Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Smackdown Live results for August 21, 2018. The follow-up show to SummerSlam featured a Tag Team Championship rematch, a pull-apart brawl between two former best friends and more. Be here tomorrow for the complete Best and Worst of Smackdown Live column.
WWE Smackdown Live Results:
— The Miz came out and tearfully announced his retirement, then he revealed that he meant his retirement from ever fighting Daniel Bryan again. Bryan came out and repeated called him a coward. When Maryse started insulting Bryan, Brie Bella ran out. Maryse rolled out of the ring, so Brie threw hands at the Miz instead. Then, Bryan revealed that Paige has already scheduled a Mixed Tag Match between the two couples for Hell in a Cell. Backstage, a livid Miz found Paige and complained about what had happened, but she was unsympathetic and confirmed that the match is on.
1. Randy Orton defeated Jeff Hardy by disqualification. Jeff apparently snapped and stomped Randy in the crotch, causing the ref to call for the bell. The two brawled after the match, with Jeff getting the upper hand and then leaping off of a road case to swanton bomb Orton through a table.
— Renee was interviewing The Bar backstage about their ambitions for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships when Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson interrupted. This set up a match for next week.
2. Peyton Royce defeated Naomi. Peyton pinned Naomi after a bridging fisherman’s suplex.
— Backstage, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods inquire about Big E’s taped-up ribs, but he thinks they’re talking about the barbecue he’s eating.
— Becky came out to the ring and cut a heel promo. Charlotte ran out and the two fought, leading Paige to bring out the entire women’s roster and make it a pull-apart brawl.
3. Rusev and Lana defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas and Zelina Vega. Aiden English helped his estranged teammates, stopping Almas from bringing a chair into the ring. Rusev and Lana welcome Aiden back into the fold as the three celebrate in the ring.
— Shinsuke Nakamura cut a video promo proclaiming himself an American hero and welcoming everyone to the United States of Nakamerica.
— Renee Young interviewed AJ Styles on the ramp, where he said he doesn’t regret how he treated Samoa Joe at SummerSlam. Joe appeared from nowhere and attacked the WWE Champion. After leaving the champ unconscious, Joe cut a terrifying promo addressed to AJ’s wife Wendy.
— Paige confirms that Becky and Charlotte have been escorted from the building and AJ Styles is getting medical attention. Carmella shows up to demand her rematch, but is interrupted by R-Truth. He thinks he can get a title match by pinning Carmella just like Becky and Charlotte did, but Paige politely kicks him out. She then confirms the rematch between Carmella and Charlotte for next week.
4. The New Day defeated the Bludgeon Brothers for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships. The Bludgeon Brothers dominated throughout the No DQ Match, but just when Harper was about to powerbomb Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston hit Harper with one of the Bludgeon Brothers’ hammers and a Trouble in Paradise, setting up Woods to put Harper through a table and get the pin.
