November 28 , 2014 Smackdown results The November 28 , 2014 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s Smackdown brand , which took place on November 25 , 2014 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne , Indiana . Summary . With the WWE Universe still digesting the Thanksgiving holiday , the returning Beard fed SmackDown an Intercontinental Championship Match , a United States Title Battle Royal and an explosive showdown pitting Ryback against Seth Rollins . Newly crowned WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz & Damien Mizdow kicked off SmackDown with “ Miz TV . ” After expounding on how “ he ” won the titles at Survivor Series , The Awesome One introduced another Superstar who made a huge impact that night by knocking out John Cena and turning traitor to Team Cena , Big Show . Encouraged by Miz , the giant explained that he never should have joined Team Cena and expressed his outrage over Superstars like Erick Rowen judging him . Before he could continue , though , Daniel Bryan emerged and declared the show to be “ Daniel Bryan ’ s SmackDown ” — as he was running things for the evening ! The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion set up a series of matches . They included Ryback vs . Seth Rollins , an Intercontinental Title Match between Luke Harper and former titleholder Dolph Ziggler and — because Rusev failed to say the Pledge of Allegiance on Raw — a 20 - Man Battle Royal for the United States Title . After Jack Swagger eliminated Tyson Kidd in the closing moments of the SmackDown Battle Royal for the U . S . Title , the remaining three competitors were The Real American , Cesaro and Rusev . While it looked like the Swiss Superman would dispose of the Russian titleholder , Rusev was able to keep one foot off the ground and reenter the action . Then , seconds after Swagger eliminated Cesaro , Rusev reengaged and kicked him out of the ring for the victory . Claiming that while the demons molded Dean Ambrose , he controlled the demons . Brat Wyatt shared his goal of sending The Lunatic Fringe “ back where he belongs ” at WWE TLC . Five days after capturing the Divas Title from AJ Lee at Survivor Series , Nikki Bella overcame Emma with the Rack Attack . The titleholder then fired back at AJ ’ s controversial comments from Raw , saying that her adversary will always just be that “ pathetic girl from New Jersey . ” The dig brought AJ charging to the ring to attack Brie as the Divas Champion made her escape . Santino Marella attempted to get a laugh at Kane ’ s expense as the agitated Superstar was forced to sell T - shirts to the WWE Universe , but the intimidating former Director of Operations ultimately made The Milan Miracle scream and run without saying a word . Later , the same T - shirt area was shown in absolute turmoil , with the table broken as if someone had been thrown through it . Back in the ring , just when it looked as if Ryback was about to overcome Seth Rollins with Shell Shocked , Kane emerged with a steel chair and caused the match to end in a disqualification . While The Human Wrecking Ball fought back after the bell , he found himself on the wrong end of a 2 - on - 1 disadvantage and ended up suffering an excruciating chair assault and a chokeslam onto the chair from Monster Kane . The New Day dawned on SmackDown , as Big E , Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods worked together with absolute precision in their debut match as a group — soundly defeating Heath Slater , Titus O ’ Neil & Curtis Axel . In the height of SmackDown ’ s Intercontinental Championship main event , Dolph Ziggler suffered a fierce assault from Luke Harper around the SmackDown announce table . Nevertheless , with the help of a thunderous kick , the resilient Showoff had enough presence of mind to get back in the ring at the last second and overcame the titleholder by count - out . While the finish allowed Harper to hold onto the illustrious title , when he tried to attack Ziggler with it afterward , he ended up with a post - match Zig Zag for his trouble .