SmackDown Live

SmackDown begins with a recap of last week, where Dolph Ziggler assaulted Kofi Kingston

Owens says he was going to do an episode of The KO Show but the people in Tulsa don't deserve it. He claims he had nothing to do with Big E being attacked last week. Kofi Kingston comes out and basically tells him to quit lying.

Kofi Kingston vs. Kevin Owens

Kofi Kingston won

 

Bryan and Rowan come to the ring for an interview with Kayla Braxton after the break. They say the SD Tag Team division is a joke and they will be the greatest tag team of all time. Bryan talks about dedicating their life to saving the planet. 

Heavy Machinery comes to the ring and says it's time for them to get down to some serious business in the tag team division. Bryan agrees to their challenge and a ref comes to the ring. Bryan then says he refuses to defend the titles in a state with fracking.

Carmella vs. Mandy Rose

Mandy Rose won

Shane is out with Drew McIntyre and Elias after the break for Shane McMahon Appreciation Night. He says he is a humble man and just wants the best for the fans before he throws to a video package for himself.

R-Truth ends up running into the ring with Maverick right behind him. Truth hits a front suplex and a ref counts the pin on Drake. Shane gets pissed and attacks Truth with Elias and McIntyre. Shane tells Elias to pin him and he becomes the new 24/7 champion. Shane books a match with Elias and McIntyre vs. Truth and Roman Reigns. Shane says he is suspending the 24/7 rules until after the match.

Bayley vs. Lacey

Bayley won

Evans attacks Charlotte for costing her the match so Flair turns around and levels Evans with a big boot to the face. A few refs must break them apart. 

Roman Reigns and R-Truth vs. Elias and Drew McIntyre

Roman Reigns and R-Truth won  Reigns hits another Spear and tells Truth to cover Elias. He gets the pin and regains the 24/7 Title.

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches as we get closer to WWESSD.

RAW

After a video plays for Memorial Day, Brock Lesnar is shown backstage with Paul Heyman. When we go live to the arena, Kofi Kingston makes his way to the ring.

Kofi gives a promo about how Dolph Ziggler didn't finish the job last week because he is still standing. He says he will deal with Dolph later, but tonight he is there to deal with Lesnar. Kingston says he will only be one of the greatest champions of all time if he can beat The Beast. He calls Lesnar to the ring and says he wants to face him tonight. Instead of Lesnar, Seth Rollins comes out.

Heyman says Rollins ruined the Brock Party by being a party pooper, so Lesnar will not be deciding who he will face tonight. He and Heyman leave as Ziggler ambushes Kofi from behind again. He hits a Zig Zag on the steel entrance ramp before grabbing a steel chair. Woods runs down and goes after Ziggler. Xavier sends him running into the crowd as we head to a break.

We return to see Woods and Ziggler brawling. Woods rolls him into the ring as he keeps beating on him. The Showoff sends him out of the ring and rakes his eyes. Ziggler runs him into the barricade but Xavier makes a comeback and hits a double ax handle. They keep fighting into the crowd and Woods dumps a trash can on him.

Ziggler eventually gets the upper hand and uses a chair to inflict more damage. Kofi runs back to the ring with his own chair and sends Ziggler running.

Ziggler comes back out after the break and gives another speech to Kofi about how it should have been Dolph who won the WWE title. He says he told everyone how good Kofi was for years and nobody listened to him. Now, Ziggler will take the title at Super Showdown.

Shane McMahon talks about the history between the McMahon and Anoa'i families and how they have been linked for years. He says Reigns wasn't taught respect like he was.

Lance Anoa’i vs. Shane McMahon

Shane will be facing one of Roman's cousins named Lance Anoa'i. Before the ref can call for the bell, McIntyre pulls Lance out of the ring and destroys him. Shane jokingly tries to stop the attack. Drew rolls him in and Shane tells the ref to call for the bell. Shane goes to work with a flurry of jabs to the body and kicks to the leg. Lance starts to fight back as the crowd chants "This is awful." Shane blocks a superkick and locks him in the triangle choke for the win.

Reigns eventually comes out to help his cousin fight off Shane and McIntyre. He takes out Drew with a Superman Punch. Drew saves Shane from a beating while Roman checks on his cousin.

