Super ShowDown (2020)

Super ShowDown was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV)

and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw and
Super ShowDown
SmackDown brand divisions. It took place on February 27, 2020 at
the Mohammed Abdu Arena on the Boulevard in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.[1] It was the third event promoted under the Super
ShowDown chronology and the fifth event under WWE's 10-year
partnership supporting Saudi Vision 2030.

Ten matches were contested at the event including one on the

Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Goldberg defeated "The Fiend"
Bray Wyatt to win his second Universal Championship, giving
Wyatt's Fiend character his first loss. Goldberg also became the first
wrestler to win a world championship after being inducted into the
WWE Hall of Fame. Other prominent matches saw Brock Lesnar
retain the WWE Championship against Ricochet, Bayley defeated
Naomi to retain the SmackDown Women's Championship, which
was the first women's championship match contested in the country,
and Roman Reigns defeated King Corbin in a Steel Cage match. The
Undertaker also made a surprise return as an unannounced entrant in
the gauntlet match and lastly eliminated AJ Styles to win the Tuwaiq Promotional poster featuring "The
Trophy. Fiend" Bray Wyatt and Goldberg
Promotion WWE
The event received negative reviews, with the Universal
Championship and WWE Championship matches, the gauntlet Brand(s) Raw
match, and Reigns vs. Corbin being largely criticized, and the SmackDown
decision to have Goldberg defeat Wyatt being universally singled out Date February 27, 2020
as a poor booking decision. However, the two tag team
championship matches received some praise, with The New Day City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Big E and Kofi Kingston) vs. The Miz and John Morrison for the Venue Mohammed Abdu
SmackDown Tag Team Championship being singled out as the best Arena on the Boulevard
match of the night by most critics. Several media outlets noted the
WWE Network event chronology
hostile fan reaction to the event, in particular to Goldberg's win over
Wyatt. ← Previous Next →
NXT TakeOver: Elimination
Portland Chamber
Contents WWE in Saudi Arabia chronology
Production ← Previous Next →
Background Crown Jewel —
Storylines
Super ShowDown chronology
Event
Pre-show ← Previous Next →
Preliminary matches 2019 —

Main event
Reception
Aftermath
SmackDown
Raw
Results
Tuwaiq Trophy Gauntlet match
References
External links

Production

Background

In early 2018, the WWE began a 10-year strategic multiplatform partnership with the General Sports
Authority in support of Saudi Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia's social and economic reform program.[2][3] The
first event under this new partnership, the Greatest Royal Rumble, was held at the King Abdullah Sports
City's King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah on April 27.[4][5] The third event, Super ShowDown,
was announced to occur on June 7, 2019 at the same venue.[6] This also marked the second event under the
Super ShowDown chronology, first of which was held on October 6, 2018 in Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia.[7] A third Super ShowDown was officially announced during Royal Rumble, scheduled for
February 27.[8]

On January 30, 2020, PWInsider.com journalist Mike Johnson reported that Hulk Hogan would make an
appearance at the event.[9] Prior to the event, The Undertaker was seen arriving with other WWE personnel
at the airport in Riyadh.[10][11]

Storylines

The event comprised ten matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. The matches resulted from
scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted
events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were
predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[12][13] while storylines were
produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[14]

After WWE announced that John Morrison—who last wrestled in WWE in 2011—had re-signed with the
company, Morrison made his first appearance on the January 3 episode of SmackDown in a brief backstage
interview, coming out of The Miz's locker room.[15] The two formally reunited the following week during a
segment of "Miz TV", in which Morrison criticized the fans for turning on Miz the previous week after he
attacked Kofi Kingston following his match.[16] Miz and Morrison then began feuding with SmackDown
Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) in which Morrison would defeat Kingston
and Big E on the next two episodes, respectively.[17][18] On the January 31 episode, Miz and Morrison
defeated Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker), Lucha House Party (Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik), and
The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) in a fatal four-way tag team match to earn a championship
match against The New Day at Super ShowDown.[19]

