John Cena’s music hits. Out comes John…The Miz dressed as John Cena. Maryse is out next dressed up as Nikki Bella. Orlando is just starting to figure it out. Miz says the first house rule tonight: you can’t chant “Cena sucks” in this arena tonight. He wants to get romantic for a second.
Miz, in character, tells Maryse he loves her. Maryse is wearing a giant ring on her finger. Miz continues his robot Cena impression on the mic. He announces that Cena and Nikki will be leaving WWE for good. They go to leave when a violin player appears at the top.
NXT star Shinsuke Nakamura is in the house to make his WWE TV debut! A loud “NAKAMURA” chant breaks out in Orlando as he stands in the middle of the ring. Nakamura gives a salute to the audience as his theme music hits again. Tom Phillips says the King of Strong Style has officially arrived on Smackdown Live.
Orlando is on its feet as #SDLive gets a first glimpse at former #NXTChampion, The #KingOfStrongStyle @ShinsukeN! #SDLiveAfterMania pic.twitter.com/C1AZLhUXyv
— WWE (@WWE) April 5, 2017
*Commercial Break*
Street Fight
Baron Corbin Vs. Dean Ambrose
The bell rings and Corbin lifts Ambrose to the corner immediately. Corbin kicks away at Ambrose. He tosses Ambrose to another corner and throws more kicks. Corbin plants Ambrose down over the mat catching him with a choke and tossing him down. Corbin has a steel chair.
Ambrose with a dropkick through the ropes and then catches Corbin with a suicide dive sending Corbin over the announce table at ringside. Ambrose catches Corbin with a jumping elbow off the announce table sending Corbin into the crowd. Ambrose is up on the barricade and drops an elbow over his head into the crowd as we head to a break.
*Commercial Break*
Back live, a table is propped up in the corner. Corbin lifts up Ambrose and crashes him through the table in the corner crashing it in half! Corbin recovers and grabs a leather strap on the outside. Corbin smiles and cracks the strap over the back of Ambrose.
Corbin props a steel chair up between the top and middle turnbuckles. Ambrose counters and sends Corbin face first into the steel chair. Corbin avoids Dirty Deeds. Ambrose with big elbows. Ambrose with a knee and jumping clothesline combo. Ambrose grabs the leather strap and starts destroying Corbin with it. Ambrose clotheslines Corbin to the outside.
It’s no surprise that The #LunaticFringe @TheDeanAmbrose is IN HIS ELEMENT in this #SDLive #StreetFight! @BaronCorbinWWE #SDLiveAfterMania pic.twitter.com/A8pzkniUUq
— WWE (@WWE) April 5, 2017
Ambrose is up on the top rope and catches Corbin with a flying elbow. Another table is setup nearby. Ambrose puts Corbin on the table, goes back up to the top turnbuckle, jumps and connects with a flying elbow over Corbin crashing through the table! Back inside, Corbin catches Ambrose with a shot to the face using a steel chair as Ambrose was up on the top turnbuckle. Corbin then hits End of Days on Ambrose. Corbin gets the pinfall.
Winner: Baron Corbin
Shane McMahon will address the Superstar Shake-Up next.
*Commercial Break*
Shane O’Mac comes out to a big reaction from the Orlando crowd!
After battling @AJStylesOrg at #WrestleMania 33, #SDLive Commissioner @shanemcmahon is back to business & addressing the #SuperstarShakeUp! pic.twitter.com/OLeQtJhr9k
— WWE (@WWE) April 5, 2017
Shane gets on the mic and thanks the audience. He talks about his father announcing a “superstar shake up” next week on RAW. Shane says this means excitement for all the fans and new challenges for Daniel Bryan and himself. He thinks anyone on the RAW roster should be praying they end up on Smackdown Live. Shane says they have all created the land of opportunity. AJ Styles is out next to interrupt Shane.
Styles has a black eye following his match with Shane at WrestleMania. He gets on the mic and makes it known that he doesn’t want to go anywhere when it comes this “superstar shake up” next week. Styles says Smackdown Live is the house AJ Styles built. He’ll be damned if someone from RAW is going to come over and take that away from him. Styles says he feels like he owes something to Shane after WrestleMania. He extends his hand. Shane and Styles shake hands. Styles walks off and teases hitting Shane. Shane is ready for it and Styles starts smiling. Shane smiles back as Styles leaves.
The tag team main event is up next!
*Commercial Break*
Bray Wyatt and Erick Rowan are out first, followed by Randy and Harper.
Randy Orton & Luke Harper Vs. Bray Wyatt & Erick Rowan
We start with Randy Orton and Erick Rowan. Rowan avoids an early RKO attempt and then catches Orton with a kick as he bounced off the ropes. Orton rolls out.
*Commercial Break*
We return live as Orton gets a hot tag to Harper with Wyatt now in. Harper with a shot to Wyatt from the corner on the ring apron. Harper flips in over the top rope over Wyatt, takes out Rowan and then tosses Wyatt out. Harper with a suicide dive sending Rowan over the announce table. Wyatt catches Harper with a clothesline on the outside. Tag to Rowan. Wyatt with a senton and Rowan follows up with a splash for a two count. Rowan with chops to Harper in the corner. Rowan sends Harper chest first to the corner.
The #EaterOfWorlds @WWEBrayWyatt is looking to bring an intense pain to his opponents tonight in our main event! #SDLive @LukeHarperWWE pic.twitter.com/xstGzQfJh5
— WWE (@WWE) April 5, 2017
Harper with a kick to the face of Rowan. Rowan counters dropping Harper over the mat. Tag to Wyatt who throws repeated elbows at Harper. Tag to Rowan who kicks Harper in the face. Rowan sends Harper face first into the corner and then props him over the top. Rowan throws forearms. Rowan splashes Harper and follows with a big dropkick. Wyatt gets the tag and Harper catches him with a sidewalk slam.
Hot tag to Orton. Tag to Rowan. Orton with a snap powerslam on Rowan. Orton goes for his DDT and Wyatt breaks it up. Orton elbows Wyatt to the ring apron and then pulls him back in hitting his DDT. Orton is ready for an RKO. The lights go out. When they return, Wyatt is out of the ring and on the ramp. Rowan is behind Orton. Harper with a superkick on Rowan. Orton with an RKO on Rowan to get the pinfall.
Winners: Randy Orton & Luke Harper
After the match, we see a shot of Bray Wyatt laughing and smiling on the ramp. We see a replay of the finish. Back live, Orton and Harper celebrate the win as the show closes.
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