SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a recap of last week's main event.

Renee Young brings out AJ Styles at the top of the show for an interview. She immediately asks him if it's fair for him to have to defend the title in a handicap match. He says he was being sarcastic when he said he would face Owens and Zayn, but he knows he can’t take back what he said.

Styles refuses to point fingers and blame anyone for his current position despite Young needling him with questions. KO and Zayn come out on the stage to mock Styles and his nicknames. Owens claims he and Zayn will be the first ever co-champions in WWE history. Zayn keeps saying Yep to everything KO says until Shane McMahon's music hits.  

Shane books Owens and Zayn in a different handicap match against Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles for tonight. We see Shane run into Daniel Bryan backstage and they have a strange exchange, but they still shake hands.

Becky Lynch vs. Ruby Riott

Becky Lynch won

The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The Ascension

The Bludgeon Brothers won

Zack Ryder vs. Mojo Rawley (Second Round - UniversalTitle Tournament)

Mojo Rawley won and will advances to the match with Bobby Roode.

After the match, Mojo stands tall as his music hits. We get a look at the updated tournament brackets. Roode enters the ring and faces off with Mojo now. Mojo backs away while pointing at Roode. Roode does his pose as his music hits

Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin head to the ring after the break to talk about how they they felt screwed over in last week's tag title match.They complain about the circumstances surrounding their loss last week and how the second referee is to blame. Bryan comes out and says he 
understands how Gable and Benjamin feel, but he won't stand for management being targeted, and officials represent management. Bryan says the ref has the 

final say, and Benjamin says that is exactly why they should still be champions right now. Gable asks if they have to beat The Usos twice in the same night to win the title, and Bryan thinks it's a great idea. He books a 2 out of 3 falls match for the belts at Royal Rumble.

Rusev and Aiden English vs. Breezango

Breezango won

AJ Styles and Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn In a 2-on-3 Handicap Match

Sami and Kevin Owens try to leave the match, but Shane comes out and restarts it with no countouts.
Owens hits him with a chair to cause a DQ. He takes out all three opponents with the chair before trying to leave again.
Shane comes out and restarts the match again without any rules.

Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles won

The show ends with Nakamura and Orton celebrating their win.

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches as we look onto Royal Rumble but I wish we could of seen something a bit different.


SmackDown Live: Aftershow