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The result of the WWE world championship match on Tuesdays episode of SmackDown Live was best summed up by Dean Ambrose in the closing moments of the broadcast.Hes the man who has more victories over?AJ Styles?than John Cena: James Ellsworth!Thats right -- for the second straight week Ellsworth defeated Styles, and he earned this win in a WWE world championship match in Tuesdays main event. Sure, he won by disqualification because Styles wouldnt stop hitting him, which means that because he didnt pin Styles, he didnt walk away with the most unlikely world championship victory in WWE history. But Ellsworths victory proved once again why SmackDown has been so enjoyable since the brand split.Its the land of opportunity, and anything can happen.Tuesdays show opened with a strong video package that cut last weeks SmackDown match down to its bare bones. Styles, the overconfident champion, was made to look every bit the fool, while Ellsworths best moments were cut together (well, some of his only good moments, but still) to give this glorified stunt match a big-fight feel.Imagine what the last three months of Ellsworths life have been like. He made a seemingly one-time appearance on Raw and got destroyed by?Braun Strowman,?but his brief time on the microphone made Ellsworth go somewhat viral. He appeared on Chris Jerichos podcast,?made a handful of independent appearances, then showed up out of the blue to assume the role of Styles tag-team partner when no one would team with him.The Miz?attacked Ellsworth and took his place in that match, but a few weeks later Styles brought him back as a joke of an opponent -- and brought upon himself the headache thats caused Ambrose to be embarrass him in a high-profile way for two straight weeks. Even with Cenas absence since No Mercy, Styles and Ambrose havent skipped a beat, and Ellsworths presence has been the perfect way to carry SmackDowns world title feud along during the long layoff between pay-per-views.The support for Ellsworth has been palpable, from the crowd and even the WWE superstars themselves.?Ambrose took credit for getting Ellsworth a shirt on WWE Shop (which is real, by the way), and that ongoing interaction has helped push Ambrose back toward being a good guy after toeing the line a bit in his interactions with Cena. During his entrance, and at several different points throughout the match, the crowd erupted into Ellsworth chants in the style of Goldberg, along with dueling Lets go Ellsworth and AJ Styles chants.While Ambrose was denied the chance to be guest referee again because of the world title being involved, he was given a list of other options by general manager?Daniel Bryan?-- volunteering to take over timekeeping, ring announcing and several other duties simultaneously.Ambrose had the time of his life making Styles life miserable throughout the match, and it started from the introduction, continued through his ringing of the opening bell about 35 times and throughout the last 20 minutes of the show. He did a promo for the Ellsworths t-shirt on WWE Shop mid-match, with accompanying video, announced a Blue Toyota had its lights on and hawked collectible WWE programs.As much as Ambrose crushed the comedy, Styles deserves an enormous amount of credit for making a match that should have been a 30 second Strowman-esque destruction and telling a 20-minute story in the ring. In between the multiple beatdowns there were some fun spots, including Ellsworth slipping out of a rear chinlock due to his perceived lack of a chin.As its been clear, though, this was all about Ambrose and Styles -- and nowhere was that more clear than when Styles kept tossing Ellsworth out and Ambrose tossed him back, which they repeated at least a dozen times in rapid succession.There had to be one moment where the inevitable outcome was momentarily doubted, and the crowd exploded as Ellsworth pulled Styles off the top rope, causing him to hit his face on the top turnbuckle, and followed it up with a superkick for a two-count that lasted just long enough to make you wonder.Fed up with Ambroses antics, Styles proceeded to beat Ellsworth down with a continuous series of right hands in the corner until the referee had no choice but to disqualify him. Ambrose slid in and laid Styles out with a Dirty Deeds and raised Ellsworths hand in victory, with Ellsworth crumpling into a heap on the mat as soon as he let go.For his part, Styles was every bit the angry and embarrassed champion on Talking Smack, demanding a match with Ambrose next week. Theyve built up a tremendous amount of tension going into that match. Theres also been a significant amount of blowback towards the GM, and Styles spoke clearly to that point in an angry rant on Talking Smack.What kind of