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Baron Corbin kicked off SmackDown and Dolph Ziggler joined him as they taunted Roman and said that the locker room approved of the way they humiliated Roman Reigns last week. The New Day came out to stop the nonsense and King Corbin & Dolph Ziggler made fun of them as well. Kofi slapped Corbin who replied with "If you want to be a locker room leader like Roman Reigns, you're going to get humiliated like Roman Reigns".
Segment rating: A
Corbin & Ziggler walked backstage to see that their security team was destroyed and lying on the floor.
Mandy Rose and Sonya DeVille were out for a match while Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss were being interviewed backstage. Mandy and Sonya ran all the way back and attacked them from behind, taking them out.
Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss vs. Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville
The action poured into the ring and Bliss and Cross didn't waste any time in attacking Deville and Rose as the match officially started. Rose poked Cross in the eye and then DeVille came in to take her out.
Mandy and Sonya were now isolating Nikki Cross and they double-teamed her. They tried to hit her with the double suplex, but Bliss got a hold of Mandy's leg and pulled her out of the ring, allowing Cross to hit the Swinging Neckbreaker, picking up the win for her team!
Result: Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss def. Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville
Match rating: A
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Backstage, Tucker and Otis presented Sami with a Christmas Ham due as his Secret Santa. Sami said he was vegan and called Otis a dumb oaf and things were getting heated.
Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura arrived and backed Sami up and then the Swiss Cyborg threw the ham on the ground.
Shorty G & Mustafa Ali vs. The Revival
Shorty G and Dash started the match and The Revival dominated early on. They took him out of the ring and bounced him face-first off the announce table. Shorty G was fighting back against them both but the numbers game was too much as he was isolated.
They hit the Doomsday Electric Chair from the top rope but Shorty G got a partial reversal. Mustafa Ali came into the ring and hit a Hurricanrana on Dawson.
Shorty G took out Dash who had dropped Ali outside the ring. Dawson hit a pinning Powerbomb on Shorty G for a near fall. Shorty G hit the Rolling Deadlift German Suplex. Dash broke it with aa Splash, but Mustafa Ali hit Dash with a 450 Splash.
The Revival caught Ali with a huge Shatter Machine out of nowhere and Dash covered for the pin.
Result: The Revival def. Shorty G & Mustafa Ali
Match rating: A
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Elias performed a rather insulting song for Bayley and said that ever since she got a hair cut she looked like a man. Bayley was naturally upset and challenges Dana Brooke to a match.
Dana Brooke vs. Bayley
Bayley was dominating the match from the start and she threw her opponent against the desk outside and then brought her inside and put her on top of the turnbuckle.
Dana went for the Sunset Flip and hit Bayley with a Powerbomb similar to Batista's finisher. Dana kept rolling Bayley up, but Bayley managed to kick out.
Bayley dropped Brooke face-first and that was all she needed to pick up the win.
Result: Bayley def. Dana Brooke
Match rating: B
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There was a backstage promo from Sheamus saying that he is going to bring the heart back to SmackDown and that he would crush anyone foolish enough to stand in his way.
The Miz was being interviewed by Renee in his house and said that his outlook on life had changed after becoming a father. He said that The Feind's stunt last week made him sick and that he shouldn't have dragged his family into this.
During the interview, Maryse called to Mike and showed him that the baby monitor camera was showing Bray Wyatt instead of their child Monroe for a split second before it went back to Monroe playing with FireFly Funhouse themed dolls.
Miz cut the segment short and they rescued their daughter before sending the came crew out of the house.
Wyatt showed up on the Titantron and said that he didn't like snitches. He added that 'Snitches get stitches', referring to the Miz.
Segment rating: A
Baron Corbin and Dolph Ziggler were backstage and ran into Corbin's bodyguards who were all lying on the floor, knocked out.
Heavy Machinery vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro
Cesaro and Tucker start off the match, and Tucker dropped Cesaro with the Dropkick and then a Crossbody. He tagged in Otis. Otis pushed Shinsuke back. Nakamura landed some strikes but Otis landed a Shoulder Tackle. Otis got caught with a roundhouse kick.
Shinsuke went for the Kinshasa but Otis grabbed him. Cesaro interfered and was dropped. Otis went for the Caterpillar and Sami Zayn interfered. Shinsuke hit the Kinshasa on Tucker to get the win while Otis was on the outside.
Result: Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura def. Heavy Machinery
Match rating: B
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King Corbin vs. Kofi Kingston
Kingston was dominating early on and Corbin managed to turn it around. Kofi hit an SOS and a Boom Drop before Ziggler tried to run interference but the referee sent him off. A brawl broke out between the four men and the New Day got on the mic and proposed a tag match.
Result: DNF
Match rating: C
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The New Day vs. Baron Corbin & Dolph Ziggler
Big E and Ziggler started us off and Ziggler hit a Famouser right off the bat. Corbin tagged in and took a huge belly-to-belly Suplex. Corbin brought out the handcuffs after Ziggler knocked out Big E with a superkick. Corbin handcuffed Kofi onto the ring post just like last week before The Revival came in and took Big E out.
Just as the dog food came out, Roman Reigns' music hit and he decimated Corbin and his cronies. He sent part of Corbin's security team over the barricades and took the Revival and Ziggler out. He hit a Superman punch to Corbin in the ring and picked up his scepter and the dog food but Ziggler hit a superkick before the Revival set Roman up on the announce table.
Reigns instead put Ziggler through the table before the show ended.
Result: DNF
Match rating: A
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Episode rating: B
The show started off slow but picked up at the end. The highlights of the night were Roman's surprise appearance and the Miz's out of ring segment.
