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WWE Smackdown Results January 17th, 2016, live updates

By Sportskeeda Desk | Last ModifiedJan 18, 2017 03:04 GMT

Live Updates from Smackdown!

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Steel Cage Women's Championship match: Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Becky Lynch

Becky Lynch is the first to make her entrance, she is followed by Alexa Bliss as both women enter the cage. We cut to commercials.

The two women start the match off with both trying to smash each other's face into the steel side of the cage. Becky Lynch runs into a boot by Alexa Bliss but manages to put her into the corner and bounces her head off the turnbuckle.

Becky then throws Alexa into the corner yet again but runs into a boot by Alexa. Alexa then throws Becky down and attempts to catapult her onto the steel side of the cage but Becky reverses it into a cage escape attempt instead.

Alexa throws Becky down by pulling her leg as Becky's face smashes on to the top turnbuckle. Becky connects with a series of armdrags but Alexa gets the upper hand and proceeds to beat her down. Becky Lynch reverses the momentum and attempts a roll-up pin but Alexa kicks out.

Alexa starts climbing the cage but Becky follows her as the two get into a brawl on the top of the ropes and smash each other's heads on the cage. Becky finally brings Alexa down by putting her head through the top turnbuckle, much like Alexa had done to her earlier. We cut to commercials.

Back from commercials, Alexa Bliss can be seen beating Becky Lynch down as she goes for a pinfall attempt that Becky kicks out of. Alexa then throws Becky on to the Steel side of the cage and bounces her off the cage. Bliss tries to ram her head to drive Becky further into the cage but Becky moves out and sends Bliss into the steel instead.

Becky tries to go for the door but Alexa pushes her away. Becky reverses the momentum and ends up connecting with a high flying move off the top rope on Alexa Bliss instead. Becky then tries to escape the cage and nearly makes it out but Alexa pulls her back in as the two women battle it out on top of the ropes. Becky eventually DDT's Alexa off the middle rope.

Both the women try to escape the cage through the open door but are stopped by their opponents. Becky finally gets the upper hand and almost makes it out through the door but La Luchadora appears and stops her from doing so.

Becky proceeds to lock the dis-arm-her on Alexa Bliss but La Luchadora kicks her in the head, causing the submission hold to break. Alexa Bliss takes advantage of the situation and plants a DDT on Becky Lynch. She then pins Becky for the win.

Result: Alexa Bliss defeats Becky Lynch to retain her Smackdown Women's championship via Pinfall

After the match, La Luchadora raises Alexa Bliss' arm in jubilation. The two then proceed to beat down Becky Lynch some more. Becky eventually makes it back to her senses and starts beating the two down. She rips off La Luchadora's mask and it's revealed to be Mickie James.

The two get the finishing touches on a shocked Becky and beat her down as the show comes to an end with Alexa Bliss and Mickie James celebrating. 

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Promo: Bray Wyatt

Bray Wyatt appears on the Titantron and says that the Wyatt family would be entering the Royal Rumble and that Randy Orton and Luke Harper will be having a match on next week's Smackdown to iron out their differences. Wyatt says that it will make the family "stronger". 

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Segment: The King's Court with Jerry "The King" Lawler and Dolph Ziggler

Jerry Lawler is in the ring and asks the crowd if they were glad to see him back, the crowd respond affirmatively as Lawler introduces Dolph Ziggler as his guest. Ziggler makes his entrance.

Lawler welcomes Dolph to The King's Court but Dolph doesn't respond. Lawler asks Dolph where all his goodness has faded and compares it to the faded bleach in his hair. Dolph doesn't respond yet again as Lawler hypothesises that Dolph might be frustrated and that he might be hoping that his new attitude could win him some matches. 

Dolph teases saying something on the mic but doesn't say anything yet again. Lawler then says that he was going to show Dolph something and reminds him of his recent losses. 

A video package is shown showing Dolph Ziggler beating down Kalisto with a Steel Chair as Apollo Crews tried to help but also got beaten down by Ziggler. 

