WWE SmackDown: New champ Liv Morgan speaks

By Ryan Satin
FOX Sports activities WWE Analyst 

On Friday’s SmackDown, Liv Morgan made her first look since dethroning Ronda Rousey and turning into champion.

Right here’s a fast recap of the match outcomes: 

— The Viking Raiders defeated Jinder Mahal and Shanky by way of pinfall 

— Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Ludwig Kaiser by way of pinfall 

— Ronda Rousey defeated Natalya by way of submission with an ankle lock

— The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) defeated Los Lotharios (Angel and Humberto) by way of pinfall after hitting the 1D

— Drew McIntyre defeated Butch by way of pinfall following a Claymore Kick

Second of the night time: Liv Morgan seems 

The texture-good wrestling story of the week has been Liv Morgan’s title win at Cash within the Financial institution, so an look on SmackDown was inevitable. 

In watching this section, one factor that turned evident is how profitable the title clearly elevated Liv’s confidence in herself as a performer. You can inform she’s able to show her value as champion.

The concept of a rematch towards Ronda at SummerSlam may fear some followers, particularly Liv’s stan military, however I think about our new champ.

I imagine she’ll have one other star-making efficiency in Nashville by efficiently defending the title towards Rousey (fingers crossed).

Extra highlights: 

Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman put together for Brock Lesnar, Principle teases cashing in MITB | WWE on FOX

Roman Reigns, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and his particular council, Paul Heyman, ready regarded forward to going through Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam earlier than Principle crashed the Tribal Chief’s return, teasing cashing in on Cash within the Financial institution.

Roman Reigns returned to the present this week wanting calm and picked up forward of his upcoming match at SummerSlam with Brock Lesnar.

It was good to see him again.

Ludwig Kaiser faces penalties after falling to Shinsuke Nakamura | WWE on FOX

Shinsuke Nakamura and Ludwig Kaiser went nose to nose on Friday Evening SmackDown earlier than Kaiser confronted the implications from Gunther.

Gunther kicked off a brand new program with Shinsuke Nakamura this week over the Intercontinental Championship.

This can be a dream match to most die-hard wrestling followers, so I’m wanting ahead to seeing their inevitable encounter. 

After weeks of vignettes positioning Lacey Evans as a sympathetic babyface, she’s formally turned heel once more.

This was a shock to many, because it had appeared like WWE needed to attempt one thing totally different together with her this time round.

Fortunately, she’s a pure heel, so the transition shouldn’t be tough. 

For a segment-by-segment breakdown of the present with extra of my ideas, hearken to the SmackDown Roundup podcast within the “Out of Character” feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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Ryan Satin is a WWE analyst for FOX Sports activities. Satin beforehand appeared on FS1’s “WWE Backstage” and based Professional Wrestling Sheet, the place he broke numerous information tales as editor-in-chief.

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