Tonight on SmackDown, The Miz & Carmelo Hayes are back together against Fraxiom, DIY battle The Street Profits, Drew McIntyre addresses his recent actions, Alexa Bliss takes on Piper Niven and more!
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SmackDown opens and we see Drew McIntyre walking backstage and we cut to ringside.
Solo Sikoa, JC Mateo, Talla Tonga & Tonga Loa all come out ot the ring. Sikoa gets on the mic and says MFT is in the building and he wants to remind everyone they run SmackDown. Sikoa talks about showing up at RAW and taking out Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso, and Jacob Fatu. Sami Zayn's music hits and he makes his way out. Zayn comes out and gets on the ring apron and tells MFT to take it down a notch and says he just wants to talk. Sikoa signals for Mateo, Loa, and Tonga to stand on the apron so Zayn can feel safe to talk one on one with Sikoa. Zayn says he was furious he lost his title shot at Clash of Champions but he feels liberated. He says he was spinning his wheels and now that's away from he can focus on other goals and thanks Sikoa. Zayn says he has never held the United States Championship and Sikoa tells him he'll never be the US Champion, and they're not even on the same brand and tells Zayn to leave. Zayn says as of tonight, Zayn is officially on SmackDown and he's coming for Sikoa. The two start punching each other and MFT rush in and start beating on Zayn. Jimmy Uso runs down to make the save but he's outnumbered as well. Jacob Fatu runs out to even the odds. Fatu punches out Sikoa, Tonga goes after Fatu and it takes all three men to send Talla Tonga over the ropes. Nick Aldis comes out and says this isn't how you welcome someone to SmackDown. Aldis says a six-man tag match will happen tonight with Uso, Fatu and Zayn -vs- any three members for MFT.
Byron Saxton talks to Chelsea Green and her Secret Hervice. Saxton asks them how they got into this mess. Green says they're being messed with and Alba Fyre says after Piper Niven wins tonight, they're going for the tag titles.
Match 1: Alexa Bliss w/Charlotte Flair -vs- Piper Niven w/Chelsea Green & Alba Fyre
The bell rings and Bliss tells Niven to hold up and shows off Lily and gets attacked by Niven. Bliss punches Niven back who chops Bliss to her knees. Green and Fyre head to attack the Lily doll and Flair stops them. Bliss punches Niven in the ring and gets on Niven's back. Niven slams Bliss off her back and punches Bliss in the middle of the ring. Niven chokes Bliss on the second rope and takes down Bliss with a sidewalk slam and we cut to commercial.
Back to SmackDown, Niven has Bliss down and beaten in the corner. Niven runs at Bliss like a bull and misses the cannonball in the corner. Both women are now laid out and Bliss tries to get momentum behind her. Bliss kicks and punches Niven down and hits a couple senton's on Niven followed by a neck breaker. Bliss covers Niven for a two count. Niven headbutts Bliss and then cannonball's Bliss in the corner. Niven goes to splash Bliss and misses. Bliss DDT's Niven and then goes to hit Twisted Bliss. Green and Fyre try to distract Bliss, Flair takes out Green and Bliss rolls up Niven for the win.
Winner: Alexa Bliss
After the match, Fyre attacks Bliss. Flair comes in and takes out The Green Regime. The three on two ends up being too much for the non-friends and the segment ends with The Green Regime taking out Flair and Bliss.
Tiffany Stratton and Jade Cargill backstage with Nick Aldis. Cargill wants another title shot. Nia Jax comes in and says she should be the next in line. Stratton tells both Jax and Cargill that she's already beaten them both and to bring it.
