Last week’s post-Money In The Bank episode of SmackDown at Madison Square Garden kicked off with The Usos coming out.
They said people thought it couldn’t be done, but they did it – they beat Roman Reigns.
Paul Heyman then came out with Solo Sikoa. Usos told Heyman to shut up and Heyman said there’s only one man in WWE that can tell him to stop, and Solo suddenly stopped Heyman and Heyman was shocked. Solo threw the mic out of the ring and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns came out to a huge pop from the New York crowd.
Fans chanted “you got pinned” at Roman. Reigns told MSG to acknowledge him and they did. Reigns said yeah, the fans are right – he got pinned, but the last time he checked, he’s still The Tribal Chief. Fans began chanting “Tribal Chief”.
Roman told both Jimmy & Jey Uso that they’re not The Tribal Chief, so Roman is confused how they can call for Tribal Court, because they don’t have the authority for it.
The Usos said Roman won’t manipulate them this time and showed footage of all the times that Roman has insulted his Bloodline members. The fans chanted “you f**ked up” and Roman said no, he didn’t.
Roman said that’s not who he is. He was forced to do these things for Jey, Jimmy & Solo, he didn’t like doing it. Fans chanted “bullsh*t” and Roman said how can that be true because he was a WrestleMania main eventer long before The Bloodline started. The Head of the Table said:
“I didn’t need The Bloodline, The Bloodline needed me.”
Roman said he doesn’t need all of this in his life and that he’s done, and if Jey wants it (referring to The Tribal Chief spot), it’s his.
Reigns took off his Ula Fala and put it around Jey’s neck. Roman got down on his knees and started crying. Jey showed compassion towards Roman and Roman hit Jey with a Low Blow!
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Jimmy attacked Roman and Solo laid out Jimmy with the Samoan Spike. Solo picked up the Ula Fala and fans chanted “put it on”. Roman got concerned and got in Solo’s face. Solo was about to hand the Ula Fala to Roman and Jey jumped both of them. Solo laid out Jey as well.
Roman hit Jimmy with the Superman Punch. Solo locked Jey in between the ropes. Roman shouted at Jey and told him he’ll never be The Tribal Chief as long as he’s around.
Reigns hit Jimmy in the head with the Undisputed Title and kept doing it right in front of Jey. Roman hit Jimmy with the steel ring steps twice.
Jey freed himself from Solo and went after Roman, but Solo came back and hit Jey with the Samoan Spike. Roman ordered Solo to finish Jimmy. Solo placed Jimmy on top of the announce table and then hit a Splash on him from the top of the barricade, while Roman buried Jey under the announcers’ chairs.
Heyman put the Ula Fala back around Roman’s neck and acknowledged his Tribal Chief.
Roman held the Undisputed Title high to end this highly-awaited segment. After SmackDown came back from the commercial break, Jimmy Uso was taken to the Hospital.
Later in the main event segment of the show, Jey attacked Roman and Solo in the ring. He hit Solo with over 10 chair shots, picked up the Undisputed Title and challenged Roman to a match.
Solo Sikoa tweeted the following about this night:
“I’m not “lil” brother anymore…”
I'm not "lil" brother anymore… pic.twitter.com/suYQctm12A
— Solo (@WWESoloSikoa) July 10, 2023
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