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If you did not watch SmackDown on Tuesday and have come here to read about the show, consider yourself lucky because it was a completely worthless two hours filled with barely any storyline development and little in the way of entertainment.

In fact, you could have skipped WWE's primary television programs this week and no worse off as a fan because the company once again decided to mail it in while overseas in London at the O2 Arena. For fans in attendance, it was likely a good time, but those following along at home truly had nothing to latch onto other than Roman Reigns' devastating beat down of Braun Strowman on Monday night during Raw.

Anyway, here's what happened on Tuesday night's show along with some thoughts peppered throughout -- if you can stand the sarcasm.

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WWE SmackDown results, review

Confrontation -- Randy Orton, Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens, AJ Styles, Baron Corbin and Sami Zayn: In the ring, Orton blamed Mahal as the sole reason he lost at Payback. Mahal's music hit and he provided a tempered-down response as he strode down the ramp. With Mahal at ringside, Owens bragged about ending Chris Jericho's career, claimed Styles was next and added that he would be going after the WWE title next. Styles refuted that claim. As Corbin began entering the arena, Zayn attacked him. Though no commissioner or general manager showed up, it was obvious a six-man tag would be set for the main event, which it was after the commercial break.

Natalya def. Becky Lynch via pinfall: The rest of the women's division was at ringside. With Lynch distracted by the action outside the ring while on the middle rope, Natalya simply pulled her down on her back and got the 1-2-3. Naomi and Charlotte Flair got into an argument about the result backstage, so Lynch brought them back together and got them to agree to an obvious six-woman tag team match at Backlash.

We've seen 15 performers over the first two segments of the show for no good reason whatsoever. Couple that with an awful finish to a match and this is shaping up to be an epically bad SmackDown.

Fashion Files, Part II: Dressed as a British detective and officer, Breezango found face paint on the floor and thought they located The Usos but instead came across The Ascension getting hyped in a small metal closet.

Erick Rowan def. Luke Harper via pinfall: With the referee's back turned as he removed the mask Rowan tried to use, Rowan hit Harper with a thumb to the eye and pinned him following a spinning slam.

Perhaps the most worthless match WWE has put on television in a while, particularly since Harper is a better worker and has some mic skills -- he's a guy that needs as many wins as he can get and should go over.

Confrontation -- Dolph Ziggler and Shinsuke Nakamura: Ziggler called the crowd hypocrites for not caring about a guy who has been grinding for eight years but cheering Nakamura, who hasn't even had a match on SmackDown. "I suffer for my art in this ring, but I sure don't call myself, 'The Artist.' That's pathetic," Ziggler said. When Ziggler said it was time to put up or shut up, Nakamura called for a referee and got ready, but Ziggler backed out. Ziggler said he would fight when he was ready and claimed he would expose Nakamura as a fraud at Backlash. Ziggler attacked Nakamura after that, but Nakamura quickly got the upper hand and chased Ziggler out of the ring.

Backstage -- Sami Zayn, Randy Orton and AJ Styles: Zayn geeked out about his team for the evening and tried to set up their plan for the evening. As he closed his eyes to visualize the victory, Orton and Styles disappeared.

The two best segments of the show, and that's saying something considering they were relatively weak. It was the best Ziggler-Nakamura work yet, and Zayn elicited a slight chuckle with his fanboy hyperactivity.

Breezango def. The Ascension via pinfall: Fandango hit The Last Dance for the victory. The Usos came out after the match and aggressively trash talked Breezango. "It's not paranoia, it's The Usos," they said.

Backstage -- Mojo Rawley: Rawley stopped a tour he was giving to four random children to tell the kids a story about Andre the Giant and how he was bullied because he was different. He then showed them the trophy, and after scaring a kid, got kicked in the shin by the boy.

Right after the strongest segment of the show was the weakest possibly in SmackDown history. Holy cow.

Taped promo -- Rusev: Upset that commissioner Shane McMahon had not responded to his demand for a title match, Rusev said he would appear at SmackDown next week because being ignored was even worse than getting turned down.

Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens & Baron Corbin def. Randy Orton, AJ Styles and Sami Zayn via pinfall: Zayn's nose bled after a hard hit during the match. Styles got the first hot tag. Owens impeded a Phenomenal Forearm attempt by knocking Styles off the top rope while the referee's back was turned. Orton got the second hot tag and cleared the ring until the Singh Brothers interfered and allowed Mahal to take a cheap shot. Orton hit Owens with an RKO, but Mahal came up from behind with the Cobra Clutch Slam for the win.