Smackdown
Glendale, Arizona
February 21, 2020
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WWE Smackdown kicks off with a Goldberg video package hyping up his
return.
The Usos make their way down to the ring for their 8 man tag team
match. They get in the ring and talk about how last week they
couldn’t be on Smackdown. But they kept getting mentioned by Miz and
John Morrison and they were disrespected. But this week, The Usos
are here and they are teaming with The New Day as Big E’s voice is
heard through the PA system.
Out come Big E and Kofi to the ring. The Usos joke about how they
hope The New Day kept their tag team titles warm for them. The New
Day say The Usos are one of the best of all time and are six time
tag team champions. And that is one less tag team title reign than
The New Day. Big E says that makes them better than The Usos.
Jimmy and Jey start to laugh as The Miz’s song hits and out he comes
down the stage with John Morrison. They get on the mic as Miz says
The Usos decided to show up on SmackDown. And they also have New Day
Rocks! Morrison says people don’t know what to chant when they see
them. They suggest, Miz and Morrison, Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho! They try and
get the crowd to go along with it but the fans boo.
Miz says that is what everyone will be chanting after they beat The
New Day for the WWE championships at Super ShowDown. Out come
Ziggler and Roode for the match.-Commercial Break-
The New Day and The Usos vs. The Miz, John Morrison, Dolph Ziggler,
Robert Roode
Ziggler and Jimmy start the match. A number of quick tags and it’s
now Morrison and Kofi in the ring. Miz gets in the ring as he and
Morrison are knocked down. With the referee distracted by Roode,
Morrison drops Kofi to the outside. Miz attacks Kofi on the outside.
Kofi gets double teamed on the outside as Miz is tagged in. He
throws Kofi back in the ring and he goes for the cover but Kofi
kicks out. Morrison is tagged in as he and Miz double team Kofi.
Morrison goes for the cover but Kofi kicks out. Roode is tagged into
the match. Roode gets a headlock in on Kofi as Kofi fights out of
it. Kofii tries to get the tag but Roode with an eye poke as Ziggler
is tagged in. He beats up on Kofi as Morrison is tagged in. Kofi
tries to make the tag as Morrison throws him into the corner. He
places Kofi on the top rope and goes for a suplex off the second
rope. Kofi with a headbutt dropping Morrison. He knocks Roode, Miz
and Ziggler off the ring apron but Morrison with a kick onto Kofi.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Ziggler goes for the cover on Kofi but Kofi
kicks out. He slams Kofi into the corner and Roode is tagged in.
Ziggler runs towards Kofi but Kofi throws him to the outside. Kofi
takes Roode down. Miz and Big E are tagged in. The camera glitches
and Big E with a belly to belly onto Miz. He knocks Morrison off the
ring apron. Big E with another belly to belly onto The Miz.
Big E with the big splash. He lifts Miz up going for the big ending
but Miz gets out of it. Big E throws Miz to the outside and as he’s
being thrown, Morrison tags himself in. Big E plants Morrison down.
He goes for the cover but Morrison kicks out. Roode fights The Usos
on the outside as Big E is distracted. Morrison hits him with the
Shinning Wizard. He goes for the cover but Kofi breaks it up. In
comes The Miz. He goes for the Skull Crushing Finale but Kofi throws
him to the outside.
Morrison with a corkscrew off the top rope takes Kofi down. Jimmy is
tagged in and as is Roode. A spine buster Zig Zag double team on
Jimmy. Roode goes for the cover but Jey breaks it up. Roode with the
Glorious DDT on Jey. He turns around and goes for the Glorious DDT
on Jimmy but Jimmy hits him with the Superkick. He goes for the
cover and gets the pin.
Winners: The New Day and The Usos
Daniel Bryan is walking backstage as he’s stopped by Gulak. He tells
Daniel that he has some holes in his game but he made a Powerpoint
presentation about all the things he’s doing wrong. He watched his
match with Heath Slater and in comes Heath Slater. He gets in
Daniel’s face. Slater says he wasn’t ready as Daniel asks if he’s
ready now and Heath says he’s always ready and wants a rematch.
