Arena: KeyBank Center
City: Buffalo, NY
Sami Zayn VS. Sheamus
With a lot of action outside the ring with the Usos and Solo Sikoa and the Brawling Brutes, the referee gets distracted as Sheamus has Sami up and Jey comes in and superkicks Sheamus and Sami rolls Sheamus up for the 3 count.
Winner: Sami Zayn
Santos Escobar is interviewed in the back and says he is ready to beat Ricochet for the World Cup and take the Intercontinental Championship.
Kofi Kingston is in the back being interviewed and Imperium comes in and challenges Kofi. Kofi said Woods isn’t here tonight, but he is, and will take on anyone of them.
Bray Wyatt talks in the back. Says this time he was not the one that hurt L.A. Knight and continues by saying if it were him, there would not be anything left.
Shayna Baszler VS. Emma
Emma did her best to fight off Shayna but, in the end, Shayna catches Emma in the Kirifuda Clutch for the tap out win.
Winner: Shayna Baszler
After the match, Shayna attacked Emma and Shotzi comes out to help Emma. But Shayna turns the tide on Shotzi, she goes to smash Shotzi’s arm. Raquel Rodriguez, with her arm in a brace, comes out for the save and Shayna finally backed down and left the ring.
They show clip of Lacey Evans working out in the Marine uniform, saying Marines go back to the basics.
Kofi Kingston VS. Gunther
Ludwig Kaiser tripped Kofi and Braun Strowman comes out and immediately throws Vinci over to the timekeeper’s area. Braun then tosses Kaiser over into the area as well. Kofi hits SOS on Gunther but only gets a 2 count. Gunther finally catches Kofi with a powerslam and gets the win.
Winner: Gunther
In the back the Bloodline is talking and Sami and Solo walk away and as the Usos are standing there talking, Sheamus comes running at them with the sheleighly and knocks them both down.
Damage Control is out next. As Bailey talks, she is interrupted by Liv Morgan and says she is coming after them and as Damage Control start to take advantage of Liv Morgan, Tegan Nox arrives to help Liv. Liv brings in a Kendo stick and knocks down Bayley and Damage Control leaves the ring asking Tegan “who do you think you are to come back and face us”.
Karrion Kross segment is shown.
Ricochet VS. Santos Escobar
This is the final for the Smackdown World Cup Tournament where the winner gets a shot at the Intercontinental Championship.
After multiple pin attempts by both, Escobar gave Ricochet a hurricanrana off the ringside barricade onto the floor. In the end both men are on the top rope but Ricochet maneuvers himself behind Escobar and gives him a hurricanrana then knee to the face, superkick and positions Escobar by the corner of the ring and hits a 450 on Escobar for the win. Great match!!
Winner of the World Cup: Ricochet
As Ricochet celebrates, Gunther comes out and they have a stare down and exchange words as Smackdown goes off the air.
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