WWE SmackDown Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights from June 18 - Bleacher Report

For the first time in SmackDown history, two Superstars climbed inside Hell in a Cell to settle an intensely personal rivalry, the Universal Championship hanging in the balance.

Was Rey Mysterio able to avenge his son, Dominik, and unseat The Head of the Table in their pay-per-view-worthy main event match or did Roman Reigns add another legendary figure to his list of the conquered?

Rey Mysterio kicked off SmackDown, the unforgiving steel structure known simply as Hell in a Cell hanging ominously overhead, a dark cloud on the night’s proceedings.

He called Reigns out, wanting to hear from the man himself that he accepted Rey’s challenge for the Hell in a Cell match later tonight.

Now, the table is set for a genuine pay-per-view quality main event on free television.

It is event television, something WWE has not produced in a long time.

Commander Azeez made his in-ring debut for SmackDown in the night’s first match, teaming with Intercontinental champion Apollo Crews to battle familiar foes Big E and Kevin Owens, all while the conspiracy-minded Sami Zayn sat in on commentary with Michael Cole and Pat McAfee.

An inverted suplex by Big E to Crews on the ring apron allowed him to recover enough to tag in Owens.

What should have been a monumental debut for Azeez was overshadowed by the latest in the Owens-Zayn rivalry, which will end with a pay-per-view showdown between them Sunday night at Hell in a Cell, per a backstage confrontation between KO and WWE officials Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville.

After the match, a tearful Corbin sulked while Nakamura celebrated with Rick Boogs at the top of the SmackDown stage.

After weeks of laughter and being told she’s less-than, Belair issued a challenge for a match inside Hell in a Cell.

She issued a challenge for Hell in a Cell and though it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever from a storytelling standpoint, she made it seem like an enthralling idea.

Too bad the storyline hasn’t supported the endgame of the cell match because all of the other ingredients are there for something special.

Backstage, Jimmy Uso approached Roman Reigns and admitted while they may not see eye-to-eye on everything, they are blood?

Seth Rollins interrupted an interview between Cesaro and Kayla Braxton, vowing to teach The Swiss Superman a lesson Sunday at Hell in a Cell

In the ThunderDome, Rey Mysterio made his way to the ring for the night’s main event Universal Championship match with Roman Reigns, inside the pay-per-view namesake. 

Reigns overwhelmed his opponent until a blind charge in the corner allowed Rey to fight back into the match

Reigns caught Mysterio in a powerbomb, sending him out of the ring and into the side of the steel cage, ala the devastating attack on Dominik from last week

Back in the ring, a cravat finished Mysterio as Reigns retained via submission

After the match, The Tribal Chief tapped him out one more time and added a “Happy Father’s Day” to add insult to injury as the show went off the air

The booking was great, the action made sense within the context of the story, and Reigns continued his dominant run atop SmackDown