Further WWE Smackdown Live Results:
Andrade “Cien” Almas w/ Zelina Vega vs Jake Constantino
Almas destroys Constantino with a back elbow. Almas gets distracted congratulating himself. Constantino dropkicks Almas and goes for a cover. Almas kicks out. Almas almost chops Constantino in half. Almas hits Meteora followed by the Hammerlock DDT for the win.
Winner- Andrade “Cien” Almas
After the match, Vega says they were expecting more. Vega says they want more. They didn’t come to Smackdown Live to play nice, they came to take over.
Backstage, Aiden English has a mini shrine set up for Rusev. English is about to sing but Lana walks in. Lana tells Rusev and English that she has a qualifying match for the Women’s MITB next week against Billy Kay. Lana says they will be the first Mr. and Mrs. MITB.
The Royal ‘Mellabration
Carmella is introduced by a guy dressed like it’s 1776. Carmella says she want sot to give us the chance for everyone to show her how much we all love her. Carmella says we can have 15 seconds to shower her with adulation. The crowd boos. Carmella demands that everyone bows down before her. Carmella says she knows the crowd is just like every woman in the back. None of them think she deserves to be champion. Carmella says she is better than everyone. Carmella names all the women she is better than, including Ronda Rousey and Trish Stratus and Lita combined. Paige comes out and joins Carmella in the ring. Paige says she heard Carmella says she is better than anyone. Paige says she is here to announce Carmella’s opponent for MITB. Carmella says she isn’t defending her title at MITB. Paige tells Carmella that she is. Carmella’s opponent will be Asuka. Asuka struts down to the ring. Asuka gets in Carmella’s face. Carmella grabs her title and hightails it out of the ring.
One small (moon)walk for man, one giant leap for CARMELLA-KIND! #SDLive #RoyalMellabration @CarmellaWWE pic.twitter.com/3T2FS230q2
— WWE (@WWE) May 16, 2018
