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Clearly, Owens and
Zayn are don’t see eye to eye since they lost the 2-on-1 Handicap match at Royal Rumble (READ) for the WWE Championship against Styles. Last week when
Owens and Zayn were put in a tag team match against
Styles & Shinsuke Nakamura we saw the “Yep!” Movement began to tear apart (READ). Quickly after the match, we saw how Zayn in an interview with
Renee Young where he said - he won’t be
known as simply “Kevin Owens’ best friend;” he’ll be known as the guy who beat
Kevin Owens and became WWE Champion at WWE Fastlane (WATCH - WWE Fastlane 2017).
We also saw last week
how Rusev became the No. 1 contender and earned his right to face Bobby Roode for
the United State Championship title tonight.
We also witness how the SmackDown
Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair had a beat down from The Riott Squad and how
Ms. Money in the Bank, Carmella attempted to cash-in at the wounded champion.
Tonight Flair will face Liv Morgan from The Riott Squad, will Flair defeat
Morgan and find retribution on The Riott Squad or will the Squad will make good
on their promise that Flair won’t make it to Wrestlemania.
Show starts and Shane McMahon in the ring speaks about the
main event match for tonight and how he doesn’t think that Zayn and Owens don’t
deserve the WWE Championship opportunity.
He then calls SmackDown Live General Manager
Daniel Bryan to the ring, Shane then told Bryan that Zayn or Owens don’t
deserve a title opportunity but some other
wrestler does from the SmackDown Live locker room.
Shane then asks Bryan as
to why does he keeps on giving Zayn and Owens opportunity after opportunity.
Shane continues to say that Zayn and
Owens are manipulating with Bryan and
playing with his emotions as they know that
Bryan still misses wrestling in the ring.
Just then AJ Styles music hit and he enters the ring and
takes the microphone and says that he is the best wrestler ever step foot on
this planet and he will do anything to defend his WWE Championship. Styles continues to say that whenever the SmackDown Live management makes a
decision for Zayn and Owens it directly affects him and demanded the SmackDown management to stay away from tonight's match as he doesn’t care who will win
tonight – as he is a fighting champion and he will face anybody.
Match 1: Liv Morgan vs Charlotte Flair.
Morgan enters the ring with The Riott Squad. Later, Charlotte makes her way out to the ring.
As the bell rings Charlotte goes after Morgan, Morgan then
rolls outside the ring.
After the commercial, Morgan was seen attacking Charlotte. Charlotte
quickly gains control over Morgan by kicking Moran with a kick to the face. Charlotte
then delivers a spear to Morgan, just
then Sarah Logan tries to enter the ring. Charlotte attacks Logan the referee send Logan to the locker room.
Charlotte then delivers figure-eight to Morgan and wins the match as Morgan
taps out.
Winner: Charlotte.
Match 2: The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Local Competitors.
The match starts as
Luke Harper straight goes to attack their opponents.
Harper then tags Eric Rowan and they deliver
double crucifix powerbomb to the local competitors and pins them for victory.
Winner: The Bludgeon Brothers (Luke Harper and Eric Rowan)
After the match
SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos makes their way out to the ring as The Bludgeon
Brothers make their way out of the ring
and both the team stares each other as The Bludgeon Brothers leave and The Usos enters the ring.
Backstage: SmackDown Live General
Manager Daniel Bryan announces the Top 10 SmackDown Live wrestlers, and the
result is out.
In the ring: After the commercial, The Usos send a message to the entire
SmackDown tag team division that they are ready
for anyone.
Result: #10. Tye Dillinger, #9. Randy Orton, #8. Becky Lynch, #7. The Usos, #6. The New Day, #5. Bobby Roode, #4. Naomi, #3. Shinsuke Nakamura, #2. Charlotte
Flair #1. AJ Styles.
Match 3: Rusev vs Bobby Roode – United States Championship
match.
Aiden English introduces
Rusev to the ring, then comes Roode.
Bell rings, as Rusev,
get holds of Roode and throws him towards to the ring turnbuckle. Then Roode attacks Rusev. Later Rusev was seen dominating Roode
in the ring.
After the commercial, Roode as seen delivering brainbuster to Rusev from over the ropes and tries to pin him but he kicks out at 2.
Rusev then carries Roode and throws him
away and delivers a suplex, then holds Roode in a sleeper-hold.
Roode kicks out from the hold
and attacks Rusev with a backbreaker, then goes over the rope and attacks Rusev
with a splash. English enter the ring, Roode goes to attack him-Rusev takes
advantage of this and kicks Roode and tries to pin him as it gets kicked off at
2.
After the commercial, series
of pinfall was seen by both the men. Rusev then kicks Roode in the face. Roode
gets up and delivers a glorious DDT to Rusev and pins him to retain his US
title.
Winner: And still our UnitedStates Champion Bobby Roode.
After the match, as Roode was
celebrating his victory in the ring as Rusev was lying in the ring along with
English. Randy Orton enters the ring and delivers an ‘RKO’ Outta Nowhere to Roode, Rusev, and English and celebrates.
Backstage: Shelton Benjamin
and Chad Gable were seen pissed off as they are sick of the other tag teams making
the tag team division a joke.
Match 4: Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable vs The Ascension
Match 4: Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable vs The Ascension
The match starts, Benjamin
and Gable tags each other frequently and kept on attacking Konnor. Konnor then
tags Viktor. Viktor attacks Gable and tries to pin him, Benjamin interprets it and attacks Konnor. Benjamin and Gable then attack Viktor and pins him to victory.
Winner: Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable.
Backstage: Zayn talks in an interview backstage where he says that Owens has got everything in WWE and
now is his time to shine.
Match 5: Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owen (Winner will get a WWE Championship title opportunity against AJ Styles at WWE Fastlane)
Zayn makes his way out
to the ring after the interview. AJ
Styles was seen sitting with the announcing team. Owens music hits and he too makes
his way out to the ring.
Bell rings, Owens and
Zayn start the match with some submission
moves. Then Zayn was seen starting to be acting violently
during the match, that lead to Zayn attacks
Owens and then delivers takedown and
later throws Owens out of the ring.
After the commercial, series of chest-chops was seen by both the men. Styles on the ringside seems to be enjoying this as both the men are killing each
other. Owens delivers a neck breaker to Zayn and tries to pin him but kicks out
at two. The Zayn delivers swinging DDT to Owens and tries to pin but it was
kicked out at two.
Then from over the ropes, Owens
delivers Bullfrog Splash to Zayn. Zayn then delivers a diving DDT from between
the ropes outside the ring. Zayn then in the ring, sets up for Helluva Kick, as
Owens rolls away.
Later, outside the ring, Zayn
goes to attack Owens. Zayn then stood next to Styles and stares at him. Styles
pushes Zayn over Owens. Styles then enters the ring and attacks Zayn and Owens
and throws them out of the ring. Styles then jumps over them and enter the ring
and stands tall with his title.
Winner: No Contest. Both men
disqualified due to outside interference.
After the match: Bryan
announces due to outside interference both Zayn and Owen will face Styles in a triple-threat
match for the WWE Championship at WWE FastLane.
