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On Sunday, February 27, 2022WWE Commentary Team: Mauro Ranallo, Tony Schiavone and Corey Graves
WWE Ring Announcer: Howard Finkel
WWE Backstage Reporter: Mean Gene Okerlund
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SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP #1 CONTENDER’S FATAL FOURWAY MATCH: EMBER MOON vs. KRIS STATLANDER vs. PAIGE vs. SHAYNA BASZLER: Kris Statlander had the first opportunity to pick up the win when he executed an Area 451 Splash on Paige and made the cover. At the count of two, she was pulled out of the ring and shoved into the ring steps by Shayna Baszler. She followed it up by giving Statlander a gutwrench suplex on the floor. Baszler and Moon fought for a while and Baszler went for the Ace of Spades but Paige caught her with a superkick and executed a Paige-Turner on her. She went for the cover, but Moon broke it up. Moon gave Paige a running powerslam and covered. Paige kicked out. Moon went to the top turnbuckle and executed the Eclipse. She made the pin. Statlander broke it up with a springboard diving elbow drop to the small of Moon’s back. Statlander scooped up Moon and gave her a Michinoku driver. Moon kicked out. Statlander executed Big Bang Theory on her and made the pin. 1…2… Baszler pulled Statlander off Moon, pulling her into a rear naked choke with body scissors. Statlander didn’t tap up, but passed out in the hold and the referee called the match in Baszler’s favour. (12:50) --
Winner by Submission: Shayna Baszler
SMACKDOWN UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: WALTER {c} vs. RANDY ORTON: WALTER went to the top rope. Orton got up and tripped him up. He climbed the top rope and after trading punches, chops, and headbutts, Orton was able to take WALTER off the top rope with a superplex. He made the cover, but WALTER kicked out. Orton dragged WALTER over to the ropes and attempted to set him up for the hangman’s DDT, but WALTER fought out of it and lifted Orton onto the ring apron. Orton punched WALTER, who responded with thunderous chops. WALTER tried to give Orton a powerbomb, but Orton clung to the rope and fought free. WALTER caught him with a big boot and charged at Orton, who gave him a RKO on the ring apron! WALTER fell to the floor and lifting him was like lifting 300-pounds of dead weight. It took everything Orton had to get WALTER off the floor and into the ring. So much time passed that once Orton was able to make the pin, WALTER was able to kick out. Orton stomped on WALTER, then gave him his distance and got down and slammed on the mat. Orton “went to that place.” WALTER got up and Orton went for another RKO but WALTER countered with a Gojira Clutch. Orton managed to escape by backing into the turnbuckles a few times. Orton set up for a vertical suplex, but WALTER countered. WALTER went for a whip, Orton reversed it. Orton attempted the scoop powerslam, but WALTER clung to the ropes, then ran through Orton with a stiff clothesline. WALTER gave him a folding powerbomb and pinned but Orton kicked out. WALTER gave him another folding powerbomb and went to the top rope for a splash. Orton moved out of the way. Orton went for the RKO but WALTER shoved him to the ropes and dropped him with a big boot, then gave him the Golden Bomb! He made the pin. 1…2…3! (14:12) --
Winner by Pinfall: WALTER
SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS MATCH: HART FOUNDATION {c} vs. LUCHA BROS.: Rey Fénix ran across the ropes and gave Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart a punt kick to knock him off the ring apron, then hopped over to the top rope across the corner of the ring to perform a springboard somersault senton onto Bret “The Hitman” Hart. Penta El 0M rolled Hart into the ring and gave him a slingshot senton before pinning him. Hart kicked out at two. Penta picked up Hart and gave him a suplex. He tagged Fénix, then picked up Hart into a wheelbarrow lift. Fénix went to the top rope and executed a mid-air meteora as Penta inverted the wheelbarrow on Hart. Fénix made the pin and Hart kicked out. Fénix whipped Hart into the corner and charged at him. Hart body dropped Fénix, who landed on the apron. Hart stumbled out of the corner, moving towards his corner for the tag. Fénix gave him a springboard double-foot stomp to the back. He picked up Hart and tried for a suplex, but Hart reversed it. Fénix tried a jumping roundhouse kick, but Hart blocked it and clotheslined Fénix before giving him a side Russian legsweep. Both men crawled to their respective corners and made the tags.
