Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for November 1, 2024

Nia Jax heads to the ring to start tonight's show. Nia says the WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship is the only thing on her mind and that she wants it, as she gets everything that she wants. She says he wanted to become Queen of the Ring and she did, and she also wanted to be WWE Women's Championship and she did. She says that anything and everything that gets in her way gets annihilated, including Liv Morgan, and that she will walk out as the first Women's Crown Jewel Champion while Liv is crying on the floor. Raquel Rodriguez shows up with Liv Morgan and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio in tow, and Liv says Nia keeps bragging about her accomplishments like she is special when she is not, and brags about retiring Becky Lynch and becoming the best Women's World champ of all time. Liv says she has held her title longer than Nia has and that she knows what it takes to be Women's Crown Jewel Champion and what it takes to beat Nia, as she won in their last match. She then advises Nia to stop dreaming about being Women's Crown Jewel Champion, and that is going to be her. Suddenly, Tiffany Stratton shows up and says Nia and Liv can argue all they want as it will still be "Tiffy Time." Tiffany says that she will cash in at Crown Jewel and become Women's World Champion, and when Nia agrees with Tiffany, Tiffany warns Nia she can cash in on her. Liv says she has people she can trust, but Tiffany tells Liv not to be so sure, as she has not made her decision yet and Liv and her friends are starting to piss her off. She then asks if Dominik comes with the Women's World title, as she needs some "dirty" in her life, but Liv tells Tiffany she has enough already in Nia Jax. Tiffany hits Liv with a forearm and calls Liv pathetic, saying she is nothing without Dominik.

Liv Morgan beats Tiffany Stratton with a schoolkid pin after Nia Jax gets on the apron to allow Tiffany to attack Liv with the Money In The Bank briefcase only for Liv to duck and grab the tights on the schoolkid pin to win. After the match, Liv hits Nia with a low drop kick and hits Tiffany with the Money In The Bank briefcase only for Nia to headbutt her and take it away. After smacking Raquel Rodriguez and Dominik Mysterio with it, she then hits Liv with an A-Nia-Lator.

Before the next match, Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) try to sell Lin Manuel-Miranda, the creator of "Hamilton," on "Pretty Deadly: The Musical" at the front row before attacking The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) from behind.

The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) beat Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) after B-Fab body slams Elton Prince on the outside as Kit Wilson distracts the referee so that Prince can put Montez in a sleeper.

Backstage, Nia Jax wants to know why Tiffany Stratton is threatening to cash in her Money In The Bank contract on her. Tiffany tells Nia she wants Liv Morgan to think she is cashing in on her, then Bayley and Naomi butt in. Naomi tells Nia to keep the WWE Women's Championship warm for her.

Bayley and Naomi beat Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell after Naomi tags in as Candice collides Bayley into her, unbeknownst to Candice and Indi. (This ends up being Indi's last match in WWE, as the show was taped the previous week and she will be released from the company the same day this show airs.)

Roman Reigns and Jimmy Uso head to the ring. Jimmy asks Roman to listen to what he is about to tell him, and asks him to drop the beef that he has with "Main Event" Jey Uso, as he has made up with Jey. This leads to a "Squash the beef!" chant before Jimmy says he asks Roman to do the same. We says that if they are not strong and unified, they will fall to Solo Sikoa's Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, Jacob Fatu) at Crown Jewel. Roman ask for the microphone, but before Jimmy can hand it to him, Jey shows up and heads to the ring. Jey says that their match at Crown Jewel is to get back at Solo for costing him championship gold as well as the family, and as things are not good between them, it takes a lot to be in the same ring as Roman after how Roman treated him. He then says he still showed up because that is what family does, and like the ones before them and the ones after them, they must show that family is above all. Jey then says that this time, he will be not Roman's right-hand man or lackey, but his equal. He says the three of them must be equals in order to stand side-by-side like they ran things back in the day, and if Roman even slightly disrespects him, he is gone, and if Roman does not like that, he can either walk or he can be his cousin and not his Tribal Chief. Jey then asks Roman if they are going to do this or not, Roman says "Yeet." After the crowd cheers, they chant "Hug it out!" before Jimmy raises one finger in the air. Jey joins him, then Roman does the same.

Backstage, Byron Saxton interviews The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley). Sabin says they will prove to best the best team in WWE when A-Town Down Under (Grayson Waller and Austin Theory) show up. Grayson says he and Theory know what they have done for wrestling and makes them the next guests for next week's edition of The Grayson Waller Effect.

Before the next match, Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill say that anybody can step up for the women's tag team titles and that they have some contenders that are willing to step up tonight.

Iyo Sky beats Bianca Belair, Piper Niven and Lash Legend in a Fatal 4-Way Match after hitting Bianca Belair with Over The Rainbow after Bianca hits Lash Legend with the K.O.D. following everyone's seconds going at it outside of the ring.

Backstage, "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes is met by Randy Orton. Cody asks Randy to save a piece of Kevin Owens for him, but Randy says there may not be anything left when he is done with Owens. Cody says he is not sure what to do if that happens, but Randy looks at the Undisputed WWE Championship and says "I'll sure you'll think of something."

We hear from Andrade, Carmelo Hayes and LA Knight before their match for the WWE United States Championship at Crown Jewel.

We hear from The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, Jacob Fatu). He says that Roman Reigns, "Main Event" Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso believe that he is the bad guy, then says that his family never lets him down, unlike them, who let him down even when he was there for them. Solo says that Roman, Jey and Jimmy will respect his Bloodline and acknowledge him come Crown Jewel.

"The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton beat Imperium (Gunther Ludwig and Ludwig Kaiser). After the match, Kevin Owens shows up to blast Orton from behind with a metal folding chair, and when Cody notices what is going on, Gunther goes right for Cody and puts him in a sleeper hold. Security and officials show up to try to break the hold as the show ends.

This week on The SmackDown LowDown: A-Town Down Under (Grayson Waller and Austin Theory)! Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill! Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez!

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