This week’s episode of WWE SmackDown continues the fallout from WWE Crown Jewel in Perth. The Wyatt Sicks confronted the dominating MFT stable and one superstar — Ilja Dragunov — made his triumphant return. Keep reading for this week’s SmackDown results.
Ilja Dragunov is Back
On SmackDown, an open challenge for the United States Championship was held, per GM Nick Aldis’ orders. The Miz wanted to answer the call, referring to the treatment of the title lately as “unacceptable.” Unfortunately, he was attacked on his way to the ring by Carmelo Hayes. Dragunov was revealed as Sami Zayn’s opponent instead. Dragunov didn’t hold back in his return either. Last September, he suffered a torn ACL in a match with Gunther. It cut his momentum as a main roster star extremely short. Reports of “The Ma