Lesnar is out again after the break, but before he and Heyman can reveal who he will challenge, Seth Rollins heads to the ring. He runs Lesnar down for being a joke when he used to be the most feared man in the business. He dares Brock to cash in his briefcase right now.

Lesnar didn't realize he had an entire year to decide until Heyman tells him. He tells Seth "Screw you" and walks away.

Becky Lynch vs. Nikki Cross vs IIconics

Becky Lynch and Nikki Cross win.

Lacey Evans' music hits and she heads down to the ring to tease Becky as usual.

Ricochet vs. Cesaro

Ricochet won

Braun Strowman vs. The Miz vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Baron Corbin in a Fatal 4 Way Elimination Match

Baron Corbin wins and will go on to WWESSD to face Seth Rollins for the Universal Title.

Sami Zayn sits in the electric chair and Charly gets some questions from the audience. The first guy asks when Zayn will retire. The next kid asks if Zayn misses teaming with Lynch. Zayn even mentioned AEW before Seth Rollins comes out to send him packing.

Seth Rollins vs. Sami Zayn

Seth Rollins won

The show ends with Rollins celebrating his win

Rating: 60/60

Decent show and matches as we head to WWESSD. Gosh! There were so many commercials tonight goodness. Anyways, I’ll see you guys for SmackDown Live.

 

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with Elias finding Shane backstage. He claims he was distracted during his match with Reigns and says he will do better for the McMahon family. He offers to be in Shane's corner at SSD but Shane says he will do it himself. Back in the arena, The New Day's music hits and we see Woods and Kingston head to the ring.

Before the real Big E comes out, a fake Big E shows up and The New Day make some jokes at his expense. Big E comes dancing out onto the stage before all three men head to the ring. There are big gifts and a banner set up for his return.

Sami Zayn joins Owens and rants about how nobody threw him a party when he was gone for nine months. KO doesn't say anything and just walks away. Sami says he is going to beat Kofi tonight in their match tonight.

Ali vs. Andrade Cien Almas

Ali won 

Mandy Rose vs. Carmella 

R-Truth in a wig accompanies Mella to the ring. He is still wearing the 24/7 title around his waist

A ton of Superstars run down to battle Truth for the 24/7 title. He picks up Mella and runs away.

Kofi Kingston vs. Sami Zayn

Kofi Kingston won

Paul Heyman comes out with the MITB briefcase to tease Kofi. Suddenly, Dolph Ziggler comes out of nowhere and attacks Kingston from behind. He brutally destroys Kofi for a few minutes. He uses the announce table and a steel chair during his attack and nobody comes out to help the champ. Kofi is being stretchered out, but the pride of the WWE champion makes him get up and limp away himself without any assistance.

Bayley and Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte and Lacey Evans 

Bayley and Becky Lynch won

Ziggler comes out to explain why he attacked Kingston. He said when Ali was injured and Kofi took his spot, it should have been him. He says everything Kofi has done since running the gauntlet should have been him. He is almost in tears as he talks about watching Kofi accomplish what he should have done.

Roman Reigns vs. Elias

Roman Reigns won

Shane McMahon attacks Reigns after the match only for him to get the upper hand only for Drew McIntyre to come out and help McMahon take out Reigns and both McMahon and McIntyre stand tall to end the show.

Rating: 70/70

Awesome show and matches as we lead to WWE SSD.

RAW

Raw opens with Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman heading to the ring to celebrate Lesnar's win at Money in the Bank. The Beast holds up the briefcase with a huge smile on his face.

Heyman talks about how he quickly negotiated for Lesnar to be in MITB after Sami Zayn was mysteriously attacked. He says the WWE and universal champions need to be scared because Lesnar is unpredictable. Seth Rollins eventually comes out to respond.

Rollins says he is unhappy to see Lesnar with the contract because he is trying to be the champion Lesnar had the guts to be. He challenges Lesnar to cash in his title shot right now and the crowd goes wild. Heyman says Rollins must wait until Brock is ready. He mocks Seth for not being in the main event of WrestleMania while his girlfriend was. Seth and Brock get in each other's faces. Heyman suggests Lesnar might not even cash in on Rollins and may choose Kofi Kingston instead.

The New Day's music hits and Kofi makes his way to the ring. He says he wants to be remembered as one of the best, and if that means going through Brock, he will do it. Heyman smiles at how both champions are requesting matches with Lesnar. Heyman and Lesnar leave without making it clear what they will do.

