WWE SmackDown Live Review: Results, Analysis, and Grades for October 18

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Apollo Crews vs Curt Hawkins

Result: No match

Hawkins is finally debuting his new gimmick, which is, of course, a political fact checker. His entrance music includes a voiceover of terrible, yet hilarious and timely, facts about his opponent.

Hawkins gets on the mic before the match and tells Crews to face the facts. He says he’ll be changing his name to Apollo Lose after this, meaning that Hawkins has the same level of humor as your dad.
Crews knocks Hawkins out of the ring, and then Hawkins grabbed a mic and says Crews has deprived all of us of Hawkins’ debut now. He storms off to the back, so his new gimmick involves not wrestling.

Carmella Reveals The True Nikki Bella

Apparently, Carmella is going to reveal the true Nikki Bella. She starts talking about how she hated Nikki Bella interrupting her debut at SummerSlam. Before she can say anything, Bella makes her way out.

Bella says for Carmella to finally say something to her face. Carmella says Bella can get away with anything because her boyfriend is John Cena. Carmella asks if she is trying to hide her influence, but Bella counters with the fact that they have an entire show based around it.
Bella gets Shame chants to reign down on Carmella for diminishing her accomplishments as an athlete and a woman. Carmella shows clips from Total Bellas about Nikki being a whiner, and calls it Total Need-Freak.

Nikki says she doesn’t need someone else to fight her battles for her. She fought back from her injury, she lives fearless. She isn’t afraid of a boss, a queen, and definitely not a Princess of Staten Island.

Carmella talks about how Bella used her sister, her looks, and her boyfriend to become a celebrity and a star. Scathing things from both women, as WWE continues to blur the line between kayfabe and reality even more.