WWE SmackDown Spoilers: Complete Results and Analysis for May 5

The war between Roman Reigns, The Usos, AJ Styles, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows spilled over into another arena Tuesday night as WWE presented this week's SmackDown tapings live in Kansas City, Missouri, and our friends at WrestlingInc.com have all the results for you. 

Those Superstars were not the only ones to carry their issues over from Monday Night Raw.

Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Kevin Owens and The Miz all found themselves interacting once again, with the WWE Intercontinental Championship at the center of their intensifying rivalry. Which of the four competitors would assert his dominance as the last man standing?

Natalya and Charlotte renewed their rivalry, while Becky Lynch and Emma continued their war of attrition in a huge women's tag team bout.

Which men and women emerged from Tuesday's event riding a wave of momentum, ready for May 22's Extreme Rules pay-per-view?

Take a look for yourself.

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Results

• Chris Jericho kicked off the show with The Highlight Reel. His guest, Zayn, was interrupted by intercontinental champion The Miz and Maryse. They argued before Jericho walked off in disgust, and a match was booked between the Superstars.
• Zayn defeated The Miz by disqualification when Owens interfered. Cesaro made the save and cleared the ring before staring the IC champion down.
• Anderson and Gallows approached Styles backstage and told him that in order to beat Reigns, he has to become more extreme.
• The Vaudevillains defeated Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas. After the match, Big Cass came to the ring to confront Aiden English and Simon Gotch. He cleared the ring and even dropped Axel with a powerbomb.
• Natalya and Lynch defeated Emma and women's champion Charlotte.
• Rusev defeated Zack Ryder. After the match, Kalisto hit the ring and caught The Bulgarian Brute with a corkscrew forearm.
• A backstage segment involving Goldust, R-Truth, Fandango and Tyler Breeze aired.
• Darren Young approached Bob Backlund backstage, asking him to be his mentor. The Hall of Famer promised to "make Darren great again."
• Gallows and Anderson vs. The Usos ended in a disqualification when Reigns and Styles interfered.
• Reigns and The Usos defeated Styles, Anderson and Gallows when Reigns speared Anderson.

Analysis

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Anderson losing this early is a major mistake. Thankfully, fewer fans actually watch SmackDown in comparison to Raw, so it may fly under the radar. Still, the lackluster use of the former Bullet Club members has been startling, particularly over the last 72 hours, where Anderson and Gallows have been portrayed as little more than lackeys for Styles. WWE Creative must tow a fine line with the two Superstars or risk ruining them before any payoff to the story can be reached.

The pairing between Young and Backlund is certainly interesting, for lack of a better word. The real question is whether or not there are any substantial plans for Young or if this is an excuse to parody Donald Trump for a few months.

The four-way rivalry over the WWE Intercontinental Championship remains one of the hottest on WWE programming thanks to four extraordinary wrestlers and their high-intensity approach to their segments. That looks to be present again come Thursday night.

On paper, this show looks more meaningful than most episodes of SmackDown. Of course, the execution is what is important. Either way, it is a show worth checking out if for no reason other than what promises to be an action-packed main event.