SmackDown Results (09/09) - Fatal Five-Way #1 Contenders Elimination Match, Braun Strowman To Speak
Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE SmackDown" on September 9, 2022! Tonight's show is coming to you live from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.
Braun Strowman will be making his official return to "SmackDown", as he is set to address the WWE Universe tonight. Strowman made his triumphant return on last week's "Raw" during the Fatal Four-Way Match between The Street Profits, Alpha Academy, The New Day and Los Lotharios to determine who would be the #1 Contender for the Undisputed Tag Team Titles. He attacked all the competitors in the match, taking out security guards, delivering a power slam to Angelo Dawkins through the commentary desk and sending Otis through the barricade in the process. What will the Monster Among Men have to say?
A Fatal Five-Way Elimination Match between Ronda Rousey, Sonya Deville, Xia Li, Natalya and Lacey Evans will also be featured to determine who the new #1 Contender will be for Liv Morgan's "SmackDown" Women's Championship at Extreme Rules on October 9. Morgan won the title after cashing in her briefcase at Money In The Bank back in June and most recently defended it against Shayna Baszler at this past Saturday's Clash at the Castle event.
Maximum Male Model's Ma.çé and Mån.sôör will be joining forces with Los Lotharios to take on Hit Row and The Street Profits in an eight man tag team match. The issues between the four teams came about a couple weeks ago. MMM were in the middle of a photoshoot, but were interrupted by blaring music. MMM called allies Los Lotharios for help before they retaliated by vandalizing what the party bus that it was coming from under the assumption that it was from Hit Row (with whom they had issues with prior), but as it turned out, the bus actually belonged to the Street Profits. Will the Profits be able to exact revenge tonight for the damage done to their party bus?
We are live! The show begins with a recap of the match between Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre for the WWE Undisputed Championship, as well as the debut of Solo Sikoa at Clash at the Castle this past Saturday.
Michael Cole and Corey Graves then greet audiences at home as The Brawling Brutes head to the ring. A newly reunited Imperium follows them.
The Brawling Brutes vs. Imperium
Holland and Vinci begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. They exchange submissions before Vinci looks for a shoulder tackle. Holland blocks it before Kaiser makes the blind tag. Kaiser hits Holland with a right hand before Vinci tags back in. Holland delivers a hip toss, followed by a shoulder tackle. Butch tags in and delivers a drop kick. He goes after Vinci's fingers, then stomps on his arm.
Gunther tags in and Butch delivers a series of chops. Gunther hits him with one of his own and drops Butch to the mat. Sheamus then tags in as the crowd gets fired up.
Back from the break, Kaiser delivers a chop to Holland. Vinci tags in and delivers a drop kick. He hits a stomp, followed by a kick to Holland's midsection. Vinci hits a suplex, then goes for a pin but Holland kicks out. Gunther tags in and looks to suplex Holland. Holland blocks it and Gunther delivers a chop, sending Holland to the mar. Kaiser tags back in and Holland manages to hit a spinebuster. He makes the hot tag to Butch as Vinci tags in. Butch delivers a step-up insiguri, followed by the double knees and a German suplex. He hits a kick to the back of Vinci's head then goes for a pin but Vinci kicks out. Butch locks in an arm bar, but Kaiser breaks it up. While the referee is distracted, Gunther delivers a chop to Butch. Butch delivers a kick to Vinci, but Vinci fires back with a clothesline.
Back from another break, Gunther has Butch in a Boston Crab. He transitions into a crossface, but Butch escapes. Gunther hits a couple of bodyslams, then looks for a German Suplex but Butch lands on his feet. Vinci tags in and prevents Butch from making the tag. Butch hits a step-up insiguri as Sheamus rallies the crowd. Sheamus and Kaiser tag in. Sheamus hits him with a couple of clotheslines before hitting the Twenty Five Beats. He hits Kaiser with the White Noise on top of Vinci as the crowd erupts. Sheamus looks for the Brogue Kick on Kaiser, but hits Vinci instead. He plants Kaiser before Holland tags in. Holland hits a lariat to the back of Kaiser's neck, then goes for a pin but Gunther breaks it up. Sheamus gets in the ring and the two men start firing off chops on one another. They spill to the outside before Sheamus hits Gunther with a knee. Back in the ring, Holland sends Kaiser to the mat. Vinci tags in and he hits the Imperium Bomb with the help of Kaiser for the win.
