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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: JOHN CENA IS BACK, THREE TITLE MATCHES, AND MORE WITH RENEE AND MIZ

By Richard Trionfo on 2016-12-27 21:57:00

Match Number Two:  Alexa Bliss versus Becky Lynch for the Women's Championship

They lock up and Becky with an arm drag.  Bliss with a waist lock and Becky drops down but Bliss with a body scissors.  Lynch with a Trailer Hitch and Bliss gets to the ropes.  Lynch with a wrist lock but Alexa with a reversal.  Lynch with a reversal into a side head lock.  Bliss with a reversal into a side head lock.  Bliss with a side head lock take down but Becky with a side head lock.  Becky with a shoulder tackle.  Becky goes for a sunset flip but Bliss blocks it and gets a near fall.  Becky and Bliss go back and forth with near falls.  Bliss with a leg sweep and Becky bridges to get out of the cover.  Becky with a kick and she goes for the cross arm breaker but Bliss blocks it.  Bliss gets a near fall.  Becky goes for DisArmHer but Bliss escapes.  Bliss with and arm bar and STO.

Bliss gets a near fall.  Bliss chokes Becky in the ropes and stretches her.  Bliss slams Becky's face into the mat and Bliss stands on Becky's back and stomps her face into the mat.  Bliss stomps on Becky's head again and gets a near fall.  Bliss with forearms and Becky with punches.  Bliss slams Becky's head to the mat again and gets a near fall.  Becky with arm drags and a drop kick.  Bliss goes to the floor and Becky goes for a baseball slide but Bliss gets the ring skirt up to block it and she pulls Becky to the floor and connects with forearms and she slams Becky's head into the floor.

Becky is sent into the apron and then Becky tries to slam Bliss but Alexa gets to her feet and Becky is sent into the ring steps as we go to commercial.

We are back and Alexa chokes Becky in the ropes and then hits knees to the back for a near fall.  Alexa stands on Becky's hair and stretches her.  Alexa misses a knee drop.  Becky with European uppercuts and clotheslines.  Becky with a leg lariat and running forearm into the corner but she misses.  Becky moves when Alexa goes into the corner.  Becky with a springboard kick and Alexa blocks the exploder.  Becky hyperextends the arm and sends Alexa into the turnbuckles.  Becky goes up top but Alexa stops her.  Becky kicks Alexa away.

Becky with a missile drop kick and she gets a near fall.  

Music plays and La Luchadora makes her way to the ring.  Becky kicks at La Luchadora and Alexa with a rollup for a near fall.  Becky with a back slide for a near fall.  Becky with a crucifix for a near fall.  Alexa with a forearm and she hits the knee drop and handspring knee drop for a near fall.   Alexa goes up top and goes for Twisted Bliss but Becky gets her knees up.  Becky with a rollup for a near fall.  Alexa has her foot on the rope when Becky applies DisArmHer. 

Alexa shows the referee her arm and La Luchadora sends Becky into the ring post and Alexa with a DDT for the three count.

Winner:  Alexa Bliss

After the match, Alexa is asked who is the masked woman.  Alexa says she has no idea.  Mabye it was Sasha Banks.  She is told that Sasha is not that big.  Alexa suggests it is Nia Jax before going to the back.

We take a look at Renee Young slapping Miz last week.

Renee Young knocks on Miz' door and Maryse opens the door and says something to Renee and Miz tells Maryse that he has this and tells her to go back inside.

Miz asks Renee if she is going to ask him a question.  Maybe about the Skull Crushing Finale on Dean Ambrose.  Miz tells security to leave. 

Renee asks Miz how does he plan on following up on a strong 2016 in 2017.  Miz says that 2017 will be the Year of the Miz.

Dean Ambrose shows up next to Miz and he sends Miz into the wall while Miz calls for security.  Dean takes care of a few members of security and Dean gets on the walkie talkie that it is all clear.

We are back with a look at the problems between Nikki Bella and Natalya.

Nikki Bella is in the locker room and she is asked by Dasha about being betrayed by Natalya. 

Nikki says that people are trying to knock her down.  She was the longest reigning Divas Champion and she came back from an injury faster than she was expected to.  She is proud to be on two reality shows and she sayss she is in love with the man of her dreams.  She says she will talk to Natalya face to face.

Baron Corbin is stopped by Renee Young and he is asked about the pressure of being in his first title match.  Baron says he should have been established as a top star.  Dolph and AJ should be feeling the pressure as they feel the End of Days.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we are told that Miz will face Dean Ambrose for the Intercontinental title next week on Smackdown.

