Rollins creates more animosity with Cody, Orton

"SmackDown" did a large occupation this week of making adjacent week's amusement consciousness similar an hold of Crown Jewel -- with Premium Live Event-level matches besides successful Perth connected the time earlier the existent PLE.

We besides got a archetypal successful WWE history. Well, almost. But we besides saw The Vision prime up a monolithic triumph portion Seth Rollins continues to question himself and beryllium fueled by his tendency for revenge and validation.

Oct. 3 "SmackDown" results

• Men's U.S. champ Sami Zayn def. Aleister Black

• Sol Ruca and Zaria def. Chelsea Green and Alba Fyre

• Rey Fenix and Je'Von Evans def. Los Garza

• The Vision def. Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton

Seth Rollins' interference creates much animosity with Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton

WAIT A MINUTE!@WWERollins conscionable STOMPED @RandyOrton 🤯 pic.twitter.com/KF4ixcN63J

Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker defeated Rhodes and Orton aft Rollins interfered successful the match, delivering a stomp connected Orton. That was an absorbing end, due to the fact that it adds different furniture of animosity betwixt Rollins and Orton going into the lucifer betwixt Rollins and Cody Rhodes astatine Crown Jewell. After the match, Rollins went backmost into the ringing to stomp Rhodes but got a Cross Rhodes for his trouble. After Crown Jewel, Orton tin beryllium a lucifer connected "Raw" oregon "SmackDown" against Rollins, and a aboriginal rubric challenger for Rhodes. Paul Heyman urging Rollins not to spell aft Rhodes, saying "he's successful your head" was a bully touch, arsenic it leaves a batch of country for Rollins to perchance marque a akin mistake successful judgement successful their lucifer astatine Crown Jewel.

Other takeaways/storylines

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• The Sami Zayn U.S. Title Open Challenge was a conveyance to further 2 abstracted feuds this week. First, Carmelo Hayes demanded different changeable earlier being attacked by The Miz, who, aft Hayes said their squad was done earlier, near Hayes laying with a Skull Crushing Finale. Then, Aleister Black walked retired and took the situation (as Michael Cole said connected commentary, his first-ever WWE rubric changeable connected "Raw" oregon "SmackDown). Damien Priest distracted Black, allowing Zayn to onshore a Helluva Kick and Blue Thunder Bomb to clasp the title. Whether it's helping to showcase oregon elevate talent, bolster a rivalry oregon conscionable for a terrific match, The U.S. Title Open Challenge continues to beryllium a monolithic deed connected "SmackDown."

WOOOOO!@MsCharlotteWWE and @AlexaBliss_WWE were impressed by @SolRucaWWE and @ZariaWWE_ 👏 pic.twitter.com/CbVO82X8u8

• The parallel maturation of Sol Ruca and Zaria arsenic rubric challengers, broadside by broadside with the increasing squad chemistry of Charlotte and Alexa Bliss, is simply a precise entertaining storyline. It feels similar this lucifer could hap astatine Survivor Series.

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• Tiffany Stratton and Stephanie Vaquer made it authoritative for their lucifer astatine Crown Jewel and we yet had a WWE declaration signing without immoderate physicality ... until Stratton near the ringing and was attacked by Giulia and Kiana James. It feels similar Giulia volition decidedly origin into the lucifer astatine Crown Jewel, wherever she could past look Stratton for the WWE Women's Championship.