On the January 20 episode of Raw, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar declared himself as the first entrant in
the men's Royal Rumble match as he felt that no one was worthy of challenging him for the title. Ricochet
interrupted and declared that he was not afraid to fight Lesnar and asked if Lesnar was scared to fight him.
In response, Lesnar attacked Ricochet with a low blow and said he was not scared.[20] At the Royal Rumble,
Lesnar dominated the first half of the Royal Rumble match until Ricochet entered as the fifteenth entrant. In
response to what Lesnar did to him on Raw, Ricochet attacked Lesnar from behind with a low blow, which
allowed eventual winner Drew McIntyre to eliminate him with a Claymore Kick.[21] On the February 3
episode of Raw, Ricochet defeated Bobby Lashley and Seth Rollins in a triple threat match to earn a WWE
Championship opportunity against Lesnar at Super ShowDown.[22]

At the Royal Rumble, Roman Reigns defeated King Corbin in a falls count anywhere match; both also
competed in the Royal Rumble match but were unsuccessful.[21] Reigns and The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy
Uso) then defeated Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, and Robert Roode on the following SmackDown in a six-man tag
team match, in which the loser ate dog food.[19] The following week, Corbin stated that he should have won
all of those matches and that he would have won the ones against Reigns had it not been for The Usos'
interference. He then demanded one more match with Reigns, who came out and attacked Corbin, who
managed to escape. Afterwards, Reigns accepted the challenge as a steel cage match, which was scheduled
for Super ShowDown.[23]

On the February 7 episode of SmackDown, WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg was interviewed from his home
via satellite. He stated that after watching the Royal Rumble, it made him want to get back in the ring—his
last match was at SummerSlam in August 2019. With his old rival Brock Lesnar tied up with Ricochet and
Drew McIntyre over the WWE Championship, Goldberg turned his attention to the Universal
Championship, as he never received a rematch for the title after losing it to Lesnar back at WrestleMania 33
in 2017. After Universal Champion Bray Wyatt interrupted Goldberg with a special news version of the
Firefly Fun House, Goldberg challenged Wyatt's alter-ego "The Fiend" for the Universal Championship and
Wyatt said "The Fiend" accepted. The match was then scheduled for Super ShowDown.[23]

On the February 10 episode of Raw, a gauntlet match for the first-ever Tuwaiq Trophy was scheduled for
Super ShowDown. AJ Styles, United States Champion Andrade, Bobby Lashley, Erick Rowan, R-Truth, and
Rusev were announced for the match.[24] Rusev, however, was removed from the match and replaced by
Rey Mysterio on the February 24 episode of Raw.[25]

At the Royal Rumble during the women's Royal Rumble match, Naomi made a surprise return following a
six-month hiatus, while later on the show, Bayley retained the SmackDown Women's Championship against
Lacey Evans.[21] On the following SmackDown, Bayley claimed that she had beaten every woman on the
roster. Naomi interrupted, taking exception to the claim as Bayley had never beaten her.[19] The following
week, Naomi participated in a fatal four-way match to determine Bayley's next opponent, which was won by
Carmella,[23] who faced Bayley for the title on the February 14 episode; however, Bayley retained after
using the ropes as leverage to pin Carmella. After the match, both Carmella and Naomi attacked Bayley.[26]
A match between Carmella and Naomi was then scheduled for the following week that Naomi won, thus
earning her a title match against Bayley at Super ShowDown, marking the second women's match to be held
in Saudi Arabia, but the first to be contested for a championship.[27]

On the February 17 episode of Raw, after Kevin Owens and The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) defeated
Murphy and AOP (Akam and Rezar) via disqualification due to Seth Rollins' interference, The Street Profits
(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) came out and aided Owens and The Viking Raiders by attacking
Murphy, Akam, and Rezar while Rollins retreated.[28] Later, Rollins and Murphy were scheduled to defend
the Raw Tag Team Championship against The Street Profits at Super ShowDown.[29]

On the February 26 episode of The Bump, three further matches were announced for Super ShowDown.
Saudi's own and NXT wrestler Mansoor was scheduled to face Dolph Ziggler, Humberto Carrillo was
scheduled to have a rematch with NXT's Angel Garza from the February 24 episode of Raw, and The Viking
Raiders (Erik and Ivar) were scheduled to face The O.C. (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) on the Super
ShowDown Kickoff pre-show.[30]
Event
Other on-screen personnel
Pre-show Role: Name:

During the Super ShowDown Kickoff pre-show, The Viking Michael Cole
Raiders (Erik and Ivar) faced The O.C (Luke Gallows and English commentators Corey Graves
Karl Anderson). In the end, as Ivar attempted a moonsault
on Anderson, the latter moved out of the way and tagged in Byron Saxton
Gallows. The O.C. then performed the Magic Killer on Ivar Faisal Almughaisib
to win the match.[31] Arabic commentators
Jude Aldajani
Ring announcer Mike Rome
Preliminary matches
Shawn Bennett
The actual pay-per-view opened with the gauntlet match for John Cone
the Tuwaiq Trophy. The match began with R-Truth and Referees Darrick Moore
Bobby Lashley (accompanied by Lana) as the first two
participants. Truth eliminated Lashley with a roll up. After Eddie Orengo
his elimination, Lashley attacked Truth. The third Chad Patton
participant was United States Champion Andrade, who was
eliminated after exchanging headbutts with Truth, after Interviewer Byron Saxton
which, Truth landed onto Andrade for the pin. The fourth Charly Caruso
participant was Erick Rowan. During the match, Rowan
Pre-show panel Scott Stanford
threw Truth into the ring steps which knocked over Rowan's
cage which was on top of the steps. An irate Rowan then David Otunga
attacked Truth with the steel steps, thus being eliminated by
disqualification. The penultimate participant was AJ Styles, who eliminated Truth by submitting him with
the Calf Crusher. The final participant was originally Rey Mysterio, however, Mysterio was attacked
backstage by The O.C (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson). Styles then claimed himself the winner by
forfeit, however, the referee declared that Styles would only win by forfeit if Mysterio did not make it to the
ring by the count of ten. As the referee counted, the camera cut backstage and showed that The O.C. were
attacked by The Undertaker, who then made his entrance, taking Mysterio's place. Undertaker then
performed a Chokeslam on a surprised Styles to win the match and the Tuwaiq Trophy.[32]

Next, The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championships against
The Miz and John Morrison. During the match, Kingston attempted a suicide dive on Miz who was outside
the ring, only for Miz to avoid Kingston. Miz performed a Skull Crushing Finale on Big E for a nearfall. In
the climax, Morrison attacked Kingston with a chair and Miz performed a roll-up on Kingston to win the
title.[32]

After that, Humberto Carrillo faced Angel Garza. In the end, Garza performed a roll-up on Carrillo to win
the match.[32]

In the fourth match, Seth Rollins and Murphy defended the Raw Tag Team Championship against The Street
Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford). After Murphy performed a Ripcord Knee on Dawkins, he fell
onto the bottom ring rope, allowing Rollins to perform The Stomp on Dawkins. Murphy then pinned
Dawkins to retain the title.[32]

Next, Mansoor faced Dolph Ziggler (accompanied by Robert Roode). Before the match officially began,
Roode had an altercation with Mansoor, after which, Mansoor attacked Roode. This resulted in the referee
ejecting Roode from ringside. In the end, Mansoor performed a moonsault on Ziggler to win the match.
Following the match, Mansoor gave a heartwarming speech to his hometown crowd.[32]

After that, Brock Lesnar (accompanied by Paul Heyman) defended the WWE Championship against
Ricochet. Lesnar performed three German suplexes and an F-5 on Ricochet to retain the title in under two
minutes.[32]

Next, Roman Reigns fought King Corbin in a Steel Cage match. Reigns was carrying a chain around his
neck and as Reigns locked the cage door with it, Corbin attacked Reigns. During the match, Corbin
managed to unlock the cage door. As Corbin tried to escape, Reigns attacked Corbin with the cage door.
Corbin mocked Reigns and attempted to perform his own Superman Punch on Reigns but with the chain
wrapped around his fist, however, Reigns intercepted Corbin with one of his own for a nearfall. In the end,
Reigns performed a Superman Punch (with the chain wrapped around his fist) on Corbin to win the
match.[32]