Braun Strowman vs. Sami Zayn

Braun Strowman won

Lars Sullivan comes to the ring after the break for an interview with Charly Caruso. She plays a video of some of his attacks. Before he can answer any questions, Lucha House Party comes out for a confrontation. LHP surrounds the ring to attack him. All three men assault him at once and end up getting in some good offense. They send him out of the ring with a triple dropkick. He catches Kalisto and drops him on the apron before he destroys Dorado and Metalik.

Ricochet vs. Cesaro 

Cesaro won

The Revival vs. Usos

The Revival won 

Becky Lynch is Alexa Bliss' guest this week. Alexa asks what it felt like to lose the SD title last night. Before Becky can respond, The IIconics come out and mock her for losing. Lynch warns them that she will take their tag titles and become Becky 3 belts. This brings out Lacey Evans. Basically this heads to a tag match.

Becky Lynch and Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss vs. The IIconics and Lacey Evans

Becky Lynch and Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss won 

Mick Foley unveils a new belt and says it is called the 24/7 title. Part of the crowd boos since it is not called the hardcore title. He says a champion will be crowned tonight. He says the title can be won by anyone on any roster.

A ton of Superstars run to the ring to be the first person to grab the title to claim it as their own. Anderson and Gallows both grab the belt at the same time. EC3 knocks it out of their hands before No Way Jose takes him out. Titus O'Neil grabs the belt to become the champion.

Robert Roode comes out and pins Titus to win the title. He immediately runs away, and the rest of the roster gives chase.

The Miz vs. Drew McIntyre

Drew McIntyre won thanks to some involvement from Shane McMahon.

McMahon and McIntyre was trying to attack Miz after the match but Roman Reigns comes for the save and Reigns sends both McMahon and McIntyre running.

The New 24/7 Champion Robert Roode is seen backstage running from a lot of superstars when he runs into R-Truth and R-Truth helps hide him from the group and puts him into the trunk and tells the superstar that Roode went another way and then he got Roode out and asked him if he needed a ride and then he shall that he had a ref in the front seat and next thing you know R-Truth is now the 24/7 Champion.

Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston vs. Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin (NO DQ)

Kofi counters End of Days and hits Trouble in Paradise for the pin and the win. Lashley spears him as soon as the match is over. He also hits one on Seth.

Lesnar's music hits and he walks to the ring with his briefcase. After teasing a cash-in, Heyman talks him out of it and they leave.

Rating: 80/80

Decent show and matches following MITB. See you all tomorrow for SDLive.

MITB

The Kick off panel hypes tonight’s match card. 

Daniel Bryan and Rowan vs. The Usos 

The Usos won 

Women’s MITB Ladder Match 

Bayley won 

Samoa Joe (c) vs. Rey Mysterio for the USTitle 

Rey Mysterio won and becomes the new US Champion 

Joe runs back and starts attacking Mysterio after it looked like he had left. Dominick watches as Joe hits Rey with a few Urinagi slams. He looks right at Dominick before hitting a senton. Joe leaves the ring but continues staring at Rey and Dominick all the way up the ramp.

The Miz vs. Shane McMahon in a Steel Cage Match

Shane McMahon won

Tony Nese (c) vs. Ariya Daivari for the Cruiserweight Championship

Tony Nese won

Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lacey Evans for the RAW Women’s Championship 

Becky Lynch retains the RAW Women’s Championship 

Becky Lynch (c) vs. Charlotte Flair for the SDLive Women’s Championship 

Evans runs back down and nails Lynch with The Women's Right behind the ref's back. Flair comes in and nails a boot to the face to get the pin and the win. Evans just helped Flair become the new SmackDown Women's Champion.

Becky goes after Evans but Charlotte and Lacey work together to take her down. The crowd chants for Bayley as the double beatdown continues. Bayley's music hits and she runs down to the ring with the briefcase. She takes down Evans and Flair, but The Queen recovers and levels her with a forearm.

Bayley sends Charlotte into the middle turnbuckle before looking back at her briefcase. She hands it to the ref and decides to cash it in. She climbs up and hits a huge elbow drop for the pin and the win. Bayley is the new SmackDown Live Women’s Champion!

Elias takes out Roman before there match backstage.

Roman Reigns vs. Elias 

Elias gets through an entire song for once. He tries to leave before Reigns runs out and nails him with a Superman Punch. He rolls Elias into the ring and the bell rings. 

