Hi and welcome to the Friday Night SmackDown
review. A lot to talk about so let's not waste anymore time. Here we go!
A new stage was unveiled for the show and it
reminded me of the 2000-2001 Attitude Era.
We started off with a in ring segment with King
Baron Corbin, "The Man" Becky Lynch and The Rock. Resulting in the
Rock and Becky beating up Corbin to end the segment, leading to the first match
of the night.
Becky Lynch and Charlotte
Winners: Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair.
There was a backstage interview with ya boys:
THE NEW DAY! to hype up the WWE title match later in the show.
Seth Rollins was seen heading to the ring to
face Shinsuke Nakamura, this was not advertised prior to the show, Seth was in
the ring when we got another episode of the Firefly Funhouse. More mind games
from Bray leading up to Hell in a Cell.
Rollins vs. Nakamura never ended with a winner
as The Fiend attacked Rollins yet again, this time on the entrance way and
throwing him off the stage.
Disclaimer: There were a lot of montages
throughout the show. Apologies if it seems like I've skipped through some
important segments etc.
Ladder Match: Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon the stipulation of the match was the loser of this match
will be “terminated from WWE” meaning they will be fired.
Winner: Kevin Owens.
Shane is fired. (Until he comes back before
Survivor Series or something) this storyline is finally over, Note that The Miz
never got his win back from Shane. Perhaps they'll incorporate that reason for
if or when Miz and KO have a match or three later down the line.
It was Paul Heyman's turn to hype up the main
event. This was something we've seen and heard before so let's move on.
Randy Orton, AJ Styles, Robert Roode and Dolph
Ziggler were defeated by Braun Strowman, The Miz, Otis and Tucker.
During this match we saw a interaction between
Strowman and boxer Tyson Fury. There's one match potentially booked for Wrestlemania
next year.
American DJ Marshmello won the 24/7
championship on the show, Carmella later won it back.
It was Lumberjack match time. Erick Rowan vs. Roman Reigns
Winner: Roman Reigns.
Here we go! Main Event time!
WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston vs. Brock
Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman)
Winner: AND NEW WWE Champion! Brock
Lesnar.
Kofi didn't get any offence and Brock picked
him up for an F5 for the win. I can't believe WWE booked Kofi like that. The
fans reaction to this has been incredible and rightfully so. Five seconds that
match lasted. Disgraceful. Kofi had an amazing run as champion. It's a damn
shame it ended like that. I thought Kofi was going to somehow win this match
with help from Rey and New Day in some fashion. It wasn't to be. As Randy Orton
would say. This was stupid, stupid, stupid.
After the match, Brock was interrupted by Rey
and former UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez. Cain took down and punched
Brock until the new champion retreated to end the show. I'm lost for words.
I'm going to end the review here. Thanks for reading.