SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with the announcers recapping the results of Fastlane. When we go live to the arena, AJ Styles makes his way to the ring.

The Phenomenal One talks about retaining the title with the odds stacked against him at Fastlane. He says he Cena putting him through a table made him think he would lose the match, but he found a way to succeed. Styles seems genuinely proud to be going into WrestleMania as WWE champion. He talks about how it was once unbelievable that he would even be in WWE, let alone be the champion.

Shinsuke Nakamura makes his way to the ring after AJ is done speaking.

Nakamura says everyone likes AJ, but everyone likes him, too. He says he respects Styles, but his dream is going to come true at WrestleMania and he will win the WWE title. Rusev's music hits and he gets a huge pop when he comes out on the stage with Aiden English.

AJ Styles vs. Rusev w/ Shinsuke Nakamura at commentary.

English jumps in the ring and attacks Styles to cause a DQ. Nakamura just sits and watches at ringside.

Shinsuke eventually comes in and takes out Rusev and English to make the save. Nakamura leaves without helping AJ to his feet.

Big E and Jimmy Uso will team up to take on The Bludgeon Brothers tonight. They appear to be on the same page after a backstage interview. Uso promises they will have another title match soon, but he wants them to focus on Harper and Rowan tonight.

The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Big E and Jimmy Uso

Big E skips his usual intro and is all business as he heads to the ring. Big E and Jimmy attack Harper and Rowan during their entrance. They grab a pair of steel chairs and bring them in the ring. The Bludgeon Brothers grab their mallets and get on the apron. The ref bails out of the ring as all four men have a standoff. Harper and Rowan knock the chairs out of their hands, but Big E and Uso are able to escape the ring. Back after the break the match has finally started.

The Bludgeon Brothers won

Harper and Rowan attack Big E and Uso after the match just to put an exclamation point on their performance.

Sami Zayn gives an interview backstage and talks about how he should have won the WWE title and blames Owens and 

McMahon for being obsessed with each other.

After the break, Charlotte heads to the ring for Asuka's first 

appearance on SmackDown Live.

Asuka comes out and Charlotte welcomes her to SmackDown. She vows to end Asuka's streak and cement her legacy as the greatest women's champion of all time. Asuka says she likes a challenge and bows to no one because nobody is ready for Asuka. Surprisingly, the 

segment ends without anyone interrupting them or anyone throwing a punch. Even more surprisingly, Randy Orton's music hits and he makes his way to the ring while Charlotte and Asuka are still staring at each other.

Orton says he has been called many different things throughout his career, but he has never been called United States champion until now. Randy talks about being a Grand Slam champion and says Roode earned his respect at Fastlane. He claims nobody can stop him from taking the title to WrestleMania. This brings out Bobby Roode.

Roode congratulates Orton on his win and says their rematch

will take place at WrestleMania. Jinder Mahal comes out and he also congratulates Orton, but he reminds him that Roode won that title before Orton did after over a decade in WWE.

Bobby Roode vs. Jinder Mahal

Sunil Singh gets on the apron and Roode shoves him into the ring post. Mahal crotches Roode on the top rope and hits the Khallas for the pin and the win.

Mahal is celebrating when Orton runs in the ring and hits him 

with an RKO. He holds up his U.S. title and looks at the WrestleMania sign.

Renee Young asks Kevin Owens what he thinks of Sami Zayn blaming him for what happened on Sunday. KO says Zayn was selfish and everything is Shane McMahon's fault. He is mad Sami betrayed him and calls him a liar and manipulator.

Carmella vs. Naomi

Carmella won

Shane McMahon comes out and to make a WrestleMania announcement

Shane talks about his problems with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn over the past several months. He says he talked to Daniel Bryan today and he is going to be running SmackDown alone since Shane is going to be taking a hiatus as commissioner. Shane books Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn at WrestleMania. This brings Owens out to the stage.

KO says he finally agrees with one of Shane's decisions and he wishes him the best in his future endeavors. He claims he can beat up Zayn whenever he wants, so Zayn comes out to share his thoughts. Sami rips into Shane for listening to the fans to make his decisions. KO distracts Shane so Sami can attack him from behind. Owens holds McMahon so Zayn can nail him with the Helluva Kick.