Penta came in with a pair of sling blades for Neidhart. He ran to the ropes and then right into a spinebuster. The Anvil followed it up with a catapult into the turnbuckles and then a sidewalk slam. He made the cover. Penta kicked out. Neidhart lifted Penta onto the top turnbuckle. After jostling for position, Penta was able to knock Neidhart down to the canvas. He got up and dove off the top rope. Neidhart caught him in mid-air and gave him a powerslam! He made the pin. 1…2… Fénix made the save. Hart came in and went for the clothesline. Fénix ducked and charged at Hart. He gave Fénix a back body drop to the floor and then knocked him into he barricade with a topé suicida. Back in the ring, Neidhart put Penta on his shoulder and went for a running powerslam. Penta slipped free and shoved Neidhart into the turnbuckles. He tried to give Neidhart a monkey flip out of the corner, but Neidhart held him up and clubbed him down with a clothesline. He picked up Penta and gave him an Oklahoma stampede. He tagged Hart and they executed the Hart Attack on him. Fénix entered the ring and Neidhart ran him over with a running shoulderblock as Hart made the cover. 1…2…3! (17:21) --
Winners by Pinfall: Hart Foundation
SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: BECKY LYNCH {c} vs. BAYLEY: Lynch gave Bayley a Bexploder suplex and then executed a double springboard diving leg drop out of the corner. She went for the pin. Bayley kicked out at two. Lynch sat Bayley up on the top turnbuckle and climbed up, but Bayley knocked her off the turnbuckled and gave her a diving corkscrew back elbow. She picked up Lynch and put her in a tree of woe before performing a running elbow drop. Bayley picked up Lynch and pulled her off the turnbuckles with a high-angle neckbreaker. She went for the cover. Lynch kicked out. Bayley tried for a cross-arm breaker, but Lynch clasped her hands together and folded Bayley up to turn it into a pin. Bayley kicked out. Lynch swept Bayley’s legs as she tried to get up and went for the Dis-Arm-Her. Bayley flailed manically to get out, eventually getting a toe looped around the bottom rope. Bayley and Lynch traded punches. Lynch went for a clothesline. Bayley ducked it. Lynch stopped short of hitting the referee. Bayley dropkicked Lynch into the referee. Bayley quickly slid out of the ring and returned with a steel chair. Bayley swung the chair at Lynch, she ducked and took Bayley down with a leg lariat. Lynch picked up Bayley and put her in the pumphandle position. As she tried to lifting her up, Bayley racked Lynch’s eyes. She grabbed the chair and nailed Lynch from behind with it. She stood over top of Lynch and lifted the chair to strike her while she was down, but then Lita jumped off the top turnbuckle to prevent it by giving Bayley a Litacanrana. Bayley got up and tried to attack Lita but got a Twist of Fate instead! Lita left. Lynch recovered and executed the Manhandle Slam. She pinned Bayley for the 1-2-3! (13:53) --
Winner by Pinfall: Becky Lynch
WINNER GETS A TITLE MATCH VERSUS THE UWA UNIVERSAL MEN’S CHAMPION AT WRESTLEMANIA II: DANIEL BRYAN vs. “THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN” TED DIBIASE: Bryan had DiBiase flipped upside down in the Mexican surfboard. When he released him, DiBiase rolled out to the floor. Bryan tried to go after him by Irwin R. Schyster blocked his path. DiBiase crawled in the ring. When he got the referee to look his way, and Bryan turned to look towards the ring, IRS nailed him with a running clothesline and tossed Bryan onto the ring apron. DiBiase pinned him for a 2-count and then applied a figure-four leglock. Bryan eventually turned it over, making DiBiase go to the ropes to force the break.
Once both men were back on their feet, they traded punches until Bryan switched to kicks and knocked DiBiase off his feet. Bryan went for an Irish whip. DiBiase revsered it and attempted a back body drop. Bryan landed on his feet, ran to the ropes and took DiBiase off his feet with a running clothesline. Bryan executed a gutwrench suplex, then climbed to the top turnbuckle and executed a missile dropkick that sent DiBiase flying across the ring. He got up in the corner and Bryan charged in for a corner dropkick, but DiBiase got out of the way. When Bryan got up, DiBiase gave him a vertical suplex. He went to the second rope and executed a diving fist drop. He made the pin. Bryan kicked out. DiBiase picked up Bryan and whipped him into the corner. He hit him with a running clothesline, then took him out of the corner with a side Russian leg sweep. He went for the pin. Bryan kicked out. Bryan rolled towards the ropes as DiBiase argued over the count with the referee. This allowed IRS to choke Bryan with his tie. DiBiase pulled Bryan back into the middle of the ring and put him in a Boston crab. Bryan crawled to the ropes to force a break.
