Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown Live recap for September 25, 2018

R-Truth and Carmella are in the ring to start tonight's show with Truth TV, having hijacked the Miz TV set. Tonight's guest is Daniel Bryan, who shows up. R-Truth looks through a bunch of index cards, then asks Daniel Bryan how cathartic it would be to defeat The Miz at Super Show-Down and move one step closer to the WWE Championship. Daniel Bryan says that Truth TV is better than Miz TV, then the "Truth TV seven-second dance break" commences before Daniel Bryan tries to answer the question again. Daniel Bryan says he spent so much energy to come back to WWE, but he did not just want to come back; he wanted to be WWE Champion as he has unfinished business with the title as well as with The Miz, who he says has cheated to win. If he can beat Miz, it would be rather cathartic, as he wants to prove he is the best as opposed to The Miz, who just wants to say he is the best. Before he can say much else, The Miz shows up. Miz wants to know what Truth is doing on his show, and as the fans chant "Truth TV!", Truth says he beat Miz two weeks ago, and that if he had a championship, it would be his; instead, Miz has a talk show, so he just took that. Miz tells Truth he is an idiot, but Truth says he is an idiot with a talk show. Miz then says he and Daniel Bryan have their differences, with Daniel Bryan being the "scrappy, relatable underdog" being the favorite. He says that Daniel Bryan's fighting fair is why he will not win, as he has beaten Daniel Bryan by any means necessary before and he will do it again at Super Show-Down. He says Daniel only foiled one of his 300 ideas last week, and he has an idea for every second of every day and he will pull them out at Super Show-Down. Miz says the only way Daniel Bryan can beat him is if he stops fighting fair and does anything and everything possible, even though he says Daniel Bryan is afraid of losing the hope of the people and tarnishing his own name in the eyes of the fans. Truth tells Miz to stop blaspheming Daniel Bryan's name, and bans Miz from Truth TV for wrecking the animal segment. Miz says this isn't even Truth's show. R-Truth tells Miz that if he wants his show back, he will fight him for it. Before Miz can say anything else, Truth TV has another dance break. and The Miz leaves. Backstage, The Miz is met by General Manager Paige, who tells The Miz to go to the ring and win his show back if he wants it back so badly.

Daniel Bryan guests on commentary for the next match.

The Miz beats R-Truth to take back Miz TV after thumbing Truth in the eye outside of the view of the referee. The Miz then stares at Daniel Bryan from the ring saying "Anything to win" before hitting Daniel Bryan's running knee for the win.

We see footage from earlier today where Becky Lynch crashes a Charlotte Flair photo shoot by attacking Charlotte from behind before posing for photos herself, her foot on a downed Charlotte Flair as she lifts up the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship. Charlotte Flair has been sent home as a medical precaution.

Before the next match, Xavier Woods says The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Woods) have jokes, but they play too much. Kofi says Woods is right, but at the end of the day, they do respect The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro). Last week, Cesaro beat him, and it would just be silly for them to come out to the ring and not take them seriously. Big E says that since they have a lot of respect for them, they decided to play a little game called the "#SaySomethingNice Challenge." Woods says that even though The New Day make fun of his nipples and that he looks like a Swiss Jason Statham, they enjoy his movies and that is a good thing. Big E tries to say something about Sheamus, but Sheamus takes the microphone and says The New Day may have the people fooled, but they don't have them fooled, as The New Day wants to joke around while they want to fight. Cesaro says the mockery will come to an end at Super Show-Down when they take the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships, and that the laughs will end for Big E tonight when Sheamus beats the crap out of him.

Sheamus beats Big E with a Brogue Kick after countering the Big Ending.

Backstage, General Manager Paige asks "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles not to destroy everything in the ring during the contract signing, as some of the things are expensive. Styles tells Paige that he is just here to sign a contract, and if he does need to destroy anything, it will be Samoa Joe.

Backstage, Rusev tells Lana that Aiden English will pay for what he did, and wants to know why Aiden attacked him last week.

