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WWE SmackDown kicked off with Miz TV and the guest for tonight was Jeff Hardy. Miz and Morrison argued a bit with the guest about which clip of Hardy's to show before showing a promo of Hardy and Sheamus' feud. The Miz revealed that Jeff is his daughter Monroe's favourite Superstar.
Hardy mentioned that he wanted to finally defeat Sheamus and put all this in the past before Miz and Morrison proposed a Bar Fight at the upcoming Extreme Rules and the hosts were excited when Jeff signed off on it. After the segment was done, Jeff asked which one of them would like to face him in the ring before attacking both hosts.
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Jeff Hardy vs. The Miz
We returned to SmackDown to see Miz and Hardy in the ring and Miz took control early by dropping Jeff on the apron. Hardy went for the Swanton off a springboard kick but Morrison dragged Miz out of the ring. But both men were taken out by Hardy as we went into a commercial.
We returned after a break to see Morrison interfere behind the referee's back as Miz took control again on SmackDown. Miz hit the 'It' kicks in the ring and got a near fall before Jeff hit the Jawbreaker and then the inverted atomic drop.
Miz countered the Twist of Fate but missed the Skull Crushing Finale. Jeff went up top but Sheamus appeared on the Titantron to run a distraction. Hardy shrugged it off and got the rollup pin to get the win on SmackDown.
Result: Jeff Hardy def. The Miz
Match rating: B+
Backstage on SmackDown, Cesaro and Nakamura said in an interview that they didn't need flashy gimmicks to beat the New Day for the SmackDown tag titles.
Sasha Banks and Bayley were out next and were attacked by Nikki Cross before we headed for another break on SmackDown.
Sasha Banks & Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross
Banks and Cross were in the ring as we returned to SmackDown and Bayley was tagged in early as the champs kept tagging in and out while isolating Cross from her partner. Cross managed to catch Bayley and unloaded on her before tagging in Bliss for a double team.
The champs were distracted by the SmackDown commentary team as Bliss & Cross took advantage and laid them out at ringside. We returned after another break to see Bayley dominate Bliss in the ring before tagging in Banks.
Bliss managed to kick out of every move before Banks kicked Cross on the apron while keeping Bliss in their corner. Cross finally got the tag and hit a running bulldog on Banks. She hit the neck breaker on Bayley but Banks broke the pin.
Bayley snuck in with a pin using the ropes and got the win on SmackDown while Cross was distracted by Sasha.
Result: Sasha Banks & Bayley def. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross
Match rating: B
We got an extended look at the new WWE 2K Battlegrounds videogame as SmackDown continued.
We got a full recap of the Universal Title match between Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman from Money in the Bank.
Backstage on SmackDown, the New Day were ready for their title defense in tonight's main event.
Still Backstage, Naomi and Lacey Evans were getting ready for their Karaoke battle with Dana Brooke and Tamina.
Jey Uso was hosting the first-ever SmackDown Karaoke Showdown and explained the rules - they were only restricted to WWE theme songs. Evans went for Jeff Jarrett's entrance theme and did a half-decent job. Dana Brooke was up next and sang the Honky Tonk Man's theme but Jey had to cut her off because it was a little painful.
Tamina went for Triple H's theme by Lemmy and Motörhead but she too was cut off by Jey before she could even get to the verse. Jey then set Naomi up for Dusty Rhoads' theme song before the audience voted her as the winner. Lacey was upset and picked a fight with Naomi as we headed to commercials on SmackDown.
Naomi vs. Lacey Evans
We returned to SmackDown to see that a match was underway between Lacey and Naomi. Evans was dominating early and both women were barefoot and not in their wrestling gear. Lacey shoved Brooke aside at ringside and then pushed Tamina into the apron, angering her.
Back in the ring, Lacey was interrupted by Brooke and then Tamina joined in too and took out Evans. The match ended with a brawl between the four women and the ref had to call it off.
Result: DNF
Match rating: C
AJ Styles was in a backstage interview on SmackDown and said that there was no one who would be able to beat him for the title before being told he was going to face Matt Riddle in a title match next week.
The New Day (c) vs. Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura - SmackDown Tag Team Championship match
Nakamura started the match off against Kofi and the challenger was dominating early on before tagging in Cesaro for some big moves. Kingston managed to take Cesaro into their corner before hitting the the Unicorn Stomp.
The New Day (c) vs. Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura - SmackDown Tag Team Championship match (contd...)
Kofi hit a dive over the ropes with the help of Big E before we headed to another break on SmackDown. We returned to see Kofi make the tag and so did Nakamura. Big E hit a belly to belly suplex but took two uppercuts and then a third from Cesaro.
Kofi joined in for a double team Meteora from the top rope before Nakamura broke the pin. Cesaro and Nakamura were double-teaming the Kofi and the referee called for the bell, ending the match.
Result: DNF, New Day retain the SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The brawl continued and the challengers took out a table and set up Big E on it in the ring before driving Kingston into him and the table with a powerbomb from the top rope!
Match rating: A
Episode rating: B-
We got a shorter show tonight as we got a big recap from Money in the Bank taking up a lot of the episode. The high points of the night were Hardy's promo and the tag title match while the women's tag match was quite entertaining as well.
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