WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results
October 28, 2022
Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO.
Commentary: Michael Cole and Wade Barrett
Results by: Roy Nemer of Wrestleview.com
WWE SmackDown kicks off with The Brawling Brutes walking down to the ring for their match.
The Usos, Solo and Sami Zayn are backstage. Jey and Zayn are talking, Zayn tells Jey it’s all hands on deck. Roman is not there tonight but the first thing he needs to see when he gets here is their hand raised in victory.
The Brawling Brutes vs. Solo Sikoa & Sami Zayn
The Usos, Solo and Sami Zayn are backstage. Jey and Zayn are talking, Zayn tells Jey it’s all hands on deck. Roman is not there tonight but the first thing he needs to see when he gets here is their hand raised in victory.
The bell rings and we are under way. Butch and Zayn are in the ring. Butch with a knee to the midsection followed by an armbar. Holland is tagged in as they double team Zayn. Ridge throws Zayn to the ropes and a hip toss. Butch is tagged back in. Butch and Holland with the 10 Beats of the Bodhran.
Zayn to the ropes and Sikoa is tagged in as Zayn rolls to the outside. Sikoa with a clothesline. A leg drop by Solo. With the referee distracted by Solo, Jey with a right hand on Butch. Zayn is tagged in. Right hands by Zayn followed by a forearm to the face. Solo is tagged in but Butch with a knee onto Solo. Zayn runs towards Butch but Butch lowers the top rope and Zayn to the outside. Butch with a running knee off the ring apron onto Zayn. The Usos distract Butch as Solo hits Butch with a super kick.
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Back from commercial, Butch with a DDT onto Solo. Zayn and Holland are tagged in. Holland with a shoulder tackle followed by a clothesline in the corner. Holland lifts Zayn up and slams him onto the mat. He goes for the cover but Zayn kicks out. Holland goes for a powerbomb but Zayn lands on his feet. Solo is tagged in and he hits Holland with a super kick.
Solo with a Samoan drop. He goes for the cover but Holland kicks out. Sikoa runs to the ropes but Holland with a clothesline. Butch and Zayn are tagged in. Zayn with a boot to the face. He goes for the Blue Thunder Bomb but Butch with a side headlock. Butch goes for the cloverleaf, Jimmy gets on the ring apron as Butch hits him with a kick. Zayn rolls Butch up but Butch kicks out. Zayn with the exploder suplex in the corner. Zayn goes for the Helluva Kick but Butch moves out of the way.
Butch with a kick to the back of the neck. Butch climbs the second rope as Solo gets on the ring apron. Butch with a right hand onto Butch. Zayn gets up and plays possum. Jey grabs Zayn and rolls him out of the way. The two argue. Solo with a right hand onto Butch. Zayn and Jey argue on the outside as Solo tries to break it up. Holland with a big shoulder tackle onto Jey and Solo. Zayn gets in the ring as Butch rolls him up and gets the pin.
Winners: The Brawling Brutes
The Usos, Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn are in the ring. Solo tries to break it up as Jey pushes Solo away. Jimmy grabs Jey and out comes Roman Reigns with Paul Heyman.
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The Usos, Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn are in the ring. Solo tries to break it up as Jey pushes Solo away. Jimmy grabs Jey and out comes Roman Reigns with Paul Heyman.
Roman Reigns, Paul Heyman and the Bloodline are in the ring. Roman tells St. Louis to acknowledge him. Roman says they have acknowledged him and now it’s time for him to acknowledge the elephant in the room. He tells Zayn and Jey that if they want to act like kids, they are going to be treated like kids. He believes in fighting in the ring but it seems like they can’t do that. He wants them to put it all on the table. He wants this problem fixed right now.
Zayn says he will be the first to admit that there has been some communication break down. And he feels like it’s with Jey. He doesn’t understand what is going on, he likes Jey and they have always gotten along. But since he joined the Bloodline, Jey doesn’t seem to like him and he doesn’t know what he did to offend him. But he is sorry and he doesn’t want to it to continue. Zayn asks if they can bury the hatchet once and for all. Zayn extends his hand out.
Jey tells him he has two seconds to get his hand out of his face. He doesn’t like him. He doesn’t like his hair, his face, his shirt. He doesn’t like him being around his family every week. How does he think he is part of the Bloodline when he isn’t blood. Newsflash, he never will be. He doesn’t belong here. No one in the group likes him, he is just the one who will say it outloud. He sheds blood for them because they are his family.
Zayn asks him why he is yelling at him, the Tribal Chief told them to make peace. Jey says he doesn’t give a damn what the Tribal Chief says. Roman looks up and turns around. The fans chant “You f**** up”. Zayn tells Roman what Jey said was messed up but he didn’t mean that. Zayn says Jey has gone through a lot, he is not himself. He hasn’t been very Ucy lately. The fans chant “Ucy” as Roman tries not to laugh. Jey covers his face trying not to laugh.