Lawler asks Ziggler what he thought about that but Ziggler fails to respond yet again. Ziggler starts exiting the ring but Lawler urges him to stay and talk. Ziggler says that he knew that Lawler was going to try and bring him down and make him look bad, he then proceeds to show Jerry Lawler some footage of his own. 

The footage of Ziggler beating down Jerry Lawler with elbows to the chest in September 2012. Ziggler says that he knows that Lawler had suffered a heart attack minutes after the beatdown and that he blamed Ziggler for it. Ziggler then says that if Lawler didn't stop asking him questions he would "finish" what he had started four years ago. 

Lawler says that he had one more question left and asks Ziggler how it felt to be a loser despite how many times he changed his attitude. Ziggler superkicks Lawler in the chest in retaliation and leaves him in pain as he exits the ring. JBL rushes to Lawler's aid and Lawler screams at Ziggler to come back as Ziggler leaves and the segment comes to an end. 

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Backstage: Becky Lynch interviewed

Becky Lynch gets interviewed and promised that Alexa Bliss wouldn't be champion anymore and that everyone would find out who she really was. 

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Match: Dean Ambrose vs. Randy Orton

Dean Ambrose comes out first and a video package of the Wyatt family beating him down after his match against Luke Harper is shown. We cut to commercials.

Back from the commercials. Randy Orton makes his entrance with the Wyatt family. A video showing the events of last week is shown when Bray Wyatt tried to pacify tensions between Luke Harper and Randy Orton but ended up getting accidentally superkicked by Luke Harper in the process.

The match begins with Luke Harper distracting Dean Ambrose as Randy Orton goes for a roll-up. Ambrose kicks out. This time Bray Wyatt tries to distract Ambrose as Ambrose wisens up and goes straight for Randy Orton instead.

Ambrose connects with a series of chops and punches on Randy Orton and Orton slides out of the ring. Ambrose taunts Orton who recovers at ringside before finally making it in.

The two tie hands as Ambrose twists Orton's arm and puts him in a side headlock. Orton escapes the headlock and puts Dean Ambrose in a headlock of his own instead. Ambrose finally powers out of it by Irish whipping Randy Orton on to the ropes but Orton brings him down with a forearm.

Ambrose reverses the momentum after Orton takes it to the ropes and brings him down. He then puts him in a crossface but the referee breaks it. Randy Orton then proceeds to toss Ambrose on the rope and kicks him in the knee. Orton goes for a cover but Dean Ambrose kicks out in two.

Orton puts Ambrose in another headlock as Ambrose struggles to get out of it.

Ambrose finally gets the better of Orton by punching him but Orton Irish whips him into the corner. Ambrose connects with a forearm on a charging Orton and then puts his boots up as Orton charges in again. Ambrose then takes to the top rope and dives onto Randy Orton. Ambrose tries to go for the Dirty Deeds but Orton slides out of the ring.

Ambrose follows Orton outside as Orton proceeds to beat him down. Orton sends Ambrose back into the ring but Ambrose dives back with a flying clothesline that sends Orton to the floor. Ambrose gets distracted by Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt as Orton recovers and tosses him onto the announcers' table as we cut to commercials.

Back from the commercials, the two Superstars are back in the ring as Orton beats down the back of Dean Ambrose. Ambrose connects with a lariat on Orton and both men end up going down. Bray screams at Orton to get up.

Orton misses a clothesline as Ambrose connects with a series of flying forearms and another lariat, Ambrose finishes off the barrage of offence with a swinging neckbreaker and goes for the attempted pinfall as Randy Orton kicks out in two.

Orton connects with a back elbow as the two get into a punching match. Orton connects with a European uppercut and follows it up with a powerslam. Orton goes for a pinfall attempt but Ambrose kicks out in two.

Bray Wyatt tells Orton to go for the RKO but Orton takes Ambrose to the top rope for an attempted Superplex instead. Ambrose reverses the momentum and throws Randy Orton away. Randy Orton later attempts an RKO but Ambrose reverses that as well. Ambrose attempts a pinfall after another Lariat DDT but Orton kicks out.

After a back and forth, Randy Orton gets launched onto the outside by Dean Ambrose. Ambrose then connects with a topa suicida on Luke Harper. Back in the ring, Orton connects with a DDT off the ropes on Ambrose and proceeds to power up for the RKO. Luke Harper comes into the ring and distracts Orton, allowing Dean Ambrose to roll him up for the pin and the win.

