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The penultimate episode of SmackDown Live ahead of Extreme Rules took place this week and whilst there were a number of interesting matches that would go on to have an impact on next weekend's pay-per-view there were also a number of moments that some WWE stars would rather forget.
Live TV has always come with its own drawbacks and one of them is the fact that anything can happen in front of a live audience, from in-ring botches to issues on the mic, there were a few memorable moments on this week's episode of SmackDown for all the wrong reasons and here are just a few of them.
#3. SmackDeam Tag Team Championships?
When Paige first made her debut on the main roster, it took the WWE Universe a while to adapt to her British accent. It's been four years and the former Divas Champion is now the General Manager of SmackDown Live and definitely can't blame her accent for her promo problems this week.
Paige came out as part of the first segment of the show to announce that The Usos would face Team Hell No later in the night and if they won they would be added to the match at Extreme Rules, but she tripped over her words and actually announced that they would be fighting for the SmackDeam Tag Team Championships.
Rather than correct herself, Paige paused after her error and then decided to continue as though it had never happened, she then continued to state that the duo would be added to the SmackDown Tag Team Championships, rather than calling it a tag team Championship match, in what was a disappointing promo for the former wrestler.
#2. James Ellsworth wasn't ready for Asuka
There's a reason WWE doesn't usually do intergender singles matches and Asuka's match with James Ellsworth this week on SmackDown Live wasn't a great advertisement for any that the company is planning in the future.
Ellsworth didn't get a lot of offense in so most of the striking in the match fell to Asuka and if Ellsworth's job was just to sell her moves, he didn't do a great job.
Asuka's spinning back fist is usually made to look like one of her most impactful moves, but Ellsworth completely botched taking it this week and made it look like just another move when he seemingly slowed it down and took it as a slight knock to the neck.
#1. That was a rough landing for AJ Styles
AJ Styles defends his Championship against Rusev at Extreme Rules, but this week on SmackDown Live he was forced to face off against Aiden English and the former NXT Tag Team Champion looked as though he was going for a Full Nelson slam, but the landing didn't go to plan.
Even the commentary team picked up on the fact that Styles had a rough landing off the move, even though it could have easily just been a miscommunication between the two men which ended with Styles landing in quite a dangerous position on the canvas.
