Sean Ross Sappdown Live (8/1): Nakamura vs. Cena, Styles vs. Owens, Match Ratings, More

United States Championship
AJ Styles (c) defeated Kevin Owens
5.5/10

• Kicking off the show with this is fun -- an immediate sense of importance for this show. 
• A good match to have the split screen for, too
• Styles clobbered Owens with a big clothesline. This would have been a no-no a few years ago, and I'm glad the mindset shifted.
• The idea that a while back someone heard a free speaking Mauro Ranallo and said "Nah, we'll replace him with a verbally neutered Tom Phillips" is remarkable.
• Styles won after a ref bump, but it looked like Kevin Owens had his shoulder up. 
• Byron calls JBL "Tom."
• They're really playing up the non-pin. Kevin Owens goes off on Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan

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Usos rap

• They had the crowd sold that it was New Day as they mocked the tag champs' intro.
• Usos have a new theme, and it's pretty good. They rap a solid promo to follow

Fashion Peaks

• I'm a big Twin Peaks (at least season 1) fan, so I enjoyed this. 
• A lot of references to the show. Red dancing Fandango, The Ascension with a log. This was good.

Aiden English defeated Sami Zayn

• Aiden English has beaten Randy Orton, Tye Dillinger and Sami Zayn over the last month. THE GOAT
• This was quick, and mainly served to further Zayn and Kanellis.
• The Kanelliiii come out and say they love that Zayn lost. Okay. Neat. 

Naomi & Becky Lynch defeated Carmella and Natalya
3.5/10

• A lot of Naomi's offense looks choreographed, but her finish and transition here was awesome.

 Backstage Crappenings

• Jindermania isn't running as wild as it was about 100 days ago. His promo wasn't good.

Rusev defeated Chad Gable
6/10

• I don't think Gable is going to be Jordan's Jannetty.
• Floatover belly-to-belly rolling suplexes, moonsaults, a beautiful ankle lock. Gable does it all.
• The crowd is super into this match.
• Rusev gets the win, and Gable still looked great.
• Chad Gable is such a fantastic natural babyface and looks like he was plucked from an episode of WCW Pro in March 1996.
• Rusev says everyone is afraid of him. Randy Orton comes out. Am I wrong to be disinterested in anything he does?
• Randy Orton had his chance to go after foreigners and got kicked out of the military. I see him as the Tyron Woodley of WWE at this point. He RKO's Rusev.

Shinsuke Nakamura defeated John Cena
7/10

• John Cena hit more of a belly-to-belly slam than suplex, and it was really cool.
• Nakamura is trying and motivated and that's a nice change of pace.
• Jinder is watching from a skybox with a hilariously bandaged Singh Bros.
• This is the best Nakamura we've seen on the main roster.
• Cena takes a GROSS bump. Woah. Nakamura wins. Clean as a whistle