WWE Smackdown Results and Highlights, August 29, 2018: Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles, Randy Orton vs Jeff Hardy Finalised for Hell in a Cell PPV Event
The latest episode of SmackDown Live began with The New Day celebrating their Tag-team Championship win in the previous week. Read episode highlights here.
The latest episode of SmackDown LIVE began with The New Day celebrating their Tag-team Championship win in the previous week. During their celebration, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Hall of Famer Booker T made his way out. The crowd was delighted to see Booker T doing his King Booker gimmick. All the superstars in the ring did ‘spin-a-rooni’ as the opening segment ended.
The first match on the Smackdown show was a number 1 contender’s match for the Tag-team titles. In a fight involving The Bar, The Colons, and Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, it was The Bar who won the match eventually.
Backstage, Smackdown General Manager Paige announced another Triple Threat match amongst Rusev Day, The Usos, and SAnitY. The winners would then face The Bar and determine the new number 1 contenders.
Jeff Hardy came out to a huge pop, next. He addressed the situation and called out Randy Orton. The Viper obliged and the duo exchanged some words while confirming their Hell in a Cell match at the next month’s PPV official.
There were quite a few other matches that took place at the weekly show. We take a look at the results of all the events that took place at WWE’s SmackDown’s latest episode.
List of all matches and results at WWE Smackdown LIVE on August 29, 2018:
| Sr. No. | Matches | Stipulations | Winners |
| 1. | The Bar vs. The Colons vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson | #1 Contenders Tournament Triple Threat | The Bar |
| 2. | Naomi vs. Billie Kay | Singles Match | Billie Kay |
| 3. | Daniel Bryan vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas | Singles Match | (By DQ) Daniel Bryan |
| 4. | Carmella vs. Charlotte Flair | Smackdown Women’s Title Match | Charlotte Flair |
Samoa Joe and AJ Styles had a heated exchange of words on the show. The duo confirmed about their WWE Championship match at Hell in a Cell. The segment ended with Joe taunting AJ Styles that he would be paying a visit to his house, next week.
In the main event of the night, it was Charlotte Flair who locked horns with Carmella in the Smackdown Women’s Championship match. Flair eventually won the evenly poised contest as she made her opponent tap out by locking her in her submission move, ‘Figure Eight’.
After the match, it was Becky Lynch who ambushed Flair out of nowhere and unloaded on her unabashedly. SmackDown went off-air as Flair recovered in the ring, as fans booed her!
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