WWE taped Friday’s June 27th episode of WWE SmackDown from the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Here are the results:
Dark Matches:
Adam Rose defeated Heath Slater is what was described as a “pretty good” match. This was the dark match right before the Main Event TV taping began.
Cody “Stardust” Rhodes and Goldust defeated WWE NXT Tag Team Champions The Ascension after Goldust pinned Viktor. This was the dark match right before the SmackDown TV taping began.
WWE SmackDown (Airing Friday):
Seth Rollins, Randy Orton and Triple H kick off SmackDown. They hyped Money In the Bank and announced Bad News Barrett vs. Dean Ambrose, which is up next.
Dean Ambrose defeated Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett in a non-title match after hitting his Dirty Deeds finisher. After the match, Jack Swagger came out and attacked Barrett. Ambrose laid Swagger out with a ladder. Seth Rollins ran in through the crowd, attacked Ambrose and gave him the curb stomp.
Divas Champion Paige defeated Cameron. After the match, Cameron got in Paige’s face.
A video package aired for the new Connor The Crusher charity.
US Champion Sheamus defeated Bray Wyatt by disqualification when Erick Rowan and Luke Harper interfered. The Usos ran out to make the save.
Cesaro and Del Rio defeated Dolph Ziggler and Rob Van when Del Rio made RVD tap out to the cross armbreaker. Paul Heyman was on commentary. After the match, Cesaro laid out Del Rio.
Rusev (with Lana) squashed Sin Cara. Rusev and Lana cut an anti-American promo before the match. Afterwards, Big E comes out and stares down Rusev in the ring. They had a brief scuffle, with Big E knocking Rusev out of the ring.
Roman Reigns vs. Kane ended in a DQ when Randy Orton interfered right before Reigns was going to spear Kane. Reigns speared Orton, but then Kane chokeslammed Reigns and set up a ladder. Orton climbed the ladder and posed with the titles. Orton went to punt Reigns but got caught with a spear. Kane also got a spear and the show ended with Reigns posing with both titles.
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