The following was taped Tuesday night for the episode of SmackDown that is set to air this Thursday from Portland, Ore., as the road to SummerSlam continues.
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In the main event, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins teamed up with Kevin Owens and the duo defeated Cesaro and Neville after The Architect rolled up The Swiss Superman with a handful of tights.
Rollins opened up the show to brag about how he's the best champion of all time and he requested that John Cena appears on Monday Night RAW this week to address his title-for-title challenge at SummerSlam.
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Neville and Cesaro eventually interrupted, and Owens attacked The Swiss Superman while Rollins beat up The Man That Gravity Forgot, setting up the main event.
In another promo, the Intercontinental Champion Ryback came out and spoke about his Triple Threat Match with The Miz and The Big Show at SummerSlam.
Bo Dallas interrupted and asked to be added to the match. The Big Guy denied him and when Dallas tried to attack, he was taken out with the meat-hook clothesline.
In other action, Roman Reigns defeated Luke Harper by disqualification after Bray Wyatt interfered. The bout was set up when Reigns and Ambrose interrupted a Wyatt Family promo.
Also, The Prime Time Players topped The New Day in a non-title match.
In Divas action, Charlotte overcame Naomi with the Figure Eight.
In a touching tribute, the WWE paid homage to the late "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, who lived in Portland for years. "Hot Rod's" family was also at ringside.
Quick Match Results
--Charlotte def. Naomi via the Figure Eight
--Roman Reigns w/ Dean Ambrose def. Luke Harper w/ Bray Wyatt via DQ.
--The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil & Darren Young) def. The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Big E).
--Seth Rollins & Kevin Owens def. Neville & Cesaro via pinfall.
This episode takes place 10 nights before SummerSlam on Aug. 23 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and here is the updated card:
WrestleMania XXX Rematch
Brock Lesnar w/ Paul Heyman vs. The Undertaker
Title-for-Title Winner-Take-All
Seth Rollins (WWE World Heavyweight Champion) vs. John Cena (WWE United States Champion)
Tag Team Match
The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper) vs. Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose
Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat Match
Ryback (c) vs. The Miz vs. The Big Show
WWE Tag Team Championships Fatal 4 Way
The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil & Darren Young (c) vs. The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E and/or Xavier Woods) vs. Los Matadores (Diego & Fernando) vs. The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara & Kalisto)
Three-way Divas Tag Team Match
Team Bella (WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella, Brie Bella & Alicia Fox) vs. Team B.A.D. (NXT Women's Champion Sasha Banks, Naomi & Tamina) vs. Team P.C.B. (Paige, Charlotte & Becky Lynch)
Tag Team Match
Neville & Steven Amell vs. King Barrett & Stardust
Source: Wrestlingheadlines.com
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