Spoiler: Title Change At SmackDown Christmas Tapings
WWE taped next week’s Christmas episode of SmackDown Live following tonight’s live episode. During the tapings, a title change occurred.
Read below if you want to be spoiled.
During tonight’s SmackDown tapings, Rusev defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the United States Title. You can view video of the finish as well as photos of Rusev holding the title, below. The bout between the two men was announced on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live and served as the main event during the tapings.
Rusev was originally scheduled to face Nakamura on the Nov. 27 episode of SmackDown, but Nakamura attacked Rusev prior to the bout.
Nakamura vs Rusev for the US Title #SDLive pic.twitter.com/WJ99FDdezc
— boss man (@TheNextBlGThing) December 19, 2018
AND THE NEWWWWWWW UNITED STATES CHAMPION
RUSEV!!!! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/aKDqYFCchT
— boss man (@TheNextBlGThing) December 19, 2018
New US Champ! #SDLIVE pic.twitter.com/GIQqVK0XXe
— boss man (@TheNextBlGThing) December 19, 2018
Fightful will have full results from the Christmas episode of SmackDown, as well as a post-show podcast, next week. If you can’t wait until then, you can view the full spoilers from tonight’s tapings here.
