What business is left to take care of ahead of Crown Jewel in eight days in Saudi Arabia? Quite a bit, actually. There’s not one but two episodes of WWE SmackDown on tap for Milwaukee thanks to next week’s travel schedule, though we’ll only see one of them tonight.
(And as a PSA, it won’t be on FOX thanks to baseball.)
That should be plenty, as it turns out. For starters, Roman Reigns and LA Knight will have their contract signing before they clash for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in Riyadh. We’d suspect the Tribal Chief will be none too enthused about the possibility that the Megastar might get one up on him verbally or mentally, so expect prime Reigns tonight.
We’ll also see John Cena and Bianca Belair on this broadcast. Cena knows what he’ll be doing at Crown Jewel as WWE revealed today that he’ll face Solo Sikoa, and he’s expected to address that match on SmackDown.
Belair’s role for the show is less clear. Could she call out IYO SKY to create a second women’s championship match for next weekend? We’ll have to wait and see what she does in Milwaukee.
Oh, and let’s throw some actual wrestling in the mix too, shall we? The LWO’s Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar will team to face the Street Profits, who have made it their mission as of late to try to take out members of that group. Will they finally convince Bobby Lashley once and for all that they’re on the right track?
It should be a fun and brisk two hours of WWE programming, so let’s see what awaits.
WWE SmackDown results from Milwaukee:
(please scroll down for full details on any match or segment in bold)
- LA Knight annoys Roman Reigns to violence at their contract signing, but even after Jimmy Uso jumps in, Knight manages to make it out in one piece
- Street Profits def. Carlito and Santos Escobar by pinfall after Logan Paul ambushes Rey Mysterio backstage, distracting the LWO duo
- Reigns and Paul Heyman look over the custom Green Bay Packers WWE belt (available now!), and the Wiseman says he’ll give it to Knight; Reigns is surprised when Jimmy Uso flops on the couch after “an audible” and says Jimmy needs to take care of Knight tonight, sending Heyman to have the match made
- Paul is asked why he attacked Mysterio after showing him respect last week, to which he seems to suggest it’s to keep him guessing; also, Kevin Owens runs into Austin Theory and Grayson Waller and says he can punch them both in the face at once … then proves he was right
- Dragon Lee is being interviewed backstage but is interrupted by Cedric Alexander, who says Lee reminds him of himself in his earlier days and would love to have a match with him tonight
- Shotzi def. Chelsea Green by pinfall
- John Cena prepares for his showdown with Solo Sikoa, but after saying he must win at Crown Jewel, Cena discovers why he just may not
- Knight cuts a promo on Uso ahead of their match later tonight
- Dragon Lee def. Cedric Alexander by pinfall
- Bianca Belair explains she was consumed by thoughts of vengeance while she was way for two months, and now she wants to run through all of Damage CTRL to get it
- LA Knight def. Jimmy Uso by pinfall
- Reigns tries to sneak up on Knight after his match but gets planted by a Blunt Force Trauma