Who survives the night before Survivor Series?

While others prepare for WarGames, Sami Zayn leads an international coalition against Solo Sikoa & MFT in a traditional 5v5 elimination tag match!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• The Last Time is Now Quarterfinals: Jey Uso VS Rusev; Jey wins and advances.
• The Last Time is Now Quarterfinals: LA Knight VS The Miz; Knight wins and advances.
• Women’s WarGames Advantage Match: Charlotte Flair VS Asuka; Charlotte wins the advantage for their team.
• 10 Man Elimination Tag: Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Rey Fenix & The Motor City Machine Guns VS MFT; MFT wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Backstage interview with LA Knight.

Cathy Kelley finds The Mega Star on his way in, and brings up how Sheamus is sadly out of the tournament with a bad shoulder injury, and Knight says that must mean he gets a bye in the tournament. Um, no, Nick Aldis is planning to fill that spot. Oh, that’s funny, because Knight didn’t get any calls, voice mails, texts, or DMs on that. Well, Aldis is still working on choosing a name, so it is again a mystery opponent. Knight says, “You got to be kidding me. Lemme talk to ya! Any tournament, any time, anywhere on this earth, if this opponent can go and this opponent can’t, then the one opponent moves on in a bye.”

Knight calms down, apologizes to Cathy, he doesn’t mean to shoot the messenger, and he’s pretty sure Cathy’s mom is here watching. Hi, Cathy’s mom! But please understand the frustration. Every time he gets going, someone wants to cut his leges out, someone wants to stack the deck against me, someone wants to make sure Knight can’t make the rise that he’s destined to make. That’s okay, he can’t worry about that. All he can worry about is John Cena. Knight has all the respect in the world for Cena, they’ve done this before, been a tag team, done it all. But if Knight’s honest, this tournament is starting to piss him off!

So, Mr. Mystery, the one thing you can count on is accepting the Isness that is the Business that is Knight slapping you back to factory settings, eating a BFT and catching three the hard way! And that’s just a fact of life! With everybody saying, “L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!” Bye, mom. Knight heads out, just what kind of wild card has he been dealt this time?

The Last Time is Now Quarterfinals: Jey Uso VS Rusev!

Main Event Jey Uso makes his entrance from the concourse and he has Denver all fired up! But will this be Mile YEET City? Or will the Bulgarian Brute make it #GameOver for the fan favorite?

The fans are all fired up and they want that encore! Jey wants it, too, so we get the encore! But the fun can’t last forever, as Rusev makes his entrance. The bell rings and the fans rally as the two circle. They tie up, Rusev powers Jey to the corner, fires body shots, and he HAMMERS away on Jey! The ref counts, Rusev backs off, but then stomps away on Jey! And ELBOW DROP! And ELBOW DROP! Jey sputters, Rusev hauls him up, and he snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Rusev drags Jey up, BOOTS him back to the corner, then runs up, but into an ELB OW! Jey goes up, and he AX HANDLES Rusev!

Rusev wobbles, Jey goes back up and leaps again, but into Rusev’s arms! SWINGING SLAM! The fans boo but Rusev wags his fingers, and SmackDown goes to break.

SmackDown returns and Rusev has Jey in a BEARHUG! Jey endures, the fans rally up, but Rusev thrashes him around! Jey throws hands, Rusev puts on pressure, but Jey HEADBUTTS! And HEADBUTTS! And HEADBUTTS! Jey is free, he goes to a corner, but Rusev runs in. Jey dodges, Rusev hits buckles, and Jey fires haymakers! “YEET! YEET! YEET!” Jey pops, locks ‘n’ puts some stank on the HAYMAKER! “YEET!” Rusev flounders, staggers, and Jey fireman’s carries! Rusev slips free, trips Jey, and has the arms! Jey fights, slips his arms free, and shoves Rusev! Rusev comes back, but Jey DUMPS him out!

Jey builds speed and he DIVES! Down goes Rusev at the ramp and the fans fire up! Jey drags Rusev up, puts him in the ring, and then fireman’s carries! SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! The fans rally for Jey while he takes aim from a corner. Rusev slowly rises, Jey runs in, SPEAR!! Cover, ONE?!?! Rusev shocks everyone, especially Jey! Jey goes to a corner, climbs up, and the fans rally behind him. USO SPLASH but into a MACHKA KICK! Cover, TWO! Jey survives and Rusev is frustrated now. Rusev storms around, and shouts, “GAME! OVER!” Stomp and then the arms, ACCOLADE!! Jey fights as fast as he can but Rusev is bending him back!

