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WWE SmackDown Spoilers: Complete Results and Analysis for June 16

Erik BeastonJun 14, 2016

The increasingly intense dislike between the six Superstars participating in Sunday's Money in the Bank ladder match took center stage Tuesday as WWE presented its SmackDown television tapings, and thanks to WrestlingInc.com, we have every result and spoiler for this week's USA Network broadcast.

Just 24 hours after standing above a mangled mess of bodies and ladders, the Money in the Bank briefcase in his possession, Chris Jericho teamed with Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio to face Sami Zayn, Cesaro and Dean Ambrose.

Would Y2J replicate his success from Raw, or would one of his five opponents establish supremacy this close to Sunday's extravaganza?

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The Club's Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows may be gearing up for a date with The New Day, Enzo Amore and Big Cass and The Vaudevillains, but it was AJ Styles who found himself across the squared circle from Xavier Woods.

Would The Phenomenal One steamroll The New Day's master of the mic, or would Woods capitalize on a distracted Styles to score one of the biggest wins of his career?

Fans in Biloxi, Mississippi, found out the answers to those questions. Now you can too.

Results

  • Jericho's Highlight Reel kicked off the show. Ambrose was his guest, though Del Rio, Zayn, Owens and Cesaro interrupted, setting up a six-man tag team main event that had been previously announced on Raw, essentially rendering the entire segment useless.
  • The New Day's Kofi Kingston defeated The Club's Gallows, The Vaudevillains' Aiden English and Big Cass in a Fatal 4-Way match that served as the final hype to Sunday's tag title bout.
  • Baron Corbin defeated Zack Ryder. Dolph Ziggler sat in on commentary and then found himself the recipient of a staredown courtesy of The Lone Wolf in what amounted to one last hard sell for this weekend's...free pre-show match.
  • United States champion Rusev defeated Kalisto in a rematch of their rematches from the last few weeks. After the bell, Titus O'Neil hit the ring, making the save for the masked luchador while avenging The Bulgarian Brute's perpetuated sneak attack on Raw.
  • Styles defeated Woods via submission with the Calf Crusher.
  • Women's champion Charlotte defeated Natalya in a non-title match as the cavalcade of rematches marched on. Dana Brooke and Becky Lynch brawled at ringside during the match.
  • Ambrose, Zayn and Cesaro defeated Owens, Jericho and Del Rio when The Lunatic Fringe pinned Owens after dissension among the heels. Ambrose celebrated to close out the show.

Analysis

Would you look at that: Ambrose pinned Owens.

Again.

Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention knows ol' KO's win-loss record against The Lunatic Fringe is anything but spectacular, and Tuesday's tapings did nothing to improve it. The only positive in the case of Tuesday's main event is that it was not Del Rio eating the pinfall. After all, the Mexican aristocrat cannot afford a defeat considering how woefully booked he has been over the last three months.

If the previous matches involving the six participants in Sunday's ladder match are any indication, the action should be superb but, unfortunately, fans have watched the compete so many times that it will be difficult to generate any sense of excitement or anticipation for their latest encounter.

The one match that really stands out is the one pitting Woods against Styles.

Both were part of TNA Wrestling at a time when the promotion experienced great growth and development, but they never wrestled in anything even remotely close to a high-profile match. Both have evolved into superior talents, more so than they were then, with each enjoying considerable WWE success. How they jell once the bell rings is intriguing.

From top to bottom, the show appears to be one devoted to putting the final touches on the Money in the Bank build. Unfortunately, it fails to do so in any way measurably different from Raw. Worst of all? It does it without the presence of John Cena, Roman Reigns or Seth Rollins, all of whom are in key roles in Sunday's pay-per-view.

SmackDown is always fun, but on paper, this week's broadcast looks like one worth skipping if necessary.

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