Days removed from the 2014 WWE Night of Champions pay-per-view, WWE Friday Night SmackDown kicked off with The Miz calling out Dean Ambrose, the Miz still miffed that "The Lunatic Fringe" attacked him on WWE Main Event during the "Miz TV" segment, challenging Ambrose to match.

Ambrose ended up defeating The Miz after nailing him with his Dirty Deeds finisher. After the match, The Authority's Seth Rollins and Kane ambushed Ambrose, who ended up stealing Rollins' Money In The Bank (MITB) suitcase during the attack and escaping through the crowd after their two-on-one sneak attack.

Cesaro won the #1 Contenders Over-The-Rope Battle Royal to determine WWE Intercontinental Champion's Dolph Ziggler's next rival later in the night, beating out Los Matadores, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, Damien Mizdow, Heath Slater, Xavier Woods, Bo Dallas, Zack Ryder, Big E and Jack Swagger for the title shot.

At one point in the Battle Royal, Cesaro Gorilla Pressed Big E over the top rope to take him out of the Battle Royal. Cesaro won the bout after doing the same to Kofi Kingston, flinging him onto Swagger who was on the ring apron, eliminating them both in the process to earn the opportunity to face Ziggler for his championship belt later in the night.

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The Usos defeated the WWE Tag Team Champions, Goldust and Stardust, by disqualification in a title rematch from their Night of Champions bout after the Usos hit Stardust with a Doomsday Device, followed up by Superfly Body Splash only to have Goldust interrupt the pin by hitting one of the Usos with the belt over his head. Despite winning the match, Goldust and Stardust retain the championship due the fact that a title cannot change hands by disqualification.

Dolph Ziggler retained his WWE Intercontinental Championship defeating Cesaro in the title bout. Cesaro reversed Ziggler's Fameasser into a Power-Bomb only to have "The Showoff" counter the move into a Sunset Flip to score the pin to fend off the challenger.

In the main event, The Big Show beat Rusev by disqualification. Big Show managed to bully the European strongman with his sheer size throughout the match before Rusev fought back attacking Big Show's legs. Big Show recovered and Choke-Slammed Rusev, setting him up for the WMD. Lana attempted to stop Big Show from hitting his finisher, grabbing onto his leg only to get dragged into the ring, buying Rusev enough time for him to grab the Russian flag and beat Big Show with it to cause the referee to call for the disqualification. Rusev then went for a Super Kick, only for Big Show to block it and hit him with the WMD, laying Rusev out to end the show.

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