Roman laughs and asks if that is what is going on. If it’s because Jey doesn’t feel “Ucy”. Jey covers his face trying not to laugh. Roman tells Jey if he can’t find his inner “Ucy”, he will do something he won’t like. Roman will take the Honorary Uce away from Zayn and make him a full blown Uce. Roman says if he doesn’t figure it out, they will change his name to Sami Uso. Jimmy is standing behind them laughing as the fans chant “Sami Uso”.
Heyman tells everyone that Roman Reigns has put an end to this segment. But to watch Roman Reigns next Saturday in Saudi Arabia at Crown Jewel where he will defend his WWE Undisputed Universal Championship against Logan Paul.
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Maximum Male Models with Maxxine vs. The New Day
The bell rings and we are under way. Woods and Mansoor are in the ring. A kick to the leg by Woods and Kofi is tagged in. They double team Mansoor. Kofi goes for the cover but Mansoor kicks out. Woods is tagged back in. They double team Mansoor. Woods throws Mansoor to the corner. He runs towards Mansoor but Mansoor throws him onto the ring apron. Kofi with a right hand. Maxxine distracts the referee as Mace hits Woods with a right hand. Mace is tagged in and they double team Woods. He goes for the cover but Woods kicks out. Mansoor is tagged in. He goes for a splash on Woods but Woods moves out of the way. Woods throws Mace to the outside. Kofi is tagged in. Kofi with a drop kick onto Mansoor.
Kofi with a leg drop. Mace distracts Kofi, Woods dropkicks Mace. Woods with a splash off the top rope onto Mansoor. Woods is tagged in. Kofi with the Midnight Hour. Woods goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winners: The New Day
Kayla is backstage with Sonya. She asks Sonya if she will answer Ronda’s open challenge. Sonya says she won’t answer that but she knows Liv won’t answer it. In comes Liv as she and Sonya fight backstage.
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Braun Strowman is backstage. He says there is always someone bigger and stronger than you are. It’s clear that Omos is bigger than he is but not stronger. He has flipped over ambulances and picked up a tractor trailer. Because it’s exciting. And he felt that same excitement when he went face to face with Omos. The bigger the challenge, the better. At Crown Jewel, Omos will find out that there is no giant too big for the monster of all monsters.
Out comes Ronda Rousey for her open challenge. She says the belt is back where it belongs. And they are in luck because she is in the mood to prove it. She doesn’t expect them to be grateful that she repeatedly defends the title. She says only the great can recognize greatness and they are all mediocre to even know what they are looking at. She says to get the formality out of the way.
Out comes Emma as she returns to the WWE.
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WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship Open Challenge – Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Emma
The bell rings and we are under way. An arm bar take down by Ronda. She lifts Emma up on her shoulders but Ema sliders behind her and rolls her up but Ronda kicks out. Ronda with a kick and Emma to the outside. Ronda throws Emma into the ring steps. Ronda goes for a knee to the face but Emma moves out of the way and Ronda hits her knee onto the ring steps. Emma throws Ronda back into the ring. Emma with the tirantula as the referee breaks it up. Emma climbs the top rope and a cross body. She goes for the cover but Ronda kicks out. Emma runs towards Ronda but Ronda with a kick. Ronda to the outside and Ronda with the Ronda-Conda as she hits Emma in the face with her knee. Ronda back in the ring. Ronda with a chokehold but Emma gets out of it.
Emma with right hands. Emma with a kick to the leg followed by a clothesline. Emma with a Russian leg sweep. She goes for the cover but Ronda kicks out. Emma goes for a knee to the face but Ronda move sout of the way. Ronda with an ankle lock but Emma rolls out of it. Ronda goes for a kick, Emma ducks and Emma with a modified German suplex. Emma with a splash in the corner. She goes for the cover but Ronda kicks out. Emma goes for an underhook suplex but Ronda gets out of it as she pushes Emma towards the referee but the referee moves out of the way. With the referee not looking, Ronda with a rake to the eyes. Ronda with the Piper’s Pit. Ronda gets Emma in the arm bar as Emma taps out.
Winner: Still WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion, Ronda Rousey
Jey and Heyman are backstage. Jey tells Heyman to let him into Roman’s locker room. Heyman tells Jey sometimes it’s better for Roman to hear it from the wiseman. Jey asks Heyman if he got him and Heyman says always. Jey says thank you and walks away.
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Ronda Rousey is walking backstage and in comes Shayna Baszler who congratulates her. In comes Natalya who tells Ronda that she doesn’t know if she is the luckiest woman on the planet or not. Because if she would have accepted her challenge, she would be champion. Shayna chokes Natalya from behind. Shayna and Ronda walk away as Natalya is out on the floor.
Hit Row vs. Legado Del Fantasma
Legado Del Fantasma are in the ring. Out come Hit Row and B-Fab says they have friends in high places. Out comes Shinsuke Nakamura to the ring. All eight of them are in the ring fighting as Zelina goes to the outside of the ring. Top Dolla and Adonis take out Legado Del Fantasma. Santos is the only one left in the ring as Zelina gets in and tells him to get up. B-Fab kicks Zelina to the outside.
