WWE Smackdown Results – 9/5/17 (Randy Orton vs. Shinsuke Nakamura)

WWE Smackdown Results

September 5, 2017

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Commentary: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton and

Corey Graves

Results by: Saint Gabriel Concept

We go live to Sioux Falls. Tom Phillips and

Byron Saxton are the first on camera. Phillips

talks about JBL stepping down from the

Smackdown Live commentary team. The

newest member of the commentary is

introduced: Corey Graves.

Randy Orton vs. Shinsuke Nakamura is

plugged for later tonight. The winner earns a

shot at the WWE Championship at the Hell in

a Cell PPV.

Backstage, we see Randy Orton staring down

the camera. He talks about watching more

stars crash and burn during his WWE career.

Orton doesn’t doubt Nakamura is a star, but

he gave him a big reminder last week with an

RKO. “No one rises above the Viper.”

We remain backstage as a shot of Nakamura

warming up is shown. Nakamura says he

respects the legend of Randy Orton. He talks

about chasing down his own destiny: the WWE

Championship. Nakamura says he pain he

inflicts on the Viper will be felt.

We go live to Sioux Falls where Carmella is

introduced by James Ellsworth.

Kevin Owens immediately walks out and

interrupts. Owens says he has some exciting

news: the match Carmella is about to have

with Natalya will have a special guest referee.

He says he is the referee and walks up to the

current referee demanding his shirt.

Shane McMahon confronts

Kevin Owens

Here comes Shane McMahon. Big reaction for

Shane tonight in Sioux Falls. Shane is out here

right now to put a stop to this and prevent

what went down last week. He talks about

being patient with Owens, but Owens remains

defiant. Shane wants to make something very

clear. Someone in the audience audibly yells

that Owens sucks. Shane talks about Owens

blaming him for everything in recent weeks,

especially with AJ Styles.

Owens says Shane shouldn’t act like he was

doing him any favors and knows he doesn’t

want him here. He said if it was up to him he

would still be on RAW. Shane wonders if that

is because Triple H “gave you the Universal

Championship.” He tells Owens to blame

himself for all the problems. Owens says

everything that happens here is because

Shane sees to it. He wants to know why

Shane wants the spotlight, wondering if his

daddy didn’t give him enough attention?

Owens brings up Shane’s kids “dancing

around.”

He tells Owens to never mention his kids

again. Owens brings up Shane falling off the

Hell in a Cell and recently surviving a

helicopter crash. He says the entire McMahon

family would have been better off if he didn’t

survive that helicopter crash. “Your dad, your

wife and especially your kids.” Shane starts

throwing right hands and tackles Owens. They

roll to the outside and brawl over the

announce table. WWE officials attempt to

break it up. Shane tells them to back off. WWE

producers run to the ringside area and pull

Shane off Owens. Shane keeps going after

Owens throwing kicks and punches. Daniel

Bryan runs down asking what he is doing.

Wow - Kevin Owens just said Shane's

family would have been better off if he

didn't survive that helicopter craft

Backstage, we see WWE officials helping

Kevin Owens to the back. Daniel Bryan walks

up and starts apologizing to Owens for what

Shane McMahon did. Owens tells Bryan he

better enjoy his job while he still has it. “I’m

going to turn Smackdown Live into the Kevin

Owens Show, literally.” Owens said he is going

to sue every member of the McMahon family.

“I’m going to take this show down. I’m going

to take WWE down. Shane McMahon will

regret ever putting his hands on me.” Bryan

thinks they have a different way we can

handle this. Owens agrees and says he is

going to press criminal charges against Shane

himself.

Non-Title Match

WWE Smackdown Women’s

Champion Natalya vs.

Carmella w/ James Ellsworth

Natalya with a side headlock takedown early

on Carmella. Carmella with a spinning head

scissors takedown and follows it up with a

dropkick for a two count. Natalya with a big

slap. Carmella slaps her right back. Carmella

bails to the outside.

-Commercial Break-

Carmella avoids a Sharpshooter attempt back

live. Natalya tosses Carmella to the corner.

