WWE SmackDown Spoilers: Full Results and Analysis for May 12

Those expecting to see the advertised main event of Roman Reigns vs. Luke Gallows Tuesday night in Des Moines, Iowa, may have been disappointed, but WWE more than made up for it with the SmackDown episode it taped at Wells Fargo Arena.

On the heels of a molten-hot angle that added further heat to their WWE World Heavyweight Championship Extreme Rules match, Reigns and AJ Styles were under the same roof once again as Gallows and Karl Anderson battled The Usos in a grudge match.

Would champion and challenger be able to contain themselves, or would the animosity that has developed between them prove to be too much?

Cesaro and Sami Zayn battled Kevin Owens and intercontinental champion The Miz in tag team action. Which of the four stars would emerge riding a wave of momentum, with the favorite leaving Extreme Rules with the coveted secondary title?

Those questions and more were answered as WWE taped this week's USA Network presentation. Thanks to our friends at Wrestling Inc., you can find out everything that went down at the show.

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Results

• Dean Ambrose cut a promo regarding Monday night's attack on Chris Jericho and destruction of his light-up jacket. The lights went out, and when they came back on, Jericho stood over his fallen rival and pulled out a straitjacket. He never put it on Ambrose, but he did leave him lying in the ring to end the segment.
• Rusev defeated Sin Cara. After the match, he capitalized on Lana's brief distraction to take out Kalisto, leaving both Lucha Dragons laying in a heap.
• Dana Brooke defeated Becky Lynch.
• AJ Styles promised Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows he would take out Roman Reigns if he tried to interfere in the night's tag match.
• The New Day cut a promo, but The Vaudevillains interrupted it.
• Aiden English defeated Kofi Kingston.
• Reigns promised to take care of Styles if he got involved in the tag match.
• The Usos defeated Gallows and Anderson via disqualification when Gallows used a steel chair. The Club stood tall to end the segment.
• Another Darren Young-Bob Backlund vignette aired.
• Sami Zayn and Cesaro fought The Miz and Kevin Owens to a no-contest. Cesaro and Zayn pummeled The Miz, leaving the IC champion lying on the mat to close out the show.

Analysis

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Rather than take the predictable route of having Roman Reigns dismantle Luke Gallows in the originally advertised main event, WWE Creative made the correct call by booking Gallows and Karl Anderson stronger than it has since their debuts, courtesy of a steel chair-assisted beatdown of The Usos.

The tandem had ventured into the deep, dark abyss of becoming glorified lackeys of late, so shifting the focus to them was a wise move.

The match's outcome was disappointing, though, especially when taking into consideration the fact The Usos do not need to be protected in booking. They could have eaten a clean loss to Anderson and Gallows and been just fine. 

Factor in the no-contest that closes the show, and one cannot help but call out WWE Creative for its lack of convincing outcomes, essentially rendering the matches meaningless.

The angle that kicks off the show seems particularly effective, much more so than the ridiculous one that ended Raw. Jericho is a much more entertaining villain when there is that dangerous edge to him; introducing the straitjacket is particularly intriguing. Perhaps it plays into Y2J's presumed match with Ambrose at Extreme Rules?

SmackDown is rarely the breeding ground for hot angles and monumental occurrences, but it is home to solid wrestling and simplistic angles. That appears to be the case again this week. Will it mean anything in the long run? No, but it will provide the audience with an entertaining two-hour show, which is appreciated.