One last stop before Hell in a Cell!

The #BROnin snatched golden tickets on Raw, and now they cash in on SmackDown! Will Nakamura & Riddle dethrone the Usos and avenge their friends?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Six Man Tag: Drew McIntyre & The New Day VS The Brawling Brutes; The Brawling Brutes win.
• Humberto Carrillo w/ Angel Garza VS Jinder Mahal w/ Shanky; Jinder wins.
• SmackDown Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s Six Pack Challenge: Raquel Rodriguez VS Shayna Baszler VS Natalya VS Shotzi Blackheart VS Aliyah VS Xia Li; Natty wins and will challenge Ronda Rousey for the title.
• Happy Corbin VS Mad Cap Moss; Corbin wins, by disqualification.
• Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships: The Usos VS The BROnin; The Usos win and retain the titles.

PLAY BY PLAY

The New Day is here!

Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods are ready to keep the momentum from last week going, and they get the mics to welcome Columbus, Ohio and all the Buckeyes to SmackDown! It feels real good to be coming live from THE Ohio State University, BAAAABYYYY~! And what better place than this to talk about something very near and dear to the New Day. And that thing is victory! Fans chant, “O H! I O!” for themselves, and Kofi says as we all know, Sheamus, Ridge and Butch, the “Brawling Brutes-” Wait what? That’s their name? That’s what they chose for their group? Alright…

The Brawling Brutes done put the New Day through the wringer, but now New Day is in the winner’s column, thanks to one man. That is the sword swinging, Claymore kicking man of the hour, say it with Woods, “DREW! MCINTYRE!” The Scottish Warrior heads to the ring now! McIntyre fires the fans up with the pyro, then he gets the mic. “We’re loud tonight! Before we get started, I want to send a special shoutout to somebody watching at home. Who could that be?” Who who who? That somebody is Big E. Fans cheer for that, and McIntyre says he’s been injured before, knows what it is like. It feels like you’re alone, but no one has forgotten him!

Fans chant for “BIG E! BIG E!” McIntyre says he’ll keep sending some pictures to keep Big E going. Pictures of…? McIntyre notes his return to SmackDown last week, he’s been doing some thinking. But he vows that he will challenge for and win the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion at Clash at the Castle! But that’s September, this is now! If the New Day is ever in need, count on ya boi, BIG D! They know Big D always goes in- WHOA! Family friendly, McIntyre. We walk the line, don’t go too far. Lots of edging. But hard segue, that shirt goes hard. What? Kneel for the Steel? Pretty self explanatory, you get down on your knees-

NO NO NO! Get the gift! Get the gift! Kofi gets a box and says this is for McIntyre. They didn’t have to. Yeah but he’ll like it. Well, alright. McIntyre’s birthday is Monday so happy early birthday to him. Hold the sword. McIntyre opens the box as fans chant, “Happy Birthday!” McIntyre brings out a BIG D kilt! But then here come the Brawling Brutes! Sheamus “apologizes” for interrupting this sad little love fest, but last week’s win was as tainted as every single Ohio State championship! You know it’s true! But see, they didn’t know Lil’ D was gonna rear his big ugly head and be a tag team partner. The brutes had no time to prepare for Fight Night! No time to game plan for Fight Night!

But if they go fight night again, they’d kick #DrewDay’s stinkin’ arses all over the kip. Fans boo but Sheamus tells them to settle down. Sheamus doesn’t like to complain, but then Butch rushes in! He fires off on #DrewDay but they toss him back out! Fans fire up and it seems McIntyre is more than ready to take on the Bruiserweight! Will there be a Claymore in Pete Dunne’s future?

Six Man Tag: Drew McIntyre & The New Day VS The Brawling Brutes!

SmackDown returns and holla holla, it’s a rematch from last week! Will The Fella be proven right now that this is a “fair” fight? Or will #DrewDay rock the brutes all over again?

