Sami Zayn has won the WWE United States Championship for the first time in his career, defeating Solo Sikoa in the main event of SmackDown. The match was marked by significant outside interference from Sikoa’s allies, which was ultimately neutralized by the arrivals of Jimmy Uso and Jacob Fatu.
The match saw interference early on when Talla Tonga pulled Sikoa out of the way of a flip dive from Zayn. Following a commercial break, as Zayn gained momentum with a successful dive, Mateo and Loa grabbed Zayn’s legs from ringside and pulled him to the floor. After a brief attack, they threw Zayn back into the ring, where Sikoa hit a Spinning Solo for a near fall.
The odds began to even when Jimmy Uso ran down to confront Sikoa’s faction, but he was quickly overwhelmed by the numbers. Shortly af