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We take a look at the WWE Championship picture with a video package.
Match Number One: Gunther versus Cody Rhodes for the WWE Championship (with Guest Referee Sami Zayn)
They lock up and Gunther backs Cody into the corner and then they go around the ring. Gunther with a chop. Gunther with a wrist lock. Cody with a reversal and Sami stops Cody from chopping Gunther on the break. Gunther wiith a boot and Cody slides between the ropes. Cody with a drop down uppercut but Gunther with a chop. Gunther with a forearm to Cody in the ropes followed by a chop. Gunther with more chops. Cody blocks a punch and he punches Gunther. Sami counts and he pulls Cody out of the corner. Gunther with a boot to Cody. Gunther with a European uppercut and a knee against the ropes a few times. Gunther with a chop for a near fall. Gunther with an elbow to the top of the head and he does it again. Gunther explains his case to Sami. Cody escapes a belly-to-back suplex and he hits a Cody Cutter.
Cody with punches and a forearm. Cody floats over in the corner and hits a power slam. Cody with a boot when Gunther charges into the corner but Gunther puts the leg in the ropes and kicks the leg. Gunther with a chop and a figure four leg lock. Cody tries to roll through but Gunther blocks it and uses the ropes. Sami finally sees it and he wants to know what Gunther is doing. Cody with a rollup for a near fall. Gunther with a boot to the head. Gunther with a clothesline for a near fall. Gunther has some words for Sami before he returns is focus to his opponent. Gunther goes for a power bomb but Cody escapes and Cody with CrossRhodes. Gunther has his foot under the rope again and Sami almost misses it and stops the count at two. Cody wants to know what is going on and they exchange words.
Cody swipes Sami's shirt and then Sami pushes Cody into Gunther for a sleeper. Gunther adds a body scissors. Cody gets to the ropes and Gunther reluctantly releases the hold. Sami grabs Gunther and Gunther pushes Sami. Gunther pie faces Sami and Sami slaps Gunther. Gunther kicks Sami and hits a power bomb. Gunther misses a clothesline and Cody with jabs and a Bionic Elbow. Cody with a double jump Cody Cutter and then he hits CrossRhodes but Sami is out and the second referee comes out to make a two count. Cody goes to the turnbuckles and Gunther chops Cody in the leg and punches him. Gunther sets for a superplex but Cody with punches and he sends Gutnther to the mat. Cody leaps over Gunther and rolls through. Gunther with a running drop kick and powre bomb but Sami pulls out replacement referee.
Cody with a shoulder from the apron and s sunset flip but Gunther holds the ropes. Sami kicks the hands and gives a very fast three count.
Winner: Cody Rhodes (retains championship)
After the match, Nick and Sami argue.
Gunther goes to the back as well.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a look back at the title match.
We go to Gorilla Position and everyone is yelling.
Cody says never mind and walks to the ring.
Nick tells Gunther he wanted Sami to be the referee.
Cody says we need a referee to restart the match. Cody says we aren't doing it this way. He wants the match restarted.
Gunther attacks Sami in Gorilla.
Nick says the match will be restarted.
Match Number Two: Cody Rhodes versus Gunther for the WWE Championship
Cody with punches and he goes for a Cody Cutter but Gunther catches him and applies a sleeper. Gunther with another sleeper. Cody escapes and he applies a sleeper. Gunther with another leeper. Cody backs Gunther into the corner.
Sami Zayn with a Helluva ick to Gunther and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Gunther (by disqualification)
Sami grabs the belt and punches the referee. Sami hits Cody with the title belt.
Sami throws down the belt and utters a word that USA Network does not approve.
Cody Rhodes sits in the ring, not certain of what is going on.
We take a look back at what happened with Tiffany Stratton and Jade Cargill.
Cathy asks Jade where her focus is.
Jade asks if there is a problem. She says she does what she wants. They run the division. They will take a pit stop at Tiffany. Fab asks why did Tiffany get involved when she isn't in Queen of the Ring. Michin says that Charlotte took Jade's spot. Jade challenges Tiffany for the title at Night of Champions.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the latest on the WWE title situation.