Jey reaches out, gasps and sputters, and the fans rally harder! Rusev gets the arms caught again, but Jey still fights to the ROPEBREAK!! The fans cheer as Rusev lets go, but Rusev also looms over Jey. Rusev storms around, headbutts the buckles, then he goes back to Jey, “This is for you, John! This is for you!” Fireman’s carry, and “You Can’t See Me!” But Jey slips free! He dodges the kick to SPEAR!! The fans fire up and Jey hurries up the corner! USO SPLASH!! Cover, JEY WINS!

Winner: Jey Uso, by pinfall (advances to the semifinals)

Rusev’s anger got the better of him, and now he’s out of the tournament! Jey is going on to the semifinals, but that’s further down the road. Jey must now prepare for tomorrow and WarGames, will he and the team lock in?

The Miz meets with Nick Aldis.

The Hollywood A-Lister says this decision is simple: Just put him back in! He’s already got his gear on! Aldis says he understands Miz’s frustrations in losing, but this has to be done fairly. Aldis uses the lottery system, but Miz wants Aldis to wait. They both know the significance of Miz in John Cena’s career. They both know the headline should read, “John Cena’s Last Match Against The Miz, December 13th, Saturday Night’s Main Event!” But then R-Truth walks in! And he says Aldis must have something against his (lottery) balls. He keeps trying to give them to Aldis, but- Aldis stops Truth there.

Aldis puts it in plain English: He has nothing against Truth’s balls; he respects Truth’s balls; but he has his own balls. Truth says he respects Aldis’ balls, too, and- Wait, did Miz just swap the names inside the ball Aldis chose?! Aldis says Truth needs to understand, Truth’s name is already in one of the balls, and it could’ve been this one. Oh, okay. Truth will leave Aldis to his balls. Truth exits, Miz plays up being upset, and Aldis looks at the paper. And to Aldis’ surprise, it says “The Miz.” Miz is all fired up, he hugs Aldis, and he hurries away. Truth steps back in and says, “You just couldn’t take my balls, could you.”

Truth exits again, and Aldis is still in disbelief. But will Miz make the most of this rigged opportunity? Or will the Mega Star still outshine the Hollywood A-Lister?

Backstage interview with Damian Priest.

Cathy Kelley is with the Archer of Infamy, and she is happy to see his eye is healing up. But she would like to ask his response to Aleister Black & Zelina Vega saying they forced Priest to “break his code.” Priest thanks Cathy for noticing, his eye is indeed healed. But this “code” thing… Priest doesn’t get it. He’s him, he’ll always be him, he won’t change, like it or not. But for whatever reason, Aleister & Zelina think they can change him. One, that’s weird. Two, it won’t happen because of them. The only thing they’ve done is piss him off. And every single week, the only thing he looks forward to is kicking Aleister’s ass.

But then Zelina sneaks in and says, “So much anger. You keep promising all this punishment. But have you ever noticed that you are the one on the receiving end of all this punishment?” Priest laughs that off and asks Zelina, “Did your really, really tough husband send you to tell me all that?” Oh, is that what he thinks? Well, Zelina isn’t doing this for Aleister. She’s doing this for Priest. See, Aleister has his mind on bigger things. But let’s face it, the last time everyone was talking about Priest was when Aleister nearly burned Priest’s face off! But… If Priest insists on more punishment, Aleister will happily oblige.

They just wanted to show Priest how easy it was to get to him. Zelina sinisterly laughs her way out, and Priest asks Cathy if she notices how every week, the more those two talk, the less we all understand? It’s just… But then Priest notices Rhea! The Terror Twins hug it out and Cathy lets them catch up. Priest asks if she’s all set for WarGames, and she says he knows the answer to that. But right now, she’s gonna help hype Charlotte up for the advantage match. And when she’s done, she’ll run an idea past Priest. Aight, she knows where to find him. Rhea heads back out, what could Mami have planned for her and the Punisher?

Chelsea Green is here!

Denver cheers as the Hot Mess Double Champion and “Slaygent A,” Alba Fyre, head to the ring. Chelsea holds up both her AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship and her WWE Women’s United States Championship as she walks down the ramp. The ring has the flags of the USA, Canada, and Mexico waiting, and Chelsea waves to her fans. Alba hands her the mic and Chelsea welcomes the “Patri-hots.” She stands before us to be crowned, celebrated, and applauded as she officially enters her second term as our first and fourth, TWO-TIME, most dangerous US Women’s Champion! The fans do indeed applaud.

