Samoa Joe got the WWE Championship Match he’s been looking for at Extreme Rules, and now he’s doing all he can to establish dominance over Kofi Kingston. Whether it’s putting Kingston to sleep with the Coquina Clutch or defeating the WWE Champion in Six-Man Tag Team action on Raw, The Samoan Submission Machine seems to have the upper hand as the title showdown draws near. Can he continue to one-up the champion?
Last Tuesday on SmackDown LIVE, Nikki Cross defeated SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley to earn her best friend, Alexa Bliss, another opportunity to challenge The Hugger for the title at Extreme Rules. With Cross ready to help her friend claim a title at any cost, is Bayley ready for another round with The Goddess?
With WWE Champion Kofi Kingston preparing for the challenge of Samoa Joe, fellow New Day members Big E & Xavier Woods had quite the week for themselves, pinning SmackDown Tag Team Champion Daniel Bryan in an Eight-Man Elimination Tag Team Match on Raw, then defeating Bryan & Rowan in tag team action last Tuesday on SmackDown LIVE. Have The New Day reestablished themselves as a threat to the SmackDown Tag Team Titles?
After weeks of torment, Ember Moon finally thought she had her chance at payback last Tuesday when she squared off with Sonya Deville, but a timely distraction from Mandy Rose gave Deville the opening to ram Moon face-first into the ring post and pick up the win. Will The War Goddess still be out for retribution, or have Rose & Deville taught Moon a lesson?
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