WWE SmackDown Live Updates, Results and Highlights From Aug. 28

The champion controlled the pace coming back from the break, wearing her challenger down with a rear headlock. Paige fought from underneath, created separation, and traded strikes with Jayne.

Paige sent the heel flying with a German suplex, then added a Paige Turner for a close two count.

Jayne fended off an attempted PTO (Paige Tap Out), but the babyface still managed to leave her reeling.

Reid interfered at ringside again, this time taking a bump into the ring. Fallon Henley attempted interference but suffered a big blow from the challenger. It was all the distraction Jayne needed to recover, roll her up, and score the win.

WINNER: JAYNE

After the match, Nikki Bella attacked Paige out of nowhere, leveling her with a hard forearm to the back of the head. The Rack Attack 2.0 ended the beatdown as the Hall of Famer stood tall.

Following a backstage confrontation on last week's show, Paige challenged Fatal Influence's Jacy Jayne for the Women's United States Championship, seeking to add that title to her resume for the first time.

Jayne trash-talked and paid for it early, suffering a barrage of knee lifts to the midsection as Paige rolled.

"This is my house!" the challenger exclaimed as she rolled Jayne back into the ring. Lainey Reid capitalized on a referee blind spot and took Paige down as the show headed to break.

Commercial break.

Back from the commercial, Stratton found herself forced to fight off her opponents by herself, thanks to Green reeling from injury on the arena floor.

She bounced off of her opponents, bumping for them while doctors checked on the women's champion at ringside.

Stratton avoided a double-team and dropped her opponents. Green, hellbent on continuing the match, rushed back to the ringa nd rocked Jax with a missile dropkick.

The consummate underdog wiped Jax out at ringside with a cross body block from the top rope, a ball of fire.

On the floor, Legend caught Stratton and swung her into the guardrail. Back inside, Jax delivered a Samoan Drop to Green and followed with the Annihilator for the win.

WINNERS: IRRESISTIBLE FORCES

The clean win for Jax further established her as the next challenger for Green, someone who can pose a legitimate threat to her title reign and even defeat her, based on her previous championship victories.

If she loses, it will not hurt, either, as Jax has demonstrated a knack for remaining over as a heel regardless of her win-loss record.

Backstage, Danhausen attempted to introduce himself to Gunther, who brushed him off and warned Nick Aldis that he would win the three-way main event for a shot at the Undisputed WWE Championship.

Looking to avenge recent attacks at the hands of Nia Jax and Lash Legend, WWE Women's Champion Chelsea Green and Tiffany Stratton squared off with their bigger, stronger rivals in tag team action.

Green took the fight to Jax early, but a headbutt to her face aggravated her injured orbital bone and forced her to tag Stratton into the match.

The show headed to commercial with the heels seizing control and working Tiffy Time over in their corner.

Commercial break.

Punk cut off Owens, telling him he was never asked his opinion on whether they were finished. As they teased battling again, Gunther arrived.

The Ring General staked his claim to a championship opportunity, only for Finn Balor to interrupt and do the same.

SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis announced a Triple Threat Match for the night's main event, pitting the three prospective challengers against each other for a shot at Punk's title.

This ran on fairly long for a segment intended to set up the main event. That there was no appearance by Sami Zayn on the heels of his involvement in last week's show-closing angle made it that much more curious.

Chants of "Ole...ole, ole, ole!" filled the arena, seemingly in support of Sami Zayn, as Owens set out to address the fans.

"Over the last few years, I have lost many, many WWE Championship matches, but none felt as bad to lose as last Friday," Owens said.

Owens recalled his mother fighting off death, then taking a big step by driving to Toronto with his father to see him compete against Punk last week. Then, Zayn ruined everything.

The former No. 1 contender said he could not forgive or forget that because it was an opportunity he would never have again.

Owens said that Punk knows he had him beat and that the two of them are far from finished, "bitch."

A video package recapping last week's monster main event between CM Punk and Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Championship, which was marred by interference from Sami Zayn.

Wasting little time addressing the events of last Friday's broadcast, Kevin Owens entered the arena for an in-ring promo to kick off this week's show.