SmackDown Results 06/05/15

SmackDown results from Houston, TX:

The opening segment featured Seth Rollins coming to the ring and bringing a steel chair in to sit in. He talked about how he turned against The Shield and how he doesn’t need The Authority to help him destroy Ambrose in their ladder match at MITB. Ambrose appeared on the Titantron telling Rollins that all the help he’s had from The Authority has made him weak, while Ambrose has just become stronger. He said he likes the idea of the ladder match because he’s never afraid to fall. 

Prime Time Players defeated The Ascension and Lucha Dragons via pinfall in a triple threat match to determine new #1 contenders for the tag team titles. The finish saw Titus connect on a pump-handle slam on Viktor of The Ascension for the pinfall wn.

New Day was interviewed by Renee Young backstage about having to face PTP at the MITB PPV with the titles on the line. They called PTP corrupt and greedy because all they care about is money. Kane came in to interrupt and told Kofi he’ll face Neville on tonight’s show. He told New Day to “have a pleasant day.”

Ryback defeated Stardust via pinfall in a non-title match. At one point, Stardust went off the ropes but Ryback caught him and hit a spine buster. He followed with the Meathook Clothesline and then Shell Shock for the win.

Renee Young interviewed Paige on the top of the ramp. Paige talked about being sick of the Bella Twins and them using “Twin Magic.” She said some things never change, but if you want change sometimes you have to use your power to change things. She said she intends to do that so the Bella Twins will stop holding the Divas Division back.

Kevin Owens came out to trash talk John Cena, saying Cena thinks Owens hangs on his every word like his son, but he doesn’t. Owens said his son is seven and doesn’t know any better, but he doesn’t want him influenced by a guy spouting so much garbage like Cena does. He called Cena delusional for all the crap he says. Owens issued an open challenge to the locker room for his NXT title.

Kevin Owens defeated Zack Ryder via pinfall to retain the NXT Championship. Owens issued his Open Challenge for the NXT belt. Zack Ryder came out and was squashed by Owens in about a minute. Post-match, Owens attacked Ryder with a pop-up power bomb to send a message to Cena.

Neville defeated Kofi Kingston via pinfall. Big E and Xavier Woods joined Kofi at ringside. At one point, Neville landed an impressive moonsault on Big E and Kofi on the outside. Later, Kofi had roll up pinfall attempt, but Neville countered the pin and was able to twist his foot around Kofi’s arm, then sat down to hook the legs for a secure pinfall. 

They had a MizTV segment where Miz’s special guest was Lana. He baited her into trying to say she ditched Rusev because he lost to Cena, so it was a business move. Lana said she genuinely cared about Rusev but he didn’t respect her so she had to leave him. Miz introduced his surprise guest, Rusev, who came to the ring on crutches. He begged Lana to give him another chance and to “be my crutch.” He put the crutches aside. Lana took the crutch and shoved it into him. Rusev became irate and started to yell at Lana, but out came Dolph Ziggler who led Lana out of the ring, further irritating Rusev.

Roman Reigns defeated Sheamus due to disqualification. The match lasted about 10 minutes. At one point, Sheamus had an Irish Curse backbreaker for two. He missed on the Brogue Kick and Reigns hit a Superman Punch. However, Kane was ringside and entered the match, delivering a big boot to level Reigns. That caused the ref to call the match. Kane went for a chokeslam on Reigns, but Reigns avoided it. Sheamus connected on a Brogue Kick on Reigns to put him down. Kane chokeslammed Sheamus, then looked up at the MITB briefcase hanging over the ring as SmackDown closed.

SmackDown Results 05/29/15

SmackDown results from Wilkes-Barre, PA:

Dean Ambrose came out to start the show, talking about how he was able to make it back before the end of this week’s Raw to sign the title match contract vs. Rollins for Elimination Chamber. He said thanks to YouTube video footage from WWE’s YouTube channel, he was able to get exonerated from his charges of assaulting a cameraman. He also said he’s made plenty of friends within the ranks of the various police departments and they arranged to provide him an escort back into the building. Ambrose brought up Elimination Chamber and said he plans to end the Reign of Rollins and begin the Age of Ambrose. 

Lucha Dragons defeated Kidd and Cesaro via pinfall. This was a lumberjack match with the various tag teams from the Elimination Chamber title match on the outside. Late in the match, Cesaro delivered a Superkick on Sin Cara, after Cara had broken up Kidd’s sharpshooter on Kalisto. New Day was among the outside lumberjacks and distracted Kidd and Cesaro. Kidd walked right into a finisher due to the distraction.

R-Truth defeated King Barrett via pinfall. Truth ducked a Bull Hammer attempt late and then later hit the Lie Detector for the win. Post-match, Sheamus got in the ring and hit the Brogue Kick on Truth and Barrett. He pointed at the IC title belt which was set up on a ringside exhibit. Sheamus got outside the ring and posed with the belt in front of him.

Backstage, Renee Young interviewed Lana about her relationship with Ziggler, while Renee also suggested that Lana and Rusev were more than just friends. Lana brought up how Dolph is competing on Sunday at the IC title Elimination Chamber match. Rusev came in asking Lana where Ziggler was and making some remarks. Rusev told Lana he isn’t jealous and will make Ziggler suffer for his kisses to Lana. He told her she dug her own grave and now will rot in it.

Ryback defeated Rusev via disqualification. At one point in the match, Rusev landed awkwardly, appearing to hurt his ankle in the process. He nursed it a bit threw the match and seemed to be having trouble with keeping his weight on it. On the outside, Rusev smashed Ryback into the ringpost twice causing the ref to call for the bell.

Paige defeated Naomi via pinfall. Tamina was on the outside. At one point, Page tried for a PTO but Naomi avoided the move. Paige kicked Tamina at ringside before hitting the Rampaige for the win. Nikki and Brie Bella walked out post-match on the stage, with Nikki holding the Divas title belt up to boast.

Michael Cole interviewed NXT champion Kevin Owens in the ring about his upcoming non-title match against John Cena at the Elimination Chamber PPV on Sunday. Cole brought up how tough a competitor Cena is. Owens talked about hurting his good friend Sami Zayn who he’d known for years and asked if he would do that to a good friend, what would he do to John Cena? He said on Sunday everyone will find out, because the real champ is here.

Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins and Kane due to disqualification. Late in the match, Reigns hit the Superman Punch on Rollins after several reversals by the two competitors. Reigns had the winning pinfall, but J&J got involved to break it up, causing a DQ. Post-match, New Day came down to the ring to help out Kane and Rollins against Ambrose and Reigns. They ganged up on the duo with Kane hitting a chokeslam on Reigns and Rollins hitting a Pedigree on Ambrose. The heels celebrated to close out SmackDown.