WWE Smackdown results 5.3.15

Los Matadores vs. Tyson Kidd and Cesaro w/ Natalya
A pre-taped promo with Tyson Kidd, Cesaro, and Natalya is shown. Kidd says we’re looking at the best tag team in WWE. Cesaro says they’re the most talented, hard-working individuals in WWE. Kidd says if anyone wants to lose to them at WrestleMania, they’ll have to earn it. Tyson Kidd starts the match against Diego, but Fernando soon tags in. They take Kidd down, but Cesaro is soon tagged in. Fernando catches Cesaro with a flying hurricanrana before tagging in Diego. Diego takes him down, but Cesaro quickly comes back with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker before catching him with a double stomp. Cesaro applies a chin lock, but Diego fights up and elbows him in the face. Kidd runs in, but Diego gets him out of the ring. Cesaro tries to stop him from tagging in Fernando, but he’s kicked away. Kidd then pulls Fernando off the apron. Cesaro rolls him up and puts his feet on the ropes, but El Torito gets the referee to see the cheating. Cesaro takes Diego down before pulling El Torito into the ring. El Torito twerks before Natalya sweeps his feet. Cesaro then executes the Cesaro Swing, and Kidd dropkicks him in the head during a revolution. Cesaro then picks up the win. Winners by Pinfall: Tyson Kidd and Cesaro

Ryback vs. Kane w/ Big Show
The bell rings, and Kane kicks him before sending him to the ropes. Ryback ducks a clothesline and hits a shoulder block. Ryback goes to the second rope, but he jumps into an uppercut. Kane stomps him against the ropes before giving him an uppercut in the corner. Kane hits a pair of back elbows before sending him to the opposite corner for a clothesline. Kane covers for a one count. Kane punches him back before head-butting him. Kane sends him into the ropes, but Ryback comes back with a neckbreaker. Kane gets to his feet and charges him, but Ryback counters with a belly-to-belly side suplex. Ryback goes to the second rope and splashes him. Ryback then plants him with a spinebuster before setting up in the corner. Big Show gets on the apron to distract him. Ryback ducks an attack from Kane, and Kane goes face-to-face with Big Show. Big Show gets off the apron and tells him to pay attention to Ryback. Ryback then takes Kane down with a Meat Hook Clothesline for the win.Winner by Pinfall: Ryback


Ryback vs. Big Show w/ Kane
Ryback has the crowd going with a “Feed Me More” chant. Big Show and Kane are still arguing at ringside. Big Show then yells at Ryback. Ryback attacks him as he gets in the ring, but Big Show fights him off before punching him down in the corner. Big Show knees him before sending him hard into the opposite corner. Big Show then clotheslines him down. Big Show shouts at the crowd before body slamming Ryback. Big Show body slams him a second time before shouting at the crowd some more. They are loudly booing him. Big Show punches him to the corner before sending him to the opposite side. Big Show goes for a splash, but Ryback sidesteps him. Ryback hits some shoulder thrusts before the referee makes him back up. Ryback jumps off the second rope, but Big Show catches him by the throat. Ryback fights out before hitting him with a spinebuster. Kane gets on the apron, and Ryback brings him in the ring the hard way. Ryback clubs away at Big Show before giving Kane a Meat Hook Clothesline. Ryback then runs into a Knockout Punch for the loss.
Winner by Pinfall: Big Show

Brie Bella w/ Nikki Bella vs. AJ Lee w/ Paige
The bell rings, and they circle the ring. They lock up, and Brie quickly takes her down. AJ skips around the ring before they lock up again. Brie powers her to the corner and slams her off the turnbuckle a few times. AJ quickly catches her with knees to the face before hitting an arm drag. AJ applies an arm bar, but Brie fights up. AJ transitions to a hammerlock, but Brie elbows out. Brie hits the ropes, but AJ takes her down with a back elbow. AJ slides under the bottom rope and sweeps the feet. AJ then comes off the top rope with a cross-body block for a two count. Brie quickly elbows her in the face before hitting a missile dropkick for a two count. Brie slams the back of her head off the mat a few times for a two count. Brie sends her into the ropes and clotheslines her for a two count.


Brie locks her in an abdominal stretch, but AJ fights up. Brie quickly takes her back down before smirking. Brie hits the ropes and hits a low dropkick to the ribs for another two count. Brie sends her into the corner a few times before talking trash to Paige. AJ quickly pulls her into the turnbuckle and rolls her up, but Brie kicks out. Brie then connects with a clothesline for a near fall. Brie then applies a chin lock. AJ fights up and elbows out, but Brie DDTs her. Brie smiles before covering for another near fall. Brie can’t believe it. She covers again, but AJ kicks out. Brie sends her into the ropes and elbows her. Brie then talks more trash to Paige before covering AJ for a near fall. Brie angrily yells at the referee. Brie hits a snapmare before taunting the crowd. Brie then hits a rolling neck snapper for another near fall. Brie reapplies the chin lock, but AJ fights her way back up again. AJ fights out and hits the ropes, but Brie knees her in the midsection. Brie goes for a running knee to the face and connects. Brie goes to the second rope for a missile dropkick, but AJ sidesteps her.