KO hits Shane with a Popup Powerbomb while he and Zayn fight off several officials. Zayn grabs a chair and sets it up around Shane's neck. They ram Shane and the chair into the ring post before dragging him up the ramp to the backstage area. They powerbomb Shane into some equipment and Shane makes sounds like he is dying. 

The show ends with Shane being loaded onto a stretcher.

Rating: 80/80

Pretty intense show and matches leading us to WrestleMania.

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

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a video recapping last week's match between Kevin Owens and AJ Styles.

AJ Styles makes his way to the ring. He says his New Year's resolutions are to carry the WWE title to WrestleMania and leave with it still around his waist.

Styles complains about Daniel Bryan allowing KO to accompany Zayn to the ring for their match, so he asks D-Bry to come out and explain himself. Bryan wastes no time heading to the ring. Before he can say anything, Shane McMahon joins them.

Shane starts by apologizing to AJ for costing him the match last week and Styles forgives him with a fist bump. Then Shane McMahon asks Bryan is he is turning the Yes Movement into the Yep Movement. He says he will be at ringside tonight to make sure KO doesn't interfere. Bryan says it Shane and Owens will be out there, he may as well join them.

The Usos (c) vs. Gable and Shelton for the Tag Team Titles

One of the Usos is telling the ref he was the legal man and the wrong brother was pinned while Gable and Benjamin celebrate. Another ref heads to the ring to talk with the first one.

The ref realizes his mistake and restarts the match.

The Usos RETAINS The Tag Team Titles!!

Bludgeon Brothers vs. Breezango

No Contest

The Ascension come out to help Breezango but they get taken down by Bludgeon Brothers!

Xavier Woods vs. Rusev - 1st Round US Title Tournament!

Xavier Woods won and advances to the semi-finals of the US Title.

Riott Squad vs. Carmella and Natalya and Tamina

Riott Squad won

The entire Riott Squad will be in this year's Royal Rumble. Charlotte comes out on the stage to respond. She says actions have consequences and reintroduces them to Naomi and Becky Lynch.

They took out the Riott Squad and Becky Lynch was on fire though.

AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn w/ KO at his corner! With Danie Bryan and Shane McMahon at ringside.

Styles looks pissed and yells at the ref while Shane shoves Owens. The ref boots Owens from ringside. Bryan grabs a mic and tells Shane he should leave, too. Zayn sticks AJ with the Helluva Kick during the confusion and gets the win.

Styles grabs a mic and starts yelling at everyone to stop acting like children. He says he may as well face Zayn and Owens in a handicap match, so Bryan books it for the Rumble with the title on the line.

The show ends with Zayn and Owens celebrating Bryan's decision while Shane looks at him disapprovingly. The Royal Rumble should be a very interesting.

Rating: 80/80
Great show and matches as we look on to Royal Rumble.


SmackDown Live: Aftershow

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with Daniel Bryan heading to the ring.

Daniel Bryan talks about what happened with Ziggler last week and says since he can't get ahold of him, he is forced to look at his actions as Dolph relinquishing the title. He calls Ziggler one of the all-time greats. Bryan announces a tournament to crown a new champion, and it will begin tonight. He reveals Baron Corbin will battle Bobby Roode, but before he can announce the next one, Gable and Benjamin interrupt him.

Gable and Benjamin ask Bryan why he added New Day and Rusev and English to the tag title match at The Clash and mention how they defeated The Usos in a regular match last week. Rusev and English come out to add in their two cents.
It doesn't take long before The New Day comes out with their tray of pancakes. Big E calls Benjamin "Old Jason Jordan."

Bryan turns the whole segment into a Triple Threat tag match with the winners getting a title shot against The Usos. The Usos come down to watch from ringside.

New Day vs. Rusev Day vs. Gable and Benjamin (No. 1 Contenders) 

Gable and Benjamin won and became the #1 Contenders to the Tag Team Titles!

