This week’s pre-taped episode of Smackdown from Glasgow is in the books and it had some epic swerves for the fans. With Becky Lynch defending her title, a shocking announcement to end the show, and a WWE superstar’s possible move to RAW being teased, SmackDown beat their counterparts in red by a mile.
So here are the results from this week’s episode:
Opening Segment
We begin with AJ Styles in the ring. A flashback to Last Tuesday's Smackdown is shown where AJ Styles got distracted by the No Chin wonder James Ellsworth and ended up losing his match to Dean Ambrose. AJ Styles is in the middle of the ring now and begins to talk to the crowd. AJ Styles accuses Dean Ambrose of cheating and refers to James Ellsworth as a 'mutant turtle' as well as an embarrassment to humanity.
He further goes on to add that he didn't need Dean Ambrose on his team to win against Raw. He then begins to introduce Team Smackdown, but Baron Corbin's music cuts him off as Corbin makes his entrance. Baron Corbin tells AJ Styles that he wouldn't fight for AJ Styles' team.
The Wyatt family makes an appearance with Randy Orton after the lights briefly go out, AJ Styles welcomes them to 'Team AJ Styles' as Dean Ambrose makes his entrance, takes a lap around the ring and brings out James Ellsworth.
Dean Ambrose tells AJ Styles that if he had a problem with James Ellsworth he was gonna have to go through Dean first. AJ Styles brings Dean's attention to the rest of the superstars in the ring and tells him that he's outnumbered.
Baron Corbin makes his exit much to the dismay of AJ Styles. Shane McMahon's music hits and he makes his way into the ring. Shane McMahon encourages all members of team Blue to put their differences aside and co-operate with each other.
He also insists that the team gets inspiration from James Ellsworth's passion. He then makes James Ellsworth the official mascot for Team Smackdown, acting on Ellsworth's suggestion. Shane McMahon makes a match between The new Wyatt Family of Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper against the team of James Ellsworth, Dean Ambrose and Baron Corbin. Backstage, Becky Lynch is shown getting ready for her title match tonight as we cut to commercials.
Shane McMahon speaks to Baron Corbin backstage. Baron Corbin tells Shane McMahon that he wasn't interested in being in the match that night. He tells Shane McMahon to remove him from the team if he had a problem with that. Shane McMahon removes him from the match but puts him in one against Kalisto instead.
Breezango vs. The Vaudevillians to determine the final Tag team on Team Smackdown for Survivor Series
Simon Gotch starts things off with Tyler Breeze and quickly tags Aiden English in after landing a brief barrage of offense, Aiden English lands a Swanton Bomb off the top rope and tags Simon Gotch back in. Fandango is tagged in and after a brief ringside struggle, comes back to the ring.
The match comes to an end after Tyler Breeze and Fandango pull off a well-executed move with Tyler Breeze superkicking Simon Gotch. Fandango pins him for the win!
Result: Team Breezango wins via Pinfall
Natalya vs. Naomi
Natalya makes her entrance to the ring as Nikki Bella is at ringside on the commentary team for this match. Natalya teases Nikki Bella with a coach's whistle, signifying that she is the coach of the team. Naomi makes a glowing entrance right afterwards.
The match kicks off as Naomi goes for a quick pin which Natalya kicks out off. She then proceeds to work on Naomi in the middle of the ring, trash talking her. The two end up running into each other in a double crossbody. Carmella comes out to the ringside to confront Nikki Bella.
The two almost get into a scuffle as Natalya breaks it up. After repeatedly blowing the whistle, she gets tossed aside by Nikki Bella, who then knocks down Carmella. Natalya comes back into the fray and stops the fight from progressing any further. She makes it back to the ring just in time before getting counted out. Naomi appears to be ready for her and rolls 'The Coach' up for a pin!
