My WWE 2K19 Results: WWE SmackDown Live (May.W4.17)

WWE SmackDown Live

May.Week 4.2017

East Lansing, MI

SMACKDOWN LIVE POWER RANKINGS

1. Roman Reigns (WWE Champion)

2. Charlotte Flair

3. Shinsuke Nakamura

4. AJ Styles

5. Dolph Ziggler

LAST SUNDAY AT BACKLASH: “The Big Dog” Roman Reigns defeated Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship!

TONIGHT: “The Viper” Randy Orton meets Shinsuke Nakamura in a #1 Contender's Match for the WWE Championship where the winner will challenge Roman Reigns at Money in the Bank!

MONEY IN THE BANK ANNOUNCEMENT: SmackDown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon reveals that the participants for the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match this year will be Baron Corbin, Jinder Mahal, Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler, AJ Styles, Sami Zayn as well as an eighth Superstar TBA.

SHOW OPENER PROMO

Last Sunday at Backlash Chris Jericho defeated Kevin Owens to regain the WWE United States Championship. Jericho replays footage of all of the times that Kevin said that he was going to beat Jericho in a “collage de loser”.

Owens disputes that Jericho got another title opportunity ahead of the rematch clause that he failed to capitalize on and therefore doesn't deserve that United States Championship. Jericho replies by saying that Codebreaker from last Sunday disagrees.

Chris Jericho vs Kevin Owens

PROMO BATTLE WINNER: Kevin Owens

MATCH #1

Tag Team Match

Dolph Ziggler & Kevin Owens vs AJ Styles & Sami Zayn

WINNERS: Dolph Ziggler & Kevin Owens

Method: Pinfall from Owens on Zayn

Finish: Package Piledriver!

MIDDLE CARD PROMO

Big E says that The New Day have their eyes on whichever tag teams leaves East Lansing, MI tonight with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.

MONEY IN THE BANK ANNOUNCEMENT: SmackDown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon reveals that the participants for the Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match this year will be Natalya, Becky Lynch, Carmella, Charlotte Flair and Tamina!

NEXT: The odds are in the favor of The Welcoming Committee as they take on Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in a Handicap Match. This faction was formed by the common goal of making sure that Charlotte doesn't take their spotlight on SmackDown Live.

MATCH #2

Two on Three Handicap Match

Natalya, Carmella & Tamina vs Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair

WINNERS: Natalya, Carmella & Tamina

Method: Pinfall from Carmella on Charlotte

Finish: Princess Kick

NOTE: At this point Lana's vignettes hyping her in-ring debut have been airing for the past several weeks now with that footage of her dancing.

LAST WEEK ON SMACKDOWN LIVE: American Alpha defeated The Usos to finally regain the SmackDown Tag Team Championship and break The Usos' streak of five successful title defenses.

TONIGHT: Jimmy and Jey are focused on immediately regaining the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.

MATCH #3

SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

BACKLASH REMATCH

CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH

Tag Team Match

American Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Jordan)(c) vs The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso)

WINNERS and STILL SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: American Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Jordan)

Method: Pinfall from Jordan on Jey

Finish: Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex

SHOW CLOSER PROMO

The WWE Champion Roman Reigns has now obtained his third successful WWE Title defense which is the most since The Undertaker's four successful WWE Title defenses in 2015 (in WWE 2K17). Whether it be against Shinsuke or Randy, “The Big Dog” is looking forward to obtaining his fourth successful WWE Title defense at Money in the Bank and tying with “The Phenom”.

MATCH #4

MAIN EVENT

#1 CONTENDER'S MATCH FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Normal Match

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Randy Orton

WINNER and #1 CONTENDER: Randy Orton

Method: Pinfall

Finish: RKO