Bryan looks at Gulak and tells him if he has all these holes in his
game, maybe he can help Slater.
We get another video hyping up Goldberg.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, we see a video of the history involving Otis
and Mandy Rose. Last week’s date did not happen as we saw Ziggler
with Mandy at the restaurant.
Backstage we have Sonya with Mandy and in comes Tucker. He tells
Mandy that she hurt Otis. She agreed to go on a date and she invited
Ziggler after Otis got her a cake and flowers. He says Otis doesn’t
have the courage to leave the hotel. Mandy says she ran into Ziggler
and did not invite him. Tucker says why did she message Otis saying
she was running late? Mandy looks confused saying what text, she
didn’t text him. Tucker walks away but Mandy tells Sonya that she
had a good time with Ziggler but was kind of looking forward to her
date with Otis. Sonya tells her Ziggler is more her type.
Renee Young is backstage with Lacey Evans. Young says this is her
first appearance since her Rumble loss to Bayley. Lacey says she
will keep fighting and takes no loss lightly, especially against a
bully. Young says it wasn’t long ago that Evans was a bully. Lacey
says she is from the south and the word nasty has many meanings. She
tells Renee that she was a bully but it took her coming to SmackDown
and seeing how Bayley and Sasha Banks treated the division and how
they tormented her child for her to see how she was a bully.
Evans says going forward it is progress and she will keep fighting.
Young asks her what is next for her. Evans says her sights are set
for the Elimination Chamber and she has five women she needs to
eliminate to become champion at WrestleMania.
Musical instruments are getting placed at ring side.
-Commercial Break-
Elias comes down and he says he wants to know who has his back as he
asks who wants to walk with Elias? We are going into WrestleMania
and things change but there is one universal truth and that is that
WWE stands for Walk With Elias as the fans chant it with him.
He says he wrote a song called “Sweet, sweet symphony” and he asks
people to clap along. “We’re here in the land of the sun, it’s a
symphony of destruction. There’s no rules in music everywhere, falls
count anywhere. Let’s blow the roof off once again as I introduce my
partner the monster among men.”
Braun Strowman is walking down to the ring with a double bass. He
places it on the outside.
Symphony of Destruction Match – Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura with
Sami Zayn vs. Braun Strowman and Elias
The bell rings and we are under way. Elias and Nakamura are in the
ring. Nakamura with a kick followed by punches. He runs to the ropes
but an elbow to the face by Elias takes Nakamura down. He sends
Nakamura to the ropes and a hip toss. Sami hands him a tambourine
but Elias knocks him down and hits Nakamura with it.
Nakamura fights back. He goes to hit Elias but Elias with a jumping
knee as Nakamura is knocked to the outside. Elias goes to the
outside and he picks up a kick drum. Cesaro grabs the drum but
Strowman grabs it from him and hits Cesaro with it. Zayn hits
Strowman with the ukulele as Strowman chases him but Nakamura hits
Strowman with a guitar.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial Cesaro is playing the cow bell in the ring. He
tries to hit Elias with it but Elias who is on the ring apron hits
him. With a table behind him, Elias goes for a suplex as Cesaro
blocks him. Nakamura kicks Elias and he falls through the table onto
the outside.
Strowman running on the outside with a big shoulder block takes
Cesaro down. He knocks Nakamura off the ring apron. Strowman grabs
Cesaro and throws him onto the announce table. Strowman grabs
Nakamura and Slams him into the steel steps. He grabs Cesaro and
chokeslams him onto the ring apron.
With a the standing bass next to him, Strowman goes to grab it but
Zayn hits him from behind with a keyboard. Zayn places the double
bass on the floor. Cesaro and Nakamura suplex Strowman through the
double bass. On the outside, Cesaro goes for the cover but Strowman
kicks out. Elias attacks Nakamura throwing him into the barricade.
