WWE SmackDown Results 1/12 - Bayley Vs. Bianca Belair, 2-On-3 Handicap Match
Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE SmackDown" on January 12, 2024, coming to you live from the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska!
The issues between Damage CTRL and Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, Shotzi, and Zelina Vega have remained no secret over the last few months, with all nine women coming face-to-face with one another in numerous of verbal exchanges and matches. Tonight, two of said competitors are set to collide in a singles match as Bayley goes one-on-one with Belair following a backstage confrontation last week.
Speaking of last week, AJ Styles, Randy Orton and LA Knight squared off in a Triple Threat Number One Contenders match to determine who would face Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble. However, the match ended in a no contest after Reigns interfered. Nick Aldis subsequently announced that he would be defending his title against all three men, and in light of such, Styles, Orton, and Knight will all be appearing on tonight's show.
Although he and his ally Austin Theory have had a number of issues with Kevin Owens over the course of the past few weeks, Grayson Waller will have to temporarily refocus his sights as he goes head-to-head with a returning Cameron Grimes. Grimes' last televised match came on the November 28 episode of "WWE NXT", in which he came up short to Wes Lee in a Fatal Four-Way Number One Contenders match for the North American Championship.
During the December 22 episode of "SmackDown", Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo aligned themselves with Santos Escobar, helping him win a semi-finals match in the United States Championship Tournament. Given that Escobar had previously betrayed LWO, the group took immediate notice of Angel and Humberto. Tonight, Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde have the chance to seek retribution as they collide with Angel and Humberto.
Additionally, The Bloodline's Solo Sikoa, Jimmy Uso, and Women's Champion IYO SKY are all advertised to appear, per WWE's event page.
We are live! Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick greet audiences at home as Grayson Waller and Austin Theory make their way down to the ring. Cameron Grimes follows, but he is blindsided by Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso.
The Bloodline Confronts Nick Aldis
Nick Aldis and other officials run down to check on Grimes as Waller and Theory retreat up the ramp. Paul Heyman (already in the ring) grabs a mic and says The Bloodline aren't the bad guys. He says Aldis is the real bad guy for making Roman Reigns defend his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in a Fatal Four-Way match at the Royal Rumble as Aldis makes his way down to the ring.
Aldis grabs the mic from Heyman and says that this is not a conversation between two equals. He says the Fatal Four-Way match is a done deal, and The Bloodline will not ruin yet another match. He then announces that Jimmy, Sikoa, and Reigns will be in the main event of tonight's show, and they will be facing AJ Styles, Randy Orton and LA Knight. Heyman tells Aldis that they both know Reigns isn't in Lincoln, and while Aldis admits that Heyman is correct, The Bloodline has until the main event to find a third man unless they want it to be a 2-On-3 Handicap match.
Los Lotharios and Santos Escobar then make their way out to the ring, with the latter man joining the announce desk.
Back from the break, we head backstage and see Heyman assuring Sikoa and Jimmy that he'll find them a tag team partner.
Back at ringside, LWO heads down to the ring.
Los Lotharios vs. LWO (w/ Zelina Vega)
All four men begin brawling with one another. Wilde clotheslines Humberto out of the ring, leaving Del Toro and Angel in the ring. The bell sounds and Del Toro delivers a hurricanrana. He follows it up with a dropkick that sends Angel out of the ring, then sends an interfering Angel out to join him. Wilde and Del Toro then go flying over the top to level them, and Del Toro gets Angel back inside the ring. Humberto tags in and Del Toro catches him with an arm drag. Angel tags back in and assists Humberto in sending him crashing to the outside. Humberto sits Del Toro on the ring apron, and Angel delivers a knee to level him.
Back from the break, Humberto tags in and double teams on Del Toro with Angel. Angel tags back in and looks to level Del Toro with a back suplex, but Del Toro escapes and tags in Wilde. Wilde fires off right hands on Angel's head, then lands a DDT and goes for a pin. Humberto breaks the fall before Wilde dumps him out of the ring and looks to fly from the top. Angel trips him and tags out to Humberto. Los Lotharios join Wilde on the ropes and send him crashing into the mat. Humberto looks to follow it up with a moonsault, but Wilde moves out of the way. Humberto then connects with a spinning sit-out powerbomb. Angel tags back in and delivers a kick to Wilde's jaw. He charges at him in the corner, but Wilde escapes and Angel is sent crashing into the ring post shoulder first. Del Toro levels Angel with a corkscrew on the outside.
