AJ Styles returned on WWE Smackdown, last night to hype up the show. It was his first TV date after losing the WWE Championship. Also, Becky Lynch was present on the show after a hiatus of one week due to injury. Plus, Jeff Hardy celebrated the 20th anniversary of his career in the WWE. Here are results from all these segments took place at The Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Smackdown kicked off with Paige introducing Becky Lynch to the ring. The champion quickly invited Charlotte Flair to the ring. After a short confrontation, Paige announced that these two will compete at WWE TLC over the title in a TLC match. Other women superstars on the roster also wanted to be a part of the title match. Hence, Paige announced a battle royal with the winner getting added to the title match.
The Bar and The Usos competed in a tag team match. Jey Uso started the match with a dropkick. But Sheamus hit a right hand to counter and tagged in Cesaro. These two double teamed on Jey for sometimes before he delivered a Samoan Drop. Jey also pushed Sheamus off the top rope before giving a superkick on him. Jimmy hit the frog splash on him to pick up the win.
Former WWE Champion AJ styles returned on Smackdown talking about Daniel Bryan’s heel turn. He could not forget the fact that Bryan kicked him in the groin to win the fold. The past two weeks have been very hard for him as he is looking forward to seeking revenge. At TLC event, he promised to alter the face of Daniel Bryan as he gets the rematch.
Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura were about to compete in a United States Championship match. But Nakamura attacked Rusev from the back even before the bell rang. The ambush continued as Nakamura hit Rusev with two Kinshasa moves outside the ring.
Jeff Hardy was out to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his career as the Smackdown locker room stood on the ramp. We witnessed a video footage highlighting the incredible high-flying ability of the superstar. Samoa Joe came up with the mic and threw some nasty comments to Jeff. A heated argument caused Jeff to want a match against him. But Joe denied and went to the back.
The New Day was watching last week’s loss of the Miz on Smackdown. The Miz was not happy about this which set up a match against Kofi Kingston. The Miz gave a DDT on Kofi before pulling out a chair inside the ring. Big E distracted the referee as Xavier Woods took it out of the ring. Kofi hit Miz with the Trouble in Paradise to get the win.
Randy Orton appeared on Smackdown talking about the attack on Rey Mysterio from last week. Mysterio’s music hit as he ran down to start a physical altercation. He was sporting a neck brace but still gained upper hand after hitting the 619 on two occasions. Orton captured him with his pendant DDT to floor him. He grabbed a chair and hit Mysterio’s throat to cause an injury.
Women’s battle royal match was the main event of this week’s Smackdown Live. Zelina Vega was the first woman to get out of the match. IIconics threw out Lana before Asuka eliminated them both. Naomi eliminated Mandy Rose after Sonya pushed Naomi from the ring. Asuka stood tall after putting Sonya away from the ring to win the battle royal match and head to TLC.