SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with Daniel Bryan heading to the ring with Rowan by his side. Bryan doesn't say anything and simply motions to the big screen so we can watch a video package.

The video package shows all of the recent events surrounding the WWE title and Kofi Kingston. Bryan says he stayed silent last week while everyone else gushed about Kofi. Chants for Kofi almost drown out Bryan's voice. Rowan tries and fails to get the crowd to shut up.

Bryan gets in a few digs at The New Day before talking about Kevin Owens. He says the people like KO because he is just like all of us, and that is why he doesn't deserve a title shot. Owens' music hit and he walks out on the stage.

Owens says it was hard to watch Bryan act like he was above everyone else while he was injured. Owens is clearly going for a babyface character right now. He says he speaks for the entire WWE Universe when he says Bryan deserves to have his mouth shut. He says Bryan acts like he is enlightened while making lowbrow jokes.

Owens admits he has lost friends due to his own actions, but he didn't need any friends to beat Bryan with a Stunner last week. Owens takes out Rowan before going after Bryan. Rowan comes back in and takes KO down with his palm slam.

The Usos give a promo to hype their upcoming tag title match against McMiz at Fastlane. The Miz and Shane give their own speech before this match begins. The Usos try to rush them and get sent out of the ring by the former champions as we head to a break.

The Miz vs. Jey Uso

The Miz won

R- Truth hosts a Open Challenge for the United States Championship

R-Truth comes out and says he wants to be like his childhood hero, John Cena. He says John used to do open challenges every week and he isn't sure he can do the same thing.

Samoa Joe comes down to answer the U.S. open challenge, but he is followed closely by Rey Mysterio and Andrade. It looks like we have a Fatal 4-Way for the title.

R-Truth (c) vs. Samoa Joe vs. Andrade Cien Almas vs. Rey Mysterio in a Fatal 4 Way Match for the USTitle

Samoa Joe won and is the New United States Champion.

The Bar vs. Aleister Black and Ricochet 

Aleister Black and Ricochet won 

Rusev and Nakamura ambush Black and Ricochet after the match and The Hardy Boyz come out to make the save. They help clear the ring and celebrate with Black & Ricochet.

Naomi vs. Mandy Rose

Mandy Rose won

Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville retreat up the ramp and Asuka comes from behind and attacks them. 

Backstage, AJ Styles says Owens was in a lose-lose opportunity. Styles says Kingston deserves a title shot. Orton walks in and asks Styles if he is seriously taking time to talk about how someone else deserves a title shot? Orton tells Styles that he knows why it took Styles 15 years to get here

Kevin Owens vs. Erick Rowan

Bryan taunts Owens from the commentary table and KO attacks him. Rowan intervenes and sends Kevin into the steel steps. He flattens Owens and Bryan gets on top of him to deliver some punches, causing a disqualification in the process. Rowan delivers a body slam on the floor.

After the match, Rowan and Bryan beat down Owens. Mustafa Ali hits the ring and makes the save. Bryan surprises Ali with the running knee. Owens hits the Stunner on Bryan.

Charlotte heads to the ring after the break to have a talk with Becky Lynch before their match on Sunday. Becky comes out and says it's good to be back on SmackDown. She claims she is in Charlotte and Ronda's head and that she is still there after Rousey gave her the best she had last night. She says she has beaten Charlotte on one good leg and she will do it again on Sunday.

Charlotte kicks out the crutch from Becky's hand and starts attacking her injured knee. Lynch turns things around and locks in the DisArmHer. A few officials come to break up the fight.
SmackDown ends with Becky talking trash from the ring while Charlotte leaves up the ramp.

Rating 90/90:  Pretty exciting show and matches as we get closer to WWE Fastlane and as we look forward to WrestleMania.

RAW

Triple H and Stephanie McMahon opens RAW and heads to the ring. Stephanie hypes Elimination Chamber PPV and tonight’s show. Triple H and Stephanie discuss what has been going on with Becky Lynch lately and how she has put her own title match at WrestleMania in jeopardy and shows footage of what happen last week.. Stephanie says Becky has seen her doctor and goes to introduce her but Becky comes out before Stephanie can even introduce her.

Triple H takes the high road and apologizes to Becky for what he said on SmackDown. He confirms Lynch's knee should be fine by Mania. She shakes his hand when he lifts her suspension. Then Stephanie reveals this will only happen if Becky apologizes to them for hitting them last week.

Becky says she doesn't trust the McMahons because they have been screwing people over for decades. She tells them to shove their apology where the sun doesn't shine and Stephanie gets in her face until Triple H calms everyone down. He tries to talk some sense into Becky and convince her to apologize. He gives her until the end of the night.

Boss N Hug Connection vs. Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka vs. Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan in a Triple Threat - Loser Enters Elimination Chamber First

Banks is escorted by the medical staff and appears to be hurt.

Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka def Bayley to win and that means Boss n Hug Connection will go in first at Elimination Chamber for the Women Tag Titles

Elias' intro is interrupted twice by a backstage segment with Finn Balor and Becky as well as a video package for Seth Rollins. And, then with Lucha House Party coming out and interrupting him.

After the break, Elias complains to Lucha House Party about not being able to play his song due to the constant interruptions. Kalisto says they want to walk with Elias, so he prepares to sing his song again. He trashes the WWE Universe and Grand Rapids, Michigan during his song.

Lucha House Party gave him a thumbs down and he yells at them about how hard it is to be him. Kalisto asks if he can play the guitar and Elias lets him. Kalisto plays something really simple and Elias acts impressed. He asks if they can perform a duet and Kalisto agrees. Elias grabs another guitar and smashes it over Kalisto before leaving the ring.

Finn Balor vs. Drew Mcintyre

Finn Balor won via DQ

Kurt Angle's music hits and he runs down to the ring to make the save for Balor. He suplexes McIntyre and Lashley before locking Rush in the Ankle Lock. Baron Corbin attacks Angle from behind. The heels focus their attention on Kurt until Braun Strowman comes out to even the odds.

Finn Balor and Kurt Angle ans Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley and Drew Mcintyre and Baron Corbin

Bobby Lashley and Drew Mcintyre and Baron Corbin won despite the fact Balor had his foot on the rope but the ref didn’t see it.

Another ref comes down and tells the other referee about Balor having his foot on the rope. The ref calls for the match to be restarted as we head to a break.

Finn Balor and Kurt Angle and Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley and Drew Mcintyre and Baron Corbin

Finn Balor and Kurt Angle and Braun Strowman won

Nikki Cross vs. Ruby Riott

Ruby Riott won

Seth Rollins heads to the ring and talk about what the last year has been like for him. He also talks about taking 6 F5’s and how he is still standing and will beat the beast at WrestleMania.

Paul Heyman comes out and teases Brock Lesnar's entrance before revealing he is not in the building. Rollins, like all of us, isn't surprised. Heyman gives his usual promo to hype his client.

Rollins says he won't stand for Lesnar holding the universal title hostage anymore and says he is willing to do anything to make sure Brock doesn't keep his title.

Ambrose comes down to the ring and tells Rollins to slay the beast at WrestleMania before he takes a seat at ringside.

Dean Ambrose vs. EC3

Dean Ambrose won

Bobby Roode and Chad Gable vs The Revival for the RAW Tag Team Titles 

The Revival won and are the New RAW Tag Team Champions 

Becky Lynch comes out to make her decision on weather to apologize to Stephanie and Triple H or decide to throw away her opportunity for the RAW Women's Championship at WrestleMania against Ronda Rousey. Stephanie and Triple H plead with her to think about what her match at WrestleMania means and apologize to them.Becky says she has received advice from everyone backstage about what to do. She relents and says she is sorry after a long pause. She immediately says if anyone gets in her way on the road to WrestleMania, she will take them out. Triple H shakes her hand and she asks if that's it. He says it is and Becky addresses Rousey, who makes her way to the ring. Vince McMahon comes out and tells Becky and Ronda they have bad attitudes. He immediately suspends Becky for 60 days, which puts her out of WrestleMania. He says they need a replacement and names Charlotte Flair as Ronda's new challenger. The Queen comes out on the stage and poses as Becky throws her mic to the ground. The show ends with Vince and Charlotte standing next to each other smiling.

LIKE WHAT? 

Rating: 60/60 

Decent show and matches as we look onto Elimination Chamber and WrestleMania

Survivor Series

The kick-off panel consists of The Coach, Beth Phoenix, David Otunga, and Jerry Lawler. 

The panel is going through each match scheduled for tonight.

Natalya and Ruby Riott get into a fight backstage and Bliss threatens to throw them off the team if they can't get along. 

Noami names Mandy Rose as the last member of SmackDown Live Women’s Team.  

Tag Team Traditional 10-on-10 Survivor Series Elimination Match(

Team Raw): Bobby Roode and Chad Gable (captains), The B-Team, The Revival, The Lucha House Party & The Ascension vs. (Team SmackDown): The Usos (captains), The New Day, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson, SAnitY & The Colóns)

The sole survivors are The Usos and the first win of the night goes to SDLive.

Alexa Bliss names Bayley and Sasha Banks as the replacements for Natalya and Ruby in the Women’s Survivor Series Team. 

Women’s Traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination MatchTeam Raw (Nia Jax, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Mickie James, Tamina) vs. Team SmackDown (Asuka, Naomi, Carmella, Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose)

Nia Jax is the sole survivor and scores the win for Raw. And the commentary team said it is 1 - 0 even though we know SmackDown won in the kickoff but apparently, it doesn’t count.