Chelsea says it is an honor to serve as THE greatest women’s champion not only in WWE history, not only in the United States’ history, but in the entire continent of North America! Now please, raise your voices and your flags as we kick off her celebration with a very, very, very expensive display of pyro in her name. The fans cheer as Chelsea counts it down. Five, quatro, three, deux- JADE CARGILL IS HERE! The fans fire up as The Storm indeed storms her way to the ring. Alba runs up but into a BOOT! Chelsea is panicked, but she can’t get away before Jade YANKS her back in! And JADED! Oh, and NOW the pyro goes off.

The WWE Women’s Champion stands tall, but will SHE become North America’s greatest champion? Or will she settle for being #ThatB*tch?

Alexa Bliss talks with Charlotte Flair.

Lil’ Miss Bliss says The Queen has got this. But no pressure, right? This is all about WarGames advantage. Yeah, no pressure. Rhea & Iyo step in and Rhea says yeah, what’re they even talking about? Of course Charlotte’s got this. Yeah, last time Charlotte faced Asuka, Charlotte tore her ACL. So this time, mate, Charlotte’s gonna tear Asuka apart. Alexa says Rhea’s really rubbing off on Charlotte. Oh, relax. But then AJ Lee steps in! She assures them she wasn’t eavesdropping, but she’s glad Charlotte is feeling confident, because so is she. No matter what happens tonight, AJ knows they’ll win tomorrow. She’ll make sure of it.

AJ heads out, Charlotte wonders what that means. Alexa says she likes it. Iyo agrees, and Charlotte says yeah, she’ll definitely win. Will the Queen be able to conquer the Empress of Tomorrow? Or is no one, no matter who they are, ready for Asuka?

Jade Cargill returns backstage.

Cathy catches up to her to ask why she attacked Chelsea during her championship celebration. What problem does she have with Chelsea? Jade rolls her eyes and says she has a problem with anybody that runs their mouth. That was a statement to the entire locker room, and if anyone has a problem with it, step up and get stepped on. They done? Jade moves on, but she runs across B-Fab. Does Fab have something to say? B-Fab doesn’t speak, and Jade says, “I thought so.” Jade heads out, Michin walks in and asks if B-Fab is okay. Fab says she’s fine. Mia still doesn’t get why no one is checking Jade and that attitude. Michin says it might have to be her.

Jade has been doing what she wants to who she wants, but when and where will the Head Baddie In Charge look to humble her? Can anyone humble her?

The Last Time is Now Quarterfinals: LA Knight VS The Miz!

The Mega Star faced the first wild card, Zack Ryder, but was able to win against The Long Island Iced Z. Now he faces another wild card in the reinstated Hollywood A-Lister. Will Knight just keep winning until he’s the one facing John Cena? Or will The Miz be one step closer to his storybook finale?

The bell rings and Miz runs up! Knight dodges to fire off haymakers! The fans fire up, “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight whips Miz corner to corner, Miz reverses, but Knight rebounds to CLOBBER Miz! Miz goes to a corner, Knight stomps a mudhole in, “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” The ref counts, Knight runs corner to corner, but Miz bails out. So Knight just runs to WRECK Miz with a dropkick! The fans fire up and Knight puts Miz in the ring. The fans rally up, but Miz KICKS the ropes to JAM Knight! Miz stomps Knight on the apron, the ref counts, but Miz stops at 4. Miz goes out the side to then drag Knight out and SMASH him off the apron!

Miz runs to KNEE LIFT Knight back in! Miz slithers in, and then CHOKES Knight on the ropes! The ref counts, Miz stops, and Miz runs to STRADDLE ATTACK! Knight flops back, Miz snarls and drags him up, to KNEE in the back! Miz headlocks, but Knight fires body shots as the fans rally up! Knight whips, Miz reverses, but Knight turns backdrop into SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Knight whips Miz to a corner, runs up, but Miz pops him up to HOTSHOT him down! Knight falls to the floor and Miz goes out after him. Miz THROWS Knight into barriers! And into more barriers! And then he BOOTS Knight down!

The fans boo Miz but he huffs ‘n’ puffs while SmackDown goes to break.

SmackDown returns and Miz has Knight in a chinlock. The fans rally as Knight endures, but Miz leans on the hold. Knight fights up to his feet, and he fires body shots! The fans rally up, “YEAH! YEAH!” Knight whips Miz then catches him to a SLEEPER! Miz slips around to power out, and he has Knight in the SLEEPER! Knight slips around, for a BIG back suplex! Both men are down, the fans rally up, and Knight rises first. Knight goes to the ropes, Miz goes to the other side. Both men stand, and Miz runs up! Knight blocks to JAB! JAB! JAB! Then Knight hits the DISCUS LARIAT! Miz gets up, takes a swing, but Knight ducks it to RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP!

