We are back and Knight gets a near fall. Tama with a dragon screw followed by an elbow drop to the leg. Tama with a kick to the leg. Tama with a head butt and Knight gets a near fall. Tama with a back body drop. Tama with a nerve hold on Knight. Knight with elbows and punches. Knight with a flying clothesline and punches. Knight with an Irish whip that sends Tama sternum first into the turnbuckles followed by a leaping neck breaker. Tama with a punch from the apron but Knight with a punch. Tama drops Knight onto the apron. Knight with a shoulder tackle that knocks Tama off the apron into the announce table. Knight with a shoulder off the apron.
They return to the ring and Knight goes for a torture rack but Tama gets to his feet. Tama with a hesitation DDT for a near fall. Tama puts Knight on the turnbuckles. Knight punches Tama and Tama with forearms. Tama with head butts to Knight and Knight punches Tama off the turnbuckles. Tama punches Knight and he sets for a superplex but Knight with a gourdbuster. Knight with a double jump elbow drop. Fatu gets on the apron when Knight sets for BFT. Tama with a rollup for a near fall. Knight with a kick and BFT for the three count.
Winner: LA Knight
After the match, Fatu attacks Knight and sends him into the announce table with a Death Valley Driver. Fatu with head butts and then . . .
Braun Strowman's music plays and he walks briskly to the ring. Fatu, as is required by the rule book, stops any attack on Knight.
Braun gets in the ring and Tama holds Fatu back but Fatu does not care.
Fatu gets in the ring and every other word is muted.
Braun 'Hogans' his shirt and Tama tries to attack Braun from behind and then Braun moves and Fatu hits the ring post on a splash.
Miz is with Austin Theory and Grayson Waller. MIz talks about Marine 7 and how they would be box office gold.
They like the idea of it. He says together they will run Smackdown together.
Nick stops by and he tells Waller and Theory they are going to Raw.
Theory comes back to tell Miz they are going to be rich.
Shinsuke Nakamura says this is a warning to any challenger. If you challenge with the determination to win, you will not succeed. Your body will be bruised and damaged while he holds on to the title. He says he will be in the Royal Rumble. He says he won before and he will seize victory again. This will be the year of his conquest. It begins with the Royal Rumble.
Match Number Six: Damian Priest versus Carmelo Hayes
Hayes avoids Priest at the start of the match and he feels pretty good about what he hasn't done yet. Hayes with a kick and punch followed by chops. Priest blocks an Irish whip and Hayes flips over the back and hits a forearm to the back of the head. Priest with a shoulder tackle. Priest tosses Hayes into the corner and Priest with a series of kicks. Priest with a wrist lock and he goes to the turnbuckles and h goes Old School with a cross body for a near fall. They go to the floor and Priest with a forearm. Priest tries to run Hayes into the ring post but Hayes escapes. Priest stops short of the ring post. Hayes with a kick and he sends Priest into the ring post.
Hayes goes to the turnbuckles to pose.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Priest pushes Hayes off the turnbuckles. Hayes kicks Priest to the floor and then he kicks him off the apron. Hayes with a flip dive onto Priest. Hayes with a springboard cross body for a near fall. Hayes with a double wrist lock. Hayes with chops to Priest. Priest shows some anger and he connects with a forearm and many kicks. Priest with a forearm. Priest runs into boots but Priest responds with Broken Arrow and an elbow into the corner. Priest with a leaping flatliner for a near fall. Hayes goes to the floor and Priest follows and Priest with a running shoulder tackle that sends Hayes over the ringside barrier. Priest grabs Hayes and pulls him back into the ringside area. Hayes with a super kick as Priest comes off the ropes. Priest catches Hayes off the ropes. Hayes with a cutter and First 48.
Hayes gets a near fall. Priest moves when Hayes goes for Nothin But Net and Priest with a clothesline. Hayes with an inside cradle for a near fall. Priest with South of Heaven for the three count.
Winner: Damian Priest
Nick is in the back with Johnny and Tommaso.