When Bryan got to his feet, DiBiase put him in the Million Dollar Dream. Bryan quickly pushed his feet off the nearest set of turnbuckles to fall back on DiBiase and get the pin. 1…2.. kick out! DiBiase sent Bryan across the ring. He did a turnbuckle-assisted back flip over DiBiase, ran to the ropes, ducked a lariat, and came back off the ropes with a clothesline to take DiBiase off his feet. IRS jumped on the ring apron and Bryan knocked him all the way over into the barricade with a shotgun dropkick. Bryan landed a series of Yes! Kicks before going to the corner and leading the Yes! Chant. When DiBiase got up. Bryan hit him with the running high knee. He made the cover. The referee wasn’t there.
He was distracted by IRS. John Bradshaw Layfield entered the ring and went for a Clothesline From Wall Street, but Bryan did a matrix evasion, then knocked him out with a running high knee. Bryan went over to deal with IRS, the referee blocked him. Bryan eventually got around him. He blocked a punch and pulled on the neck tie. Bryan threatened to punch. Meanwhile, The Million Dollar Man reached into his trunks and put on his loaded glove. He tried to sneak attack from behind. Bryan ducked and rolled out of the way. DiBiase’s loaded hand hit IRS right in the kisser. Bryan dropped DiBiase to the mat in the Yes! Lock. The Million Dollar Man tapped the mat furiously with his glove-adorned hand, giving Daniel Bryan the win in front of his home-state fans. (16:27) --
Winner by Submission: Daniel Bryan
SMACKDOWN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: STING {c} vs. ROWDY RODDY PIPER: Piper sent Sting into the corner and charged in. Sting got a boot up, then came out of the corner with alternating punches to the head and chops to the chest until Piper was stuck in the corner. Sting went to the second turnbuckle and punched Piper ten times, then came down and whipped him across the ring. Stinger splash! He sent him to the opposite corner. Stinger splash! Sting took Piper out of the corner with a one-handed bulldog. He pinned him. Kick out at two!
Sting lifted Piper high into the air and gave him a gorilla press slam. Piper backed up towards the corner and Sting followed him there. Piper scrambled to his feet. He seemed trapped, but then he thumbed Sting in his good eye. Piper gave him a jumping knee strike, then ripped off Sting’s eye patch and dug his nails into his bad eye. The referee gave him a warning about disqualification. Piper gave Sting a vertical suplex, then applied a head scissors. He rammed Sting’s head into the mat a few times, then punched and dug at his eye, all while keeping him in the head scissors. When Piper finally broke the hold, he stomped at Sting’s head, aiming for his eye. Sting fled the ring to stop it.
Piper came out and whipped Sting into the barricade, then gave him a running knife-edge chop. He tried to post Sting, but the Icon reversed it and Piper’s head hit the turnbuckle post instead. Sting gave Piper a fisherman’s suplex on the floor before entering and exiting the ring to break the count. Sting picked up Piper and tossed him back in the ring. Sting climbed the turnbuckle. He hit Piper with a diving crossbody. He held a lateral press. Piper kicked out at two! Sting picked up Piper and punched him into he was stuck in the corner. Sting put Piper on the top rope. He went up to try for a superplex. Piper blocked, headbutt Sting and countered with a release front suplex. Then, Piper came off the top turnbuckle with a diving double axehandle smash. Piper with a piledriver! 1…2… kick out! Piper applied a figure four leg lock. Sting reversed it, but Piper reversed it back, forcing Sting to have to get to the ropes.
Piper lit into Sting with jabs and then clotheslined him over the top rope. He went outside and sent Sting crashing into the steps with an Irish whip. Piper brought Sting to his feet and gave him a running bulldog! Piper lifted Sting onto the ring apron and pushed him into the ring, where he went for a jackknife cover with his feet on the middle rope. 1…2… kick out! Piper executed a belly-to-back suplex and went for another pin. Sting kicked out. Piper unrolled his wrist tape and wrapped it around Sting’s neck until the referee counted to four. When the referee took it and turned to hand it off to the time keeper, Piper got down on his knees and delivered a low blow from behind! Piper took Sting down in a small package. 1…2… kick out!
