India, July 19 -- In a dramatic start to this week's WWE SmackDown, the show opened not inside the roaring arena, but outside, at the site of a chaotic car crash. The opening visuals showed RAW General Manager Adam Pearce, temporarily filling in for SmackDown's Nick Aldis, overseeing the aftermath of the accident. Local police officers could be seen interrogating members of The Bloodline's newest offshoot: Solo Sikoa and his faction, the MFTs.

The incident clearly left its mark, with Tonga Loa bleeding from the forehead and the rest of the group, JC Mateo, Tala Tonga, and Sikoa himself, trying to explain the bizarre situation to authorities. Code Rhodes also appears briefly in the video, albeit for a different purpose.

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