-- Below are the Smackdown tapings results (spoilers) for tonight's episode of the show. It was taped earlier today in Germany.
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Your announcers are Michael Cole and Wade Barrett.
We see Cody Rhodes walking in ARENA.
We see Kevin Owens walking to ARENA.
Nia Jax and Tiffany Stratton walk through PARKING LOT ahead of Nia's title match against Michin.
United States Champion LA Knight makes his way to the ring
Knight wants to talk to the people in Berlin. He says it has been 27 years since WWE did television in Berlin. He says what a way to kick it off than with him. Knight says he understands that the US Title is on his shoulder and he had his first successful title defense in the US Capital. He says he thought to himself if he is going to defend the title in the capital of the US, why not do it in Germany. He says he can call it the Capital Championship. He says he is holding an Open Challenge tonight. Anyone who wants to answer the challenge, go ahead.
Ludwig Kaiser's music plays and he makes his way to the ring.
Kaiser addresses the crowd in German. He tells Knight if he is the champion he says he is, he wants to face the best all over the world. Kaiser says him and the entirety of Berlin can guarantee there is no one better on German soil than the GERMAN, Ludwig Kaiser. Kaiser says after he beats Knight in the capital of his home country and he is going to take the title all over the pond and make it bigger than it ever was. He will make it his own personal European Championship.
Knight says that was impressive for Gunther's stooge. You talk about what you want to do with the title, but you have to win it and you won't because he won't let him. Knight says Kaiser is going to lay down and take the three count. Everyone can pledge allegiance to the champ of the US by saying his name.
Match Number One: LA Knight versus Ludwig Kaiser for the United States Championship
Kaiser and Knight stand in the ring as the bell rings and they listen to the crowd. They lock up and Knight backs Kaiser into the corner and gives a clean break. They lock up and Kaiser with a wrist lock. Knight with a reversal and arm wringers. Kaiser gets in Knight's face and he pushes Knight. Knight pushes back. They lock up and Kaiser with a punch on the break. Kaiser with a side head lock take down. Knight with a rollup for a near fall. Knight with a back elbow and kicks in the corner. Kaiser with an Irish whip and Kaiser blocks a kick and hits the Nein punch. Kaiser with kicks in the corner. Knight with a clothesline out of the corner.
They go to the floor and Knight with a back drop driver onto the apron. Kaiser runs Knight into the apron and ring steps. Kaiser breaks the count and he sets for the half lap drop kick and he connects against the steps.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Knight rolls to the apron and Kaiser punches Knight. The referee pulls Kaiser off Knight. Kaiser with punches to Knight. Kaiser pie faces Knight. Knight punches Kaiser from his knees and Kaiser punches back. They continue the exchange but Knight with a brief advantage. Kaiser with a chop and Knight goes down. Knight with shoulders in the corner. Knight with a chop and he sends Kaiser to the floor. Knight sends Kaiser's head into the announce table many times. Knight with a neck breaker and then he goes to the turnbuckles for an elbow drop and he connects for a near fall. Knight kicks Kaiser in the corner and hits a running knee to the head.
Knight with a reverse atomic drop but Kaiser with a kick for a near fall. Kaiser gets Knight on his shoulders but Knight gets to his feet. They exchange punches. Knight with a power slam and he sets for BFT but Kaiser escapes and gets a near fall with a rollup. Kaiser with a clothesline and a running knee to the head. Kaiser avoids BFT and hits a rolling Death Valley Driver for a near fall. Kaiser sets for the reverse DDT and Knight with a back beaker and a Side Effect. Knight with BFT for the three count.
Winner: LA Knight (retains championship)
We take a look at Micah Parsons failing at an RKO during practice.
Speaking of RKOs, we take a look at Gunther and Randy Orton with a video package.
We take a look at Nia Jax with a video package.
