Opening Promo with Foley, Stephanie, Reigns and Owens:
This was only booked as a means of setting up the episode’s two big matches, with Rollins vs Rusev and Owens vs Reigns in a steel cage being announced by Foley. This did drag on too long, and the emphasis was on Foley and Stephanie rather than Reigns and Rusev’s rivalry, although Reigns vs Rusev was booked for Clash of Champions.
Kevin Owens didn’t do much here either, and the WWE Creative team would be better off booking a match to open the show rather than a promo every week. Although this set up several matches for the episode and Clash of Champions, this did little to entice fan interest.
Edited by Staff Editor