Knight hurries to get Miz up, whips him to the corner hard, then hits a JUMP NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Miz survives but the fans still rally for Knight. Knight drags Miz up and fires hands. Knight whips corner to corner, then runs up, but into a BOOT! Miz goes up, out, and climbs the corner, only for Knight to spring right up after him! SUPER DUPER PLEX! Cover, TWO! Both men are down but the fans fire up! Knight rises again, and he waits on Miz. Miz rises, Knight spins him, kicks him, but Miz stops the BFT to roll Knight up! With tights! TWO!! Miz SUPERKICKS, then BUZZSAWS! Then BASEMENT DDT! Cover, TWO!

Knight survives and Miz is beside himself. The fans rally, both men rise up, and Miz stalks Knight. Full nelson, but Knight arm-drags free! Knight slips around, dragon sleepers, and REVERSE DDT! Both men are down again, but the fans rally up as Knight rolls and rises up! Knight goes up the corner, and he spells it out! “L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!” BOX JUMP ELBOW into a full nelson! FINALE!! Cover, TWO!! Knight survives and Miz is shocked! The fans fire up again but Miz drags Knight by a leg. Fans “WOO~” as Miz steps through, but Knight kicks at him! But Miz flips Knight over, and steps into the STF!!

Knight endures as Miz pulls on the hold! Knight fights forward, the fans rally up, but he wavers! Knight holds it together to get the ROPEBREAK! Miz lets go in frustration, but he drags Knight back! Knight BOOTS Miz away! Both men rise up, Knight drop toeholds Miz! Miz scrambles to the ropes, Knight lets him go, and Miz CLAWS Knight’s eyes! Miz slide sin, sunset flips, and high stack, feet on the ropes! The ref sees that and stops the count! Miz thinks he won but the ref explains he saw the feet on ropes! Miz is upset, he full nelsons Knight, but Knight slips through, spins Miz, B F T!! Cover, KNIGHT WINS!

Winner: LA Knight, by pinfall (advances to the semifinals)

The Mega Star makes it through another round, and now he’s part of the final four! Knight will face Jey in the next round, provided Jey survives WarGames. Will Knight still make it to Saturday Night’s Main Event?

Becky Lynch meets with “her team” backstage.

The Man has everyone huddle up. Remember what is important as a team, and she doesn’t wanna shame anyone, but she will. There is only one person in the room with a 100% success rate in WarGames and it is Becky. Lash has 0%, Nia has 0%, Asuka has maybe 8%, because while she was on a winning team, she didn’t get the pin. But that’s okay, that’s okay, Becky got the pin ten outta ten times. When the doors close, just leave it to her. Nia points out it isn’t about Becky tonight. It’s about Asuka. Asuka will beat Charlotte to get advantage. She can do this, she’s got this. Asuka says yes, because last time she faced Charlotte, Charlotte was out for a whole YEAR!

Asuka is not worried about this at all! Becky joins in on being excited as Asuka heads out. Kairi gets the team to cheer Asuka on, but then Asuka shouts for “KAIRI~!” The Pirate Princess hurries after Asuka, but will things really go their way? Or will there be a big time bump in the road this close to WarGames?

Backstage interview with Ilja Dragunov.

Cathy Kelley is now with the United States Champion and brings up how he has been putting on a clinic week after week, defending his title against the best in WWE. But Tama Tonga- Ilja politely interrupts to say, “The United States Open Challenge has been and will always be open to anyone worthy to go toe-to-toe for this prestigious title. So Tama, I’m hear, I’m… Oh no.” Tommaso Ciampa steps in and says why ask about Tama when the only person Ilja should be concerned with is Ciampa. Last week, Ciampa took Axiom’s mask. Next, he will take that title from Ilja. Ilja says Ciampa has a good point, and he will consider it. Jackass.

Ilja leaves, Ciampa seethes, but will the Sicilian Psycho be the very next challenge to The Czar’s throne?

Women’s WarGames Advantage Match: Charlotte Flair VS Asuka!

The Queen and the Empress have battled many times before, and they’ve all been for far more than just a win on the record. This time, they fight for the edge in what will no doubt be a brutal battle in just 24 hours. Will Charlotte come through for her friends? Or will she still not be ready for Asuka?

The bell rings and the fans “WOO~” as the two stare down from afar. They step up, circle, and feel things out. They tie up, Charlotte headlocks, but Asuka powers out. They tie up again, Asuka wants an arm, but Charlotte shoves her away. The fans duel, the two tie up again, and they go around in the collar ‘n’ elbow. Charlotte wrangles Asuka to the mat, Asuka arm-drags Charlotte, but Charlotte fights back up. Charlotte headlocks. Asuka power sup and out, but Charlotte RUNS her over! Asuka goes to a corner, the fans “WOO~,” and Charlotte runs up. Asuka ELBOWS Charlotte, but Charlotte GAMANGIRIS Asuka!

