Superstars to fight for WWE World Championship on Sunday night
Thursday 8 September 2016 09:30, UK
WWE World Champion Dean Ambrose came to blows with his Backlash opponent AJ Styles during a face-to-face on Tuesday night's edition of Smackdown.
Ambrose wound up Styles by presenting him with a "bowling" trophy, insisting that was the only thing The Phenomenal One would ever win.
Styles responded by rattling off his list of achievements, including pinning John Cena at SummerSlam, as the rivals got more and more heated.
Styles then struck Ambrose with a low blow and broke his trophy over the champion's back to wrestle the momentum ahead of Sunday's Sky Sports Box Office showdown.
The Georgian will be looking to claim his first world title in WWE this weekend - but Nikki Bella, Natalya, Naomi, Carmella, Becky Lynch and Alexa Bliss will be aiming to become Smackdown's inaugural Women's Champion.
The six competitors locked horns twice on Smackdown, firstly when a forum descended into a brawl and then when they met in a three-on-three tag-team encounter.
Carmella, Natalaya and Bliss tackled Bella, Lynch and Naomi, with Carmellla securing the win for her team when she forced Bella to tap out to the Code of Silence.
Elsewhere, The Miz - who will defend the Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler at Backlash - beat Apollo Crews in singles competition with a Skull-Crushing Finale.
However, the champion chose not to retrieve his belt when Ziggler stood over it in the ring after the match, instead sending his wife, Maryse, to collect his gold.
Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt also vowed to defeat each other at Backlash, while it was revealed that Curt Hawkins would make his Smackdown return on next Tuesday's show.
WWE Backlash booking details
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