Jey Uso defeated The Miz to advance to the quarter-finals of the Last Time is Now Tournament during “WWE SmackDown.”
Theirs was the third bout of the opening round of 16, with Sheamus defeating Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev defeating Damian Priest on Monday’s “WWE Raw” to secure their place in the following stage. Miz spent much of the early goings strangling the match, kicking Uso right down to the canvas after which to maintain him there, in between rest holds and submission attempts. And he also made a degree of yelling on the camera that he wants the match with John Cena, before drawing from his arch-rival with a Five Knuckle Shuffle followed by a Skull Crushing Finale, but just for a near-fall.
Miz then took Uso up the ropes, in search of an avalanche Skull Crushing Finale, but got caught as a substitute in a fireman carry and dropped from the ropes. Uso then followed that up with a spear to get the winning three-count, booking his place in the following round, where he’ll await the victor of LA Knight and a yet-to-be confirmed name later within the show. This coming Monday’s “WWE Raw” will see Je’Von Evans taking over Gunther and Solo Sikoa against one other yet-to-be confirmed name in the following batch of first round matches.