Match Number Two: Baron Corbin and Apollo Crews versus Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo (with Elektra Lopez and Santos Escobar)
Crews and Humberto start things off and Crews with a drop kick and a delayed vertical suplex for a near fall. Baron tags in and he punches Carrillo. Carrillo with a forearm to the back and Garza tags in. Baron lands on his feet on a slingshot double hip toss and hits a double clothesline. Baron with punches in the corner. Angel escapes and pulls Baron into the turnbuckle. Baron with a uranage into the corner. Angel backs Baron into the corner and Humberto punches Corbin from the apron and drops him on the top rope. Angel with a running kick to Baron against the ropes. Humberto gets a near fall. Baron sends Carrillo over the top rope to the floor and Crews with a boot to Angel and a head scissors that sends Angel to the floor.
Baron biels Crews over the top rope onto Angel and Humberto.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Humberto hits a slingshot blockbuster for a near fall. Crews is put on the turnbuckles and Angel tags in and they connect with forearms to the back. Angel with a kick in the corner. Angel with another Irish whip and a splash into the corner. Crews with a kick and elbow to escape the corner ad he leap frogs Angel. Baron tags in and he hits a back elbow. Baron biels Humberto into the ring and hits a running knee. Baron with a splash to Humberto followed by a short arm clothesline. Corbin with a springboard clothesline to Carrillo followed by a TKO for a near fall. Crews tags in and he hits a cross body onto Angel and follows with a German suplex. Crews with a forearm to Humberto followed by German suplexes. Carrillo with a springboard round kick to Crews. Baron hip tosses Humberto into the turnbuckles.
Angel and Crews go for cross body blocks at the same time and they both go down. Baron sends Angel onto the announce table and Lopez gets on the apron to distract the referee so Santos can send Corbin into the ring steps. Humberto gets a near fall. Humberto with an arm drag off the turnbuckles and Angel tags in for the pop up kick for the three count.
Winners: Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo
Solo mentions that DIY and the Street Profits will face The Bloodline and he says they will acknowledge him. He mentions that he sacrificed his brother Jimmy first. Then he took out Paul Heyman. Then he took out Roman Reigns. He took the right to be called Tribal Chief. If he did it to his own family, what will they do to the four of you?
Solo tells Cody and Kevin he doesn't give a damn which one of you wins tomorrow, he is coming for you.
We go to commercial.
Nick Aldis is in the ring.
Nick says it feels good to be in Berlin for Smackdown. He says in 24 hours, there are going to be matchups that can change the future of WWE forever. Bash in Berlin is the culmination of a successful tour of Europe for the WWE.
We have a video package.
Nick says THE most important match tomorrow night is for the Undisputed Championship so he brings out the challenger, Kevin Owens. Nick also brings out the champion, Cody Rhodes.
Nick wishes both of them luck tomorrow and he says the floor is theirs and Nick leaves the ring.
Kevin asks Cody what does he want to talk about and he points out that Cody says that all the time.
Cody speaks in German and Kevin asks what he said and Cody says he wants to talk about the title and their match tomorrow.
Kevin says there is something he would like to talk about. He wants to talk about what happened to Cody's knee on the tour this week.
Cody says nothing happened to his knee. He says his knee is fine and it is good. Cody wants to talk about last week. They beat Waller and Theory and that was great. Cody mentions the stuff that happened at the end gave him pause. Cody says Kevin handed him the belt, but some think if Cody hadn't turned that Kevin was going to hit him in the back. Cody mentions Kevin's track record and says he is just asking.
Kevin says he gets it. That video that Waller showed, he said they all deserved it . . . EXCEPT FOR KOFI. Everyone else had it coming. Kevin says they never had that type of relationship. Kevin mentions the relationship he had with Cody's dad. Why would he do something like that.
Cody says maybe Kevin is a little angry with him. In 2015 and 2016, they walked into the same rooms and with people Kevin knew. He says that Kevin doesn't get enough credit while Cody says he might get too much credit for the changes.
Kevin says that is nice and he doesn't know what to say about that. Kevin says he would never do it to Cody. He wouldn't need to hit Cody with a cheap shot. He knows about Cody's knee and how he is hurt. Kevin says people have been telling him about how much pain Cody is in. If Cody is not at 100 percent?
Cody says this is pure sabotage. He asks if Kevin does not think he deserves the match.
Kevin asks Cody why didn't he take a knee during his entrance if his knee is fine. Kevin says yesterday was eight years since he won the Universal Championship. When he won the title, he should have been on top of the world. Instead, he was told that he didn't deserve it and he won because of Triple H. Kevin says he is still bitter. If you aren't 100 percent and you are on one good leg. What happens when he beats Cody.
