WWE United States Championship – Fatal Four Way
Bobby Roode vs. Rusev w/ Aiden English vs. Jinder Mahal w/ Sunil Singh vs. Randy Orton (c)
Aiden English says the Lion of Bulgaria has been fighting for this stage for far too long. The crowd is going wild for “Rusev Day.” English sings, “Rusev Day,” and Rusev comes out to a reception. Sunil Singh then introduces Jinder Mahal to the ring.
The bell rings, and a loud “Rusev Day” chant fires up. Orton goes for an RKO on Mahal, but he gets out of it. Orton and Mahal are sent to ringside. Rusev then dropkicks Roode down. Rusev goes for a suicide dive, but Mahal forearms him. Rusev quickly knocks him back out of the ring and hits Orton and Mahal with a cannonball senton off the apron. Rusev gets in the ring and listens to the chants. Rusev gets Roode in the ring, and Roode rolls him up for a two count. Rusev knees him in the midsection, but Roode boots him back. Roode comes back and hits a blockbuster for a two count. Mahal gets in the ring and gets punched by Roode and Orton. Roode then chops Orton and hits the ropes, but Orton powerslams him down for a two count. Roode soon is on his feet and punches Orton back before going to the top rope. Orton cuts him off and hits a top rope superplex. Orton covers, but Rusev breaks it up. Mahal wants an alliance with Rusev, but Rusev instead attacks him and wildly stomps away at him in the corner. Aiden English is enjoying this. Rusev picks him up like a child and hits a back suplex for a two count. Orton pulls Rusev out of the ring and hits a back suplex on the barricade. Mahal attacks and gets in the ring, but Roode takes him down for a near fall. Roode gets geared up and does the “GLORIOUS” taunt. Orton gets in the ring and sends Roode shoulder-first into the ring post. Orton pulls Rusev to the apron and kicks him before trying for a draping DDT. Rusev pushes him back and kicks him down before hitting a thrust kick. Rusev hits Orton with a running shoulder. Rusev goes for a running wheel kick, but Orton ducks. Orton then drops him with a hanging DDT. Orton starts stalking Rusev, but Aiden English runs in. Orton hits him with an RKO. Orton avoids a kick from Rusev and hits him with an RKO. Mahal then runs in and takes an RKO. Orton covers, but Roode breaks it up. Roode throws Rusev out of the ring and shoves off an RKO. Roode hits a Glorious DDT on Orton, but Mahal breaks it up. Rusev gets in the ring and hits Roode with a Machka Kick. Mahal then rolls Rusev up for a two count. Rusev then immediately kicks him down.
A loud “Rusev Day” chant fires up. Rusev stomps Mahal’s back and goes for the Accolade, but Sunil Singh gets on the apron. Rusev knocks Singh off the apron and hits Rusev with the Khallas for the win!
Winner and new WWE United States Champion: Jinder Mahal
NOBODY kicks out of the #Khallas!@JinderMahal spoils #RusevDay OUTTA NOWHERE to capture #USTitle GLORY! #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/PPPOGftSlv
— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2018
First dull match of the night. Crowd was into the #RusevDay thing, but it was Jinder Mahal coming out on top. Feel good story for Mahal, who really worked his way up for a nothing guy to something. Still not a great match. #WrestleMania
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) April 9, 2018