WWE Smackdown results - August 1, 2014
WWE Smackdown from Corpus Christi, Texas saw Chris Jericho battle against Wyatt Family’s Eric Rowan in the main event in order to gain a stipulation for his match against Bray Wyatt at SummerSlam while the voices inside Randy Orton’s head called out to Roman Reigns as he challenged for a match at the biggest event of the summer. Paige injured her “best friend” AJ Lee and Ambrose had to deal with Seth Rollins and Kane in a Handicap match.
Here are the results from the show.
Jack Swagger vs Cesaro
From the back of a hard hitting encounter on Monday Night Raw against Rusev, Swagger faced his former Real American team-mate Cesaro in a singles match. The tough contest between the two came to an end when Cesaro was forced to tap out from a Patriot Lock. After the match, Lana and Rusev came out waving the Russian flag and challenged Swagger to a Flag match at SummerSlam. Zeb Colter happily accepted their challenge as he got the arena behind him as he chanted “We The People!”
Winner: Jack Swagger
Randy Orton issues a challenge to Roman Reigns at SummerSlam
The Viper made his way into the ring to challenge the man he destroyed last Monday Night. Triple H made it clear to Orton that taking Roman Reigns out of the equation was the only way he could ever get a shot at the WWE World title. Orton taunted the black-clad-superstar in order to get him to fight at SummerSlam. Whether a heavily bet up Reigns responds to Randy’s challenged next week remains to be seen.
Bo Dallas vs R-Truth
The Bo-lieving finally ended last Monday night after R-Truth defeated Bo Dallas on Raw to end his winning streak. And those two faced each other again on Smackdown as Bo once again lost to the rapping superstar via disqualification. Even after the referee finished his 5-count, Bo continued assaulting the former US champion which led to Truth winning the bout due to DQ.
Winner: Bo Dallas
AJ Lee vs Rosa Mendes
Divas champion AJ Lee was in action against Rosa Mendes as she quickly locked The Black Widow submission hold and made the new Total Divas star tap out in a matter of seconds. But as she skipped away from the ring onto the stage, Paige attacked her from behind and knocked her off the stage. She kept claiming herself to be her best friend and skipped away into the back as officials attended to an injured AJ.
Winner: AJ Lee