WWE Smackdown Results – January 29, 2021 — We’re live from the ThunderDome at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, as we see Daniel Bryan in the ring leading a loud “yes!” chant.
Daniel welcomes everyone to Smackdown and to Royal Rumble weekend.. He says now that we are getting so close, he can feel the excitement starting to boil inside of him. He says he has accomplished a lot in his career, but there is one accomplishment he has not done and one mountain he has not been able to climb, the Royal Rumble match. Winning means being able to fight the WWE or Universal Champion in the main event of Wrestlemania. No one knows more about how life changing it can be to be in the main event of Wrestlemania than him.
Daniel says to climb that mountain one more time involved him going through 29 other men to win the Royal Rumble match. Daniel says he doesn’t know how many more Wrestlemania moments he has left, but he knows if he wants to accomplish his dream one more time, it involved going to the main event of Wrestlemania and winning the Royal Rumble match. Thanks to Chad Gable and Otis, I am ready. I am mentally focused. My cardio is great and my hips are loose. I am ready for number one or number thirty. It is every man for himself. That countdown starts and the buzzer sounds. You will see friends throwing each other over the top rope. You will see enemies working together.
AJ Styles and Omos make their way to the ring.
AJ says you will see AJ Styles throw 29 other superstars over the top rope so he can be in the main event of Wrestlemania. Daniel points out that this is Smackdown and AJ is a Raw superstar. Daniel says he is glad to see AJ but he wants to know why is AJ Styles here. Omos says it is the Brand to Brand Invitational.
AJ says he is the gatekeeper for Raw. Since he declared he is getting into the Royal Rumble, everyone is following his footsteps. They had to go through him first and he crushed their hopes and dreams. AJ says you don’t look ready for the Royal Rumble. You have your sportscoat on and AJ wonders if Daniel is the GM again. Does Bryan have one foot out the door yet?
Daniel says he loves being in this ring and he will prove it to AJ. Let’s go one on one in a match tonight. AJ says he has been getting ready for the Royal Rumble beating everyone on Raw and he would love to get one more warm up tonight.
AJ pushes Bryan and Bryan starts to get up but he is met by Mount Omos. Daniel says that if he was a man, he would come out tonight for their match without Omos. Daniel says with or without Omos, he is going to kick AJ’s ass.
— We see what happened last week between Bayley and Bianca Belair.
Backstage:
Kayla Braxton is backstage with Bayley. Braxton brings up Belair’s win last week and Bayley cuts her off, saying she’s better than that. Bayley reminds us how the segment ended. Bayley watched Belair’s WWE Chronicle episode and goes on about being proud of her for that. Bayley says what stuck out the most is how Belair has run away from all her problems throughout her life, but she’s not running from this, she’s not winning at the Rumble, and she’s not winning tonight. Bayley says Belair can crawl back into the dark-EST hole of her life after Bayley beats her again tonight.
Bianca Belair vs. Bayley
We go back to the ring and out comes Bianca Belair swinging her hair. We go to commercial.
Back from the break and Bayley is in the ring staring Belair down. Belair taunts her. The bell rings and they lock up, then break as Belair taunts Bayley. Bayley kicks Belair and goes to work on her arm now. Belair slams Bayley. They have some words as Bayley regroups. Bayley goes behind and takes Belair back down, working on her arm and punching away.
Belair counters with a suplex in the middle of the ring. Bayley kicks out at 2. The referee backs Belair off Bayley from the corner as Bayley talks some trash. They go to lock up again but Bayley kicks her leg and unloads while she’s down. Bayley slams Belair back to the mat. Bayley with a sliding clothesline for a close 2 count. Bayley kicks Belair in the face and drops her wit an arm bar for another pin attempt. Bayley grabs Belair’s hair and taunts her with it. Belair drops Bayley with a right hand. Belair unloads on Bayley while she’s down now, punching and stomping away.
Belair counters out of the corner and drives Bayley back into the turnbuckles. Belair keeps control and beats Bayley to the apron. Belair charges but Bayley pulls her into a kick to the injured arm. Belair charges with a dropkick and a kip up for a pop. Belair with a standing moonsault to the back for a close 2 count as Bayley gets her foot on the bottom rope. Bayley rolls to the floor in pain as the referee counts. Belair taunts her from the ring as we go back to commercial.
We are back and Bianca catches Bayley on a leap frog and sends Bayley into the turnbuckles and then hits a face plant from a power bomb position for a near fall. Bianca with shoulders in the corner but Bayley kicks the arm and goes for a tornado Divorce Court for a near fall. Bayley with a knee for a near fall. Bayley stands on the shoulder and works on the arm. Bayley stomps on the arm while she has Bianca in a hammer lock. Bayley goes up top and hits an elbow drop to the back for a near fall.
