Charly Caruso interviews The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E). Big E says the only revival they respect is the one held under a tent with fire and brimstone. Suddenly, Xavier Woods shows up and says The Revival showed up to get their attention, and tonight, they will come to realize why doing that is not a good thing. Kofi says he feels ready for Randy Orton in a one-on-one match, and says that attempts to get into his head last week failed when he put him through a table before proclaiming that he will leave as WWE Champion. Woods also proclaims that he and Big E will stay SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
Drew Gulak retains the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Lince Dorado and Humberto Carrillo. (At the end of the match, Carrillo misses the Aztec Press to Dorado completely, and the referee has to tell Dorado "Shoulders down! Shoulders down!" before counting the winning pinfall.)
SmackDown Live's move to Fox on October 4th - where it is just named Friday Night SmackDown - is advertised.
Backstage, Sarah Schreiber interviews Bayley and Sasha Banks. Bayley and Sasha say that their intense matches do not scare them, and Sasha says she is back to become a champion while Bayley intends to stay a champion who fights for all the right reasons.
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles retains the WWE United States Championship against Cedric Alexander. Before the match, he sends Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson to the back. After the match, Styles calls Gallows and Anderson back to the ring to further humiliate Cedric in front of a hometown crowd.
Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode beat Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman to win the WWE Raw Tag Team Champions - despite just forming as a team - after Strowman inadvertently shoves Roode into Seth Rollins, allowing Roode to hit Rollins with the Glorious DDT on Rollins for the win and the titles.
Backstage, Charly Caruso interviews Braun Strowman, who blames the Raw tag team title loss on Seth Rollins before stating he will beat Rollins - who will be on a losing streak and continue to be on one after tonight - for the WWE Universal Championship later tonight.
Backstage, Kayla Braxton interviews Becky Rollins, who says that she and Seth Rollins will still be champions after tonight. She then says Sasha is the one with the questions to ask and everything to prove, and says she has proven she has had what it takes while stating Sasha does not. She asks Sasha if she is ready, for it does not get any bigger than this, and proclaims that tonight, "The Man" comes around and Sasha will earn a beating.
Bayley retains the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair. During the match, Bayley removes a bottom turnbuckle as the referee is pre-occupied with Charlotte. When Charlotte approaches Bayley, Bayley sends her into the exposed turnbuckle to retain the title.
The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) beat The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) with an inverted Figure Four Leg Lock from Scott Dawson to Xavier Woods's re-injured left knee to become the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions! After the match, Scott Dawson states that the SmackDown tag titles are no longer covered in "proverbial pancake batter," and says that the fans can consider themselves "revived." Wilder states that there will be no more trombones and hip swiveling, and says that "the old school has quieted the new noise." Dawson then announces that Randy Orton will extinguish the flame that Kofi Kingston lit at WrestleMania to become WWE Champion, and that it will be "a new day."
Backstage, Charly Caruso interviews Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. As Nikki Cross speaks, a boom mic comes down. It is revealed that R-Truth and Carmella are moonlighting as camera crew members, and Alexa Bliss grabs the boom mic and rats R-Truth out. Superstars chase R-Truth off the set, and Drake Maverick thanks Alexa.
Hell In A Cell is live on the WWE Network on October 6th!
Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross retain the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships against Fire and Desire (Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville). During the match, R-Truth and Carmella are chased into the ring by numerous Superstars, and Alexa Bliss nearly wins the WWE 24/7 Championship off R-Truth with a schoolkid pin before R-Truth and Carmella escape through the crowd.
Before the next match, Sami Zayn shows up with a neck brace and says he is disgusted with the level of disrespect the fans have shown him, and states that The Undertaker disrespected him when he choke slammed him and injured his neck. He then proclaims that he is still here as the trooper that he is with the man that he "liberated" in Shinsuke Nakamura, who shows up wearing a red cape to the match.
Shinsuke Nakamura retains the WWE Intercontinental Championship against The Miz after Sami Zayn distracts the ref following a Kinshasa countered into a Skull Crushing Finale. Miz chases Sami around the ring, but Nakamura lies in wait and kicks Miz in the face before getting him back in the ring to hit the Kinshasa and retain the championship.
It is announced that there will be a two-night WWE Draft on the October 11th SmackDown and the October 14th Raw.
Sasha Banks beats Becky Lynch by disqualification. Becky Lynch retains the WWE Raw Women's Championship. During the match, Sasha Banks grabs a steel chair but the referee stops her from using it. Sasha throws it down as she argues with the referee, then Becky grabs it and swings it only to inadvertently hit the referee. This leads to Becky hitting Sasha with the chair before Sasha runs into the crowd with Becky giving chase. After a fight on the concourse, Becky Lynch strikes Sasha Banks in the middle of the ring with a steel chair before applying a Dis-Arm-Her to Sasha on the steel chair. Referees and officials have to run into the ring to break the hold.
Kofi Kingston retains the WWE Championship against Randy Orton after dodging the punt and hitting Trouble In Paradise.
Backstage, Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) hypes up tomorrow night's Raw and pulls for Chad Gable in the King of the Ring tournament finals when King Booker shows up. Angelo Dawkins asks King Booker to knight him so he can impress the girls, but Booker tells them to get their minds right. King Booker leaves, then comes back to say "Now can you dig that, sucka?"
Erick Rowan beats Roman Reigns in a no-disqualification match. During the match, Roman is about to hit a Spear on Rowan after running down the ramp until another man runs up to him and hits him with a big boot. This man happens to be Harper - aka Luke Harper - who has not been seen in months. Rowan and Harper gang up on Roman Reigns before Rowan hits the Iron Claw to win the match.
Backstage, Charly Caruso interviews Seth Rollins, who does not care what Braun Strowman thinks about the Raw tag team title match and is focusing on defending the WWE Universal Championship. While he has respect for Strowman and considers him a friend, he says it is not his time. He says that he beat a beast to win the Universal title, and now he will beat a Monster to retain it.
Seth Rollins retains the WWE Universal Championship against Braun Strowman - who injures one of his knees after successfully hitting a splash from the top rope - with four Stomps and a Pedigree. After the match, the lights go out as Seth Rollins is celebrating on the stage. The Fiend shows up with Seth Rollins in his grasp and hits Sister Abigail. The Fiend then applies the Mandible Claw to Rollins. After this, the show ends.
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