
WWE SmackDown
June 13, 2017
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Transcription by Josh Lopez
The New Day, Breezango, The Usos and The Colons In-Ring Segment:
Now THIS is a party! The @SoulRebelsNOLA play @XavierWoodsPhD, @TrueKofi and @WWEBigE to the ring on #SDLive! @WWEMusic pic.twitter.com/qeU20ifqTG
— WWE (@WWE) June 14, 2017
The New Day had to make a grand entrance because this is the home of next year’s WrestleMania. Once The New Day defeat The Usos on Sunday, they can return to their role on the off broadway version of Straight Out of Compton. The New Day meanwhile will walk into WrestleMania as your Smackdown Tag Team Champions. The Usos comes out to interrupt The New Day. Jimmy says that The New Day are the second coming of the movie Drumline. New Day are playing with the wrong ones.
The Usos are the wardens. They proceed to get interrupted by Breezango. Fandango says there’s a major break in the Usos case. Their day one is not so H. If anything, The Usos day one is G, for gross. The Usos don’t have the authority to lock anyone up because they are the police, the fashion police. The Colons join the fray. Epico tells Breezango to stop sticking their noses where they don’t belong. Breezango are the worst detectives and their fashion sense is horrible. The Colons have a clue for the rent a cops. They didn’t trash their office, but they will get trashed by them. Big E says The New Day and the Fashion Police are going to lawfully enforce their boots betwixt The Usos and Colons buns because, NEW DAY ROCKS!
First Match: The New Day & Breezango vs. The Usos & The Colons
Fandango tags in Kofi and Jimmy proceeds to tag in Epico. Kofi and Epico goes into the collar and elbow tie up. Kofi applies a waist lock. Epico counters with a side headlock. Epico drops Kofi with a shoulder tackle. Epico and Kofi runs the ropes. Kofi leapfrogs over Epico. Kofi drops Epico with a leaping elbow strike. Kofi tags in Woods. Woods lands a flying elbow drop for a two count. Woods tags in Fandango. Fandango connects with a flying double axe handle. Epico drives Fandango to the corner and lands a knife edge chop. Fandango responds with a hurricanrana. Fandango lands a knife edge chop of his own. Epico goes for a rollup, but Fandango counters with a leg drop for a two count. Fandango tags in Breeze. Breeze connects with stereo elbow drops for a two count. Epico sends Breeze to the corner. Epico tags in Jey Uso. Jey rams his shoulder to the midsection of Breeze. Jey plants Breeze with a Samoan Drop. The Usos and The Colons are cutting the ring in half.
Primo applies a rear chin lock. Breeze ducks a right hand from Primo. Breeze dropkicks Primo. Breeze tags in Woods. Breeze lands a flying splash, Woods goes for the cover, but Primo kicks out at the count of two. Woods plants Primo with a Tornado DDT. Woods is lighting up Primo chest in the corner. Primo responds with a flurry of stomps to the chest of Woods. Woods lands a boot across the jaw of Primo. Woods connects with the Honor Roll. The New Day and Breezango lands stereo dropkicks to the Usos. Both Usos are clothesline to the outside by New Day and Breezango. Woods bounces Primo head on the top turnbuckle. Woods tags in Breeze. Primo drops Breeze with a jaw breaker. Primo tags in Jimmy Uso. Jimmy lands a knife edge chop. Breeze duck a clothesline from Jimmy. Jimmy drops Breeze with a uppercut. Jimmy tags in Jey. Jey whips Breeze back first into the turnbuckles. Jey tags in Epico. Epico continues to ground Breeze with a series of clubbing cross faces.
Epico applies a rear chin lock. The Colons connects with a Stereo Basement Dropkick to Breeze. Epico tags in Primo. Primo goes for the cover, but Breeze kicks out at two. Primo locks in a Surfboard Submission Hold. Breeze gets back to a vertical base. Primo with a running knee strike to the back of Breeze neck. Epico tags himself in. Epico lands a Slingshot Senton for a two count. Epico tags in Jey. The Usos drops Breeze with a back breaker. Jey connects with the Running Stinkface in the corner for a two count. Jey applies a rear chin lock. Epico blocks Breeze from making the hot tag. Epico plants Breeze with a Delayed Vertical Suplex. Epico goes back to the rear chin lock. Epico knocks Fandango off the ring apron. Epico tags in Primo. Breeze lands a thrust kick to Primo. Breeze clotheslines Epico. Woods and Jimmy are tagged in. Woods with a series of running axe handles. Woods drops The Colons with the Somersault Plancha. Kofi connects with the Boom Drop. Kofi connects with the Trouble to Paradise for a two count. Fandango sends Jey Uso crashing through the ropes. Primo goes for a backstabber, but Kofi blocks it. The New Day plants Primo with a Back Breaker/Double Stomp Combination to pickup the victory.
