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Revision as of 22:00, 7 June 2019
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | June 7, 2019 | ||
| City | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Venue | King Abdullah International Stadium | ||
| WWE Network event chronology | |||
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| WWE in Saudi Arabia chronology | |||
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| Super ShowDown chronology | |||
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Super ShowDown (2019) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands. It took place on June 7, 2019, at the King Abdullah Sports City's King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[1] It was the second WWE event promoted under the Super ShowDown chronology and the third event under WWE's 10-year partnership supporting Saudi Vision 2030.
Production
Wrestlers absent from the event
Similarly to the two previous WWE in Saudi Arabia events—Greatest Royal Rumble and Crown Jewel (both the previous year)—several WWE wrestlers were not authorized or refused to participate at Super ShowDown due to it taking place in Saudi Arabia.
John Cena and Daniel Bryan, both of whom had previously refused to participate for the Crown Jewel event in the wake of the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, also refused to participate at Super ShowDown. Bryan's reasons to refuse to appear at Crown Jewel had also reportedly included the treatment of LGBT people by the country and because of Sami Zayn's ban from the Greatest Royal Rumble event.[2][3][4]
Sami Zayn, who had previously not been authorized to compete at the Greatest Royal Rumble due to being of Syrian descent, as Saudi Arabia has strained relations with Syria, also declined participating at Super ShowDown; he was inactive due to injury at the time of Crown Jewel.[3][5] Kevin Owens also refused to participate at Super ShowDown in support of Zayn, his friend; he was reportedly supposed to face Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship, leading WWE to schedule Dolph Ziggler, who had been inactive since January to focus on his stand-up comedy career, to replace him.[6][7][8][9]
Aleister Black has reportedly not been authorized to participate on the show due to his body featuring several tattoos with "some religious connotations" that might offend Saudi Arabians; it is unknown if this was a decision from WWE, or a request from the Saudi General Sports Authority.[6] One of Black's tattoos depicts Lilith, a female figure in Jewish mythology; in a 2018 interview, he referred to her as "the first woman to ever rebel against paradise. The reason she is there for equality, equality for every man and woman – which is the most important thing there is."[10]
Just hours before the event started, rumours began spreading about WWE trying to add a women's match as a late addition on the card pitting Alexa Bliss against Natalya as the two were the only women's wrestlers who flew alongside the male superstars. Despite being told that their female talent can compete, the match was ultimately rejected by the Saudi Arabian government.[11][12][13][14]
Storylines
The card composed matches resulting from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands.[15][16] Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live.[17]
On May 13, 2019, a match between Goldberg and The Undertaker was scheduled for Super ShowDown, marking the first one-on-one match between each other. Goldberg's last match occurred at WrestleMania 33 in April 2017.[1]
A match between Triple H and Randy Orton was also scheduled on May 13.[1] A promo aired during the May 21 episode of SmackDown, recapping the two's various rivalries that originally began in 2004 when Orton won the (now retired) World Heavyweight Championship, resulting in Triple H turning on him and kicking him out of their stable, Evolution.[18]
Also on May 13, a 50-man battle royal was scheduled, marking the largest standard battle royal in WWE history.[1]
A match between Braun Strowman and Bobby Lashley was scheduled on May 18.[19] On the June 3 episode of Raw, Strowman and Lashley competed in an arm wrestling match which saw Strowman win, afterwards, Lashley attacked Strowman with a Running Powerslam.[20]
On the April 15 episode of Raw, Andrade defeated Intercontinental Champion Finn Bálor in a non-title match.[21] Bálor was subsequently moved to SmackDown the following night during the Superstar Shake-up.[22] Andrade, along with his manager Zelina Vega, were then moved back to SmackDown the following week,[23] and both Bálor and Andrade took part in the men's Money in the Bank ladder match at the namesake event, where both fought each other, though ultimately lost the match. Bálor was then scheduled to defend the Intercontinental Championship against Andrade at Super ShowDown.[24]