Sheamus has Woods on the apron and he gives Woods Beats of the Bodhrain! Sheamus goes to ten, Dunne tags in to fire off his own beats! He has a unique rhythm, but he drags Woods in to wrench the arm,. Woods JAWBREAKERS free, wrenches Dunne then tags Kofi. Dunne breaks free but runs into double mule kicks! Woods KICKS, Kofi NECKBREAKER, Woods basement dropkick and Kofi SPLASHES! Cover, ONE!! Kofi tags Woods, they double snapmare Dunne to KICK over and over! Kofi PENALTY KICKS, a SENTON from Woods! Cover, TWO! Woods whips Dunne, Dunne BOOTS him!

Ridge tags in, Dunne feeds Woods to a POUNCE! Ridge roars, he stomps and grinds Woods at the ropes, then he brings Woods up to ROCK Woods with a right. Tag to Sheamus, he stomps Woods, CLUBS him, then tags Dunne. The brutes mug Woods, Dunne KICKS the leg. Dunne grinds the arm, digs his knees into the arm. Fans rally up, but Dunne fishhooks Woods and stomps his hand! Tag to Sheamus, Sheamus stomps Woods, then he hauls Woods up. Fans rally, Woods lands out of the back suplex and dodges to hot tag Kofi! Kofi GAMANGIRIS Sheamus, then goes up to AX HANDLE! Kofi also BLASTS Ridge and Dunne!

Kofi fires off on Sheamus, dropkick, but Sheamus blocks the leaping lariat! Sheamus runs in at the corner but Kofi sends him into POST! Kofi goes up and up to CROSSBODY! TWO, but Kofi PENALTY KICKS! And then the NEW~ DAY~ Boom Drop! Fans fire up and claps along, “NEW! DAY ROCKS!” Dunne anchors Kofi’s foot, but McIntyre RAMS him into steel! Sheamus CLOBBERS Kofi, Alabama Lift, but Kofi sunset flips! Sheamus rolls through but Kofi KNEES Him out! Ridge gets up but Woods DECKS him! Kofi and Woods build speed, DOUBLE TOPE! The New Day take out the Brutes and Woods snatches McAfee’s headset!

Fans are fired up while Woods says SmackDown is the best show WWE has going! Woods says he wants the Intercontinental Championship, too! He keeps going but SmackDown goes to break!

SmackDown returns again and Sheamus has Kofi in a chinlock! Sheamus squeezes tight but fans rally up. Kofi fights up, but Sheamus puts him in the Brute corner. Tag to Dunne, Dunne fires off forearms on Kofi! Ridge tags in to get Dunne to stop, and to also stay away from McIntyre. Ridge sends Dunne into Kofi, then SPLASHES Kofi! Tag to Sheamus, POWERSLAM and Sheamus is up top! KING KONG KNEE DROP! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up as Kofi survives but Sheamus SLAPS McIntyre! McIntyre is furious but Sheamus runs at Kofi, into DOUBLE KNEES! Fans fire up and Kofi crawls to the corner! Hot tags to Ridge and McIntyre!

McIntyre rallies on Ridge with big lariats! He DECKS Dunne, dodges Ridge and then clinches to OVERHEAD Belly2Belly! Fans fire up as McIntyre goes out and he CLOBBERS Sheamus! Fans fire up, McAfee high-fives McIntyre, but hurts hi s hand! NECKBERAKER for Ridge! McIntyre kips up, fans fire up, and the countdown begins! THREE! TWO! Sheamus runs in but into an OVERHEAD Belly2Belly! Dunne tags in, jumps on and fires hands, but McIntyre TOSSES him, too! Tag to Woods, McIntyre feeds Dunne to a torture rack! RACK BOMB!! Cover, but Ridge breaks it!

Kofi gets in, dodges and SUPERKICKS Ridge out! Kofi then PENALTY- NO, Ridge blocks, drags Kofi off and SLAMS him down! McIntyre ROCKS Ridge, but Sheamus KNEES McIntyre down! Sheamus then BROGUES McIntyre for good measure! Woods gets up, Dunne runs in but Woods dodges to roll him up! TWO, Woods mule kicks Dunne! Sheamus distracts Woods, Dunne kicks Woods and pump handles, BITTER END!! Cover, the Brutes win!!

