WWE SmackDown results, recap, grades: Finn Balor attacks Roman Reigns after surprising main event
Two days before the Extreme Rules pay-per-see occasion, WWE carried SmackDown to Philadelphia. Notwithstanding having an impending Extreme Rules match with Finn Balor on Sunday, all inclusive hero Roman Reigns ended up brought into an amazing headliner match with Montez Ford.
While Reigns would at last figure out how to endure the test from Ford, and assist with trip The Usos in front of their SmackDown label title protection against The Street Profits, he would end the night on his back after a post-match assault by Balor. It's presently Balor with the force heading into the compensation per-see headliner and Reigns again ending up lost by "The Demon."
CBS Sports was with you the entire night with recaps and features of all the activity from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
The Demon assaults Roman Reigns after headliner
In front of The Street Profits' shot at SmackDown label group support The Usos, Montez Ford cut a promotion behind the stage during which he called the Usos "Bloodline b - hes" for following all of Roman Reigns' requests. Rules reacted by concurring with Paul Heyman's idea that he put Ford in line in a headliner singles match.
Roman Reigns def. Montez Ford by means of accommodation with a guillotine stifle. Passage got off to a strong beginning in the greatest singles match of his vocation before Reigns took the match over. Portage attempted to fight his direction back into the match yet hit a touch of misfortune when he was setting up to bounce off the report table just for the table to fall when Ford stepped on it. Portage kept on fighting back as he pushed Reigns in an intense match yet Reigns figured out how to get his knees up on a Ford frog sprinkle and lock in a guillotine stifle for the completion. After the match, Heyman said it was insufficient discipline for Ford's transgressions and called the Usos to the ring. The Usos set up a table and Reigns put Ford through it with an absolute bottom before the lights went out and "The Demon" Finn Balor showed up on the top rope, taking out The Bloodline prior to utilizing a kendo stick. Balor put Reigns down with a slingblade and a few seat shots before a major jump over the top rope before the show went behind closed doors.
It was extraordinary to see Ford get a major singles opportunity. He's as near a "can't miss genius" as you can get in proficient wrestling and he ought to get these sorts of spotlight risks regardless of whether he's not yet a headliner player. The match likewise conveyed what it expected to, showing Ford as a danger yet not yet on Reigns level. All the more significantly, Balor got a decent show-shutting second to gather speed to Extreme Rules, which very little else on the show beside the Belair and Lynch opening section did. Grade: B+
What else occurred on WWE SmackDown?
Bianca Belair dropped Becky Lynch with a Kiss of Death. Lynch opened the show with an in-ring promotion just for Belair to intrude. A fight broke out after the two ladies traded words before Belair countered a Manhandle Slam endeavor into the Kiss of Death to spread out the SmackDown lady's hero.
Intercontinental Championship - Shinsuke Nakamura (c) def. Apollo Crews through pinfall after a roll-up. Disorder broke out late in the match with Commander Azeez and Rick Boogs getting involved to set up the completion.
Seth Rollins took steps to discover Edge in his home if Edge wouldn't get back to SmackDown and recognize that Rollins is better all around. Later in the show it was reported that Edge would show up at Smackdown next Friday to react to Rollins.
Zelina Vega def. Liv Morgan through pinfall with a Code Red. The completion came after interruption from Carmella - who faces Morgan at Extreme Rules - permitted Vega to score the speedy success.
Kevin Owens was assaulted when he endeavored to hinder Happy Corbin during "Cheerful Talk." Owens was walloped by Riddick Moss, who obviously has now lined up with Corbin.
Nikki A.S.H. def. Natalya by means of pinfall with a little bundle. After the match, Tegan Nox and Shotzi Blackheart carried their tank to ringside and discharged a rocket at ladies' label champions Nikki A.S.H. furthermore, Rhea Ripley.
Sonya Deville had Naomi accompanied off by security after Naomi got in the ring and requested a match. Naomi provoked Deville to a match just to have her mic cut off.
