{"id":58928,"date":"2025-10-23T12:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dragunov-us-champion-rhodes-dq-and-more-wwe-smackdown-recap-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:04:23","slug":"dragunov-us-champion-rhodes-dq-and-more-wwe-smackdown-recap-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wwe\/dragunov-us-champion-rhodes-dq-and-more-wwe-smackdown-recap-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragunov US Champion, Rhodes DQ and more: WWE SmackDown Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"The last episode of &#8220;SmackDown&#8221; presented ups and downs, although it crowned a new champion and offered exciting moments.\n\n<h2>Dragunov Crowned Champion<\/h2>\n\nIlja Dragunov, in his return, defeated Sami Zayn to conquer the WWE United States Championship. The match was intense and marked a high point in the event.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nThe content of this tweet cannot be displayed.\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss defeated Zaria and Sol Ruca.<\/li><li>Ilja Dragunov defeated Sami Zayn to become the new United States Champion.<\/li><li>Motor City Machine Guns defeated Los Garza.<\/li><li>Drew McIntyre defeated Cody Rhodes by disqualification.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>Cody Rhodes: A New Villain?<\/h2>\n\nCody Rhodes showed a more aggressive side, using the championship as a weapon against McIntyre. This generated speculation about a possible character change towards the dark side. However, given his current role, this transformation seems unlikely.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nThe content of this tweet cannot be displayed.\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\nThe rivalry between McIntyre and Rhodes remains unresolved, and a number one contender was not determined on &#8220;SmackDown.&#8221; Jacob Fatu suffered a backstage attack, preventing him from participating in the match for the contender spot.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nThe content of this tweet cannot be displayed.\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\nDragunov returned to action after an injury. His victory over Zayn was surprising and opens up new possibilities, including a rivalry between Zayn and Sikoa. The MFTs have also generated conflicts with several wrestlers, which could lead to exciting matchups at Survivor Series: WarGames.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nThe content of this tweet cannot be displayed.\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\nSami Zayn demonstrated his ability to deliver quality matches. Blake Monroe was present, observing Sol Ruca, whom he will challenge for the NXT Women&#8217;s Championship.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nThe content of this tweet cannot be displayed.\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\nThe match between Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss against Zaria and Sol Ruca seemed rushed, diminishing the impact of the future NXT title match.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last episode of &#8220;SmackDown&#8221; presented ups and downs, although it crowned a new champion and offered exciting moments. Dragunov Crowned Champion Ilja Dragunov, in his return, defeated Sami Zayn to conquer the WWE United States Championship. The match was intense and marked a high point in the event. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss defeated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[195,9934,9256,191],"class_list":{"0":"post-58928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wwe","7":"tag-cody-rhodes","8":"tag-ilja-dragunov","9":"tag-smackdown","10":"tag-wwe"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}