By Ryan Satin
FOX Sports WWE Analyst
On Friday’s SmackDown, Liv Morgan made her veryfirst look because dismissing Ronda Rousey and endingupbeing champ.
Here’s a fast wrap-up of the match results:
— The Viking Raiders beat Jinder Mahal and Shanky through pinfall
— Shinsuke Nakamura beat Ludwig Kaiser through pinfall
— Ronda Rousey beat Natalya bymeansof submission with an ankle lock
— The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) beat Los Lotharios (Angel and Humberto) through pinfall after striking the 1D
— Drew McIntyre beat Butch through pinfall following a Claymore Kick
Moment of the night: Liv Morgan appears
The feel-good fumbling story of the week hasactually been Liv Morgan’s title win at Money in the Bank, so an look on SmackDown was unavoidable.
In viewing this sector, one thing that endedupbeing apparent is how winning the title plainly raised Liv’s self-confidence in herself as a entertainer. You might inform she’s allset to show her worth as champ.
The concept of a rematch versus Ronda at SummerSlam may concern some fans, particularly Liv’s stan army, however I have faith in our brand-new champ.
I think she’ll have another star-making efficiency in Nashville by effectively safeguarding the title versus Rousey (fingers crossed).
Additional highlights:
Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman prepare for Brock Lesnar, Theory teases cashing in MITB | WWE on FOX
Roman Reigns, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and his unique council, Paul Heyman, ready looked ahead to dealingwith Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam priorto Theory crashed the Tribal Chief’s return, teasing cashing in on Money in the Bank.
Roman Reigns returned to the program this week looking calm and gathered ahead of his upcoming match at SummerSlam with Brock Lesnar.
It was great to see him back.
Ludwig Kaiser dealswith repercussions after falling to Shinsuke Nakamura | WWE on FOX
Shinsuke Nakamura and Ludwig Kaiser went face to face on Friday Night SmackDown priorto Kaiser dealtwith the repercussions from Gunther.
Gunther kicked off a brand-new program with Shinsuke Nakamura this week over the Intercontinental Championship.
This is a dream match to most die-hard fumbling fans, so I’m looking forward to seeing their inescapable encounter.
After weeks of vignettes placing Lacey Evans as a considerate babyface, she’s formally turned heel onceagain.
This was a surprise to numerous, as it had appeared like WWE desired to shot something various with her this time around.
Luckily, she’s a natural heel, so the shift shouldn’t be challenging.
For a segment-by-segment breakdown of the program with more of my ideas, listen to the SmackDown Roundup podcast in the “Out of Character” feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
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Ryan Satin is a WWE expert for FOX Sports. Satin formerly appeared on FS1’s “WWE Backstage” and established Pro Wrestling Sheet, where he broke numerous news stories as editor-in-chief.
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