Smackdown – August 20, 2015: Go Home, Go Home, Go Home
Smackdown
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August 20, 2015
Location: Resch Center Hall, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Commentators: Tom Phillips, Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Uso
Opening sequence.
Ryback vs. Big Show
It takes a bit to get everything cleaned up.
New Day vs. Los Matadores/El Torito
Rating: D+. This is WWE in a nutshell: lame puns, a six being match, and a full match built around a thirty second spot on Monday that no one really cared about because it might make someone backstage laugh. At least New Day won and we got the celebration after a watchable match, but the story just killed this for me.
Someone gives Woods flowers and the celebration is on in full.
Lana thinks they make a great team because Ziggler always stands up for what he believes in and she shoved Summer into a fish. Dolph says Lana just wanted to prove how tough she was, which makes Lana giggle. Rusev can have his pathetic wannabe but only Dolph gets the real thing.
Neville vs. Bo Dallas
Becky Lynch vs. Brie Bella vs. Sasha Banks
Orton, Ambrose, Reigns and Cesaro all promise to win their matches on Sunday.
Long video of Undertaker and Lesnar from Monday.
Randy Orton/Cesaro/Roman Reigns/Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus/Kevin Owens/Luke Harper/Bray Wyatt
The winners celebrate to end the show.
Results
Big Show vs. Ryback went to a double countout
New Day b. Los Matadores/El Torito – Woods pinned Torito after a splash from Big E.
Neville b. Bo Dallas – Red Arrow
Brie Bella b. Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks – Rollup to Lynch with a handful of trunks
Roman Reigns/Dean Ambrose/Cesaro/Randy Orton b. Luke Harper/Bray Wyatt/Kevin Owens/Sheamus – Dirty Deeds to Harper
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