WWE SmackDown Live Results – August 22 2017

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Shinsuke Nakamura Vs. The Singh Brothers

Nakamura quickly kicks both men down, and they scramble to regroup with Jinder Mahal. Nakamura kicks them down again and chokes one of them in the corner. Nakamura sidesteps the other Singh Brother, and he hits his brother.

Nakamura lays them across the top turnbuckle and knees them both. Samir and Sunil are thrown out of the ring in front of Mahal. Nakamura challenges him to get in the ring. The Singh Brothers ambush him from behind and stomp him in the corner. Nakamura soon overtakes them and applies a triangle choke for the submission win!

Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura

Jinder Mahal immediately superkicks him and starts taunting the crowd. Nakamura slowly gets up but Jinder doesn’t see him, and Shinsuke levels him with the Kinshasa!

Kevin Owens is walking around frustratedly backstage. The Fashion Police stop. They want to be the referee. Owens angrily declines this. Tyler Breeze shouts, “To be continued!” Owens says there is nothing to be continued. Baron Corbin comes up to him and grabs the referee shirt away. Corbin says if Owens wins the title, he gets first dibs. Owens says it’s “when” he gets the US Title. Corbin says he better be a man of his word.

The women’s tag team match is up next!

*Commercial Break*

Natalya says SummerSlam will be known as the day the GLOW was unplugged. She proved that she is the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be. Naomi can wipe away the tears from her eyes and take a good long look at what a champion looks like. She will forever be the Smackdown Women’s Champion. She promises to restore honor and dignity to the title. It’s not longer “glow time.” It’s her time.

Carmella sarcastically says she’s so happy for her. James Ellsworth says it only took her a million years to win the title. Carmella wants to talk to her about one thing. Natalya said this is her time, but she’s on her watch. Ellsworth says Natalya is on borrowed time. Carmella holds up the briefcase and says she let Natalya have her moment at SummerSlam. When the time is right, she’ll trade in her contract for that championship. Ellsworth says it’s not wise for Natalya to team with Carmella. Carmella could refuse to get tagged in and let Natalya get beat up the whole time before cashing in. Carmella gets mad that he revealed the strategy. Saved by the bell though because here comes their opponents.

Natalya & Carmella W/James Ellsworth vs. Becky Lynch & Naomi

Becky Lynch will start against Carmella. Carmella dances around before forcibly tagging Natalya in and she doesn’t look happy. Becky and Natalya lock up just as we go to commercial.

*Commercial Break*

We come back from the break to see Lynch drop a leg on Natalya. Natalya makes a comeback and stomps her down in the corner. Natalya applies a chin lock and keeps Lynch grounded. Lynch whips her off, but Natalya quickly comes back with a discus clothesline before knocking Naomi down. Natalya stomps Lynch down and goes to tag Carmella, but she gets off the apron. Natalya is furious.

Lynch rolls Natalya up for a near fall. Lynch quickly levels her with an enzuigiri. Brooklyn is stupidly starting the wave for no reason. Natalya ripped Carmella off the top rope and pinned her before yelling at Carmella. Naomi tags in and takes Natalya down before applying her submission. Natalya tries for a Sharpshooter, but Naomi kicks her away. Carmella is talking to Ellsworth, and Natalya tags her in. Natalya chases her around before Carmella kicks her away. Lynch hits Carmella with a Bexploder before Naomi hits a split-legged moonsault for the win.

Winners: Becky Lynch & Naomi

Still to come, our main event for the United States Championship.

*Commercial Break*

Dolph Ziggler is being interviewed backstage. Dasha asks what the WWE Universe can expect from him. Ziggler says he’s excited to be reintroducing himself back to the WWE Universe… in a backstage interview. Ziggler jokes about them rolling out the red carpet. While he was gone, he watched a lot of RAW and Smackdown Live. Now he knows what it takes to be a star in WWE. He’ll start singing, playing guitar, maybe rap a little and dance around like an idiot. Maybe he’ll get a big, fancy robe. And he needs a beautiful woman to accompany him to the ring, but that’s not enough, he’ll need a woman that glows in the dark. That’s exactly what he plans on doing…next week.