Carlito's music hits, but he doesn't appear on the ramp. He blindsides Escobar at the announce desk, and the pair brawl into the crowd. Back in the ring, Angel rolls up Wilde as he hangs onto the ropes for the win.
Winners: Los Lotharios
We then head backstage and see Nick Aldis meet with Carmelo Hayes. Hayes looks to ask Aldis about the Royal Rumble, but Grayson Waller and Austin Theory interrupt him before he can. Hayes then gets into a verbal exchange with Theory and Waller, leading Aldis to make a match between Hayes and Theory official.
Back from the break, we see LWO run into Paul Heyman backstage. Heyman hands Carlito an apple as he proposes a partnership between Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa in the main event. Carlito says the only fight he wants is one against Santos Escobar, then takes the apple from Heyman and leaves with the rest of LWO.
We then head over to a video recapping what happened in the finals of the United States Championship Tournament last week, as well as Kevin Owens and Logan Paul's post-match confrontation.
We then head over to a video from Paul, who explains that he's been in contact with his lawyer. He says that he'll make sure Owens won't be wearing his cast in their United States Championship match at the Royal Rumble.
Back at ringside, Bianca Belair makes her way down to the ring.
Back from the break, we see Butch and Tyler Bate meet for a coffee. Bate offers his help to Butch and says he knows Butch is loss, but Butch says them tagging last week against Pretty Deadly was a one time deal. Bate says they can show the world what British Strong Style is all about, then says Butch needs to look inward to remember who he was in Blackpool and ask himself what that name is going to be.
Back at ringside, Damage CTRL follows.
Bayley (w/ Damage CTRL) vs. Bianca Belair
The bell rings and the two lock up. Belair rolls up Bayley several times before executing a mat return and cinching in a waist lock. Bayley escapes with a back elbow, but Belair levels her with a back body drop. She stomps over her, then delivers a standing moonsault. Bayley connects with a right hand on Belair, but Belair fires back with three bodyslams. Bayley sends Belair crashing into the middle rope face first, then takes a second to talk with her Damage CTRL teammates. Belair takes advantage and sends her crashing into the corner, then delivers a crossbody to her on the outside over the top.
Back from the break, Bayley has a submission locked in on Belair. Belair escapes with a series of elbows to Bayely's midsection, then levels her with a spinebuster. She follows it up with a dropkick and a shoulder to her midsection, then fires off right hands on her in the corner. Bayley ties Belair's braid to the bottom rope and fires off right hands on her head, then rocks her with a knee and looks to land a second one. Belair trips her by using her braid, then frees herself from the bottom rope and sends Bayely's face bouncing off the ring apron a couple of times. She uses the ring post as extra leverage to wear down her spine, but Bayley sends Belair crashing into the ring post.
Belair gets Bayley up on her shoulders on the outside, then sends her colliding with the ring post face first. She dumps her back in the ring, then fires off shoulders on her midsection in the corner and whips her into the opposite one. Belair then delivers a vertical suplex and rains down right hands on Bayley in the corner before hitting a backbreaker. Bayley whips Belair into the corner using her braid and charges at her, but Belair sends her crashing into the mat and connects with a springboard moonsault. She delivers a right hand to her jaw, then sets up for the KOD. Bayley whips her into the corner, then ascends to the top and delivers an elbow drop.
Bayley delivers a back elbow to Belair and rolls her up, but the referee catches her feet on the ropes. She sends Belair crashing to the outside and follows her, then rains down right hands and dumps her back in the ring. Belair delivers a spear and follows it up with the KOD for the win.
Winner: Bianca Belair
We then head over to a video from Kevin Owens, who responds to what Logan Paul had to say earlier tonight. Owens says his injured hand won't keep him from being in the Royal Rumble and says they need to talk face-to-face about their upcoming United States Championship match. He invites Paul to be a guest on "The Kevin Owens Show" next week and says he hopes to see him there.
Back from the break, we see Bayley confront the rest of Damage CTRL about why they didn't help her in the match. Dakota Kai explains that they didn't want to get her disqualified, then assures her that her plan to get Damage CTRL all the gold (including winning the 2024 Women's Royal Rumble) is still in place.
Back at ringside, Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits head down.
