Friday Evening SmackDown returned to Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah for this week’s version of the present, now solely lower than 24 hours away from Survivor Collection: WarGames, which will likely be going down contained in the Rogers Enviornment in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Following a run-down of the evening’s card, Bianca Belair, Naomi, IYO SKY, Bayley, and Rhea Ripley all made quick entrances one after the opposite on the stage, in the end getting into the ring. Rhea begins off by saying that she is aware of it’s apparent that not everybody on the crew is the very best of mates, however none of that issues as a result of tomorrow evening, all of them step into one of the vital harmful matches in WWE historical past: WarGames, they usually all have somebody that they wish to get their palms on. Tomorrow evening, this all ends once they step into the cage, and nobody will be capable of cease them from brutalizing the opposing crew. Naomi warns Nia Jax and her “lap canines” Stratton and LeRae that they will get all the things they deserve after which some, as a result of they’ve been nothing however a ache in her and Bayley’s facet. She guarantees that not solely will the glow be felt, but it surely’s going to be dealt.
Belair now interjects, including that her and Naomi each know that certainly one of them took out Jade Cargill final week, and whereas she doesn’t know which one it was, tomorrow evening, all 5 of them can get a beating. Ripley takes the mic again and warns Liv Morgan that she’s going to want she by no means met her. IYO SKY says one thing on behalf of the crew: “We are going to destroy you!”
Liv Morgan’s music begins to blare within the area as she walks out alongside Raquel Rodriguez, Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton, and Candice LeRae. The Girls’s World Champion of Uncooked says that it’s humorous how assured the babyface crew is that they’re going to beat her crew. Jax questions if Bianca had a mind fart and forgot that Bayley and IYO tortured her over the previous two years whereas teaming up as Harm CTRL. Or what about Bayley, contemplating that IYO and their “mates” Kairi Sane, Asuka, and Dakota Kai ended up betraying her and kicking her out of the group earlier than WrestleMania XL early into the yr?
Jax says that regardless of the heel crew has carried out doesn’t even come near the problems that the babyface crew have, and that they’re all going to implode earlier than they even make it to the ring. The ground is now Bayley’s, telling the Girls’s Champion that she’s one to speak, contemplating that she’s been manipulating Stratton all through the time that they’ve been on SmackDown collectively this yr, however is just too naive to say it. Jax retorts and says that Bayley is an knowledgeable at having no mates, with Liv including on and declaring that they’re a united entrance, so she will be able to cease attempting to govern them as she’s misplaced her contact and actually isn’t good at it anymore. Nonetheless, Morgan does suppose it’s actually attention-grabbing how Jade will get attacked and now Bayley is on their crew. Ripley tells her to close up and cease losing everyone’s time. Quickly, Liv isn’t going to have the ability to cover behind anybody as a result of when she steps into the cages, there may be nowhere to run and he or she goes to need to face Rhea. Morgan says that Ripley is true, which is why she’s going to place her cash the place her mouth is and end the job that she began when she breaks Rhea’s face on the metal cage tomorrow evening.
Ripley laughs, calling Morgan “candy” and “naive” earlier than saying that she goes to cave Morgan’s face in so dangerous that Dominik Mysterio, the love of her life, isn’t going to even wish to take a look at her. Morgan seemed upset and appeared like she needed to battle, however then stopped her crew, telling Ripley that she is aware of what she’s doing, however their crew will see all of them tomorrow evening as they’re now leaving. Ripley shortly exclaims that she hates ready and the groups escape into an altercation on the stage and ramp, with officers dashing out to separate the commotion.
The primary spherical of the Girls’s United States Championship event continued as Piper Niven (accompanied by first spherical winner Chelsea Inexperienced) and Michin took on Lash Legend in a triple risk match. Legend changed Jade Cargill following her assault final week.
Proper off the bat, the match adopted the development of all three rivals attempting to get an early probability of taking management. It didn’t take lengthy for issues to start out going Michin’s manner as she hit a crossbody onto each Legend and Niven exterior the ring. Inexperienced interfered by attempting to kick her, which was allowed because the match was of “no disqualification” guidelines. As Inexperienced confronted a laid-out Michin, B-Fab made her manner out to even the rating, with the 2 fist-fighting into the backstage space. The three continued to strive pinning one another, with no finish to the competition in sight, not even when Legend executed a formidable chokeslam on Niven.
The match would finish as Niven tried to hit the Piper Driver on Michin from the highest turnbuckle, however Legend would punch Michin and ship her to the bottom. With the match now wanting prefer it was within the bag for Legend, The Boujee Bully would make the most of a missed senton and raise Niven up for the Lash Extension, however Michin acquired up in time to hit a senton, sending Lash out of the ring and pinning Niven for the three depend.
Survivor Collection: WarGames airs tomorrow on Peacock in america, and the WWE Community in every single place else. Please observe that for worldwide viewers, premium dwell occasions plus episodes of NXT and SmackDown will likely be streaming on Netflix beginning in January when Uncooked begins airing on the service worldwide; for American viewers, premium dwell occasions will stay on Peacock, and NXT and SmackDown will keep on its respective properties of The CW and USA Community.
Under are the American time slots for the present and its associated programming on Peacock:
Survivor Collection: WarGames Countdown: 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT
Survivor Collection: WarGames PLE: 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT
The post-show will happen instantly after the present ends.
As for matches, right here’s what we’ll see tomorrow evening:
- WarGames: Rhea Ripley, Bayley, Bianca Belair, IYO SKY, and Naomi vs. Liv Morgan, Candice LeRae, Nia Jax, Raquel Rodriguez, and Tiffany Stratton
Subsequent week’s version of Friday Evening SmackDown will function the next:
- Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Elektra Lopez – remaining first spherical match within the Girls’s United States Championship event
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