Roman drills him with a Spear for the win.

Seth Rollins (c) vs. AJ Styles for the Universal Title

Seth Rollins retains the Universal Title

Rollins celebrates his win and then Styles comes back for a handshake and they shake hands. What a match.

Lars Sullivan comes out and attacks Lucha House Party.

Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Kevin Owens for the WWE Championship

Kofi Kingston retains the WWE Championship

Xavier Woods comes out to celebrate with Kingston.

Men’s MITB Ladder Match

Brock Lesnar's music hits and he runs down to the ring to push Ali off the ladder. The Beast sets up the ladder and takes down the briefcase to become Mr. Money in the Bank. WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

WHY? When you think we got rid of Lesnar they bring him back.

Rating: 70/70

It was a pretty decent show and matches. Although I am VERY confused, mad and sad at that the fact that put Brock in this match and took Braun out? So dumb. He isn’t a fighting champion he’ll never change. Anyways, I’ll see you guys for RAW tomorrow.

SmackDown Live

The man to kickoff the show is AJ Styles, who is now on RAW, but is using the Wild Card rule to make an appearance on SmackDown.

Styles is glad to be back in SmackDown and explains the Wild Card rule... and he's interrupted by Sami Zayn. Zayn tells Styles that his "toxic ego" has gone out of control. 

He's interrupted by Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. Kofi tells Styles that he does not "live here anymore" and asks him what he's doing on SmackDown tonight.

Kofi and Styles look like they may face off tonight, but Sami Zayn tells Kofi to not offer Styles a shot at the WWE Championship. 

Kofi says that he's a fighting champion and that he will put the title on the line tonight against Zayn or Styles. 

Ali vs. Andrade Cien Almas 

Andrade and Ali are on the top, and Ali lands a Spanish Fly from the top rope... and out of nowhere, Randy Orton attacks Ali but Ali retaliates with multiple punches; Orton then lands an RKO on both Andrade and Ali!

Ali vs Almas ends in disqualification

Shane comes to the ring and talks about what The Miz did to him last night. He says Miz failed to get the job done last night just like he will in their cage match at MITB. He says picking new champions was easy and invites them to the ring. Daniel Bryan and Rowan come out.

The Usos comes out as part of the wildcard rule while Shane is trying to hand over the titles. Shane says they aren't on SmackDown anymore. The Usos say Roman told them to drop by anytime because this is his yard. They tell Shane that people should have to earn the tag titles and suggest they fight Bryan and Rowan for the belts right now. Shane agrees and books the match for right now.

Daniel Bryan and Rowan vs. The Usos for the vacant SDLive Tag Team Titles

Daniel Bryan and Rowan won and becomes the new SDLive Tag Team Champions.

While Shane is talking about MITB in the ring, The Miz comes out of the crowd to attack him. He beats up Shane for a long time before Axel and Dallas come to help McMahon. Shane returns with a steel chair and attacks The Miz, like Miz did to Shane last night on RAW.

Carmella and Ember Moon vs. Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose

Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose won

Paige makes her way to the ring with Asuka and Kairi Sane and she announces a match between Asuka and Sane, and Rose and Deville for next week!

Matt Hardy is interviewed backstage, and is joined by R-Truth, as the two talk about Lars Sullivan, with Truth calling him vicious. Truth and Hardy don't realize that Sullivan is right behind him as he goes on to brutalize them both yet again!

Kofi Kingston (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn in a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship

Kevin Owens comes out of the crowd an attacks Woods at ringside. Zayn runs in and hits Kofi with the Blue Thunderbomb for a close two count. He hits it again for another near fall. He hits a third and Kofi still finds a way to kick out. Sami lines up for the Helluva Kick and runs right into Trouble in Paradise. Kingston makes the cover and gets the win to retain his title for the second night in a row.

The show ends with Kofi celebrating his win with Woods at ringside. Woods is nursing his shoulder after being sent into the steel steps by KO. Kayla Braxton interviews Kofi and he says Owens is not in his head and there will be hell to pay at Money in the Bank.

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches as we head to MITB.

RAW

Vince McMahon comes out to open the show. Before he can speak for too long, Roman Reigns' music hits and he walks to the ring.

