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Survivor Series is just five days away, and the go-home SmackDown Live on Tuesday night in St. Louis was set to be a smooth transition to Sunday's biggest events. Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch, had to be pulled from her scheduled butt with Raw women's champion Ronda Rousey after suffering a blue branding female invasion.
Many thought the most notable aspect of Tuesday's SmackDown would be the fate of the match with Rousey on Sunday and Lynch's status, but the main event with the WWE title all year.
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The unfathomable heel WWE champion
The WWE champion hit the ring at the beginning of SmackDown to address his opponent at Survivor Series, universal champion Brock Lesnar. Styles all that he has defended the title against the best of the world, then said he has been the workhorse of WWE since he got there. He noted that he's defeated all his opponents – except Brock Lesnar. He gets a second chance on Sunday, however. Just as Styles Paul Heyman appeared from the crowd.
Heyman said that he came to SmackDown tonight to remind Styles that there's no one Lesnar wants to face more right now than the WWE champion because he is one of the best in-ring performers ever. Heyman then took the dig at Styles, though, by saying he's No. 2 right now … Daniel Bryan. Heyman said we'll never see Lesnar vs. Bryan, but it will be a winner for the second time in the WWE "Styles fired back by saying that he has nothing but respect for Bryan, but reminded that not only did he defeat Bryan when he challenged for the title before Crown Jewel, but he tapped him out. The WWE champ said that Sunday will be about Lesnar or Bryan, it will be all about him.
Bryan headed towards the ring and conceded that he did not get to Styles in their title match, and he did, in fact, tap out. He said he told Styles that he's been looking for a reason to punch him in the face, and if Styles says he's one more time, he's going to do just that. Well, Styles eventually did just that – and Bryan pounced as promised. Commissioner Shane McMahon then led the officials down to the ring to break the melee. Backstage after commercial, Styles and Bryan, McMahon told the field that he will defend the title against Bryan. We have a WWE championship match five days before Survivor Series.
WWE Championship – Daniel Bryan def. AJ Styles (c) via pinfall to win the title: These two battles are a newcomer, but there is a twist coming in the finish. Styles were for the Phenomenal Forearm, and as he came off the rope, Bryan shoved him from mid-air into referee Charles Robinson. With Robinson incapacitated, the unthinkable happened as Bryan clearly turned heel, kicking the field right in the groin. With the ref coming back alive, Bryan hit the running knee to get 1-2-3 and become WWE champion for the first time no one saw coming. Afterwards, Bryan left no doubt that he has taken over the fight after the match was over. Bryan then gave an evil smile to the championship he now holds to end the show.
Just when you begin to think WWE can not get away from it. Not only do we get a new WWE champion in Los Angeles on Sunday, but it was done in the last few days. the middle of such a move. Heel Bryan – as the top champion, no less – will be the one we are interested in paying attention to as we enter 2019. Bryan's experience on Sunday against Lesnar, goal we're going to be back to business as usual come back Tuesday, we might be in for a hell of a ride. Grade: B +
Becky Lynch tabs her replacement
The go-home SmackDown opened up by getting straight to the point. Back at the announce table, Tom Phillips officially announced that Lynch is out of the woods with Rousey due to the injuries she sustained. The announce team admits that Lynch is in the building before questioning who will take his place on Sunday against Rousey.
Mid-show, Paige was in the ring following a commercial break and she called the whole SmackDown women's roster to the ring. Paige told the women that Rousey at Survivor Series. Lynch said she's angry as hell right now, and she took a beating last night, but that's never stopped her before. She did not go anywhere, but unfortunately, no one would clear her. The SmackDown women's field told Rousey she's not bad on the planet, she's the luckiest. Even with a severe concussion and broken face, she knows she can still kick Rousey's bad.
She is now forced to pick her opponent, and Lynch circled back to form rival Charlotte Flair. Lynch told Flair to make Rousey tap out on Sunday the way she planned to tap her out, hugged her old friend and left the ring. Survivor Series now gives us the Flair vs. Rousey match everyone has made the first time in January.
Flair vs. Rousey has long been the rumored match for WrestleMania 35 next year in MetLife Stadium, but we're getting closer to anticipating the unfortunate circumstances surrounding Lynch's injury from Monday. Some are vehemently against the idea of slotting, but there is some logic involved with this choice. It does not seem like if WWE has any plans of Rousey cleanly losing a match anytime soon, so Flair continuing her losing strand by dropping the end to Rousey on Sunday could continue the story of the multi-time forming women's field . If there was one part of this segment that was mildly irked me, it was the hug given out by Lynch, as I'd rather not see our beloved new anti-hero dolling out love. Other than that, WWE did what it was to replace a big-time matchup. Grade: C +
What else happened on SmackDown?
- Jeff Hardy defeated Andrade "Cien" Almas via pinfalHardly pinned Almas after hitting the Swanton Bomb.
- Survivor Series shakeup at the top: After Hardy's victory, Miz was informed that he is now the captain of the men's SmackDown team with Bryan being removed (for some reason). Miz was so impressed with Hardy's performance that he named him to the team, then he said Rey Mysterio was removed because he was a pick of his co-captain Bryan. Paige took exception to that, but told Miz that he can face Mysterio, and if he's victorious, then he can replace the recently-returned legend.
- Shinsuke Nakamura addresses Seth Rollins: Backstage, the United States champion said that he 's heartbroken that rollins admitted he' s not worrying about him leading into Survivor Series. Because Rollins broke his heart, Nakamura will break his face on Sunday.
- Rey Mysterio def. The Miz via pinfall: Mysterio kept his spot on the Survivor Series team after pinning Miz with a crucifix. Afterwards, Randy Orton hit the ring to continue terrorizing Mysterio, but he was unable to get his hands on him, hitting Miz with an RKO instead for getting in his way.
- The Bar & The Big Show def. New Day via pinfall: Big Show picked up the win for his trio after connecting with KO punch to Kofi Kingston.
- Usos Reveal Their Survivor Series PartnersThe Usos Revisited The New Year at Survivor Series will be: The Colons, The Good Brothers & SAnitY. They will be happy on Sunday to the "SmackDown penitentiary."
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