Smackdown
Austin, Texas
June 24, 2022
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WWE SmackDown kicks off with Drew McIntyre walking down to the ring.
Drew welcomes everyone to SmackDown. He says when he was drafted to
SmackDown, he said he was willing to start at the bottom and earn a
Championship match. But it didn’t matter how many matches he won,
Roman keeps ducking him. That’s why he will have to win the Money in
the Bank.
Drew says in terms of earning title matches, Lesnar shows up last
week and already has one at SummerSlam. Drew says that’s the Brock
way but he does things the hard way. He says he hopes they tear each
other apart because whoever wins, the Money in the Bank winner will
Claymore them.
Out comes Sheamus with the Brawling Brutes. He tells Drew that he is
right that the Last Man Standing match will be a perfect time to
cash in the Money in the Bank. But Drew is wrong if he thinks he
will be the one to do it. Drew is in the match because Adam Pearce
felt sorry for him. Sheamus says he doesn’t belong.
Sheamus tells Drew that his only experience with the Money in the
Bank contract is having someone cash in on him and take the title.
But Sheamus is a former Money in the Bank winner. The man he cashed
in on was Roman Reigns.
Out comes Paul Heyman with Adam pearce. Heyman says Roman will
defend the Undisputed title at SummerSlam against Brock Lesnar in a
Last Man Standing match. Heyman says a Last Man Standing match that
will not be won by Brock Lesnar. Heyman says they have a problem
because even though Roman is the GOAT, after a Last Man Standing
match against Brock Lesnar, Roman will be vulnerable to a cash in of
the Money in the Bank contract. Heyman says even Lesnar would be
vulnerable, not that Lesnar has a chance of winning.
Heyman says as Sheamus said, a cash in on Roma happened before and
he is here to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Heyman says Pearce
has a special announcement to make. Pearce tells Drew and Sheamus
that it has come to his attention that he was a bit hasty in putting
them both in the Money in the Bank ladder match. No one lost or won
their qualifying match. And after some influence by Heyman, it is
his duty to inform them that WWE management has taken the decision
and neither one of them will compete in the Money in the Bank match.
Pearce says both of them can qualify if they can team together
tonight and defeat The Usos.
-Commercial Break-
Kayla is backstage with Sami Zayn. He tells Kayla that it’s going to
be a great night for the Bloodline. Because Drew and Sheamus will
not be in the Money in the Bank ladder match. Zayn says as an
honorary Uss, he is going to qualify for the Money in the Bank
ladder match and he will win the match. Kayla says and he will cash
in on either Lesnar or Roman Reigns. Zayn says he is not going to
cash in on Roman Reigns, he is doing this to protect Roman Reigns.
Money in the Bank qualifying match – Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
The bell rings and we are under way. Nakamura with an arm bar.
Nakamura with right hands and kicks. Nakamura places Zayn on the
second rope and Nakamura with a release German suplex. He goes for
the cover but Zayn kicks out. Zayn rolls to the outside of the ring.
Nakamura to the outside but Zayn with a kick and he throws Nakamura
into the ring post. Zayn with a suplex onto the barricade. Zayn gets
back in the ring as the referee counts to nine but Nakamura gets
into the ring. Zayn with a clothesline.
Zayn throws Nakamura into the turnbuckle. A kick by Nakamura but
Zayn throws Nakamura to the outside of the ring.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Zayn on the top rope as he goes for an elbow
but Nakamura with a kick. Nakamrua goes for the cover but Zayn kicks
out. Nakamura runs to the ropes but Zayn with the Michinoku driver.
He goes for the cover but Nakamura kicks out. Zayn climbs the top
rope but Nakamura trips him up and Zayn falls to the mat. Nakamura
goes for the Kinshasa but Zayn moves out of the way. He rolls
Nakamura up and Zayn gets his legs on the ropes for the cover but
the referee sees him. Zayn argues with the referee. Nakamura with a
knee to the back of the neck. He goes for the cover but Zayn kicks
out. Nakamura goes for the Kinshasa but Zayn rolls to the outside of
the ring. Nakamura to the outside and he hits Zayn with the
Kinshasa. Nakamura grabs Zayn and throws him into the ring. Nakamura
gets in the ring and Zayn hits him with the Helluva Kick. He goes
for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Sami Zayn
-Commercial Break-
The New Day are set to take on Jinder Mahal and Shanky in a match.
Woods and Kofi get on the microphone before the match. Woods say
last week they beat them as clean as soap and no one wants to see
this match again. They don’t want rematch after rematch. Kofi says
last week Jinder took something away from them and the WWE Universe
and that is the sky scrapping dancing machine Shanky.
Kofi asks the fans if they want to see a dancing Shanky and the fans
chant yes. The New Day’s music hits and Shanky starts to dance.
Jinder tells him to stop. Shanky pushes Jinder as Jinder leaves the
ring. Kofi tells Shanky he walked out on him the same way he walked
out on 3MB. A loud noise is heard as images of the Viking Raiders
appear on the titantron. The Viking Raiders attack The New Day and
Shanky from behind.
