WWE SmackDown results, recap, grades: Uneasy Roman Reigns and Jey Uso alliance, Bayley attacks Sasha Banks – CBSSports.com

With a shrimp extra than two weeks unless the Conflict of Champions, WWE SmackDown returned to the ThunderDome inside Orlando’s Amway Heart. Within the first match, Jey Uso again teamed with Roman Reigns, his cousin and the individual he will face for the universal championship at the Sept. 27 pay-per-ogle.

Uso and Reigns took on King Corbin and Sheamus in a rematch of a tag match from ideal week, this time in a match contested below Samoan Motorway Wrestle principles. The match became once quick and chaotic, nonetheless Uso and Reigns scored the victory earlier than a demanding occasion that felt as despite the proven truth that it can shuffle south any 2nd, nonetheless the level to went off the air earlier than things fully soured earlier than the relatives.

CBS Sports became once with you all night on Friday, bringing recaps and highlights of the night’s action. Read on to search out out all the pieces that went down real 9 days earlier than Conflict of Champions.

Tensions escalate between Roman Reigns and Jey Uso

Uso became once interviewed early in the level to, asserting Paul Heyman instructed him Reigns exhibiting up unhurried to their tag match ideal week became once a “miscommunication,” and he became once prepared to teach that. Uso then talked about he became once enthusiastic in the tag match, no longer subsequent Sunday’s Conflict of Champion’s match with Reigns for the universal championship. Later in the level to, Sheamus and Corbin were talking backstage when the identical safety guard who location up Mountainous E two weeks prior to now instructed Sheamus his automobile became once being towed. Mountainous E then attacked Sheamus earlier than laying a beating on the protection guard, finishing by hitting a abdomen-to-abdomen by a automobile windshield and locking the guard in a trunk earlier than Adam Pearce instructed Mountainous E he needed to leave the building.

Roman Reigns & Jey Uso def. King Corbin & Sheamus by intention of pinfall after Uso hit Corbin with an Uso Splash. Reigns lower an in-ring promo earlier than the match, asserting simply, “That is my yard, my island, my ring and my WWE. Must that you can presumably appreciate it, near and take it from me.” Everywhere in the match, Corbin and Sheamus drove Uso by a desk with a double powerbomb after getting rid of Reings, nonetheless Uso became once ready to kick out. Because the chaos amplified, Uso hit Corbin with the universal championship belt, allowing Reigns to hit a spear earlier than coming off the pinnacle rope to ranking the pin. Reigns looked clearly frustrated with Uso “stealing” the pin as Reigns had executed ideal week. Uso feigned celebrating with the title earlier than throwing it to Reigns and laughing earlier than the two shared a hug. Uso walked up the ramp celebrating as Reigns remained in the ring, his smile turning to a scowl because the level to went off the air.

Reigns’ personality work became once grand after the match. The complex relationship between Reigns and WWE followers has on the overall hinged on him no longer being a genuine. Now, for the length of his heel speed, Reigns is amplifying that by being a phony with his private relative earlier than Uso’s first shot at a singles championship. There’s no longer any longer in truth grand drama on what the terminate result of the Conflict of Champions match between the two will almost definitely be, nonetheless the absolute top intention this small feud builds up Reigns’ contemporary personality is of high charge to the promotion. And, as of now, Reigns is doing a astronomical job. The match became once largely throwaway stuff. Motorway fights are easy chaos, nonetheless there wasn’t grand of show in-ring. Silent, the segments did their job and Reigns’ eventual brutality towards his cousin desires to be stress-free. Grade: B

Bayley assaults Sasha Banks again

Sasha Banks spoke for the first time since being attacked by Bayley. Banks talked about she heard Bayley’s promo ideal week where the SmackDown champion talked about that Bayley became once no longer of any exhaust to her and might perchance no longer assist nonetheless be filled with emotion. Sitting at the WWE Performance Heart, Banks talked about how they feeble to stroll by the halls talking about taking on the overall promotion, and they managed to total that collectively, earlier than starting up to shout.

Banks then talked about that Bayley became once naive and an fool for no longer realizing that she is nothing with out their partnership earlier than asserting that one day she would near for Bayley’s SmackDown title. At that level, Bayley attacked Banks from at the assist of with a metal chair. After knocking the neck brace off of Banks, Bayley backed off as WWE officials rushed the scene to tend to Banks.

Banks’ promo wasn’t grand to jot down home about, largely a rehash of what Bayley talked about, nonetheless twisting the champ’s words to her ex-supreme buddy’s standpoint. Bayley attacking again — with Banks already injured — did terminate a ravishing job of adding some extra edge to Bayley’s personality. Bayley is now a upsetting personality moderately than simply a cocky heel champion. This system has been an awfully very long time coming, nonetheless the payoff has been moral for two straight weeks. Grade: B-

What else passed off on WWE Raw?

• Miz and John Morrison opened the level to with The Dirt Sheet. After discussing the a quantity of things deliberate for the level to, Miz began to shaggy dog story about Mandy Rose being traded to Raw, poking stress-free at Otis along the absolute top intention unless Heavy Machinery ran in and took out both men, with Otis hitting the Caterpillar and a splash on Miz  earlier than stripping Miz real down to his lingerie. Miz became once later interviewed concerning the space backstage, asserting it became once share of the realizing. He then answered a cell phone name, requested if “it became once enough” and hung up whereas smiling. Later in the night, it became once printed Miz and Morrison are suing Otis unless he relinquishes the Cash in the Monetary institution contract. 

• Cesaro def. Gran Metalik by intention of pinfall after hitting a Neutralizer. The the leisure of Lucha House Birthday celebration became once ejected from ringside early in the match, with Kalisto and Lince Dorado having offered conflicting advice to Metalik. The unhurried maintain to the Lucha House Birthday celebration ruin-up continues.

• Nikki Spoiled def. Lacey Evans by intention of pinfall after the striking neckbreaker. Ahead of the match, Evans interrupted a conversation on A 2nd of Bliss between Spoiled and Alexa Bliss over Bliss’ Sister Abigail ideal week. Everywhere in the match, Spoiled squirted hand sanitizer into Spoiled’ eyes in entrance of the ref, drawing shrimp extra than a warning, nonetheless Spoiled became once peaceful ready to stable the take. As Evans freaked out by the articulate desk, Bliss’ expression went smooth and he or she hit Evans with Sister Abigail earlier than strolling off.

• AJ Kinds def. Sami Zayn by intention of pinfall with a college boy pin. Zayn had Kinds pinned nonetheless got caught maintaining Kinds’ tights. Kinds returned the settle on nonetheless became once no longer caught, scoring the take. As Zayn demanded to be launched as “peaceful the champion” since the match became once “non-title,” Jeff Hardy ran to ringside and took out both Kinds and Zayn earlier than pulling out a desk, a ladder and a chair from below the ring. He then climbed the ladder nonetheless Zayn rolled out of the ring. Hardy talked about he became once drained of being referred to as a cheat and a fraud earlier than extending a difficulty for a ladder match towards both men at Conflict of Champions.