SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with promos from Charlotte, Carmella with James Ellsworth, Natalya, Becky Lynch and Tamina hyping their upcoming No. 1 contender's match.
Kevin Owens opens the show in the arena talking about the Money in the Bank match. He says he will do what Chris Jericho never could and get the briefcase so he can become a double champion. Then he invites Shinsuke Nakamura to the ring.
Owens says Nakamura is shrouded in mystery and people want to know why he is here and what the future holds for him. He reminds Shinsuke that the last person to walk around claiming to be a rockstar was Jericho, and KO beat him into retirement.
Baron Corbin comes out and calls this the Highlight Show instead of Highlight Reel. Then he plays footage of him destroying Sami Zayn last week. Owens says he has been beating up Zayn for 15 years, so Corbin has nothing to brag about. Corbin calls Owens "Cartman".
Nakamura says he pinned Owens last week and Zayn beat Corbin twice. A brawl breaks out and Nakamura goes down when Owens and Corbin gang up on him. Zayn comes out of the crowd to make the save and clear the ring. Loud Ole chants echo throughout the arena as Sami says his fight with Corbin is far from over, and the fight between him and Owens is never over. He suggests a tag team match between the four of them right now.

Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens and Baron Corbin

Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura won 

The Usos brag about all the teams they have defeated, but they are interrupted by Big E introducing The New Day to the SmackDown audience for the first time since the Superstars Shake-up
The New Day celebrates their SmackDown debut, but The Usos quickly tell them they have the tag team division in the palm of their hand. Big E says they are here for the SmackDown tag titles. Woods says they can do this the easy way or the hard way. Jimmy and Jey aren't intimidated and threaten to take them out back.
The segment ends without any matches being made or punches being thrown, but it's clear we have our next tag title challengers.


After WWE plays highlights from Jinder Mahal's WWE Championship celebration last week mixed with clips of the media coverage he received.



Charlotte vs. Carmella vs. Natalya vs. Tamina vs. Becky Lynch in a Fatal 5-Way match to become #1 Contender To the SD Live Women's Title At MITB
A brawl breaks out before the ref can call for the bell.
Charlotte grabs Natalya and powerbombs her through the table, getting a huge pop from the crowd in the process. Shane McMahon's music hits and he comes out to address the situation.
Shane says the women's division is on fire, but they were overzealous and never let the match begin. Shane says they need to do something historic, so he books a Money in the Bank match featuring all five of these women. YES, WOMEN WRESTLING MAKING HISTORY BABY!

Breezango vs. The Colons

Breezango won

Orton talks about all of his accomplishments, but then he says he isn't going to talk about
how he is going to beat Mahal for the title. He is just going to go out there and do it. Orton claims Mahal hasn't earned anyone's respect. He says he is going to take a page out of his grandpa's playbook and stop talking so he can focus on kicking butt. As he gets ready to leave, Mahal's music hits. The Maharaja appears on the big screen and says Randy is like every other ignorant American. 
USA chants break out as Mahal speaks, and Orton encourages the crowd. The Singhs clap for Mahal as he holds up the title and the screen fades out. The Viper poses for the crowd as his music plays.


AJ Styles vs. Dolph Ziggler
Dolph Ziggler won
The show ends with Ziggler celebrating


Rating: 80/80

Awesome show and matches as we look close to WWE MITB.

SDLive Aftershow
https://youtu.be/DOt7gORDhu4

RAW

Video Package for Memorial Day opened the show.
The Miz and Maryse come out for another episode of MizTV. He talks about earning a title shot only to have Ambrose get himself disqualified. After discussing their upcoming match at Extreme Rules, he shows a clip of last week's show.
The Miz welcomes his guests, Sheamus and Cesaro. They will be facing The Hardys for the tag titles at Extreme Rules in a Cage match. Miz says they are the only Superstars who deserve a shot at a title besides him.
Sheamus says the fans turned their back on Cesaro because they are fickle. He vows to win back the titles on Sunday.
Dean Ambrose comes out.
The Miz says Ambrose is stupid for coming out when it's three on one, so Dean brings out the Hardys. They rush the ring and Miz runs for the hills while Cesaro and Sheamus are dispatched by the IC and tag champs.



