Opening segment
- Kevin Owens calls out (to no avail) Shane McMahon and says that he likes Vince McMahon, so imagine what he'll do to Shane.
- Sami Zayn comes out to try to talk sense into Owens. This is a really cool touch. I love their history.
- Owens says he's fine and says Zayn is just trying to steal his spotlight.
- This was exceptional as most of their segments are. They'll have a match later. Usually I have a problem with matches being done to death, but part of the charm of these characters is how they're always intertwined.
Baron Corbin defeated Tye Dillinger via countout
- Greg Hamilton is to Tye Dillinger as Tony Chimel is to Edge
- Baron Corbin has a new theme, it's good.
- AJ Styles comes out to ringside.
- They started the match during the commercial break, and I'd love to hear what you all think about that.
- Solid match, and Corbin throws Dillinger into Styles for the countout win.
- Corbin runs from Styles after a boot to Dillinger.
- This is a good way to keep Dillinger on TV without pinning him.
Jinder promo
- We see another shitty Jinder promo. He shows pictures of Nakamura.
- I don't even have a clue if anything racial was implied or not, I just know the promo was dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooody.
- Nakamura beats everyone up after one of the pictures "move" and he's on video. This is so lame
- Yeah, have Nakamura talk with a mouth guard in. Smooth.
Usos defeated Hype Bros
- New Day come sit in the crowd. New Day are seat fillers cause nobody's at the show.
- This is quick. Usos win due to Mojo and Zack miscommunication.
- This gets a few things done at once. It furthers the Hype Bros storyline and New Day vs. Usos is happening in the cell. I'm down for all of that.
RUSEV CELEBRATION!
- Smackdown has been really good lately about getting guys on TV even when they don't have a program -- specifically Aiden English.
- I love Aiden English being the heels' favorite singer.
- It's named Rusev day in Bulgaria or something, and he's given a key.
- Randy Orton attacks during a song and RKOs everyone. This segment was a lot of fun outside of Rusev's dumb "this is my jungle now" line.
- Hitting RKOs is what Orton does best. Keep him doing that.
- Aiden English's song is better than Snoop Dogg's 2k18 song
Charlotte defeated Carmella
4/10
- Carmella is back to her old gear.
- Carmella's selling outside during the commercial was hilarious.
- I'm almost not used to seeing Charlotte wrestle on TV now.
- Carmella controls the majority of this match. Also, she has Ellsworth on a leash tethered to the turnbuckle.
- Ugly as hell reverse DDT from Carmella.
- A big boot pins Carmella. She's been using that a lot lately.
- Natalya comes out and cuts a bad promo on Charlotte.
Bobby Roode and Dolph Ziggler
- Ziggler comes out as The Undertaker. This is his best one yet.
- Those are actually Undertaker's gloves.
- Bobby Roode comes out, as we've noted was the plan on the Podcast.
- They're facing each other at Hell in a Cell.
- Fashion Files are back next week.
Kevin Owens defeated Sami Zayn via TKO
6/10
- This is a Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn match. They aren't afraid to hurt one another.
- A brainbuster on the apron, Sami's tornado DDT, a couple of big Owens superkicks, Blue Thunder Bomb -- their chemistry is great.
- Zayn hits his big dive outside, and Shane McMahon is in the house as Owens powerbombs Zayn on the apron.
- That match was good, per usual from these two.
- Owens tosses a chair-wrapped Zayn into Shane to close an underwhelming show.
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