You know that old adage about Hell having no fury like a woman scorned? How about the fury of a former champion out for revenge on the people who put her out of commission? We’ll see some of that on tonight’s not really live edition of WWE SmackDown, less than 24 hours away from Crown Jewel.
Bianca Belair will get a title shot in Saudi Arabia against IYO SKY, but her beef is really with all of Damage CTRL. And since Dakota Kai hasn’t been cleared to return to action yet, that only leaves Bayley to face her fury.
As the annoying commercials for Colin Cowherd’s show say, good luck with that.
Other matches on tonight’s card include Kevin Owens facing Austin Theory and Pretty Deadly taking on the Brawling Brutes in something called a Donnybrook Rules match, which sounds like it shouldn’t favor the Yes Boy duo.
But perhaps the most intriguing part of SmackDown could be the one segment that wasn’t filmed in front of the crowd at last week’s show: Logan Paul and Rey Mysterio having their weigh-in. Does that mean something interesting will happen there? Could there be some unexpected guest stars of some sort? Does there need to be a weigh-in when it’s already very clear that one competitor is much larger than the other?
We don’t know the answers, and the only way to find out is to watch along with us.
WWE SmackDown results the night before Crown Jewel:
(please scroll down for full details on any match or segment in bold)
- LA Knight tries to get the last word before Saudi Arabia, but Roman Reigns wants his too
- Kevin Owens def. Austin Theory by pinfall with Grayson Waller watching on guest commentary
- Bianca Belair talks about how she wants vengeance, but she is attacked by Damage CTRL and Nick Aldis and his helpers have to rush in to break up the melee
- Logan Paul shakes hands with Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits, and Lashley uses him as an example of someone who takes what he wants; also B-Fab stops by and asks to talk to Lashley
- Shotzi and Charlotte Flair def. Chelsea Green and Piper Niven by pinfall
- Solo Sikoa and John Cena have one more confrontation, but Sikoa learns it’s no small task to hang with Cena on the mic
- Nick Aldis gives Bayley some bad news: Damage CTRL is banned from ringside for her match with Bianca Belair, though IYO SKY tells Bayley she can handle things herself
- Pretty Deadly def. Brawling Brutes by pinfall in a Good Ol’ Fashioned Donnybrook
- Aldis only has a brief moment for Heyman, who tells the GM that he might want a lot of medical personnel on hand tomorrow for Knight
- Logan Paul and Rey Mysterio do the weigh-in thing, complete with one of them smacking the other
- Bianca Belair def. Bayley by pinfall, then puts Bayley through the announce table to end the show