Piper started losing his cool. He jabbed at Sting, he was bent over in pain, and then slapped him across the face. Bad move. Sting looked at Piper seriously and started no selling the jabs. Finally, he blocked and fired back with alternating jabs and chops. Sting sent Piper across the ring with an Irish whip. Stinger splash! He sent him into the opposite corner. Wooo! Another Stinger splash! Sting put Piper on the op turnbuckle and gave him a superplex! He made the cover. 1…2… kick out! Sting applied a Scorpion Deathlock! Piper shook his head wildly, refusing to submit. It took him nearly thirty seconds, but he made it to the ropes.
Once back on his feet, Sting pulled him into the set up for the Scorpion Death Drop, Piper reached up and racked his bad eye to escape and then went for the sleeper hold. Sting faded, his hand dropped twice, then he came back strong, lifting Piper on his back and running to the corner to ram Piper into the turnbuckles. Piper went for a running bulldog but Sting shoved him chest first into the turnbuckles, then lifted him high up and dropped him with a gorilla press slam. Piper scrambled to his feet, Sting took him back down with a one-handed bulldog, then brough him back up and executed a Scorpion Death Drop! He made the cover. 1…2…3! (19:02) --
Winner by Pinfall: Sting
ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH: JOHN CENA vs. KENNY OMEGA vs. ROMAN REIGNS vs. “STONE COLD” STEVE AUSTIN vs. THE UNDERTAKER vs. UMAGA: John Cena and Umaga started the match with a test of strength. At first it seemed to go poorly for Big Match John, but he showed off his incredible power by turning it over on Umaga, who broke it with a kick to the abdomen and a hard clothesline. Umaga stayed in control for a few minutes, then Cena gain the advantage. When Cena went for an Irish whip, Umaga reversed it and squashed Cena with an avalanche splash. He tried a Samoan wrecking ball. Cena got out of the way and power lifted Umaga onto his shoulders, but the big man was able to get down and give Cena a side belly-to-belly suplex. He pinned him, but Cena kicked out. Umaga held Cena in a nerve hold when the first five minutes was up.
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin entered the match next. He took the fight to Umaga, who brought it right back. When Umaga went for an Irish whip, Austin reversed it and gave Umaga a Lou Thesz press. Austin tried to go for a Stone Cold Stunner, but Umaga shoved Austin right into a clothesline from Cena. Cena and Umaga started to fight again. Cena took him down with some shoulderblocks and gave him a spin-out powerbomb. Cena signaled that Umaga couldn’t see him, but when he turned to run to the ropes, Austin lifted him into the air and gave him a stun gun. Austin went for the cover, but Cena kicked out. Austin dragged Cena out of the ring and whipped him into the side of the chamber, then picked him up over the shoulder and tossed him like a lawn dart into the side of the cage.
At the ten-minute mark, Roman Reigns left his pod and joined his cousin to attack Stone Cold. The double team was on, and Austin was getting it back. Umaga dropped Austin on the unforgiving steel structure with a Samoan drop. Reigns lined up Austin for a spear, but Cena pulled him out of harm’s way. Reigns crashed through the glass casing of an empty pod. Cena tried to talk Austin into teaming with him to held him eliminate Umaga. Austin flipped Cena two middle fingers and pushed him into the side of the side of the chamber, then turned to face Umaga, who grabbed him in a chokehold and gave him a Samoan spike! Right after, Cena lifted Umaga onto his shoulders and executed the Attitude Adjustment on the chamber floor! Cena rolled Umaga under the ring ropes and pinned him. 1…2…3! Umaga was eliminated.
At the fifteen-minute mark, Kenny Omega entered the match. He took the fight to Cena, giving him chops and a hurricanrana. Omega executed a V-Trigger as Cena was against the ropes and pulled him back to the middle of the ring to pin him. Cena kicked out. Reigns came into the ring and gave Omega a Superman punch. He picked up Omega and gave him a suplex, followed by a tilt-a-whirl slam, and then pinned him. Omega kicked out. Reigns hit Omega with throat thrusts until he was backed into a corner, and then whipped him to the opposite corner. He charged at him. Omega gave him a boot to the face, then put him in a full nelson, but couldn’t snap off the dragon suplex, as Reigns broke the hold by backing him into the turnbuckles. Reigns turned around and pummeled Omega with a series of lariats. Reigns lifted Omega onto the top turnbuckle, but then he was given a side belly-to-back suplex from Austin. The Texas Rattlesnake was putting the boots to Reigns when the final pod opened.
