Tonight’s post-Extreme Rules edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown is live from the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Michael Cole welcomes us and he is joined by Wade Barrett at ringside. We see an ambulance and a car that was crashed into by a pick-up truck at parking area. EMTs are tending to an injured Karrion Kross, and Scarlett is a bit frantic.
Drew McIntyre suddenly comes running from out of nowhere and attacks Kross as officials try to hold him back. McIntyre smashes Kross’ head into the truck window, then beats him down. Kross is laid out as Scarlett checks on him. Officials hurry McIntyre away from the scene as he yells about this being just the beginning.
– The announcers hype Bray Wyatt’s return for tonight and confirm that Kross is still scheduled to compete in the Fatal 4 Way to name the new #1 contender to WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER.
Here The WWE Friday Night SmackDown Full Results:
– Tonight’s WWE SmackDown opened with The New Day – Kofi Kingston with Xavier Woods making their way to the ring. The New Day takes the mic and they remind everyone of their record 483-day title reign, and how important it is to them, and how they plan to keep it. Cole says this is interesting as Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos are 30 days away from breaking the record. We go backstage to the Gorilla Position and see Sami Zayn talking with Solo Sikoa now.
Jey Uso walks up and Sami says finally he’s here, but where is Jimmy Uso? Jey says Jimmy is handling business and it’s a family thing. Zayn says Jimmy would’ve told him about it, if it was family. Jey says real family. Sami says they don’t have time for this talking. He tells Sikoa to hang out backstage because he has the big Fatal 4 Way tonight, and Jey will go out with Sami. Sami wants to be clear – he doesn’t want a repeat of what happened with Matt Riddle on Raw this week. Jey agrees and says Zayn was confident about getting the win on Raw, so Jey let him have it.
A phone rings and it’s Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Sami answers and says he’s about to go out to the ring now. He makes some low-key comments about Jey and then hands the phone to Jey as Roman wants to speak to him. Jey tries to plead with Reigns but whatever he says, Jey hushes up and agrees. Sami takes the phone back and laughs with Reigns as Jey stares him down. The music hits and here comes The Bloodline – Sami Zayn with Jey Uso.
– Sami Zayn defeated Kofi Kingston via pinfall with some help of Jey Uso. After the match, Sami Zayn celebrates and makes his exit while Xavier Woods tends to Kofi Kingston. Jey watches on from behind Sami on the ramp.
– WWE Hall of Famer & Chief Content Officer Triple H at backstage talking to a few police officers. He shakes their hands and they walk off. Rey Mysterio approaches Triple H now. He says it’s not easy with everything going on Raw, and he’s reached his breaking point over what’s been going on with his son Dominik Mysterio. Rey just doesn’t see a way moving forward, he won’t fight his son, not even when he’s at his worse and yelling in Rey’s face, telling him to fight him.
Rey says Triple H knows how he feels and Triple H can imagine. Rey says he still sees the little boy who sat on his lap and fell asleep on his shoulder. Triple H puts a hand on Rey’s shoulder to console him as he appears to get a bit emotional. Rey says he loves WWE but he can’t do this anymore, so he came to SmackDown to look Triple H in his eyes and tell him… I quit. Fans in the arena boo. Triple H says there’s got to be another way. He asks Rey to go with him and talk for 5 minutes to see if they can come up with something else. They enter Triple H’s office.
– WWE NXT’s Roxanne Perez at backstage talking to Shotzi. Raquel Rodriguez walks in and comments on Perez facing her former partner, Cora Jade, at Halloween Havoc in the Weapons Wild match. Perez says that’s why she came here – to pick Raquel for the “Pick Your Poison” match against Jade next Tuesday night, if Raquel will do it. Raquel accepts.
Now, Damage CTRL interrupts and Bayley can’t believe Perez chose Rodriguez, saying she is the only choice. Perez was going to pick Bayley but Bayley isn’t exactly on a winning streak. Bayley says Perez isn’t on her level. Bayley hopes Perez is ready because tonight Damage CTRL plans to embarrass all three of them. Damage CTRL walks off as Rodriguez tells Perez and Shotzi to not worry.
– Braun Strowman defeated James Maverick and Brian Thomas via pinfall in handicap match. After the match, Strowman hits the corner to pose. MVP takes the mic and gives Strowman props for being an incredible specimen, but he’s not The Monster of All Monsters. He says Braun looks normal standing next to Omos. MVP advises Braun to not get too comfortable because monsters hang in the shadows. Braun yells out and says Omos is nothing compared to him and segment ends with two sides stare each other down.
