runs at the Firefly Deadman only to be knocked flat on his back by a flying shoulder tackle.

The match carries on in a similar fashion as it started. The Undead Warlord and the Monster Among Monsters remain dominant throughout it until the Judgment Day and JD start using their numbers to cheat their way on top.

After a near fall following a 619 into a Coup de Grâce, Draugr is still laying flat on his back. He does the sit up and glares at the Judgment Day.

Upon seeing this, Rhea starts distracting the ref. Draugr stands to his feet and Duncan enters the ring. Damian, Dominik, and JD join Finn in the ring. As everyone stares one another down, Draugr raises his head a little before nodding once. Then, it happens. Damian grabs Finn and hits him with the Reckoning!

Dominik and JD look down at Finn's body while Damian gets up. Before either Dominik or JD can react, they're both clubbed from behind by Duncan. Damian picks Finn Bálor's unconscious body up and throws him at Draugr as if he were tossing a prisoner into a lion's den. Draugr quickly catches him and hits Bálor with a Sister Abigail.

Damian leaves the ring while Duncan walks over to Draugr. The two lift Bálor up and hit him with a Double Chokeslam.

Rhea stops distracting the referee while Draugr crosses Bálor's arms across his chest. With that, Draugr pins Bálor to three. The reunited team of Draugr and Duncan get the victory. Damian and Rhea join Draugr and Duncan in the ring. Damian stands across from Draugr, who has Rhea to his right and Duncan to his left. Draugr opens his arms out wide. This would be the perfect time for Damian to attack, but he doesn't. He watches as Draugr drops to one knee and raises his arms towards him. Then, Damian does the same.

The two brothers then grasp each other's hand and locks eyes. A wicked grin plagues Damian's face as Draugr looks at his younger brother approvingly. SmackDown's officially entering its darkest era.