Kansas City, Mo. — On Monday’s Raw, Stephanie McMahon’s cancelation of the “Ambrose Asylum” and reintroduction of the “Highlight Reel” served as a prelude to aruthless assault by “best in the world at what he does” on The Lunatic Fringe. Relishing in his adversaries’ injuries, Chris Jericho kicked off SmackDown by making it clear that Dean Ambrose wouldn’t be on the show. Instead, the WWE Universe would get the “gift of Jericho.”
Bringing Sami Zayn onto his longstanding talk show, The Ayatollah of Rock ’n’ Rolla chastised his guest for attacking Kevin Owens on Raw and called him a “thief” for raising The Miz’s Intercontinental Title over his head. Mocking Jericho, Zayn made it clear that his actions had been in response to what KO did to him at WWE Payback.
The Miz and Maryse soon joined the party, looking to reassert himself while attempting to contain the InZayn. After taunting Miz by repeatedly touching his title, Zayn ridiculed Jericho and incited the furious host to storm away. In spite of the A-Lister’s continued demand for respect, Zayn continued to taunt the titleholder, until Maryse informed him that Miz would teach him a lesson — prompting an impromptu match between the two Superstars.