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This is kinda weird. I dunno if this formula is going to work as booking all those shows was a bit of a slog, but I really want to catch up as this thing loses a lot of appeal to me being so far behind, so I'm going to try to just roll with this for a bit. Here are the builds to the KotR matches I'm heavily abridging.

Roman Reigns vs Asuka
Roman Reigns continues to press his case about how he never lost to Samoa Joe over and over. MVP gives him a title shot under PRESSURE from the ~investors~. Roman Reigns then complains about how he got a title shot without earning one. Asuka keeps wanting to fight Roman but he keeps wanting to put the match off till the PPV.

AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe
Styles continues to get attacked by Building Momentum (Prince IKEA and Bill Dingh aka The Revival), though he's very clearly superior to either one individually. Samoa Joe eventually helps AJ fend them off at the same time by being his tag partner, then chokes out AJ after the match. They basically just build off the TNA relation from there combined with Daniels being the GM, without saying TNA of course.

Braun Strowman vs EVERYONE (Zayn + Owens + Almas + Cesaro + ECIII + Elias + Gallows + Anderson + Rowan + Chavo + Fandango + Konnor + Viktor + Tyler Breeze + R-Truth + Sin Cara + Kendrick + Tye Dillinger + Itami + Primo + Epico + Mojo + Gran Metalik)
Strowman picks fights with random people over the course of the month who interfered in his match earlier. There is constantly interference from Zayn/Owens/Almas/Cesaro/Sheamus/Elias during matches with others from this group. Strowman resolves this by challenging EVERYONE to a Strowman invitational. Falls count anywhere, all challengers may arrive. Daniels eventually fleshes this idea out, cause Strowman didn't, by making it a 15 minute free for all, with the first one to get a pinfall on Strowman in that 15 minutes being the new IC Champ, otherwise Strowman retains. This draws everyone who has been attacking him to accept, along with a bunch of randoms who don't have anything better to do.

Kairi Sane vs Nia Jax vs Bayley
There is a woman's royal rumble to determine the number one contendership to Kairi Sane's Andre The Memorial Battle Royal, as there are no actual women's titles to fight for on Smackdown. It concludes with Nia Jax appearing to win, but no bell being rung. She's eliminated by sore losers Charlotte + The IIconics. Bayley then comes out to an empty ring, having drawn the last number, and is declared the winner to face Kairi at KotR. Nia Jax is later added to the match having a legit beef.

Charlotte + Naomi vs IIconics
Women try to form teams to go for the IIconics women's tag titles they've claimed ownership of, because the SD women's division is that desperate for things to fight for. No one on the Smackdown women's roster can really cooperate well, but Charlotte + Naomi come the closest, so get the match.

The Miz + The Miztourage vs The New Day for Miz TV
The Miz defeats Big E, Kofi, and Xavier individually over the course of the month to retain Miz TV. The Miztourage then challenge The New Day to a 3v3 for Miz TV at King of the Ring to get them to stop bugging Miz. Miz does not seem pleased with this but MVP, seeing Miz's distaste for this, makes it a match.

Jinder Mahal vs Rusev
Rusev and Randy Orton continue to interfere in the others shows. Daniels says Rusev must actually fight on Smackdown every once in a while, and defend the US Title against Jinder Mahal.
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