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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: JOHN CENA GETS HIS CHANCE TO GO TO FASTLANE, THE USOS AND NEW DAY, RUBY VERSUS NAOMI, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2018-02-27 21:59:00

The New Day make their way to the ring and they have something to say.

They say that with Wrestlemania on the horizon they are looking to establish their place at Wrestlemania.  Kofi says at Fastlane they face their biggest rivals for the tag titles.  Big E says that rivalry is hotter than his inner thighs in the summer or winter.  Big E wants to be spritzed as he interrupts Xavier.  Xavier says in less than two weeks, they will do it again.  They won last week to be first in line for the Smackdown Tag Team Titles.

Kofi says they respect the Usos, but this is about winning.  When they win, they will make their way to the Big Easy and party on Bourbon Street.  

The Usos make their way to the ring.  Jimmy says there they go again, spreading the power of positivity through pancakes.  They have gone head to head and gone to war and there was one tag team standing tall, with the titles.  Jey says they haven't looked back since.  Jey says they used to be just like the New Day.  Singing around and dancing looking like a box of Skittles.  That didn't take them to the next level.  Jimmy says they have been grinding for the last nine years.  They have tried to prove to everyone that they belong on Wrestlemania.  Jey says year after year, they have been getting passed over.  Nine years in the game and zero Wrestlemanias.

They say that this year is their time.  Jey says it is the goal line at Fastlane and they will run through the New Day into the end zone.  Jimmy says the New Day will be on the sidelines.  Jey says they have adapted and they are the future.

Big E says they have been at the top where they belong for the last five years.  They hosted Wrestlemania when you were in the back eating catering.  They didn't get here because of their daddies.  They didn't stand on the sidelines because they rushed the field and took what was theirs.  They will take the titles at Fastlane and the will become Five Time WWE Tag Team Champions.

While they stand face to face in the ring, the Bludgeon Brothers' music plays and they appear on the stage.  They make their way to the ring.

All five men leave the ring.

We see footage of Shane McMahon on the phone when Aiden English and Rusev enter the office.  Aiden tells him not to patronize them by wishing them a Happy Rusev Day.  You have kept them off television for two weeks.  Shane tells them that there will be a match tonight.  Aiden English will have a match tonight.  It will be against Shinsuke Nakamura.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Dolph Ziggler says he did not come back to get lost in the shuffle.  He says he is the greatest superstar in WWE history.  He will even beat the golden boy if he has to.  He will win at Fastlane and go on to Wrestlemania.

Bobby Roode is in the interview area and he is asked about his US title match at Fastlane against Randy Orton.  Bobby says he is excited.  He wants to be the greatest United States Champion and he needs to beat the best.  Randy is one of the best.  After all that Randy has accomplished, is Randy worried that Bobby is ranked ahead of him on the Top Ten list?

Randy Orton shows up and he says it isn't about the list, it is about that title.  The US Championship is the only title he never got his hands on.  Bobby, you are the guy he has to run through to get it.

Aiden English and Rusev are in the ring and Aiden English serenades the people of Los Angeles.

Match Number Three:  Aiden English (with Rusev) versus Shinsuke Nakamura

They lock up and Aiden with a back elbow.   Aiden with a wrist lock and Nakamura with a reversal.  Aiden with a shoulder tackle and he bows over Nakamura but Nakamura with a kick and he tells Aiden to 'come on'.  Nakamura with a knee and snap mare followed by a knee drop.  Aiden rolls to the floor and Rusev checks on Aiden.  Nakamura kicks Aiden on the floor and sends Aiden back into the ring.  Rusev with a round kick to Nakamura.

Aiden sends Nakamura back into the ring and he goes up top and hits a diving head butt and gets a near fall.  Aiden with a kick to the bck and a punch.  Aiden with a snap mare and kick to the back before applying a reverse chin lock.  Nakamura with punches but English with a thrust kick to send Nakamura into the corner.  Aiden with kicks and the referee warns him.  Aiden with a hard Irish whip.  

