
1/24 WWE SmackDown Results – We are live from the Moody Center in Austin, TX, where Joe Tessitore welcomes us to the show and brings out Cody Rhodes.
Joe brings up that Austin is his father’s home town. He mentions Cody having to turn over his title tomorrow in advance of the Ladder Match at the Royal Rumble.
Cody says Shawn Michaels is the perfect person to be there tomorrow. Shawn has won two Royal Rumbles and a few ladder matches. Shawn has the future of the company in his hands. He says he has no problem handing the title to Shawn. People will be talking about main eventing Wrestlemania and the best way to do it is to have this title.
Joe asks about the attack by Kevin Owens after the last Saturday Night’s Main Event and he asks how will he be able to deal with this version of Kevin Owens.
Cody asks Austin what do they think about Kevin Owens and they boo. Cody says you can ask this in every locker room about Kevin and you will get a lot of opinions. He says Kevin will subvert you expectations because of what he does. He says Kevin is a genius in the ring and a great athlete. When Kevin has to choose between the hard way and the easy road out, he will choose the easy way. In a ladder match, there will not be a referee missing a count or calling for a disqualification.
Joe brings up that Cody will be face to face with Kevin and he asks if he has a message for Kevin.
Cody says he would tell Kevin that maybe he smiles and shake hands and appears to be a good guy, but that doesn’t mean when you press a button that this gnawing and pettiness ceases. He will remind Kevin that he beat the Ring General and the greatest champion in his generation. He might be the grandson of a plumber but he was a student of Randy Orton. He says he has no problem punching Kevin in the face. He says he only has one thing to say to Kevin… Good luck.
Backstage:
DIY talks to Pretty Deadly. Pretty Deadly asks about the game plan. Johnny Gargano says he has a match against Apollo Crews tonight so they can’t be out there with Pretty Deadly. Pretty Deadly feel their partnership with DIY is one sided. DIY tells them to handle their business and do whatever they need to do to get this done. As Pretty Deadly is leaving, Legado Del Fantasma stare them down.
Motor City Machine Guns vs. Pretty Deadly
Sabin and Elton start things off and they lock up. Elton with a kick on the break. Elton with an Irish whip and Sabin floats over and he gives Elton a few arm drags. Elton avoids a leg sweep and he kicks Sabin in the head. Elton with a side head lock. Alex tags in and he connects with forearm. Sabin with a forearm and they double team Elton. Elton with a slam and Kit tags in. Alex with a kick and punches. Sabin tags in and they hit a double shoulder tackle on Ks and they knock Elton off the apron. Alex and Sabin with a double flap jack for a near fall. Sabin punches Elton when he tries to interfere. Kit hits Sabin from behind and sends him to the floor.
Elton with forearm and then Kit and Elton send Sabin into the ring post and over the ringside barrier. Alex punches Kit and Elton and then checks on Sabin. The referee tells Alex to go to his corner as Elton sends Sabin back into the ring. Elton with punches to Sabin. Kit tags in and he kicks Sabin in the head while Elton holds him and then Kit gets a near fall. Kit with a hip toss and he gets a near fall. Kit with forearms and he gets a near fall. Kit with a Million Dollar Dream. Sabin escapes and Kit with a rebound clothesline. Elton tags in and Kit with a knee drop to the arm. Elton with a double wrist lock. Elton stops Sabin from making the tag and he runs Sabin into the turnbuckles. Kit tags in and hits a splash and gets a near fall.
Kit chokes Sabin in the ropes. Kit with another kick and then he punches Sabin. Elton tags in and he kicks Sabin. Elton with European uppercuts. Kit tags back in and Sabin with chops to Elton and Kit . Sabin sends Elton to the floor and then he hits an enzuigiri and he tags in Alex. Alex with punches and back elbows. Alex back drops Kit and then he hits a flatliner and DDT combination for a near fall. Alex sends Kit to the floor. Sabin tags in and Alex iwth a baseball slide. Sabin with a suicide dive onto Kit and Elton. Sabin with a running back elbow and Alex tags in. Alex sends for a flatliner while Sabin sets for a missile drop kick. Elton sends Alex into the ropes and it crotches Sabin. They hit a gutbuster on Alex and then Kit with a bulldog off the turnbuckles while Elton holds Alex for a near fall.
