Reports indicate that the following was taped on Tuesday night for the episode of SmackDown that's set to air this Friday, May 9 from Buffalo, N.Y. as the WWE continues to hash through the fallout of the Extreme Rules event this past Sunday and continues to build up to the Payback event that airs live Sunday, June 1 from the Allstate Arena in Chicago.
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In the main event of the evening, The Wyatt Family defeated John Cena and The Usos in a six-man tag team match after Luke Harper nailed one of the Usos with a lariat and notched the pinfall victory. After the match, Cena cut a promo and said Bray Wyatt was afraid of him and had to have one of his goons pick up the win.
Dean Ambrose kicked off SmackDown by getting his United States Championship rematch against the new champion Sheamus. "The Celtic Warrior" ended up picking up a clean victory with the Brogue Kick. The rest of The Shield wasn't at ringside.
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Roman Reigns was in action and took on Mark Henry, picking up a victory after hitting a Samoan drop and a spear. To round out The Shield's action, Seth Rollins took on Batista in a match that saw "The Animal" win by countout after Reigns missed a jump off of the top rope and hit the announce table, failing to beat the count back in. Batista then nailed a Batista Bomb on a prone Rollins.
In tag team action, Cesaro and Bad News Barrett defeated Rob Van Dam and Big E after Cesaro got the pinfall on Big E. RVD accidentally kicked Big E in the head during the match. Paul Heyman was on commentary during the contest.
In other action, Alexander Rusev squashed Kofi Kingston after Lana cut an anti-America promo, Fandango and Layla defeated Santino and Emma after Layla rolled up Emma and Los Matadores & El Torito defeated Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre & Hornswoggle in a six-man tag after Torito pinned Slater.
This episode of SmackDown airs just over three weeks before Payback, but so far no matches have been made for that card.
Quick Results:
--Sheamus def. Dean Ambrose via a Brogue Kick to retain the United States Championship.
--Cesaro and Bad News Barrett def. Rob Van Dam and Big E after Cesaro pinned Big E.
--Vladimir Rusev w/ Lana def. Kofi Kingston.
--Wyatt Family cut a promo on John Cena.
--A Bo Dallas vignette airs.
--Fandango and Layla def. Santino and Emma after Layla rolled up Emma.
--Roman Reigns def. Mark Henry via a spear.
--Los Matadores and El Torito def. Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre and Hornswoggle after Torito pinned Slater.
--Batista def. Seth Rollins via countout.
--The Wyatt Family def. John Cena and The Usos after Luke Harper pinned one of the Usos
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