The Smackdown main event scene was dominated once again by the female athletes. Charlotte Flair emerged as the new number one contender for the Women’s Championship. She celebrated her win to close the main show. The title match between these two will take place at the Hell in a Cell PPV.
Following the show, quite a few happenings took place in the show. Rusev picked up a big win over Randy Orton on Smackdown in just a few seconds. Once the show was over, he was proud of it since he was able to claim the redemption from Summerslam.
So, he expressed his joy with a tweet. His wife, Lana too tweeted it out to provide support for him,
RUSEV #NumberOne
— Rusev (@RusevBUL) September 20, 2017
#ThankyouRusev @RusevBUL #SDLive
— CJ (Lana) Perry (@LanaWWE) September 20, 2017
On Smackdown, The Hype Bros suffered yet another loss against The New Day. So, Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder argued at the backstage area. Later, the fallouts continued even on the social media. As seen, the tag team partners posted tweets to point out their recent differences.
Welp…#SDLive
— Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) September 20, 2017
Things gotta change….enough is enough. @WWE #SDLive
— Mojo Rawley (@MojoRawleyWWE) September 20, 2017
As always, there were two big matches stored when the tapings of Smackdown was over. In the first of them, Bobby Roode defeated Mike Kanellis in the singles match. It was the same match that happened, last week. Notably, Maria Kanellis was absent from his husband’s side, this week.
@solomonster @REALBobbyRoode sighting at the #WWESmackdown #darkmatch pic.twitter.com/dUBbcrzCGJ
— Celeste Johnson (@johnsonceleste) September 19, 2017
Plus, a huge tag team contest took place. Nakamura competed in this dark match after being absent from the main show of Smackdown. He teamed up with AJ Styles to take on the team of Jinder Mahal and Baron Corbin. The babyface team picked up the win to send the crowd home, happily.
Dark match. AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura win!! #wwe #darkmatch #wwesmackdownlive… https://t.co/xzsxCVW8vS
— Matthew (@matts2kool) September 20, 2017
Carmella and James Ellsworth were not present on this week’s edition of Smackdown, but they graced the fallout show. Once again, she had her partner locked in a dog leash.
EXCLUSIVE: @MsCharlotteWWE feels like she has a LOT to still prove as she prepares to challenge @NatbyNature at @WWE #HIAC! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/wt8znn2Xpo
— WWE (@WWE) September 20, 2017
While asked by Dasha Fuentes, she uttered that this is the tactics to let know everyone that who is the boss around, here. As seen in the video clip, Carmella forced Ellsworth to act like a dog. He even barked and slept on the floor as per instructions from her. Plus, Charlotte expressed her joy over becoming the contender for the women’s title.