On the April 16 episode of SmackDown, after WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon had introduced Elias as "the biggest acquisition in SmackDown history", they were interrupted by fellow new draftee Roman Reigns, who attacked Elias and performed a superman punch on Mr. McMahon.[22] The following week, Shane McMahon challenged Reigns to a fight for attacking his father. As Reigns came out, he was attacked from behind by Elias, who was then assisted by Shane in attacking Reigns.[23] On the May 20 episode of Raw, Reigns, who appeared via the wild card rule, was interrupted by Shane, who was still bothered by Reigns' attack on his father. Reigns then challenged Shane to a match which Shane accepted for Super ShowDown.[25]
On the May 21 episode of SmackDown, Dolph Ziggler, who had been inactive since January's Royal Rumble event, made a surprise return and attacked Kofi Kingston. Ziggler, appearing via the wild card rule, later explained that it should have been him who got the opportunity to go to WrestleMania 35 and win the WWE Championship instead of Kingston. He then said he would defeat Kingston for the title at Super ShowDown, which was made official.[18]
At Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins retained the Universal Championship against AJ Styles.[24] On Raw the next night, Baron Corbin took offense that Styles got that title shot even though Corbin had previously pinned Rollins in a tag team match.[25] The following week, Styles was scheduled to take part in a four-way match for another opportunity against Rollins at Super ShowDown, but was still ailing from injuries sustained from his match at Money in the Bank, and was replaced by Corbin, who attacked Styles while the latter was in a trainer's room. Corbin then defeated Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, and The Miz in a fatal four-way elimination match to earn the title match.[26]
At Money in the Bank, Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik, and Lince Dorado) came out for a match, but they were randomly attacked by Lars Sullivan and the match never occurred.[24] The following night on Raw, as Sullivan was about to be interviewed in regard to the incident, Lucha House Party interrupted and attacked Sullivan, who fended them off.[25] A 3-on-1 handicap match pitting Sullivan against Lucha House Party was then scheduled for Super ShowDown.[26]
After being drafted to Raw in the Superstar Shake-up, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) began a rivalry with The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) where The Usos would repeatedly embarrass Revival on numerous occasions. On the May 20 episode of Raw, The Revival defeated The Usos.[25] Another match was scheduled for Super ShowDown.[27]
Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| English commentators | Michael Cole |
| Corey Graves | |
| Renee Young | |
| Arabic commentators | Faisal Almughaisib |
| Sultan Alharbi | |
| Jude Aldajani | |
| Ring announcer | Greg Hamilton |
| Referees | Jason Ayers |
| Shawn Bennett | |
| Mike Chioda | |
| John Cone | |
| Dan Engler | |
| Charles Robinson | |
| Interviewer | Byron Saxton |
| Pre-show panel | Charly Caruso |
| David Otunga | |
| Beth Phoenix |
Pre-show
Preliminary matches
Main Event
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[36][37] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) | Tag team match[27] | 7:15 | ||
| 2 | Seth Rollins (c) defeated Baron Corbin | Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship[28] | 11:15 | ||
| 3 | Finn Bálor (c) defeated Andrade | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[29] | 11:35 | ||
| 4 | Shane McMahon (with Drew McIntyre) defeated Roman Reigns | Singles match[30] | 9:15 | ||
| 5 | Lars Sullivan defeated Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik, Kalisto, and Lince Dorado) by disqualification | 3-on-1 Handicap match[31] | 5:15 | ||
| 6 | Randy Orton defeated Triple H | Singles match[32] | 25:45 | ||
| 7 | Braun Strowman defeated Bobby Lashley | Singles match[33] | 8:20 | ||
| 8 | Kofi Kingston (c) (with Xavier Woods) defeated Dolph Ziggler | Singles match for the WWE Championship[34] | 10:15 | ||
| 9 | Mansoor won by last eliminating Elias | 50-Man Battle Royal[1] | — | ||
| 10 | The Undertaker defeated Goldberg | Singles match[35] | 8:35 | ||
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