Match Number Three:  Baron Corbin versus Dolph Ziggler versus AJ Styles for the WWE Championship

All three men try to figure out how to take the early advantage and Corbin goes after Styles.  Ziggler with a drop kick to Corbin.  Styles with forearms in the corner and kicks to Corbin.  Ziggler with a splash and Corbin catches Ziggler as Styles sends Ziggler into the ring.  Corbin knocks Styles off the apron and Ziggler drops Corbin on the top rope.  Corbin waits for Ziggler or Styles to get back into the ring as we go to commercial.

We are back and Corbin with a hard Irish whip to Styles and then he goes to the floor to run Ziggler into the apron.  We see footage from the commercial break when Corbin sent Styles high into the air for a back body drop.  Corbin is done wtih Ziggler so he goes back to Styles and he runs AJ into the apron.  Corbin sends Styles back into the ring and he gets a near fall.  Corbin wtih a knee to the midsection and then he picks AJ up.  Styles with a kick and chops.  Corbin catches Styles but Ziggler with a drop kick and Styles gets a crucifix cover so Ziggler breaks up the cover.  Styles blocks a suplex and then so does Ziggler.

Ziggler and Styles with punches but Corbin with a double clothesline and Corbin gets a near fall on Ziggler.  Corbin kicks Ziggler and then picks him up.  Corbin taunts Ziggler and sends Ziggler sternum first into the turnbuckles.  Corbin looks at Styles on the floor before he continues to work over Ziggler.  Ziggler with punches and then Ziggler stomps on the foot.  Ziggler is sent into the air.  Corbin goes for End of Days but Styles blocks it.  Styles punches Corbin and sends him into the turnbuckles.  Corbin sends Ziggler into the same corner.  Ziggler wtih an elbow to Corbin and Styles with a boot.  Corbin goes to the floor and comes back in with a clothesline to Ziggler and an STO to Styles to get a near fall.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Corbin punches and kicks Ziggler.  Corbin punches Styles and we see Corbin punching Styles when AJ went for a springboard move.  Corbin continues to work over both men.  Ziggler with punches to Corbin and Styles joins in and they both work over Corbin.  Ziggler with a head butt and then they clothesline Corbin over the top rope to the floor.  Styles and Ziggler also go to the floor and Corbin sends Styles into the ringside barrier.  Ziggler gets on Corbin's back and Corbin with a snap mare.  Corbin rearranges the announce table and then he misses a shoulder as he hits the ringside barrier.  Styles with a forearm off the steps and Ziggler with a super kick that sends Corbin onto the table.  Ziggler and Styles go to the ringside barrier and Styles with a leg drop while Ziggler hits an elbow drop at the same time that destroys the table.

Ziggler and Styles go back into the ring but Styles pulls Ziggler off the apron.  Ziggler with a uranage onto the apron and then Ziggler with a hesitation DDT for a near fall.  Ziggler and Styles struggle to get back top their feet.  Ziggler goes for a Zig Zag but Styles holds on to the ropes.  Styles with an Ushigoroshi and then he sets for the Styles Clash but Ziggler kicks Styles to escape the hold.  Styles is sent to the apron and Styles with a forearm.  Ziggler kicks Styles when he goes for the Phenomenal Forearm.  Styles wtih a rollup and then Ziggler with a super kick but Corbin breaks up the cover.

Ziggler kicks Corbin and he hits a neck breaker and hits a leaping elbow drop for a near fall.  Ziggler punches Corbin and kicks Corbin.  Corbin with Deep Six for a near fall when Styles breaks up the cover.  All three men are down.  Corbin with a punch but Styles punches back and he connects with forearms.  Corbin with punches but Styles wtih kicks.  Corbin hits End of Days on Styles while Ziggler hits a Zig Zag on Corbin and Ziggler gets a near fall as Styles rolls to the floor.

Corbin sends Ziggler shoulder first into the ring post and then he puts Ziggler on the turnbuckles.  Corbin sets for a superplex but Ziggler with punches.  Ziggler with a head butt and he goes up top but Corbin crotches Ziggler and Ziggler falls to the mat.  Corbin hits End of Days on Ziggler and Styles with a Phenomenal Forearm to Corbin and then Styles pins Ziggler.

Winner:  AJ Styles

After the match, John Cena's music plays and he makes his way to the ring to have a staredown with AJ Styles.

Cena wants AJ to shake his hand, but Styles refuses.  Styles puts the title belt between them and then he reluctantly shakes his hand.

Neville says he was the man who gravity forgot, but now he feels like the man WWE forgot.  Neville says he will show the inferior talent that he is the King of the Cruiserweights.

We go to credits.


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