Winners: The Brawling Brutes, by pinfall

A huge upset as the Bruiserweight and buddies gets the better of Woods! Will Big D take it upon himself to bend Butch and make him #KneeltotheSteel?

Backstage interview with Matt Riddle & Shinsuke Nakamura.

The BROnin just united as a team last Friday, and now they’re challenging for the tag titles! How exciting is that? Pretty exciting, actually. Riddle says they’re still in the honeymoon phase, and Shin’s no Randy, but he has sweet movies. And Riddle is no Boogs, but he is pretty smooth. Kayla hates to point this out, but things didn’t really go Riddle’s way last time. Roman Reigns did help the Usos cheat to unify the titles, and then the Bloodline brutalized Randy Orton and Matt Riddle.

Riddle says as much pain as the Bloodline caused Randy, he promises he will hurt them twice as bad. Roman and the Usos may have ended Randy’s career, but tonight isn’t just about those titles. Tonight is about vengeance! This one is for Riddle’s best bud, Randy. Will the Stallion and the King of Strong Style rip those titles away from Jimmy & Jey and strike first blood against the Bloodline?

Adam Pearce is on the phone.

He discusses tonight’s Six Pack Challenge, and says it is a great idea. And surprisingly, it came from Ronda Rousey herself. She figured if they all want a shot, they should all get a chance to earn it. Pearce agrees with that logic, and- Wait, there’s a knock at the door. And then in walks Max Dupri. Pearce tells the other person he’ll talk more later. Max makes sure the person on the other end knows it’s Max Du-PRI. And for seven long days, Max has scoured the roster for the next crossover superstar. A man who can represent the WWE on any runway on this planet. We’re talking Paris, Milan, Berlin! Even WrestleMania!

Now, while Pearce doesn’t make the cut, as Max said last week, Max has found his first client! A diamond in the rough! A man who will walk away from Instagram to enter the bright lights of the WWE. And that man is…?  Well that’s a little invasive, Pearce. Just wait like the rest of the world. You’ll see next week, Maximum Male Model’s first client will be unveiled by yours truly, Max Du-PRI! So just who did make the cut?

Humberto Carrillo w/ Angel Garza VS Jinder Mahal w/ Shanky!

Los Lotharios got a big win last week as Samantha Irvin ended up an inadvertent distraction. But of course, things can’t start without the Los Lotharios Kiss Cam. They have to move on past their usual corner and the end up on the other side to give a young lady the kisses on the cheek. But will the Modern Day Maharaja facing Humberto 1v1 be a big change from last week? Or will the Lethal Lovers keep the momentum going even in singles competition?

SmackDown returns and Shanky is getting his groove on at gorilla. But Jinder tells him to take this seriously! No dancing! Jinder leads the way out but Shanky can’t help but get his groove on to the theme song. He stops when Jinder looks at him, and then Jinder has him stay over in the corner. Shanky gets a little shimmy in then the bell rings. Garza distracts Jinder, Carrillo fires off on him! Carrillo dropkicks, then runs in again to stomp Jinder down! The ref counts, Carrillo lets off and then he goes up to wave hi to Samantha. Shanky frowns as Carrillo CLUBS and CHOPS Jinder! Carrillo CLUBS and CHOPS again, then whips corner to corner.

Jinder reverses, Carrillo goes up and over, but then Carrillo runs into a back drop! Shanky dances it up as fans fire up, and Jinder stomps Carrillo to ropes. Jinder drops knees over and over at the ropes, digs his knees in, but lets off at the ref’s count. Jinder drags Carrillo up onto the apron, but Carrillo HOTSHOTS him! Then GAMANGIRIS! Carrillo slingshots in and springboards, but Jinder ducks the crossbody! THRUST KICK! Fans fire up and Garza is worried. Jinder aims from a corner, fires up, Shanky feels it, too! But Shanky’s chanting distracts Jinder. Jinder tells Shanky to take this seriously! Carrillo rolls Jinder up, but Shanky arguing with the ref prevents the count!

