WWE SmackDown: November 12th, 2021, had an interesting main event – Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs King Woods. The stipulation was whoever lost would bend the knee.
In fact, prior to the match, Heyman revealed that Reigns upped the stakes. WWE could strip The Tribal Chief of his championship and banish him from SmackDown if he refused to bend the knee if Woods defeated him.
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The match started with Roman Reigns taking the first shot and immediately striking Woods with three punches at the turnbuckle before Woods showered Reigns with ten punches. Within a few minutes, the match went ringside, and Woods showed his dominance by keeping Reigns under attack.
However, The Tribal Chief soon gained back the dominance and smacked King Woods with an uppercut before smashing him through the announcers table. However, this match kept varying in terms of domination.
☝️#SmackDown @WWERomanReigns @AustinCreedWins @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/qHdNsLm3Q7
— WWE (@WWE) November 13, 2021
It was Roman Reigns who tried the first pin, but Woods kicked out.
As the match continued, King Woods started to realize why Reigns has gone undefeated in the past year.. It’s impossible to keep him down. But, there came a point where Woods completely dominated the match and smacked Reigns multiple times before attempting a pin, but failed.
Within a minute or two, Woods attempted a second pin, and FAILED!
The Tribal Chief tried to execute a spear but failed when Woods kicked him right in the face. Finally, Woods executed a splash on him from the top rope. Woods almost pinned him when The Usos came out of nowhere, pulled him out of the ring, and brutally attacked him with the steel steps.
Will it be King Woods @AustinCreedWins or @WWERomanReigns who bends the knee? #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/IffiNBzg9N
— WWE (@WWE) November 13, 2021
The bell rang, and Woods won via DQ.
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Roman Reigns becomes King
When The Tribal Chief lost, he bent the knee. He went down on one knee inside the ring, but not to King Woods. His stipulation was he would bend the knee if he loses, and he did.
However, when he bent the knee, The Usos placed the crown on his head. Apparently, The Tribal Chief is now the King!
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.@WWERomanReigns just took the crown… 😱 @AustinCreedWins #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/G3S5SGuNfN
— WWE (@WWE) November 13, 2021
While it was known that Reigns wouldn’t bend the knee to Xavier Woods, this was quite the sneaky way to get himself crowned.
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