Asuka wobbles. Charlotte runs up, but Asuka dodges! Asuka puts Charlotte on the apron, but Charlotte dodges the shoulder to KICK Asuka! Charlotte drags Asuka out, Asuka ROCKS Charlotte first, but then Charlotte BOOTS Asuka! The fans fire up, Charlotte runs up, but Asuka feints then ROUNDHOUSES her down! The fans are torn but Asuka grins as SmackDown goes to break.

SmackDown returns and Asuka literally has Charlotte on the ropes. Asuka runs up, but Charlotte dodges the hip attack! Charlotte BOOTS Asuka, Asuka staggers around, and Charlotte whips her to the corner. Asuka reverses, Charlotte tumbles up and out, BOOTS Asuka again, then goes up the corner. The fans fire up as Charlotte leaps, CROSSBODY! But Asuka rolls through to cover, TWO! Asuka THRUST KICKS! Then she URAKENS! SOBATS! And FRONT KICKS to a HAYMAKER and MULE KICK! Asuka runs, but Charlotte BOOTS her back down! Cover, TWO!! Asuka survives and Charlotte is frustrated but the fans rally up.

Both women rise, they trade forearms, and the fans “WOO~!” as Charlotte CHOSP! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Asuka wobbles as Charlotte CHOPS her again and again! Asuka finally falls, but she hurries back up! Asuka dodges, Charlotte runs, HANDSPRING LARIAT! The fans fire up again and Charlotte drags Asuka right back up. Scoop and FALL AWAY SLAM! Then a kip up, and the fans fire up! Charlotte drags Asuka into the drop zone, steps on her on the way to the corner, then she goes up the corner. MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO!! Asuka survives and the fans fire up! Charlotte drags Asuka up, Asuka fights the waistlock, and they go to rpoes.

Asuka bucks the O’Conner, but Charlotte BOOTS again! GERMAN SUPLEX! Charlotte holds on and drags Asuka back up, but Asuka fights to a switch. GERMAN SUPLEX! Asuka lets Charlotte go so that she can BUZZSAW! But Charlotte gets up to ROCK Asuka! Asuka SLIDING KICKS! Cover, TWO!! Charlotte survives and the fans fire up again! The fans rally and “WOO~!” but Charlotte ghost pins! TWO, and Asuka POP-UP KNEES! Then FLYING ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Charlotte fights the hold, moves around, but ends up in a TRIANGLE HOLD! Charlotte pushes to a stack, and then deadlifts Asuka for a POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO!!

Asuka survives and Charlotte is beside herself! Asuka bails out but the fans “WOO~” as Charlotte pursues. Asuka ROCKS Charlotte, then whips, but Charlotte reverses! Asuka ends up on the desk and tumbles into commentary! Charlotte huffs ‘n’ puffs and looks for what to do next. The ring count is 5 of 10 as Charlotte storms around the desk. But Asuka reels back! BLUE MIST!! Charlotte ducks, the mist hits a crew member in the face!! The fans fire up and Asuka is shocked! Charlotte KNEES Asuka and SMACKS her off the desk! The count is climbing, Charlotte puts Asuka in at 8! Charlotte hurries in, gets the legs, but Asuka KICKS a leg out!

Asuka has the ASUKA LOCK!! Charlotte flails, reaches out, but the body scissors are in! Charlotte slips free of the scissors to roll back to a cover! TWO, and Asuka swings, but Charlotte ducks it! NATURAL SELECTION!! Cover, CHARLOTTE WINS!

Winner: Charlotte Flair, by pinfall (gains advantage for her team in WarGames)

Another high stakes match, another big win for The Queen! Will this help her, Alexa, Iyo, Rhea and AJ Lee get that win at Survivor Series? Or will it be all about The Big Time when The Man comes around to San Diego?

The last 30 minutes of tonight are COMMERCIAL FREE!

That way, there is nothing getting in the way of this traditional Survivor Series style main event!

10 Man Elimination Tag: Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Rey Fenix & The Motor City Machine Guns VS MFT!

The “international coalition” all have a bone to pick with Solo Sikoa and his “family” of henchmen, so what better way to deal with all of them than to fight to the last man? Will #BigMatchSami, the King of Strong Style, the Immortal Firebird and Your Favorite Tag Team’s Favorite Tag Team be handing out eliminations like it’s a Black Friday sale? Or will no one stop MFT from taking over SmackDown?

