Prior to their highly-personal scheduled match getting under way, Natalya attacked Nikki Bella backstage. This left Nikki in a fit of rage, causing her to lunge at Natalya before the bell could even officially ring on their match. Fearless Nikki went berserk on The Queen Harts for a period of time until Natalya was able to pry away from the security trying to separate the Superstars, connect with a blindside chop block to Nikki and then lock in the Sharpshooter.

Natalya eventually relinquished the Sharpshooter, but not before doing a ton of damage in the process.

Following a loss to Baron Corbin last week, Dolph Ziggler attacked Kalisto and Apollo Crews. As a result, Kalisto demanded a match against The Showoff. Perhaps it wasn’t the wisest decision.

Despite the fact that Ziggler’s newfound aggression allowed him to dominate the majority of their match, in the end his masked opponent was able to pull out a quick victory. As the dust cleared, however, an infuriated Ziggler wasted no time making Kalisto pay by attacking him relentlessly with a chair. While Crews came to Kalisto’s aid, Ziggler used the chair to take him out as well, before giving one final blow to Kalisto with the dreaded chair.

In SmackDown LIVE’s main event, the leader of the Cenation went to war with The Lone Wolf for the first time, with WWE Champion AJ Styles lurking in the wings. In the height of the knockdown, drag-out match that followed, John Cena ultimately triumphed with an Attitude Adjustment.

With Baron Corbin momentarily tamed, Cena and Styles ended SmackDown LIVE staring each other down, poised to battle for the WWE Title at Royal Rumble on Jan. 29.