Carrillo lets off, he’s upset about this, and he tells Shanky to get down! But then Jinder rolls Carrillo! JINDER WINS!

Winner: Jinder Mahal, by pinfall

Shanky dances for the victory, and Jinder is unsure what to make of it. But he did win, so shouldn’t he be in a better mood? As for Shanky, he sees Samantha smiling, and he gives her more of that Bollywood best! She gives it back! IS the skyscraping dance machine going to have one hot Summer?

Ronda Rousey is here!

The Baddest Woman on the Planet and SmackDown Women’s Champion is here because she wants to see who wins the right to challenge her firsthand! Who busts this Six Pack wide open and gets that golden ticket?

SmackDown Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s Six Pack Challenge: Raquel Rodriguez VS Shayna Baszler VS Natalya VS Shotzi Blackheart VS Aliyah VS Xia Li!

Big Mami Cool has had her opportunities and gave Ronda some great fights, but she’ll have to win the biggest fight of her career to get another shot. The Queen of Spades, the Queen of Harts, the Wild Child, the… Well, it seems someone locked Aliyah inside the locker room again… Shotzi is laughing it up so we can all guess who. But will someone free #Aliyah316 so she can join the Spicy Xia and the rest of the field? We’ll see, after the break!

SmackDown returns and Shayna makes her entrance, followed by Xia Li and then Natalya. But what about Aliyah? Shotzi says she’s out by default and wants this to get going. But surprise! Aliyah is here! The bell rings and she TACKLES Shotzi! Shotzi scrambles away, Aliyah chases after her, and then hits a FLYING THESZ PRESS! Shayna & Natty go after Aliyah together, double whipping her over barriers and into the timekeeper’s area! Raquel shoves Xia down, but the Queens return. Raquel sees she’s surrounded but just fights them off! Kick for Shayna, forearm for Xia, Raquel even barrels through Natty’s discus!

Raquel DOUBLE LARIATS Natty and Xia and the Buckeyes fire up! Shotzi leaps on, but Raquel deflects the crossbody! She scoops Shotzi to swing her into Shayna and TOSS her onto Xia! Raquel gets Natty up, TEXANA- NO! Shayna saves Natty and hops on for a KIRAFUDA KLUTCH! They tumble out of the ring, so Natty hurries to get old enemy Xia by the legs! Natty stomps away on Xia, steps through, but Xia fights the Sharpshooter off! Xia fires forearms, Natty hits back! They brawl, fans fire up and Natty whips. Xia reverses and runs in to STEP UP ELBOW! Xia then snap suplexes Natty away!

Fans fire up as Xia runs and SPIN KICKS Natty down! Cover, Aliyah breaks it! Aliyah brings Xia up, dodges her haymaker and BULLDOGS! Xia bails out so Aliyah covers Natty! Shayna breaks it, brings Aliyah up, gut wrench SLAM! Aliyah bails out, Shotzi returns to kick Shayna! Another old rivalry here, Shotzi jumps for a SATELLITE DDT! Shotzi laughs but turns around into a HEEL KICK from Xia! Natty rushes Xia and hits the DISCUS! Natty kicks Raquel as she gets in and fires off hands! Natty kicks low, but Raquel blocks the punch! Raquel shakes her head, choke grips Natty, but Natty RAMS Raquel into buckles! Roll up, TWO!

Raquel BOOTS Natty down! Raquel drags Natty into a drop zone but Shotzi bumps Raquel off buckles! Raquel gives Shotzi the buckle bump back, then deadlifts Shotzi up and over the corner! GOURD BUSTER onto Natty! Raquel stacks those two, TWISTING VADER! Ronda is rather impressed as Raquel gives Shotzi the TEXANA BOMB!! But Shayna and the KIRAFUDA KLUTCH returns! But Natty covers Shotzi! NATTY WISN!

Winner: Natalya, by pinfall (NEW #1 Contender to the SmackDown Women’s Champion)

Ricky Desperado does all the damage, the Queen of Spades gets her out of the way, and it’s the BOAT that takes the win! Ronda gets up from her seat and gets into the ring to stare down her former friend. Ronda smirks, then laughs. Will Rowdy Ronda bring Natty down like a house of cards when the time comes for this match?

Happy Corbin speaks.

This was actually recorded last week in response to Mad Cap Moss’ Instagram ultimatum. Corbin tells Moss that if he does show up for SmackDown tonight, he has two options: get another ride out of the arena in an ambulance that will make a stop at the funeral home; or get down on his knees and beg Corbin to give him his job back. What will Moss choose? We’re about to find out!

An ambulance pulls up into the arena.

And busting out of it isn’t Mad Cap but a raging RIDDICK Moss! No hats, no suspenders, and no laughing matter! Will Moss show Corbin who’s boss around here?

“Mad Cap” Riddick Moss heads to the ring!

Fans are fired up just like Moss is, and Moss gets a mic. “Three weeks ago, I laid in this ring with a steel chair wrapped around my neck, and a ninety pound trophy slammed down on me. Now the man who did that, Happy Corbin, he thought that that would be the end of Mad Cap Moss. Well let me tell you all something! He was right. The man that he thought he knew as Mad Cap Moss is gone. The man that would take his crap week after week, the man that would just laugh it off and do his job, the ’employee’ Mad Cap Moss isn’t just gone, I buried him.

When the weight of that trophy smashed down on me, maybe it knocked something loose in my head. Because every night since then, I’ve had this dream where I’m hitting Corbin in the face harder and harder as he says, ‘Tell us a joke, Mad Cap!'” Moss grins and says one day, he woke up and thought, “Y’know who I bet would love to see that happen? Is allllll of you here tonight! SO Corbin, you human fedora rack, get your sorry ass out here right now before I come back there and find you!” Fans fire up with Moss, and here comes Corbin! Corbin already has a mic and says, “Mad Cap, I’m sorry. But you’re not here to fight. I know the real reason you’re here. ‘Cause you missed me, pal!”

Corbin says Moss misses the structure brought to his life by being Corbin’s employee, and is here to beg for his job back. And Corbin will consider it. Moss says the only thing he wants is Corbin to come here so he can knock those teeth down Corbin’s throat! Corbin wants Moss to calm down. There’s nothing that would make Corbin happier than teaching Moss another lesson in humility. But not tonight! Moss is angry, he isn’t thinking straight, and Corbin would hate for Moss to throw away his entire career just because he’s emotional. It’s a bad idea. But Adam Pearce walks out to say actually, a match would be a great idea!

Pearce asks if the fans want to see it. The fans do, so Pearce says the match is official! Will Corbin no longer be happy after the raging Riddick Moss rips him apart?

Happy Corbin VS Mad Cap Moss!

SmackDown returns and Corbin is reluctant to get in the ring. Moss gives him room and the ref tells Corbin to get in the ring. Corbin wants more space, fans boo but Corbin gets in finally. The bell rings, Corbin bails right back out! Fans boo again and Moss is frustrated, but the ring count starts. Corbin gets on the apron, gets in, but he uses the ropes and the ref as a defense! Then Corbin kicks Moss in the leg and sucker punches him! Corbin cheers himself, but turns around into a LARIAT! Moss then clotheslines Corbin out of the ring! Moss goes after Corbin, RAMS him into barriers, then RAMS him into more barriers!

Fans rally, Moss POSTS Corbin, and the ring count is 5 of 10. Moss puts Corbin in, fires up again, but Corbin bails back out. Moss hurries over, Corbin has a chair! Moss sees that and he kicks Corbin first! Moss uses the chair and hits Corbin!

Winner: Happy Corbin, by disqualification

The DQ doesn’t matter, Moss fires off on Corbin! He SMACKS Corbin on the back, and again! Fans fire up with Moss and he goes out to get something more! STEEL STEPS! Fans are loving where Moss is going with this, and Moss puts those stairs in the ring. Moss gets the chair to SMACK Corbin again! That chair has a good dent in it but Moss CHOKES Corbin with it, then JAMS him in the ribs! Moss puts the chair around Corbin’s neck and stands on it to choke him more! Then he gets the steel steps! Moss wants to return the favor from three weeks ago, but referees and officials rush out to stop this! Corbin gets away with his life, but will Moss hunt him down to the ends of the earth?

