SMACKDOWN LIVE Results - September 10, 2019

Christian Pieper gets some payback in singles action against Ben Conners! RJ Stagg is on the hunt for T-Dog, and the OFFICIAL CONTRACT SIGNING FOR PIEPER VS COX!

Smackdown Opener; "This war has only JUST BEGUN!"

The show opens up with an irate RJ Stagg storming down to the ring, wasting no time to get into the ring and grab a microphone. The fans boo at Stagg, which only angers him even more as he starts to scream at the audience to shut up and that this entire situation with T-Dog is absolute BS.

"Ya know, I get it. I now know what Tom Brady felt like when Roger Goodell forced him to suffer through Deflategate. This is the biggest scandal in the history of this industry. So, you're telling me that for 2 and a half years, T-Dog KNEW he was Doc Bryans bastard son and he waited until MY WEDDING to spring that crap? Heh. And THEN he uses his clear bias against me to remove me from the Predictions World Cup on no basis whatsoever, other than the fact that I have beaten every single jackass in this organization and are the clear odds on favorite to win this cup. This right here isn't just a scandal, this right here is Bastard-gate!" - RJ Stagg

RJ Stagg pauses for a second to smugly look at the crowd after the booing becomes almost deafening.

"But don't worry. My legal team is swiftly on the case right now. If you think this is over, then you're gonna be looking at a situation that's ALL TOO FAMILIAR when I whoop you and this company's ass and take back the company that was rightfully mine!! And if you all don't like it, tough sh**!!" - RJ Stagg

Stagg paces back and forth, not listening to a word the fans are saying and just continues to rattle on about how he was robbed of his opportunity to make history in WWEP, and that when the dummies finally realize what kind of leader, or so called leader, T-Dog really is...they will be begging for him to take over the reigns from the lovechild of McCauley Culkin and his brick. Before Stagg can continue on much longer though, the World Heavyweight Champion Matt Charles comes storming out through the curtain and down to the ring with wide eyes, staring at an unimpressed and annoyed Stagg. Matt grabs a microphone as soon as he gets into the ring and steps face to face with Stagg, which still seems to only get about 25 percent of Stagg's attention.

"Shut up, shut up. Don't say nothing. You know I've worked a long time to get to this point in my life, and while pieces of trash like you were just handed everything on a silver platter, I had to bust my damn ass to get to this point right here. Ya see this belt right here? Huh? That's right. I'M THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. I am a TWO TIME World Heavyweight Champion. And let me just explain a few things to you, Stagg. Ya see when I won this belt for the first time, I wasn't ready. I'll admit it. I wasn't ready. I wasn't prepared for what was to come and what being a world champion truly meant. So when I lost it I kept looking around at EVERRRRYONEEE ELSE, but myself, and thinking it was all them the reason I lost my belt. And until I woke up and looked at myself in the mirror and made it a mission to get this belt back, truly coming to the realization that this belt comes and goes from my waist because of what I do and how I prepare and how I perform. Nothing else. This belt doesn't leave my waist UNTIL I LET IT...LEAVE MY WAIST. And brother, let me tell you something...that is GONNA BE A LONG LONG LONGGGG TIME." - Matt Charles

Stagg smugly starts to smile and discount everything that Matt is saying, but Matt gets back into his face.

"See, that right there! That right there! That is why I NEEEEED to beat you this Sunday, and that is why I am gonna beat you this Sunday. Because on Monday morning, if you don't have this belt right here, which you won't, but if you don't have this belt right here it doesn't matter. It doesn't even matter. Because being the world champion, doesn't seem to mean much of anything to you. It's a little side note. It's a little secondary plot. You still have your little game of whose swinging the bigger pipe to play with T-Dog...and your wife...and the board of directors....and EVERRRRYBODYYYY ELSE. That's what's on your mind. And that's why you're not taking this away from me on Sunday night. Stagg, I don't give a damn about running this company. I don't give a damn who is running this company. Because at the end of the day, this BELT RIGHT HERE is ALLLL that matters. I don't care to be anyone or anything else in this world, but the W W E P WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. And whether you like it or not...and wipe that stupid grin off your face. Whether you like it or not, there's nothing in this world that you could do to take this belt away from me. Nothing. Because like I said, I may have lost the belt before...but I am prepared as I will ever be right now, and this belt isn't going ANYYYYYWHERE!!!" - Matt Charles

Stagg with his arrogant smile shakes his head and puts his hand on Matt's shoulder, which Matt immediately shrugs off.

