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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: WE HAVE SETH'S OPPONENT, THE BLOODLINE HAVE PLANS FOR SAUDI ARABIA, TAG TITLE MATCH, BIANCA HAS A WWE HOMECOMING, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2023-05-12 21:59:00

Your announcers are Michael Cole and Wade Barrett.

Match Number One:  AJ Styles versus Edge versus Rey Mysterio in a First Round Match in the World Championship Tournament to determine the Raw brand Champion

Rey with a kick to Edge and AJ joins in.  AJ kicks Rey and AJ with an Irish whip but Rey with an elbow and a head scissors.  Edge with a rollup for a near fall and Rey with a near fall on Edge.  Edge with a boot to AJ and Rey.  Edge with more kicks to AJ.  Edge with an Irish whip and Rey sends Edge to the apron and drops Edge on the ropes.  Edge with a sunset flip to AJ and AJ catapults Rey.  Edge is sent onto Rey and AJ is sent onto Rey.  Edge with an Edge-o-matic to AJ for a near fall.  Edge with a chop and punch to AJ in the corner.  Edge with a hard Irish whip to AJ.  Edge with a kick to knock Rey off the apron.  AJ with a series of strikes and a kick followed by a sliding forearm.  AJ with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker on Rey.  Edge with a kick to AJ and AJ clotheslines Edge over the top rope to the floor.  AJ with an Irish whip to Rey and Rey floats over and hits a head scissors on AJ and then on Edge.  AJ with a kick to Rey.

AJ with a sunset flip but Rey rolls through and hits a drop kick because you don't sunset flip Rey.  Edge catches Rey on a springboard cross body and Edge kicks AJ and then hits a fallaway slam on Rey.  Edge sets for a spear but AJ and Rey kick Edge.  Rey kicks AJ and Rey with a head scissors to AJ.  Rey with Code Red to Edge for a near fall.  Edge rolls to the floor.  Rey with a forearm to AJ and AJ with a kick.  AJ sends Rey under the bottom rope and Edge catches Rey in a front face lock. AJ with a drop kick to Edge and Edge hits a DDT on Rey on the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and AJ tries to suplex Rey to the floor and Rey goes ot the apron.  Edge spears both Rey and AJ through the ropes and all three are down on the floor.  Edge gets a near fall on Rey.  We see footage from the commercial of AJ hitting a DDT and a reverse DDT on the floor on Edge and Rey.  AJ sends Edge to the floor and Rey with forearms to AJ and an enzuigiri.  Rey charges into the corner and AJ with a Calf Crusher on Rey.  Edge with a crossface on Rey at the same time.  Edge with a head butt to AJ and AJ releases the hold.  AJ with head butt to Edge and then they exchange punches.  Edge wit a waist lock on AJ and Rey wit a head scissors off the turnbuckles and Edge and AJ are in the ropes.  Rey goes for a 619 and Edge and AJ with a double drop kick to Rey.

Rey kicks AJ in the leg but misses an elbow.  Rey drop kicks AJ and Edge with a boot to Rey.  AJ is sent face first into the turnbuckles by Edge.  Edge goes up top but Rey with a punch to stop him.  Rey with a forearm and he sets for a hurricanrana but AJ stops Rey.  AJ with a sit out power bomb for a near fall on Rey.  AJ punches Edge on the turnbuckles.  AJ sets for a superplex but Rey with a forearm to AJ's back.  Rey goes up top and hits a sunset flip power bomb on AJ and AJ with a superplex to Edge.  Rey gets a near fall on AJ.  Rey drop kicks Edge into the ropes and AJ trips Rey.  AJ sets for a Phenomenal Forearm and Edge moves.  Edge goes for a spear but AJ leap frogs him and Edge goes into the ropes.  Rey with a drop kick to AJ.  Edge catches Rey on a 619 and applies an Edgecator.  AJ breaks up the hold and Edge applies the Edgecator on AJ.  