Winner: The New Day & Breezango via Pinfall
AJ Styles, Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura Backstage Segment:
"I think we're a little better than good. I think we're GREAT!" – @iLikeSamiZayn to partners tonight @AJStylesOrg & @ShinsukeN… #SDLive pic.twitter.com/Hw3Y4K9PAR
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) June 14, 2017
– Mojo Rawley is interviewed by the lovely Dasha Fuentes. Mojo thanks Shane McMahon for the opportunity to face WWE Champion, Jinder Mahal. Mojo has been beating himself up for the past week. He knows how to handle adversity. Mojo says that we haven’t seen the best from Mojo Rawley. Zack Ryder returns, so the Hype Bros are back.
Second Match: Naomi vs. Tamina Snuka
Lana comes down to the ring before the bell even rings. Tamina backs Naomi into the turnbuckles. Tamina shoves Naomi to the canvas. Naomi goes for a flurry of forearm strikes, but the referee gets in the way. Tamina headbutts Naomi. Tamina launches Naomi to the other side of the ring. Tamina is tossing Naomi around like a rag doll. Tamina applies a rear chin lock. Naomi lands a leg lariat. Tamina responds with a clothesline. Tamina talks smack to the crowd. Tamina bounces Naomi head on the top turnbuckle. Tamina connects with the Corner Stinkface for a two count.
Tamina goes back to the rear chin lock. Tamina lands a short-arm clothesline for a two count. Naomi is struggling to fight out of the rear chin lock. Tamina goes for a back suplex, but Naomi gets back on her feet. Naomi connects with a enziguri. Naomi repeatedly kicks Tamina in the hamstring region. Tamina plants Naomi with a spinning side slam for a two count. Tamina sets up for the Superstar Fly Splash, but Naomi counters with a Standing Enziguri in the corner. Naomi knocks Tamina off the top turnbuckle. Naomi connects with the Split Legged Moonsault to pickup the victory. After the match, Lana attacks Naomi. Lana plants Naomi with a SitOut PowerBomb.
Winner: Naomi via Pinfall
Jinder Mahal & Randy Orton In-Ring Segment:
Be careful what you say @JinderMahal, you never know when #TheViper will strike OUT OF NOWHERE!!! @RandyOrton #SDLive #RKOOuttaNowhere pic.twitter.com/12FvfV1Un9
— WWE (@WWE) June 14, 2017
Jinder wants everyone to rise and show some respect to your WWE Champion. He’ll prove on Sunday that Randy Orton is a coward and afraid to let down his home town of St. Louis. Orton is afraid of disappointing his family. Randy’s father and other stars from the past will be sitting in the front row. Jinder says that Orton refuses to confront him and it is because of fear of Jinder Mahal. Fear of the Modern Day Maharaja.
Ever since he embarrassed Orton at Backlash, he’s been acting like a defanged garden snake. He will cut away at Randy’s legacy until there is nothing left of the Orton name. The sun has risen on a new era. Jinder speaks in Punjabi. Randy Orton music hits and Jinder sends the Singh Brothers after Orton. Jinder is standing in the middle of the ring alone. Orton drops Mahal with a Running RKO. Orton slithers out of the ring and celebrates with the New Orleans crowd.
"I'm not saying we should be friends. I'm just saying maybe we shouldn't be our own worst enemies…" – @FightOwensFight #SDLive pic.twitter.com/9G4C8yHG83
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) June 14, 2017
Third Match: Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya
Charlotte and Natalya goes into the collar and elbow tie up. Natalya connects with the side headlock takeover. Charlotte responds with a headscissors hold. Charlotte lands a snap mare and continues to grapple around Natalya. Charlotte floats over into a front face lock. Natalya gets back to a vertical base. Natalya drives Charlotte head to the canvas. Natalya walks over Charlotte body. Charlotte goes for a back body drop, but Natalya gets back on her feet. Natalya lands a series of forearm smashes. Charlotte responds with a back elbow in the corner. Charlotte ascends to the top turnbuckle. Natalya sends Charlotte tumbling to the outside. Natalya is mauling Charlotte in the corner. Natalya has Charlotte in a Surfboard Submission Hold. Natalya lands a clubbing blow to the back of Charlotte.