Result: Naomi wins via pinfall
Baron Corbin vs. Kalisto
Baron Corbin is the first one to make hs entrance to the ring. A video is shown from 3 months ago when Kalisto was beaten down by Baron Corbin backstage, the attack (kayfabe) was the cause of Kalisto having to take time off, as per the commentators. Kalisto makes an acrobatic entrance next but Corbin immediately takes him out.
The match hasn't started yet, but Baron Corbin continues to throw Kalisto around the ring. Baron Corbin's knee is injured after he slipped off the ring apron as Kalisto dives in with a kick to further the damage to the injured knee. He gets instructed by the referee to leave. But Kalisto comes back into the ring and connects with a flying splash with his fists connecting straight to the injured knee of Baron Corbin.
Kalisto eventually leaves after being coerced by the referees and his music hits. Result: No contest as the match never began
Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss (WWE Smackdown Women's Championship Match
A video package is shown depicting the history between the two women and their past encounters. In what is actually a moderately long video, the feud is fleshed out in its' entirety. Alexa Bliss makes her entrance first as we cut to commercials.
Back from the commercials, we see a backstage segment where Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan are discussing how Baron Corbin was not going to be a part of the team for Survivor Series due to his injury. Shane hands Bryan a list of the eligible superstars from Smackdown and leaves to watch the Women's Title match. Becky Lynch makes her entrance. The two women are introduced in the ring and the match officially kicks off.
The two women lock up in the middle of the ring as Becky Lynch gets thrown by Alexa Bliss. The two lock up again and Becky Lynch almost gets the disarmer locked in until Alexa Bliss makes it to the ropes. A series of pinfall attempts back and forth see both women kicking out in one a couple of times each.
A series of dropkicks by Becky Lynch connect on Alexa Bliss. She gets stopped by the referee and this gives Alexa Bliss just enough time to make it back into the match. After launching her ringside, Alexa Bliss follows Becky outside and throws her into the steel steps, before getting back into the ring.Alexa continues to work on Becky Lynch's arm by using the ropes for leverage. She then takes the fight to the middle of the ring and continues to work on the arm before a pin attempt that Becky kicks out of. Alexa Bliss continues to wear down the arm of Becky Lynch until Becky powers out of it but Alexa Bliss quickly reverses her advances and launches her to the bottom turnbuckle.
The left arm of Becky Lynch continues to be assaulted and broken down by Alexa Bliss. A nearfall on Becky sees her kick out in two. Becky Lynch's left arm in locked in a scissors armbar hold by Alexa Bliss. Becky reverses the hold eventually, hoists Alexa and delivers a sit out powerbomb. The two women are seen lying inside the ring, recovering from the damage they've inflicted on each other as we cut to commercials.Back from the commercial, Becky goes for a roll up pin attempt that Alexa kicks out of. Becky seems to be getting her own offense in the match now. A couple of clotheslines followed by a dropkick connect on Alexa Bliss. Flying Firearm connects, Springboard kick is next. Two count on Alexa Bliss as she kicks out. Becky Lynch launches herself off the top rope on a downed Alexa Bliss who moves out of the way. Alexa Bliss drives both her knees to Becky Lynch's midsection after a series of acrobatic maneuvers. The two women get into a punching match which ends with a roll-up pin attempt by Alexa Bliss on Becky Lynch. Becky kicks out in two. Alexa then tries to go on the top rope but Alexa gets to her in time and tries to climb the rope as well. Alexa Bliss successfully fights back. A Tornado DDT attempt gets blocked by Becky Lynch, but Alexa connects with a DDT anyway. Becky Lynch kicks out of a pinfall attempt much to the chagrin of Alexa Bliss. After a series of nearfalls, Becky Lynch locks in the Armbar on Alexa Bliss. Alexa's foot makes it to the ropes but the referee doesn't see it as she ends up tapping out. Result: Becky Lynch wins via Submission and retains her championship
Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan backstage
Shane McMahon confirms that the referee's decision will stand for the Women's championship match. They then discuss going to Raw next week and Shane also confirms that they'll be accepting Stephanie's challenge. Daniel Bryan also confirms his presence on Raw next week.
