SmackDown Results: Charlotte attacked by WWE Hall Of Famer; New No.1 Contenders crowned

The Usos kicked off SmackDown and they were on the 180th day of their tag team title reign. We learned that King Woods had suffered a torn calf muscle in the title match last week and would be out of action for a long time.

The Usos congratulated The New Day on a great match before we headed for a Fatal Four-way bout to crown their next opponent.

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Los Lotharios vs. Cesaro & Mansoor vs. Jinder Mahal & Shanky vs. The Viking Raiders - No.1 Contender's Match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship

The Usos hit Erik and Mansoor with superkicks as the match began before joining the commentary team. Mansoor and Humberto were in the ring early on and the former got an early atomic drop before Shanky and Erik came in.

Mahal was tagged in as the match continued and took control before Ivar came in and cleared the apron. Mahal and Cesaro tried for a superplex on the Viking Raiders member before Erik broke it up with a Tower of Doom.

Cesaro was back in and beat up the Lotharios before hitting the Samoan Drop to taunt The Usos. Cesaro tried to swing Ivar but all the teams rushed the ring and hit big moves one by one.

Ivar took a double superkick from the Lotharios before the Viking Raiders teamed up and hit their finisher on Humberto for the win on SmackDown.

Result: The Viking Raiders def. Los Lotharios, Jinder Mahal & Shanky, Cesaro & Mansoor

Grade: B

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Naomi and Sonya Deville had a run-in backstage on SmackDown and the former asked Deville why she hated her. The WWE Official said that she couldn't just waltz in backstage with her 'main character vibes' when she was just an extra.

Deville threatened to remove her from the Royal Rumble match if she touched her while Sonya had the 'boss' jacket on before Naomi walked out.

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Sami Zayn was out on SmackDown and after running the footage of Johhny Knoxville attacking him last week, he said that he could do anything Johhny but not vice versa.

Sami kicked off the first-ever preview of 'In-Zayn' and had two guys push him in a shopping cart towards a big ramp.

Zayn hesitated a lot and had them stop at the last second before bailing out of the cart and heading back to the ring.

Sami was throwing a fit and Nakamura came out of nowhere to hit a kick on him. Boogs showed up as well and tossed him into the mat that was set up on the other side for the stunt, taking Zayn out for good.

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Aliyah was backstage on SmackDown and headed for her singles debut against Natalya. Nattie came in carrying the Guinness World Records book where she held three records this year and planned to secure the fastest victory in WWE history tonight.

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Aliyah vs. Natalya on SmackDown

Natalya unloaded on Aliyah before the match began and kicked her into the corner before the referee made her back off.

Aliyah chose to continue to the match but the ref chose to call off the match first but then restarted it.

Aliyah vs. Natalya on SmackDown (contd...)

Once the bell was rung on SmackDown, Aliyah rolled up Natalya and picked up the win in 3.17 seconds, breaking the current record of 3.8 seconds!

Result: Aliyah def. Natalya

Grade: B-

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Lita attacks Charlotte Flair

Lita was back and said that she had achieved nearly everything in WWE but she never won the Royal Rumble because there was no women's rumble during her time.

Lita said she was back for once more run and planned to win the Rumble before Charlotte interrupted her.

Charlotte made fun of her and said that she was going to eliminate Lita herself and humiliate her on her big comeback. Lita fired back and said that Charlotte had a giant head before Flair bragged about retiring Trish Stratus.

Flair said that she was going to do the same to Lita before the Hall of Famer slapped her and hit the Twist of Fate and walked out.

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Sheamus was backstage and said that he was going to take revenge on Ricochet for breaking Ridge Holland's nose.

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Ricochet vs. Sheamus on SmackDown

Ricochet got a headlock in early in the match on SmackDown and took Sheamus down to the mat before taking a big shoulder tackle off an Irish whip.

The Celtic Warrior was sent outside before Ricochet hit a big kick off the apron and then a dive to the floor.

Sheamus dropped Ricochet on the apron before sending him into the steel frame of the ring. Back after a break, the former US Champion got a near fall before taking an Irish Curse backbreaker.

Sheamus got ten beats of the Bodhran before trying of the White Noise from up top. Ricochet reversed into a Sunset Flip Powerbomb before taking the Brogue Kick, letting Sheamus pick up the win.

Result: Sheamus def. Ricochet

Grade: B

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Adam and Sonya were backstage and the heating was up too high in their office so Sonya had to take off her boss jacket.

Naomi came in and got in her face before Pearce stepped in to diffuse the situation. Pearce granted Naomi a rematch against Charlotte before she walked out.

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We were getting recaps of the SHIELD saga all throughout SmackDown.

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Kofi Kingston was out and announced Woods' injury to the crowd and confirmed that he would miss the Royal Rumble. According to the king, Kofi would take his place in the Rumble match.

Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss interrupted him and said that they were going to eliminate Kofi at the Rumble before bragging about injuring Drew McIntyre's neck. Moss joked about the New Day and Kofi did the world's fakest laugh before they headed for the match.

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Kofi Kingston vs. Madcap Moss on SmackDown

Moss lifted Kofi early on but Kingston sent him outside the ring and hit a dive on both Corbin and Moss before we headed for a break. Back to the match, Moss was in control and unloaded on Kofi in the corner.

Kofi came back with a Boom Drop but Moss caught the crossbody off the ropes and reversed it. Moss blocked the SOS and hit the Punchline for the win.

Result: Madcap Moss def. Kofi Kingston

Grade: B

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Roman Reigns faces off with Seth Rollins on SmackDown

Seth Rollins was out next on SmackDown, followed by Roman Reigns and he was already at 502 days into his Universal Title reign.

Roman made Omaha acknowledge him before Rollins wanted a fist bump for old time's sake. Reigns said it was beneath him now before Rollins brought up their history with title matches.

Roman said he was in god mode these days and called himself the greatest of his generation. Rollins asked him if he could truly claim that he did what he did for so long by himself.

Rollins said that he created Reigns and he could destroy him as well.

Reigns called him a clown and said that Becky a megastar but Rollins wasn't. The Usos tried to attack Rollins from behind but Seth leaped out of the way and ran off, not to be outsmarted that easily as SmackDown went off the air.

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Episode grade: B-

We got a new WWE record from the newcomer Aliyah in her debut singles match while Lita made a major statement. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns had a big face-off while The Usos' next title challengers were confirmed tonight.