Tonight’s WWE Smackdown will take a place at U.S. BANK ARENA CINCINNATI, OH on 12th December 2017 at 8PM/ET.
– Tonight’s WWE SmackDown opens with a look at what led to Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. Randy Orton & Shinsuke Nakamura with special referee Shane McMahon being announced for WWE Clash of Champions.
Charlotte Flair vs. Ruby Riott
Natalya is on commentary for this match. Back and forth to start the match. Riott with an early roll up after Liv and Logan provide a distraction. Flair comes back with a fall-away slam, sending Riott to the floor. Ruby comes back in but Logan provides another distraction, allowing Riott to hit a STO on Flair. More back and forth before Riott takes Flair down and keeps her grounded. We end up going to commercial with Riott in control.
Flair makes a big comeback after the break, unloading on the floor and taking out the others. This leads to Natalya getting dropped by Flair. Natalya ends up dropping Flair to cause the disqualification.
Winner by DQ: Charlotte Flair
– After the bell, The Riott Squad teams up on Flair in the ring. She tries to fight back but they beat her down as Natalya watches from the floor. They bring Flair to the floor and continue destroying her. Liv and Logan take the steel ring steps apart and lay half of them over Flair. The music interrupts and out comes Naomi to make the save. Naomi takes out Logan and Liv at the same time. Naomi goes after Riott next and brings her into the ring. Naomi unloads on Riott and hits her with the Rear View. Liv and Logan pull Ruby to safety as they retreat up the ramp. Lana, Tamina Snuka and Carmella suddenly attack The Riott Squad from behind. Liv, Ruby and Logan retreat again and face off with the other two groups.
Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler
The bell rings and Corbin takes it to the corner. They talk some trash and Ziggler shoves Corbin out of the corner. Corbin drops Ziggler with a right hand. Ziggler sends Corbin into the corner with a dropkick. Corbin comes back but runs into the ring post. Both Superstars are down in the ring as Roode takes off his robe and enters the ring to wait for them to get up.
Ziggler gets up first and Roode nails him with a Glorious DDT for the disqualification.
Winner by DQ: Dolph Ziggler
– After the bell, Corbin grabs Roode but Roode counters and drops him with a Glorious DDT. Roode talks trash to both Superstars and stands tall as his music plays.
The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Colin Delaney and Joe Monroe
The bell starts and Rowan goes right to work, destroying. Harper tags in and they keep up the assault for the easy win. They bring it back in the ring and end up hitting a big double team for the squash win.
Winners: The Bludgeon Brothers
– After the match, Rowan and Harper stand tall as we get replays.
The Usos vs. Rusev and Aiden English
Rusev & English have control of the match. Rusev has Jey Uso stuck in a bear hug. Rusev breaks it and talks some trash to Jimmy Uso. Jey tries to make a comeback and drops Rusev. Jimmy tags in at the same time English gets the tag. Jimmy unloads and ducks a clothesline before hitting a big Samoan Drop.
Jimmy gets riled up and goes for the big splash in the corner but English floors him with a big boot. Uso ends up catching English with a superkick in mid-move but Rusev breaks the pin. Uso sends Rusev to the floor and goes for a big dive but Rusev nails him with a right hand. Jimmy comes over and kicks Rusev away into the barrier. The chaos leads to Rusev hitting a big Machka Kick from the floor, allowing English to drop Jimmy for the pin.
Winners: Aiden English and Rusev
– After the match, Rusev and English stand tall as Rusev’s music hits.
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens
