Date: 12/11	7:00 PM
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This week's SmackDown Live is the fourth SmackDown after Survivor Series on Nov. 18, 2018! Press F5 or refresh on the full post for updates during the show.

Smackdown opens with Daniel Bryan coming to the ring for his match with Mustafa Ali. This is how you start a show! He grabs a mic first.

"Last week, I came out here and I called all of you people sheep. The first thing I would like to do is come out here and apologize. I would like to apologize to the sheep. They do not deserve to be compared to you idiots. They are not the ones destroying the world with their consumption, there is no such thing as a carbon hoofprint. You people are not sheep, you're more like parasites. Fickle! You're like parasites, because you take and you take and you give nothing in return, especially in Las Vegas. But I'm not surprised that you people latched on to the Yes Movement, that's what you do. You latched on to the old Daniel Bryan, because you're parasites. But the old Daniel Bryan is dead, the Yes Movement is dead. But like all parasites, you moved on to the next fickle field. And you now reside on the couch in the house that AJ Styles built. I am the WWE Champion, not AJ Styles! And at TLC, this Sunday, I will crush AJ Styles' dream of becoming the WWE Champion again, and at the end of the match, the WWE Champion will be the new Daniel Bryan. You don't believe me? I, uhh, I debate this with my friend William Gattis all the time. We don't know if you're stupid or if you deliberately pull the wool over your eyes so you don't have to realize what's going on. He said that stupidity is the willing cultivation of ignorance. And that's pretty much Las Vegas!"

Mustafa Ali walks out. "Daniel, I am Mustafa Ali--"

"Whoa, whoa, hold on. I know who you are. These idiots might not, but I know who you are. I know we're supposed to have a match tonight, but come in the ring with me. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mustafa Ali, he is the heart of 205 Live, and he is an incredible performer. You are an incredible performer. In fact, I see a lot of myself in you. And here, let me just give you some advice: you and I, we don't need to have this match tonight. See, you and I-- let me teach you a little something. After we have this match tonight, these people won't care. They're too self-absorbed. They're too xenophobic. They're too obsessed with their own consumption. These fickle people do not deserve this. Fickle! Fickle! Fickle!"

"Daniel, what happened to you? You inspired me to think that it was possible to be a WWE Superstar. Everyone on 205 Live, we looked up to you. You would stand toe to toe with any giant, because he had heart. You keep talking about the new Daniel Bryan. The old Daniel Bryan would want to fight. And that's what I want, a fight!"

"What kind of car do you drive?"

"I don't know what that has to do with this, but I drive an SUV."

"You are a small, small little man, why would you need to ride in an SUV?"

"Well, as you know, I have a family, I have a wife, I have two children--"

Daniel Bryan slaps him. "Ignorant!" Another slap. "Ignorant!"

Mustafa Ali punches back, dropkick, knocks Bryan out of the ring, top rope moonsault, commercial.

Match One: WWE Champion Daniel Bryan vs. Mustafa Ali (non-title)

Match begins during commercial, back on air, Bryan is kicking Ali around, kicks in the turnbuckle, whip to the corner, Ali tries to float over, Bryan kicks him in the gut, stomps, wrenches the face, twists a knee, knee drop, wrenches the neck, Yes Kicks, Ali blocks the last kick, boot to the face, kicks for two, Bryan escapes to the floor, Ali with a baseball slide, misses a suicide dive, lands on his feet, Bryan tosses him into the ring post, commercial.

Back on air, Ali escapes the Yes Lock with a rope break, he hit a top rope Spanish Fly during the commercial, Bryan sets Ali up in a tree of woe, roundhouse kicks, baseball slide, sets Ali up top backward, back superplex, Ali lands on his feet and then rolls through, Bryan misses a running dropkick to the corner, Ali with a chop, three more, Bryan with a boot, toss to the corner, whip, Ali floats over, Tornado DDT for two, goes up top, 054, Bryan dodges, tosses Ali's leg into the ring post three times, chop block, heel hook, Ali taps out.

Winner: Daniel Bryan

Bryan chop blocks Ali on the stage area, stomps him in the face, and locks the heel hook back in. Ali taps again, referees pull them apart.

After a commercial, The New Day introduce the rap battle between The Bar and The Usos.

Kofi: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second-ever Smackdown Live Rap Battle. We're your boys, The New Day, baby!"

Woods: "We'll be your hosts, for obvious reasons."

Kofi: "We'll get the pleasure of hearing The Usos and they'll do battle against The Bar."

Woods: "This Sunday, we'll all be in a triple threat match at TLC, where we'll become your new Smackdown Live Tag Team Champions!"

E: "You know the rules. Keep it clean. The Bar have requested this, which means they're probably up to some shenanigans. But keep it clean, boys."

The Bar do an Ice Ice Baby parody that I can't fully decipher through their accents. The New Day give it a picture of a trash can. Usos up next.

"It's the Usos vs. The Bar in the rap-off, I'm like it can't be. What they got to talk about, Uce? Sheamus' hair grease? Cesaro's mouth piece? We'll just have to see. Our last rap battle, we were cheated. Felt defeated. Like our boy Matt Hardy say, deleted. We beat the Ninja Turtles, now Shredder and Rocksteady. Fella! Yeah, Mr. Movie Star, we seen your movies. Not trying to steal a line from the New Day, your acting was booty. WWE Universe shows love, that's cupid. WWE Universe sees Sheamus, no love, you look stupid. Yo, yo, Sheamus, is it true that you stay out of the sun so your skin stays white like chalk? Do you call up Cesaro and ask him to grease your mohawk? Brogue Kick vs. Superkick, our has no pump action, comes from the side. How do you knock Cesaro's teeth out with no knuckle? I don't know. The answer, let me introduce you to Mr. Turnbuckle. Hey, Mr. Turnbuckle, the people want to know, how did it feel? Well, Uce, when I pushed Cesaro's teeth down his throat, I showed him who the real man of steel is. Swiss Superman? King of Swing? I earned my nickname. 10 years in the game, zero injuries. (Call him Ironman.) Hey, we bullet proof, we the truth, and we still have fun. Hey, tag team of the year, back to back, still not done. Six-time tag team champs are coming, believe me. Welcome to the Uso Pennitentiary!"

The Bar try to attack, Usos duck, clothesline them to the floor, stare-down with the New Day, The Bar slide back in the ring and beat everyone down.

Cesaro: "That's how you know we represent. We are the bar!"

Backstage, Asuka says she thought no one was ready for Asuka, so she made one mistake at Wrestlemania and stopped kicking. She vows to win at Wrestlemania, and win tonight.

After a commercial, Miz is in the ring with his Best in the World trophy. "Shane, I know it's your week for custody of the Best in the World trophy, but I've got a lot on my mind, and I'm not giving it back until you come out here. Shane, come on out. Come on, don't make me beg. These people don't want to see me beg. Okay, fine, I'll beg. Shane, I am not John Snow, I will not hesitate to bend the knee for you. Please come out here and listen to what I have to say, this is not just about career, this is about life choices, please come out."

Shane comes out. "What's up, Las Vegas? And what's up with you, Miz? Why are you out here with the Best in the World trophy?"

"I can't eat, I can't sleep, I'm out here because we could be so much better. Last week, you said if I interviewed Daniel Bryan, you'd owe me one."

"I never said that."

"We team up one more time, and if we lose, we go our separate ways, but if we win, we could be the greatest tag team in the world."

"Are you okay? This thing with the trophy, it's getting a little weird. That wasn't even really a tag match anyway."

"Look, I've never said this to anyone. So instead of saying it, let me show you. Get a referee out here!"

"Miz, I'm a little confused."

"Me and you vs. Las Vegas' finest, Chip and Chad, The Vegas Boys! Come on out here! Ring the bell!"

Match Two: Miz and Shane McMahon vs. The Vegas Boys

The Vegas Boys club Shane from behind, Shane fights his way out, tosses one to the floor, stares down the other, punches, punches in the corner, whip, leaping back elbow, punches the one on the floor, botches a DDT to the one in the ring, elbow drop, triangle choke for the tapout.

Winners: Shane McMahon and The Miz

Backstage, Paige dresses down the referee for validating that match. The ref says that Miz said Paige would sanction the match. The Vegas Boys then run in and say that Miz promised them Smackdown would pay five grand each. She rips up their invoices and kicks everyone out.

Randy Orton hits the ring and picks up a chair. "Nothing like a good, old-fashioned solid steel chair, am I right? They have a lot of uses, and one of them is making a statement, sending a message. Roll the tape. (footage of him beating Mysterio down 3 weeks ago and using a chair on him) That was good, but I think we can do better, can't we, people? Okay then, roll the second tape. (footage of him attacking Rey two weeks ago with a chair) Now, let me get this straight: Rey Mysterio knows that he has a chairs match with me this Sunday at TLC, and he's okay with that? Rey Mysterio has seen me over the years do sick and twisted things to maul my opponent, but he's still okay facing me in a chairs match? That makes me think that he thinks he's going to get his revenge. But Rey is a victim. And once a victim, always a victim. The boys backstage will be concerned about three letters: TLC. But Rey needs to be concerned about the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment: RK--"

Rey Mysterio attacks Orton with a chair, beats him down with it, Van Daminator, 619.