ship are you running here? asked Styles. He pointed down to the WWE world championship, which sat on the table in front of them. This is serious business. I had to hurt this man, Styles continued, pointing at Bryans shirt. I had to hurt this man; I had to put him through a lot of pain, and thats on you.This WWE world title feud is still the most compelling rivalry in the WWE today and, on top of it all, theres a real sense of friction building between a babyface general manager and many of the heels on the roster -- a well thats filled to the brim with future stories that should help carry SmackDown through the end of the year and beyond.After the video package and a locker room segment with Ellsworth and Ambrose, the true opening segment of SmackDown once again centered on?Bray Wyatt and Randy Ortons?ongoing rivalry. It felt a little cheesy and familiar as Orton said, The evil inside of Bray Wyatt runs deeper than I ever thought possible. Hes torched every last shred of sanity I had left, but in a way I think hes set me free. I am wrath, I am vengeance, and I am coming for you.The lights went out, and this feud got a much-needed shot in the arm as the stakes were raised. An image of a robed and black sheep mask-wearing figure panned to show eight such figures standing over an open casket, with the camera slowly moving down to Wyatt, eyes closed and lying comfortably inside. He insisted he was the one having fun and introduced Luke Harper, who was set to face Orton one-on-one.After a few minutes of action, Wyatts music and lighting hit again as the eight hooded figures carried him, still inside the casket and holding his patented lantern, down the ramp. Coming back from commercial break, Wyatt was hunched over a prone Orton and the casket was pushed up against the ring apron.Harper got a few chances to show just how technically proficient he is in the ring for a big man and, rather than allowing Harper to take a big loss so soon after his return, Wyatt leaped into the ring to attack Orton to bring the match to a premature end at the first sign of trouble. As Wyatt went to put Orton into the casket, he opened the lid and found Kane lying in wait for him there. Just as it looked like Orton had the upper hand, Wyatt and Harper made a magical exit and left Orton and Kane standing there mystified. While the continued involvement of Kane in this scenario is a bit strange, as we dont know the scope of the supernatural powers allegedly in play, but the introduction of the casket opens up a number of possibilities going forward.Hits and missesAlexa Bliss broke out a Freddy Krueger-inspired outfit that she debuted during her time in NXT, just a couple weeks shy of Halloween. Its cool to see some of the women breaking out different versions of in-ring gear, as it makes each match feel a little different and special. Naomi seems to have a slightly (and occasionally radically) different look every week -- and on Raw, Charlotte has begun a collection of ring robes that could someday challenge her fathers incredible collection. The more ways in which the women can find even footing with the male superstars, the clearer the message of giving women a chance rings true.Naomi dominated pre-commercial, including a springboard cross-body and a number of key strikes like her rapid back-and-forth kicks, but Bliss grabbed control during the break with a vicious forearm. Naomi hit a split-legged moonsault, but a return to the top rope that was derailed by Bliss was followed quickly by Twisted Bliss and a victory for the No. 1 contender to the SmackDown womens championship.We should expect more of this kind of showing from Bliss in the lead-up to her title match in Glasgow in three weeks time.Not sure if they are going to the well too much with the perpetually delayed debut of Curt Hawkins (and by the way -- wheres Eva Marie?) but we got as close as weve gotten to his actual match. What happens when we actually get there? Who can say?It took a long, long time to acknowledge it on SmackDown or Raw (though its been clear on Total Divas and now Total Bellas for some time), but using Nikki Bellas?relationship with Cena for a story is a great idea, at least in theory. Giving Carmella a kernel of truth to build upon, as she refuses to walk around on eggshells like everyone else is just close enough to the truth to give her a real purpose in her rivalry with Nikki. Nikkis response rang true too, as she lambasted Carmella, saying, Shame on you, as a woman to take away from my accomplishments because of a man.That the segment didnt descend into physicality like many such segments tend to made it feel more impactful, too. Once these two finally have that one-on-one match, its going to feel like it matters.For the first time in almost two months, The Miz and Dolph Ziggler