| Judgment Day (2017) | ||||
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| Promotion | WWE | |||
| Brand | SmackDown | |||
| Date | May 21, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Allstate Arena | |||
| City | Rosemont, IL | |||
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Judgment Day (2017) was professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the WWE, exclusive to the SmackDown brand. It took place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. It was the twelfth event produced by the WWE under the Judgment Day name and first since 2009.
Background[]
At WrestleMania 33 after defeating Bray Wyatt in the main event, The Undertaker indicated his retirement from professional wrestling by leaving his gloves, trench coat, hat and the WWE Championship in the ring. On the April 4, 2017 episode of SmackDown it was announced that Undertaker had indeed retired from professional wrestling and had vacated the WWE Championships. As a result of this a tournament was set up between 16 different SmackDown superstarts to culiminate in a match at Judgment Day to win the vacant title.
WWE Championship Tournament[]
| First Round SmackDown April 4/11/18/25 |
Quarterfinals SmackDown May 2/9 |
Semifinals SmackDown May 16 |
Final Judgment Day | |||||||||||
| Kenny Omega | Pin | |||||||||||||
| R-Truth | 6:32 | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Omega | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Brock Lesnar | 8:33 | |||||||||||||
| Brock Lesnar | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Zack Ryder | 0:16 | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Omega | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 25:21 | |||||||||||||
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Crazzy Steve | 8:30 | |||||||||||||
| Zack Sabre Jr. | 17:03 | |||||||||||||
| Shinsuke Nakamura | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Shinsuke Nakamura | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Hardy | 14:00 | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Omega | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kazuchika Okada | 41:06 | |||||||||||||
| Kazuchika Okada | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Baron Corbin | 12:30 | |||||||||||||
| Kazuchika Okada | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Abyss | 10:55 | |||||||||||||
| Apollo Crews | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Abyss | 2:00 | |||||||||||||
| Kazuchika Okada | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 17:44 | |||||||||||||
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy | 11:21 | |||||||||||||
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bray Wyatt | 14:01 | |||||||||||||
| Bray Wyatt | Pin | |||||||||||||
| John Cena | 11:24 | |||||||||||||
Matches[]
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1P | Naomi defeated Taeler Hendrix | Singles match to become the #1 contender to the WWE Global Championship | 8:22 |
| 2 | Bray Wyatt defeated Cesaro | Singles match | 14:24 |
| 3 | The Broken Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) (with Reby Sky) defeated #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) (c) | Tornado tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship | 10:27 |
| 4 | Tyler Breeze defeated Tye Dillinger (c) | Singles match for the Million Dollar Championship | 5:20 |
| 5 | The Iconic Duo (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) defeated The Powerhouse (Taryn Terrell and Melissa), 2–1 | 2-out-of-3 falls tag team match | 16:32 |
| 6 | Samoa Joe (c) defeated Abyss (with Crazzy Steve and Rosemary) | Singles match for the WWE European Championship | 9:40 |
| 7 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura | Singles match for the WWE United States Championship | 21:18 |
| 8 | Asuka (c) defeated Taya Valkyrie | Singles match for the WWE Global Championship | 13:04 |
| 9 | Kenny Omega defeated Kazuchika Okada | Tournament final for the vacant WWE Championship | 41:06 |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show *Card subject to change | |||
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