Backstage announcer whose name I can't remember asks Becky Lynch if Charlotte and Asuka taking each other out tonight would be an advantage. Becky says no, because she still has to test out how well she's healed in the match. She says she loves it, and she's going to be out there tonight.

Match Three: Jeff Hardy and Rusev vs. Samoa Joe and US Champion Shinsuke Nakamura

The bell rings, but before the bell rings, Fabulous Truth come out and call for a dance break.

Match begins with Shinsuke kicking Jeff in the back of the head, stomps, Joe in, elbow to the back of the head, Jeff with punches, Joe rolls to the floor, pulls Jeff out, commercial.

Back on air, Joe with punches in the corner to Jeff, Jeff responds in kind, whip, reversed, Joe with an elbow in the corner, Pele kick for two as Rusev breaks the count, snapmare, stomp, Shinsuke in, stomp to the back, front facelock, knees, sets Jeff up in the turnbuckle on his stomach, running knee for two, Joe in, kick, bow and arrow hold, Jeff with a kick, punches his way out, Twist of Fate, blocked, Hardy with an elbow from the corner, Whisper in the Wind, double tag, Rusev with a clothesline, punches to Shinsuke, whip, tackle, knees in the ropes, fallaway slam, hip check, spin kick, back suplex, Shinsuke tries to block with elbows, but then lands on his feet, Rusev with a roundhouse kick for two, Joe breaks the count, Jeff beats him up on the floor, Shinsuke goes for a Kinshasa to Rusev, reversed into an Accolade, blocked, Kinshasa, reversed into a Machka Kick for three.

Winners: Rusev and Jeff Hardy

Backstage, Shane McMahon berates Miz for what he's doing with this Best in the World thing. Miz apologizes, but says he knew Shane would be fine once his instincts kicked in, and he was right. He says that Shane was the only one who's made him be considered best in the world, then offers a hand. Shane walks away.

In a promo, Lars Sullivan promises that his debut will be way more destructive than TLC.

Backstage, AJ Styles says in an interview that there's only one AJ Styles, he'll do anything to win, and he's glad Daniel Bryan will be at his best at TLC.

Main Event: Asuka vs. Charlotte

Becky Lynch comes out as promised, and sits at ringside.

Asuka opens with kicks, hip attack, blocked, locks in a kneebar instead, Charlotte with a fallaway slam, Asuka with a German, misses a knee in the corner, Charlotte with a boot, moonsault, blocked with boots, Asuka locks in the Asuka lock, Charlotte to her feet, breaks by dropping, Asuka almost immediately locks the hold back in, commercial.

Back on air, they're trading forearms. Asuka locks in an octopus hold, Charlotte reverses into a fireman's carry, reversed into a crucifix rollup for two, Asuka follows up with an armbar, Charlotte escapes, Asuka maintains grip on the arm and rolls into a triangle, avoids a pin cover four times by kicking out at one before Charlotte reverses into a sit-out powerbomb for two, slap, Asuka with a double-leg, jackknife, reversed into a Figure 8, slap, keeps the hold locked in, Asuka rolls over, Charlotte breaks in the ropes, wrenches a leg, elbows, knee drop, forearms to the face, cover for two, tosses Asuka's leg into the ring post twice, cover for two, Figure Four, reversed into a rollup for two, Charlotte with a chop, another, a third, fourth, blocked, Asuka with a fireman's carry takedown, kick to the back, reverses a spear into a codebreaker for two, roundhouse kicks, one blocked, hits a kick to the gut instead, follows up with elbows, kicks to the face, goes off the ropes, Charlotte catches her with a spear for two, top rope moonsault, reversed by boots, reversed into a Figure Four, reversed into an Asuka Lock, Charlotte to her feet, they both tumble to the floor, Charlotte grabs a kendo stick and starts beating Asuka.

Winner by Disqualification: Asuka

Charlotte doubles over with exhaustion, Becky Lynch walks over to her, then looks at Asuka, then smiles and starts to walk away. Charlotte hits her with a kendo stick too, then tees off on Asuka again. Becky boots Charlotte in the gut, then tosses her into the steel steps, and beats her down with the kendo stick. Asuka tosses Becky across the announce table, then clubs Charlotte with the kendo stick repeatedly, then starts alternating on both of her opponents. She poses on the announce table as Smackdown goes off the air.

I really hope this isn't another example of "win on Monday (Tuesday), lose on Sunday".