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SmackDown spoilers for this week:


- Chris Jericho kicked off the show with The Highlight Reel. His guest Sami Zayn, was interrupted by intercontinental champion The Miz and Maryse. They argued before Jericho walked off in disgust and a match was booked between the duo.
- Sami Zayn def. The Miz by disqualification when Kevin Owens interfered. Cesaro made the save and cleared the ring before staring the IC champion down.
- Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows approached AJ Styles backstage and told him, in order to beat Roman Reigns, he has to become more extreme.
- The Vaudevillains def. Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas. After the match, Big Cass came to the ring to confront Aiden English and Simon Gotch. He cleared the ring and even dropped Axel with a powerbomb.
- Natalya and Becky Lynch def. Emma and Charlotte.
- Rusev def. Zack Ryder. After the match, Kalisto hit the ring and caught The Bulgarian Brute with a corkscrew forearm.
- A backstage segment involving Goldust, R-Truth, Fandango and Tyler Breeze aired.
- Darren Young approached Bob Backlund backstage, asking him to be his mentor. The Hall of Famer promised to "make Darren great again."
- Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. The Usos ended in a disqualification when Roman Reigns and AJ Styles interfered.
- Roman Reigns and The Usos def. AJ Styles, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows.

Lesnar vs Reigns or Cena vs Reigns to headline SummerSlam? I wouldn't mind the latter, with Taker making some sort of appearance to cost him the title and set up a Mania match.

Btw, Cena has been in every WWE Title match at SummerSlam since 2009, bar one year where he was in that elimination match against the Nexus. WTF. He also competed for it in 2005, 2006 and 2007, facing Batista in 2008.

I wouldn't mind that, either.

I think Cena will be preoccupied with Rusev upon his return. That seems to be the narrative being peddled out at the minute. I expect the US Championship to change hands at Extreme Rules. Rusev is in need of being booked solidly, and a return to his feud with Cena will be a great way to introduce Cena back into the roster without him eclipsing a new superstar, or failing to put over one of the newer NXT graduates.

They look like they might go this way but I can't see how they'd freshen up the feud. Rusev at his most dangerous lost to Cena 3 times in a row, and he's been booked like a chump in the year between. It wouldn't be believable for him to take on and defeat Cena, at least not without a good 3-4 months momentum. Plus, it'd be a waste of Cena's return, I think he has to return to the main event to be honest.



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Shame Bad News Barrett wasn't fully maximized when he was getting A reaction then they kill it off and, ultimately, kill off the guy's WWE career.

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I think Barrett wanted to go, in fairness. He says he's going to "expand his horizons" - he's 35 now, after all.

Sandow is a real shame. He could've easily been a mid-carder of Ryback level, competing for secondary championships, had things transpired differently.

I'm honestly shocked. Sandow was one of my favourite characters promo wise, obviously he was no CM punk at the time but he provided something fresh. His initial heel debut was quite good, his face run even better. If only they let him go over the Miz he'd be a solid mid carder now.

This week's SmackDown spoilers:

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