SmackDown Live

Kevin Owens comes out at the top of the show and the fans chant his name before he can speak. He eventually talks about his match against Shane McMahon and says SummerSlam will be a night he will remember forever.

Owens moves on to the King of The Ring tourney and says he will win it and cement his name in history. Shane McMahon comes out and Owens collapses out of frustration. He and Owens exchange the usual insults.

Shane fines Owens 100K for hitting Elias, who was an official, with a steel chair. KO protests but Shane says he won't reverse the fine.

Charlotte Flair vs. Ember Moon

Charlotte Flair won

Bryan and Rowan come out after the break to address the accusations against them. Bryan says someone is out to get Roman Reigns but claims they had nothing to do with the attacks. Bryan says society is the problem and lies spread through social media.

Roman Reigns vs. Buddy Murphy

Roman Reigns won

Kevin Owens vs. Samoa Joe

Elias pulls the ref out of the ring. Joe rolls up Owens and Elias makes the fast count to give Joe the win

Rowan and Bryan are now confronting Buddy Murphy backstage, trying to intimidate him into admitting that he lied about Rowan attacking Reigns.

Rowan got impatient and just starts beating the crap out of him.

Murphy "admits" that he lied.

Daniel Bryan says he doesn't like liars.

Murphy gets tossed across the room.

Randy Orton comes out and says Kofi took the easy way out at SummerSlam. He suggests he and Kofi join the tag match with New Day and Revival to make it a six-man. Kingston accepts the challenge.

The New Day vs. Randy Orton and The Revival

Randy Orton and The Revival won

After a post-match brawl, Orton ends up hitting Kofi with the RKO to be the last man standing. Instead of continuing to attack Kingston, Orton grabs Woods and hits another RKO. Dawson and Wilder help him hit another on Big E before Orton grabs Kofi to deliver one final RKO to end the show. 
As we get near the last few minutes of the show, Roman Reigns confronts Bryan and Rowan backstage. Bryan and Rowan insist that Reigns apologize. Bryan and Rowan insist they know who attacked Reigns and they'll let everyone know next week.

Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we are on the road to Clash of Champions.

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a video package recapping what happened last week.

Shane McMahon says that the RAW Reunion was great and that he was glad not to see Kevin Owens. He addresses Kevin Owens' SummerSlam challenge.

Shane accepts the challenge and then he plays a clip of Owens quitting in 2018 before Owens came out and said that was a very dark time in his life. He said that’s not who he is now, but he won’t have to quit at SummerSlam because he will beat the holy hell out of Shane. Then McMahon booked Owens in a match against Roman Reigns tonight.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Apollo Crews 

Shinsuke Nakamura won

Nakamura attacks Apollo Crews after the match. 

The Miz is out after the break for another episode of MizTV. He shows a video package of highlights from Raw.

Miz brings out Shawn Michaels as his guest for the night. HBK looks like he loves hearing the fans cheer for him again. He talks about going from being a young guy in the back to being one of the legends on Raw Reunion.

Before long, Dolph Ziggler's music hits and he comes out to the ring. He says everyone has seen enough of legends limping their way to the ring. He says HBK was an embarrassment when he returned to the ring at Super Show-Down. Michaels agrees with him but says Ziggler should be more embarrassed to be known as a Shawn Michaels wannabe.

The segment ends with Ziggler superkicking Michaels.

Charlotte Flair vs. Ember Moon

Ember Moon won thanks to the distraction of Bayley.

Ember throws Bayley back in the ring to get booted by Charlotte! Ember then hits an eclipse on Charlotte and then on Bayley! She stands tall heading into her women’s title match against Bayley at SummerSlam.

Kofi Kingston comes to the ring after the break and issues a SummerSlam challenge to Randy Orton. He asks The Viper to come to the ring instead of attacking him from behind. Orton's music hits and he walks down the aisle.