Dean Ambrose and The Hardy Boyz vs. The Miz and Cesaro and Sheamus
The Hardy Boyz and Dean Ambrose won

Elias Samson vs. Zac Evans

Elias Samson Won.

Bray Wyatt vs. Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor  in a Triple Threat 
Samoa Joe won 

Noam Dar vs. Rich Swann

Rich Swann won 


Kalisto Vs. Titus O'Neil 
Titus O'Neil won 




Alexa Bliss comes out to a ring filled with people and props for her This is Your Life segment starring Bayley, who she calls everyone's favorite sock puppet.


Bliss shows off some mementos from Bayley's time growing up like a doll, trophy for sportsmanship and some random toys. She also has Bayley's yearbook, which shows her as most likely to apologize. Then she gets to the people who are in the ring.
She talks to a woman who is supposed to be one of Bayley's former teachers. She says Bayley couldn't go to school without her father going with her because she would cry. A girl who says she was Bayley's best friend claims she was a nice girl, but would get taken 
advantage of by others.
Bayley's ex tells a story about how he almost ended up kissing Bayley's father because he was always around.
ayley takes out Bliss with a series of punches and a suplex. She stands over the champ and looks up at the kendo stick on the pole. Bliss pulls her off the turnbuckle and grabs another kendo stick from under the table. She takes one shot before Bayley rolls out of the ring. 
Which leads to Bliss standing tall.

Jack Gallagher and Austin Aries vs. TJP and Neville

Jack Gallagher and Austin Aries won

 

Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins 

Roman Reigns won

Roman Reigns stands tall to end the show.

Rating 70/70

Great show and matches leading us to a Extreme Rules.

RAW Aftershow 
https://youtu.be/4-cj50srq4Q

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a replay of Jinder Mahal winning the WWE title at Backlash. We go outside the arena where we see a police escort for the new champion and the Singh brothers.


Shane McMahon comes out to the ring to kick the show off with a big Money in the Bank announcement.


After announcing Orton vs. Mahal in a rematch at Money in the Bank, Shane says he is here to introduce the five participants in this year's SmackDown MITB match. AJ Styles, Baron Corbin, Sami Zayn, Dolph Ziggler and Kevin Owens all come to the ring.


Shane tells Owens he isn't in the match at MITB, but Shinsuke Nakamura is. Nakamura past Owens on his way to the ring.




Owens complains about not being included in the MITB match when the
man he beat at Backlash has a spot. He says Shane is jealous because he couldn't beat Styles at WrestleMania. Shane actually agrees with him and gives him the sixth spot in the match. Corbin and Styles decide to voice their opinions.
Corbin calls Sami Zayn the Rudy of SmackDown Live.
Zayn reminds him that he was victorious in their match at Backlash and says he is more than willing to beat him again. Ziggler says he is the only one in the ring who has won the MITB match before Nakamura takes the mic from him and says he will win this year. Shane books Corbin vs. Zayn in a rematch and Owens and Ziggler vs. Nakamura and Styles.

Becky Lynch and Charlotte vs. Natalya and Carmella
Becky Lynch and Charlotte won


Baron Corbin vs. Sami Zayn
Sami Zayn won
Baron Corbin attacked Zayn after the match, I don't think he didn't like 
losing to Zayn again.
After The Lone Wolf hits several forearms to the head, some officials come out and check on Zayn while medics bring a stretcher to take him away.



After the break we see several dancers on the stage with a drummer. They perform a routine before The Singh Brothers come out. The crowd gives the performers a nice little pop, but their reaction quickly changes to booing as Mahal comes out.
The new champion says we can boo him all we want because 1.3 billion people are celebrating for him in India. He goes back to the same complaints about being ridiculed for 
how he looks, talks and acts
Mahal's celebration ends without an appearance from Randy Orton. 
These things usually end with the new champion being attacked.

