WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes waltzing returned inSmackDown href=”https://www.twentyonefox.com” target=”_blank”>SmackDown SmackDown to our lives tonight (Dec. sixteen, 2022) with a stay display emanating from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois, providing the modern construct closer to subsequent month’s Royal Rumble pay-in line with-view (PPV) occSmackDown target=”_blank”>SmackDown asion.
Advertised for tonight: WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns returns to tv for the primary time due to the fact Survivor Series.
Elsewhere on the card: Gunther defends the Intercontinental title towards Ricochet, IYO SKY & Dakota Kai defend the WWE women’s tag crew titles against Tegan Nox & Liv Morgan, there’s a triple risk tag suit between Hit Row, Viking Raiders, and Legado del Fantasma, and extra!
Come proper returned here at SmackDown eight pm ET while the SmackDown stay blog kicks off as soon as the display starts offevolved on FOX. It will be beneath this line right here. (Note: Links to unlawful streams are prohibited. Pics and GIFs are allowed.)WWE SMACKDOWN RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR DEC. 16
Sitting inside the vehicle with the radio turned to static, feeling pretty tragic and with one strategic blow, I’ll be liveblogging this right here pro wrestling show for you, oldsters.
The display opens with the Usos and Sami Zayn rolling as much as the area.
Thence to the intro video.Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai & IYO SmackDown SKY) (c) vs. Liv Morgan & Tegan Nox (WWE SmackDown Women’s Tag Team Championship)
Morgan and Kai to start, again splash right into a tag, Nox taking it to Kai, whip reversed, clobbers Tegan with a forearm! Nox off the ropes, handspring heel kick cuts her off, tag to SKY but Tegan hits a sitout gourdbuster and tags Liv back in! Double suplex, Liv is going and receives a kendo stick however Tegan SmackDown has to talk her out of it and Damage CTRL regain the gain!
Double whips, Nox and Morgan with nook forearms, dumping the champions to the floor, off the ropes, baseball slide, Tegan perches, crossbody takes ‘em each out and we go to interrupt!
Back from industrial, Kai with a nearfall off a double stomp, SKY tags in, Nox blocks the German with elbows and lands a spectacular headbutt that receives the tags! Liv lighting fixtures her up, step-up enzuigiri, returned elbow, growing knee, kip-up, corner elbow however Kai lands a kick that turns the tide returned!
Double powerbomb on Morgan, cowl… NOX BREAKS IT UP! Liv lands a codebreaker, tag to Tegan, Codebreaker, Liv lands a sundown flip powerbomb to the floor on Kai however IYO takes her right out at the floor with a dropkick! Tegan lighting fixtures SKY up, kicks and a senton, off the ropes and IYO clobbers her with a Shotei!
Nox blocks the moonsault, Bayley runs SmackDown interference however Tegan throws her over the barricade! She gets attacked by SmackDown way of a person in a hoodie who straight away receives carted off by way of security, IYO pulls her lower back internal and goes up top…
Damage CTRL win by using pinfall with the diving moonsault from IYO SKY on Tegan Nox to hold the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
We get a hype reel for GUNTHER beforehand of his name protection tonight.
Commentary guarantees us a observe what went down when the lighting went out final week, and we cross to interrupt.
Back from industrial, we get Ricochet’s version of the identical hype reel.
We pass backstage with Sami Zayn and the Usos.
They communicate up Sami’s makeover, his hair up and his undergo trimmed, carrying charcoal in shape over his usual t-blouse, and we learn that Solo Sikoa is with Roman Reigns right now and that they’re on their way. Zayn is fearful and is going to get a few water to decompress.
Jey Uso is happy for Sami to become a full-blown Uce tonight, but Jimmy doesn’t think it’s occurring and he’s worried they’re setting him up for a massive sadness. Jey is committed to tonight being a good night.
We get the pictures from closing week’s blackout, and we get photos from Uncle Howdy’s attitude of making a song at a tied-up and SmackDown masked LA Knight.
He takes the mask off and fingers Knight’s face even as he struggles.
We reduce to LA Knight on foot SmackDown thru the area this night, one eye over his shoulder, and we cross to interrupt.