Elias has made it a weekly tradition to serenade the WWE Universe in attendance for Friday Night SmackDown with an original song, but Sami Zayn and company wanted to stop the music this week.
Zayn, Cesaro and Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura interrupted and revealed that they simply had no interest in accepting Braun Strowman’s challenge to take on Nakamura for the Intercontinental Title. After Zayn declared The King of Strong Style for the Royal Rumble Match, Elias started singing a new song bashing Nakamura, Cesaro and Zayn, prompting Zayn and company to use their numbers advantage to beat down Elias. Braun Strowman had different ideas though. The Monster Among Men hit the scene, as he and Elias cleared house and left one very clear impression: Strowman is still eyeing Nakamura.