Carmella fires back with a superkick. Ellsworth

accidentally throws the Money in the Bank

briefcase inside the ring. Carmella yells at

Ellsworth that she doesn’t want to cash in the

briefcase right now. Natalya rolls up Carmella

and gets the pinfall.

Winner: Natalya

After the match, we see James Ellsworth

accidentally dropped the briefcase inside the

ring when he jumped up on the ring apron to

distract Natalya. Back live, Carmella grabs a

mic and Ellsworth is apologizing to her. She

says he doesn’t have to apologize. Carmella

says Ellsworth is the sorriest excuse for a

human being she’s ever met. She says he isn’t

even a human. Carmella calls him a genetic

defect. She doesn’t understand why he is still

employed. Carmella calls Ellsworth a charity

case and that his mother should have given

him away at birth. She calls him lucky to even

be in here. Carmella says they are done.

Dolph Ziggler re-debuts next.

Dolph Ziggler re-debuts

Dolph Ziggler and we get the usual music and

look. Ziggler grabs a mic and says the entire

WWE Universe has no appreciation for what he

can do in the ring. He calls himself the

greatest performer in WWE history. Ziggler

said they just want some dumb gimmick.

He throws down the mic and heads to the

back. John Cena’s music goes off and Ziggler

runs back out with a Cena hat on. Ziggler

tosses it to the crowd and mocks Cena talking

to the camera. He stops himself and says the

crowd must want nostalgia.

Ziggler heads to the back. He walks back out

with a woman to the “Macho Man” Randy

Savage’s theme. Ziggler is wearing a red robe

and says the crowd must not be buying it. He

gives the robe to the woman and tells her to

head to the back.

Ziggler once again goes backstage. He comes

back out to Naomi’s theme wearing glowing

hair. Ziggler does the Naomi knee slide. He

says the crowd must want “dumb ass” stuff

like this. Ziggler says anyone can do that, but

no one can do what he does in the ring.

Sami Zayn vs. Aiden English is up next.

Sami Zayn vs. Aiden English

Zayn with a head scissors takedown early on

English. Zayn catches English with a quick

clothesline. Zayn with an elbow and boot

combo in the corner on English. Zayn misses

a cross body attempt from the corner. English

rolls up Zayn and gets the win.

Winner: Aiden English

After the match, English grabs a mic and

wants to give the audience the grand finale.

He goes back to singing on the mic when

Sami Zayn starts chasing him down to the

back.

Daniel Bryan addresses the

actions of Shane McMahon

Smackdown General Manager Daniel Bryan

walks to the ring without music. Sioux Falls

starts a loud “DANIEL BRYAN” chant. Bryan

tells Shane McMahon to come to the ring.

Shane walks down the ramp and gets inside

the ring. Bryan asks him what he was

thinking. Shane said things obviously got a

little out of control tonight. Bryan talks about

The Miz berating him on Talking Smack

shortly after he retired. He talked about

wanting to headbutt Miz right in the face and

saying screw WWE and this job. Bryan said he

didn’t because Shane told him that as the

General Manager he had to put WWE, the fans

and the employees first. He talked about

restraining himself every week with Miz. Bryan

says Shane can’t assault employees or

Superstars. “We can’t run Smackdown Live

like that.”

Shane agrees and knows he put Bryan in a

tough spot. He takes full responsibility for

putting his hands on Owens tonight. Shane

adds he goes into a blind rage when people

talk about his family like that. He talks about

Bryan being a father now and how he could

relate. Bryan tells Shane not to put him in that

position. He says Owens is threatening to sue

everyone in this company and he cares about

the talent in the back that need a job. Shane

says he will talk to Owens personally and

smooth this over. Bryan says it is too late for

that. He reveals he got a phone call just

before he came out here.

Bryan says the phone call was from Vince

McMahon. He says “effective immediately, per

the Chairman of the Board and the CEO of the

WWE, I’m sorry man, you are indefinitely

suspended.” Shane is not pleased as Bryan

exits the ring. The crowd starts a loud

“SHANE O’MAC” chant. Shane puts the mic

down and slowly exits the ring. The crowd in

Sioux Falls starts a loud “THANK YOU SHANE”

chant as he heads up the ramp.

