The last episode of Smackdown prior to WWE Fastlane aired last night with the final hypes for the PPV. The United States title was on the line as per an open challenge by the champion. The Miz was in action against Jey Uso. We also see the storyline continuation between Daniel Bryan and Kevin Owens. Here are the results from the show hosted by the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Wrestlemania caliber match took place after Smackdown
Huge match announced for Fastlane
Daniel Bryan walked out to the ring with Rowan to kick things off on Smackdown Live. He joked about Kofi Kingston losing his title opportunity at Fastlane. But he was even more trash talking for the current contender. Kevin Owens soon appeared and replied back to the champion. The heated confrontation forced Rowan to confront Owens. Bryan distracted Owens allowing Rowan to land a chokeslam on Owens.
The Usos arrived next on Smackdown Live to cut a fired-up promo on their Fastlane opponents. They went ahead to give cheap-shots to Shane McMahon and The Miz but they sent them to the outside. The scheduled match between The Miz and Jey Uso was underway. Shane neutralized Jimmy at the outside whereas The Miz landed the Skull Crushing Finale on Jey to get the win.
R-Truth showed up on Smackdown to issue the US Open Challenge inspired by John Cena. It turned out to be a fatal-4-way match with the lineup being R-Truth vs. Samoa Joe vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade. Mysterio landed a 619 followed by a splash on Andrade. Joe delivered a Senton on Rey and delivered a modified Rock Bottom on Andrade to get the win. He became the new United States Champion.
Aleister Black and Ricochet vs. The Bar was the next match on Smackdown. Ricochet started the match with Sheamus. He started with a huge drop-kick followed by a shooting star press. A big boot by Sheamus sent Ricochet to the outside after Cesaro’s distraction. Ricochet came back with a jumping DDT. Outside the ring, Black hit a Black Mass in Cesaro and Ricochet executed the 630 to pick up the win.
Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev attacked Aleister Black and Ricochet after the match. The Bar joined them for the beatdown before Hardy Boyz showed up to make them retreat.
Mandy Rose came down to the ring with Sonya Deville. Naomi started the match with a jawbreaker. But Sonya distracted her from outside allowing Mandy to give a big knee to Naomi. She further picked her up and hit the Bed of Roses successfully to pin the former Smackdown women’s champion. Mandy and Sonya were walking to the backstage when Asuka attacked them from behind.
Kevin Owens took on against Rowan after what went down in the opening segment of Smackdown Live. Daniel Bryan was distracting Owens throughout the match with a mic in hand. So Owens went to the outside and tried to neutralize him. Accidentally, Bryan hit Owens to disqualify the match. The heels ganged up on Owens until Mustafa Ali made the save. Owens delivered a Stunner on Bryan to end the segment.
Charlotte Flair appeared on Smackdown in the main event segment. She started to mock Becky Lynch who showed up even after taking the beatdown from Ronda Rousey on Raw. Flair tried to take advantage by attacking the injured knee of Lynch. But The Man hit Flair hard with the crutches and locked in the dis-arm-her. Officials ran out to separate these two as the show went off the air.
