Bengaluru, July 19: The final edition of Smackdown Live prior to the Battleground PPV concluded last night. The show was promoted with the appearance of the returning Punjabi Prison to give us a preview of the PPV night.

Check out the full results from the show that was hosted by the Legacy Arena, Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama.

The show kicked off with the Punjabi Prison being lowered on Smackdown Live. We got to see a preview of the ominous structure originated from India with the WWE Champion, Jinder Mahal cutting a promo within it alongside the Singh Brothers.

Randy Orton soon interrupted to give it back to the champion saying that he will not be able to handle the pressure this Sunday (July 23).

Kofi Kingston squared off against Jimmy Uso in a singles contest. The New Day and Jey Uso were present at the ringside and turned out to be the deciding factor. A chaos broke out and Jimmy picked up the win by rolling his opponent up.



The Smackdown commissioner made a match official between Charlotte and Becky Lynch. After an exciting contest, Becky locked in the arm-bar on Charlotte to make her tap out. Natalya, Lana, and Tamina showed up to create a brawl at ringside. Tamina and Lana stood tall to end the segment.





Chad Gable gave an interview on the show addressing his partner's removal from the blue brand. As we all know, Jason Jordan has moved to Raw, last night. So, from now on he will be going solo in the WWE as the American Alpha is officially over.



John Cena noted on his Battleground match against Rusev by appearing in front of the crowd. He stated that he got a bigger chip on his shoulder. Proving him right, Rusev showed up from behind delivering an attack. Cena tried to fight back but got passed out by virtue of The Accolade.



Mike Kanellis got his debut match on Smackdown Live with Maria present in his corner. He locked horns with Sami Zayn who was about to hit his finishing maneuver for the win. But, Maria provided the distraction allowing Mike to deliver a Samoan Driver for the victory.



In the main event, we got to see the dream team of AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura. They took on Kevin Owens and Baron Corbin who are their Battleground opponents, respectively. Corbin tried to deliver yet another attack on Nakamura prior to the match but failed.



In the match, Styles was on the verge to finish the match with a Styles Clash. But, Owens countered with a superkick and hit the pop up powerbomb to get the win. They ended the show with momentum by their side for this Sunday's PPV.

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