Just like every week, this week’s SmackDown didn’t disappoint yet again. Full of action and drama, the crowd of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, saw Roman Reigns kick off the show with a title match signing against LA Knight. Reigns will put his WWE Undisputed Universal Championship on the line at Cr0wn Jewel on November 4.
LA Knight insults Roman Reigns
During the show, Reigns made his entrance first, but LA Knight interrupted him and walked out from the back as he was midway to the ring. The second round of insults came when he sat at the head of the table spot inside the ring where Reigns usually sits while signing contracts. Well, that didn’t end there. He even asked him to acknowledge him.
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All the insults led Reigns to turn furious eventually and attack Knight. After a few blows, Knight regrouped, but then Jimmy Uso blindsided him. However, Knight took control again and put him through the table, sending a solid message to Uso.
The Street Profits defeat LWO
The first match of the night was The Street Profits vs. LWO (Carlito and Santos Escobar). Everything was going well and normal until Logan Paul attacked Rey Mysterio backstage. Carlito ran backstage to check on Mysterio. Taking advantage of this, Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins pinned Escobar, who was left alone in the ring.
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Meanwhile, in a backstage segment show after the match, Reigns asked Paul Heyman to set up a between Knight and Jimmy Uso for later on tonight’s edition of the blue brand. Fans then saw Kevin Owens and Paul have a stare-down segment backstage. After that, Shotzi vs. Chelsea Green took place, and the former won the match.
John Cena gets emotional in the middle of the ring
Next, fans saw John Cena make his way to the ring. It was an emotional night for The Hustle, Loyalty, and Respect Soldier as he is supposed to leave WWE after Crown Jewel for other commitments. A sentimental Cena claimed to have given his heart and soul to the business for the past two decades.
He promised to do the same at Crown Jewel next month when he faces Solo Sikoa. A few minutes later, Heyman interrupted his promo. Heyman began praising Cena, only to end up insulting him instead. He claimed Sikoa would be the end of him at Crown Jewel.
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Then fans saw Sikoa blindsiding Cena and attacking him. He crushed The Champ with a spinning Solo, followed by a Samoan Spike. A backstage segment then showed an irate Knight claiming to teach Jimmy Uso a lesson during his match tonight. The next match was Drago Lee vs. Cedric Alexander where the former was the victor.
LA Knight vs. Jimmy Uso
Before the main event for the night took place, Bianca Belair came out and revealed that she would get her rematch against Iyo Sky and Crown Jewel. She also let the fans know that next week she will deal with Bayley, who has been causing problems for her.
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Coming back to the main event of today’s SmackDown, Knight and Jimmy faced each other in an extraordinary match. In the end, Knight came out on top and pinned Jimmy Uso. Just as he was celebrating his win, Reigns tried to sneak attack him but he dodged it and flattened The Tribal Chief instead with a classic BFT. With this SmackDown went off air.
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