SmackDown kicks off with the wrestlers involved in the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match all sitting on top of ladders inside of the ring, except for Omos who stands down on the mat. Rollins welcomes the Phoenix, Arizona crowd to SmackDown. Rollins alludes to the upcoming match, where he says that whoever wins should cash in at SummerSlam when Lesnar and Reigns compete in a Last Man Standing match. Riddle interrupts Rollins to insult Roman Reigns as Sami Zayn gets defensive and says that he is in the match to win it for the Bloodline to ensure that Reigns’ championship will be safe. MVP speaks on behalf of Omos to remind everyone that Omos is the odd-on favorite. Sheamus then says that he has already won and cashed in on Roman Reigns. McIntyre then brings up how he’s beaten Lesnar before.

The men in the ring are then interrupted by The Miz who comes out to the ring. Miz reminds McIntyre that he cashed in on Drew McIntyre. Elias’ brother Ezekiel then makes his way out to make his case to be in the ladder match, and then Happy Corbin comes out to do the same, and then Madcap Moss comes out and makes a joke about Corbin embarrassing himself by cashing in again. Everyone out there begins to argue incoherently before Adam Pearce comes out to announce a battle royal with every wrestler out there.

Battle Royal

The newly-announced battle royal match begins with several wrestlers going after Omos in the middle of the ring. McIntyre throws Miz over the top but Miz rakes the eyes to avoid elimination as he hangs on the apron. Omos throws Ezekiel over the top rope to eliminate him from the match. Madcap Moss then goes after Omos and Omos eliminates Moss and The Miz tries to sneak up from behind and Omos eliminates the Miz too. Omos and McIntyre lock up in the middle of the ring. McIntyre gets a brief advantage before Omos knocks McIntyre down to the mat with a headbutt. Omos stares down Seth Rollins, Rollins looks up at the briefcase, laughs and then hops over the top rope to eliminate himself. Riddle, McIntyre and Sheamus all team up to eliminate Omos from the match.

The battle royal continues live with Riddle avoiding elimination on the ring apron. McIntyre and Sheamus get involved in an impromptu who can hurt Sami Zayn the most competition where the two take turns attacking Zayn. Riddle runs up behind to hit Sheamus with the bro to sleep. Riddle hits Sheamus with the power slam and then the Orton-style DDT. Sheamus avoids the RKO to shove Riddle over the top rope, and Sheamus hits a running knee to eliminate Riddle from the match. Zayn tries a Helluva kick but McIntyre dodges causing Corbin to be hit with the move. Sheamus goes for a Brogue kick but McIntyre hits a Glasgow kiss. McIntyre hits Zayn with a claymore and then eliminates him over the top. McIntyre goes to eliminate Sheamus but Corbin sneaks up to eliminate both McIntyre and Sheamus to win the match.

Winner: Happy Corbin

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New Day come out and Woods pokes fun at The Brawling Brutes. Woods asks who this Moby Dick person is? He says tonight is indeed fight night but this will be an unfair fight. They’ve found a physical specimen, a freak of nature, and a man who will steal Ridge’s girlfriend and Butch’s auntie. Woods does a fake Scottish accent and they introduce Drew McIntyre.

*Commercial Break*

The Brawling Brutes Vs The New Day
Butch starts with Woods and drops him with a forearm, then knocks Kofi off the apron and hits McIntyre but he doesn’t budge. Woods then hits a running neck breaker and tags Kingston for a series of moves. Woods tags back in and hits a double bulldog with Kofi for a two-count. Butch backs Woods up to their corner and tags Sheamus.

Sheamus beats Woods to the apron and hits the Beats of the Bodhran, then tags Butch and he does his own wild version of it. Holland tags in and hits a suplex from the apron into the ring for a one-count. Kofi tags back in takes the fight to Holland. Butch causes a distraction but gets knocked to the floor, allowing Holland to drop Kofi as we head to the break.

*Commercial Break*

Back live and Butch whips Kofi into his corner, then tags Holland who whips him into Kofi. Sheamus tags in but Kingston catches him with an S.O.S. Kofi looks to make a tag but Ridge and Butch pull McIntyre and Woods off the apron. Sheamus counters Kofi and takes him down with a submission. Kofi fights up and slams him to create some distance.

McIntyre and Holland get the tags and Drew lands some clotheslines and a belly-to-belly. McIntyre slams him and kips-up, then Butch jumps on his back. Drew throws Butch out and Woods jumps through the ropes onto him but Sheamus drops Xavier with a Brogue Kick. Kofi then dives over the ropes onto Sheamus with a splash. McIntyre counters Holland and hits a Claymore, then tags Woods for the rope-walk elbow drop and the win.