Elias grabs the saxophone but Nakamura hits him with a kick to the
head. Nakamura goes for a kick as Elias moves out of the way and
Nakamura hits the gong. Elias throws Nakamura into the timekeeper’s
area. He grabs a guitar and hits Cesaro with it from behind.
Elias places Cesaro on a table on the outside. Elias climbs the top
rope but Nakamura slows him down. Strowman grabs Nakamura and throws
him over the announce table. Strowman stands on the announce table
as he lifts Nakamura up. Elias with an elbow off the top rope onto
Cesaro through the table. Strowman bodyslams Nakamura off the
announce table onto a piano. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winners: Braun Strowman and Elias
Nakamura is bleeding from the back of his head with the piano not
breaking.
A video package involving Roman Reigns and Baron Corbin airs showing
their history.
Corbin is backstage with Kayla. He says Roman’s face is everywhere
but Roman is just an egomaniac fed with a silver spoon. He says
Roman has never defeated him in a one on one match and that is why
at Super ShowDown, it’s a steel cage match. He will grate Roman’s
face using the chain linked fence. After Super ShowDown, he will
replace Roman on the posters and advertisements. Everyone will bow
down to the king.
-Commercial Break-
A Moment of Bliss – Alexa Bliss with The Bella Twins
Alexa Bliss welcomes everyone to a very special Hall of Fame edition
of A Moment of Bliss. She goes through the class of 2020 with
Batista getting inducted. After that is the nWo with X-Pac, Scott
Hall, Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan.
Bliss says it is her pleasure to announce the next inductees into
the 2020 Hall of Fame, Nikki and Brie, the Bella Twins. Out come the
sisters. Alexa congratulates them both. They talk about how it’s
special and they are honored. Nikki says they are grateful for the
Bella army and she wants everyone to know that they would not be
where they are right now without them.
Brie says that the announcement was made on Alexa’s show, the first
female talk show in WWE history. Brie says that Alexa and the WWE
superstars keep raising the bar and they are honored to be here.
Alexa says they want to hear about the new Hall of Famers. Brie says
they want to hear about twins being pregnant. Brie mentions that
they are pregnant with a week and a half apart between both and
being inducted into the Hall of Fame makes it that much better. They
thank everyone as they hug Alexa.
Daniel Bryan’s music hits and out he comes with his daughter. He
hands Birdie over to Brie as he walks down to the ring.
-Commercial Break-
Daniel Bryan vs. Heath Slater
The bell rings and we are under way. Gulak is doing announcing.
Bryan grabs Slater and goes for a submission but Slater grabs the
ropes. Slater attacks Daniel’s leg. He slams Daniel’s knee into the
mat. Bryan fights back with right hands. Bryan does a flip over
Slater and lands on his leg but he holds his leg in pain. Slater
takes Bryan down. He goes for the cover but Bryan kicks out.
Slater climbs the top rope as Gulak tells him to get down from
there. Slater jumps as Bryan moves out of the way. Bryan with the
Yes kicks. Bryan goes for a flying knee as Slater moves out of the
way. He goes for the cover but Bryan kicks out. Bryan with the
running knee. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Daniel Bryan
After the match, Bryan looks at Drew Gulak who is doing commentary
as Bryan celebrates.
Mandy Rose is backstage on her phone as the camera glitches and in
comes Ziggler. He asks her what she is doing and she says she is
waiting for her ride. Ziggler says he has his car and she can go
with him. She agrees as the two leave the arena. In comes Otis who
sees them leaving.
-Commercial Break-
Sheamus cuts a promo talking about his win vs. Shorty G and Apollo
Crews. He talks about how he now has to exterminate every lat rat in
the locker room.
Apollo Crews is backstage and in comes Shorty G. Gable says it was
embarrassing last week but he’s not backing down. Crews says he
doesn’t need his pep talk. He handles things his own way.
Number 1 contender’s match – Naomi vs. Carmella
WWE SmackDown women’s champion Bayley is at ringside. The bell rings
and we are under way. The two women shake hands and Naomi gets a
head lock take down on Carmella. The head lock is reversed by
Carmella into a scissor lock. Naomi gets out of it and another
headlock by Naomi as Carmella reverses it into a headlock of her
own.
She sends Naomi to the ropes and a shoulder block by Carmella. Both
women back up. A running clothesline by Naomi. She goes for the
cover but Carmella kicks out. Naomi slams Carmella onto her tail
bone. She goes for the cover but Carmella kicks out. Another cover
by Naomi but again Carmella kicks out. Both women back up as Naomi
sends Carmella to the ropes but Carmella with a Mella-Go-Round takes
Naomi down. She throws Naomi to the outside of the ring.
Carmella runs to the ropes and goes for a suicide dive but Naomi
with a kick to the face. Naomi jumps off the top rope with a cross
body.. She goes for the cover but Carmella kicks out. Naomi climbs
the second rope but Bayley gets on the ring apron and distracts her.
A hurricanrana by Carmella off the second rope. She goes for
the cover but Naomi kicks out. Naomi rolls to the outside as Bayley
walks towards Naomi. The referee throws Bayley to the back. A
suicide dive by Carmella onto Naomi.
-Commercial Break-
Naomi with a back breaker. A kick to the side by Naomi followed by
another. Carmella catches one of her kicks and drops her. She goes
for the cover but Naomi kicks out. A right hand by Carmella,
followed by another. She goes for the cover but Naomi kicks out.
Carmella runs to the ropes but a flying kick by Naomi takes Carmella
to the outside. Naomi runs and jumps over the top rope taking
Carmella out. She throws Carmella back into the ring.
She goes for the cover but Carmella kicks out. Naomi goes for a
splash but Carmella moves out of the way. Carmella with a cross body
off the top rope. She goes for the cover but Naomi kicks out. Naomi
on the ring apron as Carmella goes for a suplex. Naomi blocks it and
a kick to the side of the head by Naomi. A sunset flip by Naomi but
Carmella kicks out. Naomi goes for the cover but Carmella reverses
it as she wraps her legs around Naomi’s head but Naomi is able to
reach the ropes.
Carmella runs to the ropes and hits Carmella with the Rear View. She
goes for the cover but Carmella kicks out. Naomi goes to climb the
top rope but Carmella knocks her down and hits her with a kick to
the face. She goes for the cover but Naomi kicks out. Carmella runs
towards Naomi as Naomi hits her with a kick to the jaw. Naomi with
the split legged moonsault. She goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Naomi
-Commercial Break-
A video hyping up John Cena’s return to Smackdown next week airs.
Goldberg’s music hits as we cut to the back. Security knocks on
Goldberg’s door as he makes his trademark walk down to the ring.
Goldberg gets in the ring as the fans chant his name. He says it’s
good to be back and it’s been a while since he’s been here. He says
The Fiend, whoever and whatever you are, he is ready.
Firefly Fun House plays on the screen. Wyatt is in the Fun House. He
was hanging up Bryan’s picture on the wall. Goldberg says he’s not
here to talk, he’s here to take his WWE Universal championship.
Wyatt says he is not taking anything from anyone. And before Super
ShowDown, he wants Goldberg to meet his friends. We go through
Wyatt’s animal friends in the Fun House.
Wyatt says he knows someone who is dying to meet him. The lights
start go off in the arena. The lights come up and Goldberg says “The
Fiend and you are right behind me”. Goldberg turns around as The
Fiend is standing there. The fans chant “Goldberg” as Goldberg
spears The Fiend.
Wyatt slowly gets up as Goldberg tells him to get up. The lights go
off and come back on with Wyatt no where to be seen.