Tonight on SmackDown, Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley, Trick Williams, Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, Jacob Fatu, Jade Cargill, MFT, Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss, Paige & The Bella Twins and Royce Keys are all advertised to be on tonight's show, Tiffany Stratton and Giulia w/Kiana James battle it out for Giulia's WWE Women's United States Championship and more!
Check back for live results when the show airs at 8/7 C.
SmackDown opens with a quick recap of WrestleMania.
A Dodge Ram pulls up in the parking lot and Cody Rhodes comes out of the truck and heads into the arena. Rhea Ripley is seen walking backstage. Trick Williams & Little Yachty w/The Gingerbread Man come out of a tour bus and have an encounter with Danhausen.
In the arena, Jacob Fatu is out first and gets in the ring. Fatu gets on the mic and says on Monday he told Roman Reigns he needs the title Reigns has. Fatu talks about Reigns saying Fatu isn't ready and says Reigns is right - because he has never been ready and it's something he's heard his whole life. He says if Reigns thinks he isn't ready he should step in the ring with Fatu and prove it. Jimmy and Jey Uso come out to the ring. Jimmy tells Fatu that he agrees with the reasons Fatu wants to be on top. Jimmy says Fatu can have everything Reigns has and basically tells Fatu to go after Cody Rhodes' title with Reigns and The Usos help. Jimmy tells him to join the family. Jey disagrees and tells Fatu that he's in the deep end now because he decided to step up and says if Fatu wants respect from Reigns, Fatu has to walk up to Reigns - look him in his eyes and get ready for war. MFT minus Talla Tonga come out. Solo Sikoa tells Fatu that The Usos are lying to him and reminds Fatu he brought him into the WWE. Sikoa asks The Usos what they plan on teaching Fatu. At this point, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa & JC Mateo get in the ring and Sikoa follows suit. Sikoa tells Fatu he'll need an army to beat Reigns and says he has an army and Tonga takes the mic from Sikoa and stares him down. Tonga asks why they're wasting their time with a lost cause and asks why Sikoa thinks Fatu can beat Reigns if he can't even beat Sikoa. Fatu superkicks Tonga and Sikoa stops Loa and Mateo for attacking Tonga. Fatu says he should only be talking to Reigns and asks Sikoa if he thinks Fatu can't beat him and if he thinks so, they should battle tonight. Sikoa laughs and leaves the ring with MFTs.
Cathy Kelley talks to Giulia and Kiana James backstage. Kelley asks Giulia if she feels any pressure for her match against Tiffany Stratton tonight. James is upset with the lack of respect they've been given. James says they'll take out Stratton tonight. Giulia says she's beaten Stratton before and will do it again and Giulia leaves. James tells Kelley that every time she and Giulia are interviewed by Kelley she gets them to bicker and James leaves.
Match 1 - WWE Women's United States Championship Match: Giulia(c) w/Kiana James -vs- Tiffany Stratton
We get the bell, Stratton and Giulia lock up. Stratton gets Giulia in a headlock and sends her into the corner. Stratton flips around the ring and clotheslines Giulia to the mat. Quick cover and Giulia kicks out immediately. Stratton is rolled up and the two trade pinning attempts. Giulia counters Stratton's Alabama Slam and slams her down and covers her and Stratton kicks out. Giulia hits some headbutts and Stratton slams down Giulia with a rolling Senton. Giulia grabs Stratton before she can hit her Moonsault and gets her caught in the ropes and hits a dropkick. Giulia hits a draping neckbreaker on Stratton to the floor outside the ring and we cut to a commercial.