Kit tags in and they set for Spilled Milk but Sabin with a missile drop kick. Kit sends Sabin to the floor. Sabin tags in and they hit the Dream Sequence. Sabin and Alex with kicks in the corner and they set for Skull and Bones and hit it for the three count.
Winners: Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley
Backstage:
SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis happens upon The Miz, who he informs has been traded to SmackDown. Miz says he purposely got The Wyatts moved to SmackDown so he didn’t have to deal with them. Aldis tells Miz he better make some new friends. And fast. The show heads to another commercial break on that note.
In the Arena:
Kevin Owens approaches Barrett and Tessitore and asks Tessitore where his interview is and why everyone wants to be Cody Rhodes’ best friend. Owens kicks pens at the announcers and says he’s the rightful WWE Champion and calls out Matthey McConaughey who is in the audience.
Jimmy Uso’s music hits and he marches to the ring. Owens asks what this is about and what Uso wants. Uso tells Owens he talks too much and attacks Owens. Owens rolls out and escapes before Uso can splash him. Uso suggests they go at it one on one tonight.
Backstage:
Carmelo Hayes asks Nick Aldis about his match he was supposed to have with Jimmy Uso. Aldis tells Hayes he can fight the newest SmackDown acquisition. Hayes says he wants to see who his opponent is and Aldis tells him to wait a minute and he’ll see. Hayes says he’s in and will show this person that SmackDown is the land of the animals, and he’s the big dog. Aldis just smiles.
Chelsea Green & Piper Niven vs. Michin & B-Fab
Piper and Michin start things off and Michin with forearms and a side head lock. Piper sends Michin into the corner and misses a splash. Michin with a spinning back heel kick. Green tags in and Michin brings her into the ring with a wrist lock. Green blocks Eat Defeat and Michin blocks UnprettiHER. Michin sets for a splash on Green but Piper distracts her. Michin knocks Piper off the apron and Michin misses the cannonball. Green with a suplex and she gets a near fall. Green stretches Michin while standing on her hair. Piper tags in and she stops Michin from making the tag. Michin kicks Piper to get free. Piper misses an elbow drop.
Green and Fab tag in and Fab with forearms and a palm thrust. Fab with a spinning back heel kick in the corner and another kick. Fab with a DDT for a near fall that is broken up by an elbow from Piper. Michin tags in and Piper with a Boss Man Slam on Fab. Michin wiht a drop kick and Green goes for UnprettiHER. Michin with Eat Defeat for the three count.
Winners: Michin & B-Fab
Backstage:
Hayes learns that it is Damian Priest that has been traded to SmackDown. That’s his opponent for tonight. Aldis laughs and tells Hayes to lace ’em up tight. Priest says he’s ready to make some money and he’s ready to punish. We head to another break.
– We have a video for Charlotte Flair. She says there is a difference between confidence and arrogance. Arrogance is insecurity in convincing someone who you are. Confidence is people knowing who you are. You don’t have to call yourself the GOAT if you are the GOAT. She says her accolades are unmatched. She says she is back. When she comes through the curtain at the Royal Rumble with a smile on her face and a tear in her eyes, she will show who owns the night.
In the Arena:
It’s Tiffy Time! Stratton makes her way to the ring and gets on the mic. Stratton says she’s the center of everyone’s attention – kind of like at the Rumble where 30 women will be fighting to face her. She says she beat last year’s champion so she isn’t worried.
