After the Wyatt 6ick left a massacre in their wake Monday night, Friday was going to be easy going to be an easygoing, no real big happening kinda show. Right? Right? If you truly though this, boy were you ever proven wrong.
Punk opened the show giving himself kudos for ending Drew McIntyre's career easier than he thought after Drew "took his ball(s) and went home" Monday night. Paul e then comes down to ringside talking about their relationship past and present. how he heard on the radio that Chicago was C M Punk's town and how that didn't sit well with a certain Samoan in the back. As only a true friend would, Paul E put his own neck on the line to warn Punk about a beating from the Bloodline if Punk would not acknowledge Solo Sikoa. In return for this favor, Heyman would ask a favor from Punk.
Before Paul E could state said favor here come the Bloodline to put the exclamation mark on Paul E's warning. Punk would ask Paul what favor h would like and Paul pleads "to take me with you". Punk thinks and then acknowledges that this incarnation of the Bloodline is the dime store version of the O G group. As the bloodline stalks down to ring here comes Cody Rhodes with bats in hand to even the odds for Punk and challenges Solo to a match one on one with no one at ringside. No Tongas no Orton and no Owens....just the two of them. Challenge accepted.
Fast forward to the middle of the show. Kayla Braxton is backstage with DIY and Grayson Waller when a bang is heard against the loading dock door. As the door opens, we see a battered beaten and bloodied Punk at the feet of Drew McIntyre who picks Punk up and places him as though a torture rack is coming. Drew carries Punk onto stage and unceremoniously drops Punks limp lifeless body. Referees, agents, medical, and Nick Aldis rush onto stage. Aldis gets into Drew's face who decides to push Aldis away. Aldis in turn starts to go after Drew and is pulled away. Punk is placed on a backboard, gurney and wheeled to an ambulance. Barrett and Graves say nothing during all of this which added to drama.
Now fast forward to main event time. Rhodes vs Sikoa. Non-title. The Bloodline Orton and Owens aren't ringside. It's just the two competitors. Rhodes controls most of the match. He evens shows the vicious side that Styles had brought out on Saturday by tossing Sikoa into the ringside steps twice and teases hitting him with the top steps. Here comes the Bloodline to deliver the beatdown on Rhodes. Orton and a hobbling Owens (from an earlier attack by the Bloodline) come to even the numbers. As Rhodes, Orton, and Owens gain control Jakob Fatu appears and single handedly demolishes all 3 fan favorites. The show closes with the Samoan Werewolf standing beside Sikoa, Tama, and Loa signaling a new Bloodline addition.
Folks, I am amped to see what's next with the Wyatt Sicks, McIntyre/Punk, and the even bigger threat that the Bloodline is.