Winners: Imperium
Solo Sikoa Officially Joins The Bloodline
Back from the break, The Usos and Sami Zayn head to the ring.
Zayn grabs a mic and tells fans to "throw those ones up" as he gets hyped up. Zayn says they have some serious things they want to talk about. Jey says that Roman Reigns beat Drew McIntyre on his home turf and tells McIntyre he doesn't know how deep The Bloodline runs. Jimmy then introduces Solo Sikoa.
Solo Sikoa's music hits and he heads to the ring. Sikoa says that if someone comes for his family, he comes for them. He says that he is here to stay and The Bloodline just got stronger before saying they're the ones.
Drew McIntyre's music hits and he heads to the ring with a chair in hand. He hits Sikoa with it and looks to hit him in the back, but Zayn pushes him out of the way and takes the shot for him. McIntyre tells Sikoa he wants to fight him tonight and Sikoa agrees.
Raquel Rodriguez and Aliyah vs. Toxic Attraction
Back from the break, Raquel Rodriguez and Aliyah head to the ring, followed by Toxic Attraction.
Rodriguez and Jayne begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Jayne delivers a kick, followed by a chop. Rodriguez sends Jayne to the mat before tagging in Aliyah. Jayne gets Aliyah up on her shoulders, but Aliyah escapes and rains down right hands. Dolin tags in and delivers several kicks to Aliyah. She delivers a right hand before tagging in Jayne. Jayne delivers a cannonball, then goes for a pin but Aliyah kicks out. Dolin tags back in and hits a right to Aliyah's midsection. Dolin delivers a kick to Aliyah's back, followed by a forearm. Jayne tags back in and delivers a kick to Aliyah. She hits a running senton, then goes for a pin but Aliyah kicks out. Jayne locks in a shoulder submission, but Aliyah escapes. Jayne sends her head into the top turnbuckle before tagging in Dolin. Aliyah makes the hot tag to Rodriguez. She delivers a clothesline to Dolin. She hits a Fallaway Slam. She hits a Corkscrew Elbow, then goes for a pin but Dolin kicks out. Jayne tags in and Rodriguez sends her into the mat. She delivers the Texana Bomb for the win.
Winners: Raquel Rodriguez and Aliyah
We then head to a video of the confrontation between Ronda Rousey and Adam Pearce last week. Commentary then announce that Ronda Rousey was disciplined for her actions behind the scenes.
Fatal Five-Way Elimination Match to Determine The #1 Contender For The SmackDown Women's Championship at Extreme Rules
Back from the break, Xia Li, Sonya Deville, Natalya, Lacey Evans and Ronda Rousey. We see Liv Morgan
The bell rings and all four other women go after Rousey. Li and Natalya send Rousey out of the ring. Li rolls up Natalya, but she kicks out. Evans hits Natalya with a Woman's Right, but Deville delivers a knee to send her to the outside. Rousey then tosses Deville into the barricade before locking in the Arm Bar on Natalya. Natalya taps out.
Elimination #1: Natalya
Li fires off left and right hands on Rousey. Rousey looks for an Arm Bar, but Evans rolls her up. Rousey kicks out before locking in the Arm Bar. Meanwhile, Deville simultaneously locks in an Arm and Choke Hold. Both women in the submissions tap.
Eliminations #2 and 3: Xia Li and Lacey Evans
Deville and Rousey face off. The two women try to take one another down. Rousey looks for Piper's Pit, but Deville counters into a Sleeper. Rousey sends Deville into the barricade to break it up. The two women get back in the ring before Rousey hits Deville with Piper's Pit. Rousey teases the Arm Bar, but locks in the Ankle Lock instead. Deville taps.
Elimination #4: Sonya Deville
Winner: Ronda Rousey
We then head to the Usos hyping up solo Sikoa ahead of his match. Sami Zayn walks in and Sikoa says he appreciated Zayn's help in the ring. Jey scoffs and Jimmy brushes it off. Zayn says he wants Sikoa to know that they're all looking out for him before Sikoa says he wants to do it on his own. Zayn offers his hand, but Jey slaps it out of the way and says they'll all be out there at Sikoa's side.
Back from the break, we head backstage to Ronda Rousey. Shayna Baszler congratulates her and wishes her luck against Liv Morgan. Rousey says she knows she's bummed about losing, but revenge is even better. She says to let her know when she's ready to break bones again.