Seth Rollins (Intercontinental Champion) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (United States Champion) 

Seth Rollins won and getting another win for RAW.

AOP (RAW Tag Team Champions) vs. The Bar (SDLive Tag Champions)

AOP won and gets another win for RAW 

Buddy Murphy vs. Mustafa Ali for the Cruiserweight Championship

Buddy Murphy retains the Cruiserweight Championship 

Men’s Traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination MatchTeam Raw (Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Finn Bálor & Bobby Lashley) vs. Team SmackDown (The Miz, Shane McMahon, Samoa Joe, Rey Mysterio & Jeff Hardy) 

Team RAW: Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre were the sole survivors and RAW wins again. Baron Corbin comes in the ring and hits Strowman from behind and Corbin escapes before Strowman can get him. 

Backstage: Charly Caruso informs Seth Rollins that WWE TLC he will defend his Intercontinental Championship against Dean Ambrose 

Ronda Rousey (RAW Women’s Champion) vs. Charlotte Flair 

Charlotte nails her with a kendo stick to cause a DQ. She drives Ronda into the steel steps as the ref calls for the bell. She nails Rousey with the kendo stick multiple times, breaking it into splinters. She grabs a second kendo stick and keeps going. The Queen has lost it.

Charlotte beats up a few officials who try to stop her from continuing her attack with a steel chair. She wraps the chair around Ronda's neck and stomps on it. 

Brock Lesnar (Universal Champion) vs. Daniel Bryan (WWE Champion) 

Brock Lesnar won.  Raw sweeps SmackDown. Survivor Series ends with Lesnar limping away with his title. Rating 80/80: Survivor Series was seriously actually really great and had some great matches. RAW may have won in the end but SmackDown Live is still incredible.

See ya'll for RAW tomorrow. 

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with Tom Philips immediately throwing to a video package recapping Daniel Bryan's announcement last week.

After the recap video, Bobby Roode's music hits and he makes his way to the ring for his tag match with Randy Orton against Jinder Mahal and Sunil Singh. 

Mahal says Singh is too injured to compete after being attacked last week, so he introduces Rusev as his new partner. 

Randy Orton and Bobby Roode vs. Jinder Mahal and Rusev

Jinder Mahal and Rusev won

Mahal is shown reveling in his win backstage and he offers Rusev front row tickets to his U.S. title match at WrestleMania. Rusev says he has other plans to find Daniel Bryan and request to be added to the match to make it a Fatal 4-Way. Then we see Nakamura asking Styles to be in his corner for his match tonight so they can ensure they get each other at their best at WrestleMania. AJ agrees, but only so he can prove he is better at WrestleMania. 

Becky Lynch vs. Ruby Riott 

Becky Lynch won

Daniel Bryan makes his way out looking a lot less enthusiastic than he was last week after the break. He can't help but smile at all the Yes chants, but he quickly goes back to a somber expression. After the fans chant his name for a little while, Bryan says he loves being in Pittsburgh.

Bryan says he has a job to do as the GM of SmackDown. He proposes to give Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens once more chance, but just one. He offers them the chance to face Shane McMahon and himself at WrestleMania. He believes Shane will be ready to go by WrestleMania. If KO and Zayn win, they will be reinstated to SmackDown, but they will remain fired if they lose.

Bryan says he thinks Zayn and Owens are two of the greatest performers of this generation and they came up through the indys together. He says he continues to give them opportunities because they went through the same journey, but also because it's his job to give people chances. Bryan says he has a lot of duties as the GM and he is sick of it. He fought for three years to return to the ring and Owens and Zayn tried to take that away from him. He says he is back and he will fight at WrestleMania.

Bryan says there are a lot of reasons he shouldn't say some of the things on his mind, but this is not that Daniel Bryan. He says this is the Daniel Bryan who is going to beat KO and Zayn ass at WrestleMania.

New Day vs. Bludgeon Brothers
The ref calls for the bell while New Day go after Harper and The Usos continue to assault Rowan. For some reason, The Usos and New Day get into an argument and have to go running when Harper and Rowan return with the mallets.


The announcers reveal Shane was discharged from the hospital earlier today.


Dolph Ziggler vs. Tyler Breeze 
Dolph Ziggler won
After the match is over, Ziggler superkicks Fandango and looks at the Andre trophy at ringside.


Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Shelton Benjamin 
Shinsuke Nakamura won
Nakamura thanks AJ but says he only invited him out here so he could see how he was going to win the WWE Title  at WrestleMania. Styles vows to defeat him and prove he is the best. Shinsuke says AJ is too emotional to win at Mania and his music hits. Gable and Benjamin attack Styles, but Shinsuke comes in and cleans house. Then he sees Styles and lines up for the Kinshasa. He stops short and laughs in AJ's face just to prove he could have done it if he wanted to. He pats AJ on the head and leaves the ring to end the show.

