05/07/2022
SmackDown Recap:
• The announced participants in the men’s MITB match: Drew McIntyre, Riddle, Sami Zayn, Sheamus, Seth Rollins & Omos are in the ring.
Everyone except Omos is sitting or standing at the top of the ladders.
Rollins says the best time and place to cash in MITB will be after the main event of SummerSlam.
Rollins says he’s cashed in on Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar before and it’s like taking candy from a baby.
Riddle says he’s hoping Reigns wins at SummerSlam so he can cash in on him.
Zayn says as long as he has the contract, Reigns is safe from the rest of these vultures.
MVP interjects and says they’re all ignoring the giant Omos in their midst and he will be the last man standing.
Sheamus reminds us he’s already won MITB during his career and successfully cashed in on Reigns.
McIntyre says he beat Lesnar in five minutes and he’ll beat all of them at Money in the Bank.
The Miz comes out and says he cashed in on McIntyre to win the WWE Championship and he deserves to be in the MITB match.
Ezekiel comes out and says he was supposed to have a qualifying match against Kevin Owens, so if anyone should get a spot in the match it should be him.
Happy Corbin comes out and he wants a spot in the match as well. Madcap Moss interrupts and he wants the same.
Adam Pearce strolls out and announces a battle royal.
• Battle Royal Match:
- Omos eliminates Ezekiel.
- Omos eliminates Madcap Moss.
- Omos eliminates Miz.
- Seth Rollins & Omos have a staredown. Rollins decides to eliminate himself.
- Sheamus, Drew McIntyre & Riddle eliminate Omos.
- Sheamus eliminates Riddle.
- McIntyre eliminates Zayn.
- Corbin eliminates both Sheamus & McIntyre at the same time to win the match (15:20).
• Backstage, Happy Corbin tells Kayla Braxton he’s so happy he’s farting rainbows.
Braxton asks about McAfee’s challenge for a match and Corbin is suddenly speechless.
• Kofi Kingston says there’s nothing better than being in Phoenix in June baby.
Xavier Woods points out it’s July. Kingston says “Ju-lying?” and Woods pays him $5.
Kingston invites Viking Raiders to bring their Asgards out here.
Even ring announcer Samantha Irvine points out they are the “new and vicious” Viking Raiders.
The two teams start brawling. The Raiders use their shields to batter Kingston and Woods.
Raiders then lift Kingston high with a double Last Ride powerbomb. McAfee concludes we will not have a match between these two teams tonight.
• Alexa Bliss, Asuka & Liv Morgan def. Lacey Evans, Raquel Rodriguez & Shotzi: Morgan pins Shotzi (13:14).
Post-match, Becky Lynch sneaks into the ring and hits the Manhandle Slam on Asuka.
• Backstage, Adam Pearce gets a visit from Sonya Deville. Deville says it was wrong for him to put her in a 2-on-1 match last week.
Deville says she filed a formal complaint against him and then slaps Pearce in the face.
• The Usos & Street Profits come out for “Ask Them Anything” confrontation. There are podiums set up for everyone.
Kayla Braxton asks Usos: How fearful are you of losing your titles tomorrow night and are you even more fearful of what Roman Reigns would think if they lost?
The Usos assure us they are not fearful because The Bloodline is running all the damn shows.
Montez Ford retorts that Reigns runs the whole show. Angelo Dawkins adds that’s while The Usos are running to the grocery store.
Braxton asks Ford & Dawkins about not getting along. The Profits say she probably got that rumor from the dirt sheets.
Ford gives a brief Samoan dynasty history lesson and assures us the Profits are as hungry as ever.
Jey Uso chimes in and warns him not to talk about their legacy. The Usos says they want the smoke. Dawkins says the Profits are “The 1’s”.
They have a staredown but don’t come to blows.
• Backstage, Adam Pearce is visited by Max Dupri. Dupri says,“Finally, the world will see the magnificence of Maximum Male Models.”
Under a spotlight in the ring, Dupri introduces the former Mace, who is now known as Ma.cé (pronounced mah-SAY).
Ma.cé strolls out onto the stage which is set up with a red carpet. Photographers are snapping pics.
Dupri goes into great detail about the physique of Ma.cé as the big man continues to strike poses. Ma.cé strolls backstage.
Dupri now introduces his next model. We used to know him as Mansoor. Now, he is Mån.sôör (pronounced man-SWAH).
Dupri calls Mån.sôör “the heartthrob of the fashion world”. Mån.sôör then strolls backstage.
Dupri says many will be clamoring to join his agency, but unless they have the qualities of Ma.cé and Mån.sôör, forget it.
They are here to titillate the juices of your guilty pleasures.
• Fatal Four-Way MITB Qualifying Match: Madcap Moss def. Happy Corbin, The Miz & Ezekiel (10:33).
Moss pins Ezekiel for the win.
