WWE SmackDown Spoilers: Complete Results and Analysis for January 14

Monday night on Raw, Kalisto defeated Alberto Del Rio to capture the United States Championship. Tuesday night during this week's SmackDown tapings, the masked luchador would be tasked with defending his title for the first time against the man he defeated for the gold. 

That was hardly the only midcard program addressed during this week's show, as Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens again took center stage, with their war of attrition over the WWE Intercontinental Championship writing its latest chapter in the form of a tag team match pitting Ambrose and Neville against Owens and Sheamus.

Then there was the Tables match between The Dudley Boyz and The Wyatt Family's Erick Rowan and Luke Harper as their never-ending feud continued.

With three high-profile matches and appearances from The Social Outcasts, Becky Lynch and Brie Bella elsewhere on the card, this week's SmackDown episode looks poised to follow in the footsteps of last week's fun and entertaining broadcast.

But will it? And who left Lafayette, Louisiana, with the United States Championship?

The fans in attendance know the answer. Now you can too, courtesy of our friends at WrestlingInc.com.

Result

• Dean Ambrose kicked off this week's show and announced a Last Man Standing match against Kevin Owens for the IC title at Royal Rumble Sheamus interrupted, and Owens followed, before Neville hit the ring and made the save.
• The Dudley Boyz defeated Luke Harper and Erick Rowan in a Tables match. After the bell, Braun Strowman put Bubba Ray and D-Von through tables.
• JoJo interviewed Kalisto, who vowed to evoke the names of Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio while vowing to thrive in the land of the giants.
• The Social Outcasts defeated Zack Ryder, Goldust, Damien Sandow and Jack Swagger.
• Alberto Del Rio defeated Kalisto to regain the United States Championship with the assistance of King Barrett's interference.
• Becky Lynch defeated Brie Bella via submission.
• Dean Ambrose and Neville fought Kevin Owens and Sheamus to a double count-out.

Credit: WWE.com

Analysis

Can someone explain what the purpose of putting the United States Championship on Kalisto Monday night was? If "to setup another title change on SmackDown so fans will watch the show" is the answer, WWE Creative is more inept than originally thought.

Kalisto's victory on Raw was a moment that made fans feel good; it elicited tweets of congratulations from those legitimately excited and happy for their peer. In one night, the company undid all of that goodwill by putting the title back on a guy who, for all the pushes he's received and all the television time he's benefited from over the years, has never been as over as management had hoped he would be.

It is disheartening to see a guy who worked hard and was rewarded for it, only to be stripped of his prize one night later in an attempt to tell essentially the same story the company told with Roman Reigns at Survivor Series.

The entire ordeal makes no sense and serves only to strengthen Del Rio's inflated resume.

Why the company thought booking The Dudley Boyz to defeat Luke Harper and Erick Rowan, only to lose their heat courtesy of Braun Strowman immediately thereafter, was anything even remotely close to product is a mystery. It's yet another questionable booking decision to come out of Tuesday's show.

And finally, booking a second straight main event to end via double count-out is hardly the way to entice fans to tune in next week.

Would this week's show live up to the entertaining standard set for it last week?

The answer, based on the results from Tuesday's tapings, is an emphatic "no."