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AJ Styles continued his phenomenal tear through the SmackDown Live roster Tuesday night, defeating Dolph Ziggler in a stellar main event and cashing his ticket to Backlash, where he will challenge Dean Ambrose for the WWE Championship. Speaking of championships, two new ones were debuted this week as Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon introduced the wrestling world to women's and tag team titles for the brand's Superstars to wage war over. American Alpha and The Usos advanced in the tournament to crown the first titleholders, while Becky Lynch established dominance on the women's side. Nikki Bella debuted on the blue brand, and Bray ...

AJ Styles beat Dolph Ziggler to earn a shot against Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Championship at Backlash on Sept. 11. Styles connected with a Styles Clash to earn the win Tuesday night on SmackDown Live, courtesy of WWE: Ariya Daivari, who competed in the Cruiserweight Classic, had conflicting emotions after watching Styles stand victorious: Styles has been in WWE for less than a year, but he's arguably the wrestler most deserving of a world title run on either the Raw or SmackDown Live roster. He did great work in TNA and got even better during his time with New Japan Pro ...

SmackDown Live commissioner Shane McMahon and general manager Daniel Bryan announced the show will have its own Tag Team Championship and Women's Championship. McMahon and Bryan unveiled both belts Tuesday night, which will be awarded at Backlash on Sept. 11, courtesy of WWE: Bleacher Report's Mike Chiari took positives and negatives away from Tuesday's announcement: Brie Bella liked the look of the women's title belt: Just as Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley created the Universal Championship to have a world champion on Raw, SmackDown couldn't go much longer without having a top prize for the women's and tag team divisions. Otherwise, tag team and ...

The WWE announced Tuesday that Raw commissioner Stephanie McMahon fined Brock Lesnar $500 for bloodying Randy Orton at SummerSlam. Lesnar won the match by technical knockout after brutalizing Orton with repetitive elbows to the skull. The company announced Monday that Orton required 10 staples to close a gash on his forehead. After the match, Lesnar delivered an F-5 to SmackDown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon, seemingly setting the stage for a Raw vs. SmackDown Live feud. The paltry fine only strengthened that likelihood. It was only a matter of time before WWE pitted the shows against each other. However, the timing doesn't make much ...

Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of the August 23 episode of SmackDown. SummerSlam may be over, but SmackDown has to move quickly to get the Backlash card in order before the pay-per-view airs on September 11. According to WWE.com, Daniel Bryan will reveal two new championships for the SmackDown roster on Tuesday's show. After the horrible reaction the universal title received at SummerSlam, fans will be hoping for some more creativity in the designs of the new belts. We can also expect to see AJ Styles brag about his win over John Cena, Nikki Bella address her return and a new challenger to ...

SummerSlam's drama didn't end when the cameras went off; a rumored backstage altercation between Brock Lesnar and Chris Jericho nearly gave the pay-per-view a bonus match. Lesnar beat down Randy Orton to close out Sunday's PPV. In the aftermath of the bloody contest, the powerhouse and Jericho reportedly began to argue backstage.  The Beast Incarnate called out Jericho. Y2J apparently pressed his head against Lesnar's. The two men were seconds away from fighting. That beats the standard who-will-get-the-next-push rumor by a mile. Things got real with The Dudley Boyz, too. A backstage report offered clarification about just how legitimate the tag team's farewell speech ...

The 2016 incarnation of SummerSlam was a show devoted to some of the top rivalries and stories in professional wrestling, but it was one ultimately defined by quality that should have been higher and booking decisions that damned it to overall mediocrity. There were still outstanding matches, including one that served as the culmination of a rivalry and featured the most unexpected finish in recent memory. Then there were those matches that failed to make an impression, leaving fans to wonder why they were apart of the second-most significant show of the year. With 12 matches on the card, not including the Roman ...

The August 22 episode of Raw saw the relinquishing of a newly created championship, the arrival of NXT's most popular Superstar and the retirement of tag team royalty. For all of that, though, there were unanswered questions left for the WWE Universe. From the curious choice of Superstars who stepped into Universal Championship contention to the sudden and abrupt conclusion of one of Raw's marquee programs, there were decisions made throughout the course of Monday's show that generated buzz and discussion. What are they? Do they have any readily apparent answers? How might they affect WWE programming going forward?         ...

WWE Raw's power to emotionally resonate markedly increased the moment Bayley made her long-awaited debut. The former NXT women's champion is one of the best storytellers on the WWE roster and the cure for a division set to be hurt by absences. And few wrestlers connect to the audience like the happy-go-lucky babyface. If WWE backs her as it should, it has a potential megastar on its hands. With whispers about Sasha Banks' injury floating around, two-time women's champ Charlotte boasted about her SummerSlam victory in front of the Raw crowd on Monday night. She claimed that there was no one worthy of challenging her for ...

AJ Styles will storm into Tuesday's WWE SmackDown riding a freight train of momentum. He has plenty to gloat about after knocking off John Cena at SummerSlam. Is WWE world champ Dean Ambrose next on his list? Will Cena demand a third go-round with The Phenomenal One? WWE will answer those questions, as well as those regarding Bray Wyatt's intentions and the tag team division hierarchy, when SmackDown invades Uncasville, Connecticut. The first show after SummerSlam will look to build on the drama that unfolded on that pay-per-view. The Usos upset their allies, Randy Orton ran into a monster and Styles scored the biggest win ...