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Back from commercial and the match is under way. Legado Del Fantasma rotate tags and right hands on Adonis. They double team Adonis. Del Toro with a splash off the top rope. He goes for the cover but Adonis kicks out. Del Toro grabs Adonis by the leg but Adonis kicks him away and Nakamura is tagged in. Santos is tagged in. Nakamura with kicks onto Santos. Nakamura with a release sliding German suplex. Nakamura on the outside and he hits Wilde with a kick. Nakamura gets back in the ring. A kick onto Escobar. He goes for the cover but Escobar kicks out. Top Dolla is tagged in. He gets Wilde and Del Toro on him and he slams them. Escobar hits him with a kick to the face.
Escobar with a chop to the chest. He goes for another chop but Top Dolla blocks it. Top Dolla grabs him by the arm and climbs the top rope. He hits him with the Downtown three. Nakamura is tagged in and he hits Escobar with the Kinshasa. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winners: Hit Row and Shinsuke Nakamura
Roman Reigns is in his office on his phone. Heyman asks Roman if he can watch one piece of footage. A clip of Logan Paul training airs. Roman asks him why they re watching them. Heyman tells him because it just takes one lucky punch. Roman says he won’t hit one lucky punch.
Heyman says he was sitting in a Synagogue who was sitting next to a doctor who knows a doctor who knows Logan Paul’s doctor. And he told him that Logan Paul once broke his hand and he now has metal in his hand. Roman tells him he has had two mathes. Heyman says and this will be his third match and Brock Lesnar won the title in his third match. Not that Logan Paul is Lesnar. Heyman gets nervous and leaves the office.
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Kayla is backstage with LA Knight. In comes Ricochet. He tells LA Knight that LA Knight might get a warmer reception if he didn’t think he was God’s gift to SmackDown. Because around here, when someone’s head grows as big as his is right now, someone will knock him down. LA Knight tells him he is right. He is God’s gift to SmackDown.
Karrion Kross with Scarlett vs. Madcap Moss
The bell rings and we are under way. Kross runs to the ropes and Madcap with an atomic drop. Madcap throws him in the corner. Madcp with a chop to the chest. He goes for another chop to the chest but Kross with a right hand. Kross with a boot to the face. Kross runs towards Madcap but Madcap with a right hand. Madcap climbs the second rope and a shoulder tackle throws Kross to the outside of the ring.
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Back from commercial, Kross stomping on Madcap in the corner. Kross with a northernlights suplex followed by a clothesline. He goes for the cover but Madcap kicks out. A right hand by Kross followed by a forehand. He throws Madcap to the ropes and an elbow to the face. He goes for the cover but Madcap kicks out. Kross with a modified arm bar but Madcap makes it to the ropes. Kross grabs Madcap but Madcap with elbows. A right hand by Madcap.
He throws Kross to the ropes and Madcap with a clothesline. Madcap runs to the ropes and a shoulder block. A spinebuster by Madcap. He goes for the cover but Kross kicks out. A fallaway slam by Madcap. Madcap with a shoulder tackle in the corner. Scarlett gets on the ring apron and distracts Madcap. Kross with a back suplex. Kross with a punch to the back of Madcap’s neck. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Karrion Kross
The Krossjacket by Kross after the match. Scarlett gives Kross a microphone. Kross says Macap put up a better fight than he did. He says when Drew is locked in the cage with him at Crown Jewel, history will repeat itself.
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Kayla Braxton is backstage with Rey Mysterio. He tells her he is excited to be competing for the Intercontinental title and how thankful he is to be back on SmackDown. As he is speaking, Imperium attack him from behind. Gunther hits him with a chop to the chest.
We cut to the arena as the lights go out and out comes Bray Wyatt to the ring. He says this is still pretty new to him. He asks if they feel that. He starts to laugh. The fans chant “Welcome back”. He says when they start doing stuff like that, it makes him feel like he has to do something wild. But he wants them to see something he is proud of, he wants them to notice that it’s just them. There is no mask that he is hiding behind, no smoke and mirrors. It’s just them. And t hat’s what he wants everyone to get used to. This is Bray Wyatt, the real man. This is the best version of him that will ever e. He is proud to be there and he is going to do some spectacular things while he is there.
Bray says the truth is, for the majority of his life, he has been out of control. And he cannot help that. His emotions, they don’t work like most other peoples. He doesn’t have control. Sometimes they can send him to a very, very dark place. And sometimes, he cannot feel anything at all. He says it’s part of what makes him himself. To get to where he has gotten, he had to do some horrible things. And a part of him likes that he’snot afraid to do horrible things. He knows that isn ot the end of it. He knows there will come a time where he will be asked to do something completely horrible.
The lights go pitch black. And a voice of someone in a mask is on screen along with a QR code. He says he is just someone who sold the world. He sent him away. He is a shell of what he once were. He claims he doesn’t wear a mask but they both know that is not true. He will never be able to hide from him, his uncle Howdy as SmackDown goes off the air.