Vince warns Reigns not to attack him or he will be arrested before asking why he is on Raw. Reigns tells him to watch his tone. Roman talks about being on Raw for years and how he wants to leave it better than he found it. He talks about when the McMahons said the fans are The Authority in December and how nothing has changed.

Reigns says he listens to the WWE Universe, not McMahon. Daniel Bryan's music hits and he heads to the ring, surprising both Vince and Roman.

Bryan says he was robbed at WrestleMania by Kofi Kingston. He spent the last month meditating in solitude. Bryan says he and Vince need to have an intellectual conversation before Kofi's music hits and he walks down the ramp.

Kofi says Bryan should have come to him if he had a problem. Bryan calls him an undeserving champion who never should have received a title shot. Vince interrupts and says he had an epiphany. He suggests having a wildcard rule to members of Raw and SmackDown can go to the other show from time to time.

Bryan wants a rematch for the WWE Championship, and while the two continue to bicker, Drew McIntyre makes it to the ring and calls Reigns an egomaniac.

Drew McIntyre's music hits and he comes out to complain about SmackDown Superstars showing up on Raw. He threatens to send Reigns back to Tuesday with a Claymore. Vince proposes a WrestleMania rematch between the two. He also suggests a WWE Title match with Kofi and Bryan before AJ Styles comes out on the stage.

After the break, Styles criticizes Vince's wildcard rule idea. Seth Rollins comes out and yells at AJ for sucker punching him last week. After some arguing, Vince suggests AJ and Seth team up to take on a mystery tag team.

Seth Rollins and AJ Styles vs. Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin

AJ goes for the Phenomenal Forearm and Corbin moves so he ends up hitting Rollins. AJ sees what he did and just rolls out of the ring to walk away. Rollins gets up so Corbin can hit End of Days for the pin and the win.

Sami Zayn is out after the break to talk about what is wrong with the WWE Universe this week. He says people complain about Raw too much and we have to live with our miserable selves all of the time. He says fixing yourself takes time and the announcers say someone needs to shut him up.

As Sami continues to trash the WWE Universe, Braun Strowman heads to the ring. Zayn takes off his jacket like he is ready for a fight, but as soon as Braun jumps into the ring, Zayn runs away through the crowd. Braun chases him through the crowd and back to the ringside area. Zayn runs all the way to the back as Strowman gives chase.

Sami ends up corning himself backstage and tries to escape under a garage door. Braun grabs his foot and pulls him back in. He picks Sami up and puts him in a dumpster. Braun sees a garbage truck drive up and dump everything into its container.

Lucha House Party vs. Three Jobbers

Lucha House Party won 

Ricochet vs. Robert Roode  

Ricochet won and remains in the MITB Ladder Match. 

Lacey Evans vs. Jobber

Naomi, Dana Brooke and Natalya come out as requested by Evans. Apparently, Alexa Bliss was invited, too. Evans puts the enhancement talent in the corner and kicks her in the ribs. She hits the Women's Right for the pin and the win. The four women at ringside do not look impressed.

As Evans delivers a post-match promo, Becky Lynch makes her way to the ring. She goes right after Evans and beats her down. Lacey barely escapes the DisArmHer.

The Viking Raiders vs. Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder

The Viking Raiders won

Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre 

McIntyre jumps off the top rope right into a Superman Punch to give Reigns another two count. The Big Dog nails the Spear but Shane McMahon and Elias attack him before he can make the cover to cause a DQ. 

The Miz runs down to the ring with a
chair and sends Shane running for the hills. Elias and McIntyre continue attacking Reigns in the ring. We head backstage to see Shane trying to hide from The Miz as he runs by with his chair. Charly Caruso tries to interview Shane but he just walks away to his limo. The Miz comes out from behind a wall and hits him with the chair. The A-Lister beats on him until Shane kicks him below the belt and escapes in his limo.

The Usos come out to taunt The Revival before the match. They claim to have put some Icy Hot in their trunks and The Revival suddenly start to feel uncomfortable. The Usos give them some water and they pour it down their trunks, which just makes the burn worse. So Dumb.

Lars Sullivan comes out and destroys No Way Jose and his conga line. The Freak hits Jose with his signature running powerbomb.

Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship

Kofi Kingston retains the WWE Championship

The show ends with Kofi celebrating his win.

Rating: 50/50

It could’ve been better there was some decent matches and segments as we get closer to MITB.