WWE’s residency at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida began with last night’s SummerSlam go-home edition of SmackDown.
Vince McMahon kicked off the WWE ThunderDome until being interrupted by “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt. After Braun Strowman made his way out to the ring, Strowman and The Fiend were surrounded by RETRIBUTION. The Fiend disappeared and left Strowman to fight RETRIBUTION on his own. The SmackDown locker room then came out to help him, but Strowman snapped and laid out Drew Gulak and Jey Uso after RETRIBUTION retreated.
Later in the show, Strowman invaded Wyatt’s Firefly Fun House. He brawled with Wyatt and slammed him off a ledge backstage and onto concrete. Wyatt was loaded into an ambulance, but the show ended with the ambulance reversing and The Fiend emerging.
A Beat the Clock Challenge on last night’s episode decided the order for the Women’s title matches at SummerSlam.
A change was made to Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville’s match at Sunday’s pay-per-view. Instead of hair vs. hair, it will now be a no DQ, loser leaves WWE match.
The Intercontinental title changed hands last night. Jeff Hardy defeated AJ Styles to win the title, with the finish playing into a show-long storyline where Styles injured Hardy during the brawl with Retribution. Hardy kicked Styles in the face with his knee brace and then hit the Twist of Fate and Swanton Bomb to get the win.
More coverage from last night —
WWE 205 Live results: Jake Atlas vs. Tony Nese
Jeff Hardy wins Intercontinental title on WWE SmackDown
New stipulations set for Rose vs. Deville at WWE SummerSlam
WWE confirms Women’s title match order for SummerSlam
WWE SmackDown live results: ThunderDome debuts, Vince appears
WWE SmackDown video highlights —
The Fiend interrupts Vince McMahon
The SmackDown roster brawls with RETRIBUTION
Big E vs. Sheamus
Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro vs. Lucha House Party for the SmackDown Tag Team titles
Corey Graves interviews Sasha Banks and Bayley, Naomi interrupts
Beat the Clock Challenge: Sasha Banks vs. Naomi
Beat the Clock Challenge: Bayley vs. Naomi
New stipulations set for Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville at SummerSlam
Nikki Cross feels like something terrible is about to happen
AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy for the Intercontinental title
Braun Strowman invades the Firefly Fun House
Bray Wyatt gets loaded into an ambulance, The Fiend emerges
SmackDown fallout: A look at the ThunderDome entrances
SmackDown fallout: Jeff Hardy reacts to his Intercontinental title win
SmackDown fallout: Sasha Banks will be ready for Asuka at SummerSlam
SmackDown fallout: The Big E train keeps on rolling