Hello and welcome to WWE Smackdown Results!
Tonight should be an interesting one as it’s the Go Home episode for WrestleMania Backlash, so we expect it to be promo heavy as well as some good looking matches.
We just hope the powers-that-be will let them shine and put on quality matches without run ins all night with the PPV so close.
Anyway, let’s get to the action!
Charlotte Flair got us started as she opened the show once again and headed to the ring.
Flair wasted no time in deriding the fans while thanking them for coming to see her, and shifted gears into being screwed in her Beat the Clock Challenge last week.
Why wait until Sunday?@RondaRousey and @MsCharlotteWWE kick #SmackDown off with a bang! pic.twitter.com/iKGAemJNQV
— WWE (@WWE) May 7, 2022
She then called out Drew Gulak under the bus just because and claimed Ronda Rousey will be singing the Goodbye song, then mocked Aliyah.
Why is Aliyah even out there? Looked like they were going to have a match?
Flair clocked her after Aliyah came to her when instructed, and Flair pounded on her while demanding she say I quit.
Once she was satisfied, Ronda came out and pulled Flair to the floor where they traded blows. Flair drove her into the ring apron, and Flair sent her into the barricade.
They continued going at it in the ring as officials finally headed out and tried to separate them.
Sasha Banks w/Naomi vs. Shayna Baszler w/Natalya
Banks was hot early on as she looked for payback for what Baszler did to Naomi last week and hit a meteora to start off and went for her own arm stimp but missed.
Banks hit an arm breaker on Baszler’s left arm, then focused on bending her wrist and fingers, but caught a right.
Things have gotten personal for @SashaBanksWWE against @QoSBaszler! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/ajJPGjgeQi
— WWE (@WWE) May 7, 2022
Baszler went for an armbar that Banks managed to block, but Baszler wasn’t giving up, but Banks broke it up with a roll up for a pin.
Natalya distracted Banks so Baszler could hit a gut buster suplex to regain control, and then countered a hurricanrana into a sidewalk slam as we headed to commercial.
Banks turned it around after the break and went back to work on Baszlers arm and hit a running meteora for a near pinfall.
They exchanged pin attempts and Baszler rolled her into a small package and Natayla held Baszler’s legs on the ropes do the pin.
Natalya came in and held Naomi to make her watch Baszler take out Banks’ arm, but she kicked free and she and Banks held the ring.
This was a great match to start off and we’re happy to see Baszler not treated like an afterthought for once.
Moss outshines Happy Corbin
We have a feeling this Happy Time will go off the rails like the others in recent memory.
Looks like Happy Corbin couldn't handle the 🔥🔥🔥 from @MadcapMoss!@BaronCorbinWWE #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/2pBGb5p4wr
— WWE (@WWE) May 7, 2022
Corbin went on about what he’s going to do to Moss at Backlash, and Moss appeared on the titantron and told him people would rather hear his jokes.
Moss then poked fun at Corbin by saying he’s allowed tattoo artists try their worst work on him and so on.
Moss then came out to the ring and told Corbin to his face about his various phases and for his next one he could be entertaining and then got the fans chanting “Big Bald Wolf.”
GUNTHER w/ Ludwig Kaiser vs. Drew Gulak
It is NOT looking good for @DrewGulak…#SmackDown @Gunther_AUT pic.twitter.com/OK8mEgFfIc
— WWE (@WWE) May 7, 2022
GUNTHER answered Gulak’s open challenge as he returned to the ring, and it didn’t go too well for him as GUNTHER took control early on and ended it with a powerbomb.
Wonder what the WWE will have in mind for Gulak next week?
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