3 Botches You Probably Missed This Week On SmackDown Live 

This week's SmackDown Live had a number of forgettable moments
This week's SmackDown Live had a number of forgettable moments

SmackDown Live was as stacked as ever this week as the first match for Hell in a Cell was officially announced and will see Daniel Bryan and his returning wife Brie Bella take on the team of The Miz and his returning wife Maryse in a mixed tag team match.

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The Bludgeon Brothers defended their SmackDown Tag Team Championships against The New Day, whilst Charlotte made her first appearance on SmackDown as the new Women's Champion and there was a SummerSlam rematch between Zelina Vega, Andrade "Cien" Almas, Rusev and Lana, but this time the result was different.

It was a stacked show and there were a number of forgettable moments from some of the biggest stars on the brand as the fall out from SummerSlam seemingly affected the mindset of the following wrestlers.


#3. The Miz got a little tongue-tied

The Miz and Maryse kicked off this week's SmackDown Live
The Miz and Maryse kicked off this week's SmackDown Live

The Miz kicked off this week's SmackDown by parodying Daniel Bryan's retirement speech from February 2016, before stating that he was retiring from matches against Bryan rather than in-ring competition. He then went on to state that he was much better than the former World Champion before going through his accolades in the wrestling and acting business but he became slightly tongue-tied in the middle.

Maryse also attempted to hug her husband in the middle of the segment, but he appeared to deny her advances since he was so focused on the promo he was delivering, but despite the obvious botches, this was a fantastic opener for SmackDown this week.

#2 That Women's Brawl

Becky Lynch's actions led to a brawl on SmackDown Live
Becky Lynch's actions led to a brawl on SmackDown Live

Becky Lynch attacked her former friend Charlotte at SummerSlam following her SmackDown Women's Championship win, but she was able to explain her side this week on SmackDown Live before Charlotte made her way to the ring and attacked her former friend.

Lynch and Charlotte then had the first ever Women's brawl on SmackDown Live that needed to be broken up by the women's locker room. The issue here was that the brawl was very messy, the women were being forced around the ring and into positions, Charlotte legitimately fell over in the middle of the ring whilst avoiding a strike and the brawl just lacked a lot of impact overall.

#3 Lana trips over Andrade Almas

Rusev managed to pick up the win over Almas despite Lana's botch
Rusev managed to pick up the win over Almas despite Lana's botch

Lana and Rusev were granted a rematch against Andrade "Cien" Almas and Zelina Vega from SummerSlam and this time the result was different as Rusev made Almas tap to The Accolade. Lana got the tag from her husband whilst Almas was down and attempted to run across the ring and take out Vega but as she went to step over Almas she looked as though she tripped and managed to land the clothesline as she was falling down.

Lana has improved a lot in the ring, but once again her parts in this match looked slow and botched throughout, but this was the standout moment where she managed to recover quite well but it still looked messy.


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