{"id":200172,"date":"2025-07-04T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T22:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=200172"},"modified":"2025-07-04T13:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:19:52","slug":"5-yrs-ago-wwe-smackdown-tv-report-6-26-2020-kellers-report-on-king-corbin-vs-jeff-hardy-plus-alexa-bliss-mick-foley-batista-new-day-nakamura-cesaro-riddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/07\/04\/5-yrs-ago-wwe-smackdown-tv-report-6-26-2020-kellers-report-on-king-corbin-vs-jeff-hardy-plus-alexa-bliss-mick-foley-batista-new-day-nakamura-cesaro-riddle\/","title":{"rendered":"5 YRS AGO \u2013 WWE SMACKDOWN TV Report (6-26-2020): Keller&#8217;s report on King Corbin vs. Jeff Hardy, plus Alexa Bliss, Mick Foley, Batista, New Day, Nakamura, Cesaro, Riddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1065884478\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em>\u00a0The following report originally published 5 years ago this week here at PWTorch.com\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>KELLER\u2019S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT<br \/>\nJUNE 26, 2020<br \/>\nORLANDO, FLA. AT PERFORMANCE CENTER<br \/>\nAIRED ON FOX NETWORK<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcer: Michael Cole, Corey Graves<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>[HOUR ONE]<\/h3>\n<p>-They opened with a montage of highlights of Undertaker\u2019s career including very early footage from WWE. Then wrestlers assembled on the stage and chanted \u201cThank you, Taker!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-Michael Cole and Corey Graves hyped that the Undertaker vs. A.J. Styles \u201cBoneyard\u201d match would air next. [c]<\/p>\n<p>-The Boneyard match aired. wrestler soundbites aired between commercial breaks including John Cena, Edge, Kane, and Ric Flair.<\/p>\n<p>-Back to the Performance Center 47 minutes into the show, Cole and Graves referred to it as the retirement match for Undertaker.<\/p>\n<p>-King Corbin stood mid-ring and said Undertaker\u2019s final match just happened to be 30 years after his first match. He said they called it a Boneyard match because Undertaker is \u201can old bag of bones\u201d and \u201ca shell of what he used to be.\u201d Undertaker basically said that in part five of the Undertaker docu-series on WWE Network. He said Undertaker was the founding member of the Kiss My Ass Club, kissing up to a certain family. He said he was coddled and protected by the owners for three decades. \u201cUndertaker, you\u2019ve been stealing money from this company for the last 20 years,\u201d he said. He said he\u2019s a selfish son of a bitch\u00a0 because he\u2019s been holding back superior athletes like him for a long time. He complained about the wrestlers of today chanting \u201cThank you, Taker!\u201d They started the chant again from behind the plexiglass. Jeff Hardy attacked him. [c]<\/p>\n<p>-More soundbites aired with wrestlers talking about Undertaker including Steve Austin and Kurt Angle. Austin called him a war horse. Angle touted his intelligence and said he\u2019s the epitome of Superman in this business.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2740150027\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-At ringside, Sarah Schreiber asked Hardy about perhaps taking Corbin\u2019s comments about Undertaker personally. Hardy said the Mount Rushmore of WWE should be Undertaker\u2019s face four times. (Hulk Hogan has to hate hearing that.) Hardy said Corbin can consider that a challenge. He said he\u2019ll unleash all his painful knowledge it took him a lifetime to acquire.<\/p>\n<p>-They went to the announcers on camera. Graves announced Corbin vs. Hardy was official. Then Bayley and Sasha jaunted to ringside and taunted Cole, then sat next to each other near the announce desk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) NIKKI CROSS vs. ALEXA BLISS vs. LACEY EVANS vs. DANA BROOKE \u2013 Winner Gets Smackdown Women\u2019s Title match<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bliss and Nikki attacked Lacey and Brooke at first. When Nikki tried to roll up Bliss, Sasha and Bayley said they\u2019d never betray each other like that. Cole and Graves expressed incredulity.<\/p>\n<h3>[HOUR TWO]<\/h3>\n<p>Lacey and Brooke beat up Nikki and Bliss, then battled. Brooke took Lacey down with an elbow after a gymnastic move, then sloppily bodyslammed her. She leaped off the top rope and overshot Lacey with a flip senton splash. Nikki broke up the cover. Bliss then attacked Brooke. Bliss went for Twisted Bliss, but Brooke moved and lifted her knees. Lacey went on the offense and KO\u2019d Brooke with a Woman\u2019s Right, but Nikki rolled her up from behind suddenly for the three count.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Cross in 5:00 to earn a Smackdown Women\u2019s Title match at Extreme Rules.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Keller\u2019s Analysis: Some audience members were wearing masks including NXT wrestler Eric Bugenhagen in the front row. That was especially clunky when Lacey and Brooke were in there.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Graves hyped a new segment with The Monster Unleashed with Braun Strowman later.