Bayley with more rollups and then she gets a near fall with a La Magistral. Bayley with a jackknife cover and Bianca bridge and connects with a forearm. Bianca gets Bayley up for the Glam Slam but Bianca’s arm gives out. Bianca hot shots Bayley into the turnbuckles followed by KOD for the three count.
Winner: Bianca Belair
After the match, Belair celebrates as her music hits. We go to replays. Belair joins Kayla on the ramp for an interview as Bayley recovers in the ring. Belair talks about proving herself and beating Bayley after everything that has happened. Bayley seethes in the ring. Belair calls this the biggest win of her career as the crowd pops. Belair says the only thing that will top Bayley is her winning the Women’s Rumble Match and then challenging for the title at WrestleMania 37. The music starts back up as Belair celebrates.
— AJ Styles and Omos are in the back and Cesaro stops by.
King Corbin vs. Dominik Mysterio
We go back to the ring and out comes King Baron Corbin. Dominik Mysterio suddenly attacks from behind on the ramp, beating Corbin down to the ringside area. The fight continues as we go back to commercial.
We are back and Corbin runs Dominik into the turnbuckles as the bell rings. Dominik with punches to Corbin. Corbin sends Dominik into the corner and Dominik avoids Corbin and he goes to the floor and kicks Corbin when Baron tries to get back into the ring. Dominik with a slingshot knee and a pescado. Dominik punches Corbin and goes for a wheelbarrow move but Corbin blocks it and hits a belly-to-back suplex. Corbin with a belly-to-back suplex as he looks at Rey. Corbin punches Dominik.
Corbin runs into boots from Dominik but Corbin with a clothesline. Corbin goes shoulder first into the ring post when Dominik moves. Dominik goes to teh turnbuckles and hits a missile drop kick. Dominik with a slingshot senton for a near fall. Dominik with punches but Corbin with a punch. Dominik with a kick and he sends Corbin into the ropes and Dominik goes for a 619 but Corbin grabs the legs and Dominik lands on his feet and Corbin blocks a head scissors take down. Corbin is sent into the turnbuckles on a head scissors but Corbin sends Dominik into the ropes on a back body drop.
Dominik with a tornado DDT for a near fall. Corbin rolls to the apron and he avoids a springboard drop kick and Corbin drops Dominik on the top rope. Corbin with End of Days for the three count.
Winner: Baron Corbin
After the match, Corbin stands tall as his music hits. He rolls to ringside as Rey takes off his headset. Corbin taunts Rey. Rey enters the ring but Corbin grabs him off the apron. Corbin scoops Rey but Rey counters and drives Corbin face-first into the ring post. Rey with a senton off the apron. Rey goes over and checks on Dominik while Corbin lays flat on his back in front of the announcers.
Backstage:
Big E is backstage with Sonya Deville, asking what his Royal Rumble number is. The Miz and John Morrison interrupt an they ask where Adam Pearce is. Deville indicates that Pearce pulled some strings and got the night off after what happened with Paul Heyman last week. Big E tells the RAW Superstars to keep their stench off his show. There’s a back & forth that includes a reference to the GameStop stocks situation. Deville walks off as she has other things to do. Big E ends up getting in Miz’s face and telling him he has no chance at winning the Rumble. Morrison attacks Big E. A brawl breaks out as Big E fights them off. The 2-on-1 fight continues until officials and others try to break it up. Back to commercial.
— We are told that Sasha Banks will defend the Smackdown Women’s Title on Sunday at the Royal Rumble. We see footage of last week’s ‘match’.
Backstage:
Kalisto stops Sasha Banks in the back as she continues to walk and Reginald shows up with a bottle of wine. Reginald says he comes in peace and is bearing gifts. He says it is from Carmella and it is the perfect pairing for losing your title. Sasha says there is something she likes about Reginald. Maybe it is the way he speaks French or the way that he finds the perfect wines for Carmella. Sasha wants to know what is the perfect wine for Carmella to drink with a BROKEN Jaw. Sasha gives the wine back to Reginald because she says he looks like he could use a drink.
— We have a LONG video package recapping the events between Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens. Back to commercial.
Backstage:
We are back and Shinsuke Nakamura walks in the back and Sami Zayn stops him with his documentary crew. Sami asks if it is suspicious about the people from Raw being here. He asks if Nakamura and Cesaro are going their separate ways. Sami reminds Nakamura of their past. He mentions that he set Nakamura free and it is time to repay the favor. Sami says he needs help to get that title back. Big E and Apollo Crews are against him. Sami says it would be good for Nakamura too. Sami says the best work that Nakamura did was with him. Your debut in NXT was magic because of me. You Intercontinental Title reign was because of me. Can I count on you to watch my back. Nakamura says he appreciates everything that Sami did, but he tells Sami to go to hell.