In the penultimate match, Bayley defended the SmackDown Women's Championship against Naomi. The
end saw Bayley trap Naomi's leg in her shirt and perform a facebuster on Naomi to retain the title. Due to
the law's in the country, both women wore full body suits and t-shirts, though while Bayley's was an all-
black body suit, Naomi's was colourful to match her glow gimmick.[32]

Main event

In the main event, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt defended the Universal Championship against Goldberg. After a
stare down, Goldberg quickly performed a spear on The Fiend, but The Fiend kicked out at one. The Fiend
then applied the Mandible Claw on Goldberg, who managed to power out of it. Goldberg performed three
more spears for a near-fall. The Fiend then sat up to a surprised Goldberg and applied another Mandible
Claw on him, however, Goldberg managed to power out of it again and performed a Jackhammer on the
Fiend to win the title for a second time, becoming the first wrestler to win a world championship after being
inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. This also gave The Fiend his first loss since the debut of the
character. After the match, The Fiend quickly rose to his feet and stared down a celebrating Goldberg, but
The Fiend disappeared after the lights went out.[32]

Reception
The event received overall negative reactions from fans and critics, with the matches for the Tuwaiq Trophy,
the WWE Championship, and the Universal Championship being near-universally panned. Jason Powell of
Pro Wrestling Dot Net calling it "not a hot show" and gave a negative review, while Nolan Howell of SLAM!
did the same, calling it "boring" and stating, "The most you can hope for is these shows [in Saudi Arabia]
ending up being inoffensive and this show JUST managed to make it past that mark."[33][34] Elton Jones of
Heavy stated that it continued WWE's habit of weak pay-per-views in Saudi Arabia, calling it "yet another
subpar show full of basic bouts that belong on a house show, puzzling booking decisions, and only one or
two worthwhile matches worth watching again."[35] Larry Csonka of 411mania gave the event a 4.5/10
rating, while Daniel Van Boom of CNET stated that "the overwhelming majority of the card was just OK.
Not terrible, not good, just there."[36][37] The negative fan reaction to the event (most notably to Goldberg's
win) was noted by various media outlets; the hashtag "CancelWWENetwork" became a trending topic,
similarly to other poorly received recent WWE events.[38][39][40][41] Sports Illustrated stated that fans were
"incandescent about what took place".[42]

The WWE Championship and Universal Championship matches were both universally panned for their
short lengths, and for damaging the credibility of their respective losers, in particular Wyatt's. CBS Sports
gave the WWE Championship match a D rating (the lowest on the card), calling it "a complete waste of time
and another nail in the coffin that is Ricochet's WWE booking." They rated the Universal Championship
match a D+ and panned the booking, stating: "The length of the match made sense due to Goldberg's age
and energy level, but the fact that he was able to beat The Fiend so easily whereas a dozen Stomps from
Seth Rollins followed by tons of weapon shots could not put him down makes absolutely no booking sense.
That's not to mention the fact that a 53-year-old Goldberg went over a guy in Wyatt who WWE has been
building up specifically for 'Mania over the last four-plus months in 2:57."[43]

The Tuwaiq Trophy match was criticized for its length and twist ending, with some critics comparing the
finish to Shane McMahon's panned win of the WWE World Cup in 2018. Pro Wrestling Dot Net called the
match "ridiculous'.[33] 411mania also compared it to the WWE World Cup by stating that "[WWE] killed
another Saudi special match with a winner that wasn’t even involved."; they gave the match a 1/5 rating,
stating "this was bad, long for the sake of being long".[36]

