The latest WWE "SmackDown Live" results for Tuesday, February 28th came from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Among the big stories for the night were the match involving Luke Harper vs. AJ Styles with the winner getting to take on Bray Wyatt for the WWE World Heavyweight title at "WrestleMania 33." Also, a huge moment came early during the show involving John Cena and his real-life girlfriend Nikki Bella as they appear to have finally teamed up for the first time in their WWE careers.
MizTV with John Cena
The Miz had John Cena as his "guest" for MizTV to open "SmackDown." However, he immediately had Cena's mic cut so he could tell off Cena for being a hypocrite and pretending to care only about WWE but then leaving for Hollywood.
He accused Cena of robbing people's opportunities. Cena snapped back at Miz saying if he really had all the power Miz says he does, then he'd be facing Undertaker in the ring right now, not The Miz. Maryse got in Cena's fans and trash talked him, then slapped him in the face.
Cena laughed off the slap, and Nikki Bella's music hit. Cena's girlfriend rushed to the ring, causing Miz and Maryse to flee. From there, Nikki warned Maryse that if she messes with her man, she'll mess her up. Later in the night, a backstage interview with Nikki and Cena was interrupted by James Ellsworth and Carmella. That led to Cena and Nikki challenging them to a mixed tag match for next week.
.@realellsworth and @CarmellaWWE probably should have thought twice before calling Nikki @BellaTwins and @johncena "phonies." #SDLive pic.twitter.com/phfQXzG6Ct
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2017
AJ Styles vs. Luke Harper
The big match came after the first hour of "SmackDown Live." In it, the two opponents traded offense throughout, but eventually, Styles hit his Phenomenal Forearm to put Harper down near the ropes.
He scored a pinfall but Harper put a leg on the ropes without the ref seeing it. Despite being declared winner Shane McMahon announced moments later that Harper's leg was on the ropes so the match would be restarted.
.@ShaneMcMahon accidentally gets nailed with a @LukeHarperWWE kick!! #SDLive #1Contender pic.twitter.com/rmkpmVRCPZ
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2017
The restart saw Styles go to the outside and argue with Shane.
Harper came out and went after Styles, but accidentally kicked Shane in the face. From there, Styles got control and hit a 450 Splash on Harper in the ring to win again.
'SmackDown' match results
Becky Lynch won a "Best 2 of 3 Falls" match against Mickie James. Mickie won the first fall by pin, with Becky getting a pin for the second. Alexa Bliss came to the ring to try to interfere, but Mickie accidentally ran into her on the apron allowing Becky to put on Disarmer for the submission win. Later backstage, it seemed Natalya put Alexa on notice as a potential challenger for her title.
Dean Ambrose was scheduled to face Curt Hawkins, but came to the ring and hit Dirty Deeds on Hawkins before a match could happen, then called out Baron Corbin.
Corbin showed up on the big screen and refused to come out just because Dean called him. Ambrose vowed he'd find him to get revenge.
Dolph Ziggler and Apollo Crews had a chairs match as Crews tried to gain some revenge. However, Ziggler thumbed Crews in the eyes and tripped him to fall throat-first on a chair before dropping him on a chair on his groin and then pinning him.
Bray Wyatt's Invocation
The WWE World Heavyweight Champion headed to the ring for his "invocation" as the final part of "SmackDown." Wyatt talked about his opponent now being determined as AJ Styles and said it didn't matter if it was him or Harper, since they were both mortals. Wyatt talked about how Styles will fall just like all the rest of them and meet his master.
He spoke about being from a hallowed ground, a place where Randy Orton is right now.
#SDLive @RandyOrton @WWEBrayWyatt pic.twitter.com/h2EdPTabwH
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) March 1, 2017
On cue, Orton showed up on the big screen and was at the Wyatt compound area. However, it wasn't on friendly terms as he told Wyatt he was standing inside the spot right over where Sister Abigail was buried. Orton said he'd decided if you can't "beat em, screw em'." He declared he was coming for Wyatt and the title at "WrestleMania 33." From there, Orton poured gasoline all around the place before setting it on fire. This caused Wyatt to have a breakdown outside the ring as "SmackDown" went off the air.