Sami Zayn beat an injury-stricken Carmelo Hayes to retain america Championship within the predominant event of “WWE SmackDown.”
Zayn and Hayes established their rematch of last week’s title bout earlier within the show, with Zayn having won the title with the inadvertent help of Trick Williams.
What was headed towards being one other hotly contested title match turned out to be a nightmare for Hayes as he launched excessive ropes onto Zayn on the skin; Hayes tweaked his knee on the landing, clutching at it in pain because the show went to business break. From there, he continued to favor it and located himself limited from his usual high-flying offense, encapsulated within the closing stretch as Hayes flew from the highest rope and tweaked his knee again.
He got back to his feet within the corner as Zayn went to push his advantage, however the referee got between them and attempted to get a have a look at Hayes. Seeing the chance, Zayn hit the Helluva Kick over the referee and scored the winning pinfall to retain the title.
After the match, Williams and Lil Yachty, having been sat at ringside for the bout, entered the ring for a confrontation. Yachty announced that theirs might be america title match at WrestleMania 42, calling Zayn “the gingerbread man” to attract his ire, thus allowing Williams to wipe him out from behind to shut the show standing tall.