Jinder Mahal and Bobby Roode moved on in the United States Championship tournament, both winning their respective semifinal matches on tonight’s episode of WWE Smackdown Live.
Mahal defeated Xavier Woods, while Roode defeated Mojo Rawley; following Roode’s win, the Singh Brothers ran down and attacked Roode, and Mahal said he looked forward to ending Roode’s charade next week.
Roode said he wanted to fight now, but Mahal said he would do it on his time, and wanted to give Roode a whole week to get ready. Daniel Bryan walked up behind Mahal, and said they wouldn’t wait any longer, and booked the final tournament match for tonight.
The tournament finals were originally scheduled to take place at the Royal Rumble; highlights from both matches can be seen below:
WWE Smackdown Live Results For 1/16
The #ModernDayMaharaja @JinderMahal is looking to flatten @XavierWoodsPhD like a PANCAKE in this #USTitle tournament match! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/1K74QWuuoP
— WWE (@WWE) January 17, 2018
BEHOLD your #ModernDayMaharaja! @JinderMahal defeats @XavierWoodsPhD to advance to the FINALS in the #USTitle Tournament! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/PoWXHPDkWe
— WWE (@WWE) January 17, 2018
He's more FOCUSED than ever, but does @MojoRawleyWWE have what it takes to defeat the GLORIOUS @REALBobbyRoode in this #USTitle tournament?! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/cEgJiwKEs4
— WWE (@WWE) January 17, 2018
Now that #DDT is… GLORIOUS!!!@REALBobbyRoode advances to the FINALS of the #USTitle Tournament! #SDLive @MojoRawleyWWE pic.twitter.com/7dtc2CebSD
— WWE (@WWE) January 17, 2018
CHANGE OF PLANS! @REALBobbyRoode suggested it, and @WWEDanielBryan liked it…
We're having the FINALS of the #USTitle tournament TONIGHT on #SDLive! pic.twitter.com/cPYl3aM6HZ
— WWE (@WWE) January 17, 2018