Conversely, the two tag team championship matches were praised, with the SmackDown Tag Team
Championship match being singled out as the best match of the night by most. CBS Sports described the
SmackDown Tag Team Championship match to have "very good tag action," particularly complimenting the
performances of John Morrison and Kofi Kingston. They also described the Raw Tag Team Championship
match as an "exciting, entertaining match that [had] easily stolen the show to [that] point."[43] Heavy named
the SmackDown match the Match of the Night, giving it a 3.5/5 rating and stating that "props goes out to
both of these teams for a job well done. [...] What we got here was a fun, well-paced matchup that was
capped off by a welcome title change." They also gave the Raw match a 3/5 rating, calling it "a fun and solid
affair."[35]Pro Wrestling Dot Net also reacted positively towards the SmackDown tag team title match,
stating that it had "good action down the stretch."[33] The tag team championship matches were the only
matches to receive a rating average or above from SLAM!, who stated about The SmackDown tag team title
match: "Miz and Morrison aren't missing a beat in their return and their cutting off New Day comebacks
played really well here" and rating it 3.25/5, the highest-rated match of the card.[34]

Aftermath

SmackDown

New Universal Champion Goldberg appeared on the following night's episode of SmackDown and issued an
open challenge that was accepted by Roman Reigns. The match was scheduled for WrestleMania 36, though
due to concerns over Reigns' health because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was replaced by Braun
Strowman in the match.[44]

Following his loss to Goldberg, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt appeared on the following night's episode of
SmackDown and confronted a returning John Cena, who was seemingly announcing his retirement. The
Fiend challenged Cena to a match at WrestleMania 36 and Cena accepted.[44]

SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley refused to face Naomi in a rematch, stating that she already
defeated her at Super ShowDown. Bayley then introduced a returning Sasha Banks and she and Bayley
proceeded to attack Naomi. Lacey Evans came out to even the odds and a tag team match featuring Evans
and Naomi against Banks and Bayley was scheduled. Naomi and Evans won with Naomi pinning
Bayley.[44] Bayley was eventually scheduled to defend her title in a fatal five-way elimination match against
the other three women, as well as a returning Tamina, at WrestleMania 36.

After winning the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, The Miz and John Morrison were scheduled to
defend the title in a tag team Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber. The challengers
announced for the match were former champions The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston), The Usos (Jey
Uso and Jimmy Uso), Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker), Lucha House Party (Lince Dorado and Gran
Metalik), and Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode.[44]
Raw

On the following Raw, The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) were given one final
opportunity at the Raw Tag Team Championship where they defeated Rollins and Murphy to win the title.
Another rematch was then scheduled for Elimination Chamber.[45]

Also on Raw, Humberto Carrillo teamed with Rey Mysterio to face Angel Garza and United States
Champion Andrade. Carrillo pinned Andrade, earning a title match at Elimination Chamber.[45]

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times[31][32]

The O.C. (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)
1P Tag team match[46] 9:58
defeated The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar)

2 The Undertaker[Note 1] defeated AJ Styles, Andrade, Gauntlet match for the Tuwaiq
21:44
Bobby Lashley, Erick Rowan, and R-Truth Trophy[47]
Tag team match for the WWE
The Miz and John Morrison defeated The New Day
3 SmackDown Tag Team 13:17
(Big E and Kofi Kingston) (c)
Championship[48]

4 Garza defeated Humberto Carrillo Singles match[49] 9:13

Seth Rollins and Murphy (c) defeated The Street Tag team match for the WWE Raw Tag
5 10:35
Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) Team Championship[50]

6 Mansoor defeated Dolph Ziggler Singles match[51] 9:21

Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) (c) defeated Singles match for the WWE
7 1:34
Ricochet Championship[52]

8 Roman Reigns defeated King Corbin Steel Cage match[53] 12:59

Singles match for the WWE

9 Bayley (c) defeated Naomi SmackDown Women's 11:33
Championship[54]
Singles match for the WWE Universal
10 Goldberg defeated "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt (c) 2:56
Championship[55]

(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show

1. The Undertaker replaced Rey Mysterio due to Mysterio being injured by The O.C. in a pre-
match attack.

Tuwaiq Trophy Gauntlet match

 Eliminated Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method Time
1 Bobby Lashley 2 R-Truth Pinfall 5:40
2 Andrade 3 R-Truth Pinfall 10:50
3 Erick Rowan 4 R-Truth Disqualification 12:20
4 R-Truth 1 AJ Styles Submission 15:00
5 AJ Styles 5 Undertaker Pinfall 21:44
Winner The Undertaker 6 N/A

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