WWE SmackDown live results: SummerSlam fallout
After returning at Sunday’s SummerSlam to turn against his twin brother, Jimmy Uso is slated to speak during a Hail To The Chief segment on tonight’s WWE SmackDown from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Jimmy interfered in the Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso Tribal Combat match at last Saturday’s pay-per-view, costing his brother a chance to win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship by attacking him near the end of the match.
Austin Theory will defend his United States title against Santos Escobar after Escobar won the United States Championship Invitational two weeks ago when he defeated Rey Mysterio in the finals.
After weeks of causing Yhe O.C. trouble, Karrion Kross will square off with AJ Styles as well. Kross defeated Karl Anderson on the July 28th SmackDown.
Rounding out the card is Asuka vs. Charlotte who will wrestle each other after they both came up short against Bianca Belair at SummerSlam for the WWE Women’s Championship. Belair’s reign as champion was short-lived when IYO SKY cashed in on her to win the title.
Our live coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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– Kevin Patrick welcomed everyone into the show. Corey Graves chimed in to help run down the show before Charlotte’s music hit and we went to the ring. Before the match started, Patrick introduced Michael Cole as the third member of the commentary team and a video recapping the triple threat for the WWE Women’s Championship at SummerSlam aired.
Charlotte and Asuka battled to a no-contest [9:14]
And for those of you wondering how they’d get out of this match clean … well we have our answer. Charlotte and Asuka have a weird history, performance wise, but I feel like it more often than not depends on Charlotte’s night. If she’s having a good one, these two can create magic. If she’s not, the disappointment feels bigger. It was more the latter than the former here, but it was fun while it lasted. My biggest issue is that it felt like the two women were just about to turn the corner into the next gear … and then the flukey finish happened. I’m not sure what this means, unless if it sets up a tag match for later, but we’ll have to see. Either way, it’s good to see Dakota Kai back on TV, even if she can’t get physical.
The two locked up early, with Charlotte getting the best of it. There appeared to be a little miscommunication early as Charlotte and Asuka attempted to trade blows. Asuka earned the upper hand with a dropkick and some kicks to Charlotte’s chest. Charlotte fire the crowd up and went to the top, but Asuka cut her off by slamming her off the top. Charlotte was bleeding from her mouth. Asuka landed a dropkick from the top and got a two-count out of it. The show then went to break.
Back from that break, Charlotte landed a splash onto Asuka, who was on the outside. Charlotte then did the same thing inside the ring. Charlotte hit a series of chops. Charlotte slammed Asuka and hit a clothesline for a two-count. Charlotte speared Asuka and set up for the Figure-Eight, but Damage CTRL’s music hit and that distraction Charlotte enough for Asuka to roll Charlotte up for a two-count. IYO SKY paraded her title around ringside as Bayley stood on the apron. Charlotte went for Bayley, but SKY came off the top to double-dropkick both Asuka and Charlotte to end the match.
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– Kayla Braxton interviewed Santos Escobar backstage. Escobar said he’s feeling confident about his match with Austin Theory. As Escobar was talking, Theory showed up and suplexed Escobar onto a traveling case. Theory then slammed the top of a case onto Escobar’s knee to end the segment.
– A video announcing that Edge will celebrate 25 years of him next week aired. Cameras went backstage, where Escobar was icing his leg down after the Theory attack. Meanwhile, the show joined Karrion Kross’s entrance midway through it back in the ring.
AJ Styles defeated Karrion Kross [9:38]
This was pretty good for a WWE TV match. You can’t deny that they’ve tried to give this program some weight over the weeks and while we can argue all day about if it worked, attention must be paid to the fact that it felt an awful lot like the point of this was to elevate Kross on some level. Can’t be mad at the idea. My only gripe is the question of where everyone goes from here. Styles and The OC could certainly mean more while Kross … and I truly hate to say this … just seems to still be spinning his wheels. This match had its low points, but it also had some nice moments as well. I’m not so sure that any of it helped anybody.
