Reports indicate that the following was taped on Tuesday in Toledo, Ohio for the episode of SmackDown that's set to air this Thursday as the march toward Battleground continues.
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In the main event, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins defeated Dean Ambrose in a non-title bout after Joey Mercury provided a distraction and The Architect hit a Pedigree.
The Lunatic Fringe appeared in a segment with Roman Reigns earlier on the show, where he discussed being haunted by Bray Wyatt's mind games.
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Rollins, Kane and Mercury opened up the show to acknowledge the injury to Jamie Noble. Ryback interrupted and was put into a match with Kane while Rollins issued an open challenge to Ambrose.
The Big Guy defeated Kane by disqualification after The Big Show attacked him on the ramp. Big Show and Kane decimated Ryback in the ring after the bout.
In other action, Sheamus overcame Dolph Ziggler after Rusev provided a distraction and The Lucha Dragons and Prime Time Players teamed up to defeat Bo Dallas and The New Day in an eight-man tag team match.
The WWE continued the tease of a relationship between Rusev and Summer Rae as she congratulated him backstage.
Elsewhere, in the Divas division, Alicia Fox toppled Naomi while The Bella Twins were at ringside and got double super kicked by Tamina.
Quick Match Results:
--Sheamus def. Dolph Ziggler after a Rusev distraction.
--Alicia Fox w/ The Bella Twins def. Naomi w/ Tamina.
--Ryback def. Kane via DQ following Big Show's interference.
--The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto & Sin Cara) and The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil & Darren Young) def. Bo Dallas and The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E & Xavier Woods) in an eight-man tag team match.
--Seth Rollins def. Dean Ambrose via the Pedigree.
This event takes place 24 days before Battleground on July 19 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis and here is the updated card thus far:
WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Seth Rollins (c) w/ The Authority vs. Brock Lesnar w/ Paul Heyman
WWE United States Championship
John Cena (c) vs. Kevin Owens
Singles Match
Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt
WWE Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat Match
Ryback (c) vs. The Big Show vs. The Miz
WWE Tag Team Championships
The Prime Time Players (Darren Young & Titus O'Neil) (c) vs. The New Day (Combination of Kofi Kingston, Big E & Xavier Woods)
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