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Fatal 4-Way Match For The SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The New Day vs. Lucha House Party vs. Miz & John Morrison vs. Forgotten Sons
Kofi and Metalik start things off and I have to say that I'd love to see a 15 minute one-on-one match between these two. Wesley Blake makes a blind tag and knocks Kofi out of the ring. The Forgotten Sons then double team on Metalik. Morrison tags in and eats a dropkick in the corner. Miz distracts Metalik and Morrison hits a Spanish Fly off the top rope to a group of the other competitors on the floor. I'm kind of done with large groups just standing there waiting for someone to jump on them, but the Spanish Fly was awesome. Jaxson Ryker knocks Metalik off the top rope and Steve Cutler takes advantage. Metalik knocks Cutler out of the ring with a hurricanrana and he finally gets out of the match by tagging in Lince Dorado. He explodes with some offense, but then Morrison hits a springboard kick on Kofi, as the ref has lost control. Kofi recovers and hits the Boom Drop on Miz. Cutler and Big E are in now and Cutler is all over Big E. Kofi tags in and they hit a stomp/powerbomb combo off the top rope. Lots of quick tags and big moves are hit and Morrison ends up hitting a Starship Pain on Big E, but Lucha House Party breaks up the pin. Lucha House Party hit some high flying offense including a splash and an elbow both off the top rope. The Forgotten Sons are in here again, but Big E is able to dump both of them over the top rope. Big E goes for the spear through the ropes, but Ryker pulls down the rope and Big E falls to the outside. Back in the ring and Big E hits the Big Ending on Metalik and the New Day retain. That was a good opener and I thought both the Lucha House Party and Forgotten Sons looked good in defeat.
Match Rating: ***1/2 (out of 5)
Lacey Evans lets us know that she has memorized her way through headquarters and that she will win the briefcase. Evans is one of my least favorite competitors in current day WWE.
Drew McIntyre says that he is going to break Seth Rollins' jaw tonight.
R-Truth vs.
Truth does his whole "What's up?" gimmick to hear some noise from the WWE Universe. MVP and Truth argue about ballin' and then Lashley's music hits. Lashley tells MVP he can have the night off. Truth slaps him and tries to avoid Lashley. Lashley gets a hold of him and tosses him across the ring. Lashley hits a spinebuster and goes for a suplex, but Truth counters. Truth goes off the ropes and Lashley hits a spear for the victory. Lashley is a great athlete and all, but I have a hard time finding time to care about his character here in 2020. They have never really booked him properly and that continues here.
Match Rating: 1/2*
First Evans, now Baron Corbin. He says he will win Money In The Bank for the second time.
Sasha Banks and Bayley are asked if Bayley blamed Sasha for their loss on Friday. Bayley cuts in and takes exception to it.
SmackDown Women's Championship Match
Bayley vs. Tamina
I'm really not understanding why Tamina is getting a push in 2020? I see that Bayley's arrogance has been turned up a notch since I last watched. She slaps Tamina around a little, but Tamina hits a clothesline from behind. Tamina does all the 1990s power wrestler offensive moves until Bayley trips her up and slams her leg on the ring post. Tamina fights back and hits a splash in the corner and then a knee in the corner. Tamina goes for a superkick, but Bayley catches it and puts her into a knee bar. Bayley goes for a Samoan Drop, but Bayley is unable to hold her up and both women are down. Bayley grabs a bottle of water and splashes it in Tamina's face. Tamina throws her off the ropes from the outside and hits a clothesline. Tamina hits a superkick, but Bayley falls to the outside. Tamina throws Bayley on and over the announcer table. Tamina hits a superkick and Samoan Drop combo, but Sasha comes in the ring to distract her. She chases after Sasha, but Bayley comes from behind. Tamina picks her up for the Samoan Drop, but Bayley counters it into a pinfall and gets the victory. Well, for whatever it's worth, that may have been the best Tamina singles match I have seen. So there's that.
Match Rating: **
Seth Rollins says that it his destiny to defeat McIntyre tonight.
Universal Championship Match
Bray Wyatt vs. Braun Strowman
We are not getting the Fiend tonight. Maybe Lashley can come in and give Wyatt the night off tonight too? Strowman runs him over and the sit and talk to each other, which is what I was really hoping for. I wonder if IRS has a matching back of the head tattoo with his son? Wyatt rolls out of the ring after another shoulder tackle and Braun throws him into the steps and ring post. Wyatt avoids a charging Strowman and pushes him into the announce table. The pig puppet comes in and cheers Wyatt on.. Wyatt hits a senton on Braun and now he rolls out of the ring. Wyatt hits a tornado DDT and hits Sister Abigail, but Bruan kicks out. He goes for Sister Abigail again, but Braun hits a chokeslam. We get the Strowman Express and he knocks hi into the barricade. Wyatt kicks Strowman on his way back into the ring. Wyatt pops up with the black sheep mask that he used to wear in the Wyatt Family. Wyatt says this is what is supposed to be and they both get down on their knees. They embrace and all the puppets are shown celebrating. Braun pushes Bray away and takes the mask off and stomps on it. Bruan hits the running powerslam and gets the victory. This was absolutely awful. I know I am harsh on Wyatt's character and that a lot of people enjoy it. To each their own. However, I'm thinking that most of his fans didn't dig this one.
