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This week’s episode of SmackDown Live took place in Toledo, OH. The crowd were hot for the show. The episode featured Jinder mahal’s title celebration as well as updates for the Money In The Bank ladder match.
Shane McMahon addressed Money In The Bank
Shane McMahon opened the show tonight. He acknowledged how Jinder Mahal had made history by winning the WWE Championship at Backlash before announcing the rematch at WWE Money In The Bank. Shane then went on to announce the participants for the upcoming Money In The Bank ladder match. AJ Styles, Baron Corbin, Sami Zayn and Dolph Ziggler were announced as the first 4 participants before Kevin Owens’ music hit.
McMahon informed Owens that he wasn’t the fifth participant when Nakamura’s music hit and he was announced as the fifth. Owens was unhappy at the fact that some of the people who lost at Backlash were a part of the match but he wasn’t. Shane acknowledged that he made a salient point and added him to the match.
Baron Corbin, unhappy with Owens’ words, said that Shane may as well lower the briefcase and hand it to him. Styles refuted Corbin, saying that he had built SmackDown Live on his shoulders, At this point, Zayn and Corbin started bickering, to which Ziggler replied that he was the only one in the ring who’d won the Money In The Bank ladder match.
Nakamura took the mic at this point and said that for those who didn’t know him, they could call him Mr. Money In The Bank.
Unhappy with the bickering, Shane announced that matches don’t happen on Corbin’s time and announced his rematch with Sami Zayn. He then announced a tag-team match between Styles and Nakamura taking on Owens and Ziggler.
Becky Lynch and Charlotte vs Carmella and Natalya
Becky Lynch and Carmella started us off. Becky was all over Carmella in the early stages, trying to pin her with a backslide. Charlotte came in after that to counter Natalya coming into the ring without a tag and hit her with a dropkick.
When we came back from the break, Becky was in a bad spot. However, she managed to tag in Charlotte who came in and knocked Carmella off the apron with a forearm before hitting Natalya with repeated chops.
Charlotte then headed to the top rope and went for a moonsault but Tamina tried to intervene. Naomi took care of Tamina.
Becky Lynch and Carmella tagged themselves in after this. Becky went to lock in the Disarmer when James Ellsworth tried to intervene. Naomi knocked Ellsworth off the apron as Becky locked in the Disarmer for the win.
Becky Lynch and Charlotte def. Carmella and Natalya
Sami Zayn vs Baron Corbin
Sami Zayn rolled Corbin up as soon as the match started and pinned him within seconds.
Sami Zayn def. Baron Corbin
As Zayn was celebrating after the match, Corbin assaulted him from behind. He sent Sami hurling out to ringside before tossing him onto the announce table. Corbin then smashed Zayn with a steel chair before starting hitting a helpless Zayn with forearms as the officials stood there helpless.
Corbin continued the beatdown in the crowd before finally walking away, leaving Sami laying in a heap.
Fashion Files
Breezango was backstage with Shane McMahon. They wanted to turn in their badges after they lost to Breezango with Fandango saying that “their day one was more H than ours”. Breezango then turned in their “guns”.
However, Shane told them that they had already proved themselves and stopped them from splitting up. Shane then told Breeze and Fandango that they would be in singles matches with the Usos later in the night.
Jinder Mahal’s Championship celebration
Jinder Mahal pulled out all the stops for his title celebration. We had dancers out on the entrance ramp and they were followed out by the Singh brothers. They headed to the ring and were followed out by Jinder Mahal.
Once he was in the ring, Jinder said that even though the fans hated him because he looked different and talked differently, the country of India celebrated. He then called the fans fools for not believing in him. He then called Randy Orton an epitome of America, on the decline like the country of America.
Jinder then told the fans that he would talk to him people in Punjabi. Mahal said in Punjabi that he had promised to win the title at Backlash and he had gone through with his promise. This was followed by an epic fireworks display.
