New Year's Revolution - SmackDown recap for January 5, 2024

Kayla Braxton interviews Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman as they enter the arena. Roman simply laughs when asked about The Rock.

Logan Paul guests on commentary for the next match.

Kevin Owens beats Santos Escobar to win the Unites States Championship Tournament and face Logan Paul for the WWE United States Championship. Before the match, Joaquin Wilde and Cruz del Toro show up and take out Humberto Carrillo and Angel Garza, with their brawl making their way to the back. After the match, Logan tells Owens that he gets to face "the greatest United States champion in history," then mocks the fans for thinking a Canadian could ever have the United States Championship. He also says Owens beating him for the title is like the Canucks winning a Stanley Cup, and that it will never happen. When Logan Paul explains why, Owens punches him in the face.

We see a video package for Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles for the right to face Roman Reigns at Royal Rumble for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship later tonight.

Backstage, Kayla Braxton interviews Logan Paul, who is soon led to the trainer's room by Grayson Waller and Austin Theory. Cameron Grimes shows up and mentions Logan finally meeting Kevin Owens, and officials have to step in before a brawl takes place.

Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) head to the ring. Lashley calls 2023 the most challenging year of his career because the work he put in did not translate into the results that he wanted before he hooked up with The Street Profits. He then says the three of them will take everything they deserve in 2024. Montez Ford says they are going to hop on the trend and take full advantage of every opportunity at championship gold, and Angelo Dawkins says it has been a while since they held tag team gold and tells The Judgment Day to keep their heads on a swivel. Lashley says he plans to get back to being "The All Mighty" this year by declaring for the men's Royal Rumble Match. All of a sudden, Killer Kross and Scarlett appear on the TitanTron before they both appear on the ramp. All of a sudden, they are joined by Paul Ellering, and Lashley and The Street Profits are attacked from behind by The Authors of Pain - Akam and Rezar. The Street Profits are hit with the Super Collider by The Authors of Pain, and Kross hits Lashley with a pump handle DDT.

We see a video package of what happened to "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles at the hands of Solo Siko and Jimmy Uso last September as well as his recent return.

Iyo Sky retains the WWE Women's Championship against "Michin" Mia Yim (now known as just "Michin").

Backstage, Paul Heyman says The Rock namedropped Roman Reigns because he wants to sit at the head of the table, and to do that, one must be invited to a dinner of relevancy. He says The Rock has not been invited, nor will he ever be, for he is looking for a shortcut to the headlines and the only ways to guarantee going viral are dating Taylor Swift and calling out Roman Reigns. He admits that CM Punk was "the OG Paul Heyman Guy" until he upgraded to advocate and then to wiseman, and that whoever wins tonight's main event will be smashed by Roman Reigns as there is not one man who can beat him.

Backstage, Iyo Sky is congratulated by the rest of Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota, Asuka, Kairi Sane). Bayley says he sees greatness in everyone, but greatness needs gold. Iyo says her era will never end, and Bayley says her plan will not end after The Kabuki Warriors win the women's tag titles. Dakota says Bayley will win the Royal Rumble and take the Women's World title off Rhea Ripley. Suddenly, Bianca Belair shows up to congratulate everyone, then says that she is entering the Royal Rumble and that Bayley is not going to win, and that she will win the match and take back the WWE Women's title.

Butch's tag team partner is revealed to be Tyler Bate.

Butch and Tyler Bate beat Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince).

We see a video package of the the rise of LA Knight.

General Manager Nick Aldis meets with Ashante "Thee" Adonis, who says that he has been struggling lately and that he feels lost on SmackDown, and that he has been ready for opportunity. Aldis says he has believed in him since the beginning and that he has some ideas he will be interested in hearing.

Randy Orton vs. "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles vs. LA Knight ends with The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa, Jimmy Uso) showing up and attacking everyone in the match. Knight eats an Orange Punch and a Spear from Roman Reigns, then Roman and Solo Sikoa hit Orton with a Samoan Spike-Spear combination. Afterwards, General Manager Nick Aldis tells Paul Heyman to congratulate Roman Reigns into getting himself into a Fatal 4-Way Match with all three men.

This week on The SmackDown LowDown: Bianca Belair! Kevin Owens! Tyler Bate and Butch!

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