Backstage interview with The Usos.

Kayla holds the mic up for Jimmy & Jey, and Jimmy asks Jey if he just saw Moss go after Corbin trying to take his cap off. Moss trying to get real, sending Corbin to the ICU. Well, the hospital’s got two more guests coming in Riddle & Shinsuke. Kayla asks about Riddle’s comments and his dedication to Randy. Oh, you mean this one? “Hey, Ran~dy! This one’s for you~! Bro.” That’s supposed to motivate them? Nope! Usos have motivation, too! This one goes out to the Tribal Chief, the Needle Mover, the Head of the Table, and Undisputed Universal Champion, Roman Reigns. The Bloodline will still be draped in all the gold, still the Undisputed Tag Team Champions! Riddle & Nakamura are the twos, but #WeTheOnes! But will they be the ones dethroned in THE Ohio State University arena?

Happy Corbin is making his exit from the arena.

He’s clutching his side while dragging his luggage along, but Adam Pearce finds him first. Corbin is happy to see him. Surely Moss is suspended, right? No, not at all. Corbin did worse to Moss so there are no suspensions here. In fact, since Corbin and Moss are so hellbent on destroying each other, they’re going to have another match this Sunday at Hell in a Cell! And it will be NO HOLDS BARRED! No running, no hiding, but will there be no surviving the wrath of Riddick Moss?

BREAKING NEWS!

The WWE Intercontinental Championship will be on the line next week on SmackDown! Ricochet will defend against Der Ring General, GUNTHER! But speaking of the champ, here is the champ!

Ricochet speaks.

“Gunther and his sidekick, Ludwig, always want to talk about respect. But you see this? I got this because my work in between those ropes is impeccable, flawless. Now, I train day in and day out, and I earned those skills that I have in that ring. So next week, yeah, I am confident. I am confident that Gunther will respect all my capabilities on that so-called sacred mat that they talk about and that this, this will continue to sit pretty on the shoulder of the One and Only.”

Imperium responds.

Ludwig Kaiser says the mat IS sacred, and the Intercontinental Championship represents honor and integrity. There is no man more worthy of it than GUNTHER. “Ricochet, your time is up.” Gunther says, “Der Ring General will become the NEW Intercontinental Champion!”

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships: The Usos VS The BROnin!

Jimmy & Jey retained the SmackDown Tag Team Championships against Nakamura & Boogs at WrestleMania, and they won the Raw Tag Team Championships off RKBRO (with help from Roman). But when the King of Strong Style and the Stallion joined forces, they pushed Usos to the point of throwing the match and giving them this opportunity! Will Nakamura & Riddle be the winning combination that finally tears down the Uso Penitentiary? Or will the Bloodline continue their dominance across both brands by any means necessary?

The introductions are made, one belt each is raised, and we see just how undisputed the Usos are, after the break!

SmackDown returns once again and the teams sort out. Nakamura starts with Jey, and Nakamura rushes Jey at the bell! Nakamura knees low, throws more knees into Jey’s shoulders and ribs, then brings him up for even more knees! Tag to Riddle, they give KICK after KICK on Jey, then feed to the FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Riddle keeps on Jey with forearms, but Jimmy tags in as Riddle whips. Jey reverses, the Usos DOUBLE SPINEBUSTER! Jimmy stomps Riddle on his back and hips, remembering the damage done a few weeks ago. BIG back suplex, cover, TWO! Jimmy clamps onto a chinlock and he grinds Riddle down.

