Championship storylines were in clear focus heading into this week’s Smackdown Live. We expected to see Kofi Kingston bouncing back to the ambushes suffered by Samoa Joe. Alexa Bliss would be trying to keep the upper hand en route to her Extreme Rules title match. Plus, we have also expected a couple of new title matches for the upcoming PPV on this edition that took place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
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Kevin Owens made his way to the ring for an episode of ‘The Kevin Owens Show’ with special guests Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre. McMahon announced that their match against Roman Reigns and The Undertaker will be a No Holds Barred match. Dolph Ziggler interrupted the scene to learn that he has to team up with Owens against Heavy Machinery with the winner joining Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match at Extreme Rules making it a Triple Threat.
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Big E vs. Daniel Bryan was the next match lineup on Smackdown Live. E took control of the match delivering a clothesline to Bryan. He followed up with a couple of belly-to-belly suplexes and went for a spear through the apron but Bryan countered. E hit back with a suicide dive forearm after which Rowan took a cheap shot on E. Bryan hit the flying knee on him to pick up the win.
Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross walked into the show together to host A Moment of Bliss with Smackdown Women’s Champion, Bayley. The champ questioned why Cross was not facing her for the title at Extreme Rules despite having the win from last week. Cross did not have the answer but she wanted to face Bayley right there.
So Bayley vs. Cross was underway in a non-title affair on Smackdown. Bayley caught Cross into a submission move which Cross broke with a jawbreaker move. She followed up with a cross-body and numerous forearms. Cross went for another cross-body which Bayley countered with a Bayley-to-belly suplex to pick up the win.
Kofi Kingston came out next on Smackdown to have a confrontation with Extreme Rules opponent Samoa Joe. The challenger mocked the champion talking about his Wrestlemania moment. Kofi answered Joe is a jealous person as he’d never have a Wrestlemania moment like Kofi had. The champion gave Joe a middle finger and landed the Trouble in Paradise before leaving the ring.
Andrade took on against Apollo Crews in the next match of Smackdown where he beat up his opponent for sometimes before eating a clothesline. Crews hit an Asai Moonsault. He followed up with a Gorilla Press followed by a Standing Moonsault. Meanwhile, Zelina Vega distracted Apollo hitting him with a Hurricurana. Andrade brought him back to hit with a Hammerlock DDT for the win.
Ember Moon competed next on Smackdown against Mandy Rose. Carmella was present at Moon’s corner allowing her to come up with a series of moves. Mandy countered sending Moon hard into the ropes and strike with a straight knee. Moon kicked out of that and hit a codebreaker. She hit the ropes to execute the Eclipse to pick up the win.
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The main event of Smackdown featured Kevin Owens and Dolph Ziggler vs. Heavy Machinery. Daniel Bryan and Rowan alongside Xavier Woods and Big E were present at ringside. Chaos broke out as Bryan hit Big E with a Running Knee whereas Rowan put down Woods with an Iron Claw. Back in the ring, Ziggler accidentally super-kicked Owens allowing Machinery to hit the Compactor for the win. Owens could not believe what Ziggler has done and hit him with a Stunner to end the show.
