My WWE 2K18 Results: WWE SmackDown Live (August.Week 1)

WWE SmackDown Live

August, Week 1, Year 1

Detroit, MI

Tonight's main event of SmackDown Live will feature a Battleground rematch when the NEW WWE Intercontinental Champion Apollo Crews defends his championship against the former champion Alberto Del Rio. Can Del Rio regain the Intercontinental Championship? Or will Apollo cement his place further up the ladder with his very first, big championship defense tonight?

Footage is shown of “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles defeating Dean Ambrose for the WWE Championship last Sunday at WWE Battleground, making AJ Styles a two-time WWE Champion.

Show Opener Promo

Former WWE Champion “The Lunatic Fringe” Dean Ambrose comes out to the ring and talks about the hell of a match that he had with AJ Styles and although Dean once again is no longer the WWE Champion, he still has a rematch clause in his contract and he tells AJ that he's coming to get his “baby” back. Ambrose is suddenly and unexpectedly interrupted by John Cena who expresses his interest in facing the former WWE Champion and “Lunatic Fringe” in a match. A promo battle ensues and Cena likens Ambrose to an abandoned , broken down, eyesore of a building in a neighborhood that wants nothing to do with it. Dean dares that “neighborhood” to bring their wrecking balls to try to knock him down to see how that ends up working for them. Cena ends the segment by saying that he's sure that they'll be facing off soon. Cena is on the ascent and Ambrose is once again on the descent and that wins him the promo battle.

Match #1

Normal Match

Baron Corbin vs Dolph Ziggler

Winner by pinfall: Baron Corbin (End of Days)(*** Very Good)

Middle Card Promo

The Director of Operations Kane comes out to the ring and says that while the SmackDown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon and the SmackDown Live General Manager Daniel Bryan are rather benevolent leaders, Kane operates under different auspices. He is the emissary of The Authority and he will inflict their will on SmackDown Live and their will is simply whatever is “best...for business”. Dolph Ziggler tried to rise against The Authority but was quickly dealt with by Kane. He warns the SmackDown Live to let that be a lesson to them.

During their time in NXT, The Ascension were considered to be the most feared and dominant tag team in the NXT roster. The Ascension were considered to be the greatest NXT Tag Team Champions of their time, holding the longest running NXT Tag Team Championship reign at a total of 344 days. Tonight, they go one on one with the current NXT Tag Team Champions, American Alpha.

Match #2

Non-Title

Tag Team Match

American Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Jordan) vs The Ascension (Konnor & Viktor)

Winners: American Alpha (Grand Amplitude)

Middle Card Promo

John Cena comes out and talks about how after his defeat to The Miz last month, Miz came out to the ring for weeks on end bragging and boasting about beating Cena as if he just won a world championship. Now Cena defeated The Miz and John is out here to say that this is simply what he does. He comes out to this ring, gives it everything he's got and then does it all over again because this is his life and he loves every minute of it. If Cena falls down, like he did last month to The Miz, Cena simply gets right back up and asks for more, and he did and he beat The Miz at Battleground.

The undrafted Heath Slater is backstage looking for Shane McMahon or Daniel Bryan when he runs into Kane who threatens to forcefully remove Slater from the premises. Slater pleads his case and Kane tells Slater that opportunity awaits him in the ring. An overjoyed Slater thanks the Director of Operations and tells him that he won't regret it.

Match #3

Finishers Match

Rhyno vs Heath Slater

Winner: Rhyno

The WWE United States Championship has been drafted to RAW in the WWE Draft. However, the WWE United States Champion “The Viper” Randy Orton has been drafted to SmackDown Live. As a result, Randy Orton is now on an excursion to RAW representing SmackDown Live as the United States Champion. If Randy were to lose the United States Championship then that would see the end of his RAW excursion.

Show Closer Promo

The NEW WWE Champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles comes out and thanks Dean Ambrose for the heck of a match that they had at Battleground. Here he is again as the WWE Champion and it feels phenomenal. Styles is interrupted by “The Lone Wolf” Baron Corbin who talks about how the spotlight should be on him because he is the quintessential WWE Superstar and therefore that WWE Championship belongs to him. Styles tells Corbin that he's barking up the wrong tree because Baron may be a big guy but he's certainly not on AJ's level. Corbin informs him that the Director of Operations Kane has named Corbin the #1 contender for the WWE Championship and adds that he'll be seeing AJ real soon and taking that WWE Championship. Styles ends up winning the promo battle.

Match #4

WWE Intercontinental Championship

Battleground Rematch

Main Event

Normal Match

Apollo Crews (c) vs Alberto Del Rio

Winner by pinfall and STILL WWE Intercontinental Champion: Apollo Crews (Spinning Sit-Out Powerbomb)