Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Smackdown Live results for July 18, 2017. This was the go-home show for Battleground, and featured Jinder Mahal giving Randy Orton a preview of the Punjabi Prison.
Be back here tomorrow for the full Best and Worst of Smackdown column.
WWE Smackdown Live Results:
— The show opened with Jinder Mahal and the Singh Brothers coming to the ring and lowering the Punjabi Prison. They explained the rules and said this would be Randy Orton’s final resting place. Orton came out and climbed the fence, then vowed to defeat Mahal and reclaim the WWE Championship.
1. Jimmy Uso defeated Kofi Kingston. Kingston came off the top with a crossbody, but Uso rolled through and got the pin.
— Chad Gable had a sitdown interview with Renee Young and said it’s time to show what he can do on his own.
2. Mike Kanellis defeated Sami Zayn. Maria Kanellis got in the ring and got between Mike and Sami, allowing Mike to cheap-shot Zayn and then hit the Divine Intervention for the pin.
— John Cena came to the ring and promised to win his flag match on Sunday for America. Rusev appeared at the end of Cena’s promo and beat him down, then retrieved the Bulgarian flag and departed, leaving Cena lying in the middle of the ring.
3. Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte Flair. Natalya sat in on commentary for this match. Lynch won via submission with the Disarmer.
— After the match, Lynch and Flair shook hands. Then Tamina and Lana came out, and while Lynch and Flair waited for them, they were jumped from behind by Natalya. The heels dumped Lynch and Flair, and then Natalya tried to put the Sharpshooter on Tamina. Natalya and Lana faced off, and Tamina laid out Natalya with a superkick.
— In a new episode of The Fashion Files, Breezango received the head of their hobby horse in a box, with a note reading “BATTLEGROUND.” They promised this would end on Sunday.
4. Kevin Owens and Baron Corbin defeated AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura. Corbin made a blind tag to Owens. Styles went for the Styles Clash on Corbin, but Owens hit Styles with a superkick and the pop-up powerbomb and got the pin.
