We discover that the PPV World title match between Roman Reigns and challenger Rey Mysterio will now take place on Smackdown.
Rey gives a solid promo about respecting family and hypocrisy. Reigns shows up and tries to get Rey to cancel the match, which Rey refuses to do. Quote Roman: "I tried to be diplomatic, now we're doing it my way..."
Apollo Crews and Commander Azeez beat Kevin Owens and Big "slumming it in this programme" E, when Azeez, who is very, very green, beat both semi main eventers up and pinned Owens with a distraction aide from Sami Zayn. So yes, once again Luigi Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing. The former Dabbo Kato is very inexperienced and it showed.
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In the Battle for the Crown, Shinsuke Nakamura beat The Artist Formerly Known as King Corbin clean. Afterwards, he and his guitar player Rick Boogs celebrated with the tatty crown prop. As entertaining as this feud made Nakamura again, he needed to move on to new things immediately.
Bianca does a good promo about winning out over bullies and challenges Bayley to a Hell in a Cell match at the PPV. Bayley arrives and they have a brawl which the villain comes out in top of.
Jimmy Uso makes peace with Roman Reigns but Reigns is all "Where's Jey?"
Otis and Chad Gable beat up Angelo Dawkins. No Montez Ford this week as he needed some surgery, so hope he can rest up and get well soon.
Cesaro and Seth Rollins jibber jabber backstage about each other.
Roman Reigns defeated Rey Mysterio in a pretty decent TV Hell in a Cell match. They used the structure well, especially in the finish, and Rey looked like he had a shot through some gutsy reversals and high flying without Reigns looking weaker. The finish, when Rey tried for a Hurricanrana only for Reigns to hold onto him, and then do a RUNNING POWERBOMB from the ring to the floor via the Hell structure, looked hellish. The type of spot you can only do with two trusted pros. It also put Roman Reigns over more as a vicious monster than 5 weeks of promos, and those promos were gold.
Jimmy Uso runs down to celebrate with Roman Reigns but looks conflicted when Reigns beats up Rey a bit more.
This was your standard pre-PPV show with most of the time setting up matches for last Sundays show, but it was livened up by the Nakamura/Corbin battle (hopefully the last) and a main event with a memorable finish. Being in charitable mood and having little to outright dislike (beyond the whole Apollo gimmick, of course) I'll give it 7/10
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