Alex and Chris show up and Chris says they have a surprise. They get to face Gargano and Ciampa for the titles at the Royal Rumble in a two out of three falls matc.
Next week, DIY and Pretty Deadly face The Machine Guns and Garzas in an eight man tag match. Michin faces Chelsea Green for the US Title. Liv Morgan faces Naomi. JImmy Uso faces Carmelo Hayes.
Kevin Owens prepares in a truck.
We go to commercial.
Damian Priest walks in the back and he stops to talk to Cody Rhodes.
Cody says he is glad to have Priest on Smackdown.
Priest tells Cody he will see him soon, champ.
Miz is with Andrade and he talks about how great Andrade is, but he needs someone to guide him.
Andrade says he loves that idea. He says he will go find someone.
Jimmy Uso shows up and then he walks to the ring.
Carmelo Hayes Jimmy it will take more than four moves to beat KO.
Jimmy says he will beat him in three moves next week.
Carmelo Hayes attacks Jimmy Uso in the aisle and he connects with forearms.
Kevin makes his way to the ring in a Naomi shirt.
Kevin tells McConaughey he will never have this title.
Match Number Seven: Kevin Owens versus Jimmy Uso in a Non Title Match
Kevin goes to the floor and has some words with Joe. Jimmy with an uppercut and he sends Kevin into the apron and ringside barrier. They get back into the ring and Kevin with forearms. Kevin with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Kevin with a back senton. Kevin with punches to the midsection and back. Kevin with shoulders in the corner. Kevin with a hard Irish whip. Kevin with a punch and another hard Irish whip. Kevin chokes Jimmy in the ropes. Kevin with an elbow to the back of the neck. Kevin with an Irish whip but Jimmy with a clothesline out of the corner. Jimmy sets for the running hip but Kevin goes to the floor to avoid it.
Jimmy sends Kevin's head into the announce table. Jimmy with punches and he plays to the Longhorns crowd. Kevin with a shoulder tackle that knocks Jimmy off the apron and into the announce table. Kevin with a frog splash off the apron onto Jimmy. Kevin sends Jimmy into the ringside barrier a few times. While Jimmy tries to get back into the ring, Kevin soaks up the adulation of the fans. Kevin with a punch. Kevin wraps the arm in the ropes to add more damage to it. Kevin with divorce court to the arm and he stomps on it. Kevin slams the arm into the mat. Kevin with a head butt. Kevin wraps the arm in the ropes again.
Jimmy wtih punches but Kevin with a kick and DDT. Kevin with a double wrist lock. Jimmy with punches and a head butt. Jimmy tries to get Keivn on his shoulders and Kevin with an arm breaker for a near fall. Kevin stomps on the arm and he slams the arm into the mat many times. Kevin goes up top but Jimmy with a kick to stop him. Jimmy sets for a superplex but you don't superplex Kevin Owens and he drops Jimmy onto the turnbuckles while dropping the arm on the ropes. Kevin goes fo a swanton but Jimmy gets the knees up. Jimmy with a running hip into the corner and both men are down.
Jimmy with punches and an enzuigiri. Jimmy with a Samoan drop for a near fall. Jimmy misses a splash into the corner. Jimmy with a super kick to Kevin for a near fall. Kevin with an arm wringer and a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall. Jmmy avoids a stunner. Kevin with a super kick and Jimmy with one of his own for a near fall. Jimmy goes up top and misses a frog splash when Kevin moves. Kevin with a super kick. He goes for the pop up power bomb and Jimmy escapes. Jimmy with a super kick for a near fall. Jimmy runs into a kick and Kevin tries for a stunner but Jimmy escapes. Jimmy with a spear and he goes up top.
Kevin gets up and he drops Jimmy on the top rope and sends him shoulder first into the post. Kevin with a pop up power bomb for the three count.
Winner: Kevin Owens
After the match, Kevin sets for a package pile driver on the announce table.
Cody Rhodes' music plays and they meet in the ring. Cody with many punches and he kicks Kevin.
They exchange punches and Cody sends Kevin to the floor. Cody sends Kevin's head into the announce table.
We go to credits.
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