"Matt Matt Matt. It's not that I'm not taking this match seriously, it's just that I know I'm beating you. It's been played out before. I already know the outcome. I beat your ass before, and I'll beat your ass again. Heh. Only this time...I might wear your little belt when I'm screwing your girl" - RJ Stagg

Matt goes into a rage and goes to swing the title belt at RJ's head, but Stagg quickly ducks underneath the shot once again, kicks him in the gut, swipes the title belt from Matt, and then slams HIM in the face with it! Matt falls down like a ton of bricks and Stagg throws his arms up in the air, holding the World Heavyweight Championship belt ONCE AGAIN! Commentary sells to the audience how once again Stagg has outsmarted and outperformed the world champion, and builds the doubt that maybe Matt truly can't beat RJ Stagg. Stagg throws the title belt down on Matt's body before turning to the camera and screaming, "THE WAR HAS JUST BEGUN T-DOG! YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT!" Stagg storms out of the ring and up the ramp as Matt slowly starts coming back to himself, clearly still very dazed and confused from the vicious headshot with the world title belt.

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Backstage Segment; "I would never let THIS HAPPEN!"

Cameras abruptly switch to the backstage locker room where Christian Pieper is in his brother Adam's face, screaming at him that he should've never let that happen to their mother last Tuesday night! Stewart just stands there with a psychotic look on his face, taking in everything his brother is screaming at him, only getting Christian even more riled up.

"I had to sit there in that court room and watch mom have to relive all of this and THEN them two sons of bitches come out walking scot free! I'm not gonna let that happen! You shouldn't have let that happen, Adam! What the hell is wrong with you?! I don't care if I would've went to jail...I don't care if I would've lost that stupid title belt, I would've ran my ass down there and beat the hell out of both them bastards before they ever did any of that to mom! You had a duty Adam to watch out for her, and you didn't. I swear to god, if I ever have to see her look like that again I will put anyone in the god da** grave! Screw that title! Screw this business! That's our blood! You don't mess with our blood! You know that Adam! God!" - Christian Pieper

Christian goes to storm out of the room but before he walks out the door, he slowly turns around and gets face to face with his brother Adam.

*breathing heavily* "And tonight...I'm gonna make that son of a bitch pay for what he did to our mother. And if anyone else steps in my way, I don't care if I'm pulled out of here by security or not, I'm running them down!" - Christian Pieper

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Normal Singles Match; Christian Pieper vs Ben Conners Before the match begins and before Christian Pieper comes out, "The Wild Man" Adam Stewart walks out onto the stage and stares down at Ben Conners who is standing in the center of the ring taunting at him. Stewart clinches his fists in anger and screams before he starts to dart down the ramp to attack Ben, but just before he gets about halfway down the ramp, his Clash of Champions opponent and holder of his restraining order, Cody Miller hops the barricade at ringside and stands right in front of the ring with a smug and asshole-ish smile on his face. Stewart stops dead in his tracks, in order not to break the restraining order. Miller winks at Stewart and starts motioning for him to come down and fight him right now. Miller holds out his face and starts taunting at Stewart and provoking him to punch him "right here".

But right then all of a sudden, a raging and furious Christian Pieper jumps over the barricade himself and darts right at Miller clotheslining him down to the concrete! Pieper jumps into the ring and immediately darts at Ben, tackling him down to the mat and throwing stiff shot after stiff shot on the former collegiate football player! Pieper looks like a mad man as he takes every single bit of anger he has out on "The Muscle" and is unrelenting in his brutal attack.

Ben desperately escapes from under the ring and to the outside of the ring long enough to catch his breath a little bit. But it isn't long before the lunatic Christian Pieper darts to the ropes and leaps over the top rope with a suicide dive, taking both Conners and Miller out at ringside! Miller scurries out of the way, but Pieper is right there to kick him in the gut and throw him head first into the steel ring post at ringside! Pieper starts kicking at Ben, screaming for him to get up. But before Conners can even get back up to his feet, Christian picks him up swiftly and spears him into the steel ring steps, wiping him out! The referee continues to try and regain control of the match, but Christian obviously cannot be stopped and is letting the hatred completely fuel his attack!

But Christian’s emotions quickly get the better of him and cause him to mis step a little bit. When Christian goes to pick up Conners once again, The Muscle is able to wrap his legs around Pieper’s legs and slam him head first onto the steel ring steps. Miller on the outside of the ring does an excellent job of distracting the referee long enough for Conners to use anything and everything he can around ringside at his disposal to knock out Pieper, including a steel chair, monitors, and even the ring bell itself. But like the valiant warrior that Pieper is, he will not be taken out and always seems to kick out of a pinfall right in the knick of time.

The two go back and forth throwing everything they can at one another, but the final nail hits the coffin when Ben utilizes his power and strength to slam Pieper through the commentary table with a powerbomb OFF THE TOP ROPE!! Conners picks up Christian’s lifeless body like it’s nothing and rolls it back into the ring for the final definitive 3 count for the victory.

After the match is over, Cody Miller quickly jumps into the ring and celebrates with his Prestige brother, Ben Conners. Conners is just trying to make it back up to his feet as well, clearly still very winded and beaten down from the brutal match.

“Ladies and gentlemen what we have just witnessed is one the most damndest things I’ve ever seen! Just when we all thought that Prestige might be crumbling down to it’s demise, they flip the script and once again prove to us that they are all far from dead!” – Michael Cole

“Just watching Ben come leaping off that top rope with Christian held up and slamming him through this commentary table RIGHT HERE, was just, wow. I can’t even put into words how devastating that was and Christian is still completely motionless here right in front of us.” – Corey Graves

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"The NEW Chairman lays down THE LAW!"

The scene opens back up from the commercial break to show T-Dog via satellite on the titantron with a huge stupid grin on his face, just relishing in how crazy he has made RJ Stagg.

"Thank you. Ya know, I told people I was going to shock this company to the core when I returned. And look what happened. I’m in control of this wonderful company, and I'm loving every single minute of it! Ha ha! It was about time someone knocked RJ Stagg off his little high horse, oh who am I kidding, he broke that high horse himself knowing how fat he is." - T-Dog

T-Dog pauses after the fans go wild with the insults on Stagg. T-Dog smiles and continues on.

"And you remember that $20 Million contract I signed a few years back? Yeah that one. Well Ryan, I got paid all of that...and instead of spending it on stupid things, I INVESTED in the top legal team in the WORLD! So go ahead and take me to court, you won’t get far. So I’m gonna cut right to business. Due to the trauma caused by Ryan and the death of our father, Stacy will be taking a grievance leave." - T-Dog

T-Dog takes a deep breath and shakes his head in disappointment before continuing on.

"And it pains me to say this, but that means Jordan Graham will be running BOTH Raw and SD and NXT when they go live." - T-Dog

The fans immediately start to boo at the thought of Jordan being back in the driver's seat completely with a brief moment of showing an ecstatic Jordan Graham clapping and celebrating the announcement in his office backstage.

"But Jordan make no mistake about it, I’ll be keeping a VERY close eye on you over the next few days, maybe weeks if you last that long. You and I have NEVER seen eye to eye so you best make the right choices, your job depends on it. WWEP, I have been VERY busy making plans for this company both long term AND short term. The big question I’ve been bombarded by the media lately is, will I still wrestle? You damn well bet I am! My main focus right now is winning the SECOND WWEP Predictions Cup, and also shutting that stupid moron Darren Cox up; which is why, as a matter of fact, I'll be his third opponent in his little Tower of Pity challenge. Where will that be? When will that be? That’ll be up to ME to decide. Heh. And last but certainly not least, let’s not forget I’m due a World Title match. And I WILL be coming to collect." - T-Dog

The video slowly fades out as T-Dog just stares into the camera with a big sarcastic grin on his face.

