WWE Smackdown Live results and observations (6/6/17): New case rocks

WWE fans were lucky this week, as both of the company's main brands presented quality episodes of television.

While Raw put on a stellar outing Monday night, Smackdown Live put forth a pretty good showing Tuesday with a lot of newsworthy happenings, some entertaining segments and some quality wrestling.

Before I delve into my full analysis, here the full match results from the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y.:

- Natalya, Carmella & Tamina def. Naomi, Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch

- AJ Styles def. Dolph Ziggler

- Jinder Mahal def. Mojo Rawley

- The New Day vs. The Colons

- Shinsuke Nakamura def. Kevin Owens

Baron Corbin makes a statement

Although Corbin is in the Money in the Bank ladder match, he has been mostly a background player on Smackdown Live since WrestleMania season. Sure, Corbin has been consistently featured on television, but not as one of the brand's top stars.

That changed Tuesday when Corbin attacked Sami Zayn (again) backstage and hit Nakamura with the end of days after the main event.

I know WWE did this in an effort to put some steam on Corbin heading into Money in the Bank and I applaud that decision. I believe Corbin is very talented and warrants having the spotlight shone on him as one of the top heels on the blue brand.

Corbin's push Tuesday night was not only necessary for his match at Money in the Bank, but I believe it was necessary for his character overall.

Lana returns and danced into a title shot

While Corbin has put in loads of time on the main roster to get into the position he is in today, Lana has put in none — in the ring at least.

Despite Lana's lack of in-ring experience on the main roster, she returned to television Tuesday, received a big ovation from the fans and was eventually granted a match with Naomi for the Smackdown Women's title.

Smackdown Live commissioner Shane McMahon did not just up and give it to Lana. He granted her the match after Naomi, of all people, demanded it.

Lana first wanted to be added to the women's Money in the Bank match, but McMahon denied her request.

However, McMahon granted Naomi her wish and it looks like Lana's first one-on-one match on the main roster will be for a championship.

Whether Lana truly earned the title match is certainly up for debate. I could see why fans would be up in arms about this, but it is hard to say someone truly earned something in a scripted form of sports and entertainment.

No, I did not like when Mahal was granted a No. 1 contender's match out of the clear blue, but that was for storyline purposes. In storyline, Mahal never even won a match on Smackdown Live, but somehow landed in that match.

Lana, on the other hand, has far less experience than Mahal and was granted an outright championship match. Again, I understand why fans would scratch their heads, but I think the way Smackdown Live got to this point made some sense. With Mahal, it made zero sense.

Lana may not have much in-ring experience on the main roster, but she has worked numerous NXT live events in Florida over the past year to gain the experience needed to be a competent wrestler in WWE.

I have not seen any of those matches, but WWE must believe she is capable of having at least a passable match.

Now whether she could win the title or not is a different story. In a world where Mahal is the WWE champion, anything could happen I guess.

Women's Money in the Bank briefcase revealed

Elsewhere in the Smackdown women's division, we got our first look at the briefcase that will be used for the first-ever all women's Money in the Bank ladder match.

Breaking: It is white.

I know a lot of people were hoping that it wasn't pink and I don't necessarily blame them. If this were at the peak of the divas era, there may not even be a suitcase up for grabs. It might have been a purse or a handbag or something.

Regardless, the suitcase does look cool.

New Case rocks!

One of the best things going in WWE got even better Tuesday when The New Day sought the help of Breezango, aka the Fashion Police, for some intelligence on their opponents at Money in the Bank, The Usos.

But what I remember the most about this segment was everything that occurred before The Usos were even mentioned.

"There are only two places in life people get told to turn the left: When you're a model walking the runway and when you're a perp taking a mug shot. I deal with both. I'm a fashion cop," Tyler Breeze said during the film noir style opening to the segment.

"We're in black and white. We're black and … white," said Big E as The New Day transitioned from color to a black and white setting while looking at Fandango and Tyler Breeze

As far as the board, it said: Billy Kidman: "Here's lookin' at you Kid … man."

The Usos: "Anoa'ing"

Michael Hayes: "Repeat offender"

Enzo Amore: "Out of jurisdiction"

Like a typical film noir, the audience could hear Breezango's inner thoughts. The only problem was that The New Day could hear them, too, which was pretty funny.

In exchange for their services, New Day offered Breezango rompers. Fandango didn't like his romper and threw it on the ground before saying that he and Breeze didn't take bribes.

Breeze, on the other hand, was all about the romper and even put it on. Once seeing it on Breeze, Fandango immediately came around to it.

Once Breezango agreed to get on the case, they spoke to each other again with only their inner thoughts. The New Day heard them again and scurried away before everything got weirder.

As New Day left, Breezango chanted, "New case rocks" in their heads.

The Fashion Files have been a highlight on Smackdown Live for weeks, but this was probably the best installment yet. Incorporating The New Day was a move that made so much sense and definitely increased the entertainment value by a lot.

I hope these two teams interact with each other more often.

John Cena returns July 4

It's official: The face that sort of still runs the place will return to Smackdown Live July 4, which of course is Independence Day here in the United States.

It is America's most patriotic holiday and is always a good day for an American hero to return and disrupt the tyranny of a foreign menace. In this case, that American hero is Cena and that foreign menace could be Mahal.

Or it may not be. None of that may happen.

Regardless, it will be good to have Cena back in the fold on Smackdown Live.

Mojo Rawley falls short

While Cena will undoubtedly receive a hero's welcome when he returns to Smackdown Live July 4, Rawley received no such fanfare when he returned to the ring Tuesday against Mahal.

Instead, he went to the ring very little adulation from the fans and lost to the WWE champion in uneventful fashion.

Rawley's dominance over Mahal with the help of New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski feels like a distant memory at this point.

Things may seem bleak for Rawley at the moment, but I was impressed with Rawley's backstage promo before his match with Mahal because he got serious for once.

He wasn't the hype bro he's been since he has been on WWE television. Instead, he was more deliberate with his speech and serious in his tone. I actually liked it.

I know it is a departure from who Rawley actually is, but I don't think it would hurt to give Rawley a more serious tone moving forward.

Besides, he is going nowhere fast with his current persona.

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