SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a recap of Becky Lynch winning the title on Sunday. The Miz hypes his next match against Daniel Bryan at Super Show-Down for a feature opportunity at the WWE Championship to start things off. He reveals his mystery guest is Maryse.

Maryse implies there are problems with Brie and Bryan's relationship and claims she only married him to keep herself relevant. Maryse reveals that for now, this is her last night on SmackDown. She is leaving to take care of her child. He chastises the crowd for booing his wife. He calls out Bryan and threatens to destroy him to give the crowd something to boo about.

Bryan comes down and engages in a fight until he accidentally dropkicks The Miz into Maryse and she goes down. Bryan looks upset when he realizes what he has done. He apologizes to her while The Miz grabs a bottle of water for her. She smiles and stands up to show it was a setup. Miz tries to hit the Skull Crushing Finale, but Bryan sees it coming. The Miz ends up actually hitting his wife by mistake before Bryan sends him out of the ring with a clothesline.

Cesaro vs. Kofi Kingston

Cesaro won

Randy Orton is shown harassing a guy in the production truck about pulling up the footage of what he did to Jeff Hardy Sunday night.

Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Rusev for the USTitle

Shinsuke Nakamura retains the USTitle

After the match, English attacks Rusev with the mic and beats him down. He sings one last "Happy Rusev Day" before leaving the ring. Lana screams at him as he slowly leaves up the ramp.

AJ Styles vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas

AJ Styles won 

As AJ celebrates, Samoa Joe attacks him.

Asuka vs. Billie Kay 

Asuka won

Becky Lynch's SmackDown Women's Championship Coronation Paige is out to introduce the NEW SDLive Women's Champion

Becky says SmackDown is her show now. She calls out Charlotte Flair, and the queen is quick to oblige.

Charlotte promises Paige that she isn't here to fight or steal Becky's spotlight. She says Lynch beat her in the middle of the ring and congratulates her on being the better
woman that night, but she says it cost Becky a steep price. The Lass Kicker
tells her to shut up and brags about her win.

Charlotte goes after Becky and The Lass Kicker takes her out by throwing her into the stairs. She eventually locks in the DisArmHer on Charlotte before grabbing her title and raising it high. She grabs Charlotte and hits the exploder before leaving.

SmackDown ends with Lynch holding up her title while Charlotte tries to recover in the ring.

Rating: 90/90 Great show and matches as we look to Super Show Down.

 

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a tribute to those we lost on 9/11 before Jeff Hardy makes his way to the ring for the first match of the night.  Hardy says he has beaten his demons before, but he will face his most venomous demon inside Hell in a Cell. Once he is done, Shinsuke Nakamura heads to the ring.


Jeff Hardy vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

Randy Orton comes out of nowhere and shoves him off the top turnbuckle down to the floor. He grabs Jeff by the head and slams him into the steel steps several times. The Viper grabs a chair and tees off on Hardy. Jeff is able to turn the tables and hit a Swanton Bomb to end the segment.


WWE plays a video of AJ Styles talking about his feud with Samoa Joe in an empty arena. The crowd watches in silence as he talks about what he is going to do to Joe at Hell in a Cell. Charlotte Flair vs. Sonya Deville Charlotte Flair won Becky Lynch attacks Charlotte from the crowd while dressed as a fan. She puts Charlotte in the DisArmHer until a couple of refs make her break the hold.



Story time with Samoa Joe which pretty much is saying that he is guranted to give AJ Styles nightmares come HIAC.



The Bar vs. Rusev Day (Winner faces The New Day at HIAC for the SDLive Tag Team Titles)
Rusev Day won and will face New Day at HIAC for the SDLive Tag Team Titles.


R- Truth vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas  
Andrade "Cien" Almas won



Brie Bella vs. Maryse
Brie grabs a mic and calls her a coward. Miz grabs his own mic and yells at Brie that his wife is too good for her. He says Lafayette doesn't deserve this match and declares it over. The It Couple tries to leave, but Brie chases after Maryse and drags her back to the ring. She eventually puts on the Yes Lock. Miz yanks Brie out of the ring and Bryan goes after him like a man possessed. Miz ends up throwing Bryan into Brie at ringside and she goes down hard. Miz attacks him from behind and throws him into the steel steps. Bryan and Brie recover and take their rivals down. Brie punches Miz in the face and Bryan clotheslines him out of the ring. The show ends with a Yes chant. Rating 80/80: Great show and matches as we look forward to HIAC