We cut backstage and it’s Adam Pearce and in comes Sonya. She says
she watched him take Sheamus and Drew out of the match. Sonya says
it gave her second hand embarrassment. Pearce says she knows how it
works, it wasn’t his decision. Sonya asks what his excuse to the way
he is treating the women’s division. Sonya says people are saying he
is over his head and out of touch with reality.
Sonya says she has been back on SmackDown for a few weeks and
doesn;’t get a match while Raquel Rodriguez shows up on SmackDown
and gets a Money in the Bank qualifying match. And Lacey Evans comes
back after a year and gets a Money in the Bank qualifying match.
Pearce tells her she has a match against Lacey Evans and Raquel
Rodriguez in a handicap match.
-Commercial Break-
Handicap Match – Lacey Evans and Raquel Rodriguez vs. Sonya Deville
with Shayna Baszler and Xia Li
The bell rings and we are under way. Sonya goes for a kick but Lacey
grabs her leg and drops her. She goes for the cover but Sonya kicks
out. Shayna disracts Rodriguez off the ring apron. Lacey with a back
elbow onto Sonya followed by a drop toe hold. Xia Li distracts Lacey
as Sonya hits Lacey behind her leg. Sonya goes for the cover but
Rodriguez breaks it up. Lacey and Sonya with double kicks and both
are knocked down. Rodriguez is tagged in. Rodriguez with kicks and
punches onto Sonya.
Rodriguez with a shoulder tackle ont Sonya. Rodriguez with a power
slam. Rodriguez throws Sonya into the turnbuckle. She lifts Sonya up
but Shayna distracts her. A forearm by Sonya and Evans is tagged in.
Evans with the Woman’s Rights. She goes for the cover and gets the
pin.
Winners: Lacey Evans and Raquel Rodriguez
Shayna Baszler and Xia Li attack Raquel and Evans from behind.
Rodriguez slams Sonya and Li. Evans knocks Shayna down.
We cut backstage and The Street Profits see Los Lotharios with a
woman walking. The Street Profits see Gulak working out. They see
Madcap Moss working out. Dawkins asks him if he can tell a joke, he
asks him why the coach went to the bank. Dawkins says to get his
quarter back. Dawkins laughs as Madcap and Ford are standing looking
at him.
Ronda Rousey’s music hits and out comes Natalya dressed as Ronda
Rousey with an empty stroller.
-Commercial Break-
Natalya mocks Ronda. She says after the strong, courageous and
talented Natalya almost made her tap out, she realized that the
sharpshooter is better than the arm bar. Natalya gets on the mat and
taps out. She says she is sorry to her fans around the world and she
should give Natalya her WWE SmackDown Women’s championship, retire,
take her diaper bag, push her stroller and leave while she can.
She says she is probably the saddest woman on the planet. Ronda’s
music hits and out comes Ronda Rousey. She tells Natalya she almost
did not recognize her with her rack out. She can dress up like her
but they cannot be anymore different. She won’t mutilate her body
chasing impossible beauty standards like her. But that doesn’t mean
she will just bend over and hand her her title because she thinks
she earned it.
Ronda says Natalya thinks she is owed the title. But the truth is
she is lacking of natural talent, absent in charisma and despite her
talent, her biggest attraction in the company is dressing up like
her. Ronda tells her nice jacket and she grabs it away from her.
Natalya grabs the stroller and throws it onto Ronda and leaves the
ring.
Megan is backstage with Drew McIntyre and Sheamus. She asks them
about their match. Both men argue and Drew tells Sheamus he can
fight the Usos alone. Sheamus says Drew is jealous that Sheamus will
become champion.
Ludwig Kaiser is introduced as he introduces Gunther.
-Commercial Break-
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match – Gunther (c) with Ludwig
Kaiser vs. Ricochet
The bell rings and we are under way. Ricochet with a drop kick
followed by right hands. Ricochet goes for a kick but Gunther grabs
Ricochet and power slams him. He throws Ricochet to the ropes and a
big boot onto Ricochet. Gunther stomping on Ricochet followed by an
upper cut. Gunther with a crossface onto Ricochet but Ricochet grabs
the ropes. Gunther with an upper cut. He goes for a splash in the
corner but Ricochet with a kick. Ricochet jumps off the top rope but
Gunther catches him. He goes to slam Ricochet but Ricochet lands on
his feet. Ricochet with a flying knee.
