The record for longest tag team championship reign is on the line as Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods try to stop The Usos from beating The New Day’s record. Catch WWE action on Peacock, WWE Network, FOX, USA Network, Sony India and more. #SmackDown
The Usos def. The New Day to retain the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship
With history on the line, The New Day were hoping to keep hold of their record run as tag team champions, and they brought everything they had to the titleholders.
The Usos isolated Kofi Kingston from Xavier Woods, not allowing Kingston to tag him in. When Kingston eventually tagged in Woods, the former King of the Ring was a house on fire, almost capturing the titles after a flurry of offense. A huge top-rope leg drop from Woods nearly sealed the deal, but Jimmy kicked out at 2.9 repeating.
The Usos had a heart-pounding moment of their own, as Woods kicked out of a massive Double Uso Splash.
Back-and-forth action fired up the Indianapolis crowd with two Midnight Hours from New Day lifting everyone up onto their feet, but the devastating maneuver garnered only a two-count.
In a jaw-dropping display of brutality, The Usos connected with a 1D on Kingston as he was leaping from the top rope. With the victory, The Usos will overtake The New Day as the longest-reigning tag team champions in WWE history.
Shotzi won Six-Pack Challenge to become new challenger to SmackDown Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey
Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Shotzi, Sonya Deville, Lacey Evans and Xia Li clashed in a high-stakes, Six-Pack Challenge.
Evans struck the first blow by hitting Shotzi with a Woman’s Right that nearly gave her the quick win. Rodriguez looked to be the biggest contender as she hit a gruesome superplex.
With the match being contested with no disqualifications, Rodriguez set up a table, but it backfired as Morgan flew from the barricade and landed on Rodriguez, who hit the table hard. The collision left Morgan, Rodriguez and Deville all crumbled in a heap.
The carnage outside gave Shotzi the opening to hit the Never Wake Up on Evans and earn the big victory.
Santos Escobar def. Shinsuke Nakamura in a SmackDown World Cup on FOX First-Round Match
With Shinsuke Nakamura representing Japan and Santos Escobar representing Mexico, the SmackDown World Cup on FOX started with an edge-of-your-seat clash.
Escobar had to weather an early Nakamura storm, as The King of Strong Style delivering an awesome rope-assisted German suplex.
As Nakamura was getting ready to hit Escobar with the Kinshasa, Cruz del Toro and Joaquin Wilde interfered, allowing Escobar to level Nakamura with a brutal top-rope Phantom Driver to move onto the next round.
Bray Wyatt headbutted LA Knight
Braun Strowman def. Jinder Mahal to advance in SmackDown World Cup on FOX
Jinder Mahal made his SmackDown return, vowing that no one could stop him from being the SmackDown World Cup winner. That is until Braun Strowman rained on his parade.
Strowman and Mahal, representing the United States and India, respectively, went blow for blow with Strowman getting the better of Mahal.
The Monster of All Monsters hit Mahal with the Powerbomb for the decisive victory.
Sarah Logan and The Viking Raiders returned to enact carnage on Hit Row and Legado del Fantasma
Sheamus, Drew McIntyre and The Brawling Brutes ruined Roman Reigns’ Special Ceremony for The Usos