Gunther is in the back and he yells at Nick about being screwed two times. He says Nick is the reason he is not champion. He says Nick is not fit for his job.
Gunther wants another title match at Night of Champions.
We take a look at the King of the Ring tournament match from last week.
Solo is in LOCKER ROOM and Fatu shows up. Solo wants to know why he is here and the answer for Roman is no.
Fatu says he is here to make sure no one gets involved in Jey's match. You know what he wants. He tells Solo he is running out of time to make the right choice.
Solo asks what does that mean.
Fatu says to take it the way you want to. It is up to you.
Tama Tonga wants to know what Jacob was doing here.
Solo tells them not to worry about it. They need to get the tag titles back.
Tama tells Solo to stay in the back becuase your family business is getting into their family business. He doesn't know who Solo is out there for.
Talla says all they care about are the tag titles.
We are back with the latest from Blake Monroe. She says she met Giulia before in the Land of the RIsing Sun. She knew that Giulia would get to the dance. You forgot your step and it has clouded you vision. Blake tells her not to cry when she passes Giulia.
Match Number Three: Damian Priest and R Truth versus Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships
Priest and Talla start things off. They lock up and Talla pushes Priest away. Priest goes to the turnbuckles and he gives him a crotch chop. Priest with punches in the corner. Talla pushes him away and Priest with forearms. Priest with a flying punch and another running forearm but Talla stays on his feet. Talla with a shoulder tackle to Priest.
The War Raiders watch the match on MONITOR.
Tama tags in and Talla kicks and chokes Priest before Tama punches Priest. Tama with a European uppercut and Priest with a flying back elbow. Priest with punches and Truth wants the tag and Priest obliges. Truth does a leaping split and he hits a splash on Tama. Truth with a kick and Tama pushes him away. Truth with two flying shoulder tackles and a Blue Thunder Bomb. Truth with the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Truth cannot get Tama oup and Truth punches Talla and sends him to the floor. Tama hits Truth from behind and Truth goes to the floor. The referee keeps Tama in the ring and Talla with a boot. Talla catches Priest and hits a choke slam on the apron.
Tama sends Truth into the announce table while Talla sends Priest into the ringside barrier. Tama sends Truth back into the ring and he connects with forearms and a sliding clothesline. Talla tags in and he chops Truth while Tama holds him. Talla chokes Truth in the ropes. Talla with a punch and Truth goes back to the mat. Talla with a hard Irish whip and he gets a near fall. Tama tags in and he punches Truth. Tama with a single leg crab. Tama kicks Truth and Truth with punches. Tama with a head butt to stop Truth. Tama with a reverse chin lock. Truth with punches to get out of the hold but Tama knocks Priest off the apron.
Truth with a split to avoid Tama and he hits a jumping thrust kick. Both men are down and War Raiders continue to watch on MONITOR. Priest tags in and he clotheslines Tama and hits a cyclone kick. Priest knocks Talla off the apron. Tama with a punch and Priest with an Iris hwhip and elbows into the corner. Priest with a leaping flatline to counter a Superman punch. Talla comes in without a tag and Priest boxes the ears and clotheslines Talla over the top rope to the floor. Priest with a rebound clothesline attempt but Tama escapes and counters with a snap swinging neck breaker.
Solo Sikoa shows up at ringside and Talla is not happy.
Truth makes the tag and Priest comes off the ring steps and he hits Solo with a double sledge. Priest escapes a choke slam and he sends Talla into the ring post. Truth with a rollup on Tama for the three count.
Winners: R Truth and Damian Priest (retains championship)
After the match, Solo gets on the apron and Talla and Tama leave on the other side of the ring.
Sami says the hardest thing to do is stay true to yourself. We see he is talking to Johnny. He says half give up for doing one thing, but he loses the other half.
Nick yells at Sami for the fast count. He asks what was Sami thinking.
Sami says he was asked to be the referee. He called it down the middle. Gunther power bombed him. You didn't trust him. You thought he would screw over Cody but he didn't. He says that Nick is probably happy that Cody is still champion. Cody should be thanking him because he is the reason he is still champion. Sami says he is not going away that easily.
We go to commercial.
Jey Uso is in the back and he says he is blazing past Je'Von and he will blaze past Oba to win King of the Ring.