We Hear From Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits
Lashley wastes no time and addresses Karrion Kross and the Authors of Pain. He says the four individuals are in a fight that they can't win, then says Kross and AOP can come out to the ring to settle their issues now.
Paul Ellering appears on the ramp and points up at the Titan Tron. A video from Kross and Scarlett begins playing, putting Lashley and The Profits on notice and formally introducing AOP and Ellering. Kross then reveals that himself, Scarlett, AOP, and Ellering will now be known as The Final Testament.
We then see Pretty Deadly approach Paul Heyman backstage and offer to be Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso's partner in the main event. Heyman then reminds them of The Bloodline's opponent and the fact that they only need one partner and not two, and Pretty Deadly excuses themselves from the conversation.
Back at ringside, Carmelo Hayes makes his way down.
Back from the break, Lashely and The Profits run into Heyman. Heyman says he's been friends with Lashley for a long time and proposes a partership between him, Sikoa, and Jimmy in the main event match. Lashley says the only time he wants to be in the ring with The Bloodline is if it's standing across from Roman Reigns.
Back at ringside, Austin Theory and Grayson Waller make their way out.
Carmelo Hayes vs. Austin Theory (w/ Grayson Waller)
The bell rings and the two lock up. They take turns locking one another in submission holds before Hayes delivers a boot to Theory's head as he's draped through the middle rope and follows it up with Fade Away. He then delivers a DDT to Theory on the apron.
Back from the break, Hayes brings Theory into the ring the hard way from the apron. He connects with a back elbow and an Atomic Drop, then fires off strikes and delivers a springboard clothesline. Theory delivers a back elbow to Hayes, but Hayes responds with a kick to his jaw. Hayes ends up on the top rope and Theory drives him into the mat with a Spanish Fly from there, and the referee calls off the match after both men appear to be injured
Winner: N/A (due to referee stoppage)
We then head backstage to Paul Heyman, Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa. Jimmy asks Heyman who their tag team partner will be, and Heyman says no one is worthy of standing by their side in the ring. He says auditions are over and he has full faith in Jimmy and Sikoa. Jimmy says while Heyman might not be worried, he is.
Back at ringside, Randy Orton makes his way down to the ring, Jimmy and Sikoa blindside him on the ramp, and Sikoa delivers the Samoan Spike. Officials then run down to check on Orton.
Back from the break, AJ Styles and LA Knight make their way down to the ring.
The Bloodline (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. AJ Styles, Randy Orton and LA Knight in a 2-On-3 Handicap Match
The bell rings and Styles begins arguing with Knight over which one of them will start the match. Jimmy blindsides them and keeps beating down Knight, but Knight catches him with a swinging neckbreaker. Styles tags in and sends him crashing into opposite top turnbuckles face first. Knight tags back in and fires off a few stomps before Styles becomes legal again and continues wearing down Jimmy. Jimmy delivers a chop and runs the ropes, but Styles levels him with a dropkick and sends him crashing to the outside. Sikoa gets inside the ring, and Knight follows suit. Knight and Styles double team and fire off chops, then deliver a double clothesline that sends him to the outside to join Jimmy.
Back from the break, Sikoa delivers a Hip Attack to Styles. Jimmy tags in and Styles levels him, then looks to tag in Styles. Sikoa captures Knight's attention and he sends him crashing into the ring post on the outside. Back in the ring, Styles delivers a Pele Kick to Jimmy and Knight calls for him to tag him in. Styles is reluctant to do so, and Jimmy sends him crashing to the outside from the apron. Jimmy and Styles then level one another with crossbodies.
Sikoa calls to be tagged in, but Randy Orton's music hits and he marches down to the ring. Styles tags him into the match and he delivers a pair of clotheslines to Jimmy before catching him with a scoop powerslam and a hanging DDT. He follows it up with an RKO for the win.
Winners: AJ Styles, Randy Orton and LA Knight
After the match, Sikoa blindsides Orton. Styles delivers a Phenomenal Forearm to take him down, and Knight follows it up with a BFT. Styles and Knight begin arguing as Sikoa makes his way up to his feet, but Orton is waiting with an RKO for him. Orton then grabs the ring steps, and Styles sends Jimmy crashing into them. Knight dumps Jimmy into the timekeeper's area and helps Styles and Orton clear the announce desk. The trio then deliver a triple powerbomb to Sikoa through the announce desk and stand tall as the show goes off the air.