This will be a rare actual live SD viewing since I'm on the go and might as well watch it live on USA before 205 Live. Rusev will get a Pride of Bulgaria celebration and KO and Shane will be here live. KO's attack of Vince is shown and we see Shane's promo from last week. Shane saying I CONDEMN YOU TO A BEATING AT THESE HANDS remains hilarious. I love Kevin blaming Shane for the attack on Vince. KO comes out and basically calls Shane someone is all bark and no bite. He gets in a great line about liking and respecting Vince - which isn't the case for Shane, so imagine what he'll do to him. Sami comes down with a new pretty awesome shirt. Between this shit and The Bar's shirt, they're on a mini roll with these.
Sami tells him that he's snapped and it never ends well. He headbutted Vine and figured that he snapped once again. Kevin says he's not here to talk sense into him - he's just jealous. He says Sami signed two and a half years earlier, but KO has been IC Champion twice, was US Champion, and was Universal Champion. KO announces that his match will be the official main event and what he's done so far is just the beginning. He says nothing Sami has done has had the impact his skull had on Vince's. Sami says he's not wrong - but he's done everything it took to get there, but his day will come and he can at least look at himself in the mirror.
Bryan comes down and says that Shane may not be here - but he knows someone who wants to fight him, so we'll see KO vs. Sami tonight. Well, if they're going to do non-stop rematches, at least they provided some actual context for it. Tye also faces Baron next. Baron's new theme is pretty great - even if I do prefer his original tron presentation. Tye comes down and they quickly cut away from a Bullet Club-shirted fan to show some other ones. AJ comes down to watch the math and gets a full intro. I love his American flag-colored gear. Tye jumps Baron and lariats him over the top to lead to an ad break so he can sell during the PIP ads.
Baron runs in and eats forearms in the corner, but fights back with knees before eating a Thesz press. Baron goes for a suplex, but gets inside cradled for 2. Baron gets the chokeslam backbreaker and AJ tells Baron to stop pointing at him. Tye goes for the Tye breaker, but Baron uses his size to drop him. He throws water on AJ and tosses Tye into AJ to win via countout. Um, shouldn't this be a DQ against Corbin? Corbin beats him up and does the TEN deal. Okay, that was great. Baron thanks AJ for helping Tye out so much and he won't take any shortcuts at HIAC to get the US Title.
Jinder and the Singhs are backstage and will be out to talk about the promo from last week. After the break, AJ vs. Baron is made official. Jinder and his goons come down. He says taht he went too far last week and apologizes. He says he respects him - he's a worthy foe and he'll compliment him tonight. We get more tron comedy, which is all this rivalry has been since Summerslam. This stuff doesn't help either guy - it's low hanging fruit, and Jinder's not even all that good at it. They mock his pose only to reveal that it isn't a photo - he's there and gets a huge chant. He cuts a brief promo before coming out and getting his epic intro. The sing-a-long stuff for his theme remains great. Nakamura beats up the goons, but Jinder posts him. Jinder eats a kick and then the goons eat knees and punches before Jinder goes for the cobra clutch slam. Jinder avoids that, but eats a Kinshasa and covers his face up as soon as possible.
Sami vs. KO is hyped up as a first time ever match on SD, while the Usos face the Hype Bros next. New Day comes out and we get some shots of folks in Marty Scurll shirts. New Day has snacks and will watch from ringside. Hype Bros. get a jobber intro while the New Day vs. Usos mathc is hyped as the culmination of a great rivalry. The Hype Bros are now not in matching gear - with Zack in black and purple.Big E has binoculars to watch the action. Usos dominate and New Day chants for Mojo. Zack gets a semi-hot tag and flapjacks Jey before hitting a neckbreaker. Mojo blind tags himself in and gets knocked into Zack. This sends Zack down and Mojo eats a superkick and a superfly dive. Usos tell New Day to stay in the sidelines wit the fans and tells them to take notes on what a real tag team looks like. Kofi has a box of Booty Os behind his belt, which is hilarious. Kofi says they talk a big game for guys who lost the titles, and E is curious about why they talk about the Uso penitentiary a lot - they want a hell in a cell match.