Rhea Ripley’s music bellows through the arena and Ripley comes out with her title. Ripley and Stratton stand on opposite ends of the ring and Ripley tells Stratton that even though she’s pretty new here, that she’s a champion too. She says she respects what Stratton did to Jax but it won’t compare to what will happen to Jax at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
This calls out Nia Jax and Candice LeRae. Jax wants both champs to know this is a historical moment as she is entering and winning the Royal Rumble Match. Jax says she’ll still beat Ripley tomorrow and she’s still going to enter the Royal Rumble because she’s going to beat Stratton too.
Bianca Belair and Naomi come out dancing. Naomi says they came out here to say that she and Belair will be entering the Royal Rumble but they both say they’ll win and then say if one of them doesn’t win the other will.
Liv Morgan’s music hits and Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan come out – Morgan starts talking trash talking Rhea Ripley and Tiffany Stratton. Liv says she doesn’t care about the other four women because everything is about her. They get in the ring and Morgan declares her entry to the Royal Rumble and declares her victory as well. She says Rodriguez will ensure her victory. Ripley smokes Morgan and all hell breaks loose.
Stratton leaves the ring and Belair, Naomi and Ripley clear the ring and Nick Aldis makes his way out to the ring and makes the match.
Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair & Naomi vs. Nia Jax, Candice LeRae & Liv Morgan
Rhea and Nia start things off but Nia tells Candice to start. Candice with forearms and she goes for a crucifix bomb but Rhea blocks it. Rhea sends Candice into the turnbuckles and Rhea runs into a boot. Rhea blocks a tornado DDT and Rhea with a delayed vertical suplex. Bianca tags in before Rhea hits the splex. Naomi and Bianca with a double drop kick to Nia. Rhea and Bianca swing Naomi onto Nia. Naomi gets a near fall on Candice. Liv tags in and Naomi with a head scissos. Bianca tags in and they hit a double hip toss and then they hit a moonsault and leg drop combination for a near fall. Bianca with a shoulder into the corner and then she goes to the turnbuckles for punches.
Candice tries to get involved but Bianca punches her. Liv tries to pull Bianca off the turnbuckles by her hair and Nia makes the blind tag. Bianca lands on her feet and Nia with a body block. Nia with forearms and use of the braid. Nia slams Bianca’s head into the mat. Nia with a slam and she goes to the turnbuckles for aNIAlator but Bianca sends Nia over the top rope and to the floor. That would have eliminated Nia if this was next Saturday. Candice and Naomi tag in and Namoi with a few flying clotheslines and Rear View. Nia tags in. Naomi with forearms and Nia misses a clothesline and Naomi slides past. Naomi with a head butt. Naomi is sent to the apron and Naomi punches Liv. Naomi goes fo a slingshot sunset flip but Nia holds on to the ropes. Candice holds Naomi and Nia drops down onto Naomi.
Candice tags in and kicks Naomi and chokes her in the ropes. Candice gets a near fall. Candice with a front face lock. Naomi tries to get to her corner to make the tag and she hits an enzuigiir. Candice stops Naomi a second time. Liv tags in as Candice drags Naomi back into their corner. Liv with kicks and a suplex. She holds on and rolls through for a second and then she finishes off the Three Amigas. Liv with a drop kick for a near fall. Nia tags in and she kicks Naomi. Nia with an Irish whip and splash into the corner. Nia ith a running hip and a stinkface. Naomi with kicks and a jumping knee. Naomi with a rollup for a near fall.
Candice tags in and she connects with forearms. Candice with a jackknife cover for a near fall. Candice gets another near fall. Naomi with a kick and Candice knocks Rhea off the apron. Candice with a suplex and a snap mare. Candice chokes Naomi against the turnbuckles. Naomi with forearms and a kick to Candice and both women go down. Nia pulls Rhea off the apron and kicks her against the ringside barrier. Liv pulls Bianca off the apron so there is no one for Naomi to tag. Candice runs Naomi into the turnbuckles but Naomi with kicks to everyone. Naomi with an X Factor off the turnbuckles. Rhea tags in and she clotheslines Liv and then sends her face first into the mat. Rhea with a flying boot to Liv and she kicks Candice and Nia off the apron.
