Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Smackdown Live results for March 27, 2018. The show featured a first time ever match between Shinsuke Nakamura and Shelton Benjamin, a big tag team match featuring Rusev, and the fallout from Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens’ firing and attack on Daniel Bryan last week.
Be back here tomorrow for the full Best and Worst of Smackdown column.
WWE Smackdown Live results:
– The show opened with a recap of last week’s Daniel Bryan-related events.
– Jinder Mahal shames Randy Orton and Bobby Roode for beating up Sunil Singh so bad that he can’t compete this week. Then he introduces his tag team partner for tonight: Rusev.
1. Rusev and Jinder Mahal defeated Randy Orton and Bobby Roode. Orton hit an RKO on his own partner, Roode, and then Rusev hit a Machka kick on Orton and got the pin.
– Backstage, Mahal thanked Rusev for his help and invited him to his Punjabi celebration when he wins at WrestleMania, but Rusev said he just pinned the U.S. Champion, so he’s going to have the WrestleMania Triple Threat match turned into a Fatal 4-Way.
2. Becky Lynch defeated Ruby Riott. Lynch got the pinfall victory over Riott with a rollup.
– Daniel Bryan addressed the crowd and said he’s going to give Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn one final opportunity. Bryan announced it would be Owens and Zayn vs. Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon at WrestleMania, and he believes McMahon will be able to recover from his injury in time to compete. If Owens and Zayn win at WrestleMania, they will be reinstated. Bryan said he’s sick of being a general manager, and at WrestleMania, he’s going to kick Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn’s ass.
3. The Bludgeon Brothers defeated the New Day. The match ended in a disqualification when the Usos ran to ringside to attack Rowan. The New Day bickered with the Usos for getting their match thrown out, and then the Bludgeon Brothers cleared the ring.
4. Dolph Ziggler defeated Tyler Breeze. Ziggler hit a Zig Zag on Tyler and got the pin. After the match, he superkicked Fandango as well.
5. Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Shelton Benjamin. AJ Styles was in Nakamura’s corner for this match. Nakamura got the pin with the Kinshasa.
– After the match, Nakamura invited Styles in the ring and said he never needed his help; he just wanted to show him how he’s going to beat him at WrestleMania. Styles said he won’t be playing games at WrestleMania, and they’re going to tear the house down, but Styles will prove he’s the best. Nakamura said he’ll beat Styles at WrestleMania, because Styles is too emotional. Gable and Benjamin jumped Styles and Nakamura cleared the ring, then teased hitting Styles with Kinshasa and taunted Styles.
