Friday, August 5, 2022

Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for August 5, 2022

Roman Reigns and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) are seen making their way into the arena after exiting separate black SUVs.



Backstage, everyone laughs at Happy Corbin being kicked in the groin by Pat McAfee (who makes fun of it the whole time and even uses a light pen on a touchscreen to make Corbin say "Ouch, my balls") at SummerSlam, and Ricochet says karma is a beautiful thing. Corbin tells Ricochet to wipe the smile off his face, but Ricochet says he will have to beat him in the ring to do it.



Ricochet beats Happy Corbin with a top rope Shooting Star Press after Corbin is distracted by Pat McAfee on the top rope. After the match, McAfee and Ricochet throws a football over the top rope, then McAfee signs it and punts it into the crowd.



Backstage, Sami Zayn meets with The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso), who congratulates them and Roman Reigns for winning at SummerSlam as he finds out that Roman Reigns is at home and not in the mood to see anyone.



We look back on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin destroying the DX Express on the April 27, 2000 episode of SmackDown.

Shinsuke Nakamura beats Ludwig Kaiser to face Gunther for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. After the match, Nakamura and Gunther have a staredown.



Backstage, Megan Morant interviews Kofi Kingston, who says that Xavier Woods is holding up and recuperating, and says that no matter how many times The Viking Raiders (Ivar and Erik) take them down, they will get back up. Kofi says it has been a long time since he has flown solo and that it is time to make The Viking Raiders pay.

Backstage, Sami Zayn meets with The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) in another attempt to meet Roman Reigns. The Usos ask him to head to the production truck to make sure Roman Reigns' entrance is perfect.



Kayla Braxton interviews Liv Morgan in the ring. Liv Morgan says that the SmackDown Women's Championship means everything to her and that she survived three of "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey's arm bars, and that she only tapped after the referee counted to three. Sonya Deville shows up and says the fans are buying into her act because they are dumb and that Liv should not be champion right now, and that it made her happy when Sonya get her hands on her when she screwed her over. After calling Liv's victory proof that WWE official Adam Pearce sucks at his job, she admits she loves seeing Liv Morgan hurt, then says she will win tonight's gauntlet match, face her at Clash at the Castle, and break her heart by taking the title.



"The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler beats Aliyah, Sonya Deville, Shotzi, Xia Li, Natalya and Raquel Rodriguez in a Gauntlet Match to face Liv Morgan for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship at Clash at the Castle.













Sami Zayn meets with The Usos and tells them that Roman Reigns' entrance is taken care of tries to get an audience with Roman again. Jey Uso tells Sami the truth: that he needs to start pulling his weight.



The Viking Raiders (Ivar and Erik) beat Jim Mulkey and Tommy Gibson. (Jim Mulkey is actually independent wrestler Marcus Kross, while Tommy Gibson is independent wrestler Hunter James.) After the match, Kofi Kingston runs into the ring and attacks The Viking Raiders with a Kendo stick.



Kofi Kingston beats Erik with a schoolkid pin.



It is announced that starting next week on Raw, a tournament to decide brand new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions will begin.

Roman Reigns and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) head to the ring. Roman admits that he respects but still hates Brock Lesnar because Lesnar tried to kill him, and that he has no idea when Paul Heyman will come back after taking an F5 through a commentary table. Drew McIntyre shows up and calls Roman "Our Tribal Queef" and says that that they should not wait until Clash at the Castle. Suddenly, Karrion Kross and Scarlett return, and Kross attacks McIntyre before Scarlett leaves an hourglass.



Here are the top ten moments from tonight's show!



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