{"id":59599,"date":"2018-05-08T02:13:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T07:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=59599"},"modified":"2018-05-08T02:13:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T07:13:27","slug":"5-7-wwe-in-allentown-pa-styles-anderson-gallows-vs-nakamura-sheamus-cesaro-miz-tv-with-daniel-bryan-carmella-vs-charlotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/05\/08\/5-7-wwe-in-allentown-pa-styles-anderson-gallows-vs-nakamura-sheamus-cesaro-miz-tv-with-daniel-bryan-carmella-vs-charlotte\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/7 WWE in Allentown, Pa.: Styles &#038; Anderson &#038; Gallows vs. Nakamura &#038; Sheamus &#038; Cesaro, Miz TV with Daniel Bryan, Carmella vs. Charlotte"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2328890833\" 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><h3>WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE EVENT REPORT<br \/>\nMAY 7, 2018<br \/>\nALLENTOWN, PA. AT PPL CENTER<br \/>\nREPORT BY ADAM, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<p>The arena, which holds up to 10,000, was about half full. The show ran from 7:30 t0 10:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Byron Saxton was the ring announcer.<\/p>\n<p>You were able to vote for which WrestleMania 34 match you watched prior to the show. The winning match was Ronda Rousey &amp; Kurt Angle vs. Triple H &amp; Stephanie McMahon, but it was a five minute abbreviated version.<\/p>\n<p>(1) The Bludgeon Brothers (Luke Harper &amp; Erick Rowan) defeated The Usos and The New Day (Kofi Kingston &amp; Big E w\/Xavier Woods) and Rusev &amp; Aiden English to retain the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Titles. Everyone cheered for Rusev Day. The New Day still get a pop from the crowds. In the beginning, Harper and Rowan stayed on the floor while the other three teams did some comedy in the ring. After three minutes, Harper and Rowan took everyone out and controlled the ring for five minutes. After a flurry of back and forth between the teams, Bludgeon Brothers pinned Rusev with their double team to retain.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Big Cass pinned Tye Dillinger.\u00a0Back and forth match with Tye going after Cass\u2019s knee. In the end, Cass won with a big boot.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Naomi &amp; Becky Lynch &amp; Asuka beat Sonya Deville &amp; Mandy Rose &amp; Lana.\u00a0Sonya and Mandy came out to their own individual music, so no more Absolution.\u00a0The crowd loved Becky and people danced to Naomi\u2019s entrance. Becky took the mid-match beating and then tagged in Asuka to clean house.\u00a0Asuka won with the Asuka Lock on Mandy Rose.<\/p>\n<p>On the video board: Samoa Joe cut a promo for the U.S. Championship match against Jeff Hardy later in the evening<\/p>\n<p>Miz TV:\u00a0The Miz spoke about their past from NXT and the Talking Smack segment. The Miz played the insincere heel and said he wanted to &#8220;be friends with Daniel.&#8221;\u00a0Daniel punched Miz, did the \u201cYes\u201d Kicks, and then did the \u201cKnee-Plus.\u201d They may be going for that feud for Summerslam.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-659698370\" 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>(4) Jeff Hardy defeated Samoa Joe and Shelton Benjamin and Jeff Hardy in a Fatal Four-way to retain the U.S. Title. Hardy touched every fans\u2019 hands all around the front row all the way around the ramp and ring before the match. Even after 20 years, you can tell he still loves this and the people just connect with him.\u00a0At the start of the match, Jeff was double teamed by Joe and Shelton.\u00a0Joe then knocked Shelton out of the ring and controlled Hardy for five minutes.\u00a0Shelton came in and broke up a count. Both Joe and Shelton fought which gave Jeff a chance to hit the \u201cWhisper in the Wind\u201d on both of them.\u00a0Jeff then hit all of his moves and in the end hit the Swanton Bomb on Shelton for the win.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Carmella pinned Charlotte to retain the Smackdown Women&#8217;s Title.\u00a0Charlotte came out to \u201cWooos&#8221; everywhere.\u00a0The IIconics came out, made fun of Charlotte, and then introduced Carmella.\u00a0Carmella came out and paraded around with the title. They did formal ring introductions.\u00a0During the match, every time Charlotte got the upper hand, the IIconics would interfere.\u00a0After another distraction from the IIconics, Carmella won with a quick roll up for the win.<\/p>\n<p>(7) A.J. Styles &amp; Luke Gallows &amp; Karl Anderson beat Shinsuke Nakamura &amp; The Bar (Sheamus &amp; Cesaro).\u00a0Although Shinsuke had the remixed theme, everyone watched his entrance, no matter what. I\u2019m a huge fan of the remix.\u00a0After Gallows and Anderson came out, A.J. Styles got a big pop.\u00a0Shinsuke and A.J. were in the ring to start the match, but Shinsuke tagged out right away.\u00a0After a few minutes of Gallows and Anderson controlling the match, the heels took over on Anderson and beat him down for ten minutes.\u00a0At this point, Shinsuke tagged in once for a minute and A.J. only started the match for a minute.\u00a0Then Shinsuke tagged in and hit A.J. on the apron. After a few more minutes Karl finally tagged in Luke Gallows. He cleared the ring of the heels and after a few minutes, A.J. hit the \u201cPhenomenal Forearm\u201d on Cesaro for the win.<\/p>\n<p>Overall Pops of the Night:<br \/>\n(1) Daniel Bryan<br \/>\n(2) AJ Styles<br \/>\n(3) Jeff Hardy<\/p>\n<p>Overall Boos:<br \/>\n(1) The Miz<br \/>\n(2) Big Cass<br \/>\n(3) Bludgeon Brothers<\/p>\n<p>FINAL THOUGHTS: Overall, a good night of action and at least the stars appeared. The faces were cheered and the heels booed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS RECENT REPORT:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/05\/02\/5-2-wwe-smackdown-holt-report-in-montreal-on-site-correspondent-details-what-happened-off-live-tv-bryan-vs-nakamura\/\">5\/2 WWE Smackdown HOLT Report in Montreal: On-site correspondent details what happened off live TV, Bryan vs. Nakamura<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3415380695\"><div id=\"pwtor-1893094350\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE EVENT REPORT MAY 7, 2018 ALLENTOWN, PA. 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