We go right to the ring and Kevin Owens is out for another must see edition of The KO Show. Owens is thrilled to welcome us to the first edition of his show on his new home. He introduces tonight’s guest and out comes Daniel Bryan to a “yes!” chant.
Owens thanks Bryan for joining him, and for mentioning him last week when naming new SmackDown Superstars he’d like to face. Owens would like to do the same. They mention pushing each other to their limits in the past. Owens asks Bryan where he sees SmackDown going. Bryan wants SmackDown to highlight the absolute best Superstars in the world and he thinks they’ve nailed it with the current roster, naming guys like Big E and Jey Uso. Bryan wants to see who will step up next. He thinks it would be great if SmackDown has a title defended each week, and he thinks that should be the Intercontinental Title. Owens says that’s a great idea.
Owens is pumped Bryan brought up titles, and says that’s exactly why he brought Bryan out here. He wants to talk to Bryan about the Tag Team Titles. Owens says he’s accomplished a lot in WWE, but he’s never been a tag team champion. Bryan says Owens has betrayed a lot of friends. Owens says Bryan is focusing on the wrong part, and should imagine how good of a tag team they would be together. Owens says they could be Team Hell KO. Bryan says that would be Owens teaming with Kane. Owens says they can talk about the name later, but he thinks they would be an unprecedented tag team. The music interrupts and out comes Dolph Ziggler with Robert Roode.
Ziggler says there’s no way Bryan could be talking about hot, fresh new talent and not be talking about he and Roode. Ziggler feels slighted they weren’t invited to this party. Roode says if talking about tag teams, they should be talking about the greatest tag team on the planet, and the best SmackDown talent acquisitions in history. He goes on but the music interrupts and out come the SmackDown Tag Team Champions – Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, The Street Profits. They get pyro on the stage as it starts raining red cups. Ford and Dawkins start taking shots at how Roode and Ziggler look. They haven’t forgot what Roode and Ziggler tried to pull last week. The Profits are excited to be on SmackDown because they are up and they want the smoke. The music interrupts and out comes the team of Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura.
Cesaro talks about how they’ve been carrying the SmackDown brand for months. The Profits are in the ring with Owens and Bryan now. Roode and Ziggler are still at ringside. Bryan says he and Owens should test the theory of how good of a tag team they’d be. Cesaro, Nakamura, Roode and Ziggler hit the ring as a big brawl breaks out. The timekeeper starts ringing the bell over and over but the brawl keeps going. WWE Producer Adam Pearcecomes running down the ramp, calling for an official to come behind him. We go to commercial.
Daniel Bryan, Kevin Owens and The Street Profits vs. Robert Roode, Dolph Ziggler, Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro
Montez Ford wins the match for his team with a frog splash on Cesaro.
Winners: The Street Profits, Daniel Bryan and Kevin Owens
Still to come, Seth Rollins vs. Murphy and Roman Reigns has one final message for Jey Uso.
We get a segment regarding Otis’ MITB briefcase named “Law and Otis”. Otis is in court with Miz and Morrison. Ron Simmons is the bailiff and JBL is the judge.
JBL says Miz is suing Otis for emotional distress, wanton destruction of property, creating an unsafe working environment, and Money In the Bank negligence. Miz’s lawyer goes to give her opening statement but Miz cuts her off and speaks on his own. Miz makes his case, saying Otis has victimized him emotionally and physically, and has not held up his Money In the Bank responsibility. As a previous briefcase winner, Miz says he must take the briefcase and put it in possession of an honorable Superstar – himself. Your honor, that is the truth.
JBL asks Otis for his opening statement next. He thinks he should have the briefcase because he won the Money In the Bank match. That’s it. Miz’s lawyer tells him that Otis has a good argument. Miz fires his lawyer. We go back to the announcers. Graves says he hopes we get a verdict tonight.
Bianca Belair vignette plays.
Daniel Bryan, Kevin Owens and Street Profits are celebrating backstage. Eventually, Bryan is met by Zayn.
Bianca Belair vs. Zelina Vega
Belair wins with the KOT.
Winner: Bianca Belair
Lars Sullivan vignette plays.
Shorty G gives an in-ring interview and gives a motivational speech.
Lars Sullivan vs. Shorty G
Sullivan wins with the one-handed slam.
Winner: Lars Sullivan
After the match, Shorty G says he quits.
Seth Rollins is interviewed backstage says Murphy’s idea of fun is hanging out with the Mysterios, but his idea of fun is ending Murphy tonight for the greater good. Everyone has a role to play and Murphy has his. Tonight, he will find Murphy for him.
Adam Pearce sees Shorty G in the training room backstage and asks if he was hearing things. Shorty G says he meant it when he says he quit, but he means that he’s quit being Shorty G. Shorty G can’t achieve anything he wants and he’s done with the motivational crap. There’s only one person that can achieve anything he wants, and his name is Gable. Chad Gable.
Bayley is out and called Sasha an ungrateful brat who doesn’t deserve anything and is an even bigger pain in her ass than she was before. Bayley says Sasha’s head is so big she probably won’t fit in the cell and she hasn’t signed the contract so they might as well burn the contract. Out comes Sasha with the contract.