At the twenty-minute mark, The Undertaker entered the ring. He hit Cena with some throat thrusts and clotheslined him out of the ring. He turned around and saw Austin coming at him, then put him down with a big boot. He scooper him up for a bodyslam and gave him a big leg drop. Omega came off the top rope with a missile dropkick for Reigns, then got to his feet and found himself in a stand off with The Undertaker, with only ten feet between them. Omega ran at The Undertaker and got a big boot. Throat thrusts drove him into the corner. The Undertaker then went to the top rope and executed Old School on Omega.
As the match progressed, The Undertaker and Reigns were fighting outside the ring. Cena and Omega were fighting inside it. Cena lifted Omega onto his shoulders. Omega elbowed him to break free. Omega landed a superkick and a snap dragon suplex. Omega lifted Cena onto his shoulders for the One-Winged Angel, but Cena punched his head and then gave him a poisonrana! Cena waited for Omega to get up by the ropes but got turned around. Kick to the mid-section. Stone Cold Stunner! Austin with the cover. 1…2…3! John Cena was eliminated.
Austin kept talking trash to Cena as he was helped away by the referee. Cena got up on the other side of the ropes and turned back to look at Austin, who walked right over and got in his face. Austin kept throwing out the insults until Cena struck him with a right fist. Austin was turned around by the shot. Spear! Reigns made the cover. 1…2…3! “Stone Cold” Steve Austin was eliminated. Cena left the chamber, and when Austin came around and exited the chamber, he was livid. He ran off, presumably in search of Cena.
Reigns and Omega traded pinfall attempts and got a bunch of 2-counts. Omega went for a V-Trigger but Reigns moved to avoid it and then hit Omega with a pair of clotheslines. He picked up Omega and gave him a powerbomb. The Undertaker entered the ring and nailed Reigns with a jumping clothesline. He picked up Reigns and gave him snake eyes on the top turnbuckle, ran to the ropes, and came back for the big boot. He picked up Reigns and put his right hand around Reigns’ throat. Reigns broke loose with some back elbows, then lifted The Undertaker up and gave him a Samoan drop. He went for the pin. 1…2.. kick out. He got up on his knees and Omega nailed him with a V-Trigger from behind! Omega fired off the snap dragon suplex, then lifted Reigns onto his shoulders and gave him the One-Winged Angel! He made the cover. 1…2…3! Roman Reigns was eliminated.
Omega and The Undertaker were in another stand off. They squared up. The Undertaker got Omega in a side headlock. Omega backed into the ropes and sent him running. Omega took him down with a hurricanrana, then clotheslined The Undertaker over the top rope. He ran the ropes and performed a topé con hilo. He picked up The Undertaker and whipped him into the side of the chamber. He kicked at The Undertaker’s legs and peppered his body with jabs until he fell over. V-Trigger into the chamber wall! And a second one! Omega dragged The Undertaker into the ring and made the pin. 1…2… kick out! Omega brough The Undertaker to his feet and gave him a snap dragon suplex! He pinned him again. 1…2… kick out!
The Undertaker sat up and glared at Omega. He couldn’t believe it. He kicked at The Undertaker, who no sold each shot. Omega slapped him in the face. The Undertaker reached up and got a hand around Omega’s neck. He got to his feet. Omega kicked The Undertaker to break free. He ran to the ropes. The Undertaker met him with a running big boot. A clothesline took Omega down again. The Undertaker gave him a chokeslam and covered him. 1…2… kick out! The Undertaker scooped him up for the Tombstone. Omega escaped out the back. He ran to the ropes. The Undertaker turned and tried for a big boot. Omega ducked it, came off the opposite ropes and got the leapfrog one-handed bulldog! He made the pin. 1…2… kick out! The Undertaker sat up. Omega went for a V-Trigger. The Undertaker layed down to duck it, then sat back up. He got to his feet and blocked Omega’s attacks. He threw soup bones at Omega until he had him in the corner. Clothesline. High-impact back elbow in the corner and a biel throw out of the corner. Omega got up and The Undertaker nailed him with a running big boot. Omega got to his feet, The Undertaker scooped him up and hit the Tombstone! 1…2…3! (31:40) --
Winner by Pinfall: The Undertaker