With the Survivor Series PPV being over, WWE started the journey towards the last brand-exclusive PPV of the year 2017, Clash of Champions. Tensions around the Authority figures on the show were about to break out as per the fallouts from the bygone PPV event alongside a big debut in the tag team division.
Check out the results from Smackdown hosted by the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
Shane McMahon kicked off this week’s Smackdown by addressing the shortcomings from Survivor Series. He called out Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn for putting their hands on him at the PPV. He was ready to fire both of them for their misdeeds when Daniel Bryan showed up and made a match official between Sami-Owens against The New Day. It will be a lumberjack match with all the superstars being present at the ringside.
Naomi was seen doing her makeup in the backstage area when we saw Ruby Riot, Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan from NXT. The trio started attacking the former women’s champion and put her down. Becky Lynch also faced the same wrath of the trio. The Irish Lass-kicker tried to resist but ultimately fell victim to the debutants on the blue brand.
The Bludgeon Brothers made their debut on Smackdown against The Hype Bros. They hit a double chokeslam on Mojo to pick up their first victory. Shelton Benjamin had singles match against Jey Uso. Chad Gable provided backup to his partner by neutralising Jimmy. This allowed Shelton to connect with The Paydirt for the win.
AJ Styles addressed his match against Brock Lesnar at the Survivor Series and soon got interrupted by Jinder Mahal who gloated about how he would be called the Beast Master if given a chance. He also demanded his championship rematch at Clash of Champions. The Singh brothers tried to ambush the champion from behind, but Styles backfired by hitting the Styles Clash on Samir Singh.
Charlotte Flair and Natalya competed in the championship rematch from last week. Charlotte was in control of the matchup by hitting a spear on her opponent when the trio from NXT showed up inside the ring and attacked Natalya. The match got disqualified in the process. Charlotte tried to counter-attack but got outnumbered. Sarah, Liv, and Ruby beat the hell out of the champion to end the segment.
In the main event, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens took on The New Day in a Lumberjack match. Sami tried to escape in between the match when the roster took him back into the ring. A brawl broke outside the ring among the superstars that allowed Sami to take advantage by rolling up Kofi and pick up the pinfall win. Sami received a beatdown from The New Day after the match when Kevin Owens escaped through the crowd to learn that he will be having a match against Randy Orton, next week.