Bludgeon Brothers vs. Breezango 

The Ascension run down to the ring and attack Harper and Rowan to save their friends. They carry Breezango to the back while Harper and Rowan look on with blank stares

Ruby Riot vs. Naomi

Ruby Riot won

The Riott Squad tries to attack Naomi after the match, but Charlotte comes down to make the save. They eventually take control and throw The Queen out of the ring. Natalya's music hits and she comes out with Tamina, Lana and Carmella. The two groups come face to face and The Riott Squad backs off. As they try to leave, the four women in the ring roll out to attack them.

Bobby Roode vs. Baron Corbin 

Bobby Roode won and advances to the next round for the US Title Tournament

Tye Dillinger vs. Jinder Mahal

Jinder Mahal won and advances to the next round for the US Title Tournament!

AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens

Shane McMahon comes down to the ring and has Sami ejected from ringside. The confusion allows KO to roll up Styles for the win. Shane looks really mad as Zayn and Owens celebrate together.

Shane apologizes to AJ as he heads up the ramp while KO and Sami dance around the ring.

The show ends with McMahon looking depressed.

Rating: 70/70
Pretty great show and matches as we look on to Royal Rumble and 2018

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 up with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn making their way to the ring. Sami is doing his cocky dance moves to Owens’ theme music.

Owens and Zayn talk about being the victims of a McMahon family vendetta as the crowd chants "You suck." They list off several Superstars the McMahon have had it out for over the years to prove their point.

Zayn jokes about how he didn't break the rules last week because he attacked Randy Orton in the aisle, not in the ring or at ringside. While Zayn gives his speech from the aisle, Owens gets with an RKO out of nowhere from Orton, literally it was outta nowhere. 

Shane McMahon comes out and books Zayn and Owens to face Orton and a partner of his choosing at Clash of Champions. But for tonight, Zayn will have to face Orton all by himself. Shane says KO is welcome to be at ringside, but he will be handcuffed to the ring rope. 

Owens and Zayn are shown talking backstage. KO says he is going to go find Daniel Bryan and fix Shane's decision.

The New Day vs. Rusev and Aiden English 

Rusev and Aiden English won.

Mojo Rawley gives a flimsy excuse for why he turned on Zack Ryder last week.

Bludgeon Brothers vs. Jobbers 

Bludgeon Brothers won

Bobby Roode vs. Baron Corbin w/ Dolph Ziggler at commentary 

Dolph slides in the ring and hits Roode with a Zig Zag to cause a DQ. He follows it up with one for Corbin. 

Charlotte vs. Tamina

Charlotte won

The Riott Squad comes out and Ruby gives a short promo on their way to the ring. Sarah Logan leans into her southern upbringing with one quick line and Morgan gets in a few words, too. Tamina takes the first shot at Logan, but their fight is quickly broken up 
while Charlotte leaves the ring.

Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn w/ KO handcuffed on the ring ring rope.

Owens manages to cut the cuffs off, but Orton clotheslines him off the apron.

KO immediately attacks him after the bell.

Shinsuke Nakamura runs down to the ring and makes the save. He dispatches Zayn before hitting the Kinshasa on Owens. Orton recovers and nails Zayn with an RKO.

Shane is shown telling Bryan that not only will he be the special guest referee for the tag match at Clash of Champions, but if Sami and Kevin lose, they are fired from all of WWE.

SmackDown ends with Nakamura picking up Owens’ so Orton can hit one last RKO. Then he picks up Zayn to Nakamura can nail him with the Kinshasa.

Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches leading to Clash of Champions.

SmackDown Live: Aftershow

Survivor Series

Matt Hardy vs. Elias Samson 

Elias Samson won

Cruiserweight Championship Match: Kalisto vs. Enzo Amore

Enzo Amore retained the Cruiserweight Championship!

Breezango vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

KO and Sami Zayn won 

The Shield vs. The New Day

The Shield won

Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown Women's Match: 

Becky Lynch, Natalya, Carmella, Tamina and Naomi represented SmackDown Live against Raw's Alicia Fox, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Nia Jax and Asuka.