Rey with a 619 to Edge when Edge gets too close to the ropes.  Rey goes up top and tries for a splash but Edge stops him.  AJ with a Phenomenal Forearm to Edge for the three count.

Winner:  AJ Styles (advances to Smackdown Final)

We take a look back at the problems with the non Roman Reigns portions of The Bloodline.

We see The Usos in the back.

Match Number Two:  Sheamus versus Austin Theory versus Bobby Lashley in a First Round Match in the World Championship (exclusive to Raw) Smackdown bracket

Theory goes to the floor because first pinfall determines the winner.  Sheamus and Lashley go to the floor and punch and kick Theory.  Sheamus sends Theory back into the ring.  Lashley with a shoulder in the corner and a neck breaker.  Sheamus with a knee drop and then he gets Theory up and hits a Finlay slam.  Lashley clotheslines Theory over the top rope to the floor.  Lashley and Sheamus exchange punches and then Lashley with a shoulder in the corner.  Lashley with back elbows.  Lashley with another running shoulder into the corner.  Lashley with a punch and Sheamus with a tilt-a-whirl power slam for a near fall.  Sheamus with a forearm to the back and Lashley is sent to the apron.  Lashley tries to suplex Sheamus to the floor but Sheamus drops Lashley on the top rope.  Sheamus sets for the forearms on Lashley but Theory knocks Lashley off the apron.  Sheamus with a forearm and then he connects with the forearms across the chest.  

We go to commercial.

We are back and Lashley sends Theory into the ringside barrier.  Lashley gets Theory up and sets to run him into the ring post and does it.  Lashley returns to the ring to face Sheamus.  They exchange punches and Sheamus with the advantage.  Sheamus with a kick and Lashley with a clothesline.  Lashley runs into boots from Sheamus in the corner.  Lashley catches Sheamus off the turnbuckles and hits an overhead belly-to-belly suplex.  Lashley goes for a full nelson but Theory with a slingshot rolling drop kick to Lashley and then he clips Sheamus and gets a near fall.  Lashley punches Theory and sends him into the corner.  Theory gets a boot up on Lashley and then Theory with a rolling sling blade for a near fall.  Theory with shoulders to Sheamus followed by kicks in the corner.  

Theory goes to the floor and sends Lashley into the ring steps.  Theory goes for a slingshot rolling drop kick but Sheamus catches Theory and hits a uranage back breaker.  Sheamus with clotheslines to Theory followed by clotheslines in the corner.  Sheamus goes to the turnbuckles for an Air Raid Crash and Sheamus hits it.  Sheamus gets a near fall.  Sheamus goes for the Celtic Cross but Theory counters into a sunset flip.  Sheamus with a knee to Theory.  Sheamus sets for the Brogue Kick.  Lashley with a spear and Theory sends Lashley into the ring post.  Theory gets a near fall on Sheamus.  Theory with a back elbow and he gets Lashley up for A Town Down but Lashley escapes and he choke slams Theory.  Lashley with a full nelson and Theory uses the ropes to try to escape but Sheamus with a Brogue Kick to Theory.  Lashley sends Sheamus to the floor and gets the three count on Theory.

Winner:  Bobby Lashley (advances to Smackdown Final)

We go to commercial.

We are back and Adam Pearce is on the phone talking about the main event.

Grayson Waller enters the room and he says he was okay that he was drafted late.  Waller wants the winner to be on next week's debut of The Grayson Waller Effect. 

Adam is okay with that.

Baron reminds everyone that Grimes was the last pick in the draft.  Corbin says he knows that Grimes is trying to make a name for himself.  He says Grimes will be on his back in two minutes wishing he was back in NXT.

Match Number Three:  Baron Corbin versus Cameron Grimes

Grimes with Cave In and he gets the three count.

Winner:  Cameron Grimes

We take a look at Cody and Brock.

Roman Reigns and the rest of the Bloodline make their way to the ring.

We go to commercial.

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