SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a recap of the recent attacks on Roman Reigns.

We get a recap of Randy Orton attacking The New Day and Kofi Kingston attacking Orton in retaliation. Kingston is in the ring to deliver a promo and the crowd chants his name before he begins. He talks about how Orton likes to talk trash and mentions how he knocked The Viper out last week.

Orton appears on the big screen and calls Kofi stupid more than a dozen times. He says he would love to come out and beat Kofi up but he is going to wait until Clash of Champions. He says someone gave him a letter today and he wants to read it to Kofi. He says the letter is from Kofi's son and it is asking him to stop hurting his dad.

Kofi runs backstage and gets into a fight with Orton near the Gorilla position. Producers try to break them apart but Orton ends up hitting a DDT on the floor that takes Kingston down

Ali vs. Buddy Murphy (KOTR Round 1)

Ali advances to KOTR

The Miz vs Sami Zayn is next

The Miz starts talking about Sami Zayn and calls him a spokesperson because he can't hack it in a WWE ring.

The Miz sends out a challenge to Shinsuke Nakamura at Clash of Champions for the Intercontinental Championship.

Zayn comes out and distracts Miz so Nakamura can attack him from behind. Sami taunts Miz on the mic while Shinsuke delivers a Kinshasa.

Bayley vs. Lacey Evans

Bayley won 

Randy Orton vs. Big E

Randy Orton won

Now that the match is done, The Revival get ready for a beatdown. They assist another RKO and stand tall.

Elias is giving a promo about how he will become King of the Ring when Kevin Owens attacks him from behind. He hits Elias with a Stunner before leaving. R-Truth sneaks in after he is gone and tries to cover Elias. Drake Maverick pulls him out of the ring and makes the cover to win the 24/7 Title.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Chad Gable (KOTR Round 1)

Chad Gable advances in KOTR

Reigns is out after the breaks and Bryan demands an apology. Roman says he is going to play a video first. It shows someone who looks like Rowan walking away from the scene of the crime. Bryan sees this and starts slapping the hell out of Rowan. He says he hates liars and sends him away. He heads to the ring and tells Roman he did not know anything about this.

Bryan gets in the ring and Reigns immediately hits him with a Spear.

The show ends with Roman walking away from the ring.

Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we get closer to Clash of Champions.