WWE Smackdown Grades (16th July 2019): Grading tonight’s show, fights and moments

#2 - Extreme Rules rematch

The VICIOUS STRIKES of @WWEAleister have @WWECesaro ROCKED on #SDLive! pic.twitter.com/kk0zPPDToL

— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2019

Another match set up in the ‘Town Hall’ segment was Cesaro challenging Aleister Black to an Extreme Rules rematch and that would be the night’s opening contest.

The majority of this match took place in an ad-break with Cesaro dominating.

That was until Black caught him with a ‘pump knee’ followed by the ‘Black Mass’ for the win.

This match didn’t do a lot for either man and if anything, it took away from their match on Sunday.

Cesaro took another loss and Black looked lucky to eek out a win, as opposed to earning a victory like he did at Extreme Rules.

Grade: C

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#3 - Smackdown Liv

Up next was Charlotte Flair vs. Liv Morgan in Morgan’s first match since moving to Smackdown in the ‘Superstar Shake-up’.

This was another quick match, which did allow Liv to showcase some decent offence before being shut down by Flair, who got the win with a ‘Figure-8 Leglock’.

After the match, Liv Morgan grabbed Corey Graves’ headset and promised that next time we see her, she is “gonna be real”.

Grade: B-