Aiden kicks Nakamura and sends him into the turnbuckles.  Aiden puts Nakamura on the turnbuckles and Nakamura knocks him off with forearms.  Nakamura misses a kick when Rusev gets on the apron.  Aiden with a spinning round kick into the corner and then he hits a Death Valley Bomb for a near fall.  Aiden with an Irish whip and he charges into the corner but Nakamura puts Aiden on the top rope but Nakamura misses the knee.  Aiden with a cross body but Nakamura with a flying boot to the head.

Nakamura with a punch and more strikes.  Nakamura with kicks to the chest followed by a drop kick.  Nakamura with an Irish whip and running knee into the corner.  Nakamura with kicks and then he puts Aiden on the top turnbuckle and hits a running knee.  Nakamura with Kinshasa for the three count.

Winner:  Shinsuke Nakamura

As Nakamura leaves the ring, John Cena makes his way to the ring for his match against AJ Styles.

Cena points to the Wrestlemania sign and so does Nakamura.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Four:  John Cena versus AJ Styles in a Non Title Match but if John wins, he is added to the Main Event of Fastlane Match

We see Kevin Owens watching while Sami Zayn stands next to the monitor.  

They lock up and Styles with a waist lock and Cena with a back elbow.  Cena with a reverse chin lock into a side head lock.  Cena with a shoulder tackle and he gets a near fall.  Cena punches Styles in the corner.  Cena with a snap mare for a near fall.  Cena with a reverse chin lock.  Cena with a half nelson but Styles with an elbow and chop.  Styles with an Irish whip but he runs into a boot.  Cena with a tornado DDT for a near fall.  

We go to commercial.

We are back and Cena with a Blue Thunder Bomb and a Five Knuckle Shuffle.  AJ gets his hands on the ropes when Cena goes for an Attitude Adjustment.  Styles with a Ushigoroshi for a near fall.  Styles sets for the Styles clash but Cena with a double leg take down into a catapult and a TKO.  Cena puts Styles on the turnbuckles and John sets for a Super Attitude Adjustment but Styles counters with a torture rack bomb and a near fall.

We go to Dolph Ziggler watching a monitor in the locker room.

Styles is on Cena's shoulders for a sit out gourdbuster and a near fall.  

We go back to Kevin and Sami watching the match.

Cena tells Styles not to get up but AJ does not listen.  Cena with a clothesline and he gets a near fall.  AJ with an enzuigiri as Cena charges at him.

We go to commercial.

We are back and both men are down.  We see Styles hitting a Styles Clash but Cena kicked out.  Then we see Cena with an Attitude Adjustment but Styles kicks out at two.  Styles with a clothesline for a near fall.  Styles goes for a Lionsault but Cena moves.  Cena with Code Red for a near fall and then he applies an STF.  Styles rolls througn and gets a near fall.  Cena misses a forearm in the corner and Cena hits the turnbuckles ribs first.  Styles with a Phenomenal Forearm for a near fall.  

Styles goes to the apron and he tries for a springboard 450 but he lands on Cena's knees.  Cena with an Attitude Adjustment and he rolls through but Styles goes to the floor.  Cena follows and he charges at Styles, but AJ moves and Cena hits the ring steps and both men are down.  Styles gets back into the ring and the referee starts his count, but AJ stops it.  Cena with an Attitude Adjustment through the announce table.

Cena rolls into the ring as the referee checks on Styles.  The referee starts his count.  Styles gets back in the ring at nine.  Cena picks up Styles and AJ counters into a Calf Crusher.  Cena thinks about tapping out but he sees the Wrestlemania sign and he picks up Styles for an Attitude Adjustment and the three count.

Winner:  John Cena

After the match, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn make their way to the ring, but Baron Corbin attacks Cena from behind.  Zayn and Owens join in the attack on Cena and then Owens goes after Styles.

Dolph Ziggler with a super kick to Corbin and Zayn. 

Ziggler, Cena, and Styles stand in the ring together and Ziggler punches Styles but Cena hits Ziggler with an Attitude Adjustment as we go to credits.

 

 


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