Episode 24: Diana Ross

The Iiconics rate the show like Olympic judges. First, they give Michael Cole a 2. Then, they give the opening a 3, but the audience demands they bring it down to a zero. All of the Superstars get low scores (though Becky's "1" is a compliment by them), and Alexa Bliss even gets a -6. The Superstars think it's just a tough audience, but Diana gets tens every time which gives her high scores.

Songs/Sketches

 * "I Go to Rio"
 * "Love Hangover"
 * "Aunty Chovy"
 * Jeopardy!: Gas Lighter
 * UK Spot: "Feelings"
 * "Last Time I Saw Him"
 * "Reach Out and Touch"

Episode
Cold Open: AJ Styles has brought guest star Diana Ross a gift, because Michael said that wherever she goes, she has a big fan club.

"Turn It Up": Zoot charms a snake during the theme.

Alexa finds the same snake hanging out of her trumpet.

During Michael's introduction, The Iiconics announce that they will be keeping score throughout the show. So far, the Superstars have a score of 2.

Torrie Wilson leads a group of small animals in singing "I Go to Rio." At the end of the number, Peyton gives it a rating of 3, but the audience persuades them to lower it to a zero.

Backstage, the animals complain about the poor response to their song. One of the penguins even rented a tuxedo for the occasion (he's really a flamingo). Despite this, Becky Lynch knows just what the audience needs: comedy!

Becky's Comedy Acts: Becky gives the shortest performance of his career, being booed offstage before his first joke. The performance gets a rating of 1, and as Billie says, "She's never been better!"

Diana Ross sings "Love Hangover" as she dances with Dana Brooke. She receives a perfect 10 score from The Iiconics, who announce that the score is "Diana Ross: 10, Superstars: 3!"

Diana comes backstage to thank Becky for warming up the "terrific" audience for her. She then says of the audience, "When they love you, they don't hold back." Becky adds to that comment, "When they hate you they don't hold back either."

The Gills Brothers sing "Aunty Chovy." The audience's response is not a pretty one.

When the Gills Brothers return backstage, they are nothing but skeletons in suits. When asked what happened, they explain that "they were laying for us!" One audience member even brought with him a bottle of tartar sauce.

Michael stops by Diana's dressing room to discuss the problems they're having with the show. She tries to comfort him, suggesting he sends on one of the Superstars' "sure-fire acts." However, any idea they come up with, Michael thinks would be a mistake, until they finally decide on...

Jeopardy!: The scientific genius, The Miz, must fix the lighter of Captain Rusev! When First Mate Nia arrives to assist in this difficult operation, she is met with the hissing of an angry audience, and so leaves the stage. The hissing turns out to be, not from the audience, but from a gas leak in Rusev's lighter. Miz accidentally drops the lighter by a tank of nitroglycerin, in a darker area of the bridge, so Rusev lights a match to try and find it. The bridge explodes.

UK Spot: Lana sings "Feelings." The audience boos Lana, but Vickie is there to quiet them down.

Diana sings "Last Time I Saw Him," starting out backstage with just Floyd Pepper and Dr. Teeth, eventually moving the performance onstage with the rest of CFO$.

When Michael asks for an act to follow Diana Ross, everybody hides. Everyone except Alexa Bliss, of course. Alexa has prepared an act which can only be described as indescribable. Michael agrees to it. "Why not?"

The curtain opens for Alexa, onstage with a swinging rubber tire, a flaming torch, and a cow (she replaced the typewriter). The act goes no further and he is pelted with vegetables. He receives a -6 from Billie Kay.

Backstage, Alexa reveals he was only afflicted with a few tomato burns and cabbage cuts. The only solution, Michael believes, is to get Diana back onstage.

Before she sings her last song, Diana asks for Becky to join her onstage and relate the joke he told her earlier. Becky refuses, afraid to do so, knowing that the audience will boo him off. Diana agrees to do the joke for him, and she's a hit! She then sings "Reach Out and Touch" to Becky and the Superstars.

After hearing Diana's success when she told a joke, Becky is full of confidence to tell another! It doesn't work.

After the credits, The Iiconics are no longer keeping score. Instead, they're keeping "snore."

Edits

 * Nickelodeon: The Gills Brothers act was cut.

Trivia

 * As the final episode of the fourth season, this is the final episode with several notables, including the arrangement of Turn It Up used since season 2 (slight adjustments are made for the next season) as well as the last time AJ Styles is used in the Cold Opening with the guest star. (new character R-Truth will take over this function for the final season)

Cast
Superstars:


 * Michael Cole, Becky Lynch, AJ Styles, Nia Jax, Peyton Royce and Billie Kay (The Iiconics), Alexa Bliss, The Gills Brothers, Floyd Pepper, Vickie Guererro, Rusev, The Miz, Lana, Carmella, Female Singers, Penguins, Parrots, Lizards, Torrie Wilson, Tamina, Dana Brooke

Background Superstars:


 * Paige, Shayna Baszler, Kelly Kelly, Bayley, Mark Henry, Dr. Teeth, Janice, Zoot, Stephanie McMahon, Titus O'Neil, a Bossman, Gawky Birds, AJ Lee, Mandy Rose, Whatnots

Audience Characters:


 * Candice LeRae, Maryse, Renee Young, Summer Rae