Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Smackdown Live results for July 25, 2017. This was the fallout show for Battleground, where the Great Khali is back, Jinder Mahal is still the champ, and Chris Jericho made his latest return.
Be back here tomorrow for the full Best and Worst of Smackdown column.
WWE Smackdown Live Results:
— The show opened with Kevin Owens celebrating his U.S. title win and saying he would reinstate the United States Open Challenge next week. AJ Styles came out and said he wants his United States Championship rematch. Chris Jericho then made his return to WWE and said he also wants HIS rematch. Owens went to leave, but Shane McMahon came out and made a triple threat main event between the three men for tonight.
1. Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Baron Corbin. Nakamura won via pinfall with a Kinshasa.
2. Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch defeated Lana and Tamina. Flair knocked Tamina off the ring apron and then hit Lana with a big boot to get the pin.
— Jinder Mahal came to the ring and demanded to know his opponent for SummerSlam. John Cena’s music hit and Cena came out. He said he’s the only person in the company who would actually say congratulations to Mahal, but also promised to capture his 17th world championship at SummerSlam. His music hit again and he celebrated, but Daniel Bryan interrupted. Bryan said Cena doesn’t make the matches, he and Shane McMahon do. He made a match between Cena and Shinsuke Nakamura for next week, with the winner going on to face Mahal at SummerSlam.
3. Tye Dillinger and Sami Zayn defeated Aiden English and Mike Kanellis. Zayn hit Kanellis with the Helluva Kick and pinned him.
— The New Day were making their entrance for a tag team championship celebration, but they were jumped from behind and beaten down by the Usos.
4. Triple Threat United States Championship Match: AJ Styles defeated Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens (c). Owens hit Jericho with a frog splash, but then Styles tossed Owens out of the ring and stole the pin to win the championship.
— After the match, Owens got on the microphone and said none of this was fair. Owens demanded his rematch one-on-one for the title next week.