Natalya sends Charlotte face first into the middle turnbuckle. Charlotte and Natalya trades back and forth chops. Charlotte with a back slide for a two count. Charlotte lands a slew of knife edge chops. Charlotte connects with the knee drop. Charlotte follows that with a exploder suplex. Charlotte connects with a Moonsault for a two count. Carmella and Becky Lynch are watching the match in the backstage area. Charlotte drives Natalya head to the canvas. Charlotte goes for another Moonsault, but Natalya counters with a Running SitOut PowerBomb for a two count. Charlotte rakes the eyes of Natalya. Charlotte with a quick rollup for a two count. Charlotte drops Natalya with a Big Boot for another two count. Charlotte plants Natalya with the Natural Selection to pickup the victory.
Winner: Charlotte Flair via Pinfall
The Fashion Files: Sweet Victory
Have YOU seen @mmmgorgeous' attackers?
The culprits have:
1. Greasy hair
2. Dry Skin
3. One or Two Arms#SDLive #FashionFiles @WWEFandango pic.twitter.com/13t0axTOfl— WWE (@WWE) June 14, 2017
– Lana proclaims that she’ll become the very first WWE Ravishing Women’s Champion at Money in the Bank.
If there's one thing @LanaWWE knows for sure, it's that she'll be the first-ever RAVISHING #SDLive #WomensChampion… pic.twitter.com/LZSUfsxUbv
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) June 14, 2017
Fourth Match: Kevin Owens, Baron Corbin and Dolph Ziggler vs. AJ Styles, Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura
Ziggler and Nakamura starts things off. Ziggler applies a wrist lock. Nakamura with a roll through into a wrist lock takedown. Nakamura lands a snap mare and follows that with a knee drop. Nakamura connects with Good Vibrations. Ziggler responds with a uppercut. Ziggler dropkicks Nakamura. Ziggler tags in Owens. Owens kicks Nakamura in the gut. Owens then proceeds to repeatedly stomp on Nakamura’s back. Owens tags in Corbin. Corbin drives his knee to the gut of Nakamura. Corbin talks smack to Zayn. Corbin rams his boot across the face of Nakamura. Corbin tags in Ziggler. Ziggler grounds Nakamura with a rear chin lock. Ziggler continues to cut the ring in half. Nakamura gets back to a vertical base. Ziggler drives Nakamura head to the canvas. Ziggler goes for a elbow drop, but Nakamura ducks out of the way. Nakamura tags in Styles. Styles knocks Owens off the ring apron. Styles connects with a Corner Forearm strike. Styles follows that with a Pumphandle GutBuster. Styles plants Ziggler with the Ushigoroshi for a two count. Sami Zayn and Owens brawls in the middle of the ring. Zayn drops Owens with a Somersault Plancha. Styles goes for the Styles Clash, but Ziggler counters with a DDT for a two count. Styles tags in Zayn. Corbin plants Zayn with the Deep Six for a two count. Corbin tosses Nakamura out of the ring.
Ziggler is grounding Zayn with a rear chin lock coming out of the commercial break. Ziggler drops Zayn with a elbow drop. Ziggler tags in Owens. Owens with a leaping stomp to the gut of Zayn. Owens is mauling Zayn in the corner. Owens talks smack to AJ Styles. Owens lands a snap mare, but as he was going for the running senton Zayn gets his knees up in the air. Owens drops Zayn with a DDT for a two count. Owens tags in Corbin. Corbin drives Zayn back first into the turnbuckles. Zayn tries to fight off Corbin in the corner. Corbin drops Zayn with a running shoulder block. Corbin tags in Owens. Owens transitions into a ground and pound attack. Zayn plants Owens with the Blue Thunder Bomb. Owens tags in Corbin before Zayn makes the hot tag. Zayn knocks Ziggler and Owens off the ring apron. Zayn drops Corbin with a massive lariat. Zayn tosses Owens out of the ring.
Corbin goes for a back suplex, but Zayn gets back on his feet. Zayn lowers the top rope which sends Corbin crashing to the outside. Before Zayn can make the hot tag, Ziggler and Owens knocks Nakamura and Styles off the ring apron. Styles with a Enziguri to Corbin. Zayn drops Corbin with the Helluva Kick to pickup the victory. After the match, Ziggler clotheslines AJ Styles. Owens sends Nakamura into the ringside barricade. Ziggler headbutts Styles. Owens rolls a ladder into the ring. Owens and Ziggler attacks Zayn and Styles with a ladder. Corbin drops Owens and Ziggler with the ladder. Corbin sets up the ladder in the middle of the ring. Corbin starts climbing the rungs of the ladder. Nakamura knocks Corbin off the ladder. Nakamura lays out Corbin with the Kinsasha. Nakamura grabs the Money in the Bank Briefcase to close out the show.
Winner: AJ Styles, Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura via Pinfall
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