SmackDown - July 31

SmackDown opens with Bayley & Sasha Banks, Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross hyped the SmackDown Women's title match between Cross and Bayley while Big E talked about facing the Miz tonight. Lacey Evans and Naomi were looking forward to their match as well while AJ Styles was confident in his title defense tonight against Gran Metalik.

SmackDown finally kicked off with Bray Wyatt and the FireFly Funhouse. Wyatt said the Fiend wanted Braun Strowman title and was looking for him at the swamp. He added that no one would be safe until Braun was found.

AJ Styles (c) vs. Gran Metalik for the Intercontinental Championship 

AJ Styles won and retains the Intercontinental Championship 

We got a recap of last week's bar fight between Sheamus and Jeff Hardy before SmackDown continued with Hardy arriving backstage.

Jeff Hardy came out and celebrated his win against Sheamus. He said he was grateful for everyone's support in his personal challenges with addiction. Baron Corbin interrupted him and said that he was sick of Jeff's whining.

Corbin said that he was losing his mind and Jeff fired back at him saying that the real problem was Corbin himself. Corbin called him sad and pathetic before Drew Gulak attacked him from behind.

Drew Gulak vs. Baron Corbin 

Baron Corbin won 

Matt Riddle attacked Corbin after the match on SmackDown and as Riddle was setting up to finish off Corbin, Chad Gable rushed in and hit him with the Chaos Theory German Suplex. 

Big E vs. The Miz

Big E won 

Sheamus was backstage on SmackDown and said that his mistake was fighting Jeff in a bar, where Hardy felt the most at home. He said Jeff was not his problem anymore before walking off.

Naomi vs. Lacey Evans

Naomi won

Otis and Mandy Rose were talking about going on a date before Sonya Deville sneaked in from behind but they had already left.

Back on SmackDown after a break, Mandy Rose was getting ready for her date but Sonya attacked her and messed her makeup off before chopping off part of her hair. She then picked up some clippers before officials stepped in and sent her off.

Miz and Morrison came in to add fuel to the fire and make things worse by making jokes about Mandy before Tucker chased them off.

Bayley (c) vs. Nikki Cross for the SmackDown Women’s Championship 

Bayley won and retains the SmackDown Women’s Championship 

Alexa was trying to console Nikki after the match but she shoved her aside before the lights went out. The red lights were on as The Fiend stalked Alexa in the ring and hit the Mandible Claw on her before SmackDown ended.

Rating: 70/70

Decent show and matches.