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We take a look at Ricochet.
He says it comes down to the US versus Mexico. Santos Escobar versus Ricochet. Everyone has asked him what would it mean to win the Smackdown World Cup. It would mean everything. If this is the route that I have to take to finally get my rematch against Gunther, you are looking at the winner of the Smackdown World Cup. He tells Santos he hopes he is ready.
Match Number Three: Kofi Kingston versus Gunther (with Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser) in a Non Title Match
Kofi with kicks and a drop kick. Kofi with more kicks and a side head lock but Gunther with a back breaker and a boot to the ribs. Gunther with a European uppercut. Kofi with punches and a forearm. Kofi with a kick and Gunther with a front face lock and forearm across the chest. Gunther with a snap mare and he works on the neck. Gunther with a forearm to the lower back. Kofi with a forearm and kick followed by punches. Gunther with a chop in the corner.
Kofi sends Gunther over the top rope but Kaiser trips Kofi. Gunther with a clothesline.
Braun Strowman’s music plays as Gunther sets for a power bomb on Kofi and Gunther releases the hold while Braun takes his time.
Vinci comes off the ring steps while Strowman chases Kaiser. Strowman catches Vinci and sends him into the ring post and over the ringside barrier into the time keeper’s area. He sends Kaiser to visit Vinci.
Back in the ring, Gunther tries for a power bomb but Kofi escapes and gets a near fall with SOS.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Gunther with a sleeper. Kofi with elbows and punches. Gunther leans back to the mat and Kofi rolls over to get a near fall. Kofi with punches. Kofi with a drop kick to the knee and Gunther spins around without going to the mat. Kofi with chops to Gunther and a drop kick. Kofi with a jumping clothesline and a Boom Drop. Kofi sets for Trouble in Paradise. Gunther moves and Gunther with a German suplex but Kofi lands on his feet. Kofi with a pendulum kick and Shadows over Hell for a near fall.
Kofi with more kicks to the leg and Gunther with an Irish whip and Kofi comes off the turnbuckles into a chop. Gunther with a dead lift German suplex for a near fall. Gunther with a Boston Crab. Gunther turns it into a crossface. Kofi escapes and kicks Gunther in the leg. Gunther with a chop and Kofi goes for SOS again but Gunther blocks it and Kofi escapes a power bomb. Kofi with a kick but Gunther with a running drop kick. Gunther with a power bomb for a near fall. Kofi with a chop and Gunther chops back. Gunther with Emerald Flowsion for the three count.
Winner: Gunther
Sami locks the door for their locker room and Sami suggests that Solo join him since Sami has made a lot of enemies.
Jimmy says he can’t believe that Jey is okay with Sami. Jimmy asks if Jey has talked to Sami about lying to him. Jey says that Roman was okay with it.
Sheamus attacks Jimmy and Jey with a shillelagh and he tells them that him and Drew will be waiting for a title match.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Bayley, Iyo Sky, and Dakota Kai make their way to the ring.
Bayley says they don’t’ want to be here but Michael Cole must have missed her or Smackdown needed ratings and they could count on them. Bayley says they were in War Games less than a week ago. The three of them combined were in the match for more than 95 minutes. Bayley asks if anyone knows the magnitude of that? Do you know what that does to your body?
You idiots cheered for Becky when she won and she was in the match for a cup of coffee.
Bayley says no one on the Smackdown roster had the guts to stand up and as the longest reigning champion in Smackdown history, it angers her. If you are looking for a role model you have us.
Liv Morgan comes out and says it looks like you have a problem with the women’s division on Smackdown.
Liv counts to three and says that seems fair. Liv sends Dakota into the ring steps and Iyo into the ringside barrier. Liv with a take down to Bayley and she punches Bayley. Iyo and Dakota attack Liv.
Tegan Nox makes her way to the ring and she clotheslines Dakota and punches Iyo. Tegan attacks Bayley and then Dakota and Iyo hit Tegan from behind. Iyo and Dakota send Tegan to the mat.
Liv gets a kendo stick and she hits Bayley, Iyo, and Dakota.
Tegan with a Shiniest Wizard on Bayley.
We go to commercial..
We are back with Karrion Kross talking about how this Universe is chaos and randomness. He says he embraces it. Others struggle in this reality. It puts people in all of the places they don’t want to be. I showed this to Drew McIntyre. I had to teach this to Riddick Moss. Now it is time to take someone else in the eye of the storm.
