Paige Says AJ Saved Joe From Being Fired, Orton’s Latest Attack

July 17, 2020 / By mobanmarket

Last night’s episode of SmackDown Live kicked off with General Manager Paige addressing Samoa Joe’s heinous actions last week when he invaded WWE Champion AJ Styles’ home.
During her address, which can be viewed in the video below, Paige revealed that based on Joe’s actions she was prepared to fire him as a SmackDown Live Superstar. Paige went on to say that before Joe could be terminated AJ Styles came to her and said that he would not be pressing charges. He also said that he wanted to keep Joe active as a Superstar ahead of their “No Disqualification, No Count Out, No Excuses” battle at WWE Super Show-Down so he could deal with Joe himself.

Last night’s episode of SmackDown Live also featured a one-on-one match between Randy Orton & Tye Dillinger. This bout follows Orton’s hellacious beat-down of Dillinger last week on SmackDown Live. While Dillinger was able to show a lot of fire early in the match it was Orton that ultimately left the “Perfect 10” lying on the outside.
WWE shared the video below on Twitter featuring Orton twisting Dillinger’s fingers in the ring turnbuckle during his attack:

It seems @WWEDillinger has driven @RandyOrton to a VERY dangerous place… #SDLive pic.twitter.com/eRPOGEhX1Q
— WWE (@WWE) October 3, 2018