The final Smackdown before the Survivor Series was expected to be chaotic as a Raw invasion was expected to take place on the show with The Shield in-charge. Plus, the Smackdown Women’s Championship and the United States Championship were also on the line alongside a big tag team match on the card.
Check out the full results from the show took place at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
WWE Smackdown went on air with Shane McMahon giving pep-talk to the entire locker room. He was trying to fire up everyone for this Sunday’s Survivor Series PPV. All the champions and participants responded positively to show unity which will help them to overcome the challenge provided by WWE Raw.
Daniel Bryan’s music hit the arena as we went live in the arena. The crowd was thunderous as he made some strong comments against Raw. The GM also introduced the new WWE Champion, AJ Styles on the show which received a huge pop. He cut a promo on his opponent Brock Lesnar on this Sunday to make a bold statement.
The United States Championship match was the next in line on the show as Sin Cara challenged Baron Corbin for the title. The masked Luchador pulled off some early attacks to put the big man down. At one point, he missed a high-flying move as this gave the opportunity to Corbin to hit the End of Days to retain his title.
Jimmy Uso had singles match against Chad Gable. Before the match, The Usos cut a promo about their new opponent, The Bar at the Survivor Series PPV. Jimmy punished Gable for the entire part of the match before picking up the win with a vicious superkick. Gable was hurt following the match.
Charlotte Flair came out first in a huge reception from the crowd in her hometown for the title match against Natalya. The two veteran in-ring competitors went back and forth to give us an entertaining match. At one point, Nattie was on the verge of the win with the Sharp-shooter locked in.
But, Charlotte retaliated to get out of that and delivered a big boot to make Nattie down. Then she locked in the Figure Eight to make Natalya tap out. This earned her the fifth women’s championship in the WWE. The Nature Boy, Ric Flair came out to embrace her daughter to end the segment.
In the main event, The New Day clashed versus the duo of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. In the middle of the match, The Shield music played, and the entire Raw roster emerged to invade Smackdown Live. All the superstars from the blue brand suffered beat down from Raw. Kurt Angle and The Shield attacked Shane McMahon in the middle of the ring and closed the show on a chaotic note.