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Clash of Champions is now on the horizon and more matches for the show were officially announced this week on SmackDown Live including Randy Orton facing Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship for the second straight pay-per-view.
The Miz vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the Intercontinental Championship could take place as part of the show after The Miz challenged The Artist to a match at next month's show before he was attacked by Sami Zayn and Nakamura when he was prepared to face Zayn in a one-on-one match.
The King of the Ring Tournament also continued as Ali shockingly came out on top against Buddy Murphy in another fantastic matchup, and Chad Gable was the man getting his hand raised following his match with his former tag team partner Shelton Benjamin.
It was a well put together episode of SmackDown Live, but that doesn't mean that this week's show was without botches and here are just a few.
#3. Calling spots loudly
Lacey Evans returned to WWE TV for the first time this week since she was defeated in her mixed tag team match back at Extreme Rules, but it wasn't the return that Evans was hoping for.
Evans took on SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley in a one-on-one match ahead of Bayley's title defense against Charlotte at Clash of Champions, but the start of the match was a little bit botched. Evans threw her gloves in the air in an attempt to distract the Champion, but Bayley was one step ahead.
Bayley then seemingly wanted to do something with the gloves since she turned to pick them up but the referee had already thrown them out of the ring. Instead, Bayley then called the first spot of the match which was an "arm drag" to The Sassy Southern Belle so that she was aware that the match had officially started. It was a loud call by Bayley's standards and could mean that there should have been a spot with the gloves that the women had to skip.
#2. Bayley vs Lacey Evans
Bayley took on Lacey Evans in the only women's match on SmackDown Live this week, just 24 hours after she was able to defeat one half of the Women's Tag Team Champions Nikki Cross. Evans has become known for botches over the past few months but this week on SmackDown Live she once again was the subject of a number of impressive botches.
Lacey Evans moonsault onto Bayley landed on her thigh which will definitely leave a mark since she went in knee first before Bayley became visibly frustrated when Evans managed to mess up her Bayley to Belly suplex. The former NXT star managed to change the move into a belly to back suplex and the SmackDown Women's Champion could be seen getting more and more annoyed with Evans as the match continued especially since Evans managed to botch a roll-up mid-match as well.
The commentary team tried to state that "Bayley didn't get all of it" when talking about the move but luckily the Champion was able to climb to the top rope and deliver an elbow to secure the victory since her usual finishing move was botched by Evans and she was then unable to pin her off the back of it.
#1. Elias had a rough night
Shane McMahon wasn't part of this week's SmackDown Live, which meant that Elias was on his own when it came to defending the 24/7 Championship. After the events that took place last week where Elias was able to kick Kevin Owens out of the King of the Ring Tournament with the help of Shane McMahon, KO was looking for revenge.
Owens attacked Elias as he attempted to promote the fact that he could be King Elias following Clash of Champions, as the attack got underway, it became clear that Elias had worn the wrong coat and couldn't get out of it.
After he took the stunner from Owens, Elias gave away the fact that he was about to be attacked by someone for his Championship since he was lying on the canvas and was trying to undo the title from around his waist in the most inconspicuous way.
Of course, Drake Maverick and R-Truth then made their way to the ring and it was Maverick who came out on top and was able to leave Louisianna with the 24/7 Championship after weeks of it eluding him.
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