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This week's SmackDown Live was from the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, OH. Michael Cole introduced Kofi Kingston to kicked off the show.
Michael Cole played the video montage of Kofi's journey so far and then played the replay of Kevin Owens' betrayal on last week's SmackDown Live. Kofi Kingston then challenged Kevin Owens for the WWE Championship match at Money in the Bank pay-per-view.
Kevin Owens interrupted them and accepted the challenge made by Kofi. Xavier Woods came out and attacked Owens from behind but the Prizefighter hit a powerful superkick on the New Day member before leaving the arena.
Next, Bayley came out to face The Man, Becky Lynch. After some hard and forth action, Lynch won the match by making Bayley tap out to the dis-arm-her. After the match, Charlotte came out and attacked both Bayley and Becky Lynch.
SmackDown Live Tag team Champion The Hardy Boyz came out next and relinquished their title. Lars Sullivan interrupted them and attacked Matt Hardy before focusing on Jeff Hardy. R-Truth attacked Sullivan from behind with a steel chair. The Freak then shifted his focus to R-Truth and destroyed him before leaving the arena.
Also on SmackDown Live, commentators revealed that Ali, Finn Balor, Andrade, and Randy Orton will be the four participants to represent the Blue Brand in Men's Money in the Bank Ladder match. Kairi Sane and Asuka came out next to face two local talents and defeated them quickly.
Roman Reigns made his way out to the ring and talked about his attack on Vince McMahon two week's ago. Shane McMahon interrupted him and then made a 2-on-1 Handicap match between B-Team and The Big Dog with a special guest referee enforcer, Elias.
Next, Roman Reigns faced Bo-Dallas and Curtis Axel in a 2-on-1 Handicap match with Elias as special guest referee enforcer. Despite the interference of Elias, Roman Reigns won the match when he hit a thunderous spear on Curtis Axel.
Finn Balor teamed up with Ali to face the team of Andrade and Randy Orton. After some incredible action, Ali pinned Andrade to pick up the victory for his team. After the match, Randy Orton hit an RKO on Balor before Ali hit a powerful superkick on his face.
In the main event of this week's SmackDown Live, Kevin Owens came out for the Kevin Owens Show with Xavier Woods as his guest. Kevin Owens called out Xavier Woods. When the New Day member didn't turn up, he used action figures of Woods and Big E's action figures and made fun of the faction.
Kofi Kingston came out and attacked Owens. The Prizefighter somehow managed to run away from Kofi's attack.
Here is how fans reacted to this week's SmackDown:
