WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes waltzing back into our lives tonight (Aug. 9, 2024) with a live show emanating from the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, featuring all the fallout from the SummerSlam premium live event that went down just this past weekend in Cleveland.
Advertised for tonight: The Original Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns, is finally back to follow up on laying out Solo Sikoa during the WWE championship match with Cody Rhodes.
Also expected: LA Knight is the new United States champion (YEAH), Nia Jax is the new women’s champion, Tiffany Stratton still has the Money in the Bank contract, and so much more.
Come right back here at 8 pm ET when the SmackDown live blog kicks off once the show starts on FOX. It will be below this line here. (Note: Links to illegal streams are prohibited. Pics and GIFs are allowed.)
WWE SMACKDOWN RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR AUG. 9
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The show opens with a recap of SummerSlam focused on the WWE Undisputed Championship match and the return of Roman Reigns.
“American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes makes his entrance and gets on the mic.
He asks Tulsa what they want to talk about before saying he wants to do something a little unexpected here. He says the WWE Undisputed Championship is the north star of the industry and he’s been thinking about who he wants to defend his title against at Bash in Berlin. This guy—
Enter Solo Sikoa, much to Cody’s consternation, flanked by Guerrillas of Destiny.
He stops Cody right there and says he doesn’t care about what the people want to hear, he wants to talk about SummerSlam. He says he should be champion and before Rhodes does or says anything else, he WILL give Solo a rematch. Rhodes tells him he couldn’t get the job done on his own and got Jacob Fatu hurt.
The same SummerSlam where he set Roman Reigns on a warpath because he’s cosplaying as Tribal Chief? The same SummerSlam where he got beat in the middle of the ring, that makes him delusional if he thinks he has any claim to a rematch? Solo says he’s gonna beat his ass and the Bloodline advance on the ring—
KEVIN OWENS IS HERE AND HE BROUGHT CHAIRS!
Solo backs down and says he’ll deal with Cody later, after he’s found Roman Reigns. Rhodes says he’ll be right here waiting on him.
The Bloodline leaves and Cody calls Kevin back to the ring and says he doesn’t want it to be awkward but he wants to talk to him about something. KO obliges and heads back into the ring, and Rhodes resumes. He says this will be awkward and uncomfortable and if he knows Owens as well as he thinks he’s gonna say no.
Before he was interrupted, he was talking about who he wants to defend the title against, and he’d like to fight Kev. Owens says he appreciates that but he doesn’t deserve a title match. Title matches need to be earned and he’s done nothing to earn it, just look at his win/loss record over the last year, he’s not the guy.
Cody says he had a feeling he’d say no but he hasn’t forgotten the sacrifices KO has made. Every time he needed somebody in the trenches, Owens was there, and he’s still the Prizefighter in the prime of his career, but he can say no all he wants but Rhodes is gonna go to the back and make the case to Nick Aldis for a match against KO and he’s pretty sure Nick is gonna see all the things he sees.
Owens continues to protest but Cody says hopefully after that conversation the only thing he’ll need to say to Kevin is “see you in Berlin.”
A-Town Down Under make their entrance and we go to break.
Byron Saxton interviews Street Profits and B-FAB backstage.
They talk up how determined they are to get back to the tag titles and make their entrance.
A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory & Grayson Waller) vs. Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) (WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifying Match)
A-Town in control fairly quickly, Dawkins sent to the floor, Waller out after him with a lariat but Ford wipes the heels out with a tope con giro to send us to break!
Back from commercial, heels working Dawkins over, but he gets away and makes the tag! Ford in hot with lariats, big flapjack on Austin, lands on his feet off a back suplex and back suplexes Waller! Standing moonsault... NOPE! Electric chair on Theory...
Street Profits win by pinfall with a Blockbuster Doomsday Device on Austin Theory, qualifying for a #1 contender’s match for the tag titles.
Backstage, Nick Aldis is meeting with Kevin Owens and Cody Rhodes and admits that actually Roman Reigns is who he’s been considering giving the Berlin title match to. Owens unloads on him and tells that Roman doesn’t deserve a rematch after the way he carried himself as champion and all you need to do is look in the locker room to find somebody more deserving.
Nick quietly lets him go off, taking it in stride, before saying that actually he thinks Cody is right and KO is the guy to give the title match to, and a bashful Owens has to accept it.
And so we go to break.
Back from commercial, we get a recap of Nia Jax winning the WWE Women’s Champion.
Tiffany Stratton is backstage barking orders at a crew member for Nia’s celebration next week when Pretty Deadly roll up to chat about their musical.
Up next, Chelsea Green and Piper Niven try to do some mind games with Tiffany, telling her Jax doesn’t even like pink and she’s not going to do a good job with the celebration and so on. Stratton calls them arrogant and flips her hair in their faces before walking off.
Jade Cargill makes her entrance, Bianca Belair at her side, and we go to break.
Alba Fyre vs. Jade Cargill
Fyre with a go-behind, Cargill pries her hand loose into a knucklelock, elevating her, Alba slips out, Jade blocks the sunset flip and pops her one in the face! Drawing her up for another punch, Fyre sidesteps the charge and throws a few kicks, tornado DDT, cover for two! Cargill stacks her up, back elbow into a kick into the double chickenwing...
Jade Cargill wins by pinfall with Jaded.
Post-match, Blair Davenport attacks and the trio of heels overwhelm Bianca and Jade— NAOMI MAKES THE SAVE AND THE BABYFACE TRIO SENDS THE HEELS PACKING!
And so we go to break.
Back from commercial, LA Knight makes his entrance and gets on the mic.
We see Lou Ferrigno, looking great these days, in the front row.
Knight begins, saying SummerSlam has come and gone and one question still remains— it had to feel extra sweet to beat transphobic dickhe*d and YouTube douchebag (my words, not his) Logan Paul in his hometown, right? Paul deserved to get stomped out, and got what he deserved, and the only thing he cares about is that he stood on the stage not too long ago and told us we’d call him champ and at long last we have arrived!
Enter Santos Escobar and Legado del Fantasma.
He congratulates Knight and gets in the ring with him, continuing by saying that it’s not every day that a guy like LA gets a taste of the gold. But let’s get real, this whole “LA Knight as champion” thing, he doesn’t buy it. It’s a fleeting moment in the spotlight and ultimately his glory will be nothing but an opening act to Escobar’s reign.
Knight talks about the word “deserve” and says that Santos deserves the brakes beat off him one more time, and we both know that to get a shot he has to qualify and Andrade will be out for that in a minute, but more importantly he’s not gonna let him take the title off him because it’s LA Knight’s game.
Andrade el Idolo makes his entrance and we go to break.
Andrade el Idolo vs. Santos Escobar (WWE United States Championship #1 Contender’s Match)
Back from commercial, match is joined in progress, running the ropes, leapfrogs, el Idolo connects with a lariat! Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin come down to equalize Legado del Fantasma, Andrade up top and Escobar knocks him down to the floor! Back inside, up top, jockeying for position... ANDRADE WITH AN AVALANCHE SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB TO SEND US TO BREAK!
Back from commercial, el Idolo off the ropes, dragon screw connects, duck a lariat, flying forearm! Fired up, kip-up, to the floor, Andrade with the Orihara moonsault! Diving crossbody, cover for two, Three Amigos... NOT ENOUGH! Up top, jockeying for position... AVALANCHE POISON FRANKENSTEINER BUT EL IDOLO KICKS OUT!
Sidestep the corner knees, superkick, Andrade cuts him off with a dropkick and goes up top, nobody home on the moonsault, standing moonsault connects, only a nearfall! Back elbow for a deep nearfall, Carmelo Hayes appears from under the ring, Santos slides in to take advantage of the distraction...
Santos Escobar wins by pinfall with a schoolboy and a handful of tights, becoming #1 contender to the United States championship.
#DIY cut a promo walking backstage, vowing to do whatever it takes to get the tag titles back.
Commentary tosses to a memorial video package for Kevin Sullivan and we go to break.
Back from commercial, commentary hypes up next week’s show.
A-Town Down Under accost Nick Aldis in his office to complain about the way they’ve been treated. Austin Theory accidentally gets Grayson Waller a match against Kevin Owens and reassures him that he’s got his back and he shouldn’t worry about it. Grayson goes to complain to Aldis but he’s disappeared like the goddamn Batman.
#DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) vs. Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) (WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifying Match)
Back and forth, dropkicks send Pretty Deadly to the floor, double planchas, DIY pat themselves on the back and we go to break!
Back from commercial, Ciampa tags in, lariats on lariats, Shatter Machine denied, folding press for two! Uppercut from Elly, tag to Kitty, double chickenwing, diving bulldog / Glam Slam combo but Gargano breaks it up! Superman Spear sets up a knee, tag made, Shatter Machine connects this time!
Prince down in the middle...
#DIY win by pinfall with Meet in the Middle on Elton Prince, qualifying for the WWE Tag Team Championship #1 contender’s match.
In Gorilla, Tama Tonga tells Solo Sikoa that “he” isn’t here, but Solo says not to worry, he’ll be here.
The Bloodline make their entrance and we go to break.
Back from commercial, Solo Sikoa is in the ring and demands that Tulsa acknowledge him.
He tells Roman Reigns that he’s the Tribal Chief now, and if he wants it back, he needs to come and get it from him.
Enter Roman Reigns.
The Guerrillas of Destiny attack but Roman swats them aside with ease and bashes them with the steel steps before turning his focus on Solo Sikoa! Lighting Sikoa up with a bunches, Superman Punch takes him down and the Big Dog is fired up! Calling for it, but Tonga Loa pulls Solo out of the ring before he can eat a spear!
Roman spies the Tribal Chief’s lei on the mat and walks over to it to pick it up but Tama Tonga atacks from behind and grabs it to give it back to Solo while Loa keeps Reigns occupied! Superman Punches for both Guerrillas! Roman’s fired up... AND CUTS LOA IN HALF WITH A SPEAR! ANOTHER SPEAR PUTS TAMA THROUGH THE TIMEKEEPER’S BARRICADE!
Hammering Loa with a chair while Solo yells that he’s the Tribal Chief now and for Roman to come and get it!
Reigns soaks in the adoration of the crowd.
That’s the show, folks.
