Pre-Show: 

Tonight’s Mixed Match Challenge Pre-Show opens up with Vic Joseph & Kayla Braxton welcoming us to the show. They start off by recapping last week’s matches. They then preview and discuss tonight’s matches and inform us that tonight’s episode of Mixed Match Challenge is The Semi-Finals of which the winners of both matches will move on to this Sunday’s TLC and face-off against each other for The #30 spot on their respective Royal Rumble Matches and an all expense paid trip to anywhere they want in the world. The Pre-Show comes to a close. 

Main Show: 

Tonight’s episode of Mixed Match Challenge opens up with Michael Cole, Renee Young & Vic Joseph welcoming us to the show. They then remind us that tonight’s episode is The Semi-Finals of which the winners of both matches will move on to this Sunday’s TLC and face-off against each other for The #30 spot on their respective Royal Rumble Matches and an all expense paid trip to anywhere they want in the world. We head right to the ring for the first match of the night and it is Apollo Crews & Bayley vs. Mahalicia.

Apollo Crews & Bayley vs. Mahalicia (Jinder Mahal & Alicia Fox): Mahal and Crews get things going, but Fox and Bayley are in shortly after. Bayley drops Fox, then Fox heads out to the floor and starts yelling at everyone that she wants her vacation. Fox finally gets back in the ring. Bayley with a drop toe hold. Fox gets back on her feet and lands a couple of forearms. Bayley gets sent into the corner. Fox charges in, gets lifted up and dropped into the top turnbuckle. Fox tags in Mahal, who takes his time getting in the ring. Mahal goes for a kick and gets caught, but ends up sending Crews into the corner. Crews flips away from Mahal, avoids him again and hip tosses Mahal. Crews with a standing moonsault and is able to land on his feet. Mahal with a jumping knee, then goes for a cover, but only gets a two count. Mahal with some more knees as he wears down Crews. Fox yells “vacation!” in the corner. Mahal with a clothesline as he continues to keep Crews grounded. Crews finally gets up and hits an enziguri. Bayley cheers on her partner, gets tagged in and lands a couple of clotheslines. Bayley with a back elbow in the corner and a flurry of punches in the corner. Bayley with a side suplex, then a knee to the face. Bayley continues the offense with a cutter on the ropes. Bayley hits a bayley-to-belly, then goes for a cover, but The Singh Brothers yanks Fox out of the ring. Crews off the steps to take out both brothers. Crews with a moonsault off the apron to drop them again. Bayley-to-belly on both brothers, but Mahal with a superkick on Crews on the floor. Bayley with a suicide dive on Mahal. Back in the ring, Fox hits a superkick, then goes for a cover and that will do it. Winners: Mahalicia (Jinder Mahal & Alicia Fox)

We head backstage where Kayla Braxton talks with Jinder Mahal & Alicia Fox about if they thought this day would come. Mahal says that he did because he visualized this ever since the beginning. Mahal then says that he sees the brothers and Fox on the beach. Fox then says that the brothers aren’t coming and the only reason they are headed to the finals is because she’s the captain. Asuka barges in, says that she will win, laughs and heads out to the ring.

Awe-Ska (The Miz & Asuka) vs. The Fabulous Truth (R-Truth & Carmella): Miz and Asuka argue about who will start the match. “I got it” Asuka says over and over. Miz wants a tag, so they argue even more and she chops him in the chest and that counts as a tag. Miz says that she cost them their one loss. Truth with a roll-up, but only gets a two count. Shoulder block by Truth and he gives The Miz a quick dance. Truth hits Miz with a hurricanrana and pops The Miz right in the face. Miz recovers and fights back. Truth taunts The Miz a bit, dodges a clothesline, nails him with a hip toss and knocks The Miz out to the floor. Carmella hops in the ring for a quick dance break. Carmella and Truth want a dance from Asuka, who dances a bit on the apron. Miz yells at her to get her head in the game and ends up getting sent into the ring. Truth with a bunch of pops in the corner. Miz shoves him off and kicks Truth in the face. Miz is able to get back into the match for a moment. Truth with a back suplex. Miz lands on his feet. DDT by The Miz, then he goes for a cover, but Carmella slides into the pin to break it up. Miz tries a moonwalk and Carmella can’t even bare to watch it. Miz with some “it” kicks to Truth, misses the last one, roll-up by Truth, but only gets a two count. Both up quickly. The Miz with a clothesline. Truth is able to drop Miz and slowly makes his way to tag out. Carmella with a couple of clotheslines and sends Asuka’s face into her foot in the corner. Carmella with the bronco buster, but nobody is home. Asuka looks for a suplex. Carmella screams to put her down. Asuka does for a moment, then hits a jumping knee. Asuka with a low dropkick, then goes for a pin, but only gets a two count. Carmella shoves Asuka back to Miz, which counts as a tag. Truth drops Miz with a kick, then goes for a cover, but Asuka stops that. Carmella in as she stomps away on the mat and tries for a superkick, but The Miz pulls Asuka in front of him. Truth distracts him. Carmella with a superkick on The Miz. Truth drops The Miz, then goes for a cover and gets a very close three. Both Carmella and Truth gets sent out of the ring. Asuka finally sees Miz and is not happy. She starts yelling at him in Japanese. The Miz says that he didn’t pull her in front of the kick. She’s heated. The Miz says that they are a team and let’s get this thing done. Asuka looks to agree and then obliterates The Miz with a bunch of punches and kicks, then just heads out to the back. Truth with an unprettier, then goes for a cover and gets the 1-2-3. Winners: The Fabulous Truth (R-Truth & Carmella)

It will be R-Truth & Carmella vs. Jinder Mahal & Alicia Fox at WWE TLC. The winners get The 30th spot in The Men’s & Women’s Royal Rumble Matches, along with a vacation. Michael Cole then talks about everyone’s bracket being blown up over the way tonight played out as Mixed Match Challenge goes off the air.