Smark Out Moment

Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown for August 20, 2019 is coming to you live from the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Follow along here for ongoing coverage of the results of the show to find out what happens as things occur and chat with fellow WWE fans in the comments below!

• Randy Orton starts the show with a promo. Kofi Kingston attacks him and The Revival backed up Orton. Orton got away.
• Kevin Owens tries to appeal to Shane McMahon as a father about reconsidering his $100k fine from last week. McMahon says he'll take it under consideration.
• King of the Ring Tournament Round 1 Match: Andrade defeated Apollo Crews by pinfall to advance
• Daniel Bryan and Rowan are going to get to the bottom of the Roman Reigns attack and are interrogating someone backstage.
• Elias notices John Cone backstage hiding as Drake Maverick planned to jump him for the 24/7 title. However, the 24/7 Championship rule has been suspended for the night.
• Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross host A Moment of Bliss with Charlotte Flair as their guest. Flair talks about how she took the torch from Trish Stratus, rather than it being a "passing of the torch" moment. Bayley interrupts to say she's the champion, so she's better than Flair, who retorts that her moment was more important than Bayley's title match against Ember Moon. Now, Flair has to restore the title's prestige by beating her at Clash of Champions.
• Roman Reigns asks Buddy Murphy if he's lying to him or to Bryan and Rowan. Murphy says he's pretty sure he saw Rowan. Reigns says if he finds out he's lying again, there will be consequences.
• Buddy Murphy defeated Daniel Bryan by pinfall
• Rowan attacked Murphy backstage when he was about to be interviewed about his win.
• The Revival formally challenge The New Day for the tag titles, but Heavy Machinery came out to set up a match between the two. The Revival defeated Heavy Machinery by pinfall
• Chad Gable talks a bit about how he's been underestimated his career. Meanwhile, Shelton Benjamin puts up a sign that says "you must be at least this tall" to compete in the King of the Ring tournament to mess with him. It looks like we're getting that stupid Shorty G thing after all...
• MizTV with Sami Zayn. Blah blah. Shinsuke Nakamura comes out. Zayn says he and Nakamura are both poets and artists. They are two sides of the same coin and understand each other. Nakamura won't be speaking English anymore, as Zayn will be his manager of sorts. Nakamura attacks The Miz.
• Shane McMahon is ready to drop the fine, but not willing to shake KO's hand. He also says the next time Owens puts his hands on an official, he'll be fired.
• King of the Ring Tournament Round 1 Match: Elias defeated Kevin Owens by pinfall due to Shane McMahon getting involved while wearing a referee shirt and doing a fast count
• The dude who Bryan and Rowan were interrogating backstage and they suggest was the attacker ends up being some guy who looks just like Rowan.