– Sami Zayn is hyping Solo Sikoa up for tonight’s Fatal 4 Way. Jey Uso says Sami is welcome for his earlier win. Jey and Sami argue over who was responsible for the win. Jey asks Solo if he saw it. Solo didn’t but he was watching Sami because he can learn a lot from him. Sami agrees and says now Solo will follow in his footsteps. Sami goes on about how Solo will dominate tonight and go on to win the WWE Intercontinental Title. Solo says after he levels up tonight, he’s going to get a piece of gold for himself. Solo says let’s go.
– LA Knight defeated mån.sôör via pinfall. After the match, Knight stands tall while Mace carries Mansoor away from ringside while Maxxine stares Knight down. Knight takes the mic and wants to talk to everyone as Maximum Male Models watch from the ramp. Fans cheers Knight but he says he didn’t just do that for the fans. He insults the fans and says he doesn’t need a bunch of incels saying his name. He puts everyone on notice, including the entire roster, and says right now they all can get their tickets punched, why? Because whose name is it… it’s LA Knight, yeah.
– Damage CTRL defeated Raquel Rodriguez, Shotzi and Roxanne Perez via pinfall. After the match, Damage CTRL regroups at ringside as the babyfaces recover in the ring. Bayley yells at the losers to end the segment.
– Legado Del Fantasma defeated Hit Row in quick match. After the match, Legado del Fantasma celebrates in the ring.
– Kayla Braxton at backstage with Sonya Deville now and she mentions seizing her opportunity against Alba Fyre on NXT, and says someone who did not seize their opportunity this week was Liv Morgan. She says Liv has been given opportunity after opportunity but she keeps failing. Deville says Liv had the chance to solidify her title reign at Extreme Rules and prove she deserved it, but she got destroyed by new SmackDown Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey.
Deville says Liv just doesn’t have it, she’s nothing but a whiny… Morgan suddenly attacks from behind and beats Deville down, forcing Braxton to quickly retreat. Liv slams Deville on top of a production case. Liv is wide-eyed as she kicks Deville around and clears a table off. She slams Deville’s face into the table over and over. Deville slowly gets back up but Liv delivers a stiff kick to the face. Liv then places Deville on top of the table. Liv climbs the set scaffolding and leaps off, putting Deville through the table with a big senton. Liv appears to be hurting as she lays there amid the debris, but Deville is laid out.
– Rey Mysterio defeated Ricochet, Solo Sikoa and Sheamus via pinfall in Fatal-4-Way match to become the new #1 contender for the International Championship. After the match, Rey stands tall and says SmackDown is his new home, and he was ready to quit but now he has a title shot. Booyaka.
– Ominous music starts up and eventually transitions with a hip-hop/rock beat and lyrics. The door from Extreme Rules is kicked open, and the light shines through. Out comes Bray Wyatt with his lantern as fans cheer and light up the Smoothie King Center with fireflies. Wyatt enters the ring as his new theme continues.
The music suddenly stops as the crowd erupts. Wyatt is standing in the middle of the ring, with the lights still low. Fans chant “welcome back!” and Wyatt takes the mic. He says he’s incredibly grateful and really, really nervous to be here. He never thought this would happen. Wyatt says this is just him, a version of him that he never got to introduce to the fans before. Just him being him, genuine him for the first time. Wyatt chuckles and fans pop.
Wyatt just wants to share how this past year of his life – he lost a lot of things, he lost… he tells a fan he loves them, too. He lost his career, his self confidence, two people who were very, very close to him. Wyatt is a bit emotional and his voice is shaky, almost cracking. He says he also lost his way, and got to a point where he thought everything he’d ever one in WWE was all meaningless, nothing he ever did has mattered to anyone, and he was wrong. He was wrong.
Wyatt says once he was done feeling sorry for himself he decided to go into the world again and see people everywhere. They said thank you, when are you coming back home, and every once in a while it would be someone he met who was truly remarkable, and you know who you are. He says these people come to him and say, ‘Bray, I just want to thank you, man, because I was in a time of need and I lost people that were close to me, and I lost my self confidence, and I felt weak, and I felt vulnerable, and in this wicked state, I found your words, Bray, and I just wanted to thank you, man, you saved my life, Bray.’
Wyatt says the truth is he doesn’t think about things like this. A “thank you Bray!” chant starts up. Wyatt says one thing about this is, he can sit here right now today and look everyone in the eyes and say they were there when he was weak, vulnerable, and run-down, so he just wanted to say thank you, you all saved my life.
Wyatt says fans wouldn’t leave him alone, every time he tried to get away and hide, they found him, they’re the reason… the Wyatt moth logo suddenly appears on the big screen. The Wyatt face mask with the distorted voice from Extreme Rules and Raw appears on the screen. The masked character tells Wyatt to come with him, your life is done, forget the future, forget the past, life is over. The character continues and says you have no idea who you are dealing with… oh, but you will. The character laughs and repeats the line – oh, but you will. The Wyatt moth logo suddenly appears on the big screen again and Friday Night SmackDown goes off the air.
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