Tyler Breeze vs. Jey Uso

Jimmy grabs a mic and says they already beat Breezango at Backlash. Fandango shoots his squirt gun at Jey to distract him, allowing Breeze to roll him up for the win.

Jimmy Uso vs. Fandango

Jey chases Breeze around the ring, which distracts Jey long enough for Fandango to roll him up and win the exact same way as Breeze. That's three matches that lasted less than a minute.This could be a new record.

Breezango say they should get a rematch for the tag titles. The Usos accept and it looks like this will actually happen right now.

The Usos vs. Breezango (Tag Titles) 

The Usos won 

AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. KO and Dolph Ziggler
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura won 

AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura stand tall staring each other down in the ring to end the show.

Rating:
70/70

Awesome show and matches. Still hate the Mahal thing but I have hopes for Orton and the MITB Ladder Match and the superstars who have an chance at cashing in for the WWE Championship

SDLive Aftershow:. 


https://youtu.be/p6hKrNWkU-Q

RAW

Bray Wyatt makes his way to the ring when we go live in the arena. Footage plays of Wyatt taking out Samoa Joe and Seth Rollins at the end of last week's show.
Wyatt tells everyone to stand up for their one true savior. He says the beast lives in each and every one of us, and he is the reason out children can't sleep at night. Wyatt claims to be in control and vows to rip open the chest of The Beast and feast on his black heart. He is talking about Brock Lesnar.
Wyatt says he will defeat the other competitors in the Fatal 5-Way match at Extreme Rules and go on to slay The Beast. The last person he talks about is Roman Reigns.
He asks what one yard means to a man who owns the world. This brings The Big Dog out to respond.
Wyatt laughs at Reigns and says it's good to see his old friend. They both claim to be the only person who can defeat Lesnar for the title. They are making it sound like beating Lesnar is the hardest thing in the world, which is basically how WWE has booked him. Before anything physical can go down, Kurt Angle comes out.
Angle books Wyatt vs. Reigns to take place immediately. He calls for a ref as we head to a break.

Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns
Samoa Joe's music plays and he marches toward the ring. He tells Wyatt to get up so they can team up on Reigns. He locks Roman in the Coquina Clutch, which causes a DQ.
Reigns won by DQ
Wyatt joins in the fight, but Joe puts him in the Coquina Clutch, too. Rollins runs to the ring and sends Joe to the floor. Reigns levels Wyatt with a Superman Punch.

Angle books Reigns and Rollins vs. Joe and Wyatt for later.

Akira Tozawa vs. Ariya Daivari

Akira Tozawa Won.

Dean Ambrose vs. "The Drifter" Elias Samson 

Elias Samson won by DQ  thanks to Miz getting involved and got Ambrose disqualified.

Ambrose chases Miz around the ring, but Samson attacks him before he can do any damage. Miz escapes while Samson hits a swinging neckbreaker


Paul Heyman interrupts Finn Balor's promo. He delivers his usual brand of hype for his 
client, Brock Lesnar. He says everyone will be a victim of The Beast, including the man who 
put down The Undertaker.

Heyman says he believes in his heart that Balor is the most talented performer in WWE 
today. After everything, he wishes Balor luck in the Fatal 5-Way. Balor asks if Heyman can 
deliver a message. He says he will win at Extreme Rules and go on to defeat Lesnar for the 
title he never lost.


Finn Balor vs. Anderson
Finn Balor won

Alicia Fox vs. Sasha Banks

Sasha Banks 

Dar gets in Banks' face after the match, so she slaps the taste out of his mouth. Fox attacks her from behind and hits the scissor kick to put her down

Kalisto vs. Apollo Crews 

Kalisto won 

Matt Hardy vs. Sheamus - Winner chooses the sitipulation for the WWE RAW Tag Team 
Tittle Match at Extreme Rules


Matt Hardy won and choice the stipulation of the match being a steel cage match.

Tony Nese vs. Austin Aries

Austin Aries won 

After the match Neville attacks Nese and locks in the Rings of Saturn to send a message to Aries. It looks like they will have a submission match at Extreme Rules.

Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James 
Alexa Bliss won
Bliss grabs a kendo stick from under the ring and hits James across the back. Bayley runs to the ring and Alexa retreats before she can be hit with her own kendo stick. She helps Mickie to her feet while Bliss watches from the stage.

Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe and Bray Wyatt

Joe avoids a Superman Punch and Reigns collides with Rollins. Seth gets in his face, but Bray pulls Roman out of the ring. Samoa Joe locks in the Coquina Clutch. Rollins passes out and the ref is forced to call for the bell.

Samoa Joe and Bray Wyatt won
Angle is shown talking to Balor backstage and he books Rollins vs. Reigns and Balor vs. Wyatt vs. Samoa Joe. 
The show ends with The Destroyer and The Eater of Worlds surveying the damage they caused.

Rating 70/70

Pretty awesome show and matches heading to extreme rules.
RAW Aftershow:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=n5utTEPm_lk

WWE Backlash

The Backlash Kickoff show is on the air. Renee Young leads a panel of Pete Rosenberg and Booker T.
The panel hyped all the matches for tonight's card.

Kick Off:
Aiden English vs. Tye Dillinger
Tye Dillinger won



WWE Backlash


Dolph Ziggler vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Shinsuke Nakamura won



The Usos (C) vs Breezango for the Tag Team Titles
The Usos retains the Tag Team Titles


Sami Zayn vs. Baron Corbin
Sami Zayn won



Carmella and Tamina and Natalya vs. Charlotte and Naomi and Becky Lynch
Natalya and Tamina and Carmella won


AJ Styles vs. KO (C) for the US Title
KO won by count out when AJ got his leg stuck in an hole in the announce table and then to add to injury KO kicked him in the back of the head but was able to be assisted to the back with refs.


Luke Harper vs. Erick Rowan 
Luke Harper won 


Jinder Mahal vs. Randy Orton (C) for the WWE Championship 
Jinder Mahal won 

If these Singh brothers wasn't at ringside this may haven't happened because Randy was trying to focus on them and trying to get rid of them and not have them interfere.

The show ended with Jinder Mahal standed tall with the WWE Championship 

Pretty disappointed in the choices of this, really WWE? Of all choices! Orton save us. Ahh.


Rating 60/60 

Great shows and matches. 
We shall see what happens on SDLive this week. 

SmackDown Live

Kevin Owens opens the show in the ring with the Highlight Reel set. He says this is the new and improved version of the show because Jericho will never be seen in WWE again.
Owens says Jericho was obsessed with lists, but now he is on the injured list because of him. He vows to defeat AJ Styles at Backlash before bringing out his guest. He starts the intro in French, but is interrupted by Styles' music.
Styles says he is going to bring the U.S. title back to the U.S.A., but before he can engage Owens in a fight, Jinder Mahal comes out with the signh brothers

AJ Styles vs. Jinder Mahal w/ KO on commentary
Jinder Mahal won thanks to KO getting involved and hitting Styles' knee with the title without the ref knowing

The Colons vs. Breezango

Breezango won 

The Usos come out and deliver another energetic promo directed at Breezango

Shane McMahon is out after the break to preside over the six-woman contract signing.

The Welcoming Committee comes out together, but Charlotte, Naomi and Becky Lynch each get their own entrance.

During their promos, Naomi implies James Ellsworth is a woman, Charlotte says after they win, she is going after the title around Naomi's waist. 

The match is official for Backlash for the six-woman tag team match.

Ellsworth grabs a mic and talks about how all the women on the other team have a crush on him. Naomi goes after him, but Shane gets between everyone. He books Carmella vs. Naomi for right now.

Naomi vs. Carmella

Tamina gets on the apron to distract Naomi, so the ref boots her and Natalya to the back. They run back to the ring and attack Charlotte and Becky. Naomi ends up being rolled up in the confusion to give Carmella the upset win.

Carmella won.

Dolph Ziggler cuts a promo on Shinsuke Nakamura from backstage. He shows a video highlighting all of his accomplishments. And his segments with Nakamura leading up this Sunday at Backlash. I'm looking forward to this not going to lie.

