(8) THE USOS (c, Jimmy & Jey) vs. SAMI ZAYN & KEVIN OWENS – Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship match
Sami Zayn and Jimmy Uso kicked off the match. Jimmy jawed at Sami. He turned his back to his former teammate and talked up his brother, Jey. Jey held out his hand and accepted a tag. He stepped to Sami in the middle of the ring. “I’m right here!” he barked. Jey and Sami locked up. Jey worked Sami to a knee. Sami worked him off the ropes, but got dropped with a quick shoulder tackle.
Zayn and Jey circled one another again. They locked up in the center, then hit the ropes. Sami leapt onto Jey with a press and fired off lefts and rights blindly. Jey covered up, blocking most of the damage. He returned to his feet and backed into the ropes. Jimmy tagged himself in, then pulled the rope to dump Sami over the top on the counter swing. Jimmy leapt to the floor and slammed Zayn into the ring post. He slid in the ring just long enough to tag his brother. Jey got a running start and dove through the ropes onto Zayn. KO leapt down from his corner to ensure the Usos didn’t engage in any double team offense on the floor.
The two legal men returned to the ring. Jey draped Sami over the middle rope and clubbed his chin with an open forearm. As the referee pulled Jey away, Jimmy kicked Sami in the face. Jey stretched Sami out with a leg lock. He reached out and tagged Jimmy, who taunted Kevin Owens and continued to work over Sami. Jey tagged back in at the 5:00 mark. He and Jimmy dropped Zayn and Jey covered for a two count.
Sami crawled to the corner, reaching for Owens. Jey stared down Kevin as he applied a chin lock on Zayn and kept him far from a tag. Sami managed to sidestep Jey, sending him over the top rope. He crawled to the corner and reached Owens. KO immediately leapt to the top rope. He hit a rolling Senton off the top onto both Usos on the floor. He tossed Jey in the ring, then climbed to the apron to give Jimmy a big frog splash. Owens immediately jumped back in the ring, climbed to the top turnbuckle, and hit Jey with a frog splash for a cover and near fall.
Owens and Jey battled to their feet. Jey hoisted Owens up for a backdrop, then spun out into a Neckbreaker for a cover and two count. He brought Owens to the corner and set him up on the top turnbuckle. Jimmy tagged himself in, but Owens didn’t notice. Owens shoved Jey off the top and caught him with another frog splash. KO was immediately hit with an Uso Splash from Jimmy, who covered for a near fall.
KO retreated to the corner. Jimmy set up for the running hip check, calling to the crowd. Owens moved. He set Jimmy up and hit the rolling Cannonball. Jey leapt onto the apron. Sami met him, delivering a Brainbuster onto the apron. KO hit a Swanton on Jimmy for a cover and near fall. Owens tagged in Zayn. Sami climbed to the top rope and hit an Uso Splash of his own as the match crossed 10:00. He covered for another near fall.
The crowd came to life with an “Ole” serenade. Cole said that El Generico would be proud. Zayn set Jimmy up for a Blue Thunder Bomb. Jimmy blocked it and reached out to tag Jey outside of Sami’s view. Zayn pulled him back in and connected with the Blue Thunder Bomb. He sat in the pin, not realizing Jey was legal. Jey caught him with a Superkick to the side of the head. He covered for a two count. Jey called Zayn to his feet. He gave him another Superkick, then ripped his shirt off, tossing it at Sami. Jey tagged Jimmy. Jimmy gave Sami a Superkick. Jey gave Sami a Superkick. The Usos gave Sami tandem stereo Superkicks. Jimmy covered, but Owens broke it up. He ate a Superkick from Jey for his trouble.