Evans stops Jey and he says that he sees Jey looking past him but he is a big fan.
Jey says he will slap the taste out of Evans' mouth.
Match Number Four: Carmelo Hayes versus Ricky Saints in a Number One Contender Match
Ricky refuses to take off his ring jacket and he tries to kick Hayes but Hayes blocks it. Hayes with punches and a springboard clothesline. Hayes blocks boots in the corner and he puts him in the ropes but Saints avoids a springboard leg drop. Hayes blocks Old School and hits a splash in the corner. Ricky goes to the floor to avoid a super kick. Hayes with a flip dive onto Ricky and then Hayes goes up top and he rolls through when Ricky moves. Ricky with an elbow into the corner and a bulldog for a near fall. Ricky with a kick to the shoulder and arm. Ricky with a chop and a back elbow. Hayes sends Ricky to the apron and Hayes with a punch and a slingshot face plant onto the apron.
Hayes gets a near fall. Hayes with a chop and punches. Hayes punches Ricky on the turnbuckles. Ricky falls to the mat and Hayes runs on Ricky's collarbone. Hayes with a suplex and he gets a near fall. Ricky kicks Hayes and Hayes with a chop. Ricky Irish whips Hayes into the middle rope and he hits a double stomp off the ropes for a near fall. Ricky with a chop and punch. Ricky with a delayed vertical suplex for a near fall. Ricky goes back to the corner for some Old School but he bites the hand first. Ricky with a slam and a knee drop. Ricky does the pose. Hayes with a punch and Ricky punches back. They go back and forth with forearms. Ricky with an Irish whip and Ricky with a back elbow. Ricky with a reverse chin lock. Ricky with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Ricky and Hayes punch each other.
Ricky with kicks but Hayes with chops and punches. Ricky with an Irish whip and an elbow into the corner. Hayes counters a bulldog into a belly-to-back suplex. Ricky runs into a boot. Hayes with a back elbow and front face lock but Ricky pushes him away. Hayes with a springboard DDT for a near fall. Hayes with forearms and punches. Ricky pushes Hayes away and Ricky with a kick. Ricky blocks La Mistica and Hayes goes for a sunset flip but Ricky drops down for a near fall. Hayes with a rollup for a near fall. Ricky gets Hayes up and he hits a flatp jack for a near fall. Ricky sets for Roshambo but Hayes escapes. Ricky blocks a kick. Ricky with a punch and Hayes with a thrust kick. Both men go down on a double clothesline. Ricky with a kick to the shin and he goes for a belly-to-back suplex but Hayes lands on his feet. Hayes with La Mistica and a suplex into a cutter for a near fall.
Hayes goes to the turnbuckles and he leaps over Ricky when he moves. Ricky with a kick and he goes for the tornado DDT but Hayes land ns his feet. Hayes pulls off the turnbuckle pad when Ricky goes for an O'Connor Roll. Hayes gets a near fall. Ricky argues with the referee and Hayes goes for First 48 but Ricky blocks it. They fight tot he turnbuckles and Hayes drops Ricky to the mat and Ricky crotches Hayes onto the exposed turnbuckle. Ricky sets for Roshambo but Hayes escapes. Hayes with First 48 and Ricky kicks Hayes into the exposed turnbuckle for the three count.
Winner: Ricky Saints
Nick is on the phone and Cody enters the room. NIck says he is working on a solution.
Cody says Sami can be a lot, but he is tired of catering to Gunther and Sami. Cody says he wants to beat them both in a Triple Threat match.
Nick makes it official.
Cathy is with Charlotte Flair. She asks her about being Queen of the Ring if she wins.
Charlotte says she has done it all, but the hunger has never faded. She has not won a title in a few years. She has proven that she is the queen with or without the queen. If she wins tonight and beats Iyo, she will wear the crown again. She will show why she is the queen, then, now, and forever.
We look at the Danhausen stuff with the Knicks (even if he wasn't there for the parade)
Danhausen is with Miz and Kit Wilson and he checks to see if they are fixed.
Angel and Humberto show up and they say that Danhausen was supposed to curse the Knicks so they lost thousands of dollars.
