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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: WHO RUNS THE BLOODLINE?, TAG TITLE MATCH, EIGHT WOMAN TAG MATCH, BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW, AND A FACE TO FACE

By Richard Trionfo on 2024-05-03 14:51:00

Your announcers are Wade Barrett and Corey Graves.

We see Cody Rhodes walking in the back.

We see AJ Styles outside the arena.

Kevin Owens and Randy Orton walk in the parking lot.

Match Number One:  Bayley, Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, and Naomi versus Tiffany Stratton, Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane, and Asuka

Kairi and Naomi start off and they lock up.  Naomi with a wrist lock and Kairi with a punch.  Sane with an Irish whip and Naomi floats ver and saheks her rear end in Sane's face and kicks her away.  Naomi with a hesitation drop kick and a kick to Sane.  Bianca tags in and she hits a handspring moonsault for a near fall.  Bianca with a slam attempt and Sane escapes.  Bianca with a marching delayed vertical suplex.  Bianca sends Asuka to the floor and Sane with a spinning back fist.  Bayley makes the tag and Bianca kicks Sane.   Bianca and Bayley have some words and Asuka pulls Bianca to the floor.  Tiffany tags in and hits a spinebuster on Bayley.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Bayley blocks a double suplex by Asuka and Sane.  Asuka with a shoulder followed by a knee from Sane and a kick from Asuka for a near fall.  Tiffany tags in and she chokes Bayley in the ropes.  Dakota tags in and she kicks Bayley.  Sane tags in and she tags in Asuka.  Asuka goes to the turnbuckles for Sane to send Bayley into Asuka's rear end.  Asuka gets a near fall.  Tiffany with an Irish whip and Tiffany with a back handspring elbow into the corner followed by a snap mare into a cartwheel for an Alabama Slam and she gets a near fall.  Tiffany kicks Bayley and Bayley with a punch.  Tiffany with a forearm and kick.  Tiffany knocks Jade off the apron and then she sends Bayley into Naomi to knock her off the apron.  Bayley with a Saito suplex and both women are down in the ring.

Bianca reluctantly thinks about tagging in but Jade gets on the apron and she tags in.  Jade with a bicycle kick followed by a choke slam and a uranage back breaker.  Jade with a splash to Dakota and a power bomb.  Bianca is slammed onto Dakota by Jade and Sane breaks up the cover.  Asuka with a drop kick to Jade.  Naomi with a Bubba Bomb to Asuka.  Tiffany kicks Naomi and Bayley with a belly-to-belly suplex to Tiffany.  Dakota with a scorpion kick to Bayley.  Bianca avoids a kick from Dakota and Bianca with KOD for the three count.

Winners:  Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, Bayley, and Naomi

Austin Theory and Grayson Waller are in LOCKER ROOM.  Theory says that France gets to see their first title defense.  Waller smells something and he says it is smoke.  That is what the Street Profits want, but they will show they are the smoke.

We go to commercial.

We go to Kayla Braxton in the back with Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair.

Kayla asks them about the tag title match tomorrow.  Jade says they are confident.  Bianca says she is ready for closure.  Damage CTRL has come after her for her entire career.  When they win tomorrow, they will be done wth Damage CTRL forever.

We see Naomi and Bayley in the room as well and Bianca gets a little flustered, but Jade calms her down.

Nick Aldis is with Carmelo Hayes.  He tells Carmelo he needs to show up and show out.

Hayes says he almost beat Cody last week and he wants to be part of the King of the Ring.

Bobby Lashley shows up and he congratulates Hayes on being drafted to Smackdown and on his match with Cody.  He tells Hayes if he needs anything, give him a call.

Hayes thanks Bobby for the offer and he thinks he has it under control after last week's match.

Bobby reminds Hayes that he lost and to make sure his shots count.

Hayes asks Bobby the last time he took his shot.

Bobby tells Hayes to be careful who he disrespects.

We go to commercial.

We take a look back at the Draft.

We see a graphic for the roster for Smackdown effective Monday.

Match Number Two:  Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne versus Akam and Rezar (with Karrion Kross, Scarlett, and Paul Ellering)

Dunne and Akam start things off and Akam sends Dunne to the floor.  Akam goes to the apron but Dunne with a flying kick.  Dunne with drop kicks to Akam but Akam stays on his feet.  Dunne goes for a kimura when Akam catches Dunne.  Bate tags in and they punch Akam into the corner.  Bate with a running European uppercut and a second one.  Akam with a clothesline that flips Bate when he goes for a third one.  Rezar tags in and he punches Bate.  Rezar sets for a suplex and Bate with knees to the head to block it and get back to his feet.  Bat with punches and Bate tries for a suplex ut he cannot get Rezar off his feet.  Rezar goes for a suplex and Bate counters into a sleeper.

Dunne tags in and he goes up top and hits a double stomp to the arm and Bate with a drop kick to send Rezar to the floor.  Dunne sends Akam over the top rope.  Bate with a senton off the turnbuckles onto Akam and Rezar.  Bate with a springboard forearm to Akam but Akam gets Bate on his shoulders and hits a running Death Valley Driver into the turnbuckles.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Rezar with a side slam while Akam connects with a boot and he gets a near fall on Bate.  Akam slams Bate's head into the mat a few times.  Rezar tags in and he applies a bear hug.  Bate with a drop kick and Akam prevents the tag.  Bate with punches to try to get away from Akam.  Bate with a rebound clothesline and both men are down.  Dunne tags in and he hits an enzuigiri on Akam and a kick to send Rezar to the floor.  Dunne stomps on the hands and he hits a drop kick.  Dunne with a moonsault off the arpon to Akam.  Dunne with an Asai DDT for a near fall.  Dunne goes up top and sets for a moonsault but he lands on his feet when Akam moves.  Bate tags in and he hits a jab.  Dunne with a kick.  Bate tries to get Akam up and he does and he gives him an airplane spin into a Michinoku Driver.  Dunne has in and Bate with a shooting star press followed by a knee from Dunne for a near fall.  

Rezar grabs Dunne and Bate but they stop Rezar and send him to the floor.  Scarlett gets on the apron to stop Dunne but Bate with a dive onto Rezar.  Kross tosses Bate to the floor with a whirly bird.  Kross punches Dunne and Akam with a uranage.  Akam and Rezar with a sit out power bomb and neck breaker combination for the three count.

Winners:  Akam and Rezar

We take a look at what happened last week with Kevin Owens, Tama Tonga, and Solo Sikoa.

Nick Aldis is in his office and Paul Heyman enters.

They exchange glares and Paul asks if Nick got his memo.  Nick says he did and he says the request is denied.  He wants to know why he would pull Kevin and Randy from the match at Backlash.

Paul says he has tried with Nick, but what happens to Randy and Kevin is no longer on his conscience.  Whatever happens to them is on Nick's conscience.

Nick asks if that is by order of the Tribal Chief.

Paul returns and says that is not funny.

Nick asks Paul if he is in charge.

Paul says he hasn't spoken to Roman since Wrestlemania.

Nick says when Roman pulled himself out of the draft . . . 

Paul says Roman did not pull Roman out of the draft . . . HE pulled Roman out of the draft.  He had no choice.  He could not subject Roman to the chaos in the Bloodline.  He tells Nick that he cannot let Kevin and Randy get involved with what will happen to them tomorrow.

Nick suggests that if Paul pulled Roman from the draft, he can ask Kevin and Randy to not be in the tag match tomorrow and he can do it on the RKO Show, which is next.

We go to commercial.

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