Kofi shows some footage of their feud from almost 10 years ago and says he should have stepped up back then and Orton used his influence to hold him down. They talk a little more trash before agreeing to the match at SummerSlam.

Kofi Kingston vs. Samoa Joe

Orton runs in to hit an RKO on Kingston. Kofi manages to avoid it and they have a standoff. Orton hits Joe with the RKO and Kofi hits Orton with Trouble in Paradise.

Kayla Braxton asks Finn Balor how he got in the crosshairs of Bray Wyatt. A rather shaken Finn Balor is unable to understand any of Wyatt's action. Balor says he's stared fear in the eyes before. He challenges Finn Balor to a match at SummerSlam. And suddenly, Firefly Fun House? Bray Wyatt says that Mercy and he are big fans of Finn Balor for his bravery. The Fiend? Not such a big fan. The Fiend accepts his challenge and Wyatt asks "Let me in"

Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens (with Drew McIntyre as special guest referee, Elias as special guest timekeeper and Shane McMahon as special guest announcer)

After some trash talking, Reigns and Owens lock up. Drew makes them separate in the corner as any ref would. KO and Reigns wrestle back to the corner and Drew gets between them again. Reigns decks McIntyre in the face and Owens knocks Elias off the apron. KO and Reigns corner Shane but McIntyre come help. Shane starts directing traffic in the ring while his boys do the dirty work.

Reigns and Owens eventually turn the tables and end the show standing tall after hitting Shane with a Stunner and Superman Punch.

Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we look forward to SummerSlam.

 

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 recap of last week's main event featuring Zayn, Owens, Orton and Nakamura.

Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens are shown passing out fliers for their Yep Movement. Back in the arena, AJ Styles comes out to deliver a promo about his match against Jinder Mahal on Sunday.

He is then interrupted by The Singh Brothers, They replay Mahal attacking them two weeks ago and AJ says he kind of feels sorry for them. He offers them the chance to hug it out.

Styles and the Singhs hug it out and they offer to be in his corner on Sunday. They swear they are done with Mahal and tell stories of how they were treated. AJ questions their motivations and shows pictures of them with Mahal in India last week. They still claim to be done with Jinder for good. AJ seems to believe them and offers his hand. Mahal's music interrupts and he makes his way to the ring. Styles accuses the Singhs of trying to fool him 

Styles dispatches both Singh Brothers with ease while Mahal watches from the aisle. After AJ tosses them out of the ring, Mahal checks on them to make sure they are OK.



Charlotte Flair vs. Ruby Riot w/ Natalya on commentary
Nattie finally lays her out with a clothesline to cause a DQ
Naomi makes her return to save Charlotte from a three on one attack. She sends The Riott Squad running up the ramp, but then Carmella, Tamina and Lana come out and attack them on the stage. 


Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler  w/ Bobby Roode on commentary 
Roode comes in the ring and hits the Glorious DDT to Ziggler to get revenge for last week and cause a DQ. He does the same thing to Corbin to end the segment standing tall.


The Bludgeon Brothers  vs. Jobbers
The Bludgeon Brothers won

Owens and Zayn come down to the ring after the break and declare the Yep Movement has arrived. 

Owens asks anyone who wants to join them to come to the ring, but only Daniel Bryan shows up. He does his Yes chant all the way to the ring. KO calls Bryan the inspiration for their movement. He asks what they are doing.

Bryan says the Yes Movement was never about him, it was about the fans. Bryan offers to be the second guest referee in their tag match on Sunday to make sure things are fair.



The Usos vs. Aiden English and Rusev 
Aiden English and Rusev won


Jinder Mahal attacks AJ Styles during a backstage interview and leaves him knocked out.


Orton comes out and gives a quick promo to hype their tag team match. Nakamura agrees with what he says by saying "Yep"!


Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens  w/ Orton and Zayn at ringside and Daniel Bryan at commentary.
Owens accidentally hits the ref. Bryan takes off the ref's shirt and puts it on before getting in the ring. 
Kevin Owens won 

The show ends with Owens declaring nobody will take their careers away from them and they are the best in WWE.

Rating; 80/80

Awesome show and matches as we look to WWE Clash


SmackDown Live: Aftershow

SmackDown Live

The show opens with a recap of the Survivor Series fallout involving Shane McMahon, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens.
Shane McMahon dances his way to the ring to kick off the show. He talks about being happy to be in Lexington, Kentucky. He brings up Owens and Zayn.
Shane says he wished he had fired Owens and Zayn, but he liked Bryan's idea of putting them in a Lumberjack match last week. He brings out Bryan to explain why he didn't fire them after the match was over.
Shane brings up all the reasons why Sami and Kevin should be fired. When he mentioned KO beating up Vince, half the crowd cheers and Shane looks surprised. Bryan says he didn't take this job to be a puppet and wants to be the guy who pushes young talent to be as good as they can be. He asks Shane to trust his decisions. McMahon is happy Bryan booked Owens vs. Orton and he bans Zayn from ringside and makes it a No Disqualification match. He and Bryan shake hands and Shane's music plays to end the segment.

Zayn and Owens confront Bryan backstage. He says he is trying to help them, but he won't reverse Shane's decisions.

The New Day vs. Gable and Benjamin 

The New Day won 

Natalya, Naomi and Charlotte have a pre-game session to prepare for their six-woman match.

The Hype Bros vs. Harper and Rowan (The Bludgeon Brothers)

The Bludgeon Brothers won 

Charly Caruso interviews The Hype Bros after the match. Ryder talks about needing to make a change, but Mojo attacks him from behind. He yells "The Hype Bros are dead" 
as he beats Ryder into the mat. The crowd chants "This is 


Awesome" while Mojo continues his attack as a few refs try to pull him off of Ryder.

Mojo is asked why he attacked Ryder backstage. He says the landscape has changed and walks away.

As AJ poses for the crowd during his entrance, Jinder Mahal jumps him from behind.

AJ Styles vs. Singh Brothers in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match

AJ Styles won

After AJ leaves, Mahal grabs one of the Singhs and hits his finisher on him. He does the same thing to the other brother as the crowd chants "You still suck."

Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan give and interview where they reveal their name as The Riot Squad.

Charlotte and Naomi and Natalya vs. The Riot Squad
Natalya walks out on Naomi and Charlotte.
The Riot Squad won
Naomi is loaded onto a stretcher as The Riott Squad celebrates in the ring.

Randy Orton vs. KO in a No Disqualification Match
KO won thanks to Sami Zayn taking out Orton with a chair to his knee.
The show ends with KO standing tall and then leaving the ring.

Rating:70/70
Pretty great show and matches as we look onto WWE Clash.

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a recap of the invasion of Raw.

Shane McMahon comes out dances his way to the ring looking very satisfied with his recent actions. He says he is happy to be back in the ring and back in charge of SDLive. He discusses Survivor Series and the nature of the Raw vs. SmackDown feud. 
Sami Zayn comes out with a huge smile on his face and dances right in Shane McMahon's face. Zayn sarcastically sticks out his hand and says no hard feelings about Hell in a Cell. Shane says his actions put him in danger and lost him the match.
Sami says is this was Shane the competitor, he would take him out in one second and leave him hurting worse than Hell in a Cell, then he offers for him and Owens to join team SmackDown at Survivor Series as its leaders. Shane tells him he doesn't want him or Owens representing SmackDown Live at Survivor Series and he doesn't need them  to represent SmackDown Live at Survivor Series. But, seeing as SmackDown is the land of opportunities 
McMahon books Zayn vs. Orton for the first spot on the Survivor Series team.

New Day vs. Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable 
Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable won


Baron Corbin vs. Sin Cara
Sin Cara won by DQ
Corbin wasn't happy about that so he took is anger out on Sin Cara and it took officials to get him to stop.