Match Rating: 0 Stars
WWE Championship Match
Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre
McIntyre hits a clothesline and sends Rollins over the top. McIntyre has his way with Rollins and then hits a vertical suplex. Rollins hits two dropkicks to the knee of McIntyre. Rollins follows it up with a suicide dive and tosses McIntyre back into the ring. Rollins works on the leg with a half crab and then turns it into a STF. Rollins then hits a second STF. Rollins hits a knees of both the barricade and announce table. Rollins goes for another suicide dive and this time McIntyre catches him and hits an overhead belly-to-belly suplex onto the table. Rollins is able to snap McIntyre's head over the top rope and hits a kick. He misses with a springboard leap and McIntyre hits a spinebuster. Rollins hits an enzuigiri and then a superkick, but McIntyre kicks out at 1. Rollins hits the frog splash and again McIntyre kicks out with authority. I will say the in ring booking has been solid for McIntyre. It will be interesting to see what the crowd reaction to him will be once we have crowds again. Rollins goes for the Stomp, but McIntyre counters. This match is severely missing the crowd interaction, as this has a big fight feel. McIntyre goes up top, but Rollins leaps up and hits a superplex, bounces back up and hits a Falcon Arrow This time McIntyre kicks out at 2. McIntyre counters another Stomp attempt into a Future Shock and gets a 2 count. McIntyre goes for a superplex, but Rollins takes out his leg and he's in the tree of woe. McIntyre sits up and and tosses Rollins with an amazing display there. Rollins comes back and hits the Stomp, but again McIntyre is able to kick out. They trade big impact moves until McIntyre hits the Claymore Kick and that finishes Rollins off. The last five minutes of that match were extremely good. This was a match that was made for a full arena.
Match Rating: ***1/2
After the match, McIntyre offers to shake hands and Rollins reluctantly does. Apparently not even a pandemic can stop handshakes in pro wrestling.
R-Truth is interviewed out back and claims that he beat MVP tonight. He says that he's going to go get his baby back, the 24/7 Championship. He says that he's going to sack Tom Brady and take back his title.
Women's Money In The Bank Match
Lacey Evans vs. Nia Jax vs. Carmella vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Dana Brooke vs. Asuka
Men's Money In The Bank Match
AJ Styles vs. Otis vs. Aleister Black vs. King Corbin vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Daniel Bryan
They introduce each individual and Asuka is up on the balcony dancing. The men start in the weight room. Asuka then is shown leaping off the balcony taking out all five opponents. She opens the elevator and it closes before anyone else can get in, so they take the stairs. Corbin destroys a mirror with a weight. Rey and Aleister are brawling together and are the most innovative. Otis puts a barbell on top of AJ and it doesn't even look like it's touching him. Rey walks into the mens restroom and Brother Love is in there. The men begin brawling in the elevator, while some of the women are racing up the stairs. Otis chants "Yes!" as Bryan delivers the Yes Kicks to Corbin and then turns and does the same on Otis. Someone in Doink's wig and facepaint creeps over a chair. Nia and Shayna begin brawling in a conference room until Dana hits Nia in the back with a chair. There's a briefcase for some reason hanging over the conference table and Dana grabs it and kind of pretends like she won. Stephanie McMahon is shown telling her that the real briefcase is on the roof. Carmella comes in and cracks a picture over Dana's head. As Carmella is strutting out of the room, she gets a Woman's Right from Lacey. AJ is shown walking by a photo of Undertaker while looking for Rey. He opens a door and it's lit like Undertaker's entrance with a casket on the floor. They show flashbacks of the Last Ride Match and then he eats a kick from Aleister and he closes the door. Paul Heyman is shown eating at a large catering table when the majority of the competitors walk in. Otis mimics John Belushi and calls for a food fight. Otis and Nia both sandwich Rey, while food continues to fly. Nia then powerbombs Carmella through the table. Nia and Otis then have a stare down while Otis eats a sandwich. Otis walks into the cafeteria and John Laurinaitis is there, so Otis shoves a pie in his face. Asuka is frantically running around through headquarters, while the others try to keep up. AJ and Bryan are brawling and come into Vince's office, who proceeds to kick them out. Bryan and AJ fix the chairs and walk out of their office and Vince puts on hand sanitizer. They begin brawling until Corbin comes in and attacks them with a weapon. Aleister tries to join in, but Corbin lays them up and says that he is going to the roof. Nia and Asuka are the first two up to the roof, followed by Lacey. Nia takes them both out and brings a ladder into the ring. Nia begins the slow climb until Asuka grabs her down. If anything, I will say the shot of the ring on the roof is pretty cool. Asuka and Lacey are both climbing until Asuka hits her with an elbow, knocking her onto Nia. In walks Baron Corbin and he tries to stop Asuka for some reason. She kicks him off the ladder and grabs the briefcase. Well, that was a flat finish for the women. In walks Otis and Corbin attacks him and then uses the ladder. Otis avoids Corbin and hits the Caterpillar. Aleister and Rey are both in and they take out both men. They begin climbing the ladder until AJ pushes it over and off the ladder. Corbin then comes in and throws Rey off the roof and then does the same to Black. And it feels like no big deal, since there are no announcers to sell it and AJ also does a no sell. Bryan joins in and now the four remaining men are battling. AJ hits a Phenomenal Forearm on Otis and starts climbing the ladder. AJ and Corbin both are climbing and take the briefcase off the clip. They are fighting over the briefcase when Elias smashes a guitar on the back of Corbin, causing them to drop the briefcase and Otis catches it. Otis is your winner and that's it? Well, as someone who hated both of the special matches at WrestleMania, this was a slight improvement. I like some fun in wrestling, but too much of it just looked too phony and nothing was really all that memorable. They threw two people off the roof and it wasn't even a big deal. The concept was cool, but the execution was lackluster.
Match Rating: **
Well, this certainly wasn't anything to go out of your way to see. I enjoyed the opener and the McIntyre matches, but neither are something I would call must see matches. The biggest positive was the run time. They kept things short, but I will say all of the ads still made the show feel longer than it should have. They certainly have had worse shows, but you can file this one under middle of the road.
Overall Rating: 54%
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