WWE Smackdown Live results and observations (9/26/17): Kevin Owens has snapped

Although fans haven't exactly showed up in droves to watch Smackdown Live in person lately, the show itself has a couple of hot angles that are worth going out of one's way to watch on a weekly basis.

Granted, outside of those few hot angles, the rest of the show has been subpar at best, but Tuesday's show from the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz. was still an overall enjoyable watch.

Before I got further into my analysis, here are the full match results:

- Baron Corbin def. Tye Dillinger via count out

- The Usos def. The Hype Bros

- Charlotte Flair def. Carmella

- Kevin Owens def. Sami Zayn via referee stoppage

Owens has snapped and it was awesome

When Owens beat the living daylights out Vince McMahon a couple of weeks ago, I said it unlocked a side of the former Universal champion that I had been wanting to see for quite some time.

On that night, he took his intensity to another level. This week, he somehow upped the ante during and after his match against his arch nemesis, Zayn.

Zayn tried to talk some sense into Owens during the opening segment of the program, but Owens didn't want to hear any of it. Instead, he wanted to fight.

A fight was exactly what he got, as Smackdown Live general manager Daniel Bryan booked Owens and Zayn against each other for the main event.

As usual, Owens and Zayn delivered in the ring. The match came to a screeching halt, however, when Owens hit Zayn with a power bomb on the ring apron, in a scene that is all too familiar to those that have followed each man's careers.

Zayn sold his injured back beautifully while medical personnel checked on him. While that was happening, Owens sat back and watched it all play out as a sinister calm came over him.

Owens ramped up the intensity again, however, as he attacked Zayn while the medical personnel attempted to take him out of the arena.

Owens then grabbed a steal chair, wrapped it around Zayn's neck and attempted to toss him into the ring post. That was until Shane McMahon's music played and the Smackdown Live commissioner made his way to the ring.

Owens yelled an obscenity, picked up Zayn while the chair was still around his neck and tossed him right into Shane McMahon as he sprinted toward the ring. It looked like the chair caught Shane McMahon right in the mouth.

Meanwhile, Owens bolted out of the ringside area through the crowd.

This was fantastic and it was mostly due to the tremendous work of Owens. What we saw Tuesday was Owens at his very best: an intense psychopath that has no heart, no fear, but is full of malice.

He plays the role to a tee and it only makes me wonder what he could possibly have up his sleeve at Hell in a Cell.

This is the most excited I have been for a Hell in a Cell match in a long, long time.

The New Day, The Usos to meet inside Hell in a Cell

Speaking of Hell in a Cell, there will be at least one more match taking place inside the structure and that is the Smackdown Tag Team title bout between The New Day and The Usos.

I have been calling for this for weeks and I fully support WWE's decision to put these two teams inside the structure.

Outside of Owens versus Shane McMahon, the New Day-Usos feud is the only other story on Smackdown Live that is worthy of venturing into the structure. I can't even say that about the WWE title feud.

The New Day and The Usos spent the entire summer tearing down one house after another and it is only right that their feud culminates in a match that could bring out even more from the two teams.

I can't wait to see what these teams have in store for Hell in a Cell.

Shinsuke Nakamura finally takes down Jinder Mahal

Oh, yeah. There is a WWE championship match at Hell in a Cell, too.

You would not know by the way Smackdown Live has presented the title last couple of weeks, as it has become a bit of an afterthought.

It didn't help that Mahal's promo last week stepped over a few racial lines and sparked a storm of controversy.

What did WWE do to rebound from that this week? The same exact segment it did last week, except with less racism and more Nakamura.

It took a while, but Nakamura finally did something about Mahal making fun of his facial expressions.

Nakamura made his entrance, beat everyone up and restored order to things on the blue brand. I guess that is how we're all supposed to look at it.

Hopefully, this feud comes to an end at Hell in a Cell and has Nakamura standing tall with the WWE title. It's about time.

AJ Styles vs. Corbin at Hell in a Cell

Another title match scheduled for Hell in a Cell is Styles defending his United States championship against Corbin.

Corbin and Dillinger had a decent match that ended in a count out, and that is about all there is to say about what happened with these men Tuesday night.

Bobby Roode finally confronted Dolph Ziggler

We all saw this coming, right? I know I did.

From the very first time Ziggler mentioned WWE being full of silly gimmicks and overdramatic entrances, I knew that this would eventually lead to Roode wanting to shut Ziggler up.

And that is exactly what happened Tuesday, as Ziggler imitated The Undertaker by wearing a jacket that was way too big and a pair of Chuck Taylor All Stars to the ring.

Roode eventually came out and challenged Ziggler to back up his talk about no one being better in the ring than he is. Ziggler accepted.

Randy Orton ruined Rusev Day

The people of Bulgaria are probably outraged after Orton ruined such a beautiful ceremony celebrating Rusev's triumph last week.

Aiden English helped bring the ceremony to life by lending his melodious voice to the proceedings. Rusev was then handed the key to the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria by the city's mayor. Sept. 26 was then declared Rusev Day in the city.

But Orton slithered into the ring and delivered an RKO to English before delivering another one to Rusev.

Darn shame, in my opinion.

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