Date: 10/03	3:00 PM
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This week's SmackDown Live is the third SmackDown after Hell in a Cell on Sept. 16, 2018! Press F5 or refresh for more updates during the show.

Smackdown opens with Paige in the ring. My feed cuts out for the first few seconds, but when she comes back, she's talking about the AJ/Joe situation. She calls it completely unacceptable, and rolls the footage from last week.

"Just to let everyone know, the Styles family is okay. After the footage stopped, we sent authorities to the Styles house straight away. He never entered the house, and charges have been pressed against Samoa Joe for trespassing. We talked to the WWE Board of Directors, and they all came to a unanimous decision: Samoa Joe should be fired. But before I made that decision and made that call, I gave another person a call: AJ Styles. I wanted to tell him the news, and I wanted to make sure his family way okay, but I felt his pain, I felt his emotion while I was speaking to him. But he said something I never thought he'd say: he was dropping the charges, and he begged me not to fire Samoa Joe. He said termination was too good for him, and he'd never get to get his hands on him. He said that he wanted to dish out the punishment, and I agree, so this Sunday, the match is on. But before this Saturday, he wanted to show you this clip."

AJ appears from home and apologizes for not being at Smackdown tonight, but he feels his performance would be hampered. He calls this bigger than WWE, and says he doesn't want to do something he'll regret, so he's staying home with him family until he gets confirmation that Joe is on a plane to Australia. He says his daughter Annie has been afraid that Joe will be under the bed or in the closet. He says Joe won't be coming back from the land down under, because down under is where he's going to put him. He vows to bury him alive.

Match One: Fabulous Truth vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas and Zelina Vega

Women start, lockup, Vega with a side headlock, reversed, Vega starts to whip her way out, then performs a hair pull takedown, Carmella with a dropkick, Vega drops her into the middle turnbuckle, elbow, face wash, crucifix submission in the ropes, kick for two, drags her up, Carmella with a jaw breaker, Truth in, Almas in by default, Truth with a punch, Almas with a stomp, Truth with a hurricanrana, avalanche, blocked with a rear waistlock, Truth powers out, whip, Almas hangs onto the ropes, Tranquilo pose, Fabulous Truth do a double splits pose, duck a stereo clothesline, Almas and Vega retreat to the floor, Fabulous Truth engage in a dance break in the ring, Truth follows Almas to the floor, slides back into the ring, double axe handle to the back, whip to the corner, misses a knee lift and hits the floor, commercial.

Back on air, Truth escapes an armbar with punches, Almas with a chop, Truth with a leg lariat, double tag, Carmella with a pair of clotheslines, atomic drop, boot in the corner, hurricanrana from the top rope, Bronco Buster, Flatliner for two as Almas pulls Carmella off the cover, Carmella seethes, Almas tries to talk her down, blocks a superkick, Truth comes in and beats him down, clothesline to the floor, suicide dive, Vega goes for a rollup, blocked, Carmella goes for a DDT, reversed into a jackknife, reversed into the Code of Silence for the tapout.

Winners: Fabulous Truth

Backstage, Tye Dillinger confronts Paige and demands a match with Randy Orton. Paige points out that he beat Shinsuke, he says he'll deal with that later. Paige mentions what Orton did to Jeff Hardy, Tye says it's something he needs to do. Paige gives him the match.

The New Day then present the pilot episode of New Day Cooks. They open with a word from their sponsors. Big E tries to plug IcoPro, but then it turns out they were talking about Super Show Down. Kofi acknowledges some stumbles the past few weeks, and that's why they're doing this tonight, to get back the positivity. They introduce Mr. Bootyworth, and reveal that he cooks all of their pancakes, and he's going to share the special recipe. The Bar interrupt before Bootyworth can speak and call the whole affair childish. Cesaro reveals his own ability to cook, and Sheamus says he knows how to make the process more efficient, before upending the table. A brawl breaks out, Midnight Hour to Cesaro, blocked by a face full of flour from Sheamus. Double backbreaker to Kofi, White Noise neckbreaker to Big E. They then stare down Mr. Bootyworth, who still has a bowl of batter in his hands. They pull him into the middle of the ring, take his hat off, fill it with batter, and then put it back on his head. He corpses quite a lot. He starts to leave, Sheamus blocks his exit, and Cesaro dumps the whole bowl over his head, then they yell at him to leave, which he does. He's still corpsing.

Match Two: Tye Dillinger vs. Randy Orton

Tye starts the brawl on the floor, rolls Orton in the ring, Orton with a boot to the gut, European uppercuts, headbutt, European uppercut, punch, blocked, Tye with a punch, chops, clotheslines Orton to the floor, Orton with a stomp to the gut, tosses Tye into the desk, back suplex, blocked, Tye with punches, back suplex onto the desk, mounted punches, toss into the barricade, reversed, Tye lands on his feet, Orton with a punch, hangman's DDT from the barricade, strips the covering from the metal clasp that holds the turnbuckle on, slides Tye's finger into it, twists his finger in it.

Match Never Started

Backstage, The Miz tells Sheldon Benjamin that he's responsible for getting him a match with Daniel Bryan, and asks if he's ready. He gives him a pep talk, talking up Benjamin's accomplishments, and telling him he needs to make a statement. Benjamin says Bryan will be unlucky casualty #1 of Benjamin's resurgence.

