Karrion Kross now has “backup” in the form of the Authors Of Pain and Paul Ellering, who made their returns to WWE on this week’s episode of SmackDown.
On this week’s show, Rezar & Akam came out and attacked The Street Profits and Bobby Lashley. This is when Karrion Kross and Scarlett came out with Ellering to distract them.
The group wound up laying out The Street Profits and Lashley.
You can check out some highlights from the segment below:
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Also on this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown, Kevin Owens defeated Santos Escobar to win the US Championship Tournament. With the win, Owens will now go on to face Logan Paul for a shot at the United States Championship at the Royal Rumble 2024 pay-per-view event.
Paul was commentary for the match. After the bout, Paul ran his mouth and was “knocked out” by Owens.
You can check out some highlights from the segment below: