What Happened Before & After SmackDown Live Went On & Off The Air

Last night’s episode of SmackDown Live emanated from The Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The dark match before last night’s episode of SmackDown Live went on the air saw The New Day defeat Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable.
The dark main event after last night’s episode of SmackDown Live went off the air saw Shinsuke Nakamura defeat Rusev by disqualification. There was a pre-match segment that saw Nakamura sing to Rusev and Aiden English, which he received a big pop for like he did earlier in the night on SmackDown. There were also a loud “we want Lana” chants during the match. Rusev pointed to the back, where Lana was, and the chants got louder but he then took a mic and announced that all we were getting is Rusev Day. Nakamura ended up getting the DQ win due to interference from English. The segment ended with Nakamura hitting a Kinshasa on English and then pinning him as the crowd counted. As previously reported, Nakamura vs. Rusev has been announced for Sunday’s Fastlane PPV after Rusev issued a challenge to Nakamura on SmackDown.