The odds were stacked against SmackDown Live women’s champion Becky Lynch as the show came to us from Indianapolis, Indiana.
Becky faced Charlotte Flair for the title once again, and had been told that she would lose the belt if she got herself disqualified.
Here, we recap five things you missed if you didn’t see this week’s edition of SmackDown Live.
Still in the spotlight
Becky Lynch is still your SmackDown Live Women’s champion. But only just. She had been told before the match that if she lost through disqualification, she would lost her title to Charlotte Flair, following her DQ loss at Super Show-Down.
The match opened the show, and was given plenty of time to develop as a story. For the most part, it was a normal match, with very little being said regarding the stipulation. Eventually however, Becky once again tried to walk out with her title to take the count out loss, but Charlotte prevented her from doing so.
There were plenty of nearfalls in this one, and at one point the referee nearly called for the DQ after Becky clearly pushed Charlotte into him, but he held off. The finish finally came when Lynch rolled out of the ring after being hit by ‘Natural Selection’. She then threw Charlotte into the ring post, but is then thrown head first onto the ring apron. All this time, he referee has been counting and the two women are unable to beat the count.
Double count-out, meaning Becky keeps her title. They continue to brawl up the ramp after the match and have to be restrained by WWE officials.
The Big Show’s anti-climax
WWE announced the bizarre news that the Big Show of all people would be wrestling on SmackDown, not only while still technically a Raw superstar, but also for the first time on WWE TV since 2017. His match, a WWE World Cup qualifier against Randy Orton.
Big Show dominated for large parts of the match as you would expect, hitting Randy with a spear and a chokeslam for near falls. Randy, as is often the case, had to resort to a dirty trick to pick up the victory, shoving his thumb in the giant’s eye, giving him enough time to hit Big Show with the RKO for the win.
Still not entirely sure why this had to be the Big Show in the match when it could have been literally anyone else, but oh well.
More from Milwaukee
Last week, Aiden English showed us a short video of exactly ‘what happened in Milwaukee’, which was Lana entering his hotel room and saying “I want you” before the video is cleverly cut short and the rest of her sentence was not revealed.
This week, Aiden showed a little bit more of the video, in which she goes on “I want you to know how much you mean to Rusev”. She then talks about how wonderful his singing is, and that they both appreciate what Aiden has done for Rusev’s career. Aiden says he’s very touched and places his hand on Lana’s shoulder, and once again, the video pauses. Of course, he can’t show the rest of the video because everyone knows what happens next, but he will destroy it if Rusev agrees to leave Lana and reunite Rusev Day.
But that’s not going to happen. Lana manages to hack Aiden’s phone because the password is “iheartrusev” and restarts the video. The rest of the clip shows that nothing actually happened other than Lana calling Aiden a creep for the shoulder touch. Rusev snaps and attacks English, who is forced to retreat up the ramp. A bit of an anti-climax really, but I will look forward to the inevitable pre-show match between these two at the next pay-per-view.
Rey’s return
On Sunday (October 7), it was announced that WWE legend Rey Mysterio would be making his return at SmackDown 1000 after he signed a two-year deal with the company a few weeks ago.
Now, his opponent for the show has been revealed, and it is none other than United States champion Shinsuke Nakamura. Nakamura’s reign has been relatively devoid of any serious competition, and he has not defended the belt on the last two pay-per-views. Next week’s match is not a title match, but is instead a World CUp qualifier.
Surely Rey will have to win? His first singles match for WWE since April 2014, and first appearance as a whole since January of this year. But then, can you give Shinsuke the loss, given that he is the United States Champion. The answer is probably yes, but they really need to think of something more for Nakamura to do than jobbing to returning legends.
Jeff victorious
When Jeff Hardy vs Samoa Joe in a WWE World Cup qualifier was announced for the show, people will have thought two things. Firstly, Samoa Joe is winning that, after all, he almost became WWE Champion several times in the past few weeks, and secondly, Jeff’s return after falling through a table in his Hell in a Cell match is a bit of a sudden one.
Throughout the match, Joe sold the injured knee he sustained during his match with AJ Styles at Super Show-Down, and it would be this injury that would lead to his downfall. Jeff targeted the knee once it became clear that Joe was still struggling, hitting leg drops aplenty onto the joint. Joe battled on, but a kick that Jeff ducked hit the ring post instead, and Joe was subsequently unable to stand up.
The referee makes the call that Joe cannot continue and Jeff Hardy qualifies for the World Cup as Joe howls in agony.
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