Shane McMahon hosted an appreciation night on last night’s Smackdown that was a surprise for the audience. We witnessed a video package channeling highlights of his career. Elias and Drew McIntyre were also accompanying him to the ring when R-Truth ran down to the ring. Superstars were chasing him down to win the 24/7 Championship. Shane allowed Elias to attack truth and hit the Drift Away. He pulled Truth back up to hit McIntyre with the Claymore Kick. Thus Elias pinned Truth to become new 24/7 Champion.
But the night ended on a happy note as we witnessed a huge main event on Smackdown. Roman Reigns teamed up with R-Truth to take on the team of Drew McIntyre and Elias. Despite the pre-match attack on Truth, the babyface team took control when Roman Reigns hit a Superman Punch on McIntyre followed by a Drive-By on Elias. He connected with a spear on Elias to pick up the win.
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After the win, Roman Reigns got Elias in a position for the second spear. So he hit it successfully and instructed Truth to pin Elias. Thus, R-truth picked up the win and become the new 24/7 Champion by the end of Smackdown.
.@RonKillings has a good friend in @CarmellaWWE AND @WWERomanReigns! #RTruth has RECLAIMED the #247Title! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/Cky0FkEXs4
— WWE (@WWE) May 29, 2019
Roman Reigns and Shane McMahon have started a heated rift ever since the Superstar Shakeup passed by. The franchise player of the company arrived on Smackdown to deliver a Superman Punch on none other than Mr. McMahon. This was his way of creating the biggest impact after changing the brand after a long time. This did not suit well with the McMahons as repercussions were on their way.
Shane McMahon clearly saw that Superman Punch as an offense and took up the vendetta of punishing Roman Reigns for his misdeed. With backups like Elias or Drew McIntyre, he has continued pouncing on the prime babyface on numerous occasions. This dragged the feud and thereby set up a match between them at Super ShowDown.
This past Monday night, Shane McMahon took things to a personal note when he insulted the Samoan Dynasty i.e. the family of Roman Reigns. A cousin of the Big Dog also appeared on the show to compete in a match against Shane who suffered humiliation at the hands of the authority. Roman Reigns fended him off with Superman Punches but that did not end things for sure. The retribution process continued as he was able to put his hands on both Shane’s goons, McIntyre and Elias to close Smackdown.