Winners: The New Days & Drew McIntyre
McIntyre dances with New Day after the match and that’s it for this week’s SmackDown.

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We go back to to the ring and out comes Drew McIntyre with his sword, Angela. We see how Happy Baron Corbin and Madcap Moss injured him at WWE Day 1, and then how he returned at the Royal Rumble on Saturday. Cole says he returned months early. Drew talks about some of the headlines about how he was going to be out a long time, or wouldn’t be back at all. Drew says a doctor told him the day after Day 1 that he definitely wouldn’t make The Rumble, and probably not WrestleMania, and Drew looked the doc in the eye and told him to kiss his ass. Drew immediately began rehab, three times a day, and and got back as soon as he could. He says The Rumble didn’t go as planned, but he and Brock Lesnar are now 1-1 and will re-visit that later, but Moss and Corbin… the music interrupts and out comes Corbin with a mic.

Corbin asks McIntyre if it was all worth it, to come back and risk his whole career and be thrown out like a bag of garbage by Lesnar in The Rumble. Corbin says Drew failed and won’t be going to WrestleMania, and the thought of that makes Corbin very happy. Drew senses Moss sneaking up behind him in the ring. Drew stops him by pointing the sword at him, and demands Moss tell a joke. He says if Corbin tries to interrupt, he will draw blood with the sword. A nervous Moss tells a joke about Oklahoma but Drew wants to hear a Drew McIntyre joke.

Moss tells the joke about the WrestleMania main event being “Scot-free” and the crowd boos, while Corbin laughs. Drew acts like he’s laughing now, and Moss starts laughing as well. Drew levels Moss with a big Claymore. Drew points out at Corbin and says he will make his life a living hell every week, and this was just the beginning. Corbin looks on and talks some trash as Drew looks on with his music playing.

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30-Man Royal Rumble Match

The #21 entrant is Drew McIntyre for the surprise return.

Dew hits the ring as Moss and Corbin look on. Drew drops Ziggler and unloads on Moss. Drew fights off Moss and Corbin now. Drew eliminates Moss and then eliminates Corbin. Drew stands tall to a big pop. Drew then goes to the floor and unloads on Corbin and Moss some more, launching them with big throws. Drew takes half of the steel ring steps and rams them to Corbin’s face. Drew with another big shot to Corbin and then he slams Moss on top of the second half of the steps. Referees surround Drew and try to get him to relax. The #22 entrant is Kevin Owens. Owens and Drew meet at ringside and start brawling.

They bring it in the ring and Owens hits a big Pop-Up Powerbomb to Drew, then a corner cannonball to Ziggler. Owens yells out about this being his show and fans pop. Owens unloads on Sheamus now, then Riddle. Owens stomps Riddle’s bare feet, then kicks him in the face. The #23 entrant is Rey Mysterio in his 13th Rumble match. Drew runs under Owens’ legs and sends him flying with a head scissors. Rey springboards off the second rope with a crossbody to Sheamus. Rey dumps Riddle to the apron but he hangs on. Riddle saves himself as Owens goes for Rey. Owens nails a big Stunner to Rey.

Sheamus and Drew take turns on Owens now. The #24 entrant is Kofi Kingston. Kofi and Owens fight in the corner. Kofi springboards in from the apron but Owens shoves him out of the air. Kofi flies out and lands on the barrier to perform his annual Rumble stunt but he hit the barrier so hard hit feet briefly touched the ground. He tries to hide it but the referees come over and we get a replay. Kofi is eliminated. The #25 entrant is RAW Tag Team Champion Otis.

Otis levels Ziggler and tosses Riddle on his head. Sheamus tries to dump Rey. Otis scoops Drew for a powerslam. Ziggler works on Riddle now. Sheamus still has Rey on the apron. Owens pounds on Otis in the corner now. Drew takes a breather while Ziggler works on Riddle. The #26 entrant is Big E. Big E runs in and launches Owens with a belly-to-belly suplex, then catches Riddle in mid-air and launches him with a big throw. Big E runs the ring and hits a splash on Owens. Big E rallies the crowd now but Sheamus drops him with a Brogue Kick. Rey gets on Sheamus’ back and they go at it now. Sheamus catches Rey in mid-air and nails a rib breaker, and another. The #27 entrant is rapper Bad Bunny.

