The main event of Smackdown Live witnessed Daniel Bryan vs Jeff Hardy.
The audience could not ask for a better match than this. The dream match happened for the first time in the WWE. The former GM came up with the win to close the show.
He will now face Samoa Joe, next week. We need to remind you that this match is going to be the last qualifier for the MITB ladder match.
There were a lot of things in-store once Smackdown tapings were over. The Worcester crowd got to witness not one but two championship matches.
The untelevised matches took place over the WWE and the Smackdown Women’s Championship.
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— /Shrug (@GreenEyedZeke) May 23, 2018
AJ Styles came back to defend his title against Shinsuke Nakamura. It turned out to be an interesting bout until The Bar came out to interfere the contest.
WrestlingINC.com gave updates that this led to the disqualification of the match. But, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson provided backup for their buddy. They saved Styles from the heels to close the dark main event match.
That was a heck of a dark…brawl
Nakamura got attacked by AJ, the Bar helped him, and then Gallows and Anderson help AJ, and show them off before the bell even rung#wweworcester #worcester #smackdownlive #smackdown #wwe #wweuniverse pic.twitter.com/yCAs6Db53Y
— David Porkchop??? (@DavidPorkchop) May 23, 2018
The other title match featured Carmella and Becky Lynch. The latter one was absent from the televised episode. But, she got an opportunity to challenge the reigning champion, for the first time.
The source suggested it was back-and-forth going between the two ladies. The champion prevailed with a roll-up for the win.
#MellaIsMoney at #SDLive #WWEWorcester ✨✨ (pre-show)
— Svej. (@SvejME) May 22, 2018
Daniel Bryan featured on this week’s Smackdown fallout show. Renee Young asked him about facing Samoa Joe. He came up with a quick answer that Joe should be afraid of him.
He took Big Cass out of the equation targeting the knee. The same can happen to Joe, next week. He had all the capabilities to tear Joe’s ACL to secure the last spot available for MITB ladder match.
Lana was the other qualifier for the women’s division MITB ladder match. She seemed pretty confident about winning the match. She sounded pretty confident about it, on the Smackdown fallout show.
Check out her view about the upcoming contest, (courtesy wrestlingINC.com)
“Lana gives thanks to English and says this isn’t just a dream; it will be a historic moment as she and Rusev become the first Mr. & Mrs Money In the Bank. English agrees this will happen because “Lana is the best, Lana’s #1.” Lana leaves with English to end the segment. No word yet on where Rusev was tonight.”