Baron Corbin vs. Tye

Dillinger

When the bell rings, Corbin rolls out and gets

in the face of AJ Styles. Dillinger dives out

and catches Corbin. Dillinger then tosses

Corbin into the ring barricade. Dillinger with

big stomps over Corbin. Corbin dives back

inside the ring and eats chops from Dillinger.

Dillinger clotheslines Corbin over the top rope

as we head to a break.

Back live, Dillinger catches Corbin with a

jawbreaker. Corbin slides out, slides back in

and eats some shots from Dillinger. Dillinger

with a jumping forearm as Corbin falls to the

corner. Corbin with a cheap shot on Dillinger.

Styles is not happy seeing this on commentary

at ringside. Corbin with End of Days and gets

the pinfall.

Winner: Baron Corbin

Backstage, AJ Styles tells Tye Dillinger it was

a good fight tonight and talks about Baron

Corbin pulling a cheap shot on him. Styles

says next week the United States

Championship Open Challenge will only be

open to Dillinger next week. Dillinger shakes

his hand.

A video package on the debut of Bobby Roode

the last two weeks airs.

Backstage, James Ellsworth tries apologizing

to Carmella. He knows he is a freak and

probably belongs in a zoo, but he wants

another chance. Carmella says from now on

they are doing things her way. She kisses

Ellsworth and then slaps him.

Shinsuke Nakamura heads to the ring for

tonight’s main event.

No. 1 Contendership Match

Winner faces WWE

Champion at Hell in a Cell

Randy Orton vs. Shinsuke

Nakamura

We see a shot of Jinder Mahal and The Singh

Brothers watching in the sky box.

Nakamura with a snapmare takedown early.

Orton goes for an RKO and Nakamura avoids

it. Nakamura backs Orton into the ropes, puts

his forehead on the chest of Orton to mock

him, Orton goes for his DDT off the ropes and

Nakamura breaks free.

-Commercial Break-

Back live, Orton dumps Nakamura over the

top rope. Nakamura avoids a big DDT off the

ring apron to the floor from Orton. Orton then

dumps Nakamura with a back suplex over the

announce table! Orton tosses Nakamura back

inside and gets a two count off a pinfall

attempt. Nakamura catches Orton on the side

of the head with a spin kick. Nakamura with a

jumping big boot that catches Orton flush.

Nakamura with kicks to the chest of Orton,

catches Orton with a right and then connects

with a splash in the corner. Nakamura props

Orton up on the corner and connects with his

running high knee. Orton avoids an exploder

attempt. Orton with a superplex on Nakamura.

Nakamura with huge knees to Orton. Orton

with a snap powerslam when Nakamura goes

for the Kinshasa. Nakamura kicks out. Orton

with his DDT off the ropes on Nakamura.

Nakamura counters an RKO in mid air and

drops down getting Orton locked in an armbar.

Nakamura transitions to the triangle. Orton is

trying to fight out of the submission. Orton

lifts Nakamura up and drops him down in a

powerbomb to break free. Loud “RANDY”

chants in Sioux Falls. Nakamura with a knee

to the spine of Orton to counter the RKO.

Nakamura connects with the Kinshasa.

Nakamura hooks the leg and gets the win.

Winner and New No. 1

Contender: Shinsuke

Nakamura

Next week: AJ Styles defends the WWE United

States Championship against Tye Dillinger,

The Usos defend the WWE Smackdown Tag

Team Championships against The New Day in

a Street Fight and Natalya defends the

Smackdown Women’s Championship against

Naomi.

Backstage, we see Kevin Owens and Daniel

Bryan walks up. Bryan tells him Shane

McMahon has been suspended. Owens says

he is only getting started. He plans to make

Smackdown Live his own personal playground.

Owens said Bryan can’t do anything about it.

Bryan informs Owens that Vince McMahon will

be on the show next week.