The fans in Ford Field are on their feet for Jey Uso, who is bouncing around as he faces his potential date with destiny. In contrast, Roman Reigns is much, much more deliberate making his walk, as he always is. Jey is dressed in white and Roman in black, so it’s clear where the lines of good and evil are drawn. Paul Heyman accompanies Reigns, but Solo Sikoa is not with him.
Reigns gets a chance to speak before the ring intros, demanding that SummerSlam acknowledge him. The ring announcer reminds us this is Tribal Combat for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. The fans immediately launch into a loud “Uso” chant before the bell rings.
Reigns talks to Uso before removing his ceremonial necklace and handing it to Heyman, and we are underway. Neither man is quick to make the first move, building up even more tension.
Reigns powers Uso back into a corner, then cracks a smile as Jey fights out. Some dueling chants are going for Roman, but the “Roman sucks” chant is louder.
A shoulder tackle sends Jey to the mat, and he takes his time before rushing back in. Uso grabs a side headlock but is sent right back to the canvas. Roman steps on Jey’s neck and flashes a sarcastic “We the Ones” pointer finger to the crowd.
Jey finally gets in some offense with a barrage of right hands. A kick to the chest and his theatrical uppercut send Reigns to the floor, where Uso finds him with a dive. Roman is sent careening into the steel steps, giving Jey time to plan his next move. The fans call for tables, emphatically, and Uso obliges by pulling one out from beneath the ring.
Heyman seems to be begging Jey not to use it, and Roman recovers and slams his cousin’s head off the steel steps. Back in the ring, Jey is introduced forcefully to the turnbuckles, and he is thrown back into them as he tries to leap out of danger.
Reigns shakes his head at the loud “Uso” chants that once again ring out. He heads around the side for his drive-by kick, then covers for two. Roman looks very much in control and the fans express their collective displeasure.
His delaying costs him, as Uso battles back with an enzuigiri. Uso tries another suicide dive but is met by a kendo stick, and more shots follow back between the ropes.
Roman talks to his cousin before lifting him back to his feet, but Jey strikes before the kendo stick can find him again. They battle in the corner, where Reigns simply overpowers Uso until Jey can roll free.
That gives Reigns time to look like he is communing with the elders, but he’s met with a flurry of kendo stick shots from Jey. With Roman knocked to the floor, Uso connects with a tope con hilo, a different look from him.
Jey rolls Roman back into the ring, but it’s the challenger who has to kick out as Reigns hammers him first. Reigns looks like he has designs on a spear, but Jey evades it and uses a schoolboy for a near fall. Another two count follows as the fans feel an upset potentially in the making.
Jey is close to the table on the floor but grabs a steel chair instead. Heyman again looks like he is bargaining with Jey, who smacks Roman in the back multiple times. The crowd asks for more, so Jey chucks a bunch of chairs into the ring.
Will it be a superplex into the pile of steel? Reigns tries to fight his way free only to be caught with an enzuigiri, but he wills his way forward and powerbombs Jey onto the chairs for a near fall.
It’s now Roman’s turn to dig under the ring, pulling out a second table and sliding it into the ring. It’s set up in one corner, but Jey is now teetering on the apron over the first table. He tries to springboard in but is caught with a big right hand.
Reigns points to the sky but Jey is ready for him. He hoists Roman up and falls back with a Samoan drop, crashing through the table on the floor. Both men are unsurprisingly slow to get moving after that fall.
While Reigns crawls away, Jey gets out a leather strap and snaps it twice across the champ, and the battle goes into the crowd. That’s where Sikoa finally emerges, beating an already weakened Jey and sending him through … something well out into the crowd.
Solo drags his brother by one arm as they gradually head back toward the ring. Sikoa rolls Jey into the ring as Roman orders a Spike from him. How about Spinning Solo instead?
They line Jey up for the combo Spike and Spear, but Jey moves and the Spear hits Sikoa. Jey tries to take advantage of the error but only gets a two count.
The fans believed that was it, but they also enjoy Reigns getting nailed with more chair shots. Jey drives the top of the chair repeatedly into his midsection as the crowd roars.
Jey stalks Roman again on the outside, but Solo is waiting with a superkick. Sikoa looks furious at Reigns, but their argument allows Jey to recover and spear Roman through the barricade.
Solo still wants to punish Jey, but his brother escapes and splashes him through the announce table. Back in the ring, Jey spears Roman and heads up top. He hits the splash but is pulled out of the cover by a masked and hooded figure … who reveals himself as Jimmy Uso.
Jey wears a look of anguished disbelief as his twin stands glaring at him and the fans toss an obscene chant in Jimmy’s direction. Jimmy throws Jey back in the ring, where Roman spears him through the corner table. Reigns covers for three and that’s that.