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"Austin Michael Pieper versus Darren Cox is now OFFICIAL!"

Cameras come back from the commercial break to show a long conference table in the center of the ring with the #1 contender Darren Cox already seated down at one end of the table, and the Universal Champion Austin Michael Pieper seated at the other end of the table, and Michael Cole standing up with a microphone in his hand. Cole starts off by building up how personal and emotional this has been between Darren Cox and Austin Pieper, with both sides proving that they are willing to do ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING to not just be the Universal Champion, but destroy their opponent. As Cole continues to build up how heated the feud has been the two just continue to stare intensely at one another, not turning their heads even once.

Cole brings up how this could very well be the last chance Darren Cox gets at a major title shot, and builds up how this is a must win for him...but also a must win for newbie champion, Austin Pieper. Cole showcases an intense and emotional video package that details how the two got there, focusing on Darren playing mind games with Austin and even trying to blow him up.

"So without further a due, I think we are all looking at what's gonna happen this Sunday night at Clash of Champions when these two meet for the Universal Championship, and maybe even more so what the landscape will be the next day and how it will affect both of these strong competitors. First I'd like to get a word with the Universal Champion, Austin Pieper. What are your thoughts going into this match and how you're preparing?" - Michael Cole

Michael puts the microphone in front of Austin's mouth, but Austin doesn't say a word and just continues to stare at Cox with a sadistic scowl on his face, nodding his head slowly up and down. Cole tries to get Austin to speak, but Austin continues to stay silent.

"Whew okay. Well now let's take your attention to the number one contender, the man who quite possibly might've had the most shocking and controversial career in WWEP itself, "The Reaper" Darren Cox. Darren how are YOU preparing for this match, fight actually, can barely even call it a match? How are you preparing for this fight this Sunday at Clash of Champions against that man?" - Michael Cole

Darren, just like Austin, doesn't say a word and just continues to stare right back at the champion with evil in his eyes. Before Michael walks away though, he slowly stands up from his seat and does the throat cut taunt while looking intensely over at Austin with his tongue out. Austin jumps up out of his seat and throws it to the wayside. Austin snatches the contract from the middle of the table and signs it. Austin throws the pen down onto the table and pushes the contract over to Darren.

"Sign it. Sign it, god dammit!!!" - Austin Michael Pieper

Darren snatches the contract up and proceeds to sign his name on it as well. Darren puts his hand underneath the desk and flips it backwards and out of the ring. Cole quickly gets out of dodge.

"Okay that's it. I'm out of here. Austin vs Darren at Clash of Champions for the Universal Championship. It's signed and official. That's it, folks." - Michael Cole

Darren storms over to Austin and the two get face to face with each other, still not saying a word to each other, but looking like they are gonna rip each other's heads off. The two stare deep into each other's eyes for a few brief moments, but Darren rares back and goes to hit Austin in the face. But Austin catches Darren's arm in mid air and throws it down violently, staring even more intensely at Cox for a few seconds. Austin slowly starts to raise his right hand in the air holding the Universal Championship right in front of Darren's face, but Darren looks up at the title for a few seconds before grabbing Austin's hand and dragging his hand and the belt down to body level.

Both men cling onto the Universal Championship and stare at each other as security quickly starts to get into the ring and attempt to restrain the two. Even though the two are not throwing punches, security has a hard time pulling them away from each other. Finally security is able to pull each of them away, but still they continue to not say a word and just stare with rage at one another. Commentary builds up how it could all end for not just one, but BOTH of these men this Sunday night at Clash of Champions, and that this is more than just about a title, "THIS IS ABOUT SURVIVAL."

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"A Puddle Of Blood"

Cameras abruptly switch to the backstage area where the camera man is running into the parking lot in a very "cops-esque" vibe. The camera finally arrives to the scene to show a completely beaten down and unconscious Cody Miller laying on the concrete in a puddle of his own blood pouring out of the top of his head. The camera man in a panic drops the camera on the ground and starts screaming for someone to call an ambulance as the show fades off and Cody just remains laying there completely out.