Sasha tells Bayley to sign it. Bayley refuses. She gets a chair, and Sasha dodges and gets a hold of Bayley’s title. Bayley says she’ll sign it if she gives it back. Bayley and Sasha have a tug of war over the title before Sasha knees Bayley and puts her head over a chair and puts her in a chokehold. She forces her to sign and Bayley signs. Sasha tells Bayley after she’s taking her title and finishing what she started.
We go back to the court room with Otis, The Miz, John Morrison, JBL and Ron Simmons. Morrison is testifying about how Otis assaulted him and assaults a lot of things. Morrison gets emotional and Miz hands him a handkerchief. Rey Mysterio is on the stand now. He was also in that Money In the Bank match and Otis walked out. As far as he’s concerned, Otis won the title shot straight up. RAW Women’s Champion Asuka is on the stand next. She just rants some in Japanese. JBL asks someone if they got that… it’s WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long. He understood every single word, playa.
Tucker is the next man on the stand to testify. He comments on Otis being sensitive and says Miz has everything his way because he had Otis’ girlfriend Mandy Rose sent to RAW. Miz and Tucker argue about Otis neglecting the briefcase. Tucker says Otis has only been thinking about beating the crap out of Miz, and now Tucker wants to do the same thing. A fight almost breaks out. JBL calls for order in the court. Simmons tells everyone to shut up. JBL says we will take a short recess and then he will announce the verdict. Long walks off and says he’s got to pee, playa. Back to commercial.
Back from the break and JBL is issuing his verdict. He can’t hold Otis responsible for what Miz accused him of because it’s his job description as a WWE Superstar and if that were the case, he and Ron would be in jail for life. As far as MITB negligence, it’s in the contract that he has one year to cash in. JBL is about to rule in Otis’ favor but Miz interrupts and asks to introduce one more key piece of evidence. JBL argues but Miz says JBL really wants to see this. Bailiff Simmons brings a black briefcase from Miz to JBL. JBL opens it and we hear a “ca-ching!” sound go off.
JBL looks in the black briefcase and chuckles. In light of the new evidence, JBL has no other option but to rule in favor of Miz. Miz celebrates with Morrison. JBL announces that Otis must face Miz at WWE Hell in a Cell with the MITB briefcase up for grabs. JBL was just bribed with cash. Heavy Machinery isn’t happy but Miz and Morrison celebrate. Simmons yells out, “Damn!” That ends the segment.
Seth Rollins vs. Murphy
Aliyah is watching the match backstage and Rey and Dominik tell her to stop. Rollins wins with the Curb Stomp.
Winner: Seth Rollins
Rollins grabs a kendo stick and Aliyah tells Rey and Dominik to help Murphy. They say no, so Aliyah decides to come out and help.
Rollins starts striking at Murphy before Aliyah gets in the way. Dominik comes out and chases Rollins out before Rollins comes back in and jumps him from behind. Rey comes out and Seth retreats for good. Rey and Dominik argue after while Aliyah consoles Murphy.
A reporter knocks on Roman’s door and Heyman says Roman will be ready when he says he’s ready.
We go back to the ring for tonight’s main event segment as WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns comes out with Paul Heyman. The announcers hype Sunday’s “I Quit” Hell In a Cell match between Reigns and his cousin Jey Uso.
Reigns enters the ring and raises the title in the air as the boos get louder. Before Reigns can speak, Jey appears on the big screen. He’s backstage in Reigns’ VIP suite. Uso taunts The Tribal Chief and says Reigns has changed. He’s got his head so far up his Tribal Chief ass, he’s lost connections with himself and their family. Uso takes off his bandana and hat, and says don’t ask me… ask my brother, Jey. This was Jimmy Uso on the big screen all along. Jimmy reveals that Jey is right behind Reigns.
Jey unloads on Reigns as the crowd pops. Jey goes to swing a steel chair but Reigns drop him with a big boot. Reigns goes to use the chair now but Jey superkicks him down. Jey goes to the top rope and hits a big Uso splash. Jey is fired up as he exits the ring, yelling at Reigns while he’s down. Jey hits the stage to stand tall as his music hits. Jimmy comes out to join him as fans cheer them on. Heyman is in the ring now as Reigns gets back to his feet.
Reigns takes the mic and says this is funny to The Usos. He says if he’s forced to quit on Sunday, he’s not the Universal Champion, not the face of WWE, not the head of the table, not the Tribal Chief, not the provider for generations of their bloodline. If Uso can make Reigns quit, he can live with that but the question is… can Uso? Reigns asks if when he makes Jey quit, and he will make him quit, he will fall in line, take orders, acknowledge Reigns, respect him for who he is in WWE, and all that he does for their family. Reigns says if Uso can’t, then he’s just out. Not just Jey, his brother Jimmy too. Their wives, their children, their children’s children, they’re all out of the Anoa’i family. Reigns says they will all turn their backs on The Usos. Those are the consequences for Sunday. The boos get louder now. Heyman hands Reigns the title and he places it over his shoulder as the music starts up. The Usos are furious, looking back from the stage.
The Hell In a Cell structure starts lowering around Reigns in the ring now. The Usos come marching down the ramp. Jey climbs the Cell as Reigns looks on from the inside. Jey stares down at Reigns from the side of the Cell. Reigns holds the title up at him. They yell at each other as the Hell In a Cell go-home edition of SmackDown goes off the air.