We see a tarot card of Rey Mysterio.
Karrion says Tick Tock.
Next week, Sheamus and Drew McIntyre will face the winner of the Tag Title match from Raw.
Shotzi will face Shayna Baszler. There will be a birthday celebration for Kurt Angle.
Uncle Howdy shows up and asks if you know the man who lives next door. Why can’t you all see me. I know what he thinks. I know how he feels. It’s all fiction. Trust me. Revel in what you are.
Match Number Four: Santos Escobar (with Zelina Vega, Cruz del Toro, and Joaquin Wilde) versus Ricochet in the Finals of the Smackdown World Cup
They lock up and Santos with a waist lock and Ricochet with a wrist lock and take down. Santos with a reversal. Ricochet with a back flip and he escapes. Santos signals for Cruz to distract Ricochet and Ricochet with an elbow. Santos hits Ricochet from behind after Cruz distracts Ricochet. Ricochet is sent to the floor and he punches Santos from the apron and hits a springboard drop kick and a suicide dive. Wilde gets on the apron and the referee stops him. Santos goes to the floor on the other side of the ring. Ricochet with a drop kick and Santos sends Ricochet to the apron. Cruz pushes Ricochet when Ricochet goes for a springboard move but the referee does not see him because Wilde distracted the referee.
The referee gives Cruz and Joaquin a red card and sends them to the back. Vega is also given a red card.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Ricochet with elbows and a forearm. Ricochet with a chop. Santos with an Irish whip and Ricochet floats over and Ricochet with a handstand head scissors take down followed by a drop kick. Santos with a forearm to stop a springboard move by Ricochet and Ricochet goes to the floor. Santos with a metaphorical arrow and he hits a suicide dive that sends Ricochet onto the announce table. They return to the ring and Santos with a Liontamer. Ricochet with a boot and Santos with a boot to the back.
Santos with a surfboard and a Gory Special and he gets a near fall. Escobar gets Ricochet up but Ricochet with an elbow. Ricochet with a shoulder from the apron and then Ricochet sets for a suplex to the floor but Santos blocks it. Santos tries to suplex Ricochet back into the ring but Ricochet blocks it. Santos goes to the apron and Ricochet with a kick to send him to the floor. Ricochet with a thrust kick and a shooting star press off the apron.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Ricochet and Santos exchange punches on the turnbuckles and Ricochet is sent to the mat. Ricochet gets back to the turnbuckles and this a superplex. Ricochet gets a near fall. They exchange forearms and then they turn to kicks. Santos with punches and Ricochet with forearms. Both men go for cross body presses and they bump heads and go down. Santos rolls to the floor to avoid Ricochet. Ricochet rolls to the floor and Santos moves away from Ricochet. They set to do something and Ricochet jumps off the ring steps and lands on the ringside barrier. Santos jumps onto the ringside barrier and Santos with a Frankensteiner onto the floor. They return to the ring.
Santos gets a near fall. Santos gets another near fall. Santos with an elbow drop to the back and he applies a rear chin lock. Santos with a chop. Santos puts Ricochet on the turnbuckles and Santos with an enzuigiri. Ricochet with punches to Santos on the turnbuckles and he pushes Santos to the mat. Santos rolls to the apron and he chops Ricochet and gets to the top rope. Santos with a Frankensteiner but Ricochet lands on his feet. Santos is not happy and Ricochet with a running knee and a Fisherman suplex and he rolls through into a suplex. Ricochet with a quebrada for a near fall.
Ricochet with a drop kick that sends Escobar into the turnbuckles and Escobar goes down. Ricochet goes up top and he sets for the shooting star press and Escobar gets his knees up and Escobar gets a near fall. Santos with knees and he sets for the Phantom Driver. Santos with knees to Ricochet and Ricochet with a rollup to counter the Phantom Driver. Escobar with a poisonrana for a near fall. Santos with punches and he gets Ricochet on his shoulders and he climbs the turnbuckles. Ricochet escapes and hits a super poisonrana. Ricochet with a jumping knee and a round kick and a thrust kick. Ricochet goes up top and hits the 630 splash for the three count.
Winner: Ricochet
After the match, Ricochet holds up the trophy.
Gunther comes out to confront the man he will face in two weeks.
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