“Predominant Event” Jey Uso might be facing off against “The Megastar” LA Knight within the semifinals of the “Last Time is Now” tournament to find out who might be John Cena’s final opponent at Saturday Night’s Predominant Event next month in Washington, DC. The pair each defeated Rusev and a mystery opponent following Sheamus’ removal from the tournament resulting from injury, respectively, on “WWE SmackDown” on Friday.
Uso and Rusev opened up the night, and “The Bulgarian Brute” immediately took the fight to the previous World Heavyweight Champion, not giving him any opportunity for any offense to begin off the match. Uso was capable of battle back and attempted to get Rusev up for a Samoan Drop, but Rusev reversed into an try and lock within the Accolade. Uso sent him excessive rope and hit him with a suicide dive. One spear couldn’t put Rusev down, but when he had Uso up for an AA, Uso got out of it and hit a second spear, followed by an Uso Splash for the win.
Knight’s mystery opponent turned out to be The Miz, who was previously eliminated within the tournament by Uso. After a fast slight of hand backstage with General Manager Nick Aldis and R-Truth, Miz weaseled his way into the match. Miz was Knight’s second mystery opponent of the tournament, as he beat Zack Ryder in the primary round.
It didn’t take long for the boys to fight outside of the ring after the bell rang. Knight reversed a Skull Crushing Finale to achieve momentum, then went up top, but was caught by Miz who hit the move successfully the second time. After Knight kicked out, Miz locked in an STF. He then tried to make use of the ropes to pin Knight, but got caught. Knight countered one other Skull Crushing Finale right into a BFT for the victory.