The teams sort out and while the fans sing Sami’s song, it’s Chris Sabin and Tama Tonga that start. The fans rally up, and Solo actually wants in? Tama tags Solo in and Solo steps to Sabin. Solo talks some trash, but now Sami wants in! Solo says go ahead, but then he LARIATS Sabin down! Solo drags Sabin to center, rains down fists, and he stops to talk trash on the entire team. Solo drags Sabin up, UPPERCUTS him, then puts Sabin in the MFT corner. Solo fires more hands on Sabin but the fans rally. The ref backs Solo off, but that lets JC Mateo CHOKE Sabin! The fans boo but Solo tags Tonga Loa.

Loa & Solo DOUBLE HEADBUTT Sabin down, then Loa brings him around. Loa bumps Sabin off buckles, CHOPS him, and brings him around. Sabin fires body shots and haymakers, but Loa clinches to headlock. Sabin fires body shots, powers up and out, and Shelley tags in! Loa stops the drop toehold, but Sabin BULLDOGS him down! Cover, ONE, but Shelley facelocks to keep Loa away. But Loa powers up to RAM Shelley into the corner! Tag to JC, they mug Shelley, and Loa CLUBS him down. JC stands Shelley up, but Shelley CHOPS, and CHOPS, and CHOPS! Shelley wrenches JC, tags Sami in, and Sami goes up to AX HANDLE!

The fans fire up as Sami CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS! Sami whips, JC reverses, and JC runs up, but he blocks the boot! He YANKS Sami into the ATHLETIC PLEX! Cover, TWO! Sami survives but JC rains down fists! JC then STANDING MOONSAULTS! Cover, TWO! Sami survives, the fans rally up, but JC RAMS Sami into the MFT corner. Tag to Tama and he fires off fast hands! The fans boo, the ref argues with Tama, but this just lets MFT mug Sami behind the ref’s back! Team Sami protests but MFT gets away with that. Tag to Loa, they mug Sami, then Loa snap suplexes Sami down. Tag back to Tama and he slingshot SENTONS!

Tama taunts Sami’s team with, “YEYEYEYEYEYE!” Tama then drags Sami up, tags Solo, and Tama feeds Sami to Solo’s ELBOW! Cover, TWO! Solo clamps onto Sami, squeezes tight, but the fans rally up. Sami rises, fires body shots, but Solo HEADBUTTS him! Solo whips, Sami goes up and over, and Sami LARIATS! The fans fire up while both men are down! Sami crawls, as does Solo, hot tags to Nakamura and JC! Nakamura ducks ‘n’ dodges to DYNAMIC DROPKICK JC! Tama runs in, but into a KNEE! Nakamura kicks, Tama blocks that, but not the ENZIGIRI! Loa CLUBS Nakamura, whips him to a corner, but Nakamura dodges!

Loa hits buckles, Nakamura ENZIGIRIS! Loa sputters, Nakamura puts him on the rope, TOP SHELF KNEE! Loa falls to the floor, Nakamura stares Talla down, but JC CLOBBERS Nakamura before the taunt! JC ROCKS Nakamura, CLUBS him, and whips him corner to corner. Nakamura reverses, runs up, and blocks boots. Nakamura puts JC in the ropes to ENZIGIRI! Then SLIDING GERMAN! Nakamura hurries back in, covers, but Solo breaks it! Sami goes after Solo, the fans fire up, and Sami TOSSES Solo out! But Loa TOSSES Sami! But Fenix TOSSES Loa! Tama runs up, Fenix DUMPS him out! Talla LARIATS Fenix out!

But MCMG DUMP Talla out! The fans fire up as Nakamura tags Shelley and he builds speed! Shelley WRECKS Solo with a dropkick! Shelley then holds the ropes open for Sabin, DIVE through the five hole! Down goes Talla! Sami and Fenix return, they build speed, and they both FLY out onto Loa & Tama! The fans fire up, and then Shelley RAMS JC! And BOOTS him! Tag to Sabin, ghost pin and jackknife bridge combo, MCMG ELIMINATES JC!! The Imperial Unit is shocked but the International Coalition strikes first! Only for Tama to CLOBBER MCMG! Tama stomps Sabin, CLUBS Shelley, and drags Shelley up.