Team RAW won! Asuka was the sole survivor.

Intercontinental Champion The Miz vs. United States Champion Baron Corbin

Baron Corbin won

RAW Tag Team Champions (Cesaro and Sheamus) vs. Smackdown Live Tag Team Champions ( The Usos) 

The Usos won

RAW Women’s Champion (Alexis Bliss) vs. SmackDown Live Women’s Champion (Charlotte)

Charlotte won 
Universal Champion (Brock Lesnar) vs WWE Champion (AJ Styles
AJ Styles won

Men's Traditional Elimination Match

Triple H comes in and hits the Pedigree to Angle. Shane covers him and gets an elimination.

Triple H helps Shane to his feet so he can hit the Pedigree and get the win. Braun Strowman stands on the apron looking confused while the ref raises Triple H's hand in victory. Raw wins the brand war 4-3. Braun gets in the ring and Triple H raises his hand.

Strowman grabs Triple H by the throat and screams at him saying if he ever tries to screw Braun again, he will never play the game again. Triple H goes after him and attempts to deliver a Pedigree, but Strowman easily overpowers him and puts him down with a Powerslam. The Game gets to his feet, so Braun hits another powerslam.

Team RAW (Triple H and Braun Strowman) won!

The show ends with The Monster Among Men leaving while Triple H lays in the ring.

Rating 80/80

Awesome show and matches. I was rooting for SDLive to stand tall amount RAW but still just as insane and I can’t wait to see what goes down on both RAW & SDLive this week.

SmackDown Live

The show opens with Shane McMahon giving the roster a pep talk backstage.
After Shane gets the roster all fired up backstage.

Daniel Bryan comes out to the ring,
Bryan says he didn't agree with the invasion of Raw and expects a counter-attack tonight, but he says SmackDown isn't afraid and they will be ready. He talks about the pride he feels leading the roster and vows to prove SmackDown is the better show with the better performers.
Daniel Bryan introduces Daniel Bryan
Bryan asks Styles if he would like his own personal advocate since Lesnar has Paul Heyman, so Bryan does his best Heyman impression.
Bryan does an amazing job running down Lesnar for Styles. Daniel Bryan is awesome at this. He calls Lesnar a quitter and says AJ will take him to his limits at Survivor Series.
Styles acknowledges he is the underdog in this fight, but he says he wouldn't have it any other way. The segment ends with AJ declaring his eventual victory.

Baron Corbin (c) vs. Sin Cara for the US Title
Baron Corbin retained the US Title


Charlotte vs. Natalya (c) for the SmackDown Women’s Championship
Charlotte won and is the New SmackDown Live Women’s Champion
After Charlotte gives a nice post-match promo, Ric Flair comes out with tears in his eyes to hug his daughter and help celebrate her win.


Chad Gable vs. Jimmy Uso
Jimmy Uso won


The New Day came out.. 
Woods, Kingston and Big E give a passionate promo saying The Shield are only a temporary team, but The New Day is forever


KO and Sami Zayn vs. New Day
As Big E gets ready to finish the match, The Shield's music hits and the Raw roster appears in the crowd. New Day, KO and Sami stand side by side in the ring.
While the Raw roster decimates the SmackDown crew in the ring, the women of Raw attack the women of SmackDown backstage. Shane tries to lead a team to the ring, but there is too many Raw Superstars for them to handle. Kurt Angle appears on the stage and brings out Braun Strowman to lay waste to everyone.
Once they have beaten everyone up, Kurt grabs Shane by the face and asks him how it feels. He gives The Shield the signal and they hit the Triple Powerbomb on Shane. Then Angle grabs him and hits the Angle Slam.
Shane takes one more Triple Powerbomb. The Raw roster exits the arena to end the show with Shane laying in the ring and most of the roster laid out at ringside.
Great way to lead us to SurvivorSeries.


Rating: 80/80

Awesome show and matches as we get closer to SurvivorSeries. Who will be on top come SurvivorSeries? RAW or SDLive?