WWE Smackdown: Rhodes brothers beat Luke Harper and Erick Rowan

Cody Rhodes and Goldust bested Luke Harper and Erick Rowan

Cody Rhodes and Goldust handed the Wyatt Family their maiden loss in WWE on a raucous edition of Friday Night Smackdown.

The brothers - newly re-employed after defeating Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns at Battleground - coped with Luke Harper and Erick Rowan's size advantage to make it two wins in a week, with younger sibling, Cody, securing the pinfall.

The Rhodes boys, however, looked set for a post-match beat-down from their monstrous adversaries - but The Wyatt Family's peculiar leader, Bray Wyatt, stopped his charges before any punishment could take place.

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Elsewhere, Alberto Del Rio's attempts to get Smackdown General Manager, Vickie Guerrero, to annul his World Heavyweight Championship encounter with the returning John Cena at Hell in a Cell were quashed.
Instead, the Essence of Excellence was forced to combat Damien Sandow in singles action, managing to overcome the Duke of Decency - and current Money in the Bank briefcase holder - with the Cross Armbreaker.
A vicious neckbreaker did for R-Truth as his hopes of ripping the Intercontinental Title from third-generation Superstar Curtis Axel ended in failure, just as they did at the Battleground last weekend.
Plus, Los Matadores remain on a roll after besting fellow masked team Los Locales in a high-octane contest, but 3MB - tormented by Los Matadores over recent shows - suffered another loss.
Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal were quelled by The Great Khali and The Prime Time Players, while in a six-Diva tag match, Brie Bella and The Funkadactyls registered victory over Natalya, Kaitlyn and Eva Marie.