Tama whips, Shelley reverses, and they KNEE, ENZIGIRI, LEG SWEEP, and DOUBLE SUPERKICK! Cover on Tama, TWO! Tama survives, Sabin tags Nakamura, and the fans fire up again. But Tama fires hands! Nakamura ducks a shot, Tama ducks a kick, but not the WHEEL KICK! Nakamura hurries to put Tama in the ropes, for an AX KICK! Nakamura goes up, GUILLOTINE KNEE DROP! The fans fire up with Nakamura and he aims from the corner! But Solo grabs Nakamura! Nakamura ELBOWS Solo away! Nakamura runs up, but Tama dodges! Then VENOM DDT! And the CUTTHROAT!! Cover, Tama ELIMINATES Nakamura!

The fans boo but The Good Bad Guy evens the score. Fenix rushes in and fires fast hands! Tama KNEES low, whips, but Fenix ducks ‘n’ dodges to handspring and BACK ELBOW! The fans fire up and Fenix runs from the corner! Tama dodges, clinches, FLATLINER! Hot tags to Loa, and he BLASTS Sami & MCMG! Then Loa drags Fenix up, whips him to a corner, and Tama sends Loa in! LARIAT! Tama adds the STINGER SPLASH! Then the SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Fenix survives and Loa argues with the ref. Loa runs up, into an ELBOW! And then a BOOT! Fenix somersaults, but into a fireman’s carry!

Loa pops Fenix up, but Fenix RANAS through! Cover, Fenix ELIMINATES Loa! But Talla is in! And he runs up on Fenix, to CLOBBER him! Talla glares at Sami, drags Fenix away from him, and then scoops to SLAM Fenix! Solo says to put the hurt on Fenix, so Talla scoops and SLAMS Fenix again! Tag to Solo, and Solo prepares the thumb. The fans boo but Solo drags Fenix up, SAMOAN- NO, Fenix dodges! And he BOOTS Solo away! Sabin tags in and goes up, to CROSSBODY! Then Sabin DROPKICKS Tama down! And ROCKS- Well, no, Talla stays put and just gets mad. Solo UPPERCUTS Sabin for it! And then fireman’s carry, but Sabin fights free!

Sabin waistlocks, Solo ELBOWS free, then whips. Shelley tags in, MCMG sets Solo up for the Dream Sequence! BASEMENT DROPKICK! Then they both BLAST Tala! They double mule kick Solo, then set up, but Talla distracts the ref! Shelley is up top, but Tama SHOVES him down! Sabin swings on Tama but Tama HOTSHOTS him first! Solo tags Talla, and Talla drags Shelley up for an APRON CHOKE SLAM! Talla shoves Shelley in, covers, and ELIMINATES Shelley! Now we’re down to 3v3! But Sabin leaps! Talla catches Sabin, and pops him right to a fireman’s carry! But Sabin susnet flisp!

Talla YANKS Sabin right up, DISCUS LARIAT!! Cover, Talla ELIMINATES Sabin! MFT has the advantage and Sami is worried. But then Talla BOOTS him down! Fenix GAMANGIRIS, springboards, MISSILE DROPKICK! Talla stays standing, Fenix fires KICK after KICK, then runs, but into BOTH hands! Fenix still breaks free, and he Tiger Feints to rewind and HEEL KICK! Talla staggers, but Solo storms in! Solo whips, Fenix Tiger Feints to rewind HEEL KICK Solo!! The fans fire up, but then Talla runs up! Fenix dodges, Talla gets his leg stuck in the ropes, and Fenix KICKS the ropes! Tama tags in first, but Fenix wrenches to CHOP!

Fenix knuckle locks, he goes up, up, and ADIOS AMIGO on Talla, only for Tama to CHOP Fenix! Fenix just rebounds and FLYING RANAS! The fans are thunderous as Fenix then goes up, up, and SUPER CROSSBODIES Talla & Solo!! The fans are loving this as Fenix is in, but the CUTTHROAT finds him first!! Cover, Tama ELIMINATES Fenix! It’s all down to Sami!! Denver rallies as hard as they can for the Underdog from the Underground, and Talla tags in. Sami says screw it, and he fires off fast hands! But Talla ROCKS Sami, UPPERCUTS Sami, and then whips him to the corner! Talla runs in and SPLASHES!

The fans sing for “Sami, Sami Zayn~!” but Talla whips corner to corner. Talla runs up again, and hits another SPLASH! Sami slumps down, Solo tags in, and Talla whips Solo in for the HIP ATTACK! Solo paces, then he tags Tama. Tama runs corner to corner for a STINGER SPLASH! Sami sputters, flounders, but Tama just hits another STINGER SPLASH! Tama runs, but Sami follows! HELLUVA KICK!! Sami fall son the cover, and ELIMINATES Tama!! Sami gets one, but then Talla stomps away on him! KNEE DROP! Talla stomps Sami around, CHOKES him on the ropes, but the ref has him back off.

