WWE Friday Night SmackDown Full Results: January 17, 2020 1
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A packed episode of SmackDown took place last night where Roman Reigns competed in a Tables Match. John Morrison returned to in-ring competition in the WWE after a decade. Two women settled grudge in a singles contest whereas Kane made his return on the show which took place at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Kane opened SmackDown with a Royal Rumble message for the fans. His promo was interrupted by The Firefly Funhouse segment after which The Fiend appeared on by ringside.

Kane and Fiend had a staredown when Daniel Bryan appeared and delivered a Running Knee on the latter one. Fiend escaped through a hole but Bryan snatched some dreadlocks of his head.

SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day – Big E came out with Kofi Kingston to compete against John Morrison who returned to action with Miz watching his back. Kofi tried to neutralize The Miz by sending him into the posts. But Miz got back up and saved Morrison from Big E’s splash. Morrison hit a big kick on E and landed the Starship Pain to pick up the win.

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The Usos – Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso competed against The Revival – Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder in a tag team action on SmackDown. Usos hit a double superkick on both Wilder and Dawson. Jey put down Dawson with a suicide dive whereas Jimmy delivered the pendant frog splash off the top turnbuckle to pick up the win.

Lacey Evans has a brawl with Sasha Banks, backstage in which the latter name got injured. As a result, Evans had to compete in a non-title match against SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley.

Bayley delivered a big kick to Evans but missed a crossbody off the top rope. Bayley still sent Evans face-first into the turnbuckle only to receive a Women’s Right out of nowhere to suffer the pinfall loss.

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Shorty G was talking backstage about recent attacks from Sheamus. The Irish man walked into the scene to get into a brawl until the officials separated them away.

Elias was in the ring entertaining the crowd with his songs when Sami Zayn, Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura came out to deliver an attack on him. Braun Strowman made the save for Elias who by running through all three heels. He sent all of them over the top rope sending a message for the Royal Rumble opponents.

Alexa Bliss competed in a match against Sonya Deville where Nikki Cross and Mandy Rose were standing at ringside for their respective tag partners. Bliss hit a basement dropkick and then followed with more kicks in the corner. Rose tried to distract but Cross pulled her off the apron. Heavy Machinery’s Otis caught him from falling. This altercation allowed Bliss to get the win via clean pinfall.

Roman Reigns vs. Robert Roode in a Tables Match was the main event of SmackDown. Reigns was in control of the match when Corbin and Ziggler hit the ring to attack him.

The Usos ran out and hit a double-superkick on Roode. Then a double Uso splash followed on Ziggler through the announce table. Reigns nailed Roode with a spear through a table to win the match. After the win, Reigns declared he will face Corbin at Royal Rumble in a Falls Count Anywhere match.

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