3 Botches you probably missed on SmackDown Live (July 24th 2018)

It was a forgettable night for a number of WWE stars
It was a forgettable night for a number of WWE stars

We are less than a month away from "The Biggest Party of the Summer" and business is starting to pick up. Not only does SmackDown have a Tag Team Tournament taking place to crown the new challengers for The Bludgeon Brothers, but AJ Styles found out who his opponent at SummerSlam would be this week too.

The Women's Division was still reeling from the historic announcement that there would be an all-women's pay-per-view titled Evolution on October 28th but the women of SmackDown Live still had their own storylines to adhere to this week as part of their regular Tuesday night show.

Despite all of the hype surrounding this week's episode of SmackDown, there were a few superstars who had nights to forget since there is video evidence of the mistakes they made as part of the show.


#3 R-Truth takes flight

Samoa Joe was in unstoppable form this week on SmackDown Live
Samoa Joe was in unstoppable form this week on SmackDown Live

R-Truth took part in his first televised match since WrestleMania this week on SmackDown Live when he took on Samoa Joe. It was a relatively short match as Joe easily locked in the Coquina Clutch at the first time of asking to force the veteran to tap, but sadly this wasn't the part of the match that Truth will be wanting to forget.

Truth managed to knock Joe into the corner early in the match, but when he tried to capitalize, he must have misjudged the height because he sailed over Samoa Joe and almost took himself out on the ring post.

#2 Shouldn't the referee have been counting?

It wasn't a great night for referees on SmackDown Live
It wasn't a great night for referees on SmackDown Live

Asuka faced Billie Kay in a match that contained a number of botches this week on SmackDown Live, but one of the biggest was when Asuka locked in an ankle lock whilst Kay was through the ropes holding hands with her partner Peyton Royce.

The referee was just shouting at Kay to let go of Royce when he actually should have been counting since Kay was on the ropes and The Empress of Tomorrow had a hold locked in. When a submission is locked in and a wrestler makes it to the ropes then it calls for a rope break, this is basically the same, it was also a heel move from Asuka, which is surprising.

The referee in the Carmella vs Becky Lynch match was also part of one of the worst slow counts in WWE history, just to wrap up a terrible night for WWE's officials.

#1 Becky's magical forearm

Carmella tapped to Becky Lynch this week on SmackDown
Carmella tapped to Becky Lynch this week on SmackDown

Becky Lynch faced Carmella for a chance to fight for the SmackDown Women's Championship at SummerSlam next month, and after forcing The Princess of Staten Island to tap, it was confirmed that she would face Carmella for the title at The Biggest Party of the Summer.

There's no doubting the talent that both these women possess, but Carmella has gained something of a reputation lately because she sells moves before she even receives them. This week was no different when Mella took a forearm from Lynch which was nowhere near her but she sold it anyway.


Which of these botches did you miss/notice on tonight's SmackDown Live? Tell us in the comments below!

One of Samoa Joe's colleagues had harsh words for him HERE