Our WWE SmackDown results for tonight include Trick Williams battling Damian Priest, Nathan Frazer clashes with Johnny Gargano, The MFTs challenge The Wyatt Sicks for the WWE Tag Team Championships, and a new number one contenders triple threat match pitting Giulia and Kiana James against Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, and Nia Jax and Lash Legend. Here’s our review and grades for tonight’s show, live from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
WWE SmackDown Card:
- Number One Contenders Match for the Women’s Tag Team Championships: Giulia and Kiana James vs. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax and Lash Legend
- WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Wyatt Sicks (c) vs. The MFTs
- Trick Williams vs. Damian Priest
- Nathan Frazer vs. Johnny Gargano
WWE SmackDown Results:
Sami Zayn
Montreal’s own, Sami Zayn, enters to a raucous reaction from his hometown crowd. Zayn gives an impassioned speech about becoming the number one contender for the WWE Championship. Trick Williams interrupts. Williams says he and Zayn are not on the same level. Unlike Zayn, Williams knows how to get the job done. Williams reminds Zayn that the last time Zayn got a title shot, in his hometown no less, he couldn’t get the job done. The crowd boos as Williams tells Zayn that he is here to be WWE Champion. Zayn puts over Williams but notes that Williams was correct; they aren’t on the same level.
Zayn says Williams may reach his potential in 15 years, and then Williams may be half as good as Zayn is. Williams bows up. Zayn tells Williams to step up. Williams says nah, they can settle up tomorrow. Tonight, Williams is focused on Damian Priest. Priest’s music hits, and he walks to the ring. Priest tells Williams that he is obviously afraid of Priest. Williams gets in Priest face and tells him if Priest thinks he is scared to watch this. Williams bonks Zayn on the head with the microphone. Priest chuckles. Williams takes a swing at Priest and gets put on his butt. Zayn attacks Williams. Williams pushes Priest into Zayn and runs away.
Grade: C+
This segment was just ok. All three of these guys have been cooking the past few weeks, but this segment dragged on.
United States Championship Match: Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov
Dragunov and Hayes trade strikes. Neither man can get the advantage. Dragunov takes over, working a waist lock. Dragunov misses the Constinine Special. Hayes misses his patented springboard clothesline. Both men are down after a double clothesline. After the break, Hayes and Dragunov are trading strikes. A back elbow from Hayes floors Dragunov. Dragunov fires back with rapid chops and a nasty boot. An enziguri from Dragunov sends Hayes into the ropes. Hayes bounces off the ropes and surprises Dragunov with La Mistica.
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Dragunov unloads on Hayes with elbows. Hayes fires back. Hayes runs into the Constinine Special, which turns him inside out. Kick out by Hayes. Hayes tries to counter with the first 48, but Dragunov blocks it and lands a nasty powerbomb. After another break, Dragunov and Hayes are fighting up top. Deadlift superplex by Dragunov. The fight spills out to the apron. Dragunov and Hayes trade strikes. Hayes fights his way out of a DVD and hits a suplex cutter on the apron!
The Finish
Both men are out on the floor. Hayes goes up top. Hayes is still selling his leg from his match with Nakamura from weeks ago. Dragunov plucks Hayes off the top and hits a DVD into the turnbuckle. Hayes kicks out at 2.9. Dragunov goes up top. While the referee has his back turned, Miz hops the barricade and pushes Dragunov off the top. Hayes drops Dragunov with the first 48 for the win.
Winner and STILL United States Champion, Carmelo Hayes!
Grade: B
Solid match. These two don’t miss when they are in the ring together. Miz’s interference was telegraphed, but they needed a way out of this where neither Hayes nor Dragunov looked worse because of it. Hayes has been selling a leg injury for weeks now, and this writer is impressed by his dedication there.
WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill vs. Chelsea Green w/Alba Fyre and Jordynne Grace
Cargill gets distracted by Grace on her way to the ring. Green surprises Cargill with a dive. As the bell rings, Cargill tosses Green all over the ring. Cargill does a few pushups, just because. Cargill gets caught up jawing with Grace. Green catches Cargill with a missile dropkick off the top. Cargill escapes the Unprettier. Green rolls up Cargill with her feet on the ropes. Cargill kicks out. Fyre hops on the apron. Cargill boots Fyre off the apron and drops Green with Jaded for the win.
Winner- Jade Cargill
After the match, Grace grabs a mic and tells Cargill she’s going to win the Royal Rumble. And once Grace does, she’ll go after Cargill. Unless Cargill wants to fight right here, right now. Cargill walks away.
Grade: C+
Fun, quick match that accomplished its goal: furthering the issue between Grace and Cargill.
WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Wyatt Sicks (c) vs. The MFTs
Solo Sikoa walks to the ring with Uncle Howdy’s lantern. Sikoa and Tonga are going to represent the MFTs. Tonga is in control early. Lumis and Gacy double-team Tonga. After a bit of back and forth, Rowen gets involved. Tala Tonga powerwalks to the ring and boots Rowen in the face. Tala picks up the lantern. Howdy puts Tala in the Manadable Claw. Sikoa Spikes Howdy and hits Lums in the head with the lantern. Tonga hits Lumis with the hidden Blade for the win.
Winners and NEW WWE Tag Team Champions, The MFTs!
Grade: C-
You know… faction warfare used to be so much more exciting than whatever this feud is.
Nathan Frazer w/Axiom vs. Johnny Gargano w/Candice LeRae
After a hotly contested match, LeRae distracts Frazer long enough for him to miss a Phoenix Splash. Axiom puts his stolen mask on LeRae. A blinded LeRae accidentally hits Gargano, who gets rolled up by Frazer for the win.
Winner-Nathan Frazer
After the match, LeRar steals Axiom’s mask back.
Grade: C+
We have seen this match before. The finish was fun, but this feud around an inanimate object isn’t working. Who knew a friendship bracelet would work better than a mask?
Number One Contenders Match for the Women’s Tag Team Championships: Giulia and Kiana James vs. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax and Lash Legend
Flair and Bliss clear the ring early. James spears Legend in the corner. Flair catches James with a front flip lariat. Bliss lands a dive that takes out the field. After the break, James takes Jax and Flair off the top with a tower of doom powerbomb. Legend hits Bliss with her finish. Flair spears Legend before she can pin Bliss. James steals the pin.
Winners- Giulia and Kiana James
Grade: B-
This match was good, but all of these women clearly went to the John Cena school of calling spots. At one point, we could literally hear them counting out their double suplex spot. Despite that, James and Giulia getting the win is an interesting wrinkle.
Trick Williams vs. Damian Priest
Priest is in control early. Williams takes over and gets into it with Sami Zayn at ringside. Zayn gets upset and attacks Williams, causing a disqualification.
Winner- Trick Williams
After the match, Priest gets into it with Zayn. Zayn and Priest trade strikes. Priest takes out Zayn with a big boot. Williams destroys Priest with the Trick Shot. While Williams celebrates, a wild Randy Orton appears and lays Williams out with an RKO. Zayn gets to his feet and jaws at Orton. Orton responds with an RKO.
Grade: B
Solid main event with a predictable but fun ending. We only got to see Orton backstage so far tonight, so there was no way the show wasn’t going to end with everyone eating an RKO. The fact that Priest escaped it makes this writer wonder if he’s eating one at SNME as the finish, and that’s why it didn’t happen here tonight. Williams continues to impress since debuting on the main roster. There is no reason why Trick Willy can’t main event a WrestleMania in the future. It’s time we all start talking about that.
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