Both guys had more hair on their face and head than we’ve know them to have in WWE. Styles started things off with a dropkick and immediately went to work on Kross’s neck. Kross worked his way back quickly with a high back body-drop. Kross jawed at Styles and threw him into a turnbuckle. With Styles on the top, Kross went for a suplex, but Styles countered by slipping through his legs and clotheslining Kross to the outside. Styles ran at Kross, but Kross caught Styles and landed a Death Valley Driver on Styles onto the commentary table. The show went to a commercial break.
Coming back from commercial, Styles had control in the ring and went to the apron. Styles went for the Phenomenal Forearm, but Kross caught him and sank in the Kross Jacket. Styles powered up and ran Kross into a turnbuckle. The two had a scary exchange where nothing quite worked, but it resulted in a two-count from Styles. Styles kicked Kross in the head and set up for the 450 splash. Styles hit it and went for the pin, but Scarlett put Kross’s foot on the rope for a break.
Michin tried to attack Scarlett, but Scarlett countered and took Michin out. Inside the ring, Kross went for the Kross Hair, but Styles ducked it and went for the Styles Crash. Scarlett got on the apron to get in the way of that, but Michin threw Scarlett over the broadcast table in a wild spot. Back in the ring, Styles landed the Styles Clash and got the win.
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– Edge’s music hit, Edge made his entrance, and the place went nuts. And I do mean nuts. The show then went to commercial break.
– Back from the break, Cathy Kelly was backstage saying she wasn’t sure if Santos Escobar would make the match for later. Rey Mysterio appeared and said Escobar would made it to the match. From there, we went back to the ring, where Edge stood.
The Edge Segment
Edge noted how he wasn’t advertised to be there. Edge said he saw that Calgary was on the docket the week before Toronto and it had been way too long since Calgary saw Edge. The crowd cheered and Edge said next week, he wants to have a match. Edge said he’s never had a match with Sheamus and he wants to have one with him next week. Edge explained that Sheamus is the reason Edge can still stand in the ring. Edge said Sheamus lit the fire under Edge’s butt to make Edge believe he can step back into the ring.
Edge talked about Sheamus’s YouTube show and Edge recalled how Edge wiped out on the Sheamus show and that was when Edge’s lightbulb lit up. Edge said he called Sheamus before his Royal Rumble return to ask Sheamus if he thought Edge was ready. Edge said Sheamus moved in with him and became part of his extended family to prepare for the Rumble. Edge remembered how they got in the ring every day and after that, Edge said he was ready. Edge said he needed an answer now and introduced Sheamus.
Sheamus made his way to the ring and said, “What a Canadian, eh?” Sheamus set up the Edge footage from his YouTube show and they rolled the tape. Edge then called for the production team to put a photo on the tron of Sheamus sitting on Edge’s daughter’s bike. Sheamus said he wanted to get serious and explained that in 2004, he was wondering if he’d pursue a career in WWE or head back to a day job. Sheamus said while he was working in a club, he went up to everyone in WWE and they gave him a cold shoulder … except for Edge, who gave Sheamus time and advice. From there, Sheamus said he knew Edge was a world-class act. Sheamus said without that conversation from 2004, Sheamus wouldn’t be standing in that ring. Edge said he wanted an answer to his challenge and ultimately, Sheamus accepted the challenge for next week.
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– A video celebrating Hulk Hogan’s birthday aired. He’s 70, even though I have been told all my life he is immortal, so who knows what’s what.
LA Knight defeated Top Dolla [2:00]
Basic stuff here, though good on Knight for giving Top Dolla so much offense – Dolla ostensibly controlled the first 90 seconds of the match before Knight hit a move or two and then his finish for the win. Still, forward movement for Knight is good movement. The crowds continue to eat it up and even if it just means a quick squash and a catchphrase to remind everyone he’s still him, that’s a job well done.
Knight took a cheating beating early on from the rest of Hit Row while the ref was distracted. Dolla lifted Knight, but Knight got out of it and hit a bulldog from the second rope. Knight hit Ashante Thee Adonis and did the LA Knight thing before hitting an elbow. Knight landed the BFT for the win.
After the match, Knight grabbed a mic and the crowd did their part perfectly. Knight called Top Dolla Uncle Phil. Everyone yelled “LA Knight Yeah!” Graves called Knight DJ Khalid and boy, I’m not sure how wrong he was. From there, Adam Pearce checked to see if Escobar could wrestle in the training room. Escobar said he could go and from there, the show went to commercial break.