We see Baron attack Zayn during an interview backstage, I'd dig it if they made this a match at Backlash. Both of these superstars are awesome in the ring. - They made this a match for Backlash.

Randy Orton vs. Baron Corbin

Randy Orton won

Jinder Mahal comes out and distracts Orton while the Singhs attack from behind. Orton fends them off until Mahal makes the numbers game too much to deal with. The show ends with Mahal standing tall with the WWE title.

Rating 70/70

Pretty awesome show and matches as we look closer for WWE Backlash.

RAW

Kurt Angle kicks off the show in the arena to affectionate "You suck" chants from the crowd. He talks about Braun Strowman needing surgery on his elbow and says he might be out for up to six months, which does not make the crowd happy. Angle asks who should challenge Brock Lesnar for the universal title.
Reigns comes out and says they don't need a Fatal 5-Way match because hs is the No. 1 contender. He says this is his yard and he beat The Undertaker at Mania. Roman claims to be the only guy who can beat Lesnar for the title. Before Angle can respond, Finn Balor's music hits and he makes his way to the ring.
Balor reminds everyone he never lost the title before Samoa Joe makes his presence felt. Before long, Bray Wyatt appears in the ring. As expected, Rollins comes out to make sure everyone in the Fatal 5-Way is heard from.
Rollins and Joe starts fighting, which causes everyone to pick a target and unleash their fury. Balor ends up being the last man standing after taking out Rollins and Reigns with a dive over the top rope.

Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus

Jeff Hardy won 

Alicia Fox vs. Sasha Banks 

Alicia Fox won

 Dean Ambrose (C) vs.The Miz for the IC Title
Miz won via DQ but Dean Ambrose is still the Intercontinental Champion 

Alexa Bliss addresses the crowd after the break like only she can by mocking Newark's slogan and calling it the sweat gland of America. She says winning comes easy to her.
Bayley comes out and says Bliss has done everything she has said she would do, but she doesn't agree with the Goddess title Bliss has given herself. She says she is invoking her rematch clause at Extreme Rules.
Bliss insults Bayley several times before The Hugger finally snaps and shoves her to the mat. Bliss hangs her up on the ropes and grabs a kendo stick from under the ring. She nails Bayley in the back with the kendo stick and the former champion doubles over in pain.


Neville and TJP vs. Jack Gallagher and Austin Aries
TJP and Neville won


Finn Balor vs. Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns won

Goldust attacks R-Truth during their entrance. He beats him all around the ring before finally leaving. It will be interesting to see if WWE actually does anything with a heel Goldust.

After Enzo and Cass deliver their usual pre-match promo, Titus O'Neil and Apollo Crews come out and mock them. Titus even does Enzo's signature dance

Big Cass vs. Titus O'Neil

Big Cass won


Bray Wyatt vs. Seth Rollins
Seth Rollins won via DQ
As Rollins looks like he is building momentum, Samoa Joe comes out of nowhere and attacks him. The Destroyer takes him out with a side slam and then has a staredown with Wyatt. They decide to team up and stomp on Rollins together. Then Wyatt grabs Joe and hits Sister Abigail. He saves one for Rollins and the show ends with Wyatt on his kness laughing.


Rating: 70/70
Great show and matches as we look closer to Extreme Rules.

RAW Aftershow
https://youtu.be/ZIa3T58xDDE

SmackDown Live

The show opened with Randy Orton in the ring, but he is interrupted by Jinder Mahal. Mahal showed Orton pictures from his photoshoot with the stolen WWE Championship. Kevin Owens, AJ Styles, and Baron Corbin all came out to voice their various objections. Sami Zayn ran to the ring and attacked Corbin, setting up a six-man tag team match.

Natalya defeated Becky Lynch


Erick Rowan defeated Luke Harper.


Dolph Ziggler came to the ring to run down Shinsuke Nakamura again. Nakamura came out and challenged him to a match tonight. Ziggler declined and said he would fight him at Backlash. Ziggler went to leave, but cheap-shotted Nakamura instead.