Final Showdown:
We move on to the Final Showdown and Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns are in split screen.
Cole asks what will be different this time for Kevin to win the title. Kevin says nothing will be different because he feels he won twice but Roman had family members make sure that he retained. Roman might have family members on Sunday. There is nothing that he or any of his family members can do to keep Kevin standing up as many times as he needs to in order to be the last man standing.
Paul says he is not exposing the champion to this. You will not speak of your tribal chief that way. You will not talk to your head of the table that way. He says you will talk with respect.
Roman says if you want to make excuses and talk about his family. Roman says he is trying to figure out what makes Kevin tick. What kind of man was your father?
Kevin says his father is a great man so watch where you are going.
Roman asks if he is a smart man.
Kevin says his father is a very smart man. If you are, you are going to heed my warning.
Roman says he is not trying to piss Kevin off. He wants to understand why Kevin does not understand and see his own limitations. You didn’t learn. You are not built for this game. You are not supposed to be here. You are a pawn. You are simple. I am the king of this board. Everything revolves around me. You don’t understand this. You think you can have this title, but you cannot. You are ill-equipped. It is not your fault. I don’t blame you, I blame your family. The fact that you think you have a chance makes you a fool and if you are a fool that makes your father a fool and it makes your grandfather a fool.
Kevin says he knows what Roman has to do. You heard what I said last week and he tells Roman to watch what he says because on Sunday they won’t be in separate rooms, they will be in the same ring.
Roman tells Paul that Kevin doesn’t understand. Some day, when you meet your grandfathers again. When they tell you that you are a disgrace to your family. Why did you not acknowledge him as our tribal chief. We did.
Kevin says the only thing his grandfathers would want him to be acknowledged as is a delusional jackass who has yes men whispering in his ears to tell him how bad he is and then you come out with this community theatre version of a mafia boss. I see myself in the mirror and I see a person his family will be proud of. He will see the same Kevin Owens in the mirror after Royal Rumble as the Universal Champion.
Roman leaves the interview.
— We are back with a video package for the WWE Championship match.
Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles
Bryan with a side head lock take down and Styles with a head scissors. Styles with a side head lock and take down. Styles gets a near fall but Bryan bridges. Bryan with a monkey flip and Styles with a monkey flip while they continue the Greco Roman Knuckle Lock. Bryan goes for an arm bar and Styles gets to the ropes. Bryan works on the arm and Irish whips AJ but Bryan runs into a boot. Bryan with a drop toe hold and a kick to the arm. Bryan with a wrist lock.
Styles backs Bryan into the corner and Styles with a shoulder and side head lock. Styles with a shoulder tackle and Bryan with a kick to the chest. Bryan gets a near fall. Bryan with a kick to the chest and Styles with a knee to the midsection. Bryan blocks a suplex and Bryan with a front face lock suplex. Bryan goes to the apron when Sami Zayn’s music plays and he makes his way to the stage.
Styles knocks Bryan off the turnbuckles and Styles Irish whips Bryan into the ring steps as we go to commercial.
We are back and Styles kicks Bryan in the corner. Styles with a forearm to the back and a suplex attempt but Bryan with a knee to the head. Styles misses a forearm into the corner. Styles with an Irish whip and Bryan flips out of the corner and hits a flying clothesline. Bryan with a running drop kick into the corner followed by kicks. Bryan puts Styles on the turnbuckles and Bryan with a Frankensteiner for a near fall. Bryan works on the shoulder but Bryan has a kick blocked and Styles with a dragon screw leg whip. Styles with a forearm in the corner.
Styles with a kick to Bryan and he kicks the leg in the ropes. AJ goes for the Calf Crusher but Bryan is able to get to the ropes. Styles grabs the leg and Bryan with an enzuigiri. Bryan sends Styles to the apron but Styles wih a forearm and he tries for the Phenomenal forearm but Bryan blocks it and he takes Styles down with a butterfly suplex into a cross arm breaker and then the LeBell Lock.
Big E’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring. Big E clotheslines Zayn and sends him over the announce table in Cesaro’s general direction. Cesaro pushes Big E and Big E pushes back. Cesaro sends Big E into the announce table.
Bryan with a suicide dive onto Cesaro and Sami. Styles sends Bryan back into the ring and Sami attacks Bryan from behind.
Winner: Daniel Bryan (by disqualification)
Cesaro works over Big E while Styles and Zayn attack Bryan. Nakamura goes after Styles and Zayn and then he has a stand off with Cesaro until Zayn pushes Nakamura into Cesaro.