Cody says his knee is 100 percent and he is ready for Kevin tomorrow. Cody says Kevin sounds like he is talking with confidence, but it is anger. You know what it meant for him to come back and it meant that he was going to leave people behind. Cody came back and Kevin had to share the spotlight after Kevin faced Steve Austin. Cody says he loves Kevin and he says he doesn't have a lot of friends but he feels that Kevin is one of his friends. When he beats Kevin, will they still be friends?
Kevin drops the mic and he gets in Cody's face and walks away without saying anything.
Baron and Apollo says they are on a roll but they lose again.
Waller and Theory show up and Waller suggests that they break up. Waller says that Theory doesn't think they are a good team.
Baron tells Theory to say it to his face and Theory says he meant it.
Theory yells at Waller for saying stuff and how he is the one who gets hurt. He says that they are falling apart.
Waller apologizes and he says this is what people do in Australia. He says that Theory is his best mate and he apologizes.
Theory says they are good.
Giovanni Vinci says you rise above and win with honor. That is what he does. He says this is not his return. It is his arrival. Everyone will remember his name.
Match Number Three: Andrade versus Carmelo Hayes
Hayes tells Andrade to come fight on in the aisle but Andrade stays in the ring. Andrade punches Hayes and sends him to the floor. Andrade with a double jump twisting cross body. Andrade with kicks and Hayes with a springboard clothesline. Hayes goes up top and Andrade clips Hayes in the ropes and Andrade with a double stomp with Hayes caught in the turnbuckles.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Hayes sets for a figure four leg lock but Andrade kicks Hayes into the turnbuckles. Andrade with forearms and a dragon screw leg whip. Andrade with a flying forearm and he kicks Hayes back to the mat. Andrade goes up top and sets for a moonsault but Hayes rolls away and Andrade completes the AndradeSault for a near fall. Hayes rolls into the corner and Andrade sets for the running double knee strike and Hayes with a Codebreaker. Hayes mocks Andrade and he hits the running double knee strike for a near fall. Hayes with a chop and Andrade pushes Hayes and tells him to bring it. Hayes with chops and a forearm. Andrade with a suplex and he holds on for a second one but Hayes lands on his feet. Andrade with a rolling power bomb for a near fall. The turnbuckle pad in the corner is removed.
Andrade kicks Hayes in the corner. Hayes with a super kick and he gets a near fall when Andrade has to change up his pace for the running knee because of the exposed turnbuckle. They go to the roes and Andrade with a springboard Spanish Fly for a near fall.
We go to commercial.
We are back and they are on the turnbuckles and Andrade with a Fallaway Power Slam from the turnbuckles for a near fall. Andrade slaps Hayes and Hayes slaps back. They continue the exchange and Andrade with the spinning back elbow for a near fall. Andrade chops Hayes in the corner and puts him on the turnbuckles in the corner where the turnbuckle has been exposed. Andrade sets for a Frankensteiner but Hayes escapes and drops Andrade on the turnbuckle. Hayes with Nothin but Net for the three count.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes
We take a look at how we got to our Women's Championship Street Fight tonight with a video package.
We are back with a video package for the Women's Tag Title Match.
Michin says she fought all those battles to get here. You can like her or hate you, but when she wins tonight, you won't forget her. Michin is not who she is, it is what she is.
Match Number Four: Nia Jax versus Michin in a Street Fight for the Smackdown Women's Championship
Michin hits Nia a few times with a kendo stick and Nia goes to the floro. Nia takes the kendo stick and pokes Michin with it. NIa misses Michin with the kendo stick and Michin sends Nia into the ring post. Michin hits Nia in the ropes with the kendo stick and Michin with a leg drop for a near fall. Michin goes under the ring for more kendo sticks and a chair. Michin makes the crowd happy by pulling out a table but Nia hits Michin with a kendo stick a few times. Nia puts the table under the ring and Michin with a drop kick through the ropes. Michin pulls the table out again ad she puts it in the ring as we go to commercial.
