“Hail To The Chief” With Roman Reigns

When we return from the break, the commentators plug MLB baseball coming up on FOX and then advertise Rey Mysterio on The Grayson Waller Effect and Sheamus vs. Edge for next week’s show.

From there, we return live and hear the familiar sounds of Roman Reigns’ theme. Out comes the reigning WWE Universal Champion and The Tribal Chief alongside Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman. Fireworks explode and the crowd goes wild as “The Head of the Table” settles in the ring.

As he does, we shift gears and head to a quick commercial break. When we return from the break, we see Reigns and company in the ring. He milks the moment and lets the crowd react and then finally begins. “Calgary … ACKNOWLEDGE ME!” They all boo and cheer.

Now he continues by asking Paul Heyman where Jimmy Uso is. Heyman says he hasn’t seen him all day. He says he talked to him this morning and he was rather salty. On that note, Jimmy Uso appears in the crowd with the same hoodie he was wearing for his screwjob of his brother Jey Uso at Tribal Combat at SummerSlam.

Jimmy comes into the ring and the fans chant “You sold out!” Reigns tells Jimmy that the fans don’t matter. He says let’s be real. He says he owes him one. He says name your price, you got it. He says you want a car? Done. A yacht? Done. A jet? Done. Jimmy finally breaks his silence.

Uso says he doesn’t want nothing from Reigns. He says what he did at SummerSlam has nothing to do with him. Roman takes it to mean he doesn’t want material items. He asks if he wants power or position. He says he can be the new right-hand man. “Main Event” Jimmy Uso.

On that note, “We been done since, day one ish!” hits and out comes “Main Event” Jey Uso himself. Jey heads to the ring to a big pop. Jimmy turns around and Jey snatches the mic out of his hand aggressively. The two stare each other down. He says he’s about to throw 37 years down the drain if he don’t explain why he did it.

Jimmy says he did what he did at SummerSlam because he loves him. He says he didn’t do it because of jealousy. He says he was afraid to lose him. He says if Jey would’ve beat Roman at SummerSlam, he would’ve became Tribal Chief. He says what would have happened to The Usos then? He says Jey would’ve become The Tribal Chief and some kind of power that makes you like him — as he points to Roman. He calls him corrupt.

He tells Uso again he did what he did because he loved him. He says if he wants to kick 37 years of pain into his face, he can go ahead and he’ll let him do it. Jimmy waits for it but Jey doesn’t do it. Jimmy goes to leave. Roman laughs and says there’s never been a better time for an “I told you so.” He demands Jey acknowledge him. Jey super kicks him. Solo beats Jey down. Roman hits him with a Superman punch.

Meanwhile, a conflicted Jimmy Uso continues up the ramp. Roman stalks Jey but then Jey blasts him with a super kick and a spear of his own. Jey gets on the mic and tells Jimmy to hold on. He yells at him to come here. Jimmy turns and smiles with his hands out-stretched ready to hug Jey, who does the same. When they get close, Jey stops and blasts him with a super kick.

The fans chant “Jey! Jey! Jey!” Jey yells into the camera “Hey, I’m out! I’m out of The Bloodline. I’m out of SmackDown. I’m out of WWE. Dueces. Uces!” He walks off through the crowd as the commentators play the confusion and repeat what he just said. The post-SummerSlam episode of SmackDown goes off the air on that note. Thanks for joining us!