Match 2: The Miz & Carmelo Hayes -vs- Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axiom)
Hayes and Axiom go to start and The Miz tags himself in. Joe Gacy is seen in the crowd with his tag title. The Miz and Axiom exchange holds in the middle of the ring and then we see Dexter Lumis in the crowd as well. Axiom and The Miz struggle for power and The Miz gets Axiom on the mat. Axiom flips The Miz mover and The Miz flips Axiom back. The Miz kicks Axiom and gets him in an arm bar. Axiom flips out of the hold and slaps The Miz. Frazer is tagged in and he flies around the ring and Hayes is tagged in. Hayes is flipped onto the mat and Frazer kicks Hayes down. Axiom is tagged in and Hayes is double teamed. The Miz runs in and he's double teamed too. Axiom and Frazer diver out to both The Miz and Hayes and then trade off doing the Dive Train and we cut to a commercial.
Back to the match, Hayes takes down Axiom and covers him for a near fall. Hayes locks Axiom in a headlock and Axiom punches out of the hold. Hayes superkicks Axiom but gets rolled up by Axiom for a near fall. Hayes hits a sitout powerbomb and covers for a two count. Hayes is kicked down and The Miz and Frazer are tagged in. Frazer zips around the ring and hits a shooting star press on The Miz and covers him for a two count. Frazer climbs the ropes and misses a Phoenix Splash but rolls The Miz for a near fall. Hayes is tagged in and Frazer beats up both Hayes and The Miz. Frazer hits a Spanish Fly on Hayes and covers for two. Axiom is tagged in and Hayes connects with an elbow to Axiom. Axiom kicks Hayes and tags Frazer. Axiom hits The Spanish Fly, and Frazer hits The Phoenix Splash and The Miz breaks the pin jumping off of Frazer DDTing Axiom. Hayes and Frazer are on the top turnbuckles. Frazer flips off and kicks Hayes. The Miz DDT's Axiom on the apron and Hayes hits a cutter on Frazer from the top rope. The Miz tags himself in and hits The Skull Crushing Finale and gets the pin and Hayes isn't happy.
Winners: The Miz & Carmelo Hayes
The Miz and Hayes celebrate in the ring, Hayes looks visibly annoyed.
Tiffany Stratton walks backstage. Kiana James walks up to Stratton and advises her to get back-up. Stratton asks where Giulia is - James tells Stratton that she takes care of Giulia's stuff so that's why she's not here. Stratton declines James' service and James threatens Stratton and Stratton leaves. Michin comes by and says she has Giulia next.
Drew McIntyre makes his way out to the ring to address his attack on Cody Rhodes last week. McIntyre says everyone has been asking him why he Claymore'd Rhodes' head through the announce desk. He gets the clip to be played again so he can admire his handy work. McIntyre says he did not attack Rhodes and our eyes have lied to us and he'll explain later. He asks Joe Tessitore about Rhodes' health update and Tessitore says there is no update. McIntyre says it's because the higher ups are hiding the severity of his injuries. He says Rhodes needs constant validation and he knows this because he was Rhodes five years ago. He says he wants the WWE title as he has been screwed out of it and he has earned it. He wants it for him, his family, the big paycheck. He says Rhodes is no one without the title so he needs it. McIntyre says Rhodes attacked him and not the other way around. McIntyre walks us through the events of last week but gives us a version that favours him. McIntyre says he's not the bad guy, unless he's provoked.
Byron Saxton is backstage with The Street Profits and B-Fab. Saxton asks about their upcoming match. Solo Sikoa and MFT come and tell The Profits they have to go through them next. The Profits accept this challenge. Talla Tonga is pissed off.
Match 3: DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano) w/Candice LeRae -vs- The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) w/B-Fab
Ford and Ciampa start off. Ford kicks Ciampa down and covers for a quick one count. Ciampa kicks Ford and tags in Gargano. Ford is double teamed in the corner and Gargano kicks Ford in the corner. Ciampa is tagged in and Ford is double teamed again and Ford escapes and tags in Dawkins. Dawkins takes down Ciampa and hits a flapjack on Gargano. Dawkins flies into Ciampa in the corner and sends him out of the ring. Dawkins goes to attack Ciampa but LeRae stops the attack by getting in the way. Gargano kicks Dawkins on the apron and we cut to commercial.