Rusev and Lana show up. Rusev says that last week, Aiden English betrayed him on the greatest day of them all, Rusev Day. Before he crushes him, he calls out Aiden to explain why Aiden attacked him. Aiden English shows up and says he knows Rusev is angry and has the right to be, but this is not his fault. He says that Rusev was a super-talented super-athlete before he met him, but nobody cared about Rusev. He says that Rusev was floundering and lacked direction, but he saw potential and joined him, making him the most beloved Superstar in WWE. We then see a video package of Aiden English and Rusev's rise through the tag team ranks, then Aiden English tells Rusev that they were a great team that was destined to be legendary and asks what happened. He then says Lana happened, and says this whole mess is Lana's fault. We see another video package, this one chronicling Lana's time in the trio, where Aiden and Lana suddenly came at odds. Aiden says it was simpler when it was just him and Rusev. Lana tells Aiden that she made Rusev into an unstoppable force and even got him a tank to ride out at WrestleMania, and he says that while Aiden does a great job at being a glorified cheerleader, he is trying to create a name for himself through Rusev. Aiden says nobody would question Lana's dedication to Rusev, and asks that with all her honesty, will she tell Rusev about that one night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Aiden then drops the microphone on the stage and leaves.

Naomi and Asuka get ready for their match backstage, and Naomi does not expect Asuka to hit as hard as she does.

Backstage, Lana tells Rusev that she does not know what Aiden English is talking about concerning Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Suddenly, Becky Lynch shows up and says Milwaukee is a fine town. Lana tells Becky to mind her own business, but Becky says he runs the SmackDown women's division and that she is her business. She tells Lana to tell Rusev to carry her bags to the car when she is done with her, as she won't physically be able to when she walks back out the curtain.

Before the next match, The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) are about to speak, but Naomi and Asuka make their entrance before they can say a word. They guest on commentary for the next match. It is also mentioned that the next match has occurred after Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose mocked Asuka and Naomi earlier today.

Asuka and Naomi beat Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose.

"The Perfect Ten" Tye Dillinger vs. "The Artist" Shinsuke Nakamura ends with Randy Orton attacking Dillinger before hitting him with a draping DDT off the apron. Afterwards, Nakamura teases leaving, but turns around to hit Dillinger with a Kinshasa into the LED board on the side of the ring.

Backstage, Lana stretches for her match before Rusev wishes her luck and tells her he believes her.

Backstage, Randy Orton is interviewed by Mike Rome. Orton says that "The Perfect Ten" Tye Dillinger is not his next victim, but admits that Dillinger's "perfect ten crap" pisses him off.

Becky Lynch beats Lana with the Dis-Arm-Her. After the match, Kalya Braxton interviews Aiden English backstage. Aiden says that next week, he will show video evidence of proof of something Lana did in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

General Manager Paige is in the ring for the contract signing for Samoa Joe vs. "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles for the WWE Championship at Super Show-Down. She says that due to a controversial ending at Hell In A Cell, she had to make the match a no count-out, no disqualification match, as there has to be a winner. She introduces Styles, who shows up. When she introduces Samoa Joe, however, Joe doesn't show up. Styles says Joe does not have the guts to meet him face-to-face and sign on the dotted line and says Joe is more likely to attack him from behind, and that he has eyes in the back of his head tonight. Styles says Joe has another opportunity to take the WWE Championship from him in a match that is more up Joe's alley as he does not follow the rules. Suddenly, Samoa Joe is seen on the TitanTron and says that the great thing about the wrestling business is that they get to travel the world, experience new cultures, go to exotic places and see things they'd never think they'd see. Tonight, he finds himself in one of those places: Styles' home. He says that he told Styles' wife Wendy and daughter Annie that "daddy is coming home," and that Styles has done well for himself. He asks Styles if he feels helplessness and if that helplessness is turning into horror into the fact that there is nothing he can do. He asks if Styles feels guilty for not listening to his warnings, then says Styles is far away. He tells Styles to call his wife, then realizes Styles does not bring his phone to the ring. He then says he has a doll for Annie that Annie is sure to love, then asks if Styles feels enraged because he knows his family is near his home. He asks if that rage is turning into fear, then tells him to remember that feeling when he meets him for the WWE Championship at Super Show-Down, as this has always been about consequences. He says that it is one thing to deny him the WWE Championship, but it is another thing to steal it from him, which demands consequences. He then rings the doorbell to AJ Styles' house before saying "Daddy's home."

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