Back to SmackDown, Giulia chokes out Stratton on the ropes and delivers a dropkick to her spine and covers her for a near fall. Stratton punches Giulia and Giulia kicks Stratton in the corner and covers her again, Stratton kicks out again. Giulia and Stratton collide with hairmares and both women are laid out. Giulia is punched several times and clotheslined down to the mat. Stratton hits her back handspring elbow and then hits a springboard stunner and covers Giulia for a near fall. Stratton climbs the ropes, Giulia catches her and meets her on the top rope and they trade punches. Giulia hits a butterfly suplex from the top rope and covers Stratton and she kicks out at two. Giulia goes for a driver and Stratton counters. James tries to trip Stratton and Stratton attacks James. Giulia goes for a punch and punches James instead. Stratton goes for her moonsault and Giulia catches her in The Rings of Saturn. Stratton breaks the hold and the two trade punches. Giulia reverses Stratton's double stomp and rolls her up. Giulia hits Arrivederci and goes for her driver. Stratton counters and hits her Alabama Slam and then hits PME and gets the win.
Winner and NEW WWE Women's United States Champion: Tiffany Stratton
We see a pre-recorded segment with Danhausen and The Miz. Danhausen shows up at The Miz's house in Las Vegas. The Miz gets pissed and kicks Danhausen out of his house but Danhausen disappears. Danhausen appears in The Miz's pool and kicks Danhausen out of his pool. The Miz goes after Danhausen and ends up falling in his own pool.
Cathy Kelley talks to Tiffany Stratton and talks to her about her win. Stratton says she is no longer the runner up and is the new Unites States Women's Champion. Stratton says she'll show the WWE why it runs on Tiffy Time. Brie Bella comes out and Stratton blows kisses at Brie and Brie blows kisses back. Paige comes out next, Stratton leaves and Brie and Paige head to the ring. Brie talks about how it feels to stand in a WWE ring as a champion. Brie says even though she couldn't compete with her sister Nikki, she's glad Paige stepped up. Brie says Paige is like a sister to her and then welcomes Paige back to the WWE. Paige says she's back and asks if she was missed. Paige says she has lost her voice due to a hectic week but says it was a great week. Paige talks about being back home in the WWE and coming out of WrestleMania as champions. Paige says SmackDown is her house and says she and Brie will not be going anywhere. Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss come out and interrupt Paige and Brie. Flair & Bliss say it's nice to have Brie and Paige back but they want the Tag Titles. Flair says if Paige wants to prove it's Paige's house, then maybe they should have a tag match. Brie and Paige says they're down to throw down.
Match 2: Paige & Brie -vs- Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss
We come back from a break and the match is underway. Brie tries to tag out Paige but Bliss isn't letting her. Brie slams down Bliss but Bliss still stops her from tagging out. Bliss hits Brie with a basement dropkick and tags in Flair. Flair chops Brie and taunts Paige. Flair hits a Fallaway Slam and Brie elbows Flair. Flair kicks Brie in the face in the corner and Flair is then kicked by Brie. Flair stops Brie from tagging out and Brie kicks Flair and goes to tag Paige but Jacy Jayne appears from nowhere and takes Paige off the apron. The ref calls for the bell.
Winners by DQ: Paige & Brie
After the match, Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley run in and take out Brie, Flair and Bliss. Henley and Reid take out Bliss and Jayne kicks Paige back out of the ring. Fatal Influence celebrate in the ring to lots of boos.
Back from a commercial break, Cody Rhodes comes out to the ring. Rhodes says he wants to talk about the condition he left WrestleMania and says he made the decision to show up and walk up the ramp and not down the side of the ramp at WrestleMania because that's what champions do. Rhodes says he always gets back up. Rhodes talks about the injuries he sustained from his match and he says he wants to address Randy Orton. He says Orton taught him how to beat Orton. He say Orton did his best and Rhodes is still standing here. Rhodes calls out Sami Zayn. He talks about Zayn calling him the golden boy and that's why he showed up at WrestleMania in gold and tells Zayn everything he has in his life is gold and he'll always have gold in him life. Rhodes talks about the celebrity guests they bring in for his matches and they're 0-3 and tells these celebrities to mind their own business. Rhodes goes back to talking about being a champion and says he's here and he's easy to find. Easy to find, hard to beat.
MFTs are backstage. Solo Sikoa tells JC Mateo and Tama Tonga to win the tag titles tonight and tells them not to let the family down. Tonga and Mateo leave and Tonga Loa asks about Jacob Fatu. Sikoa tells Loa that he'll take care of Fatu and make him realize that Fatu is nothing with MFTs.
MFTs are backstage. Solo Sikoa tells JC Mateo and Tama Tonga to win the tag titles tonight and tells them not to let the family down. Tonga and Mateo leave and Tonga Loa asks about Jacob Fatu. Sikoa tells Loa that he'll take care of Fatu and make him realize that Fatu is nothing with MFTs.
Match 3 - WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Damian Priest & R-Truth(c) -vs- MFT (Tama Tonga & JC Mateo) w/Tonga Loa
Tonga and Truth start off. Truth dances in the ring and is attacked by Tonga. Truth punches Tonga from the corner and Tonga starts elbowing Truth. Truth takes down Tonga with a shoulder tackle and Tonga dropkicks Truth to the mat. Tonga goes for a five knuckle shuffle but Truth counters it and tags in Priest. Priest takes down Tonga, Mateo comes in and he's taken out by Priest. Priest slams into Tonga in the corner and elbows him. Mateo hits Priest and Tonga clotheslines Priest out to the ground and Loa clotheslines him down while the ref has his back to Priest and we cut to a break.
We're back and Tonga has Priest in a headlock. Priest gets to his feet and elbows out of the hold. Tonga connects with an elbow dropping Priest. Mateo is tagged in and Priest is double teamed. Mateo dropkicks Priest and covers him for a near fall. Priest kicks Mateo and strikes Tonga off the apron. Priest connects with a spinning clothesline and drops Mateo. Truth is tagged in and Truth hits Mateo with a couple shoulder tackles and then drops Mateo. Truth hits the five knuckle shuffle and sets Mateo up for the Attitude Adjustment. Loa distracts the ref and Truth gets double teamed by Mateo and Tonga and Priest breaks the pin. Priest is sent out of the ring and Truth is double teamed some more. Tonga hits the ringpost, Truth blind tags Priest. Truth and Priest hit Rise Up and get the win.
Winners and STILL WWE Tag Team Champions: R-Truth & Damian Priest
Back to The Miz's house, Danhausen breaks one of The Miz's slammys and leaves The Miz's house. Maryse is walking in The Miz's home as DanHausen is leaving. The Miz comes running to Danhausen and throws cinnamon at him but it goes all over Maryse instead. Danhausen steals their daughter's bike.
Little Yachty , The Gingerbread Man and Trick Williams walk backstage - heading to the ring.
We come back from a commercial break and Trick Williams makes his way out to the ring with Little Yachty and The Gingerbread Man. The ring is set up for a celebration and Williams tells Yachty that the people are excited to celebrate with him. Williams talks about winning at WrestleMania and Yachty says WrestleMania has ended and the celebrity WrestleMania tour has ended and he's still here and he's here to stay. Williams and Yachty says they're a pair and they run SmackDown. Yachty says they won't be doing an Open Challenge like the others have done. The Gingerbread Man is dancing his ass off with a candy cane while all this is going on. As the celebration ends, The Gingerbread Man attacks Williams with the candy cane and then hits Little Yachty with it. The Gingerbread Man turns out to be Sami Zayn and he beats up Yachty and Williams. The crowd boos Zayn and Zayn stands shocked by the reaction the crowd gives him. Zayn hits Williams with a Helluva Kick. Zayn dances to boos as Williams is laid out.
Cathy Kelley approaches Royce Keys as he stares at his Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal Trophy. Keys tells Kelley he's just getting started and he'll take anything he wants. Solo Sikoa pops by and congratulates Keys and tells him there is always room for Keys in Sikoa's family. Sikoa leaves.
Match 4: Danhausen -vs- The Miz w/Kit Wilson
We get the bell, The Miz and Danhausen stare each other down. Wilson takes the stolen slammy and The Miz tries to attack a distracted Danhausen. Danhausen gets the upper hand and sends The Miz out of the ring. Wilson distracts Danhausen and The Miz attacks Danhausen from behind and delivers some stomps to him. Wilson and The Miz celebrate the beat down The Miz has done on Danhausen and Danhausen gets up like The Undertaker and curses Wilson and The Miz behind their back and pyro comes on and blinds The Miz and Wilson. Danhausen rolls up The Miz and gets the win.
Winner: Danhausen
After the match, Danhausen tries to disappear but doesn't. The Miz changes him around the ring and then goes under the ring. The Miz follows him and they both come out on the other end. Danhausen runs away and The Miz collides with Wilson. Danhausen speeds away in the HausenMobile.
A video promo for Blake Monroe plays with a coming soon graphic.
Back at ringside, Rhea Ripley comes out to the ring. Ripley gets on the mic and says Mami is finally champion again. Ripley talks about how on the grandest stage of them all, Jade Cargill proved to Ripley that Cargill can fight but now it's her time to show what a fighting champion looks like. Ripley opens the floor to whoever wants a title shot. Fatal Influence comes out. Jacy Jayne comes out with a mic and gets boo'd like mad. Jayne says she's worked for a long time to get here and to respect her. She says she knows Ripley is a star and champion but she wants to be the first one to... and the boos get even louder. Jayne tells everyone to shut up and she tells Ripley she'll give her all the kudos for winning the belt. Jayne tells the crowd to keep booing her as Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid laugh at the crowd. Rhea chants start and Jayne says play time is over and says Fatal Influence needs the credit for taking out all the legends tonight. Ripley tells Jayne to stop while she's ahead. Henley tells Ripley that they're going to beat her up. Reid says they can take the blame for what happens to Ripley. Ripley laughs and says she thought Cargill was cocky and that she's used to have the numbers against her and if they want a fight, she's ready and to take their shot. Jayne says they're always ready to throw hands. Nick Aldis comes out and says he was looking for a suitable punishment for what they did earlier. Aldis makes a match with Ripley and Jayne right now.
Match 5: Rhea Ripley -vs- Jacy Jayne w/Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid)
We come back from a break and the match starts. Ripley pumps up the crowd and the two lock up. Jayne is slammed to the mat face first and Ripley waves hello to her after slamming her down. Jayne goes to kick Ripley, but Ripley catches the kick and tries to slam Jayne down but Jayne counters and gets Ripley in a headlock. Jayne hits a hip toss and keeps Ripley locked in a headlock. Ripley throws Jayne and then collides with her sending Jayne to the corner. Jayne asks for a timeout and the ref tells her there is no timeouts. Jayne elbows Ripley and strikes her. Jayne hits a headscissors and slams into Ripley in the corner. Ripley catches Jayne and Jayne reverses and sends Ripley into the corner. Ripley sends Jayne out of the ring with a right hand. Ripley gets to the outside and hits an Electric Chair on Jayne on top the apron. Reid and Henley distract Ripley allowing Jayne to kick Ripley as Ripley stands outside the ring and we go to a break.
Back to SmackDown, Jayne chops Ripley in the center of the ring. Ripley gets to her feet and slugs away on Jayne in the corner. Jayne clotheslines Ripley and kicks her and then goes for a pin and Ripley kicks out. Jayne kicks Ripley and then elbows her several times. Jayne gets Ripley in a headlock and Ripley powers out and Jayne comes at Ripley and takes her out with a neckbreaker and covers Ripley who kicks out at two. Ripley kicks Jayne in the head and clotheslines Jayne twice and then tosses her to the mat. Ripley connects with a dropkick and then goes for a Razors Edge but Jayne uses the ropes to get out of the move. Jayne kicks Ripley down and covers her for a near fall. Jayne goes for Rolling Encore but Ripley dodges it and kicks her to the mat. Ripley climbs the ropes and Jayne shakes the ropes planting Ripley on the top rope. Jayne climbs the ropes and tries for a suplex and Ripley punches out of the hold and kicks Jayne. Ripley gets Jayne on her shoulders and Jayne rolls through into a pin and Ripley kicks out. Ripley hits Razor's Edge and kicks Jayne and covers her for a near fall. Ripley goes for the Prism Lock but Jayne gets out of it. Ripley sets up for Riptide, Henley and Reid run in and attack Ripley and we get the bell.
Winner by DQ: Rhea Ripley
Jayne, Henley and Reid attack Ripley and leave her laid out in the ring.
Jacob Fatu warms up backstage. The Usos come by and Jimmy tells Fatu they're here for back up. Fatu says he doesn't need their help and Jey says he knew this would happen after Fatu leaves.
Charlotte Flair is in the medical room with Alexa Bliss. Rhea Ripley comes in and Bliss says they have to take care of Fatal Influence. Flair says will take care of Jacy Jayne next week unlike what Ripley did. Flair leaves and Bliss tells Ripley to not take it personal and that Flair is just like that.
A Ricky Saints promo airs and we find out that he debuts on SmackDown next week.
Match 6: Jacob Fatu -vs- Solo Sikoa w/MFT (Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, & JC Mateo)
We get the bell, and the two lock up. Fatu gets Sikoa in the corner and the ref breaks the hold. Sikoa kicks Fatu and gets him in a headlock. Fatu swings Sikoa breaking the hold and they both collide and Sikoa wobbles. They collide again and Sikoa wobbles and Fatu strikes Sikoa. Sikoa ends up in the corner and Fatu head butts Sikoa in the corner. Sikoa clocks Fatu and delivers 10 punches to Fatu in the corner. Sikoa hits Fatu with a spike chop and Fatu runs at Sikoa and collides into him with a spinning cross body and it flattens Sikoa. Mateo trips Fatu allowing Sikoa to knock Fatu out of the ring. Tonga, Loa and Mateo beat on Fatu while the ref is with Sikoa. Jimmy and Jey Uso come out and Fatu gets mad at them as they walk to the ring. Sikoa clotheslines Fatu and covers him for a near fall and we get a commercial break.
Back to our Main Event, Sikoa chokes out Fatu on the ropes. Sikoa distracts the ref and Mateo guillotines Fatu while he's on the ropes. Sikoa kicks Fatu and goes for a running hip attack and slams into Fatu in the corner. Sikoa tells Fatu that Fatu has no family but them and then goes to punch Fatu but Fatu starts with punches on Sikoa. Sikoa slams down Fatu with a released German Suplex and covers Fatu for a near fall. Sikoa headbutts Fatu and Fatu headbutts back. They go back and forth with punches, uppercuts and kicks. Fatu then unleashes a series of punches and then kicks Sikoa and clotheslines him to the mat. Fatu hits a senton and collides with Sikoa in the corner. Fatu then hits 10 headbutts in the corner and then delivers a running hip attacks on Sikoa. Tonga distracts Fatu and Sikoa goes for the spike. Fatu dodges it and superkicks Sikoa. Fatu climbs the ropes, Loa distracts the ref and Mateo knocks Fatu off the top rope. Sikoa covers Fatu for a near fall. Fatu clocks Sikoa and then dives outside the ring and takes out Loa, Tonga and Mateo. Fatu gets back in the ring and gets kicked by Sikoa. Sikoa hits Spinning Solo and then comes off the top rope with a Solo Splash and covers Fatu who kicks out at two. Sikoa goes for a spike, but Fatu counters and hits Sikoa with a pop-up Samoan Drop and then hits a Moonsault and gets the win.
Winner: Jacob Fatu
After the match, Mateo, Loa and Tonga run in the ring and attack Fatu. Loa brings out a chair and Fatu kicks the chair away and beats up Tonga, Loa and Mateo. Jimmy and Jey stand on the ring apron and watch this - they came down to the ring to help Fatu when the match ended. Fatu puts Mateo and Tonga on opposite ends of the ring and puts a chair around their necks and hits a running hip attack on both of them. Fatu flies through the ropes and takes out Loa and then clears the announce desk. Fatu lays Loa on the announce desk and jumps off the barricades onto Loa through the announce desk. Fatu gets back in the ring, The Usos are still on the apron and Fatu stares them down as Jimmy is impressed with Fatu taking out MFT and Jey has no expression. Fatu tells The Usos he'll see their asses and Roman Reigns' at RAW and the show goes off the air.
