Smackdown
WWE Performance Center
June 26, 2020
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WWE SmackDown kicks off with a video paying tribute to the
Undertaker. At the Performance Center, several WWE superstars are on
the ramp clapping saying “Thank you Taker”. From WWE Universal
champion Braun Strowman to Alexa Bliss to the New Day to Bayley and
Sasha Banks, all the big names are on stage.
We see a clip of The Undertaker’s debut back from November 22, 1990
at the Survivor Series.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial and there is John Cena and Roman Reigns talking
about the Undertaker.
They now re-air the entire Boneyard Match from WrestleMania
involving The Undertaker and AJ Styles.
Edge, Christian, Kane and Ric Flair all spoke about the Undertaker’s
legacy throughout the 30 years.
King Corbin is in the ring. He talks about the Undertaker’s final
match but the reason why it was called a Boneyard match is because
that’s exactly what the Undertaker is. An old bag of bones. He says
the Undertaker is just a shell of what he used to be. He was
supposed to have a storied 30 year career but their used to be a
club called the Kiss my Ass club and the Undertaker was the founding
member. Nobody does a 30 year career unless you’re protected by the
owners.
Corbin says that’s what the Undertaker was. He was protected for 30
years. He’s been stealing money for the last 20 years and he thinks
he is a selfish son of a bitch because he has been holding superior
athletes like himself down for a very long time. And now he has to
hear all these legends pay their respects to the Undertaker. And
after that, all these fools come out and chant Thank you Taker.
Corbin says he doesn’t thank the Undertaker. Corbin says Mark
Calaway, you suck.
Jeff Hardy attacks Baron Corbin from behind. He throws Corbin to the
outside.
-Commercial Break-
Jeff Hardy is walking backstage and he says Corbin’s comments hit a
nerve. He says Undertaker was a mentor for everyone and if it were
up to him, the Mount Rushmore of WWE would be the Undertaker’s face
four times. And since the Undertaker can’t be there tonight, he will
step up tonight. He says he got his diploma from Dead Man University
as he challenged Baron Corbin tonight.
Bayley and Sasha Banks are doing commentary.
Number 1 contender for WWE SmackDown women’s championship: Alexa
Bliss vs. Nikki Cross vs. Dana Brooke vs. Lacey Evans
The bell rings and we are under way. Lacey and Alexa fight as Brooke
goes after Cross. Bliss and Cross double team Brooke and Evans
taking them down. Nikki goes for a roll up on Alexa but Alexa kicks
out. They both shake hands and grapple.
An arm bar by Cross but Alexa reverses it into a cover but Cross
kicks out. Alexa runs to the ropes but Evans trips her and drags her
to the outside. Evans throws Alexa into the barricade. Back in the
ring, Brooke takes Cross down. She goes for the cover but Evans
breaks it up. Evans and Brooke start to argue as Cross gets
involved. They both take her down. Alexa gets in the ring but she’s
taken down.
Evans is in control of the match taking Brooke out as all three
women are down. Evans goes for the cover on Alexa but Brooke breaks
it up. Evans goes after Brooke as she sends her to the ropes but
Brooke with a back elbow takes Evans down. Brooke climbs the top
rope and the senton. She goes for the cover but Cross breaks it up.
Nikki grabs Brooke but Brooke with a right hand followed by a power
slam. She turns around and a right hand by Bliss as she slams Brooke
down.
Alexa climbs the top rope. She goes for Twisted Bliss but Brooke
gets her knees up. Cross with a drop kick onto Brooke takes her to
the outside. In comes Evans who kicks Alexa to the outside. Lacey
trips Cross down. In comes Dana but she’s hit with the Woman’s
Rights. Nikki rolls Lacey from behind and gets the pin.
Winner: New number 1 contender, Nikki Cross
-Commercial Break-
The New Day and Lucha House Party vs. Cesaro, Shinsuke Nakamura, The
Miz and John Morrison
The bell rings and we are under way. Big E starts the match with The
Miz. Big E with a right hand as he sends Miz to the ropes and a back
elbow takes him down. He goes to the outside and drags Miz onto the
ring apron. Big E gets on the ring apron and the big splash onto Miz
on the ring apron. He goes for the cover but Miz kicks out. Dorado
is tagged in and he fleis off the second rope with a splash.
Dorado goes for the cover but Miz kicks out. Cesaro is tagged in.
Dorado runs to the ropes but Cesaro catches him and he goes for a
powere bomb but Doreado lands on his feet. Dorado with an acrobatic
cover but Cesaro kicks out. Dorado with a chop to the chest and
Metalik is tagged in. They double team Cesaro.
Metalik goes for the cover but Cesaro kicks out. Metalik goes to
make a tag but a European uppercut by Cesaro and Nakamura is tagged
in. A bulldog by Metalik and Kofi is tagged in. He goes for a flying
kick but Nakamura ducks and tags Morrison into the match. Kofi flies
off the second rope with a missile drop kick. He goes for the cover
but Morrison kicks out. He sends Morrison to the corner and runs
towards him but Morison throws Kofi to the outside. Nakamura throws
Kofi into the barricade on the outside as he’s thrown back into the
ring.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Miz and Morrison double team Kofi in the ring.
Miz with a kick to the face as he goes for the cover but Kofi kicks
out. Miz sends Kofi to the corner but Kofi off the second rope hits
Miz with a tornado DDT. Nakamura is tagged in as he attacks Kofi.
Nakamura with a baseball slide takes Big E off onto the outside.
Nakamura slams Kofi into the mat. Nakamura runs towards Kofi but a
double stomp by Kofi takes Nakamura down.
