Hits and Misses from this week's WWE SmackDown Live (30th July 2019)

It was an explosive episode from Monday Night RAW this week and the onus was on the Blue Brand to follow suit as well.

SmackDown Live delivered a great show as it had some exciting matches. Moreover, two SummerSlam matches were confirmed this week as well.

The US Champion AJ Styles faced the WWE Champion Kofi Kingston in the main event of the night. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross teamed up to take on the team of Bayley and Ember Moon.

Following the match at SmackVille, Ali and Nakamura had a rematch this week. While Shane McMahon was absent, Drew McIntyre fought Kevin Owens. Finn Balor had a match with Dolph Ziggler and the WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus was confronted by Charlotte Flair.

Roman Reigns was ambushed by a mystery attacker when he was set to announce his opponent for SummerSlam.

Let's discuss the hits and misses from the Blue Brand this week.

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Miss: Ember Moon getting pinned

A Women's Tag Team Match took place on SmackDown Live where the team of Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross faced Bayley and Ember Moon.

Considering The Hugger is set to take on The War Goddess at SummerSlam, there were question marks raised about how they would work as a team. After what happened last week, there was a fair reason for the WWE Universe to doubt this alliance.

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross won the Tag Team Match, but Moon was pinned by The Goddess. Considering SummerSlam is around the corner, it was surprising that the RAW Superstars got the victory and Moon was pinned.

The former NXT Women's Champion made a massive statement last week when she pinned the nine-time women's champion, Charlotte Flair. Before her SummerSlam Match, the victory was certainly a confidence booster for Moon, but the momentum got derailed this week.

While Moon delivered a vicious Eclipse to Bayley last week, the latter returned the favour this week with a Bayley to Belly.

Things got heated between the champion and the challenger this week, but it would have been better if Moon was not the one taking the pin.

Hit: Bray Wyatt's appearance

There is no denying that Bray Wyatt has been the centre of all the attraction in WWE lately. The former WWE Champion has created a buzz with his new gimmick.

Wyatt's alter ego, The Fiend is the main attraction of his repackaging. Bray Wyatt made his long-awaited in-ring return on the RAW after Extreme Rules where he attacked Finn Balor.

Following the attack, he also made his presence felt at RAW Reunion and went on to assault WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley.

Surprisingly, The Fiend skipped RAW this week and the fans were certainly disappointed. However, he showed up on SmackDown Live this week in what was his debut on the Blue Brand. Wyatt continued to his mind games with the former Intercontinental Champion.

We saw another episode of Firefly Fun House on the Blue Brand as Rambling Rabbit was praising the Leader of the Balor Club. Nevertheless, he mentioned that Balor made a mistake by unleashing The Fiend.

The Fiend would then interfere in the match between Dolph Ziggler and Finn Balor. Even though he didn't enter the ring, the distraction was enough for The Showoff to pick up the win over Balor.

Miss: Drew McIntyre suffered a clean loss and the scheduled Tag Team Match was scrapped

Shane McMahon is set to face Kevin Owens at the Biggest Party of the Summer. Although Shane wasn't present on SmackDown Live this week, his buddy Drew McIntyre confronted the Prizefighter.

While Owens opened the show, The Scottish Psychopath would interrupt him and said that he would be facing KO that night. He then attacked the former Universal Champion to round off a good segment.

Considering Owens and McIntyre are exceptional performers, they delivered an excellent match that had the crowd up on their feet. Though the Scottish Psychopath came close to pinning KO, the latter had the last laugh.

Owens will gain a significant momentum after pinning McIntyre and heading into The Biggest Party Of The Summer. However, it was a clean loss for McIntyre and that won't do the former NXT Champion any good.

Earlier, McIntyre and Elias were scheduled to face Xavier Woods & Big E but the match was scrapped. A victory over the SmackDown Tag Team Champions could have allowed them to become challengers for the titles at SummerSlam.

We are less than two weeks away from SummerSlam, but McIntyre still doesn't have an opponent for the show.

Hit: Trish Stratus will face Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam

Although Trish Stratus missed RAW Reunion, she appeared on SmackDown Live this week. Jerry 'The King' Lawler held a special edition of King's Court and the seven-time Women's Champion was the guest. When the former Women's Champion was asked about a potential return to the ring, Charlotte Flair interrupted and started insulting the WWE Hall Of Famer.

The two women produced an exciting segment and The Queen provoked Stratus and said she wants to face her at SummerSlam.

The match was made official as Stratus accepted the challenge of Charlotte and the WWE Universe are sure to be in for a treat at The Biggest Party Of The Summer.

This is easily the biggest Women's bout after the main event of WrestleMania 35 between Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch and Charlotte.

Charlotte and Trish share sixteen titles between them. There is no denying that Charlotte is one of the best performers in the women's division.

Trish, on the other hand, is a great performer and judging by her last match at Evolution 2018, she is still competent enough to go toe-to-toe with The Queen.