Breezango defeated The Ascension.
 After the match, The Usos came out and cut a promo on Breezango to hype their tag title match at Backlash


Jinder Mahal, Baron Corbin and Kevin Owens defeated Randy Orton, Sami Zayn and AJ Styles

The show ends with Mahal and Orton staring each other down.

Rating: 60/60

Great shows and matches as we look on to Backlash

RAW

The show opens with Dean Ambrose backstage receiving a call from Kurt Angle before he heads out to the ring.
After Ambrose announced he is tonight's acting GM, The Miz comes out with Maryse and mocks the crowd for cheering for The Lunatic Fringe.
The Miz lets Ambrose know Stephanie called him and gave him the position of co-GM tonight. Ambrose offers his hand to Miz for a handshake and promises there won't be any funny business. The Miz is about to shake it when Braun Strowman's music hits.
He tells Ambrose he is going to get what he wants no matter who is in charge. He says once his arm is healed, he is going to end Roman Reigns.
Strowman says he wants to face Lesnar, but then Kalisto's new music hits and he comes out on the stage. He tells Braun they have unfinished business.
Kalisto demands a match against Strowman tonight. Strowman says he could beat Kalisto with one arm, so Ambrose books Kalisto to face him with Strowman having one arm tied behind his back. Braun just drops the mic and leaves.
Before he leaves, Ambrose books The Miz to take on Finn

The Miz vs. Finn Balor
Miz shoves Balor into the ref and then grabs a mic and says as co-GM, he can't allow Balor to put his hands on a ref. He demands the ref DQ.
Ambrose comes out and restarts the match after banning Maryse from ringside. Balor attacks Miz on the ramp and brings him back in the ring for a sling blade, dropkick and Coup de Grace for the win.



Nia Jax confronts Bliss backstage and says she wants the next title shot after Bayley. Alexa tries to say she doesn't have the power to make that happen in an attempt to brush her off. Jax says until she gets a match, she will watch Alexa's back.

Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James

Alexa Bliss won 

After the match, Bliss and Bayley fight to the back while Jax destroys
James in the ring.






Samoa Joe gives an interview backstage saying Rollins shouldn't be in 
line for a title shot because they aren't done with each other yet. He says 

Rollins will hear every one of his bones break. Rollins comes out of nowhere and attacks him.They fight throughout a loading area until several officials break them apart.

Braun Strowman vs. Kalisto

Strowman grabs a mic and tells Ambrose to shove it and refuses to accept the match. He calls Reigns a coward for not facing him man to 

man, but then the bell rings and he lays out Kalisto with a boot to the face. Reigns' music hits.

Roman kicks Braun in his injured arm before hitting a series of Superman Punches to knock him down and out of the ring. Strowman hits a boot to put Reigns down outside the ring. Roman uses the ring post to inflict some extra damage to his bad arm. They go back and forth all around ringside, with Roman finally forcing Braun to retreat after using a steel chair.

Tag Team Turmoil

Enzo and Cass are the first team to make their entrance. They are facing

Cesaro and Sheamus in the opening round.

Enzo and Cass was eliminated

Heath and Rhyno was the next team out

Heath and Rhyno was eliminated

Anderson and Gallows are next

Cesaro and Sheamus are doing pretty good so far.

Cesaro and Sheamus won and is the #1Contenders to the WWE RAW

Tag Team Titles

Cesaro and Sheamus attacked GoldenTruth After the match

Matt and Jeff Hardy head to the ring. Cesaro and Sheamus choose to leave the ring
.

Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe
Seth Rollins won via DQ



TJP vs. Jack Gallagher w/Neville at commentary
TJP
Perkins attacks Gallagher after the match and locks in the kneebar. Austin Aries comes out of the crowd to make the save despite being in a knee brace. He sends TJP out of the ring to end the segment.

Sasha Banks vs. Alicia Fox 
Sasha Banks won 


Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt w/ The Miz at commentary.
Bray Wyatt won thanks to Miz

The Miz attacked Dean after the match. And does a promo about the title match against Dean next week.

Rating 50/50
Pretty great show and matches as we look closer to extreme rules.