Rating: 70/70
Great show and matches as we look on to WrestleMania and I can’t wait tell next week it’s going to be insane as we get even closer to WrestleMania.

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with Dolph Ziggler making his way to the ring.

Corbin's music hits, but he doesn't come out. His music stops and starts again but he still doesn't show up. We go backstage to see Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens attacking Corbin. The Lone Wolf tries to fight back, but the best friends run him into some production crates. They make their way to the ring with the goal of taking out Ziggler, too.
Zayn tries to go into the crowd to make sure Ziggler doesn't run away, so Dolph takes the fight to him. Owens joins in and they destroy Dolph. As they leave the ringside area, Corbin attacks them. Owens and Zayn still get the upper hand and throw him into the barricade as several refs come out to separate them.



The Riott Squad is out after the break. Becky Lynch joins Charlotte at ringside with Naomi to even the odds.


Charlotte vs. Sarah Logan
Charlotte won

Kevin Owens is out after the break to face Baron Corbin. If Corbin wins, he will be added to the Fastlane main event just like Ziggler if he manages to beat Zayn later tonight.


Kevin Owens vs. Baron Corbin
Baron Corbin won and will be added to the WWE Title match at Fastlane. So currently it is a Fatal 4 Way, if Ziggler wins his match later against Zayn it will be a Fatal 5 Way


Bobby Roode heads to the ring after the break for another U.S. title open challenge.

Randy Orton answers the challenge, but before the match can start, Jinder Mahal comes out to taunt him for only being No. 9 on the SmackDown Top 10 list. He claims to respect Orton, but keeps needling him about his place in the rankings.

Roode reminds Jinder that he didn't even make the Top 10 and says it's because nobody respects him. Bobby says he has nothing but respect for Orton and everything he has accomplished but he is tired of being attacked out of nowhere. Orton immediately hits Sunil Singh with an RKO and a brawl breaks out that ends with Mahal hitting the Khallas on both Roode and Orton.

The New Day vs. Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin

The New Day won

Dolph Ziggler vs. Sami Zayn

Dolph Ziggler won and the WWE Title match at WWE Fastlane will be a Fatal 5 Way.

The show ends with Ziggler celebrating his win as the crowd cheers for him.

Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we look on to WWE Fastlane.


SmackDown Live: Aftershow

SmackDown Live

The show opens with Shane McMahon already in the ring. His main topic of discussion is Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens and how he thinks they don't deserve another opportunity at a title shot. He brings out Daniel Bryan to state his case.

Bryan and Shane go back and forth about whether or not KO and Zayn deserve another chance to earn a title shot. The crowd chants Rusev Day and YES when Bryan says he deserves a raise. Shane thinks Bryan is being manipulated and he doesn't want to see it happen anymore. He knows Bryan wants nothing more than to compete in the ring again, but he thinks Bryan is living vicariously through Sami and Kevin.

AJ Styles comes out to the crowd chanting his name. He says he has traveled over 10,000 miles in the past month to defend the title all over the country. He says Bryan and Shane are too obsessed with KO and Zayn. He vows to walk out into WrestleMania as the WWE champion.

Styles runs into Nakamura backstage, who says "I am going to beat you at "WrestleMania."


Charlotte Flair vs. Liv Morgan
Charlotte Flair won


Bludgeon Brothers vs. Jobbers
Bludgeon Brothers won

The Usos come out before the break and walk by The Bludgeon Brothers without fear. After the break they deliver another promo about what it is to be an Uso.

Bryan reveals the SmackDown Top 10 List next. They are in the following order. 10. Tye Dillinger 9. Randy Orton 8. Becky Lynch 7. The Usos 6. The New Day 5. Bobby Roode 4. Naomi 3. Shinsuke Nakamura 2. Charlotte 1. AJ Styles

Bobby Roode (c) vs. Rusev for the US Title

Bobby Roode won

While Roode is celebrating his win, Randy Orton comes out of nowhere and hits him with an RKO. Then he does the same thing to English and Rusev to end the segment.

Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin vs. The Ascension

Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin won

Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn w/ AJ Styles at commentary. (Winner faces AJ Styles at WWE Fastlane for the WWE Championship)

Zayn starts talking trash right in Styles' face, which causes the champion to attack him and cause a disqualification. Bryan comes out on the stage and says due to Styles interfering, Zayn and Owens will both get a title shot at Fastlane in a Triple Threat match.

AJ lays the title down in the ring and stands tall as SmackDown goes off the air.

Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we look on to WWE Fastlane and WrestleMania 34.

SmackDown Live: Aftershow