We are back and Nia sets up the table in the ring and puts it against the turnbuckles. Michin sprays the fire extinguisher in Nia's face. Michin goes up top and hits a missile drop kick. Michin gets a trash can and Michin goes for a tornado DDT onto a trash can but Nia counters and sends Michin face first onto the trash can. Michin hits Nia with trash can lids. MIchin hits a tornado DDT onto the trash can lids and she gets a near fall. Michin gets the other table in the ring and sets it up. MIchin gets another trash can and then she gets back in the ring to finish with the table. Nia with a forearm to the back and a head butt. Nia hits Michin in the back with a chair. Nia puts Michin on the table.
Nia goes to the turnbuckles but Michin stops Nia. Michin power bombs Nia through the table and both women are down.
Tiffany Stratton's music plays and she makes her way to the ring with the briefcase. Tiffany hits Michin with the case and she thinks about cashing in but Nia wakes up and wants to know what is going on. Tiffany hits Michin with the briefcase and puts Nia on top of Michin but Michin gets a near fall.
Tiffany sets for the Prettiest Moonsault Ever but Bayley's music plays. Bayley clotheslines Tiffany and they fight to the floor and through the crowd.
Michin with a rollup for a near fall. Michin with a round kick but Nia avoids a clothesline and hits a Samoan drop through the table in the corner. Nia with aNIAlator onto a trash can over Michin for the three count.
Winner: Nia Jax (retains championship)
After the match, Nia throws trash can lids onto Michin and then hits the trash can over Michin with the kendo stick.
We go to credits.
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Post-show dark matches announced
Damien Priest vs. Dominik Mysterio and Gunther vs. Ilja Dragunov (was originally scheduled as a tag with Gunther/Kaiser vs. Ilja/Sami Zayn)
Dark Match: Street Profits vs. A-Town Down
Theory and Waller attack before the bell, but quickly get thwarted. Crowd chants “Auf die Fresse”, which basically means ” hit ’em in the mouth”. Some heat on the Street Profits, but they quickly come back and get the win with the Electric Chair/Blockbustet combo.
German announcers at ringside
Holger Böschen and Walandi Tsanti come out to call the show from a second announce table at ringside, as the show airs live in Germany at 7 PM local time.
They are followed by Michael Cole and Wade Barrett.
SmackDown spoilers
A video plays of Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens, Nia Jax and Tiffany Stratton arriving at the arena airs.
L.A. Knight open challenge segment
L.A. Knight comes out to a huge pop. The German fans love him and there were chants of L.A. Knight Yeah! all throughout the arena before the show started.
He talks about it took WWE 27 years to come back for a major televised event (they taped RAW in February 1997 and had the finals of the European championship in Berlin back then). Since Berlin is the capital of Germany, let’s call the U.S. title the capital title.
Ludwig Kaiser answers the open challenge and the roof blows off the building as the local hero comes to the ring. He says is the best in Germany and will rename the title the European championship. Knight says he won’t let Kaiser win the title.
They go nose-to-nose as the show heads to commercial. During the commercial, they played a clip for the new collegiate WWE championships. I’d guess less than 0.1% of the German audience follows U.S. college sports.
U.S. Championship: L.A. Knight vs. Ludwig Kaiser
Loud “Auf die Fresse!” and “Ludwig Kaiser” chants. The German crowd keeps going with “There’s only one Ludwig Kaiser” (in German) and “Ludwig Kaiser dop-dop-dop-dop” chants.
Knight works the arm, Kaiser takes over but quickly gets clotheslined. They brawl at ringside and Kaiser gets the better of the exchange, then runs around the ring and dropkicks Knight into the steps.
Back in the ring, Kaiser stops an attack, then stomps a mudhole into Knight in the corner. Knight rolls onto the apron, but Kaiser aggressively ground and pounds him. The crowd breaks into the “Oh, wie ist das schön!” (Oh, how beautiful that is) song. The action spills to ringside again ans this time, it’s Knight on the offense as he bashes Kaiser’s head into the announce table.
Back in the ring, Knight hits a neckbreaker and elbow off the second turnbuckle for a two-count. Kaiser scores a near-fall of his own with a beautiful enzuigiri. Kaiser keepa dominating as the crowd works itself more and more into a frenzy.
