WWE Smackdown taping results for 5/30 (Spoilers)
By Jack Crosby
Tuesday night WWE taped the edition of Smackdown for this Friday, May 30 in Atlanta, Ga., which will be the final show before the Payback special event on Sunday night.
Courtesy of PWMania.com, here are the results from Tuesday night’s taping.
Dark Match
* Emma and Santino Marella defeated Layla and Fandango
* Dolph Ziggler defeated NXT’s Sami Zayn
WWE SmackDown
* The Shield kicks off SmackDown with a promo on Evolution and Payback.
* Cesaro vs. Kofi Kingston is next. Cesaro came out to a big pop with Paul Heyman. Cesaro gets the win.
* Paige vs. Tamina Snuka in a non-title match is next. Paige gets the win with her Scorpion Crosslock. Alicia Fox came out during the match and taunted Paige with the Divas Title belt. She tried to distract Paige to allow Tamina to get the win but it backfired.
* Xavier Woods vs. Bo Dallas is next. Bo comes out and cuts another cheesy promo about Bo-lieving. Bo gets the win with the Bo-dog.
* Los Matadores, El Torito, 3MB and Hornswoggle are out next. The match is Jinder Mahal vs. El Torito. Torito, without his tail still, gets the win.
* Jimmy Uso vs. Bray Wyatt in a Last Man Standing match will take place later.
* Paul Heyman comes out and reminds us that Brock Lesnar ended The Undertaker’s Streak. Heyman joins commentary as Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett and United States Champion Sheamus come out for their match. This match was described as a must-see brawl. There were big “Let’s go Sheamus, Bad News Barrett” dueling chants. Sheamus got the win after a finishing sequence that was described as “amazing.”
* Big E came out with an American flag and squashed Titus O’Neil. Before they began, Lana interrupted and cut a promo on Big E and America. They got huge heel heat and USA chants, according to our correspondent. She and Rusev watched the match from ringside.
* Adam Rose came out to his biggest pop yet, except for the UK, according to our correspondent. Rose went on to defeat Jack Swagger in a match and taunts Zeb Colter some more.
* Bray Wyatt vs. Jimmy Uso in a Last Man Standing match is next. This match gets the first CM Punk chants of the night. This was described as a good physical match. Wyatt destroyed Uso in front of the announce table and got the win to end SmackDown.
* The dark main event after the tapings saw The Shield defeat The Wyatt Family in what was described as a solid match. Dean Ambrose blocked Sister Abigail at one point. Roman Reigns hit a Superman punch on Bray Wyatt and a spear to Luke Harper for the win.