Riddle endures, fans rally up, Jimmy talks trash, but Riddle gets up to his feet. Riddle throws body shots, Jimmy keeps him from Nakamura and scoops, but Riddle slips out! ROUNDHOUSE! Both men are down but the fans rally up! Hot tags to Jey and Nakamura! Nakamura ducks a haymaker, Jey ducks a roundhouse, but the WHEEL KICK catches Jey! Nakamura KNES Jimmy, AX KICKS, then goes after Jey with more kicks! The ref counts but Nakamura gives Jey GOOD VIBRATIONS~! Nakamura then puts Jey up top, rolls and runs in, TOP SHELF KNEE! Cover, TWO! Nakamura gets Jey up, whips him to a corner, then he runs in, and blocks Jey’s boots!

Nakamura puts Jey in the ropes, ROUNDHOUSE and a roll, SLIDING GERMAN! Fans fire up and Riddle tags in to KNEE Jey down! Cover, TWO! Jey survives and Riddle fumes but fans fire up. Riddle drags Jey up but Jey fireman’s carries! Riddle slips off and shoves, Jey DECKS Nakamura! Jey then ducks Riddle’s roundhouse but Riddle lands out of the back suplex! Riddle is in a corner, he BOOTS Jey away! Riddle goes up, Jimmy trips him while the ref is busy with Jey! Riddle lands bac on his face, Jimmy tags in! The Usos DOUBLE SUPERKICK! Cover, Nakamura breaks it with a KINSHASA! Jey gets in but gets a ROUNDHOUSE!

Nakamura goes out after Jey! Nakamura RAMS Jey into steps! Nakamura wants Jey to get up and McAfee wants it for him! But Jey dodges, Nakamura’s knee hits the steps! Jimmy gets Nakamura up, he sets Nakamura up for Jey to STOMP the bad leg! The ref checks on Nakamura, did they just take his leg out like what happened to Boogs? The ref calls for medics to check this and the Usos go to the ring. Fans boo, but the Usos hold up the fingers because they the ones who just took out Nakamura. Riddle checks with Nakamura, is this match done already? Riddle says he’ll go it alone! He DECKS Jey, DECKS Jimmy, then gets in to fire off on Jimmy!

Fans are thunderous behind the Bro and he clotheslines Jimmy out! Can the Bro be undisputed all by himself?  We’ll have to wait and see as SmackDown goes to break!

SmackDown returns once more and Jimmy has Riddle down, Jimmy brings Riddle up to whip tot he corner, but Riddle fires off forearm sand elbows all over! Riddle fires off on Jimmy, blocks a kick but gets the DRAGON WHIP! Cover, TWO! Jimmy calls to Jey, they tag, and the Usos drag Riddle up. The Usos double whip Riddle to the corner HARD, and Riddle bounces off buckles! Jey raises the finger, and he mocks the voices in Orton’s head! Fans boo, but Jey turns around into Riddle’s FINAL FLASH! Both men are down, but only Jey has a partner! Jey crawls over, tags in Jimmy, and Jimmy gets Riddle up, only for Riddle to fire off palm strikes!

Riddle BOOTS Jimmy, then spins him to a PELE! Then he eggs Jey on and gets him for a ripcord, FINAL FLASH! Usos are in opposite corners, Riddle goes back and forth with forearm smash after forearm smash! BROSPLODER for Jimmy! Forearm and BROSPLODER for Jey! BROTON for Jimmy! BROTON for Jey! Fans fire up and Riddle has Jimmy on the apron! Riddle brings Jimmy in, but Jey saves Jimmy from the DDT. So Riddle goes out to PENALTY KICK Jey! And ASAI FLOATING BRO for Jimmy! Fans are thunderous as Riddle gets Jimmy in the ring! Riddle aims, dodges, POWERSLAM a la Orton!

Riddle puts Jimmy through ropes, drags him through, DRAPING DDT! Fans fire up again as Riddle hears those voices, bro! Jimmy gets up, Riddle rushes in but no RKO! Jey’s on the apron so Riddle DECKS him! Riddle switches with Jimmy and rolls him up! TWO!! POP-UP SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! Riddle survives and Jimmy can’t believe it! The Buckeyes are fired up again as Jimmy goes to a corner! Jimmy goes up top but Riddle is right up there after him! But Roman’s music hits! Jey tags in before Riddle hits the SUPER RKO!! Jey is up top, USO SPLASH!! Cover, The Usos retain!!

