Last week on WWE SmackDown, Ilja Dragunov won a championship in his triumphant return and he’s wasting no time in defending the belt. Tiffany Stratton also defended her WWE Women’s Championship against rising NXT talent Kiana James.

Keep reading for everything that happened on this week’s WWE SmackDown…

Ilja Dragunov’s Open Challenge

As champion, Dragunov wants to make sure he’s a defending champion and restore prestige to the U.S. Championship. To do that, he’s brought back the open challenge ala John Cena. His first challenger? None other than Aleister Black. After aligning with his wife Zelina Vega, it appears Black is ready for his next big challenge in his WWE return. Unfortunately for Black and Vega who attempted interference, he came up short against Dragunov this week.

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