The crew from the blue brand of Smackdown Live was live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as they keep on moving down the Road to WrestleMania.
#1 WWE SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships: American Alpha (C) vs. The Usos vs. The Fashion Police (Tyler Breeze and Fandango)
The show kicked off with a tremendous match. American Alpha started the match by suplexing everything in sight and clearing out the ring. Ultimately, The Usos and The Fashion Police did their best to isolate Chad Gable.
They did a good job of keeping Gable from tagging out, but when it came to making a pin, the two teams started fighting each other.
The dispute between the challenging teams allowed Gable to tag out, and Jason Jordan cleaned house. American Alpha retained their championships after they hit Grand Amplitude for the victory.
Winners and STILL Smackdown! Live Tag Team Champions: American Alpha
#2 Heath Slater & Rhyno vs. The Ascension
Slater and Rhyno were one of the most over acts on the entire show. They took the fight to the Ascension early, but Konnor and Viktor were able to take control and single out Heath Slater.
The Ascension worked Slater over for what seemed like forever, but Slater finally got the hot tag to Rhyno, who annihilated The Ascension on his own. Rhyno hit the Gore on Viktor and picked up the win for his team.
Winners: Rhyno & Heath Slater
#3 Kalisto vs. Curt Hawkins
This is a match that has been happening very often on Smackdown! Live brand house shows. Reports have the match as being better than what was expected, as the two have built up some good chemistry from working together so often. Kalisto was able to pick up the victory after he hit Hawkins with the Salida del Sol.
After the match was over, Dolph Ziggler attacked Kalisto from behind. This caused Apollo Crews to come out and make the save, which was convenient, as Crews faced Ziggler next.
Winner: Kalisto
#4 Dolph Ziggler vs. Apollo Crews
Once again, this was an exciting match, as these two have been working together a lot recently, as well. An interesting note was that the crowd was split in their reaction for Ziggler and some fans in attendance thought that the rest of the fans may have been confused. Crews beat Ziggler with his spin-out sit-out powerbomb move.
Winner: Apollo Crews
#5 WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship: Alexa Bliss (C) vs. Natalya vs. Becky Lynch vs. Carmella vs. Tamina Snuka
Alexa Bliss defended her Championship against most of the Smackdown Live Women’s Division in this match. It’s been reported that Tamina looked very good in the ring for this match.
It was also said that this match followed the generic WWE multi-person match formula of two people in the ring being focused on, while the rest of the participants were incapacitated outside of the ring.
As it usually happens in these types of matches, the action broke down with everyone hitting big moves before turning around into another big move, but Alexa Bliss was able to escape with her title.
Winner and STILL Smackdown! Live Women’s Champion: Alexa Bliss
#6 WWE Intercontinental Championship: Dean Ambrose (C) vs The Miz w/Maryse
The crowd was incredibly into this match from the opening bell, and the match did not disappoint. Ambrose took control early, hitting The Miz with a barrage of offence until Maryse distracted the referee, allowing The Miz to thumb Ambrose in the eye behind the referee’s back.
The Miz took control and had several incredibly close near falls, but wasn’t able to get the job done. Maryse tried to help The Miz again, but the referee saw it this time and sent Maryse to the back, much to the crowd’s delight. Ambrose hit The Miz with Dirty Deeds to retain his Championship.
Winner and STILL WWE Intercontinental Champion: Dean Ambrose
#7 WWE World Championship: Bray Wyatt (C) vs. John Cena vs. Luke Harper vs. Baron Corbin
The Eater of Worlds defended his Championship in a fatal four-way encounter that turned out to be a great main event match. The action was fast and furious and took place all around ringside as well as in the ring.
Harper and Corbin were said to look like big stars in this match, but Bray Wyatt ultimately retained the Championship after a low blow to Cena, followed by Sister Abigail.
Winner and STILL WWE World Champion: Bray Wyatt
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