Tyler Breeze vs Jey Uso
Breeze beat Uso in seconds after Fandango distracted him by spraying water on him.
Tyler Breeze def. Jey Uso
Fandango vs Jimmy Uso
There was a distraction outside the ring as Breeze put on his wig. Jey Uso chased him around the ring as Jimmy Uso got distracted, leading Fandango to pin him.
Fandango def. Jimmy Uso
Fandango and Breeze challenged The Usos to a tag title match after the match and The Usos accepted.
The Usos (C) vs Breezango (for the SmackDown Live Tag-Team Championships)
Breezango started the match off strong and looked like there was a chance of them pulling off the win, against all odds. The Usos took control soon enough as they double-teamed Tyler Breeze. Breezango came back into the match after Breeze tagged in Fandango.
Fandango looked like he was about to pull off the impossible for his team when he hit Jimmy Uso with the Last Dance. However, Jey Uso immediately hit Fandango with a Frog Splash for the win.
The Usos def. Breezango
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kevin Owens and Dolph Ziggler
AJ Styles and Dolph Ziggler started us off. The two men started off at a brisk pace as Ziggler and Styles avoided each other’s offence before Styles hit Ziggler with a dropkick right before dodging one from Ziggler.
The two men then made tags as Nakamura and Owens became the legal men. Owens screamed at Styles and Nakamura that they were losers before Nakamura hit Owens with knees and forearms. Owens rolled out of the ring in frustration as we headed to commercial.
Owens was taunting Nakamura when we headed back from commercial as he lodged his boot into Owens’ face to make him feel the ‘Good Vibrations’. Owens hit back by pulling Nakamura down by the hair and lodging his boot into Nakamura. Owens then tagged Ziggler back in.
Ziggler hit Nakamura with strikes in the corner before hitting him with a neckbreaker and transitioning it into a submission hold. Nakamura broke free and tried to hit back with a couple of strikes but Ziggler tagged in Owens who hit Nakamura with nasty strikes to the face.
Owens hit Nakamura with a snapmare before kicking him across the back and locking in a headlock.
Ziggler tagged himself in at this point and prevented Nakamura from making the tag. He swiftly tagged Owens back in as Owens hit a cannonball for the nearfall.
Nakamura was still taking damage when we came back from commercial. Owens hit him with a senton for another 2-count before tagging in Ziggler. Owens called Ziggler to finish Nakamura off but the King Of Strong Style sidestepped Ziggler who crashing into the ring-post.
Nakamura tagged Styles in as he hit Dolph with a phenomenal combo of strikes and kicks. He followed it up with a running forearm to Owens who was on the apron. Styles then hit Ziggler with an Ushi Goroshi for the nearfall.
Styles then looked for the Styles Clash but Owens distracted him, giving Ziggler the chance to send him throat-first into the top rope before dumping him outside. Owens hit him with a senton at ringside before hitting Styles with a vicious kick. Owens then rolled Styles back into the ring and locked in a chin lock.
Owens then launched Styles into the air with a back body drop and followed it up with clubbing right hands. A tag to Ziggler followed.
Ziggler hit Styles with a headbutt before taking things to the top turnbuckle. Styles slid out from underneath Ziggler and went to make a tag. Ziggler stopped Styles but got planted face-first into the mat for his efforts.
Both men made tags as Nakamura came in and hit Owens with repeated strikes and kicks. He followed it up with a running knee to the corner. The ensuing cover got him a 2-count but he didn’t look deterred.
Nakamura hit Owens with a spinning heel kick for another 2-count as Ziggler broke up the pinning attempt. Ziggler then went for the Famouser but Nakamura hit him with the inverted exploder suplex. Owens came in at this point and Styles met him with a Pelle kick. Ziggler came back in at this point and hit Styles with a Superkick.
Nakamura knocked Ziggler out of the ring at this point and hit KO with the Kinshasa to pick up the win.
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura def. Kevin Owens and Dolph Ziggler
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