Randy Orton Teams With John Cena At WWE Live Event In Fairfax, AJ Styles' First Title Defense

By Raj Giri

As noted, Randy Orton was pulled from his match against Bray Wyatt at Sunday's WWE Backlash pay-per-view because he has not been cleared to return to the ring following his TKO loss to Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam last month. Orton suffered a concussion-related injury in the match with Lesnar, but still was able to deliver a TKO to Bray Wyatt at Backlash.

Orton worked last night's SmackDown WWE live event in Fairfax, teaming with John Cena to face Bray Wyatt and Erick Rowan. Orton didn't take any bumps in the match, and Chad Dukes Wrestling, who was at the show, noted that Orton was protected.

Chad Dukes Wrestling noted to us that attendance was "very low," noting that "it filled up later but the floor wasn't completely sold." Below are results and photos from last night's live event from @DukesWrestling :

* Dolph Ziggler defeated Intercontinental Champion The Miz in a non-title match.

* Baron Corbin defeated Apollo Crews.

* BreezAngo challenged Kane to a dance-off. Kane hit them with a double chokeslam and left.

* Hometown boy Mojo Rawley teamed with Zack Ryder and Jason Jordan to defeat The Vaudevillians and Konnor. Mojo got the win for his team.

* John Cena & Randy Orton defeated Bray Wyatt & Erick Rowan. Orton didn't take a single bump or punch, but he did hit Bray with an RKO.

* New WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch & Naomi defeated Alexa Bliss & Natalya after Becky made Natalya tap.

* WWE Tag Team Champions Heath Slater & Rhyno defeated The Usos.

* WWE World Champion AJ Styles defeated Dean Ambrose after a low blow and Styles Clash.

@DukesWrestling contributed to this article.

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