Bunny hits the ring and goes right to the top. He flies and hits a crossbody on Sheamus. Owens kicks Bunny but the Stunner is blocked. Bunny takes Owens down with a scissors. Riddle wants to team up with Bunny but Bunny kicks him and gets the crowd hyped up before hitting the Bunny Destroyer. Bunny is fired up but Sheamus decks him. Sheamus tosses Bunny but he hangs on. Sheamus goes for a Brogue to kick him off but Bunny ducks and Sheamus hits the floor. Sheamus has been eliminated and he’s furious. Ziggler attacks Bunny now. Rey helps Bunny and they do an assisted 619. Bunny eliminates Ziggler. Bunny and Rey go to shake hands but Bunny tosses him to the apron. Owens drops Bunny with a Stunner. The #28 entrant is Shane McMahon. Otis eliminates Rey while Shane is coming out.

Shane rushes the ring and unloads on Owens. Fans chant “you still got it!” at Shane as he unloads on Otis now. Owens superkicks Shane and yells at him to get out of his ring. Owens tries to toss Shane but it back-fires and Shane eliminates Owens. Drew attacks Shane and tries to eliminate him now. Otis watches as Big E and Riddle go at it. Otis and Big E both work on Riddle now. The #29 entrant is Randy Orton to a huge hometown pop.

Orton hits the ring, ducks Big E and drops him with the RKO. RK-Bro eliminates Big E. Orton with the RKO to Otis. Riddle leaps off Otis’ back and drops Drew with a big RKO. Orton poses up top for a big hometown reaction. RK-Bro eliminates Otis now. It’s down to Orton, Riddle, Shane, Bunny and McIntyre. The #30 and final entrant is Brock Lesnar to a huge pop.

Lesnar seethes as he marches to the ring, ready to destroy. Lesnar enters as the others look on. He drops, Shane, then Riddle, then unloads on Orton in the corner with thrusts. Lesnar tosses Orton, then Shane with German suplexes. Lesnar with strikes and a German to Riddle. Lesnar stands tall and clotheslines Orton over the top rope. Orton has been eliminated and fans are not happy. Bunny looks terrified at Lesnar’s dominance.

Bunny squares up with Lesnar now and Lesnar laughs. Lesnar with a big F5 to Bunny. Lesnar scoops Bunny and tosses him over the top rope. Bunny has been eliminated. Lesnar tosses Riddle with ease next and Riddle has been eliminated. Lesnar goes to work on Shane and clotheslines him over the top rope. Shane has been eliminated.

Lesnar stares Drew down now and the crowd is standing. Drew talks some trash as they meet in the middle of the ring. Lesnar shoves Drew away as Drew backs him off. Lesnar unloads and rams Drew into the turnbuckles. Lesnar scoops Drew for the F5 but Drew fights off and nails a Glasgow Kiss headbutt. Lesnar dodges a Claymore Kick, then scoops Drew for a F5 but tosses him over the top rope instead. McIntyre has been eliminated and Lesnar is the winner.

Winner: Brock Lesnar

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Drew McIntyre Vs Madcap Moss W/Happy Corbin

Moss grabs a side headlock but gets shot off and McIntyre drops him with a shoulder. Moss backs McIntyre into the corner and knocks him down, then cackels. McIntyre grabs him and chops him in the corner, then drops him with a clothesline. Moss fires back but Drew knocks him out of the ring and goes outside to belly-to-belly suplex him.

Corbin distracts Drew and Moss capitalises. Moss gets him back in the ring and suplexes him for a two-count. A shoulder tackle, followed by a rear chinlock from Moss. Drew is sent to the corner and Moss runs for a wild shoulder tackle but nobody’s home. Drew hits a neckbreaker and a belly-to-belly suplex, then looks for the Future Shock but Moss wriggles free and punches him.

Moss gets caught with a sit-out spinebuster for a near-fall. Moss catches a flying McIntyre and hits a fallaway slam. Drew hits Moss with a Future Shock DDT for a near-fall. Drew puts Moss on the top rope and chops at him but gets knocked down into the tree of woe. McIntyre sits up and tosses Moss across the ring, then hits the Claymore kick for the win.

Winner: Drew McIntyre

Drew McIntyre is interviewed backstage. He says Madcap Moss caught him off-guard with his terrible jokes but he’s a great athlete. Moss and Corbin suddenly attack McIntyre. They beat him down and put a chair around his head, then Corbin slams a steel girder onto the chair as Adam Pearce and referees try to stop them.

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