WWE taped the December 25th episode of Smackdown tonight from Fresno, California. Below are the spoilers from the show.
* The Usos & The Club def. Sanity & The Bar. The New Day were on commentary and had on Christmas costumes with white beards and Santa Claus hats. Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows wind up getting the win by hitting a Magic Killer on Cesaro. After the match, The New Day threw pancakes to the crowd while Xavier Woods played Francesca
* R-Truth and Carmella come out dressed as Mr. & Mrs. Claus. They did a dance break to Christmas songs and Truth messed up the names of Santa’s reindeer. WWE Champion Daniel Bryan interrupted and said they aren’t real. AJ Styles and Santa Claus also aren’t real. Bryan cut a promo on materialism and the environment. Bryan said Santa will not exist as the glaciers continue to melt. Truth thinks it’s a joke. Bryan says Truth’s career has been a joke. Truth mentions his #30 spot in the Royal Rumble and possibly challenging Bryan at WrestleMania 35, if Bryan can keep the title that long. Bryan says Truth can’t even count to 30. Truth counts – 1,2,3,7. They do another 8 second dance break but Bryan interrupts by dropping Truth mid-dance. Bryan applies The LeBell Lock to Truth while Carmella looks on. Bryan breaks the hold, stomps on Truth and goes for his leg. Bryan leaves with the WWE Title held high
* Mustafa Ali vs Andrade Cien Almas is next on the show. Ali won with the 054. It was said to be a great match by reports given to us.
* The Miz comes out with a Christmas-themed edition of MizTV. Miz outs over the 2018 that SmackDown had and then introduced Shane McMahon, calling him his bestie. Shane talks about how the McMahon Family will listen to the fans from h ere on out, and that new Superstars are on their way to the main roster. Miz asks why can’t he and Shane be tag team partners now that SmackDown has 4 members of the family running the show. Miz also put himself over. Miz ran down his week and comments on how that still wasn’t enough to impress Vince McMahon, saying nothing is enough for Vince but Vince was impressed by Shane at the World Cup tournament. Miz says tagging with Shane is something to be proud of. Miz puts Shane on the spot, telling him to listen to what the fans want like he claimed. Fans respond with a mixed reaction but Shane agrees to tag with Miz. They stand together and raise the World Cup trophy at once. Miz leads a “yes!” chant to end the segment. They then shook hands and played to the crowd off-camera
SHANE MCMAHON AND THE MIZ ARE OFFICIALLY A TAG TEAM #SDLive pic.twitter.com/lLQdXAica1
— boss man (@TheNextBlGThing) December 19, 2018
* Jeff Hardy defeated Samoa Joe by count out. Hardy came out wearing Christmas face paint. This was a fairly quick back & forth match with no one taking the lead for too long until Hardy rallied the crowd. Joe almost took his head off with a clothesline before going to work on him in the corner. More back and forth. The crowd rallied for Hardy again after Joe kept him in an abdominal stretch. Jeff came back and hit some of his signature moves, then lead a “delete!” chant. Joe avoided the Whisper In the Wind and rolled to the floor. Hardy jumped from the apron and kicked Joe on the floor, beating him up for the count out. After the match, Jeff took Joe to the announce table and prepared for a Twist of Fate. Joe got free and dropped Hardy into the Coquina Clutch. Officials pulled them apart but Hardy went down. Joe looked to attack Hardy some more but the officials backed him off. Joe smirked as he left to the back
* Rusev defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to become the new WWE United States Champion. The match starts off fast and sees Nakamura get offense on the outside. Rusev with massive suplexes when they come back in the ring. Lots of back and forth action mid-match, they also go back to the floor. Nakamura puts on a kicking clinic until Rusev catches him with a series of clotheslines. They fight back out of the ring and Nakamura hits a diving knee from the apron. Nakamura misses a Kinshasa and eats a superkick. Rusev can’t get The Accolade in but Nakamura puts him in a triangle choke. Rusev turns that into a powerbomb. They trade pin attempts, roll-ups and more counters. They trade Kinshasa and superkick attempts again. Nakamura can’t knock Rusev down and Rusev responds with a big clothesline. Rusev stomps on Nakamura and superkicks him when he gets back up. Rusev then covers for the pin and the title. Lana comes in to celebrate after the match
* That was the end of the show, it seemed short. No AJ Styles, no women, Rey Mysterio or Randy Orton either, among others
New US Champ! Rusev pic.twitter.com/kiHe3G1Sie
— BIGTONYLX (@THEBIGTONYLX) December 19, 2018
?@RossOnRasslin? Rusev is the new #USChampion #RusevDay pic.twitter.com/tttAw2JYs0
— Richard Chapman (@DogChapman81) December 19, 2018
And the NEEEWWWW United States Champion #SmackdownLive Rusev Day pic.twitter.com/IUatVXQaRL
— Luis Barajas (@WoahItsLuis) December 19, 2018
AND THE NEWWWWWWW UNITED STATES CHAMPION
RUSEV!!!! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/aKDqYFCchT
— boss man (@TheNextBlGThing) December 19, 2018
New US Champ! #SDLIVE pic.twitter.com/GIQqVK0XXe
— boss man (@TheNextBlGThing) December 19, 2018
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