But German victory shall not be achieved on this day, as Knight suddenly hits the BFT for the pin and the win and actually got booed. Crowd still chants Ludwig Kaiser over Knight’s theme.
Baron Corbin & Apollo Crews vs. Legado del Fantasma (Angel & Berto) /w Elektra Lopez
This starts out as the Baron and Apollo show, with Apollo holding a vertical suplex and Corbin taking out both members of LdF by himself. Loud Baron Corbin chants.
Corbin launches apollo over the top with a hip toss onto the heels. Apollo gets worked over as the crowd chants “Ihr seid scheisse!”, which means “you are shitty”.Crews finally gets the hot tag and Corbin runs wild with clotheslines.Apollo taga back in and hits a crossbody and some German suplexes. All four men are down and Corbin and Angel roll to ringside, where Angel eats an uranage onto the announce table.
LdF make it back into the ring and pin Crews after an assisted knee strike.
Face to Face: Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens
Nick Aldis is in the ring, he throws to a highlight reel of the recent European tour, then thanks the fans in German for their support.
Kevin Owens is out next to another very good reaction. Cody, of course, is madly beloved as the crowd sings his song and some indoor pyro goes off.
Kevin actually asks Cody what he wants to talk about and Cody says the championship. Kevin says he wants to talk about something else, an apparent knee injury Cody suffered during the recent European tour leading up to Bash in Berlin. Cody brings up that last week, it looked like KO was about to hit him with the title belt.
Cody says that maybe Owens gets too little credit and he heimaelf gets too much. Owens brings up the knee again and Cody starts getting pissed. Owens said that if the knee is fine, why didn’t Cody take a knee as he usually does during his entrance. There is some more back and forth and Owens talks about first winning the title 8 years ago.
Cody asks if they will still be friends after tomorrow. Kevin drops the mic, whispers something into Cody’s ear and leaves, while Cody looks flustered.
Backstage segment
Corbin, Crews, Waller and Theory bicker. Waller and Theory tease dissensions. They make up and still will not break up already.
Andrade el Idolo vs. Carmelo Hayes
Carmelo gets thrown to the outside quickly and Andrade hits a springboard torneo. He follows with a double foot stomp onto the apron, as Hayes is helpless in the ropes. Andrade drops him with a sliding D for a two-count and they exchange offense.
Hayes locks in an armbar, but Andrade fights out. Andrade with a dragon screw and flying forearm, then hits a one-two moonsault combo as Hayes initially rolled out of the way. Hayes hits the running double knees in the corner. Andrade counters a suplex and wants the Three Amigos but as Hayes flips out, opts for a Karelin lift into a power bomb instead. Andrade with a Spanish Fly off the middle rope for a near fall. Andrade locks in a figure four, but Carmeo turns it. Hayes goes up top again and Andrade hits a Bandido-style moonsault power slam for a two-count. Both try for O’Connor rolls and Andrade eventually hits a spinning elbow. Hayes throws Andrade face first into an exposed buckle as he climbed the ropes, which looks brutal. Carmelo then hits Nothing but Net for the clean pin.
Street Fight for the women’s championship: Nia Jax vs. Michin
Michin is bavkstage with a kendo stick and cuts a promo before coming out with a cart of plunder. She whacks Nia with the stick right at the bell. They brawl outside briefly, then Michin gets Nia back with flying headscissors through the ropes.
The crowd chants for tables in English and German and Michin complies. There is some back and forth with nia putting the table away again, but eventually Michin prevails. Two tables are in the ring, and Jax throws in all the rest from the cart.
Michin blocks a kendo shot with a trash can lid and gets a few shots with the kendo stick in, but gets slammed onto the apron from inside the ring. Nia sets up tables, but Michin sprays her with a fire extinguisher.
More lid shots by Michin and a spinning DDT on the lids, before she sets up a table in the ring. Michin ends up on the table but rolls off and powerbombs Nia through the table.
It’s Tiffy Time, as Tiffany Straton hits the ring and hits Michin with the briefcase but is torn about cashing in. Just as she is about to insert herself into the match, Bayley’s music hits and she and Tiffany brawl through the crowd.
Nia hits a Samoan drop on Michin through a table propped up in the corner, then follows with the Annihilator for the win.