Raquel distracts Rhea and Liv with a lungblower. Bianca tags in and Bianca avoids an enzuigiri. Liv gets her knees up on a handspring moonsault. Bianca with a spear and she gets a near fall. Nia wwith a pop up head butt to Naomi. Rhea with a head butt and Liv breaks up RipTide. Rhea sends Nia and Liv to the mat. Rhea with RipTide of Liv onto Nia. Rhea knocks Raquel off the apron. Candice with a jumping knee to knock Rhea to the floor. Bianca with KOD to Candice but Liv with a crucifix for the three count.
Winners: Liv Morgan, Candice LeRae, and Nia Jax
Backstage:
Piper is caring to Chelsea and she wants to know what happened. B-Fab and Michin show up and say that it is because the numbers were even. Michin says she is looking forward to taking the US title from Chelsea Nick is giving her another chance next week.
Johnny Gargano vs. Apollo Crews
Crews with forearms and a shoulder tackle. Crews with a delayed vertical suplex attempt and Johnny tries to escape but Crews holds on and hits the suplex. Johnny with punches and Crews with a drop kick that sends Johnny to the floor. Crews with a moonsault off the apron onto Gargano. Crews goes up top and misses a frog splash and he lands on his feet and rolls through. Johnny with a super kick for a near fall. Johnny with kicks in the corner. Johnny runs into a boot from Crews followed by a back elbow. Crews with a running boot to the head and a jumping clothesline. Crews presses Gargano over his head and drops him behind him followed by a moonsault for a near fall.
Crews misses a splash into the corner and Gargano with a kick to the thigh followed by a lungblower for a near fall. Crews and Gargano exchange forearms. Crews with a boot and an enzuigiri. Johnny sends Crwws through the ropes to the floor and Ciampa with a running knee when Johnny distracts the referee.
Alex Shelley and Chis Sabin come out and that means that Johnny ignores his opponent IN THE RING and while Ciampa gets on the apron, Crews with a rollup for the three count.
Winner: Apollo Crews
– On his way to the ring, Jacob Fatu says tomorrow he faces Baun Strowman. It is Godzilla and King Kong but he is both monsters. They don’t make them like him. He says Tama is coming for LA Knight.
Tama Tonga vs. LA Knight
Before the match starts, LA Knight gets on the mic to talk to ya. He says you two cross eyed half wits have hell to pay. You better not think he isn’t coming at you for taking away his chance at the title. Tama Tonga drew the short straw so you are going to get a BFT. If you get invovled, he will do the same to Fatu. He might leave anything for Braun tomorrow.
Tama misses a punch and Knight with punches as the referee starts the match. Tama with punches. Knight catches Tama on a leap frog and hits a power slam for a near fall. Knight kicks Tama and catapults him into the bottom rope. Knight sends Tama into the ringside barrier and Tama returns the favor with an Irish whip. Tama comes off the ring steps and Knight catches him and hot shots Tama onto the ringside barrier and then drops him into the crowd.
Knight breaks the count and then Tama drops Knight on the ringside barrier. Tama with a clothesline off the ringside barrier. Tama with punches and Knight with a punch. Knight sends Tama back into the ring and he kicks Tama. Knight with a slingshot shoulder tackle for a near fall. Knight with a back body drop and a clothesline to send Tama over the top rope to the floor. Knight goes to the floor and he looks for Fatu and tells him to stay back. KNight punches Tama but Tama with a flatliner onto the ring steps.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Knight gets a near fall. Tama with a dragon screw followed by an elbow drop to the leg. Tama with a kick to the leg. Tama with a head butt and Knight gets a near fall. Tama with a back body drop. Tama with a nerve hold on Knight. Knight with elbows and punches. Knight with a flying clothesline and punches. Knight with an Irish whip that sends Tama sternum first into the turnbuckles followed by a leaping neck breaker. Tama with a punch from the apron but Knight with a punch. Tama drops Knight onto the apron. Knight with a shoulder tackle that knocks Tama off the apron into the announce table. Knight with a shoulder off the apron.