Metalik is tagged in and as is Morrison. Metalik flies off the top
rope with a cross body. He jumps off the second rope and a
hurricanrana takes Morrison down. Miz gets in the ring and he’s
taken down with a drop kick. Morrison with a kick onto Metalik. He
sends Metalik to the ropes but Metalik with an acrobatic cover as
Morrison kicks out. Metalik tags Dorado into the match. Dorado with
a shooting star press off the top rope. He goes for the cover but
Cesaro breaks it up. All eight men in the ring now.
A fight breaks out as New Day and Nakamura and Cesaro fight to the
back. Miz and Metalik are tagged in but Dorado with a springboard
stunner onto Miz. Dorado climbs the top rope and a hurricanrana onto
Morrison who was standing on the ring apron.
Metalik walks onto the top rope and a flying elbow. He goes for the
cover and gets the win.
Winners: Lucha House Party and The New Day
Baron Corbin is backstage and he’s asked about Jeff Hardy. Corbin
says Jeff has been in and out of jail and rehab. And now Jeff wants
to teach him a lesson? But Corbin wants to teach him a lesson in
reality. He should follow in the Undertaker’s footsteps and retire.
And tonight, Jeff will finally be able to rest in peace.
WWE Universal champion Braun Strowman is walking backstage.
-Commercial Break-
We see a clip of Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman from last week.
WWE Universal champion Braun Strowman makes his way down to the
ring. He says he wants to tell us about when he first met Bray
Wyatt. And for the first time in his life, he felt fear. He’s not
talking about when you’re a child fear but the type of fear that
makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. That gives you a
feeling that something is wrong. The type of fear that makes a grown
man tremble.
Strowman says one night they are sitting on the edge of that
disgusting swamp with Bray’s lantern on. And while sitting, there
was something that started to slither towards his lantern and
Strowman wanted to stomp on it but Wyatt told him it’s his first.
And Wyatt went face to face with that snake and that snake bit Bray
in the face. And all he did was laugh. He laughed as the snake
repeatedly bit him and in that instant, he knew that he was in the
presence of evil.
Braun says Wyatt didn’t get poisoned, he didn’t bleed or finch when
it happened. All he did was laugh. And at that moment, he knew Bray
Wyatt was the devil himself. And that’s when he realized Bray was
the serpent. He was overcome with emotion. Enamored at waht he
witnessed and he couldn’t help it. And he started donig the devil’s
work. And the bad part was he loved every second of it.
We see clips of a swamp.
Strowman says parts of him still does. He did everything n his power
in being able to lock that part away. But it comes for him. And he
can’t go on living like this. Strowman tells Bray they go back to
the swamp, to that miserable hell Wyatt calls a home. There’s only
two ways this will end. He’s either going to come out the most evil
son of a bitch this earth has ever seen or he’s coming out in the
satisfaction that he spit in the devil’s face, ripped him limb to
limb and then he will drag Bray into the swamp and let the
alligators finish him. He challenges Bray and says he is ready.
We hear Bray’s evil laugh as Strowman laughs.
-Commercial Break-
Jeff Hardy vs. Baron Corbin
The bell rings and we are under way. A shoulder block by Corbin
takes Jeff down. Right hands by Corbin but Jeff fights back. He runs
to the ropes but a spinning elbow takes Jeff down. He goes for the
cover but Jeff kicks out. Corbin with a punch from behind. He goes
for a clothesline but Jeff moves out of the way and a clothesline by
Jeff takes Corbin to the outside. Jeff goes for a baseball slide but
Corbin moves out of the way and he throws Jeff into the announce
table.
Corbin goes to send Jeff once more into the announce table but Jeff
reverses it and it’s Corbin that goes over the table. Jeff climbs
the ring apron and lands a double axe onto Corbin. He throws Baron
back into the ring and stomps on Corbin. Jeff climbs the top rope
and the whisper in the wing but Corbin moves out of the way. Corbin
throws Jeff shoulder first into the turnbuckle and Jeff falls to the
outside.
Baron Corbin gets on one knee and mocks the Undertaker.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial and members of the WWE locker room are all at
ring side. A right hand by Corbin takes Jeff down as Corbin mocks
The New Day who are at ring side. Corbin goes for the cover but Jeff
kicks out. Corbin with a big right hand onto Jeff taking him down as
Corbin throws Jeff to the outside.
Corbin goes to the outside and gets in the face of several WWE
superstars. Corbin throws Jeff back into the ring. He goes for the
cover but Jeff kicks out. A sleeper head lock by Corbin in the
middle of the ring as Jeff gets out of it and a jaw breaker counter.
A right hand by Jeff and he runs to the ropes but a forearm takes
Corbin down.
Atomic drop by Jeff followed by a basement drop kick. He goes for
the cover but Corbin kicks out. Jeff goes for the Twist of Fate but
Corbin pushes Jeff away as Jeff climbs the second rope but Corbin
stops him. Jeff lands on his feet, he runs to the ropes and the Deep
Six by Corbin. He goes for the cover but Jeff kicks out. Jeff rolls
to the outside and leans on the steel steps. Corbin runs towards
Jeff but Jeff moves out of the way and Corbin slams into the ring
steps.
Corbin is thrown back into the ring. Jeff climbs the top rope and
the Senton Bomb on Corbin. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Jeff Hardy
Baron Corbin attacks Jeff Hardy from behind after the match. In
comes Jeff but he’s taken down by Corbin. Big E gets in the ring and
hits Corbin with the Big Ending. Jeff tells Strowman to get into the
ring. In comes Strowman and the power slam by Strowman onto Corbin
taking him down.
Jeff calls Matt Riddle into the ring. Riddle climbs the top rope and
the Floating Bro by Riddle onto Corbin.