Rusev and Lana hit the ring.

Rusev: "Two weeks ago, Aiden English attacked me, ending our team and our friendship. But then, he took it one step further by saying that there's some kind of a video involving my wife and the city of Milwaukee. That just makes me want to tear him apart. But first, Aiden, come out here like a man and show me, my wife, and these people this bogus evidence."

Aiden comes out. "Yes, this evidence, the evidence you're all patiently been waiting for, is right here. But first! Some backstory. Did you know that Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin, which borders two great lakes?"

Lana: "You're stalling. Come on, you have nothing!"

Aiden: "I'm just providing some backstory. Milwaukee has culture, science, drama. It's not the forgotten city you two imply it is. In fact, it was the filming location for some unforgettable movies. Shows like Happy Days, and even tear-jerking dramas like Love, Actually and Baseketball. And now, including One Night in Milwaukee."

The footage starts airing, and it starts off with Aiden filming himself practicing a song making fun of Milwaukee. Lana knocks on his hotel room door, then comes in and tells him that she wants him. The footage cuts off.

Aiden: "And I want to show you the rest, I really do. But I can't. Legal complications. I'm entertaining a very lucrative offer from TMZ, and I wouldn't want to, you know, cheat on them."

Back in the ring, off-mic, Lana promises Rusev that there's more context, and Rusev chases after Aiden. Lana's left alone in the ring to deal with the scorn of the crowd.

After a commercial, Rusev is still looking for Aiden backstage. Lana bursts in and asks for the opportunity to explain. Rusev says they aren't doing this here, then walks off.

Real Match Two: Sheldon Benjamin vs. Daniel Bryan

Benjamin with a clothesline, knee, running knee lift, whip, another knee lift, gorilla press gut breaker, stomps, punches in the corner, Bryan rebounds with punches, roundhouse kicks in the corner, whip, reversed, Bryan with a boot, Benjamin with a flapjack for two, chinlock, Bryan with punches, Sheldon with a punch, whip, Bryan with a boot, Yes Lock, Benjamin makes it to the ropes quickly, rolls to the floor, Bryan with a baseball slide, misses, Benjamin tosses him into the apron, barricade, apron, barricade, gorilla press gutbreaker using the barricade, commercial.

Back on air, Bryan nearly misses a diving headbutt, both men down, Benjamin with a bear hug, Bryan elbows his way out, chop, whip, reversed, Bryan floats over, Benjamin with a German for two, Bryan drop toeholds Benjamin into the bottom turnbuckle, Benjamin with a knee in the opposite corner, German suplex for two, goes up top, Bryan follows, elbows to the back of the neck, super hurricanrana, Yes Kicks, misses the last one, blocks a kick, hits an enziguri, calls for a knee lift, Miz distracts, Bryan punches him, Benjamin hits Pay Dirt for three.

Winner: Sheldon Benjamin

Miz beats down Bryan, kneeing him repeatedly in the ribs, then throwing him into the announce table twice. He wrenches his face, then tosses him into the table a third time, rolls him into the ring, Skull Crushing Finale.

Naomi does a promo for the pink ribbon organization who I continue to refuse to mention.

Match Three: Asuka vs. Peyton Royce

Match begins during commercial. Back on air, Royce is punching away at Asuka, forearm, boot, Asuka with a rollup for two, both women miss kicks, Peyton catches a kick and turns it into a Gory Special drop for two, Asuka goes up top, misses a dropkick, Peyton with a cover for two, chinlock, Asuka with a kick, Peyton with a clothesline for two, chinlock, Asuka punches her to the corner, forearms, whip, reversed, Asuka with a missile dropkick for two, Royce with kicks, Asuka catches one, locks in an ankle lock, Peyton gets to the ropes, Billie Kay grabs her hands, Naomi attacks Billie, Asuka locks in a recliner Asuka Lock for the tapout.

Winner: Asuka

After a commercial, Becky hits the ring. "Six weeks ago at Summerslam, I finally stopped waiting and started taking. And since that night in Brooklyn, me, the champ, has been the best thing about Smackdown Live. And since I went through the entire locker room and toppled the queen, now run this division, and have made it the most relevant thing in all of WWE. Because I learned that being kind and being patient gets you nothing but being stabbed in the back and treated for a fool. But not anymore. Now, I strike first, and I strike often. Like this! (footage of Becky turning on Charlotte) That was nice, wasn't it? I could've watched that all day. Because time and time again, I have proven that I own Charlotte Flair, but it's funny, the more things change, the more things stay the same, because the champ still can't get the respect I deserve. Where are my magazine covers? Instead, I have to watch the woman I beat pose for future magazine covers and press releases. But this Saturday, I'll prove that I belong on the cover of magazines, PPV posters, billboards, and if no one's going to give it to me, I'll take it myself. I made a new poster for Super Show Down. (she reveals a mock PPV poster with her standing atop Charlotte with the arena in the background) This show is about me! It's not about HHH and Undertaker fighting for the last time, it's about me defending my title for the first time."

Charlotte hits the ring and takes control of a short brawl. She t-bone suplexes Becky into the poster, then locks the Figure Four half-in, half-out of the ring. She hits a superkick and walks back up the ramp as Smackdown goes off the air.