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The Lunatic Fringe dethrones The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship

Dean Ambrose captured his second Intercontinental Title as his personal conflict with The Miz
reached new heights in SmackDown LIVE’s main event. Elsewhere, sparks flew as Baron Corbin
interrupted the Royal Rumble WWE Championship Contract Signing between AJ Styles and John Cena.
Maryse slapped Dean Ambrose
Ahead of his Intercontinental Championship defense against Dean Ambrose, The Miz and Maryse
kicked off SmackDown LIVE still looking for an apology for Renee Young’s now infamous slap
to The A-Lister two weeks ago.
However, all the A-Lister got for his efforts was a very perturbed Lunatic Fringe, who emerged
looking for a fight. Maryse quickly stood in the way of her husband and slapped Ambrose as Miz
watched on with glee from the apron.

Baron Corbin def. Dolph Ziggler

Eventually, everyone, even Showoffs, reach their breaking point.
After both men came up just short against AJ Styles in the WWE Championship Triple Threat Match
one week ago, Dolph Ziggler and Baron Corbin squared off one-on-one.
In spite of a valiant effort from The Showoff, the ongoing theme of Ziggler’s time on SmackDown
LIVE played out once again, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, allowing himself to get too
caught up in the moment, getting hit with End of Days for the Corbin win.
After the match, Corbin attempted to inflict more punishment on Ziggler by assaulting him with a
steel chair. Corbin’s nemesis Kalisto ran down to the ring to help The Showoff by successfully
stopping the attack. However, even though the fresh Kalisto was able to vanquish The Lone Wolf
out of the ring, Ziggler appeared irate when the luchador helped him to his feet and then, shockingly,
Ziggler superkicked Kalisto before exiting the ring.
After the contest, Ziggler also got into a scuffle with Apollo Crews backstage who was attempting
to stick up for his friend Kalisto.

Becky Lynch def. La Luchadora

The curious case of La Luchadora continues on SmackDown LIVE.
Two weeks ago, Becky Lynch disguised herself as La Luchadora to defeat SmackDown Women’s Champion
Alexa Bliss in a non-title match. However, last week, another La Luchadora showed up to cost Lynch
her SmackDown Women’s Championship Match against The Wicked Witch of WWE.
This week, it would be simple, Lynch would take on La Luchadora straight up … or, at least we thought.
As the contest wore on, Lynch began to gain momentum and picked up the victory with the Dis-arm-her
after La Luchadora reemerged from underneath the ring.
However, following the contest, Lynch was able to pry the mask off the “new” La Luchadora to reveal
none other than SmackDown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss. Shockingly though, another La Luchadora appeared,
dressed exactly like the first. Now this “new” La Luchadora and Bliss were able to double team and
ground The Irish Lass Kicker.

AJ Styles and John Cena’s official Royal Rumble WWE Championship Match Contract Signing

It started out as business as usual as SmackDown LIVE General Manager Daniel Bryan moderated the
Royal Rumble WWE Championship Match Contract Signing between WWE Champion AJ Styles and John Cena
for their match at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.
Both Cena and Styles were incredibly passionate, with Styles proclaiming he had no respect for the
15-time World Champion and Cena confidently declaring that he was the more passionate Superstar and
would defeat The Phenomenal One at Royal Rumble.
The two Superstars signed the contract without coming to blows, a rarity in WWE … but then out came
Baron Corbin. The Lone Wolf announced that he was not only entering the Royal Rumble Match this year,
but promising to win it to main event WrestleMania. He then added that he wasn’t pinned in the WWE
Championship Triple Threat Match last week either.
Tensions escalated quickly between Cena and Corbin, which allowed Styles to blindside Cena as he
was focused on The Lone Wolf. The Phenomenal One then exited and Corbin talked some trash as Cena
laid prone on the mat.