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-586101666\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-They showed Cesaro &amp; Shinsuke Nakamura, New Day, Lucha House Party, and Miz &amp; Morrison arguing backstage. Cole said they all wrestle four-on-four next. [c]<\/p>\n<p>-Triple H and Shawn Michaels talked about Undertaker some more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) THE NEW DAY (Kofi Kingston &amp; Big E) &amp; LUCHA HOUSE PARTY (Lince Dorado &amp; Gran Metalik) vs. MIZ &amp; JOHN MORRISON &amp; CESARO &amp; SHINSUKE NAKAMURA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Big E splashed Miz on the ring apron early, then launched Dorado onto Miz for a two count. They cut to a break a few minutes in with the heel teams gloating about beating down Kingston. [c]<\/p>\n<p>Chaos broke out at ringside leading to Cesaro &amp; Nakamura and New Day brawling to the back. Dorado hit a springboard stunner on Miz, then Metalik landed a top rope elbow onto Miz for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: New Day &amp; LHP.<\/p>\n<p>-They cut to Schreiber interviewing Corbin backstage. She said Hardy said he saw Undertaker as a mentor. Corbin asked where that got him \u2013 in and out of jail, in and out of rehab. He said he\u2019ll teach Hardy a lesson in reality. He said he should follow in Undertaker\u2019s footsteps and retire.<\/p>\n<p>-They showed Braun backstage as Graves plugged that he\u2019d speak about Bray Wyatt next. [c]<\/p>\n<p>-A recap aired of Bray\u2019s segment last week.<\/p>\n<p>-A disheveled Braun made his ring entrance. He said he wanted to talk about when he first met Bray Wyatt. He said for the first time in his life, he felt fear. He said it\u2019s the type of fear that makes a grown man tremble. He said one night they were sitting on the edge of that disgusting swamp with Bray\u2019s lantern glistening. He said a snake slithered out of the swamp and Braun was going to stomp on it, but Bray stopped him and said it was his friend. The snake lashed out and bit Bray right in the face \u201cand all he did was laugh.\u201d He said the snake repeatedly bit him over and over. \u201cI knew I was in the presence of evil,\u201d he said. He said all Bray did was laugh. \u201cI knew Bray Wyatt was the devil himself. I realized Bray was the serpent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said then he started doing the devil\u2019s work. \u201cThe bad part of it all was I loved every second of it,\u201d he said. He said part of him still does. He said he has tried everything in his power to block that side of himself away. \u201cBut it calls for me,\u201d he said. He said he can\u2019t go on living like this. \u201cWhat do you say we go back to the swamp, that eerie miserable hell you call home,\u201d he said. He said there\u2019s only two ways this can turn out. He said he\u2019s either going to come out of this the most evil son of a bitch this earth has ever seen or he\u2019s coming out with the satisfaction he spit in the devil\u2019s face and ripped him limb from limb. He said he\u2019ll drag Bray into the swamp and let the alligators finish him. \u201cDo you want to go to the place of your creation? Let\u2019s go because I\u2019m ready to turn it into the place of your destruction, one more time,\u201d he said. Clips aired of Bray in the swamp. Then Bray\u2019s old laughter played over the sound system. Bray then laughed maniacally.<\/p>\n<p>-A commercial for Raw hyped a double contract signing with Drew McIntyre-Dolph Ziggler and Asuka-Sasha Banks, plus an update on Seth Rollins.<\/p>\n<p>-Mick Foley and Batista talked up Undertaker. Foley said what Undertaker did for his career can\u2019t be overstated. He said he can\u2019t imagine his career without him.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Keller\u2019s Analysis: Batista always talks like he\u2019s a disappointed parent talking quietly to a 14 year old who made a big mistake.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of &#8220;Wrestling Coast to Coast&#8221; with Chris Maitland and Justin McClelland, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/wrestling-coast-to-coast-maitland-mcclelland-on-first-eight-months-of-wweid-streaming-service-continued-chaos-more--66752261\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wrestling Coast to Coast - Maitland &amp; McClelland on first eight months of WWEID, streaming service continued chaos, more\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=66752261&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>(3) JEFF HARDY vs. KING CORBIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graves hyped that next week, Sheamus would deliver a special toast to Jeff Hardy. Corbin battered and dominated Hardy in the opening minutes. Hardy fought back at ringside and reverse-whipped Corbin into the announce desk. Corbin avoided a Whisper in the Wind and threw Hardy into the ringpost. He stood and gloated center-ring. He then kneeled and mocked Undertaker\u2019s pose as they cut to a commercial. [c]<\/p>\n<p>Hardy won with a Swanton.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Hardy in 12:00.<\/p>\n<p>-Corbin attacked Hardy after the match. A bunch of wrestlers came out to ringside. Big E attacked Corbin with a Big Ending. He called Braun into the ring. Braun gave him a powerslam. Matt Riddle was called into the ring next. He landed a Floating Bro as the wrestlers at ringside cheered him on. \u201cWhat an incredible night here on Smackdown!\u201d Cole proclaimed. Hardy stood as the wrestlers at ringside cheered him. 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