The post-Crown Jewel edition of WWE SmackDown was about to happen with a headliner match between Roman Reigns and King Corbin. An added attraction for the show was an edition of Miz TV featuring the new WWE Champion, The Fiend Bray Wyatt.
But there were a number of rescheduling due to superstars unable to reach the venue from Saudi Arabia. Check out the results from the show that took place at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.
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The show opened with Brock Lesnar coming out to the ring with his advocate Paul Heyman talking about his win at Crown Jewel. Lesnar was irate about the fact that Rey Mysterio attacked him at the PPV event. Since Rey can’t come to SmackDown, Lesnar is going to RAW on Monday to find him. The WWE Champion thereby quit SmackDown and informs us about joining Raw.
SmackDown Women’s Title Match took place, next, where Nikki Cross defended against Bayley. The challenger took an early advantage hitting a tornado DDT on the floor. But Bayley sent her shoulder-first into the ring steps. Cross caught her on the apron with some shots after which Bayley pretended to be hurt. The champion rolled up Cross to get the pinfall win. After the match, NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler attacked Bayley and Sasha Banks as the crowd went wild.
Sami Zayn was giving a backstage interview on SmackDown when NXT superstars Matt Riddle and Keith Lee appeared beside him. Zayn tried to kiss up to them but ended up getting chased by them. They arrived in front of the crowd as Riddle hit the Bro-Derek in the middle of the ring for a big pop. Keith Lee followed up with a big Moonsault on Zayn to receive big cheers from the crowd.
The Miz TV was about to have The Fiend Bray Wyatt as the special guest but instead, NXT’s Tommaso Ciampa appeared on the show. A confrontation took place between the two of them leading to a match. Ciampa took control of the match by sending Miz into the steel steps. Miz countered with a DDT and tried to lock in the Figure Four. But Ciampa locked in the single-leg Crab followed by a Fairytale Ending to get the pinfall win.
The next matchup on SmackDown featured Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville against Tegan Nox and Rhea Ripley. Before the match began, we saw NXT star Biance Belair destroying Carmella and Dana Brooke, at backstage. In the match, Ripley delivered a huge drop-kick on Rose and Nox sent Deville over the announce table. Ripley locked in the Standing Cloverleaf submission move on Rose to get the win.
NXT Title Match between Daniel Bryan vs. Adam Cole was the main event of this week’s SmackDown. Bryan was able to lock in his pendant LeBell Lock but Cole got rid of it. He countered the YES kicks from Bryan with a Superkick. Cole soon followed up with the Panama Sunrise from the top rope followed by The Last Shot to pick up a huge win over Bryan. Triple H took the mic and challenged Raw and SmackDown on behalf of NXT as the show went off the air.
