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This weeks episode of SmackDown was stacked. We got 5 big matches packed into two hours including a huge main event with Samoa Joe, Rusev and Miz teaming up to face The New Day as well as Becky vs Charlotte.
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Carmella calls out Asuka
Carmella came out confident in her ability to beat Asuka. She first showed the fans a video of Asuka's dominance before promising to show fans Asuka's true colours in a second video which had footage of Asuka tapping out to Charlotte.
Carmella mocked Asuka saying everyone in the crowd was ready for Asuka. Asuka's music cut Carmella off in the middle of her promo.
Many Rose and Sonya Deville also came out at this point. Mandy said Asuka was a shadow of her former self and Carmella added that Asuka should take an Uber and leave.
SmackDown GM Paige came out and gave Asuka a choice to face either Sonya or Mandy. Asuka replied that she wanted BOTH and Paige booked the match.
Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose vs Asuka
Deville and Mandy Rose didn't have it easy as the match started. They kept rotating tags but Asuka kept getting the better of them. Asuka put Deville in an early knee bar causing her to scurry to the ropes. Deville finally took advantage of a distraction by Mandy Rose to knock Asuka down. This was followed by a period of dominance by the former Absolution members.
We came back from commercial to see Asuka back on top. She wiped Rose out before both Asuka and Deville took each other down with a simultaneous head kick. Deville got up and hit Asuka with a spear. Asuka recovered to lock in the Asuka lock on Sonya Deville out of nowhere to beat both Rose and Deville clean. A huge win for Asuka.
Asuka def. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville
Carmella came into the ring after the match. Asuka took Mandy Rose out with a spinning back fist and Carmella attacked Asuka, hitting her with the title belt and a superkick.
Harper vs Karl Anderson
One half of the Bludgeon Brothers faced one half of the Good Brothers next, Harper immediately took Anderson down with a dropkick before delivering chops and strikes in the corner.
Although Harper looked in total control, the match abruptly ended as Karl Anderson rolled Harper up to pull off a shocking win.
Karl Anderson def. Harper
Jimmy Uso and Naomi vs Lana and Aiden English
Jimmy Uso and wife, Naomi, started off strong. They drove Lana and English out of the ring and Uso pulled down the top rope as Naomi with a running dive to both Lana and English.
After the commercial, despite eating a boot from Naomi, Lana took control of the match, sending Naomi face-first into the turnbuckle. Lana mocked Jimmy Uso and paid for it as Naomi hit her with a dropkick. Lana managed to stop Naomi from getting a tag and hit her with an elbow drop.
Naomi finally made the tag and Jimmy Uso hit English with a series of kicks followed by an enzeguiri. Uso tried to pin English and Lana broke it up. Naomi came in with a Lou Thesz Press and both women rolled out.
Naomi came back in and hit Aiden English with a crossbody splash. Jimmy Uso followed it up with a Superkick to pin English.
Jimmy Uso and Naomi def. Lana and Aiden English
Contract signing between AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura were backstage with GM Paige. Styles signed his contract right away but Nakamura kept dilly-dallying, frustrating Styles. Styles eventually lost his cool and took a shot at Nakamura, forcing security to pull him away.
Nakamura laughed and took another pen out, finally signing the contract and walking away as Paige shook her head in disbelief.
Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair
The two best friends faced each other next. Charlotte went for the Figure 8 early but Becky pushed her away. Charlotte went for a side headlock next and took Becky down with the head scissors.
Becky and Charlotte then went to kick each other at the same time and both held on and let go at the count of 3, before going for the crossbody simultaneously and taking each other out as we headed to commercial.
Back from the break, Becky went for a Dis-Arm-Her but Charlotte pushed her away and hit her with a series of patented Flair chops. Charlotte followed it up with a belly-to-back suplex and Lynch replied with a forearm. Charlotte replied with a nasty backbreaker followed by a Spear. Becky rolled out of the ring and Charlotte dived over the top rope to take her out.
Charlotte looked for a moonsault but was met by Becky's knees. Becky then locked in the Dis-Arm-Her and made Charlotte tap out. Becky makes Charlotte tap out again.
Becky Lynch def. Charlotte Flair
Renee Young interviews Big Cass
Big Cass recounted a story from the time he was in NXT. He was backstage at WrestleMania 30 and he saw Daniel Bryan walk away as WWE Champion. Cass added that he couldn't believe someone his size was the Champion.
Cass added that a good big man always beats a good little man. He added that Bryan had never been in the ring with a star of his magnitude, or someone who held a grudge like him.
Cass threatened to rip Bryan's arms off and beat his head with it like it was a drum. Cass threatened to break Bryan's arm so he could never lock in the heel hook again.
The New Day vs The Miz, Rusev and Samoa Joe
Woods and Miz started us off. Woods took Miz down and the New Day rotated tags as they dished out offence. Joe tagged himself in as Big E was legal. Samoe Joe went after Big E as we went to commercial.
Back from the break, Miz had a side headlock on Xavier Woods. Woods knocked Miz off the turnbuckle and hit a dropkick. Miz tagged in Joe as Rusev blindsided Big E on the apron and sent him crashing into the steel steps. Woods used the distraction to rock Joe with a knee strike. Both men made tags.
Kofi Kingson came in fired up and was all over The Miz. Kingston had Miz on the ground after a series of offensive moved and followed it up with a boom drop. Miz used a distraction from Joe to hit a DDT for a 2-count.
Miz went for a Skull Crushing Finale but Kofi reversed it with an arm drag. Big E and Rusev came in as the legal men and E hit Rusev with a belly-to-belly. Joe tagged himself in and hit Big E with an Uranage and Woods broke up the ensuing pin. Woods then hit Rusev with a dive over the ropes.
Big E followed it up with a Spear through the ropes to Miz. Joe locked in a Coquina Clutch at ringside to Xavier Woods. As Kofi went to help, Rusev hit Woods with a Superkick. At the same time, Big E went for a spear but went into the ring post.
Miz got the pancakes from ringside but threw them on his own teammates by mistake. They didn't take kindly to it. Rusev hit Miz with a Machka Kick and Joe followed it with a Senton. Both men left after that, leaving Miz to the New Day.
Kofi and Big E hit the Midnight Hour and Big E pinned the Miz.
The New Day def. The Miz, Rusev and Samoa Joe
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