13 Spoilers from the WWE SmackDown taping in Manchester

Roman Reigns faced Baron Corbin
Roman Reigns faced Baron Corbin

#3 Unique SmackDown stage

As is often the case when WWE visits the United Kingdom for their biannual RAW and SmackDown overseas shows, the stage area had a different look for this episode of SmackDown.

The design, which you can check out in the tweet above, was not too dissimilar to how WWE used to have their stage for SmackDown Live before the new deal with FOX began.

#4 The New Day defeated The Revival to win the tag titles

WWE has booked three title changes at shows in Manchester, England in recent years (AJ Styles, The Bar and AOP), and another title change took place on this week’s taping of SmackDown.

One week after their title match was originally due to happen, Kofi Kingston and Big E defeated The Revival to win the SmackDown Tag Team titles, earning The New Day their seventh Tag Team Championship as a faction.

#5 Sami Zayn tried to align with Daniel Bryan

Sami Zayn invited Daniel Bryan to join him at ringside to watch Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura team with Cesaro against Ali and Shorty G.

Two weeks ago, Zayn tried to convince Bryan that an alliance would be good for both men but “The Planet’s Champion” refused to answer him.

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