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Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn undoubtedly caused disruption and disarray on SmackDown Live, but this week, Shane McMahon had a unique solution. Here's what you missed on the latest episode of WWE SmackDown Live.
One down, one to go
Dolph Ziggler continued his no entrance-theme gimmick, for about ten seconds. It seemed like the match with Corbin was going to kick off SmackDown Live. His music then played and he entered. Baron Corbin's theme song first came to an abrupt halt, and when it played again, he still didn't come out.
Baron Corbin was seen being assaulted backstage by both Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. After finishing off The Lone Wolf, Zayn & Owens said "one down, one to go" and went after Dolph Ziggler, who was ready in the ring.
Sami came through the crowd while Owens entered from the ramp. While Ziggler went for Zayn, the numbers caught up and he was taken out. Baron Corbin came back out but he wasn't any match for the two best friends, who continued their assault on him before more people had to come out and stop them.
Charlotte Flair vs Sarah Logan
Becky Lynch and Naomi came to ringside to neutralise the threat of the Riott Squad. While Charlotte started the match strong, it was a shoulder tackle to the ribs that shifted the momentum.
Logan even got a near-fall with a solid dropkick. The Queen started exchanging strikes with Logan and despite her face getting smashed against the turnbuckles, she hit one of the best-looking Natural Selections ever!
Charlotte Flair defeated Sarah Logan
Backstage, Shane McMahon was furious over what happened at the start of the show. He stated that Corbin & Ziggler wanted matches despite being banged up, and Shane said that if Ziggler and Corbin won their respective matches, they would be added to the Fastlane main event, potentially making it a Fatal-5-Way.
Kevin Owens vs Baron Corbin
Corbin managed to clear Owens once at the start, but Owens kept attacking the mid-section, the weakened area of Corbin. The match was relatively slow paced, but ultimately after a lot of back and forth, it was Baron Corbin who landed the End Of Days, making the Fastlane main event a Fatal-4-Way at that point.
Baron Corbin defeated Kevin Owens to qualify for the Fastlane WWE title match
Bobby Roode's United States Open Challenge
Bobby Roode put over Cena as one of the best United States Champions and said that he wanted to "steal" his tradition of the open challenge. He hoped that the challenger would come to his face and not hit him with an RKO out of nowhere.
Randy Orton came out, poised to answer his challenge, but Jinder Mahal came out. He tried to provoke Orton over being #9 on the top 10 list. Orton said that he didn't care about the list, while Roode said that it was big words for someone who didn't make the list.
Honestly, it was not a great segment, and face Bobby Roode seems kind of cheesy. Bobby Roode told Orton that he thinks the locker room is sick of being attacked out of nowhere. Orton said "Like when I do this?" and hit Sunil Singh with an RKO out of nowhere. The attack started and Jinder ended up standing tall after hitting a Khallas on Bobby Roode and Randy Orton.
The New Day's pancake eating contest gets hijacked
Big E was attempting to break the record of 113 pancakes in eight minutes. Big E stuffed about twenty pancakes in his mouth and actually ate zero, but Gable & Benjamin interfered. The two teams had a verbal back and forth and it ended with Gable & Benjamin flipping over a tray of pancakes, saying that waffles were better. That was hilarious.
Gable & Benjamin vs The New Day
Kofi Kingston and Big E were the two men for The New Day. Despite taking out Big E, he was still the hot tag, derailing Gable & Benjamin's momentum. The referee didn't see the tag between Gable & Benjamin, and Kofi Kingston took advantage to dropkick Benjamin off the ring.
With the numbers on their side, The New Day hit The Midnight Hour on Gable for the win.
The New Day defeated Gable & Benjamin
Dolph Ziggler vs Sami Zayn
The stipulation of the match as mentioned was that if Ziggler won, he would be added to the Fastlane main event, making it a Fatal-5-Way.
Ziggler started off aggressive, pressing Sami Zayn. Zayn got the better of Ziggler for a while after, but The Show Off nearly picked up the fall with a famouser. Zayn halted Ziggler's momentum when he hit a top-rope exploder suplex.
Zayn's helluva kick missed and Ziggler landed a zig-zag, for a surprising kick out at two and a half. Zayn even threw Ziggler into the ring post shoulder first twice. Ziggler almost pinned Zayn with a small package but wasn't successful.
Sami Zayn would then land an exploder suplex and his next attempt at a Helluva kick was halted by a vicious superkick, giving Ziggler the win.
Dolph Ziggler defeated Sami Zayn to qualify for the Fastlane main event
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