Backstage, Nia Jax and Candice LeRae meet with Tiffany Stratton before her match. Nia says they have faith in her and that she will not need the Money In The Bank Briefcase when she becomes Women's United States Champion.
Backstage, General Manager Nick Aldis chews out Drew McIntyre, then Bianca Belair and Naomi. Aldis sends McIntyre to his office, then says the investigation on who attacked Jade Cargill is ongoing, and that this may lead to relinquishing the women's tag titles. Naomi steps up to replace Jade as one-half of the champions. Aldis says he will run it up the flagpole, but they will need to be fighting champions and ready to defend as early as next week.
"Michin" Mia Yim beats Tiffany Stratton to advance to the finals of the WWE Women's United States Championship Tournament after Tiffany barely glances Michin with the Pretties moonsault Ever and Michin hits Eat DeFeat afterwards.
We hear from #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa), who state that they were screwed out of the WWE Tag Team Championships in Gargano's hometown. Gargano says he would do whatever it took to get them back, and after The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) showed up, they took advantage of the situation. Gargano says that the Machine Guns finally got their flowers at their funerals, and Ciampa says they are on to better days now that they are champions again.
We hear from Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman. Roman says it has been a tough year, and that not long ago, he had everything, but then it all fell apart and he lost it all. Roman also mentions losing the ula fala, and how Solo Sikoa was not even around when he earned the ula fala when he was chosen to lead the family and take the responsibilities only he can handle. Roman then challenges Solo Sikoa to one-on-one Tribal Combat on January 6th on Raw on Netflix after both of their tribes won one match each, and guarantees that he will take back the ula fala and regain his respect.
Backstage, Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Elektra Lopez, Angel, Berto) meets with General Manager Nick Aldis. After Escobar threatens to take his faction to Raw, Carmelo Hayes shows up as Legado del Fantasma leaves, saying he will make light work out of his mystery opponent tonight.
Carmelo Hayes' opponent is revealed to be Braun Strowman.
Braun Strowman beats Carmelo Hayes after catching him out of the air for a running powerslam.
Backstage, Byron Saxton interviews LA Knight. Knight says he has always made sure to handle his business, as all he is worried about is gold. He says he has no love for anyone from the men's WarGames match and that "Main Event" Jey Uso is the only one worth a damn. He says Solo's ula fala has gotten in the way of his gold and that his foot is going up his ass.
Before the next match, Solo Sikoa is about to address Roman Reigns when LA Knight shows up.
LA Knight beats Solo Sikoa by disqualification after Jacob Fatu grabs Knight from the outside in retaliation for Knight fending off both him and Tama Tonga. After the match, Tama and Jacob go on the attack on Knight. Solo hits Knight with a Samoan Spike, then Tama and Jacob go on the attack again before Andrade and Apollo Crews suddenly show up to even the odds only to be taken out by Solo.
Backstage, Braun Strowman is met by Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince), who want him as part of their musical. Afterwards, Byron Saxton tries to interview Braun, but A-Town Down Under show up. Waller interviews Braun to The Grayson Waller Effect next week, which Braun accepts.
Chelsea Green beats Bayley to advance to the finals of the WWE Women's United States Championship Tournament after going for a count-out victory and hitting Bayley with the Un-Pretty-Her after Bayley gets back into the ring at nine.
We hear from The Motor City Machine Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley). Sabin says they came to WWE to make a statement and knew they would rub people the wrong way, and Shelley he did not expect it to happen with Johnny Gargano. Shelley says he gets why it happened, then says it is a fight and that Gargano will find out why he is the student and not the teacher.
We hear from Shinsuke Nakamura, who says that his opponents will fall before his feet broken, humiliated and forgotten, and that LA Knight is just the beginning. He says Knight held something he never deserved and should have never touched, and now claws for something he cannot have which is no longer his and never truly was. Nakamura says he is imminent and inevitable.
Backstage, Candice LeRae and Nia Jax meet with Tiffany Stratton. Candice says she has gotten with General Manager Nick Aldis and has gotten herself and Nia a women's tag team title match. Nia leaves, then Candice says singles wrestling is not Tiffany's speed.
Michael Cole interviews "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens for one final meeting before Saturday Night's Main Event. Cody arrives, but Owens fails to show. Cody allows Michael Cole to go ahead with the interview, and as Cody is about to mention what Paul "Triple H" Levesque has gifted to Cody for tomorrow night's show, Kevin Owens appears on the TitanTron. Owens asks Cody to ask about how he feels using all his friends to finish the story only to team up with Roman Reigns, then tells Cody to tell Michael Cole that he is as bad a friend as he is a son and brother. He also says that Cody was "way more interesting as Stardust." Cody responds by coming for Kevin Owens outside of the arena, but as soon as he goes backstage, he is ambushed by Owens. Owens and Cody's brawl goes back to the ring, where officials try to keep both men separated, and Owens hits Cody with the WWE Undisputed Championship as Cody is restrained.
This week on The SmackDown LowDown: Drew McIntyre! "Michin" Mia Yim! Chelsea Green and Piper Niven!
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