WWE SmackDown Live Results 13th December 2016, Latest SmackDown Live winners, review and video highlights

A new #1 contender needed to be decided

Dean Ambrose vs Dolph Ziggler vs The Miz vs Luke Harper (for the #1 contendership to the WWE Championship)

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Luke Harper started the match by taking out both Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose with aplomb. Miz tried to get Harper on his side after applauding him but harper was having none of it as he hit a Michinoku Driver to the Miz. He then tried to take on both Ambrose and Ziggler at the same time but they dumped him outside the ring and went to work on each other. Miz dumped Ambrose outside with a low bridge before hitting a DDT on Ziggler.

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Miz then hit double low dropkicks on Ambrose and Harper through the ropes before hitting the ‘Yes’ kicks on Ziggler and followed it up with a running corner dropkick. Ambrose then hit a running bulldog on The Miz before Harper booted Ambrose in the face, almost knocking his head off his shoulders. Harper then catapulted Ziggler neck-first into the middle rope for the 2-count.

Harper then went to inflict further punishment on Ziggler as he sent him crashing back first into the corner. He then rolled out of the ring and sent Ambrose back-first into the barricade. He then climbed back into the ring and hit a Torture Rack on Ziggler as Ambrose came in and attempted a Dirty Deeds on Harper but got hit by a Superkick from Ziggler. Miz then came back in and tried to pin Ambrose who reversed the pin attempt and Miz failed to kick out.

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The Miz is eliminated

We came back from commercial to see Ambrose hit a Fisherman Suplex on Ziggler and he followed up with knife edge chops to Ziggler. Ambrose followed it up with a snap suplex for the 2-count as he went to the top rope. Ziggler met him there as Harper tried to intervene and Ziggler hit Harper with a Zig Zag before Ambrose hit him with a flying clothesline. Ziggler and Ambrose then traded pin attempts before knocking into each other with tandem cross body attempts as Harper came back in and took out both men.

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He hit a sitdown powerbomb to Ziggler for the nearfall before running elbows to both men in the corners before getting hit with a Superkick from Dolph Ziggler stunned him. Ambrose followed it up with a Dirty Deeds on Harper and covered him for the pinfall as the crowd booed Harper’s elimination.

Luke Harper is eliminated

Ambrose catapulted Ziggler face-first into the steel ring-post before depositing back in the ring and climbing to the top rope. Ziggler met him on the top rope and hit an Avalanche Facebuster but didn’t have enough left in him to attempt a pin. Ziggler finally got up and walked towards Ambrose who tried to roll him up but only got a nearfall.

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The Miz came back out at this point and got hit by a tope suicida fro Ambrose and a Superkick from Ziggler. As Ambrose tried to climb back into the ring, Miz held onto his leg. Ambrose finally shook him off and got back into the ring, only to be hit by a superkick from Ziggler. Dolph followed it up by the cover to eliminate Dean Ambrose to become the #1 contender for the WWE Championship.

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Dean Ambrose is eliminated

Dolph Ziggler def. The Miz, Luke Harper and Dean Ambrose

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