Reports indicate that the following was taped on Tuesday night for the episode of WWE SmackDown that is set to air this Friday from Ottawa as the company continues to build toward the Battleground pay-per-view on July 20 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Florida.
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In the main event of the evening, Roman Reigns defeated Rusev via disqualification after he hit the Super Man Punch and went for the Spear but was attacked by Randy Orton.
Rusev then hit a super kick on Reigns and went to crush him before Lana stopped him and they left. Orton then hit the RKO and went for a spear on Reigns, but Reigns thwarted him off by hitting his own spear to close the show.
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Rusev and Lana opened the show with an anti-Canadian promo before Reigns interrupted and the two went back-and-forth to set up the main event.
Orton was in action against Chris Jericho and he won the match after Jericho hit the Lionsalt but was distracted by The Wyatt Family graphic flashing on the arena screen. Orton took advantage of the distraction and hit the RKO for the victory. Bray Wyatt cut a promo on Jericho on the big screen before the match.
In other action, Adam Rose defeated Fandango via countout after he went out to split up the fight between Summer Rae and Layla, The Usos defeated Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil in a non-title match and Goldust defeated Ryback. After Goldust's victory, Ryback went to hit Shellshocked but was stopped by Stardust.
Elsewhere on the program, Bo Dallas defeated Diego and El Torito in a handicap match after pinning Diego. He then took out El Torito with the Bo-Dog.
In Divas action, AJ Lee defeated Cameron after Naomi threw her back in the ring and Summer Rae met Layla for a rematch from Money in the Bank with Fandango as the referee but the match never happened. Both Divas kissed Fandango then he danced and they both attacked him, apparently joining forces.
This episode of SmackDown continued the buildup to Battleground on July 20 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Quick Results:
--Opening segment with Rusev, Lana and Roman Reigns.
--AJ Lee def. Cameron after Naomi threw her back in the ring.
--Adam Rose w/ Summer Rae def. Fandango w/ Layla via countout.
--The Usos def. Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil in a non-title match.
--Randy Orton def. Chris Jericho via pinfall after distraction from Wyatt Family graphic.
--Layla and Summer Rae fought to no-contest with Fandango as referee.
--Goldust w/ Stardust def. Ryback w/ Curtis Axel.
--Roman Reigns def. Rusev w/ Lana by DQ.
This episode of SmackDown airs just nine nights before Battleground and here is the card so far:
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Fatal 4 Way:
John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns vs. Kane
WWE Intercontinental Championship Battle Royal:
Alberto Del Rio vs. Big E vs. Bo Dallas vs. Cesaro vs. Curtis Axel vs. Damien Sandow vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Fandango vs.Kofi Kingston vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Ryback vs. Sheamus vs. The Great Khali
Singles Match:
Chris Jericho vs. Bray Wyatt
WWE Divas Championship:
AJ Lee (c) vs. Paige
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