They return to the ring and Knight goes for a torture rack but Tama gets to his feet. Tama with a hesitation DDT for a near fall. Tama puts Knight on the turnbuckles. Knight punches Tama and Tama with forearms. Tama with head butts to KNight and Knight punches Tama off the turnbuckles. Tama punches Knight and he sets for a superplex but Knight with a gourdbuster. KNight withi a double jump elbow drop. Fatu gets on the apron when Knight sets for BFT. Tama with a rollup for a near fall. Knight with a kick and BFT for the three count.
Winner: LA Knight
After the match, Fatu attacks Knight and sends him into the announce table. Fatu with head butts and then Braun Strowman’s music plays and he walks briskly to the ring. Fatu, as is required by the rule book, stops any attack on Knight.
Braun gets in the ring and Tama holds Fatu back but Fatu does not care. Fatu gets in the ring and every other word is muted. Braun ‘Hogans’ his shirt and Tama tries to attack Braun from behind and then Braun moves and Fatu hits the ring post on a splash.
Backstage:
Miz is with Austin Theory and Grayson Waller. MIz talks about Marine 7 and how they would be box office gold. They like the idea of it. He says together they will run Smackdown together. Nick stops by and he tells Waller and Theory they are going to Raw. Theory comes back to tell Miz they are going to be rich. Miz is not happy.
– Shinsuke Nakamura says this is a warning to any challenger. If you challenge with the determination to win, you will not succeed. Your body will be bruised and damaged while he holds on to the title. He says he will be in the Royal Rumble. He says he won beore and he will seize victory again. This will be the year of his conquest. It begins with the Royal Rumble.
Damian Priest vs. Carmelo Hayes
Hayes avoids Priest at the start of the match and he feels pretty good about what he hasn’t done yet. Hayes with a kick and punch followed by chops. Priest blocks an Irish whip and Hayes flips over the back and hits a forearm to the back of the head. Priest with a shoulder tackle. Priest tosses Hayes into the corner and Priest with a series of kicks. Priest with a wrist lock and he goes to the turnbuckles and h goes Old School with a cross body for a near fall. They go to the floor and Priest with a forearm. Priest tries to run Hayes into the ring post but Hayes escapes. Priest stops short of the ring post. Hayes with a kick and he sends Priest into the ring post.
Hayes goes to the turnbuckles to pose as we go to commercial.
We are back and Priest pushes Hayes off the turnbuckles. Hayes kicks Priest to the floor and then he kicks him off the apron. Hayes with a flip dive onto Priest. Hayes with a springboard cross body for a near fall. Hayes with a double wrist lock. Hayes with chops to Priest. Priest shows some anger and he connects with a forearm and many kicks. Priest with a forearm. Priest runs into boots but Priest responds with Broken Arrow and an elbow into the corner. Priest with a leaping flatliner for a near fall. Hayes goes to the floor and Priest follows and Priest with a running shoulder tackle that sends Hayes over the ringside barrier. Priest grabs Hayes and pulls him back into the ringside area. Hayes with a super kick as Priest comes off the ropes. Priest catches Hayes off the ropes. Hayes with a cutter and First 48.
Hayes gets a near fall. Priest moves when Hayes goes for Nothin But Net and Priest with a clothesline. Hayes with an inside cradle for a near fall. Priest with South of Heaven for the three count.
Winner: Damian Priest
Backstage:
Nick is in the back wtih Johnny and Tommaso. Alex and Chris show up and Chris says they have a surprise. They get to face Gargano and Ciampa for the titles at the Royal Rumble in a two out of three falls matc.