AJ Styles vs. Sunil Singh 
AJ Styles won

Jinder Mahal asks Bryan is Samir can face Styles next week since Sunil couldn't get the job done. (dumb)

Becky Lynch vs. Naomi vs. Charlotte vs Tamina vs Carmella (Fatal 5-Way) Winner comes the Captain to SDLive's Women's Team 

Natalya demands to be introduced with a long set of nicknames even though she isn't competing in this match. (Not even about her or the Women's Title). 

Becky Lynch won and is the captain for SDLive Women's Team at Survivor Series.

We see a promo for the Bludgeon Brothers

Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn (Winner comes the first member of SDLive Team at Survivor Series)

Kevin Owens distracts him so Sami can roll him up for a two count. KO argues with the ref while Orton hits a low blow and an RKO to get the win.

Randy Orton won and is the first member of SDLive Team at Survivor Series 

The show ends with Bryan telling McMahon he better be prepared for Raw to invade at some point.

Rating 80/80

Great show and matches leading to Survivor Series. I was hoping for RAW to show up and invade SDLive but matter of time before they do. 

SmackDown Live: Aftershow

SmackDown Live

Daniel Bryan comes out to get the show started to a big ovation.

After taking a long time to soak up the love from his hometown crowd, Bryan announces a six-woman tag match for tonight. He also hypes a special announcement from Jinder Mahal and Ziggler vs. Roode in a rematch from HIAC. Then he brings up Sami Zayn and how disappointed he was with him at HIAC. This brings Zayn out. 
Bryan says he never expected Zayn to do what he did at HIAC. Sami says he and Bryan have a lot of similarities, but Bryan always had the crowd and he didn't. He claims he feels amazing since taking ownership of his career and tells Bryan to lose his martyr complex.
Zayn says Bryan put his body through hell just to end up a housewife. Before Bryan can respond, Kevin Owens comes out and takes the insults even further by calling Bryan a failure. Bryan says KO doesn't care about Sami or anyone else because he only cares about himself. Owens says Bryan has become The Authority and Sami agrees with him. Zayn calls him a sellout.
Bryan decides to leave instead of engaging them any further. Owens says all Bryan can do these days is walk out of the arena and Bryan says he is going to go find a couple of dudes to punch them in the face.

Six Women Tag Team Match

Charlotte and Becky Lynch and Noami vs. Natalya and Tamina and Lana w/ Carmella at commentary

Charlotte and Becky Lynch and Noami won

Natalya tries to attack Charlotte after the match, but The Queen turns the tables and chases after Nattie with a chair until she escapes through the crowd.

Daniel Bryan is shown backstage telling KO and Zayn they will be facing Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura tonight.

Baron Corbin vs.  Sin Cara

Sin Cara won by Count out

Jinder Mahal issues a challenge to Brock Lesnar for Survivor Series. AJ Styles comes out and says Mahal may have beaten some top guys, but he has never defeated The Prince of Phenomenal. Jinder says AJ is a loser and there is no worthy competition on SmackDown. Styles says if he is a loser, then Mahal shouldn't be afraid to defend the title against him.

Styles ends up attacking Mahal and the Singh Brothers. He is able to send all three of them out of the ring to end the segment standing tall.

Bobby Roode vs. Dolph  Ziggler

Dolph Ziggler won by grabbing onto Roode's tights.

Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. KO and Sami Zayn

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn won

Zayn and Owens run into Bryan backstage and he tells them Shane McMahon will be booking their match for next week. KO and Zayn come back out to the arena chanting Yes and bragging about their win over Nakamura and Orton on the mic.

Rating: 80/80

Awesome show and matches as look on to Survivor Series

SmackDown Live: Aftershow

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

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

SmackDown Live

Charlotte comes out to open the show

Charlotte Flair started by saying that it has been 7 days since she came to SmackDown Live, and she has run out of patience. She cut an entitled promo asking why she hasn’t already been granted a SmackDown Women’s Championship match. The champion Naomi then made her way out. The champion said that on the blue brand, there are no Kings or Queens, but there are champions.

