Published 14:21 IST, January 11th 2020
WWE SmackDown highlights: King Corbin and Dolph Ziggler destroy Roman Reigns and The Usos
Friday Night’s WWE SmackDown kept up the momentum for WWE’s march to the Royal Rumble match. The episode saw the much-anticipated return of several competitors.
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Friday Night’s WWE SmackDown kept up momentum for WWE’s march to Royal Rumble match. episode saw much-anticipated return of several superstars. One such superstar to make his comeback was John Morrison, who made his appearance in an in-ring promo after almost a decade. Usos also returned to help Roman Reigns against Dolph Ziggler and King Corbin but suffered a crushing defeat. Take a look at what happened in SmackDown universe.
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WWE SmackDown highlights: Miz defeats Kofi Kingston
Miz faced an onslaught from New Day’s Kingston but withstood it bravely to overcome his opponent. He targeted Kingston’s knee and followed up with Yes Kicks. Kingston countered with an SOS, before hitting Miz with double boots.
or half of New Day, Big E stood at ringside, encouraging his partner to fight on as Miz applied 'Figure Four', hoping for a tap out. When that did t work, Miz rolled outside ring to distract Big E while John Morrison launched a sneak attack on Kingston and took him out. Miz returned to ring and defeated Kingston in a skull-crushing finale.
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WWE SmackDown highlights: Mandy Rose tames Alexa Bliss
rivalry between Alexa Bliss and Mandy Rose continued in a singles match on Friday. Bliss started strong, but an interruption by Heavy Machinery’s Otis and Trucker allowed Rose to turn tables. She defeated Bliss via pinfall.
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WWE SmackDown highlights: Lacey Evans vs Sasha Banks
This was a match that never happened. Instead, Lacey Evans had SmackDown women’s champion Bayley to deal with. She informed that Sasha Banks was in Los Angeles and wouldn’t come for match. Lacey Evans refused to accept explanation. two took fight off-st and brawled backst till Bayley retreated.
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WWE SmackDown highlights: n-Title Match between Braun Strowman and Shinsuke Nakamura
Braun Strowman fought Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in pursuit of his first singles championship in WWE. But he found out that he would have to put up with interference from Cesaro and Sami Zayn. Strowman started strong but was hampered by Cesaro and Zayn. But champion controlled pace of match, till an attack went wrong and he ate closline. Strowman took advant of wrong move and overcame interference of from Nakamura’s cronies to hit champion with a power slam for a pinfall victory.
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WWE SmackDown highlights: Usos vs King Corbin and Dolph Ziggler
Before match, Roman Reigns cut a promo, vowing to win Royal Rumble and WrestleMania for fifth time. He n introduced Usos, but y were interrupted by King Corbin and Dolph Ziggler.
heels attacked Jey Uso early on and looked like y were dominating match. But Jey tagged Jimmy, and re was a resurgence. However, it was short-lived as Revival, members of King Corbin’s posse, made an appearance allowing heels to wrest back control.
Reigns did come back into ring to hit Corbin with a Spear, drawing a disqualification. As he looked to punish Corbin furr, Robert Roode made a surprise entrance and left Reigns on floor. heels came toger to finish off Usos and Reigns.
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14:21 IST, January 11th 2020