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Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE No Mercy 2016 results. The show was headlined by (and opened with) a triple threat for the WWE Championship, featuring AJ Styles defending against John Cena and Dean Ambrose. Also on the show, Dolph Ziggler put his career on the line against The Miz’s Intercontinental Championship.

Be back here tomorrow for the full Best and Worst of WWE No Mercy 2016 column.

WWE No Mercy 2016 Results:

– Kickoff Match: American Alpha and The Hype Bros defeated The Ascension and The Vaudevillains. Jason Jordan pinned Aiden English after a Grand Amplitude.

1. Triple Threat for the WWE Championship: AJ Styles (c) defeated John Cena and Dean Ambrose. Cena and Ambrose simultaneously made Styles tap out, causing the referee to restart the match. Cena hit Ambrose with an Attitude Adjustment from the second rope, but Styles attacked Cena with a chair and pinned him to retain the championship.

2. Nikki Bella defeated Carmella. Bella pinned Carmella after the Rack Attack 2.0 (the fireman’s carry into a cutter).

3. Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match: Heath Slater and Rhyno (c) defeated The Usos. Rhyno pinned Jey Uso after a Gore.

4. Baron Corbin defeated Jack Swagger. Corbin won the match with an End of Days.

5. Intercontinental Championship vs. Career Match: Dolph Ziggler defeated The Miz (c). Maryse and the members of the Spirit Squad tried to interfere for Miz. They were ejected, causing a distraught Miz to walk into a superkick and lose the match. Dolph Ziggler remains in WWE, and is the Intercontinental Champion.

6. Naomi defeated Alexa Bliss. Naomi subbed in for an injured Becky Lynch, and won the match after countering an Alexa Bliss cross arm-breaker into a pin.

7. Bray Wyatt defeated Randy Orton. Luke Harper teleported into the ring to distract Orton, leaving him open for a Sister Abigail from Wyatt.