Naomi said that she hated to see Charlotte begging the way she did. Naomi said she wasn’t wasting any time and would give her what she what she wanted. She laid out the title on the ring and then attacked Charlotte, clearing the ring. Out came the commissioner Shane McMahon. He told Charlotte that she would have to earn her title shot by facing Naomi in a non-title match later in the night. If she won, she would become the #1 contender. 
After Shane had left, Charlotte came in and attacked Naomi and lifted the title, but the champion was quick to come back in and clear the ring.


Natalya was in Shane McMahon’s office complaining that she was the only one who should be getting a title opportunity. Carmella along with James Ellsworth and said that she said that she agreed with Natalya. Ellsworth butted in and said that Carmella was the only one who deserved to be the face of the SmackDown Live Women’s division. 


Six Pack Challenge – WWE Championship #1 Contenders Match

Jinder Mahal won to become the #1 Contender to the WWE Championship

Jinder Mahal cut a promo after the match lashing back at the crowd, vowing to become the next WWE champion. Randy Orton then came out and congratulated him.  He said that Jindal's prize wouldn’t be the WWE Championship, but an RKO. He said that he had another thorn on the side was Bray Wyatt and vowed to burn down the house of horrors. 
Wyatt then cut a promo in his normal creepy area. It was a standard Bray Wyatt promo.

A video montage of Shinsuke Nakamura was shown.

AJ Styles was interviewed backstage and said that it didn’t matter whether he faced Owens or Jericho for the US title and that he had the home field advantage on SmackDown Live.  Baron Corbin interrupted and had a back and forth with Baron Corbin. They agreed to a match later on.
Charlotte Flair was walking backstage and ran into Natalya, Tamina, and Carmella(along with James Ellsworth) and they confronted The Queen. Charlotte then walked through them.

Charlotte Flair vs Naomi – If Charlotte won, she would become #1 contender to the SmackDown Women’s Championship

Charlotte won to become the #1 Contender to the SmackDown Women's Championship

American Alpha vs The Colons (The Shining Stars)
The Colons won

The first ever Kevin Owens Face of America Open Challenge

Owens made his way out for the first ever Kevin Owens Face Of America Open Challenge. Owens grabbed the mic from Greg Hamilton, refusing to let him introduce him. He bragged about being the champion of the USA from Montreal, Canada. He asked his opponent to introduce himself, who said his name was “ Gary Gandy, from Louisville, Kentucky”

Kevin Owens defected Gary Gandy in an quick match.

Kevin Owens cut a promo about being the face of America, and no one was going to take that away from him. He said he would be at the commentary table for the main event between AJ Styles and Baron Corbin.

Baron Corbin vs AJ Styles w/ KO on commentary

Styles knocked Corbin over the barricade. He made it back in the ring in time for the count and won by count out. AJ Styles defeated Baron Corbin by count out.

AJ Styles celebrated to close the show.


Rating: 100/100
I was there to witness this and what an awesome moment and experience to have and to witness SDLive in person is so different then watching it on TV. You see everything from them changing the ring, to just each moment.
I think the only downside was the fact they said Nakamura was gonna be next for us not sure if it said that on tv but if you wanted to see Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler you'd have to wait after 205Live and the show is long enough without going through 205 Live. So, we left after the final match as they was setting up for 205 Live.
It also was insane to witness Naomi's entrance in person it is just as awesome as it is on tv 
Also, it sucked that my signal wasn't working so I couldn't post Live tweets during it.

I do have as many photos as I could capture and sneaked a few videos. So, stay tuned for this I am making it into an video of all the stuff.

Media from SDLive: https://youtu.be/iJc--ZN5ZeE

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