The referee is counting them down, but they get to their feet. AJ hits a Lou Thesz Press and punches away at her. AJ hits a running elbow before splashing her in the corner. AJ then connects with a neckbreaker. AJ kicks her in the midsection and dropkicks her out of the ring. Paige approaches her, and Brie quickly backs away. Nikki quickly gets over there and holds the title up. All four have a standoff before AJ throws Brie in the ring. AJ ducks a clothesline and applies the Black Widow to a big reception. Nikki tries to interfere, but Paige viciously pulls her off the apron. Brie then taps out.
Winner by Submission: AJ Lee

Big E and Kofi Kingston w/ Xavier Woods vs. The Miz and Damien Mizdow
The commentators talk about this being “stiff” competition. The Miz will start the match against Kofi Kingston. They lock up, and Miz applies a side headlock. Kingston whips him off, but Miz shoulder blocks him down. Miz hits the ropes, but Kingston hits him with a back elbow. Kingston hits an arm bar and floats into a cover for a two count. Kingston applies an arm bar, but Miz gets to the ropes. Miz kicks him in the knee and hits a nasty kneeling DDT. Jerry Lawler tells a joke about trying Niagara, but it got stuck in his throat, and he got a stiff neck. Miz quickly kicks Kingston in the face, and he talks trash to Mizdow. Kingston takes Miz down, and Mizdow blind tags in. Mizdow hits a pair of clotheslines before hitting the Reality Check. Mizdow kips up and removes his sunglasses to a great reception. Tyson Kidd and Cesaro are seen watching backstage with Natalya. Mizdow goes for a Figure Four Leglock, but Kingston kicks him away. Mizdow quickly takes him down, but Miz blind tags in and berates him. Mizdow gets in his face, but Miz threatens to end him. Miz makes him stand at ringside with his back to the ring. Big E tags in while Miz isn’t looking. The New Day then hits him with Midnight Hour for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: The New Day

Jack Swagger vs. Rusev w/ Lana
The bell rings, and Rusev immediately kicks him before throwing him out of the ring. Swagger fights back at ringside before throwing him back in the ring. Swagger clotheslines him down before throwing him out of the ring. Rusev slaps the commentary table in frustration. We come back from the break to see Rusev kick Swagger in the midsection before dropkicking him down for a two count. Rusev screams in frustration before stomping away at him. Rusev sits him up and kicks him in the spine. Rusev clubs away at him before applying a chin lock. Rusev holds it for a while, but Swagger eventually fights up. Rusev takes him down and kicks him. Swagger reverses a whip to the corner before kneeing him in the midsection. Swagger then clotheslines him down. Swagger goes for a Swagger Bomb, but he catches Rusev with a Patriot Lock as he tried to counter. Rusev quickly gets to the bottom rope. Swagger then knocks him out of the ring. Swagger sends him into the barricade before rolling him into the ring. Rusev quickly connects with a thrust kick. Rusev stomps the spine before applying the Accolade for the win.
Winner by Submission: Rusev


Bad News Barrett and Luke Harper vs. Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose
Dolph Ziggler will start the match against Luke Harper. They circle the ring. Ziggler goes for a takedown, but Harper grabs him and executes the gator roll. Ziggler gets out and applies a chin lock of his own. Harper takes him down with a side headlock. Ziggler whips him off, but Harper takes him down with a shoulder block. Harper hits the ropes. Ziggler tries for a big DDT, but Harper holds him up. Ziggler counters into a roll up attempt, but Harper doesn’t go down. Ziggler ducks a clothesline and connects with a dropkick. Ziggler goes for the DDT again, but Harper throws him off. Bad News Barrett then blind tags in. Barrett and Harper stare at each other. Dean Ambrose tags in and takes Barrett down with a running cross-body block. Ambrose punches away at him before stomping him down in the corner. Ambrose rubs his forearm in his face before chopping the chest. Ambrose punches him before sending him to the corner for a running forearm. Ambrose then connects with a bulldog. Ambrose goes to the top rope and drops an elbow on a standing opponent for a two count. Harper breaks up the pinfall. Ziggler then knocks Harper out of the ring. Ambrose then clotheslines Barrett out of the ring. Ambrose and Ziggler stare at each other contemptuously as we go to commercial.

We come back from the break to see Ambrose trapped in a Barrett chin lock. Ambrose fights up and punches out. Ambrose hits the ropes, and Barrett elbows him in the face. Harper tags in, and he drops an elbow for a two count. Harper executes a gator roll before suplexing him for a two count. Harper applies a chin lock, but Ambrose gets out with a jawbreaker. Ambrose punches and chops him, but Harper blocks a kick and slams him down for a two count. Barrett tags in, and he stomps him. Barrett slams him off the turnbuckle before stomping him. Barrett sends him to the opposite corner, but he runs into an elbow. Ambrose then hits a tornado DDT.

Ziggler and Harper are tagged in. Ziggler hits a clothesline before splashing him in the corner and connecting with a neckbreaker. Ziggler gets the crowd going before dropping an elbow for a two count. Harper sidesteps a famouser and goes for a big boot, but Ziggler ducks it. Ziggler then plants him with a big DDT for a near fall. Ziggler kicks him and goes for a famouser again, but Harper gets him in position for a powerbomb. Ziggler counters into a face-buster. Ziggler hits the ropes, but Harper catches him with a spinning side slam. Ambrose breaks up the pinfall. Barrett runs in and kicks Ambrose, but Ambrose rebounds off the ropes with a clothesline. Ambrose follows him outside, and Barrett pulls him into the barricade. Harper goes for a Discus Clothesline, but Ziggler superkicks him. Ziggler then hits the Zig-Zag for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose

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