Ricochet runs to the ropes but Gunther with a clothesline. Gunther
with a chop to the chest. Gunther with an upper cut followed by a
chop to the chest. Gunther with a German suplex. Gunther with a
running drop kick. Gunther with the power bomb. He goes for the
cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Still WWE Intercontinental Champion, Gunther
We cut backstage as Kayla is with Paul Heyman. She says that Heyman
used his influence to to change the main event and he could have
made it easier for Lesnar. In comes Zayn and he tells Heyman that he
doesn’t have to answer to a supposed journalist. He tells Heyman
that Kayla tried to put words in his mouth by saying that if Zayn
won the Money in the Bank, he would cash in on Roman Reigns. He said
he would never cash in on Roman Reigns. Heyman puts his arm around
Zayn smiling. Zayn says but he would cash in on Brock Lesnar. Heyman
takes his arm away from Zayn and looks at him. Zayn leaves as Heyman
looks at Kayla and shakes his head.
-Commercial Break-
Money in the Bank Women’s qualifying match – Tamina vs. Shotzi
The bell rings and we are under way. Shotzi with a sleeper on Tamina
but Tamina grabs Shotzi and slams her onto the mat. Tamina with a
splash in the corner. Back elbow by Tamina as she throws Shotzi to
the ropes and Tamina with a powerslam. She goes for the cover but
Shotzi kicks out. Tamina places Shotzi on the top rope but Shotzi
kicks Tamina away. Shotzi wraps her legs around Tamina and chokes
her. Shotzi with a drop kick onto Tamina.
Shotzi with a right hand onto Tamina followed by a kick to the head.
Shotzi climbs the second rope as she jumps but Tamina with a kick to
the face. She goes for the cover but Shotzi gets her foot on the
ropes. Tamina argues with the referee as Shotzi slams Tamina
shoulder firsti nto the ring post. Shotzi with a DDT which Michael
Cole calls the Never Wake Up. She goes for the cover and gets the
pin.
Winner: Shotzi
The Viking Raiders cut a promo talking about how they have been
overlooked and no one is safe from them.
-Commercial Break-
Adam Pearce is backstage with Max Dupri. He tells Pearce that last
week it was the lighting and this week it’s the proper dressing
room. Max asks him how difficult it is to have a locker room with a
temperature of 68.3 degrees and the properly sourced spring water.
Dupri says he and his models will be there next week.
We cut to Pat McAfee who says last week, Bum Ass Corbin told him he
doesn’t like the way he does his job. Pat says that last week Corbin
told him if they were in the ring together, he would wish he was
dead. And that would never happen because he loves his life and
enjoys every moment. The first time he walked into the WWE
Thunderdome was he felt alive. When he puts on the headset and talks
to the millions and millions of people, he feels alive.
McAfee tells Corbin that while he is catfishing on the internet
pretending not to be a miserable person, he should think about the
both of them at SummerSlam when Pat will kick his teeth down his
throat. Pat tells Corbin not to be a coward.
-Commercial Break-
Drew McIntyre and Sheamus vs. The Usos – If Drew and Sheamus win,
they qualify for Money in the Bank
The Usos come down to the ring before the start of the match and
they are on the commentary team. The bell rings and we are under
way. Drew and Sheamus argue over who will start the match. Butch
gets in the ring as Holland drags him out. Jimmy with right hands on
Drew but Drew with a clothesline. Sheamus is tagged in. They double
team Jimmy. Sheamus with an upper cut. He lifts Jimmy up but Jimmy
lands on his feet and pushes Sheamus into the corner. Jey is tagged
in as they double team Sheamus. Jey runs towards Sheamus but Sheamus
throws him onto the ring apron. Sheamus with the 10 beats of the
Bodhrán. Sheamus grabs Jey and lands a rolling senton.
Sheamus mocks Drew as he goes for the Claymore. He goes for the
Claymore but Jey rolls to the outside of the ring. Drew grabs Butch
on the outside of the ring and throws him into the barricade. Drew
and Sheamus fight on the outside and the Usos with a double suicide
dive.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Jimmy with a kick onto Sheamus. He goes for
the cover but Sheamus kicks out. Right hands by Jimmy. Sheamus with
right hands but Jimmy with a kick to the head. Jimmy goes for a kick
but Sheamus with a knee to the face. Drew is tagged in and as is
Jey. Drew with a clothesline. He throws Jey across the ring. Drew
goes for a neck breaker but Jey pushes him shoulder first into the
ring post. Jey with a super kick. Jimmy is tagged in. They hit Drew
with a double super kick. Jimmy with a frog splash. He goes for the
cover but Sheamus breaks it up. Jey throws Sheamus to the outside.
Drew with a neck breaker on Jey. He hits Jimmy with a neck breaker.
Drew goes for the Clarmore but Jimmy grabs Jey to the outside. Drew
to the outside and Jimmy hits him with the super kick. Butch and
Holland run to the outside. With the referee distracted, Zayn goes
for the Helluva Kick on Drew but Dawkins with a shoulder tackle on
Zayn. The Usos and the Street Profits are face to face on the
outside. Drew with a splash over the top rope onto them. Sheamus
with the Brogue Kick on Jey on the outside. Drew throws Jimmy into
the ring. Drew goes for the Claymore but Jimmy hits him with the
super kick. Jimmy runs to the ropes but Drew hits him with the
Claymore. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winners: Drew McIntyre and Sheamus