Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown Live recap for October 18, 2016

During the pre-show, Lita announces that Curt Hawkins has promised to have his first match tonight. Hawkins shows up to make a Curt Hawkins fact, then leaves. Also, Jack Swagger takes on Baron Corbin, and AJ Styles will defend the WWE World Championship against James Ellsworth. Lita shows off the new James Ellsworth T-shirt.

James Ellsworth sees his own T-shirt...and meets Dean Ambrose, who wishes him luck tonight.

Randy Orton shows up to start tonight's show. Orton gives credit where credit is due, and says that Bray Wyatt may have wrecked his sanity, he is now free and is coming after him. We see people in balck sheep masks near a coffin on the TitanTron, and Bray is inside. He tells Orton he's coming after him, that he will take him on a journey that will leave him gasping for air and that he's having fun with this. He then tells Orton "He's here." Luke Harper then shows up, and that starts a match.

Randy Orton and Luke Harper are wrestling when Bray Wyatt is brought out in a coffin by men clad in black with black sheep masks.

Randy Orton beats Luke Harper by disqualification after Bray Wyatt interferes. Wyatt and Harper attack Orton, and Wyatt is about to place Orton in the casket when he finds out Kane is inside. Kane and Orton fight off Harper and Wyatt until the latter team suddenly disappears.



AJ Styles is infuriated that he is defending the WWE World title against James Ellsworth, and likens the possible upset win to David Arquette becoming WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He thinks that Dean Ambrose will be the direct cause of such an upset, and says he will find him and tear him apart.

Alexa Bliss beats Naomi. Renee Young interviews Alexa after the match, and Alexa says that in three weeks, the fairy tale is over. She says a new champion will be crowned, and it will be the fairest of them all: her.



Curt Hawkins is about to face Apollo Crews when he tells Crews he will have to change his name to "Apollo Lose" after tonight. This leads to Crews punching him in the face, and Curt Hawkins then says that Crews just ruined his big debut and deprived the people of seeing him live. He then leaves.



Carmella shows up. Two months ago, she had her very first pay-per-view match, and says that it was spoiled by the return of Nikki Bella. Nikki shows up before Carmella can say much else, and tells Carmella to say whatever she has to say to her face. She says that Nikki is stealing her spotlight again, and that she only gets away with it because John Cena is her boyfriend. Nikki compares her to the Internet bullies she sees constantly as Carmella calls her a "gold digger." We then see footage from Total Divas and Total Bellas, trying to make Nikki look like a super-clingy person. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Nikki is not impressed, and Nikki tells her she wears the pants in her relationship and that she doesn't need Cena to fight her battles, and that she's not scared of anybody...not even Carmella. Carmella then says Nikki used her looks to get her foot in the door, her sister to get in the ring and Cena to become a celebrity, then walks off.



Renee Young interviews James Ellsworth. No matter what, his life will be changed forever.



The Miz and The Spirit Squad (Kenny and Mikey) beat Heath Slater, Rhyno and Dolph Ziggler.



Daniel Bryan is taking care of business when Natalya shows up. She wants to enter the 5-on-5 Divas Survivor Series Match, and quotes Whitney Houston for her reasons why she wants to be in it by saying she wants to show the Divas the way, among other things. She then shows Daniel Bryan cat pictures.



Baron Corbin beats Jack Swagger.



As Natalya continues to show Daniel Bryan cat pictures, Dean Ambrose is dressed - and ready - to referee again. Daniel Bryan tells him he can't be referee tonight.

Dean Ambrose shows up before the next match to become guest...everything. He not only plays special guest ring announcer and special guest timekeeper, but also special guest AJ Styles annoyer.

James Ellsworth beats AJ Styles by disqualification after AJ Styles refuses to let Ellsworth out of the corner out of anger. AJ Styles retains the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and receives a Dirty Deeds from Dean Ambrose after the match.





The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) appear on Talking Smack. We are introduced to them and we even see the new "Stay Hyped!" hat.

AJ Styles confronts Daniel Bryan on Talking Smack, saying Daniel had an opportunity to make it right and he blew it. He calls Daniel Bryan "one of those corrupt authorities" and wants a match against Dean Ambrose. Daniel Bryan gives him the match and says that if Dean Ambrose wins, he gets a shot at the World title. AJ is fine with that, saying he's beaten Dean three times and that the fourth time won't be any different.

Baron Corbin shows up on Talking Smack. Corbin says he's here to make money, and that he's in it for himself. He doesn't seem to see the point in having friends in WWE, and he says that he was pretty much the same way when he played football. He goes on to say that he doesn't really care about the fans, and that he doesn't care if other people are more successful than him. He then wants to know what Daniel Bryan has for him next after he beat Jack Swagger in two minutes.

Here are the top 10 moments from tonight's show!

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