WWE Live and Smackdown Live wrapped up their European tour with the last stop in Bilbao, Spain. A reported 7000 fans were in attendance for the show which featured three championship matches.
#1 Rhyno, Heath Slater, Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) and Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder) vs The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso), The Ascension(Konnor and Viktor) and The Vaudevillains (Simon Gotch and Aiden English)
The show started off with a twelve-man tag team match featuring the entire Smackdown tag team division sans American Alpha.
The conclusion of the match saw the babyface team picking up the victory following a vicious gore by the one-half of Smackdown Live Tag Team Champions Rhyno to Jey Uso. The Smackdown Live Tag Team Champions received one of the biggest reactions of the night, much like the one at the live event in Madrid, Spain.
Result: Rhyno, Slater, Hype Bros and Breezango def. The Usos, The Ascension and The Vaudevillains via pinfall.
#2 Curt Hawkins vs Apollo Crews
The misery continued for Smackdown Live’s newest addition, Curt Hawkins. Despite having the advantage in the early goings of the match, The Prince of Queens was defeated by Crews by virtue of a sit-out powerbomb.
Result : Apollo Crews def. Curt Hawkins via pinfall.
#3 Baron Corbin vs Jack Swagger
The domination of Baron Corbin was on full display in this brief bout. Any attempts made by Jack Swagger to establish momentum in the match were quashed by The Lone Wolf. Despite a valiant effort by the Real American, he fell prey to Corbin’s End of Days, who was able to pick up a pinfall victory over the former World Heavyweight Champion.
Result: Baron Corbin def. Jack Swagger via pinfall.
#4 Nikki Bella and Naomi vs Carmella and Natalya
The next match on the card featured the women’s division of Smackdown Live. This match involved three of the five women that will participate in the five-on-five tag team elimination match at Survivor Series as part of Team Smackdown.
Fearless Glow, the team of Nikki Bella and Naomi, received a nice ovation from the crowd. Nikki Bella picked up the victory for her team after her TKO move called Rack Attack 2.0 on her arch-nemesis Carmella.
Result: Nikki Bella and Naomi def. Natalya and Carmella via pinfall.
#5 Dolph Ziggler (c) vs The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship
The next match was the first of the three title matches scheduled. The amazing feud between Ziggler and The Miz continued with yet another entertaining match put on by the two. Maryse accompanied her husband to the ring for the match.
Maryse tried to interfere in the match numerous times on behalf of her husband, even attempting to spray lacquer into the eyes of the Intercontinental Champion.
However, before she could do that, Smackdown Live General Manager Daniel Bryan came out to a massive pop and ordered Maryse to leave the ringside area. Dolph Ziggler retained his Championship after a pinfall win over The Miz courtesy of a thumping super kick.
Result: Dolph Ziggler def. The Miz to retain the Intercontinental Champion via pinfall.
#6 Becky Lynch (c) vs Alexa Bliss for Smackdown Women’s Championship
The second title match of the night saw Becky Lynch defending her Smackdown Women’s Championship against Alexa Bliss. Becky Lynch managed to keep hold of her championship as she made the Wicked Witch of the WWE tap out to her signature submission move, Dis-arm-her.
Result : Becky Lynch retained the Smackdown Women’s Championship over Alexa Bliss via submission.
#7 Kane and American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) vs Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Randy Orton
It was the penultimate bout on the show. Chad Gable played the role of the ‘face in peril’ for most of the match. Jason Jordan got a lot of time to shine in this contest. Ultimately the babyfaces secured the victory when Kane choke slammed Luke Harper.
Result: Kane and American Alpha def. Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Randy Orton via pinfall.
#8 AJ Styles vs Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
The main event of the show was a match between AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. James Ellsworth made a surprise special appearance as he was assigned the duty of the time-keeper. It was the match of the night with plenty of great spots.
AJ Styles was able to secure the victory over Dean Ambrose after he threw The Lunatic Fringe into an exposed turnbuckle and rolled him up for a count of three.
Ellsworth continued to be the proverbial thorn in AJ’s side, as he delivered the No Chin Music to the Phenomenal One which was followed by the Dirty Deeds by Dean Ambrose to end the show on a positive note for the faces and sent the crowd home happy.
Result: AJ Styles def. Dean Ambrose to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship via pinfall.
This show concluded WWE’s European tour and now the Smackdown Live crew will return to the States as they gear up for the historic 900th episode of Smackdown Live on 15th November at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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