– Next week, DIY and Pretty Deadly face The Machine Guns and Garzas in an eight man tag match. Michin faces Chelsea Green for the US Title. Liv Morgan faces Naomi. JImmy Uso faces Carmelo Hayes.
– Kevin Owens prepares in a truck.
We go to commercial.
– Damian Priest walks in the back and he stops to talk to Cody Rhodes. Cody says he is glad to have Priest on Smackdown. Priest tells Cody he will see him soon, champ.
Backstage:
Miz is with Andrade and he talks about how great Andrade is, but he needs someone to guide him. Andrade says he loves that idea. He says he will go find someone.
Jimmy Uso shows up and then he walks to the ring. Carmelo Hayes Jimmy it will take more than four moves to beat KO. Jimmy says he will beat him in three moves next week. Carmelo Hayes attacks Jimmy Uso in the aisle and he connects with forearms. Officials and WWE backstage peeps come out and break up the scuffle.
Back to commercial.
Kevin Owens vs. Jimmy Uso
Kevin goes to the floor and has some words with Joe. Jimmy with an uppercut and he sends Kevin into the apron and ringside barrier. They get back into the ring and Kevin with forearms. Kevin with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Kevin with a back senton. Kevin with punches to the midsection and back. Kevin with shoulders in the corner. Kevin with a hard Irish whip. Kevin with a punch and another hard Irish whip. Kevin chokes Jimmy in the ropes. Kevin with an elbow to the back of the neck. Kevin with an Irish whip but Jimmy with a clothesline out of the corner. Jimmy sets for the running hip but Kevin goes to the floor to avoid it.
Jimmy sends Kevin’s head into the announce table. Jimmy with punches and he plays to the Longhorns crowd. Kevin with a shoulder tackle that knocks Jimmy off the apron and into the announce table. Kevin with a frog splash off the apron onto Jimmy. Kevin sends Jimmy into the ringside barrier a few times. While Jimmy tries to get back into the ring, Kevin soaks up the adulation of the fans. Kevin with a punch. Kevin wraps the arm in the ropes to add more damage to it. Kevin with divorce court to the arm and he stomps on it. Kevin slams the arm into the mat. Kevin with a head butt. Kevin wraps the arm in the ropes again.
Jimmy wtih punches but Kevin with a kick and DDT. Kevin with a double wrist lock. Jimmy with punches and a head butt. Jimmy tries to get Keivn on his shoulders and Kevin with an arm breaker for a near fall. Kevin stomps on the arm and he slams the arm into the mat many times. Kevin goes up top but Jimmy with a kick to stop him. Jimmy sets for a superplex but you don’t superplex Kevin Owens and he drops Jimmy onto the turnbuckles while dropping the arm on the ropes. Kevin goes fo a swanton but Jimmy gets the knees up. Jimmy with a running hip into the corner and both men are down.
Jimmy with punches and an enzuigiri. Jimmy with a Samoan drop for a near fall. Jimmy misses a splash into the corner. Jimmy with a super kick to Kevin for a near fall. Kevin with an arm wringer and a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall. Jmmy avoids a stunner. Kevin with a super kick and Jimmy with one of his own for a near fall. Jimmy goes up top and misses a frog splash when Kevin moves. Kevin with a super kick. He goes for the pop up power bomb and Jimmy escapes. Jimmy with a super kick for a near fall. Jimmy runs into a kick and Kevin tries for a stunner but Jimmy escapes. Jimmy with a spear and he goes up top.
Kevin gets up and he drops Jimmy on the top rope and sends him shoulder first into the post. Kevin with a pop up power bomb for the three count.
Winner: Kevin Owens
After the match, Kevin sets for a package pile driver on the announce table.
Cody Rhodes’ music plays and they meet in the ring. Cody with many punches and he kicks Kevin. They exchange punches and Cody sends Kevin to the floor. Cody sends Kevin’s head into the announce table.
We go to credits.
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