Edge and Christian opened the show and spoke about what happened on Raw. Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury came to the ring. They read a prepared statement from The Authority disavowing any attacks from Monday and recognizing Edge and Christian’s right to host Smackdown, yet making J&J Security overseers of the action… 1. Bray Wyatt beat Erick Rowan. The dark main event is advertised as a street fight between Wyatt and Dean Ambrose. Wyatt won with little reaction from the crowd. He took the mic and spoke about taking out flesh and blood in Rowan, and spoke about his ambulance match with Ambrose and how all good things must come to an end… Footage aired of J&J Security cutting off Edge and Christian from doing a five-second pose… 2. Big Show beat Ryback via count out. They replayed footage of Ryback’s speech from Raw. The crowd was behind Ryback and chanted “you sold out” at Big Show. Finally, some excitement. The match was mostly Big Show beating on Ryback until he made his comeback. Rusev showed up and distracted Ryback. Show punched Ryback off the ring apron and he was counted out… Backstage, Jamie Noble went into the women’s room and there was a scream with Edge getting a laugh at his expense… 3. Cesaro and Tyson Kidd beat Los Matadores. Cesaro and Kidd won a short match. Natalya looked a little bitter about Tyson celebrating with Cesaro and disregarding her… Dean Ambrose was shown on the big screen arriving at the building… 4. Dean Ambrose fought Curtis Axel to an apparent no-contest. Ambrose put away Axel and then grabbed the mic. An ambulance backed into the arena and Ambrose spoke about what he intended to do to Bray Wyatt on Raw. Technically, the match didn’t really happen, as there was no bell to start and thus no decision. It was just a crowd raiser and the promo was the best part of the night thus far. The crowd was really into it… 5. The Ascension beat local wrestlers. The Ascension won quickly. An impressive performance. Good energy from them… 6. Goldust, Stardust, and Adam Rose vs. The Usos and R-Truth. A pretty nice match. Two of the Rosebuds tried to enter the ring afterward, but the Usos superkicked them. Backstage, J&J Security were packing items to get things ready for the return of The Authority. Edge and Christian drew all over Triple H and Stephanie McMahon’s Muscle & Fitness magazine cover… 7. Roman Reigns beat U.S. Champion Rusev by DQ. Big Show interfered for the DQ. Reigns and Show brawled at ringside, and Reigns dumped the broadcast table on Show. A good back and forth match to close the show.
