This week’s SmackDown started as footage from Money in the Bank was shown where Bobby Lashley totally dominated Theory and snatched the WWE United States Championship away from him. Later that night, Theory got involved into the Money in the Bank ladder match and won it.
The show started as the WWE Undisputed Universal champion Roman Reigns came out to the arena along with the Usos and Paul Heyman. Roman Reigns asked Paul Heyman why he looked concerned? He had been seeing him with a concerned face for quite a time.
WWE Smackdown 08.07.2022 Results & Ratings
Paul Heyman replied that the reason behind his concerned is non other than Brock Lesnar. He talked about the achievements of Brock Lesnar and explained why he thought Brock is the biggest threat for the WWE Universal title against Roman Reigns. As they were about to leave the ring, Theory came out. He did not really say anything, he just taunted with the Money in the Bank contract.
Match 1 – The Viking Raiders defeated Jinder Mahal and Shanky
It was a 1 minute squash where the Viking Raiders pick up an easy victory. Shanky could not get the time to wrestle as Jinder was the legal man th throughout the match who got pinned after a Double Powerbomb. After the match the New Day came out and after cutting a short promo that right to attack the Raiders but got beaten down.
WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther came out to the ring along with Ludwig Kaiser. Happy Corbin was on the commentary table during this segment. He said that it would not be easy for anyone to get an opportunity to face him for the title, but they had to earn the opportunity.
Shinsuke Nakamura came out to the arena. Happy Corbin tried to imitate Pat McAfee bhai dancing on top of the announce table. Corey Graves also joined him. It was a funny moment. Nakamura challenged Ludwig Kaiser in a match and Kaiser accepted the challenge.
Match 2 – Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Ludwig Kaiser
It was a two and a half minutes match and ultimately it was an easy victory for Nakamura. From any angle it was a squash, but Nakamura did not have to work very hard to pin Kaiser with the Kinshasa. After the match, Gunther slapped really hard on Kaiser’s chest as punishment.
The new WWE SmackDown Women’s champion Liv Morgan came out to the arena. Michael Cole interviewed her inside the ring. She expressed her happiness of winning the title and explained how much it meant to her. Liv was really emotional throughout the segment.
Natalya interrupted her and claimed all the credits for her winning the title because she injured Ronda’s leg during her match and it became easy for Liv to cash in her contract. Ronda also interfered next and informed that she would be facing Liv at SummerSlam. As she was about to address Natalya, she got attacked my Natty. Liv took Natty out of the ring and avoided any other physical contact.
Match 3 – Ronda Rousey defeated Natalya by submission
This match was announced during the commercial break and here we go. Ultimately it was an easy win for Ronda making whatever they did at Money in the Bank obsolete. Ronda made Natalya submit with the Ankle Lock. The match was booked for 3 minutes and it was not bad.
Next top was another segment for the Maximum Male Models which was similar to last week. Just another modelling segment but this time with a different theme and different outfits. They called it The Tennis Collection of 2022. It was a fun segment, white unique and we hope it goes long.
A women’s tag team match was scheduled next but it went through a twist and the match never took place. Aliyah and Lacey Evans where schedule to team up against Shayna Baszler and Shotzi. But Lacey was not happy with the response she got from the fans. She cut a promo and turned heel as she did not get enough respect from the fans. She beat down Aliyah who was supposed to be her Tag Team partner and left the ring. The scheduled match never took place.
Match 4 – The Usos defeated Los Lotharios
It was a 2 minute long match and it was nothing but a time filller. But it is good to see a jobber team getting some TV time. Jimmy Uso pinned Humberto after the 1D to earn the victory for his side. It was an easy victory for the WWE Undisputed time Team Champions.
Match 5 – Drew McIntyre defeated Butch
The match was actually scheduled between Drew McIntyre and Sheamus but before the match Sheamus said that he was feeling sick so he could not compete tonight and he got replaced by Butch. It was an easy victory for Drew who pinned Butch with the Claymore. Drew McIntyre celebrated as this week’s SmackDown went off air.
Overall this week’s Smackdown was not a bad show. There were some poor bookings. WWE finally came out with the Lacey Evans heel turn that was not supposed to happen. It was a poor decision. The main event was also very poor. There were some good sides of the show too, but overall it was disappointing. We give this week’s Smackdown 1.5 stars out of 5.
Sportzwiki Ratings – 1.5/5