Elsewhere backstage, Lana is talking on the phone. She seems pleased. Tamina asks what happened. Lana says the ravishing journey to the title begins next week. Tamina asks about this week. Lana says she wants her to look into her heart and think. Tamina is skeptical. Lana tells her to imagine being in a locker room with people who think they’re different. Lana tells her to take the feeling of being gossiped about and let the anger boil over. Tamina opens her eyes in rage. Lana says she’s ready. One by one, they will crush the competition as the Ravishing Reigns of Terror begins. Tamina will be the most feared woman on Smackdown Live.

AJ Styles is walking backstage. Baron Corbin walks up to him in a referee shirt. Styles says when he wins, Corbin will have to answer an open challenge. Corbin slaps him on the shoulder and says, “See you out there, champ.”

Baron Corbin makes his entrance. The WWE United States Championship will be defended, next.

*Commercial Break*

United States Championship Match
(C) AJ Styles Vs. Kevin Owens

Baron Corbin calls for the match to start, and Owens immediately rolls out of the ring to play some mind games. Styles argues with Corbin about this. Owens attacks him from behind and stomps away at him. Owens puts him in the corner and chops away at the chest. An “AJ Styles” chant picks up. Owens hits the ropes, and Styles takes him down with a dropkick. Owens rolls out of the ring to recover. Styles then takes him down with a forearm plancha to the outside as we go to commercial.

*Commercial Break*

We come back from the break to see Styles fight up from a chin lock and elbow out. Styles ducks a clothesline and hits a Pelé kick. Owens again rolls out of the ring. Owens avoids an apron kick, takes him down, and hits a fall-away slam into the barricade. Owens gets him into the ring and picks up a two count. Corbin is calling the match down the line so far. Owens reapplies a chin lock. Styles tries to fight up, but Owens knees him down for a one count. Owens again goes back to the chin lock. Styles finally fights up and elbows him before hitting a sit-out wheelbarrow facebuster.

They both get to their feet, and Styles punches away at Owens before hitting a strike combination and a clothesline. Styles hits a low running forearm before kipping up. Styles clotheslines him in the corner and hits a fireman’s carry neckbreaker over the knee for a near fall. Corbin gave that a fair count. Styles stares down Corbin, but soon walks away. Owens drops Styles onto the apron, but Styles knocks him back. Styles springboards, but Owens moves. Styles quickly regains the offense by applying the Calf Crusher. Styles pulls back on the leg, and Owens gets his fingers on the ropes. Styles rolls him back and keeps the hold applied, but Corbin breaks it up.

Corbin says the hold was broken by him touching the ropes. Styles is furious. Owens pushes Styles into Corbin. Styles grabs Owens, but Corbin turns him around and yells at him. Owens rolls him up for a near fall. Corbin had a slightly fast count on that. Owens rolls him up a second time for a near fall. Corbin’s count was again slightly faster. They finally wipe each other out with a double clothesline.

Shane McMahon runs down and gets on the apron. McMahon says Corbin is doing a terrible job. The crowd is buzzing. Owens low blows Styles behind Corbin’s back and covers, but McMahon pulls Corbin out of the ring. They argue at ringside, so Corbin takes off the referee shirt and throws it at McMahon. Owens screams at Corbin to come back. McMahon puts on the referee shirt and gets in the ring. Owens is apoplectic. Styles snaps Owens off the top rope and hits a Phenomenal Forearm, and McMahon counts the pinfall!

Winner: AJ Styles

After the match Styles poses with the United States Championship. As long as Styles is the United States Champion, Owens cannot have another opportunity. Owens is disgusted and looks at Shane with hatret.

That’s it for SmackDown Live. Let us know what you thought of the show and jump over to our 205 Live Results! Until next time, safe travels!

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Curtis does our weekly live match-by-match coverage of WWE RAW and SmackDown for Ringside News. In addition to SmackDown, Curtis also does WWE & NXT special event coverage as well. He has been helping out at for Ringside News for many years.

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