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Title Change At Smackdown Live Christmas Day Taping.
Tonight at the Smackdown LIVE tapings in Fresno, California, Rusev defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to become the new United States Champion.
The match was the main event of the taping, and Rusev defeated Shinsuke Nakamura clean after a Machka Kick.
Rusev is now a three-time WWE United Stats’s Champion.
The episode will air on Christmas Day 12/25.
New US Champ! #SDLIVE pic.twitter.com/GIQqVK0XXe
— lil womp rat (@TheNextBlGThing) December 19, 2018
AND THE NEWWWWWWW UNITED STATES CHAMPION
RUSEV!!!! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/aKDqYFCchT
— lil womp rat (@TheNextBlGThing) December 19, 2018