Rollins and Ambrose tag themselves in and they go back and forth at it till Jericho tags himself in. Jericho screams at Ambrose that he owes him $15000 for his coat. They slap each other in tandem.
Ambrose mounts Jericho in the corner and hits a series of punches. He tags in Shane McMahon who connects with punches on Jericho and a flying elbow. Jericho comes back with a missile drop kick. Reigns tags himself in and connects with a head butt on Shane. He hits a series of clotheslines on Shane in the corner.
Rollins tags himself and double teams with Reigns on Shane.
Ambrose and Owens make the tags for their respective teams and Ambrose throws Owens to the outside and follows him with a suicide dive. Owens goes for a pop up power bomb but Ambrose reverses it into a hurricanrana. Jericho breaks the pin and both the teams start brawling outside.
Owens connects with a swanton bomb off the top rope onto everyone. Shane goes up next but Strowman throws him off onto the mat.
Team SmackDown works on Strowman till Shane connects with a clothesline sending him to the outside. Reigns starts working on AJ till AJ connects with the pele kick on Reigns.
Ambrose and Styles start fighting each other in the ring and Shane calms them down. Styles drops Ambrose from behind and Strowman connects with a running power slam on Ambrose for the elimination. Shane comes in next and Strowman hits a big splash in the corner on Strowman.
AJ tries to connect with the phenomenal forearm on Strowman, but he avoids and throws him to the outside. Orton goes for the RKO but Strowman throws him away too. Strowman goes for the splash on Orton, but Wyatt steps in front and instructs Strowman to attack Jericho. Strowman grabs Jericho by the throat but lets go off him and attacks Wyatt instead. Strowman connects with a drop kick onto Wyatt, sending him to the outside. Strowman clears the German announce table, but Orton RKO’s him through the table.
Orton and Wyatt lay Strowman on the English announce table and Shane comes off the top rope with a flying elbow. Strowman tries to get back into the ring before the referee’s ten count, but Ellsworth grans Strowman by his legs and prevents it from happening. Strowman chases Ellsworth and throws him onto a few tables from the top of the ramp. Owens and Jericho take turns in working on McMahon who blocks a lionsault and rolls up Jericho.
Jericho kicks out and connects with code breakers both on Shane and Orton. Styles tags himself in and exchanges pin and submission attempts with Jericho. AJ calls for the Styles clash on Jericho, but Owens runs in and hits Styles with the list of Jericho. Owens connects with the pop up power bomb on Styles and is disqualified by the referee.
Orton and Rollins are in next and Orton connects with a power slam on Rollins. Wyatt comes in with a running clothesline in the corner and follows it up with right hands. Orton is tagged in. He connects with a super plex. Reigns unloads on Wyatt and Styles counters a super man punch.
Shane tags himself in and lays out Reigns with a DDT. Shane connects with punches to Rollins. Shane calls for the coast to coast on Reigns, but Reigns counters it with a spear, eliminating Shane.
Wyatt connects with elbows to Reigns’ head. Orton stomps on Reigns. They double team on Reigns. Rollins unloads on Styles. Rollins is launched over the top ropes onto the apron. Rollins connects with an enziguri. Reigns and Rollins tear up the announce tables.
Reigns picks up Orton but Styles attacks Reigns from behind and lays out Rollins and Reigns. Ambrose runs back and lays out Styles. Reigns and Rollins save Ambrose from being escorted and we have a mini shield reunion here. They power bomb Styles through the table. Rollins rolls Ambrose back for a three count.
It is now down to Reigns and Rollins against Orton and Wyatt. Luke Harper appears and it turns to a handicap match.
Harper connects with a kick to Reigns. Rollins connects with a slingblade to Wyatt. Orton connects with an RKO to Rollins and Wyatt covers Rollins for the three count. Rollins is eliminated. Reigns connects with a super man punch to Orton. He fights off both Orton and Wyatt. Wyatt is sent to the barricade. Reigns connects with a spear on Harper.
Reigns is locked into the sister Abigail by Wyatt. Reigns blocks it and delivers a Superman Punch. Orton shoves Wyatt out of the way and takes a spear from Reigns. Reigns walks into the Sister Abigail from Wyatt who covers Reigns for the three count.
The winners: Team Smack Down Live
It is now time for the main event of the night. Bill Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar.
Bill Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar: Lesnar drives Goldberg into the corner and Goldberg promptly shoves him into the mat. He connects with a spear to Lesnar and follows it up with another!!!! The crowd is behind Goldberg and we have a Goldberg chant going on. Goldberg hooks up Lesnar for the jack hammer slam for a three count!!!!!!!!
Okay wait, what just happened? The beast was slayed by the ‘myth’ as Paul Heyman put it within such a record time! I cannot wait to see what transpires on WWE RAW this week, especially with Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar. Also, does this mean that Taker would not choose any ‘soul’ from SmackDown Live since they won?
How would Shane and Daniel react to the women’s division losing? Will we get to know what happened to Nikki Bella. Lots of unanswered questions heading into this week’s RAW and SmackDown Live. Make sure to join us as we cover the play by play events of the night for you. Have a great week ahead!
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