WWE SmackDown Spoilers, Results for May 1, 2014: The Shield's Dean Ambrose Defends US Title in Fatal Four-Way Match [Video]
Friday Night SmackDown kicked off with a momentous start as Hornswoggle and El Torito met in the middle of the ring — with booster chairs and all — for the contract signing to their historic WeeLC match. After putting his hoofprint to paper to make the match official, chaos ensued with Los Matadores and El Torito clearing out the ring.
Jack Swagger lost to Rob Van Dam after Swagger was distracted by his former Real American tag team partner, Cesaro. RVD hit the Five-Star Frog Splash to earn the victory but was attacked by Cesaro after the match.
Alexander Rusev defeated R-Truth after his protege and tag team partner Xavier Woods interfered in the match to provoke a disqualification.
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan, who came out to the ring, still sporting a neck brace after Kane attempted to put the champion through a table with a Tombstone Piledriver, warned the WWE director of operations not to lay a hand on his wife, E! Total Divas' Brie Bella. Kane interrupted him, showing a montage on the TitanTron of his recent path of destruction.
The Wyatts defeated the WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos and Sheamus in Six-Man Tag Team match. Sheamus hit Erick Rowan of the Wyatts with a Brogue Kicked but Bray Wyatt made a blind tag and nailed the "Celtic Warrior" with a Sister Abigail for the pin. After the match, Wyatt fed The Usos to his vultures, who mauled the champions before leaving the ring.
Alexander Rusev was backstage, demanding a rematch against R-Truth, after getting jumped by R-Truth and Xavier Woods earlier in the night.
Dolph Ziggler beat Damien Sandow — who came to the ring dressed as X-Men character Magneto. Sandow got tangled up in his super-villain cape allowing for Ziggler to defeat his foe with a Zig-Zag for the win.
Alexander Rusev defeated R-Truth, in a rematch from earlier in the night, by disqualification after Xavier Woods interfered in the match.
Intercontinental Champion Big E defeated Titus O'Neil after O'Neil would not break the count and got himself disqualified. O'Neil threw the champion over the announcers table, after the match, before Big E recovered and destroyed his challenger in a brawl after the bout.
United States Champion Dean Ambrose of The Shield made a rare title defense in a Fatal Fouway match — beating Alberto Del Rio, Ryback and Curtis Axel in the main event. Ryback attempted to pin Ambrose, but Axel stopped the count, allowing for Ambrose to recover and sneak away with the win with a roll-up pin. After the match, Ambrose was attacked by his challengers, only to have the other members of The Shield — Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns — save the day to end the show, celebrating, yet again, over the remains of their opponents.