Winners: The Usos, by pinfall (still the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions)

Wait a minute, Sami Zayn is in the production truck?! And HE is the one who cued up the Tribal Chief’s music?! Sami helped the Usos and screwed over Riddle, and celebrates like HE won the titles! Will this win the Honorary Uce major points with the Head of the Table? Or has he just added himself to the Bro’s Bloodline hitlist? Speaking of, Riddle rushes out after them all! He CLOBBERS Sami, but the Usos go after him! Referees rush out to stop this! Riddle shouts, “THIS ISN’T THE END! YOU TOOK RANDY FROM ME! YOU DON’T TAKE RANDY!!” Will the Stallion stampede and smash Sami along the way?

My Thoughts:

A really good go-home for SmackDown that wasn’t bogged down by the usual Go Home Syndrome. There was one major recap package for Cody VS Rollins to hype up their Hell in a Cell match and that was about it. But at the same time, going into tonight, there were basically NO SmackDown related matches on the HIAC card so that could be why there wasn’t Go Home Syndrome. Moss returning in a much more serious capacity was a great part of tonight, as was him having a match with Corbin that then gets disqualified and results in a No Holds Barred rematch. However, I don’t think it should be on the HIAC card over the Intercontinental Championship.

We got good promos from Ricochet and Imperium, and I am glad that we’re getting the Intercontinental Championship match-up I was hoping for, but shouldn’t a title take priority when booking a PPV event? Give me the swap: Ricochet VS Gunther on HIAC and then No Holds Barred next week. But at the same time, SmackDown needs things to bring these episodes up in quality and ratings, and I suppose a title match will do that. I wouldn’t be surprised if Gunther wins that title and runs with it for a bit, and in the No Holds Barred, I would hope Moss wins, he’s the hot hand after tonight’s hot promo.

A little disappointed SmackDown redid last week’s Six Man Tag. Good promo segment between New Day and McIntyre, with New Day using innuendo with McIntyre like they would with Big E, so clearly McIntyre is fitting right in. But of course the Brutes win the Six Man Tag, this is turning into a 3v3 feud, but I hope we still get McIntyre VS Dunne 1v1 before this is over. Also McIntyre calling out Roman for Clash at the Castle, that is definitely going to be the match we see, and who knows which way that will go. Well, alright, it probably goes Roman’s way but McIntyre better not get screwed over like everyone else does.

Pretty funny stuff out of the segment with Jinder, Shanky and Los Lotharios, and I like that Jinder gets the win thanks to Shanky now. Fans in Ohio seemed to really dig Shanky getting his groove on and dancing with Samantha, but let’s all hope and pray this doesn’t turn into another Rusev Day where Vince refuses to acknowledge Shanky is actually popular and then it gets dragged through the mud. We got another pretty funny promo segment with Pearce and Max Du-PRI, and I’m definitely wondering who Max’s first “client” will be. Mansoor and Dio Maddin/Mace were supposed to be in the faction but who knows, Vince’s whims are hard to predict.

We got a pretty good Six Pack Challenge for the SmackDown Women’s Championship, and a somewhat clever use of Shotzi locking Aliyah up in return for last time. I thought it was going to be Shayna getting the win here but Natty sniping her as well as Raquel was a very clever finish. Ronda VS Natty will of course go Ronda’s way, and it saves Ronda VS Shayna for SummerSlam to give that story the bigger stage it deserves.

And then we got a great tag team main event, but since this was put on SmackDown and not a PPV, it was a given Usos would retain. Them faking Nakamura’s knee injury was a pretty good story beat, with Riddle fighting all on his own and really getting the crowd behind him. Sami pulling that theme song swerve was also pretty clever. Riddle can fight Sami, then get after Roman for MITB or SummerSlam since McIntyre has already stated he’ll wait for Clash at the Castle.

My Score: 8.5/10