The champions helped Sami to his knees, circling their prey. They hit Superkicks to opposing sides of Zayn’s head. Jey covered cockily. Zayn barely kicked out. The match ticked past 13:15. Sami reached up to a phantom presence. Jey shoved his hand down viciously. The brothers looked at each other. Jey tagged Jimmy and the duo hit double Superkicks again. Zayn looked rocked. Jey tagged in and the brothers lifted Sami to his feet by his hair. They looked for the 1-D, but Owens tripped up Jimmy as he hit the ropes. Owens pulled Jimmy to the floor and smashed his head on the Spanish announce desk repeatedly. He tossed Jimmy onto it and climbed up to meet him. Owens seemed poised to hit the Pop-Up Powerbomb, but Jey rushed to the outside to save his brother. He grabbed Owens leg and the two pounced. They lifted Owens into the air and slammed him through the adjacent announcers desk.
With Owens down and out, the Usos returned to the ring to stalk Sami Zayn. They hit the 1-D and Jimmy hooked the leg. Sami just managed to kick out. Cole was shocked. “Nobody has ever kicked out of the One and Done, not ever!” he exclaimed. Graves said he can’t believe it. They showed a replay so the announcers could further their astonishment. Both Usos looked amazed. Jey tagged in. He shoved Sami into the corner and began yelling at him. “I called you my brother!” he said. Jey delivered violent elbows to Zayn’s face. Cole called it “sickening brutality.” Graves said the Usos are trained assassins.
Sami collapsed in the corner. He couldn’t get his feet under him. Jey looked around at the crowd with contempt, then charged. He hit Sami with a Heluva Kick. Zayn collapsed into Jey’s arms. “You should’ve never left the Bloodline, bruh!” Jey yelled. Zayn sprang to life. He hugged Jey and gave him an Exploder Suplex into the turnbuckle. Just then, KO climbed gingerly onto the apron. Sami leapt to him and tagged in. Owens gave Jimmy a Pop-Up Powerbomb. Jimmy fell into the corner. Sami delivered a Heluva Kick. Jey stumbled into Owens’ purview. KO gave him a Stunner and hooked the leg for a believable near fall just before 19:00.
The challengers helped one another to their feet, beaten and battered. Jimmy and Jey rose to meet them. The crowd was in a frenzy. “Let’s end it!” Owens yelled. He and Zayn pounced. There was a flurry of punches from both teams. KO Superkicked Jey. Jey fell into the ropes. Jimmy tagged himself in. The Usos caught Owens with tandem Superkicks. Sami jumped to the apron. They Superkicked him to the floor. Jimmy and Jey climbed to opposing turnbuckles and hit Owens with stereo splashes. Jey hooked the leg for the nearest of near falls. The crowd erupted. Jimmy cupped his hands over his mouth in shock.
KO dragged himself to the corner. Jey stretched out his jaw before positioned Owens on his feet. Jey tagged out. The brothers hit two more Superkicks. “It’s time for a big one,” Jimmy told Jey. They hoisted Owens to the top turnbuckle. They began to climb, but Zayn pulled Jimmy to the floor. Owens used the opportunity to hook Jey and hit a Fisherman Buster from the top rope. Sami returned to his corner. Owens tagged him in.
Sami set up Jey and delivered a massive Heluva Kick. Sami wasn’t satisfied. He put Jey back in the corner and hit another Heluva Kick. This time, Jey collapsed into Sami’s arms, a reversal of the earlier spot. Jimmy slid in the ring. Owens cut him off and gave him a Stunner. Zayn shoved Jey into the corner one last time. With raw emotion on his face, he let out a primal yell as he connected with a third Heluva Kick. Zayn hooked both legs for a resounding three count.
WINNERS: Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens in 24:15 to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships
Owens sat in the center of the ring, tears welling. He laid out to let Zayn have a solo moment amongst the joyous, singing crowd. Before long, the team hugged in the center of the ring, clanking titles as pyro shot from the stage. The crowd continued to sing. Zayn danced. The camera cut to select people in the crowd tearing up. Cole bid the audience goodnight as Zayn and Owens held the Tag Team titles high in the air.