Result: Dean Ambrose defeats Randy Orton via Pinfall

After the match, Luke Harper gets into the ring and gets into a scuffle with Randy Orton. Bray Wyatt separates them both. He then hits Luke Harper with a punch and goes to punch Randy Orton as well but Orton moves away. 

Luke Harper tells Bray Wyatt, that Orton "did this" and storms off, leaving a bewildered Wyatt and Orton in the ring. 

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Segment: Alexa Bliss interview

The interviewer asks Alexa Bliss if she was afraid of facing Becky Lynch in the steel cage. Alexa says that she wasn't afraid at all and calls Becky the "human Chucky doll", she then proceeds to promise a beatdown on Becky Lynch and leaves. 

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Segment: Nikki Bella in the ring

Nikki Bella makes her entrance. A video of the backstage assault by Natalya the previous week is shown, along with the eventual brawl that ensued in the ring between them. 

Nikki calls out Natalya and says that she wanted to finish what Natalya had started. Natalya doesn't come out so Nikki calls her the best at stabbing people in the back. Natalya then shouts out to Nikki from the middle of the crowd and asks her to see something on the titantron. 

Natalya takes the cameras backstage as she rips out Nikki Bella's merchandise from the merch stand. She then says that Bret Hart and Nikki Bella had something in common as both of them would die alone. 

Natalya then takes all of Nikki's merchandise and starts to leave with it as Nikki enters the scene and an all-out brawl between the two ensues. The security officials separate the two women as they're left screaming at each other. 

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Match: AJ Styles vs. The Miz (with Maryse)

With John Cena on the commentary, the match takes place. The Miz slides out of the ring after AJ Styles twists his wrist. After Miz comes back in the ring, the two tie fists with each other and go into a strength match with The Miz and AJ Styles both getting the upper hand in quick succession.

The Miz eventually gets AJ Styles into a side headlock but Styles sends him flying to the ropes with an Irish whip, Styles then connects with a dropkick and gloats. The Miz eventually catches Styles with a knee to the midsection as Styles goes down and tries to recover in the corner but Miz beats him down.

The Miz Irish whips AJ Styles on to the ropes but Styles reverses it and attempts to go for a submission hold, The Miz immediately breaks the attempt by diving at the ropes. The Miz then beats him down with punches and is attempting to go for a crossbody off the top rope as Maryse distracts him and The Miz gets to connect a superkick, which sends him crashing to the ringside as we cut to commercials.

Back from commercials, The Miz beats down on AJ Styles in the ring and connects with two running corner dropkicks, he then mocks Daniel Bryan as he connects with a corner clothesline as well. AJ Styles lies in the middle of the ring as The Miz taunts him from the middle rope. Styles counters and ends up almost putting him in another submission hold.

The Miz puts a thumb to the Miz's eye as the referee attempts to break the submission hold and then kicks his thigh. He then connects with a DDT on Styles. The back and forth continues between the two Superstars as AJ Styles sends The Miz on the outside with an acrobatic kick to the face and further kicks him away.

Styles then sends The Miz crashing into John Cena, who was sitting at the commentator's desk. John Cena throws the Miz aside, the match ends at this point as John Cena attempts to go after an escaping AJ Styles. Styles successfully makes it away from the other side of the ring as The Miz attacks Cena from behind.

Cena quickly recovers from The Miz's assault and connects an Attitude Adjustment onto him. Styles attempts to launch himself onto Cena off the top rope but Cena catches him and connects with an Attitude Adjustment on AJ Styles as well.

Cena raises the WWE Championship in the air and walks out as we cut to commercials.

Result: The Miz defeats AJ Styles via Disqualification

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Backstage: Shane McMahon with Dean Ambrose

Dean Ambrose says that he needed a new title because the current belt smelled like cocoa butter and cucumbers. Shane McMahon smells the title and acknowledges the complaint. Ambrose then says that he wants a match with Randy Orton tonight, "just for fun."

Shane McMahon agrees and the match is made.

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