Mandy Rose vs Carmella
R-Truth walked Mella to the ring while wearing a wig. It didn’t take long for the entire undercard in WWE to charge the ring causing Truth to run through the ring causing a DQ.
Truth grabbed Mella and she rode on his back on the way out of the arena as everyone chased them through the crowd. Corey Graves couldn’t help himself from laghing uncontrollably when they cut back to the desk.
Kayla Braxton interviewed Bayley backstage and The Hugger talked about the brutal night at MITB, but she would do it again in a heartbeat. She said people doubted her and she made it impossible to doubt her at MITB.
Braxton said what people need to know about Bayley the champion as opposed to Bayley the Hugger and she made up some answer about bringing her best.
Then they showed R-Truth and Carmella running some more backstage with Drake Maverick behind everyone. Sami Zayn just sat back and watched them run by because he apparently had no interest in that new gimmick belt.
Elias was playing his guitar in the parking lot of the Dunkin Doughnuts Center and then they went back to the ring for a match.
Kofi Kingston vs Sami Zayn
They showed Big E backstage and he was down and holding his knee. He said “Owens” and everyone rushed around him to take care of E, but Kofi Kingston had to go out for his match.
Kofi was pissed and he took it out on Zayn in a big way. He beat Zayn around the ring and then once they got back in the squared circle, Sami lifted Kofi over the top rope and he went crashing to the floor.
Then Zayn threw Kofi into the steel ring steps before jumping and applauding his actions. They returned to the ring and Zayn continued his assault before Kofi mounted a comeback.
Kofi dodged a Helluva Kick and then he Sami dodged a Trouble In Paradise until Kingston hit the second try and won the match.
Winner: Kofi Kingston
As Kofi was celebrating, Paul Heyman walked out with the Money In The Bank and he teased Kofi until DOLPH ZIGGLER jumped Kofi and took him to the woodshed!
Elias sang Roman Reigns a song in the parking lot.
Lacey Evans and Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch & Bayley
Bayley and Becky worked well together and took down the heels before having a little talk about what to do next. Then Bayley and Charlotte continued.
Fun fact: 3 of the 4 Horsewomen are in this match… wonder who’s missing. Maybe Lacey Evans can be the new Horsewoman now that Sasha Banks is apparently still on her hiatus.
Flair soon took control over Bayley and Evans got the tag where she roughed up Bayley for a bit before tagging Flair back in.
Lynch couldn’t make the tag in because Flair pulled her off the apron. Then she returned to the ring to continue the assault on Bayley. Then Bayley dropped Flair with a clothesline and crawled to The Man where Flair finally got in the match.
Becky hit a dropkick from the top and took out Evans before kicking Flair from the apron and hitting a diving forearm from the middle rope. She hit a Becksploder Suplex, but Flair was able to fire back just in time for Flair to hit a big boot.
Then Bayley took a tag and rolled Flair up for the win.
Winners: Bayley & Becky Lynch
Truth and Carmella were still running backstage. He took out Jinder Mahal and then The B Team fought over who got to tag him, but Truth fought them off too before running away.
Dolph Ziggler was asked why he attacked Kofi Kingston and he said that they deserve and answer and he went out with a microphone to the crowd. Dolph said that he would boo himself too. He said that when Kofi stepped up and knocked it out of the park it should have been Ziggler.
Roman Reigns vs Elias
Shane was in Elias’ corner and kept trying to interfere. Then Roman amped up and mounted a come back. He geared up for a Superman Punch, but Shane distracted him again.
Elias nailed a leaping knee and then Reigns fought back with a right hand before hoisting Elias to the top rope where Roman climbed up, but Elias countered into a seated powerbomb.
They started trading punches and then Roman nailed a Superman Punch for a two count as Shane put Elias’ foot on the bottom rope. Roman wasn’t happy and he ran around to hit McMahon with a driveby.
Elias jumped Reigns and bounced him off the ring post and the steps before going back in to climb up top and hit an elbow drop for a two count.
Shane gave Elias his guitar, but Roman nailed a spear and won the match.
Winner: Roman Reigns
Shane McMahon jumped in and attacked Roman before picking up Elias’ guitar. Just as Shane was about to nail Reigns, he fired off a Superman Punch. Then Roman picked up the guitar and backed Shane into the corner.
Suddenly, Drew McIntyre jumped in the ring and nailed a Claymore Kick to reigns to level him.
SmackDown Live ended with the crowd booking over McIntyre’s music as he and Shane McMahon celebrated over a fallen Roman Reigns.