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– We got a backstage video from Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits. Lashey said the saddest thing in life is untapped potential. Lashley said the Profits have so much potential and reflected on how great last week was. Lashley said championship gold is theirs to take. The three cheers’d to changing things on SmackDown.
Santos Escobar walked to the ring, but Theory attacked Escobar from behind. The rest of the LWO came out to tend to Escobar. Theory got a mic and said he was sorry that the audience wouldn’t see Theory live. Theory said he wanted to defend his US title, but it turned out Escobar was too weak. As a result, Adam Pearce came out and inserted Rey Mysterio into the match instead. Mysterio went to the ring and took Theory out as the show went to a break.
Rey Mysterio defeated Austin Theory to win the US title [2:40 of TV time]
This felt about right, if we’re being honest. Whatever the history books say this era of Austin Theory is once it’s all said and done, I hope all those books agree that it didn’t work the way anyone hoped it would. Theory hasn’t really connected on most every level. I still think potential is there; I just don’t know how the WWE system taps into it. In the meantime, a Mysterio win makes everyone feel good and it sets up an interesting dynamic between Mysterio and Escobar. Also, this was the rare instance where not seeing half the match didn’t really matter – Theory isn’t turning masses of heads with his in-ring work so why belabor it? This was as good as anyone could hope.
When the show returned, Mysterio went to the top and landed a Senton and a splash for a two-count. Mysterio went to the second rope, but Theory caught him and Mysterio ultimately landed somewhat of a buckle bomb for a two-count. Mysterio set up the 619, but Theory caught him to break it up. Mysterio came right back, set it up again and actually hit it for the win.
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– Next week, Rey Mysterio will be on the Grayson Waller Effect. We’ll also get Sheamus vs. Edge.
The Bloodline Segment
Roman Reigns made his entrance flanked by Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman. After a commercial break, we got back to the ring, where Reigns told Calgary to acknowledge him and the crowd responded in kind. Reigns asked Heyman where Jimmy was and Heyman said he didn’t know. Heyman said he spoke to Jimmy in the morning, but … well … Jimmy showed up in his hoodie with no fanfare. When the spotlight came to him, the crowd booed and chanted “You sold out!”
Roman said, “Jim, don’t worry about them (the crowd). They mean nothing.” Roman said he owed Jimmy. Roman said Jimmy can name his price and whatever it is, it’ll be done. New car? Done. Yacht? Done. Jimmy interrupted Roman and said what he did at SummerSlam has nothing to do with Roman. Roman continued to bargain with Jimmy and while he did so, the Usos theme hit and Jey made his entrance.
Jey stepped into the ring and grabbed Jimmy’s microphone. The Usos stared at each other for a second. Jey demanded an answer from Jimmy as to why Jimmy did it. Jimmy said he did what he did at SummerSlam because he loves Jey. Jimmy said he didn’t do it because of jealousy. Jimmy said he was afraid he’d lose Jey if Jey beat Roman. Jimmy said Jey would have inherited power that would have made Jey like Roman and Roman is corrupted. Jimmy called Roman an asshole and he didn’t want Jey to become an asshole like Roman.
Jimmy said if Jey hates Jimmy, it’s fine because the only reason was that Jimmy loved Jey. Jimmy said if Jey wants to kick Jimmy’s face off, he can. Jimmy closed his eyes and waited for the kick. Jey turned his back on Jimmy and Jimmy walked around Jey. Jimmy nodded and left the ring. Roman laughed and said it was a perfect time to say he told Jey so. Roman said Jey doesn’t know what he’s doing. Roman said tonight was about one thing – acknowledging Roman. As Roman said it, Jey super-kicked Roman.
Solo responded by attacking Jey, but Jey kicked Solo. Roman then Superman Punched Jey. Roman went to spear Jey, but Jey super-kicked Roman and speared Roman. Jey grabbed a mic and told Jimmy to walk back down to the ring. It looked like they would hug, but Jey super-kicked Jimmy. Jey said he’s out of the Bloodline, SmackDown and WWE and left through the crowd. Jey walked through the crowd and the crowd chanted “Jey!” to end the show.
