SmackDown. WWE
Damian Priest came out and gave a promo about being on SmackDown, but he was eventually interrupted by Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu. Surprisingly, Fatu showed Priest some respect before telling him to lay down or get taken down.
The Archer of Infamy was not intimidated in the slightest. He knocked down Tonga with one punch before he and Fatu started trading shots. The numbers game caught up to him as he was cornered and beaten down, but LA Knight ran down to make the save.
Next up was the eight-man tag match with Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Kit Wilson and Elton Prince taking on Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Angel and Berto. MCMG told Los Garzas they would have their back in the match, but Los Garzas did not seem interested in their help.
Ciampa tagged out to Prince so he wouldn’t have to face Shelley, so Shelley brought in Berto. While this match had great action, it was completely hampered by WWE airing a special ad for a movie, and then going to a regular commercial about a minute after that.
Even with picture-in-picture, the presentation was impacted. However, the eight men in this match did a tremendous job of making it easy to keep your eyes on that smaller screen.
Wilson and Prince were the two biggest competitors, so they ended up doing a lot of the catching when the high-flyers started going on a roll.
Angel and Berto ended up leaving Sabin and Shelley to fend for themselves, but MCMG pulled out the upset and won in the end.
Result: Motor City Machine Guns and Los Garzas defeated Pretty Deadly and DIY
Notable Moments and Observations
- The video package WWE has been playing for Charlotte Flair to hype her return is very well made.
- Punching a chair as it’s being swung at you would be stupid for anyone except Fatu.
- WWE aired footage of Triple H being told he was going into the Hall of Fame.
- WWE upgraded MCMG’s pyro. It’s way better now.
- Los Garzas and MCMG had some fun combined spots.