Back at ringside, Maximum Male Models head down, with Los Lotharios already in the ring. Hit Row and The Street Profits follow.
The Street Profits and Hit Row vs. Los Lotharios and Maximum Male Models
Mån.sôör and Adonis begin the action. The bell rings and Adonis sends Mån.sôör to the mat. He delivers a shoulder to his midsection before Dawkins tags in. He delivers a splash before Top Dolla tags in and delivers one of his own. Ford tags in.
Back from the break, Mån.sôör has a chinlock on Adonis. He sends Adonis to the mat, then tags in Ma.çé. Ma.çé delivers an elbow, then tags in Angel. Humberto looks to take out Adonis, but accidentally hits Angel. Adonis makes the tag to Dawkins and he knocks Mån.sôör to the mat. Ma.çé tags in and Dawkins hits him with a Silencer. He goes for a pin, but it gets broken up. Dawkins takes everyone out on the outside before Top Dolla looks to go flying on the outside. Maxxine Dupri gets in her face, but B-Fab levels her. Mån.sôör and Adonis tag in as Hit Row hits Heavy Hitter for the win.
Winners: Hit Row and Street Profits
We then head to a video of Braun Strowman's return from last week.
The Alpha Academy and Braun Strowman Get Physical
Back from the break, Alpha Academy heads to the ring. Gable says that Seattle is lucky to have them back on the Blue Brand before telling the crowd "SHOOOSHHHH." He continues on to say that they are there to ruin Strowman's return in the same way that he ruined their tag team match on "Raw". He says that they had the match won until Strowman showed up before ragging on Seattle's sports teams. The crowd loudly boo Alpha Academy.
Strowman's music hits and The Monster Among Men head to the ring to a huge pop. Otis stares Strowman down before Strowman knocks Otis into the ropes and beats him down. Gable tries to launch a sneak attack on Strowman, but Strowman nails him with a boot. Otis charges at him, but Strowman delivers a shoulder tackle. He hits Gable with a power bomb, followed by one to Otis.
We then head backstage to Drew McIntyre. He says that he should be standing here as the new Undisputed Champion, but he isn't due to Solo Sikoa. He talks directly into the camera and says that actions have consequences. He continues on to say that he won't like his consequences.
Back from the break, Drew McIntyre heads to the ring. Solo Sikoa and the rest of The Bloodline follow.
Drew McIntyre vs. Solo Sikoa
The bell rings and McIntyre wastes no time going after Sikoa. He hits a couple of kicks and right hands before Sikoa returns the favor. McIntyre hits Sikoa with a few right hands, followed by a clothesline. Sikoa hits a back elbow before McIntyre hits the Future Shock DDT. He looks for the Claymore, but the Usos pull him out of the ring.
Back from the break, Sikoa has McIntyre in a submission. McIntyre escapes and McIntyre hits him with a chop. Sikoa hits a Samoan Drop, then goes for a pin but McIntyre kicks out. Sikoa delivers a few stomps to McIntyre, followed by several right hands. Sikoa chokes McIntyre on the middle rope before Jimmy Uso delivers a cheap shot to McIntyre. Sikoa delivers more right hands to McIntyre's head, but McIntyre fires back with a few chops. Sikoa delivers a belly-to-belly suplex, then goes for a pin but Sikoa kicks out.
Sikoa delivers a Hip Attack, then gets in McIntyre's face. He tells him he doesn't belong here before whipping him across the ring. McIntyre responds with a couple of clotheslines, an elbow and a neck breaker. He kips up and tosses Sikoa over the top rope. McIntyre looks to fly over the top rope, but Zayn grabs his ankle. McIntyre tosses him into the ring and looks for a Claymore Kick. Sikoa hits a super kick, then goes for a pin but McIntyre kicks out.
Sikoa and McIntyre exchange right hands before McIntyre delivers a Glasgow Kiss. While the referee is distracted, The Uso beats McIntyre down. The Street Profits make the save, with Montez Ford delivering a cross body off the top rope to The Bloodline. McIntyre delivers the Claymore Kick and sends Sikoa out of the ring. Out out nowhere, Karrion Kross attacks McIntyre and locks in the Kross Jacket as the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: N/A (via disqualification)
After the match, Kross keeps the Kross Jacket locked in as Scarlett watches on and the show goes off the air.