Maryse walks in with The Miz and expresses their collective discontent over the Intercontinental Championship challenge. Daniel Bryan informs them and the WWE Universe that in return for the Intercontinental Championship being contested with Sami Zayn who's on Raw, they've cut a deal where the Cruiserweight Championship will be contested by a wrestler from Smackdown.
The wrestler is revealed by Daniel Bryan as Kalisto. He adds the stipulation that if Kalisto wins against Brian Kendrick, then the entire Cruiserweight Division, along with the championship, comes to Smackdown. He then asks Maryse if the Miz would be interested in battling Dolph Ziggler for the Intercontinental championship next week on Smackdown. The Miz doesn't look too thrilled with the idea but Maryse accepts and Daniel Bryan makes it official.
After the show on Talking Smack, Miz’s wife Maryse subtly demanded a trade to RAW with Miz nodding in approval.
Curt Hawkin vs. Apollo Crews
Curt Hawkins and Apollo Crews went up against each other next. Hawkins looked to end his string of losses against the man who’ve fallen down the pecking order. The match kicked off with Hawkins going on the offensive. Apollo breaks his early momentum and shows off some perfect blend of athleticism and power moves. Crews tried to follow up a good dropkick with a cross body lateral press from the top rope, but Hawkins moves out and rolls him up for the win.
Result: Curt Hawkins def. Apollo Crews via roll-up
The Wyatt Family vs. Dean Ambrose, Kane and James Ellsworth (Six-man tag team match)
All the men made their respective entrances with AJ Styles on commentary. Kane and Harper kicked things off with the big men jockeying for position. After a brief exchange of moves, the Wyatts get the better of the faces.
The fans chant ‘we want Ellsworth’ but Kane can’t give them what they want as he was taking a lot of punishment from the reformed Wyatts in the corner. The Wyatts made frequent tags and kept up the pressure on The Demon as SmackDown went into a commercial break. Harper was still on top of Kane with a side headlock. Kane looked to fight back but gets caught by a Harper superkick to take things back to square one.
Orton gets tagged in, who lock Kane up in a headlock. The routine spot follows where Kane breaks out but couldn’t capitalize due to Orton’s dropkick. Kane, though, counters Orton’s Irish Whip into a running DDT to create some separation. He made the hot tag to Ambrose, who wanted Ellsworth instead.
The Lunatic Fringe was fired up as he went on to clear the ring. A suicide dive to the outside, followed by an attempted elbow from the top rope amped up the pace of the match. Wyatt catches Ambrose and looked for the Sister Abigail, but Ambrose counters. Ambrose and Wyatt hit each other with a double Lariat and Ellsworth was waiting on the apron for the hot tag.
Ambrose doesn’t reach out for the tag but looked spent. The fans urge Ellsworth to tag himself and he does so after some obvious reluctance. The Yes chants drowned the arena and erupted when he finally made the tag. Ellsworth looked fired up with a No Chin Music attempt, but Wyatt ducks and delivers the Sister Abigail for the win.
Result: The Wyatt Family def. Dean Ambrose, James Ellsworth and Kane
After the match, the Wyatts smelled blood and looked to administer a beatdown on Ambrose and co. Shane McMahon runs out to calm things down, followed by Daniel Bryan. Daniel Bryan reveals he was there to announce the fifth member and Baron Corbin’s replacement for Survivor Series. He said that there were many names at his disposal, but one name stood out and that was the SmackDown Live Commissioner, Shane McMahon.
The fans erupt in joy and Shane McMahon does the yes chant confirming his participation. And just like that, Shane McMahon is the fifth and final member of team SmackDown!
The commentary team plugged next week’ show– the 900th Smackdown episode that would see Miz vs. Ziggler for the IC title, Edge’s Cutting Edge segment and The Undertaker’s return.
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