were relegated to an in-ring showdown midway through the show. It was a solid enough match in the 9 p.m. ET slot, and they still told a great story in the ring on opposite sides of a six-man tag as Ziggler teamed with tag team champions Heath Slater and Rhyno?and Miz brought back The Spirit Squad for another week.Ziggler took the bulk of the damage in the ring throughout the match, and the crowd got what it chanted for over the entirety of the match -- a tag to Slater -- and it looked like the champions team would persevere again. We got a twist on the story, though, as Miz got in a cheap shot and Kenny rolled up Slater for the victory -- a pinfall for the Spirit Squad over the tag-team champions. As JBL pointed out, Kenny is still in tremendous shape, and despite his first WWE run coming to an end almost eight years ago, hes still only 30 years old. 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SEATTLE -- After weeks of mostly poor performances, Marco Estrada once again flirted with a no-hitter for Toronto.And just when the Blue Jays needed that quality of a performance.Estrada took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Edwin Encarnacion hit his 41st home run and the Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Monday night in the opener of a critical three-game series.Estrada (9-9) had allowed only two walks before Robinson Cano led off the seventh with a line drive up the middle on a 2-1 pitch. Cano and Nelson Cruz walked in the fourth -- an inning that ended on Kevin Pillars sliding catch to save a run -- but Estrada otherwise kept the Mariners off the bases before Canos single.Estradas outing was exactly what the slumping Blue Jays needed. They arrived in Seattle having dropped two straight and four of six, and their wild-card lead dwindled in the process. Estrada was partly to blame for the September swoon. In his previous six starts, he was 1-4 with a 7.53 ERA. In September alone, Estrada had allowed 12 earned runs in 12 2/3 innings.But he was brilliant against the Mariners, keeping the thousands of Blue Jays fans that made the trip south from British Columbia cheering all night as Toronto pulled even with Baltimore for the first wild-card spot. Both teams are 2 1/2 games clear of Detroit and three ahead of Seattle and Houston.Im not really sure whats been going on, as the game gets going I start to struggle a little bit, Estrada said. We looked at video and there have been little things here and there that we caught. We changed it up and felt pretty good today.Estrada was pulled after walking Leonys Martin leading off the eighth inning, leaving to a standing ovation from the huge Blue Jays contingent. He struck out eight and walked three before being replaced by Jason Grilli.The final six outs were trying for the Blue Jays. Pinch-hitter Ben Gamel walked to put two runners on with no outs in the eighth, and Seth Smith walked on a nine-piitch at-bat with two outs to load the bases for Cano.dddddddddddd.Closer Roberto Osuna entered and got Cano to line out to the warning track in right field where Ezequiel Carrera was playing. Martin hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth off Osuna, but Gamel struck out looking to cap Osunas 34th save.We know whats ahead of us, and we arent going to back away from it, Seattle manager Scott Servais said. I thought our guys gave a really good effort tonight, just wasnt enough.Encarnacions two-run homer off starter Taijuan Walker (6-11) came with two outs in the third on a 0-1 pitch that was left up in the strike zone. Pillar added a two-out RBI single in the fourth inning after Troy Tulowitzki led off with a double.NEAR MISSESEstrada has never completed a no-hitter, but hes been close. He lost a no-hit bid in the eighth inning against Boston on June 5, and also pitched hitless ball into the eighth inning in consecutive starts in June 2015.Its not something that I was focused on. Obviously if it would have happened it would have been incredible but it didnt. Cano hit a pretty good pitch, Estrada said.DONALDSON TOSSEDTorontos Josh Donaldson was ejected in the seventh inning arguing with plate umpire Chris Conroy after being called out on strikes. Donaldson was already upset about a check-swing Conroy called a strike earlier in the at-bat and flipped at being called out on a fastball on the outside corner. Donaldson immediately got in Conroys face and was quickly tossed.UP NEXTBlue Jays: LHP J.A. Happ (19-4) goes for his 20th win. Happ would join Bostons Rick Porcello as the only two pitchers in baseball with 20 wins this season. Happ has won 13 of his last 14 decisions.Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (16-11) looks for his third straight victory. Iwakuma allowed just one run in 6 1/3 innings in his last start against the Angels. ' ' '