Gunther vs. Cody Rhodes (c) – Undisputed Championship match
Right in the clutches of Gunther, that’s where Cody found himself in. That chop the Ring General initiated was quite the smack. As the guest referee, Sami Zayn has a closer seat to watch the debauchery take place. A good portion of the early goings were in favour of Gunther. While Sami was doing his job by breaking a tie-up in the corner, Gunther took advantage by delivering a kick to the head of Cody.
The booing felt unnecessarily stupid. Gunther drove his elbow into Rhodes’ face. The five count felt inconsistent. The champ turned things around with a cutter, followed by a couple of well-placed punches. The momentum came to an end with a Figure 4 binding Rhodes into a knot.
Sami caught Gunther using the ropes as leverage during the Figure 4, so he forced the Ring General to stop. Rhodes rolled him up, but Gunther nailed Cody with a kick to the face. A clothesline floored the champ. Gunther chose Sami because he wanted this match to be unbiased, but these types of battles tend to be riddled with biases. And speaking of which, Cody was viciously pulled into a sleeper.
Since Gunther wouldn’t unclench the sleeper hold, Zayn had to remove him with his own hands. He later got shoved for doing that. In turn, Sami slapped him. So much nonsense was going on around here that I slowly seized to care. Zayn was momentarily taken out, which encouraged one of the fastest running replacement referees I’ve ever seen to arrive centre stage.
It’s rigged…
Just as Gunther was covering Cody, the second referee was dragged and tossed onto the floor. Sami swooped back in, kicked Gunther’s hands from the ropes and quickly counted to three, so Cody could win. Or better yet, so Gunther could lose.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
R-Truth getting flattened with Talla Tonga’s boot to his face, Tama’s amazing counter maneuver and Solo Sikoa’s useless arrival were the only intriguing moments of this debacle they call a match where Truth and Damien Priest were against the MFTs.
Carmelo Hayes surprised everyone with that randomly effective springboard. Ricky Saints may have missed with the Revolution DDT, but he nearly pinned his challenger by literally sitting on him. The turnbuckle got exposed earlier, so when Melo fell on it, he surely cried more than just tears. Because of that, Melo got knocked out when Ricky kicked him off, resulting in Hayes hitting his head against the metal and awarded Saints with a victory.
Jey Uso vs. Je’Von Evans – King of the Ring Finals match
Je’Von displayed incredible height when he drop kicked Jey to the main floor. Evans even flew over to keep Uso down, but Jey Jey had plans of his own. Je’Von was hurt, so Uso was smart to target his opponent’s mid-section. This fight was so physical that Uso landed a little awkwardly after that Spanish Fly, yet he remained.
Evans came off the ropes from a springboard, Jey ducked underneath, then delivered a Super Kick and a spear to the ribs of Je’Von. Uso yelled at Evans to get up, he did and returned a Super Kick as retaliation for earlier. Unfortunately, Evans took too long while Jey was down after Red Dawn. Up on the ropes, Uso caused Je’Von to loose his balance and fall. He came charging in with a spear and a winning Uso Splash. Oba Femi waits on the other side.
Winner: Jey Uso
During the Semifinals of the Queen of the Ring Tournament, Liv Morgan was relentless in her movements to attack Charlotte Flair’s left knee. She slammed it against the post two to three times, then tangled the Queen on the ropes, so Morgan could harm her more efficiently.
Flair retaliated with Natural Selection from the second rope. Her knee was ragdolled the entire time that the officials rushed out to check on her. Alexa Bliss tried to convince her to end the match, but Charlotte wouldn’t listen. Given her no quit attitude, Liv pulled her back into the ring and inflicted a nasty, gruesome submission move that actually got Flair to tap out. Wow.
TOP PHOTO: Zayn laid waste to Gunther and Cody. Courtesy of WWE
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