We're back and Gargano punches out Dawkins in the corner. Dawkins hits a DDT on Gargano and both men are laid out. Gargano tags out as does Dawkins. Ford kicks Ciampa in the head and comes off the top rope and takes Ciampa out. Ciampa is knocked down in the ring and taken down with a clothesline. Gargano runs in and Ford takes out Gargano. Ciampa is taken down with a neck breaker by Ford and then Ford hits a standing moonsault and covers Ciampa for a two count. Dawkins is tagged in and Ciampa punches out both guys but gets taken out and covered - Gargano breaks the pin. Ford kicks Gargano outside the ring, in the ring The Profits go for the BlockBuster. Outside the ring, LeRae slams B-Fab into the steel steps distracting The Profits. In the ring, DIY hit The FairyTale Ending on Ford and Dawkins breaks the pin. All four men battle in the ring. Ford punches Gargano in the throat. LeRae hits a headscissors on Ford. Gargano hits a DDT on Ford and covers for a near fall. B-Fab attacks LeRae outside the ring. Ford rolls up Ciampa for two and then kicks Ciampa. Dawkins is tagged in and Ciampa is spinebustered and then frog splashes and covered for the win.
Winners: The Street Profits
Carmelo Hayes talks to Nick Aldis and asks for a United States Championship match. The Miz apologizes for the interruption as Aldis is talking to Motor City Machine Guns. The men all go back and forth insulting each other. Aldis suggests they settle in the ring next week.
Byron Saxton talks to R-Truth backstage. Saxton asks Truth about Cena and Truth says he feels great. Aleister Black stops by and tells Truth if only he had that much love for Damian Priest. Truth and Black will settle this next week.
Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso and Jacob Fatu all get ready for their match. Zayn thanks them for having his back and Fatu says he has Uso's back and he barely knows Zayn. Fatu tells him to stay out of his way.
Match 4: Solo Sikoa, JC Mateo & Tonga Loa w/Talla Tonga -vs- Jimmy Uso, Jacob Fatu & Sami Zayn
Uso and Mateo start off first, Mateo batters Uso in the corner. Uso kicks and punches Mateo and kicks down Mateo hard and tags Zayn. Zayn works on Mateo's arm and Loa is now tagged in and Loa punches Zayn in the corner. Zayn is thrown outside the ring and Talla Tonga kicks Zayn and we cut to commercial.
Back to SmackDown, Sikoa knocks down Zayn, mounts him and starts unleashing punches onto Zayn and slams his head against the mat. Mateo is tagged in and Zayn moves out of the way right before Mateo could take him out. Sikoa is tagged in again, and Sikoa knocks Uso off the apron and then chops Zayn. Zayn is sat on the top rope and comes off and connects with a tornado DDT and slams down Sikoa. Fatu is tagged in, as is Loa. Fatu takes down Loa and hits him with some strikes. Fatu splashes onto Loa and then slams into Loa in the corner. Fatu headbutts Loa several times and then follows that up with a running hip attack. Mateo runs in and Fatu sends him out of the ring, and the Uso suicide dives onto Mateo. In the ring, Fatu hits a pop up Samoan Drop on Loa and covers him for a near fall. Fatu climbs the ropes and Sikoa tries to knock him down and then goes for a Swanton Bomb but Loa gets his knees up. Sikoa is tagged in and he hits an Uso Splash on Fatu and covers for a near fall. Sikoa punches Fatu in the ring and they trade superkicks then take each other down with a double clothesline. Fatu tags Zayn in and Zayn hits The Blue Thunder Bomb on Sikoa and Mateo breaks the pin. Uso kicks Mateo, Loa takes out Uso, Fatu takes out Loa and Tonga. Sikoa goes for the Solo Spike but Zayn counters and hits an exploder in the corner and then connects with the Helluva Kick and gets the win.
Winners: Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso & Jacob Fatu
The men celebrate in the ring, Fatu and Zayn hug as the show goes off the air.