Rusev's celebration is recapped and Miz's beating of Roman is shown. Ultima Luha Tres gets an ad - so it looks like El Rey is spending some good money on the show to some degree. Aiden English sings for Rusev's introduction. He introduces the mayor and his gigantic key before singing the Bulgarian nationa lanthem and bringing Rusev out looking downright dapper. Rusev stands atop a giant Bulgarian flag platform and the mayor says some stuff and declares it Rusev Day. Rusev raises the giant key with pride. Rusev shows his victory over Orton and says that Orton was the legend killer and the apex predator, but now, he is the predator. Aiden sings a song somewhat to the tune of "Voices" about how Ruev is the better man. RKO hits Aiden before Rusev hops off his platform and eats an RKO. Corey and Tom were fantastic throughout this.
Bryan gets off the phone with Shane, who got off the plane and will come after KO tonight. Sami doesn't want this and says he wants his own shot at KO tonight. Charlotte faces Carmella next. Randy asks Renee for a favor and to tell Rusev he wants him at Hell in a Cell, before wishing her a Happy Rusev Day. Charlotte comes out and they plug Connor's Cure stuff - including Charlotte's gold kneepads. Carmella comes down with Ellsworth o his leash, which is now on the post. Tom asks Corey for an explanation as to why a grown man is in a dog collar, and perhaps that is something best unexplained. Carmella gets Trish's corner rana before a PIP ad break. Charlotte gets tripped on the apron thanks to an Ellsworth distraction. Carmella saps her and gets 2 before a chinlock. A crossbody off the top gets a pair of 2 counts before kicking her into the buckle. A revers eDDT gets 2 as well. Charlotte gets 2 off an O' Connor roll and pins her with a yakuza kick.
Nattie comes down and says she's glad to see that Ric is healthy- because he'll see her lose at HIAC. Angle-Cena from SD in '02 is shown for the Snickers moment of the week. Fashion Files return next week! Dolphertaker comes down and Tom is fooled, espite this guy wearing sneakers being a foot shorter, and actually moving quickly. Dolph eating a chokeslam from Taker after all this crap would be pretty fun. GLORIOUS finally hits and Bobby Roode gets a nice ovation. It's amazing how well he works as a babyface just hopping around. Roode calls Dolph one of hte best ever, and wants him to back it up against him at HIAC. Dolph buries Roode's intro for being flashy and involving hte fans, making him everything that's wrong with WWE. He goes for a rest in peace bit before Roode stops him to say it will be glorious.
Enzo's dickishness on Raw is shown before they hype up 205 Live. Sami gets his intro A Frye-Takyama spot starts things off before KO kicks his spine before landing the cannonball. Shane enters the building to walk to the ring. Sami lands an apron brainbuster, but eats a massive superkick for 2.5. Sami avoids the pop-up powerbomb and gets 2 off the blue thunder bomb. He goes for the corner kick, but KO rolls out and eats a flip dive. Sami goes for the torpedo DDT, but eat a superkick. APRON POWERBOMB! That ends it because Sami can't continue, which I like - he didn't lose, KO just mauled him with something that no one can withstand. It also gets over that you can get KOs in wrestling again - which hasn't really been done since Brock's first big push in '02.
Sami is carried out while Kevin calmly sits on the announce table in a trance - it's almost a bit like Bubba in 2000. He jumps Sami and attacks him until Corey says that SOMEONE NEEDS TO STOP KEVIN OWENS. He goes to use a chair on Sami's throat before Shane comes down. Shane gets muted and Sami is tossed into Shane before KO just runs away. This was a great angle and a very good overall show - which SmackDown has sorely needed. I loved Kevin waving goodbye, and it looks like Shane's lip was split by the chair when Sami was shoved into him.
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