SmackDown Live

SmackDown Live kicks off with Shinsuke Nakamura.
As Renee Young starts interviewing Shinsuke, Dolph Ziggler's music hit and he made his way down to the ring.
Ziggler then tells fans that Nakamura wasn't the man who fans thought it was. He then goes onto insinuate that Nakamura's actually a part of the Jackson family before adding that he was the weirdest of the bunch.
Dolph continues to compare Nakamura to Michael Jackson before Nakamura grabbed the mic and said it was his time to ask the questions. Nakamura asked Dolph what his problem was before taking the mic away before Dolph could answer. Nakamura then went on to talk in Japanese. 
Dolph hit Nakamura with a cheapshot. Nakamura replied with an inverted exploder suplex. Ziggler then scurried out of the ring before Nakamura could hit him with a Kinshasa.


AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin w/KO at commentary 
AJ Styles won 

Owens jumps Styles from behind after the match as he and Corbin also attacks Styles. Sami Zayn's music hit at this point and he came down to the ring. Owens scampered and Zayn hit Corbin with a  Kick.

Owens used this moment to jump Zayn from behind and lay him out. He followed it up with a Pop-Up Powerbomb to AJ Styles.


American Alpha take on The Colons next in the first ever tag-team 'Beat The Clock Challenge' on SmackDown Live. For a chance to become an #1 Contender  at the WWE Tag Team Championship 

American Alpha vs The Colons 
American Alpha won and the time to beat is 5:17 


Randy Orton vs. Erick Rowan I need a DQ Match
Randy Orton won 


Orton takes to the mic after the match warning Wyatt about the House of Horrors match when Jinder Mahal's music hit.
Mahal continues his promo in Punjabi saying that the American fans will fall at his feet. He then looks to hit Orton with a cheapshot but Orton blocked it and looked to hit the Draping DDT.
The former Bollywood Boyz interfered at this point and attacked Orton from behind. The three of them laid out Orton before Jinder hit a modified Full Nelson slam.
Mahal then picked up the WWE Championship belt and left with it. 


Breezango vs. The Acension (Have to beat 5:17 to become 1 Contender to WWE Tag Title
Breezango won and is the #1 Contender to the SDLive WWE Tag Team Championship 


Naomi vs Charlotte (for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship)
- No Contest
Natalya Tamina, Carmella and Ellsworth jump Charlotte and Naomi and lay them out.

Chants of "We want Becky" fill the arena as Carmella hits Charlotte with a superkick.

The show ended with Natalya, Tamina, Carmella standing tall.

Rating: 80/80 
Great shows and matches as we look to WWE Backlash