Matt Cardona lost his watch but you don't see him complaining because his team won.
Danhausen thanks Zack Ryder and then Matt checks on Miz and Kit and Matt throws out some Zack catchphrases.
Finn Balor shows up and congratulates Truth on his win last week.
Truth says they have gotten ahead of themselves and Finn says it was Truth said. He says he has an in for a title match for Finn.
Priest shows up and he is not happy to see Finn.
Priest says whatever celebration you are setting up, don't include him because he doesn't go places with people he doesn't trust.
We go to commercial.
We are back to see how Sami Zayn benefitted from his questionable behaivor tonight to get a WWE Title match.
Match Number Five: Jey Uso versus Je'Von Evans in a King of the Ring Semi Final Match
They have words for each other before they lock up. Jey with a side head lock. Evans with a springboard rollup for a near fall. Jye pushes Evans and Evans with a drop kick. Jey goes to the floor and Jey tries to get away from Evans and Evans with a drop kick. Evans with a plancha onto Jey. Evans returns to the ring. Jey begs for mercy and he wants a breather. Jey offers his hand and Evans thinks about it and he decides to do it but he was suckered into a kick but Evans blocks it. Evans punches Jey. Evans goes to the turnbuckles for punches to Jey. Jey pulls Evans into the turnbuckles and Jey with punches of his own.
Evans stops the spit punch with a drop kick for a near fall. Jey goes to the apron and Evans follows. Evans with an uppercut and they return to the ring. Evans goes up top and he hits a cross body for a near fall. Evans with a chop. Evans with another chop. Evans flips away from Jey and Evans with a suplex. Evans with a chop. Jey with an Irish whip and Evans floats over . Jey with a pop up Samoan drop. Jey takes off Evans' shirt to reveal taped ribs. Jey kicks Evans in the ribs. Jey with a boot to the midsection. Jey with a forearm to the back and he tries to punch Evans but Evans blocks it and he punches Jey. Jey with an uppercut and a back breaker. Jey chokes Evans in the ropes and he punches Evans in the back of the head. Jey runs into a back elbow and Evans goes up top and Jey pushes Evans off the turnbuckles into the ringside barrier.
Jey goes to the floor and he runs Evans into the ringside barrier. Jey breaks the count and Jey with a suicide dive. Evans beats the count back into the ring and Jey waits for him to get to his feet. Evans slaps Jey and Jey with an uppercut that sends Evans to the floor. Evans with a thrust kick and a clothesline to send Jey over the ringside barrier into the time keeper's area. Evans sets for a Wacky Plancha and he hits it and Evans goes into the crowd. They return to the ring and Evans goes for a springboard move but Jey moves. Jey with a super kick for a near fall. Jey goes up top and Evans punches Jey. Jey head butts Evans on the turnbuckles to send him to the mat. Evans gets back up and he hits Spanish Fly. Evans gets a near fall.
Jey punches Evans and Evans punches back. They go back and forth. Evans blocks a kick and Jey with a dragon whip but Evans with a drop kick. Jey with a super kick and a spear for a near fall. Jey sets for a spear and Evans with a thrust kick. Evans with a rebound round kick. Evans sets for the double jump cutter and Jey crotches Evans and Jey follows with a spear. Jey goes up top for a frgo splash for the three count.
WInner: Jey Uso (advances to finals)
After the match, Jey helps Evans up and shakes his hand. Jey raises Evans' hand and leaves the ring.
Fatu is in back watching MONITOR and Solo stops him.
Solo says he figured it out. You were sent here to get in his business. Solo tells Fatu to tell Roman if he continues to mess with his family, he will mess with Roman's.
Giulia says many areas started her career. She got real with Kiana in her father's home land of Italy. Next week, Smackdown is in the city she was born, London. It is time that her and Kiana end this. In London, we will see who is best without the other.
Cathy asks Tiffany about Jade's challenge.
Tiffany says Jade is despearate and she doesn't need side kicks like Jade.
Chelsea Green shows up and she talks about how she is by Tiffany's side.
Tiffany asks for some time alone with Green and she says that Green has been tormenting her for a year and now she wants to be her friend? Tiffany does not want to work with Green.
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