Talla argues with the ref while Sami slumps out of the ring. Talla goes out and POSTS Sami! Sami sputters, Talla winds up, and he storms up again to SMACK Sami! Sami staggers to the barriers, Talla runs in, but Sami dodges! Talla hits barriers and falls into the timekeeper’s area! The ring count is climbing! Sami springs in at 9, and Talla is OUT! Sami ELIMINATES Talla by count-out!! Solo and Talla are both in disbelief, and it all comes down to just Sami and Solo! Solo is furious and he clinches, URENAGE! But Solo isn’t done, he hits another URENAGE!! Cover, TWO?!? Sami survives and Solo is shocked!

The fans rally as hard as they can for Sami, but Solo goes up top! FLYING SOLO!! Cover, TWO!?!? Sami survives again and the fans continue to rally. Solo pushes Sami to a corner, hoists him up top, and then climbs up to join him. Solo fireman’s carries, but Solo flails! Sami shifts, SUPER SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Solo survives and Sami is seething, but the fans continue to rally for Sami! Sami feeds off the energy, he fires himself up, and he fires forearms on Solo! Solo fires back! They go back and forth, the fans cheering Sami and booing Solo! Sami gets the edge, but Solo HEADBUTTS!

Sami falls back into the corner, Solo goes corner to corner, but Sami gest up! Clinch and CORNER EXPLODER! The fans are thunderous and Sami goes corner to corner, but into a SUPERKICK! Sami slumps against Solo, SAMOAN- No, Sami ducks the spike! Rollup, TWO!!! SAMOAN SPIKE!!! Cover, Solo wins!!

Winners: MFT, by pinfall; Solo Sikoa is the Sole Survivor

The Would-Be Tribal Chief did what he promised in taking Sami and his entire team out! Solo truly stands alone, but wait! THE LIGHTS GO OUT! The fireflies come out, and Solo has seen a ghost! Because the WYATTS are here! Nikki Cross, Joe Gacy, Dexter Lumis & Erick Rowan are on the apron, and Solo smirks. But then UNCLE HOWDY pops up behind him! Solo turns around, into SISTER ABIGAIL!! The Wyatts make their mark on the WarGames weekend, but when and where will they have it out with MFT?

My Thoughts:

A very good episode of SmackDown, clearly prerecorded, and yet that main event still felt like it didn’t have enough time. It was a commercial free half an hour but they kinda took their time with entrances and rushed those last few eliminations. They eliminated JC Mateo and Nakamura, arguably the actual best wrestlers in that match, rather quickly for it, but they did make Talla look great with him taking out both MCMGs. Sami was of course the last guy on his team, and it coming down to Sami and Solo was also fitting. Solo getting that win was a little surprising, but it works when he has to have momentum in the Last Time is Now Tournament. Wyatt 6 attacking Solo was a nice way to still end with fans happy, and I think after Survivor Series, we start building towards that tag title match.

Speaking of the Last Time Is Now, Jey winning was a bit of a surprise, but I suppose it’d be too obvious for The Vision to cost him here. Pretty funny promo from Aldis, Truth and The Miz to “finally decide” Knight’s opponent, and Miz getting the match over Truth or literally anyone else is a bit of a safe, maybe even boring, choice. But at least it meant Knight was winning, as he should. I feel like all this talk of “LA Knight is being punished!” is backwards. Knight got to say IN HIS PROMO that there’s a force/person holding him down. I think they’re all doing this to reverse psychology push. Knight is “being held down,” we wanna see him get these wins, and then he gets the wins so we’re all happy. The thing is, now Knight faces Jey, I don’t know if Knight gets to the finals.

Good segment with Chelsea’s celebration not going right, aka Jade Cargill storming out there to knock her down. Jade also has another interaction with B-Fab and Michin, and as I was sensing last week, Michin will get her match with Jade, but Jade certainly wins that for a solid title defense. And I still hope there’s something bigger planned for the Women’s US Championship, Giulia got jobbed out to Chelsea just so Chelsea could check off being a double champion. Giulia’s return should also be about her wrecking Chelsea like Jade did, and we could even have both the Women’s US Championship and THE Women’s Championship on the line at the same time.

Very good promos from both the Face and Heel teams in the Women’s WarGames, and Becky is just adding on to the chances of her team turning on her. Charlotte VS Asuka was a great match, though not quite like their previous ones. But a great win for Charlotte, so who knows if the Faces still win the WarGames. Maybe it comes down to whatever AJ Lee has planned. She did tease something rather nefarious…

My Score: 8.8/10