You know what’s next… We go to commercial.
Big E, Daniel Bryan, and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles, Cesaro, and Sami Zayn
We are back and as expected a big six-man tag team match is underway.
Nakamura with a kick to Cesaro and he misses. Cesaro wtih a European uppercut to Nakamura. Nakamura with a knee to Cesaro. Cesaro with a boot and then Nakamura puts Cesaro in the ropes and he hits a sliding German suplex for a near fall. Big E tags in and he punches Cesaro. Cesaro with European uppercuts and forearms. Zayn tags in and he punches Big E. Big E with a back elbow and he gets a near fall. Bryan tags in and he kicks Sami. Bryan with a European uppercut. Big E tags back in and they hit a double hip toss. Big E gets a near fall. Big E with punches and Bryan tags in. Bryan goes up top and hits a double sledge to the arm. Zayn kicks Bryan and he clips Bryan. AJ tags in and he wrings the leg into the ring post.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Bryan with a Giant Swing into a single leg crab on Bryan. Styles tags in and he kicks Bryan. Styles with a knee drop to the leg and Zayn tags in and he punches Bryan. Zayn draws Big E in but he cannot use that to take advantage of Bryan. Zayn with an Irish whip and he puts Bryan on the turnbuckles. Bryan knocks Zayn off the turnbuckles and Bryan with a missile drop kick. Big E and Cesaro tag in and Big E with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Big E catches Styles off the ropes and hits one on Styles. Big E with another overhead belly-to-belly suplex to Cesaro. Cesaro with a springboard European uppercut for a near fall.
Big E escapes a Neutralizer attempt and Big E with a UranagE for a near fall. Miz and John Morrison come out and they attack Nakamura and then go after Big E as the referee calls for the bell.
Winners: Daniel Bryan, Big E, and Shinsuke Nakamura (by disqualification)
After the bell, Big E briefly fights but Miz and Morrison take him out with a double team. The music hits and out comes Otis. He hits the ring and levels both Miz and Morrison with clotheslines. Otis tosses Miz over his head, then does the same to Morrison. Otis with another big clothesline to Morrison. Otis hits a double splash in the corner now. Otis with the Caterpillar to Miz and Morrison at the same time as we go back to commercial.
Otis, Chad Gable, Daniel Bryan, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Big E vs. Miz, John Morrison, AJ Styles, Cesaro, and Sami Zayn
Miz and Bryan with punches to start things off. Bryan with punches and Miz with a kneeDT and kicks to the leg. Miz sends Bryan to the floor and Miz drops Bryan’s knee on the announce table. Miz wiht a boot to the head. Miz with a figure four leg lock on Bryan. Bryan escapes the hold. Zayn tags in and he hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall. Cesaro tags in and gets a near fall. Cesaro with a delayed vertical suplex for a near fall. Morrison tags in and kicks Bryan in the hamstring and punches Bryan. Morrison with a kick to the head.
Miz tags in and he kicks Bryan in the midsection. Styles tags in and they make a wish. Bryan with punches but AJ with a kick. Bryan and Styles go for a cross body at the same time and both are down. Miz, Morrison, and Cesaro go after Otis, Nakamura, and Big E to keep Bryan from making a tag. Zayn tags in.
Sheamus makes his way to the ring and he is now part of the match because… why not.
Sheamus tags in and hits running double sledges to Zayn. Sheamus with a clothesline in the corner followed by a knee lift. Sheamus with a kick and clothesline to send Miz over the top rope. Sheamus with forearms to Morrison but Zayn with a rollup for a near fall. Sheamus with a uranage back breaker and a cloverleaf. Morrison with a kick to Sheamus and Otis with a side slam to Morrison. Cesaro with a double stomp to Otis. Miz with a Skull Crushing Finale to Big E. Zayn with a Blue Thunder Bomb and he sets for the Helluva Kick but he runs into a Brogue Kick for the three count.
Winners: Sheamus, Daniel Bryan, Shinsuke Nakamura, Otis, and Big E
After the bell, Miz and Morrison immediately beat Sheamus down. AJ joins in from the floor. The music interrupts and out comes Braun Strowman making his return from the post-Survivor Series suspension. Braun levels bodies at ringside, then hits the ring and takes out Sami and Cesaro. Braun with the running powerslam to Sami, then to Cesaro. Braun yells out as the crowd pops. A shocked Miz and Morrison watch from the stage now. Braun tosses Cesaro across the ring and then hits him with another powerslam. Braun’s music hits again as he stands tall in the middle of the ring, yelling out to the crowd. We see other Superstars recovering at ringside now. Braun stands tall as the final SmackDown before the Royal Rumble goes off the air.
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