The No Mercy PPV is going to be one of the biggest nights in this year’s WWE calendar considering that the company had organised two Wrestlemania worthy matchups in this event. Brock Lesnar will defend his Universal Championship against Braun Strowman in the first-ever singles contest between these two.
In the other main event of the night, John Cena will finally get the much-anticipated match against Roman Reigns. These two franchise players of the company will lock horns to determine who is more relevant to the fans, till date.
The match card is filled with other big-time contests as per confirmations from the happening on Raw. But, we should remember that there will be a kick-off show. It will be a one-hour special event before the main show and was supposed to feature in at least one match. But, we have got no idea as of which two superstars will be booked in this spot until WWE came up with an announcement.
In the official Twitter handle of the company, WWE let use know that Elias will take on Apollo Crews from the Titus Worldwide in a single contest in the kick-off show for No Mercy PPV. The same was confirmed on the WWE app, as well.
BREAKING: #TitusWorldwide‘s @ApolloCrews will go one-on-one with @IAmEliasWWE THIS SUNDAY on #WWENoMercy Kickoff! https://t.co/m8X04y97Gd pic.twitter.com/C7VJ8jefJy
— WWE (@WWE) September 22, 2017
On the last edition of WWE Raw, Apollo Crews had squared off against Curt Hawkins in a single match. The latter one was trying to stop his losing streak to start a new angle. However, Crews picked up a predictable win by pinning him and making the losing streak to 115.
Elias, on the other hand, has been part of the main event of Raw competing in the six-pack challenge to determine the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship. At this time, he is getting a push and hence, he is the favourite one to pull off a win and continue the momentum. It is the updated match card for No Mercy:
Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman
John Cena vs Roman Reigns
Bliss vs Banks vs Jax vs Emma vs Bayley
Ambrose & Rollins vs Cesaro & Sheamus
Finn Balor vs Bray Wyatt
The Miz vs Jason Jordan
Neville vs Enzo Amore
Apollo Crews vs Elias