WWE SmackDown live results: Night of Champions go-home show
The final SmackDown before Saturday’s Night of Champions PLE airs tonight as London, England plays host to Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes calling out both Gunther and Sami Zayn.
Rhodes will face both men on Saturday in a triple threat match with the title on the line. It’s a matchup that was made last week after Zayn served as the special guest referee for a title bout between Rhodes and Gunther. After they were unable to get on the same page, Zayn ended up doing a fast count that caused Gunther to lose.
The AAA Cruiserweight Championship will be up for grabs tonight with Rey Fenix, coming off a successful defense against Axiom a couple weeks back, facing off against Nathan Frazer.
A pair of matches in the women’s division are also set with Paige vs. Jacy Jayne and Giulia vs. Kiana James.
Plus, we’ll get the final build to Trick Williams and Ricky Saints’ United States title match at Night of Champions.
Our coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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– The show opened tonight with a recap of the saga involving Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, Gunther, and Sami Zayn. After the recap, we got arrivals for the three men involved in the Night of Champions Triple Threat match tomorrow afternoon.
Trick Williams kicks off SmackDown
The men’s United States Champion got the show going proper, accompanied by his sidekick/best friend L’il Yachty. Williams, of course, got a good reaction from the London crowd, “Whoop that Trick” chants and all.
Once Williams got into the ring, he and Yachty got into their routine, stating that that the people of London missed them, especially since they missed last week. Williams said that last week, he went to Jamaica, revealing that he and Lash Legend got married officially.
Yachty described the crazy party last week because love was in the air there. Williams said that it was the best day of his life with his family and friends there, and especially since Lash said “I do”. As they got back to business, Williams was informed that Ricky Saints would face him at Night of Champions tomorrow, stating that he’d absoutely whoop his ass. Before Williams could continue, Ricky Saints himself interrupted the proceedings.
Saints said that Williams wasn’t that good at making life decisions, and that more importantly, he wouldn’t give it that time to last longer. Williams threatened to smack Saints down to London Bridge if he kept going. Saints responded by talking about how Williams must be on the sauce from the wedding, so to speak. Saints told Williams should not be overlooking him because at Night of Champions, we’d be looking at the next U.S. Champion. Saints declared that the Trick Williams hype train would end tomorrow. Saints gave a cheap shot to Li’l Yachty as he ran out of the ring. Saints returned to give Williams a shot with the microphone as he scurried out to the ramp.
First off, mazel tov to Trick Williams and Lash Legend on their wedding last week. Secondly, this Saints/Williams match tomorrow should be at least interesting, even if Saints’ work on the mic as of late has been somewhat just kind of there. it was clear that Williams was just getting the best of him here.
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