WWE Friday Night Smackdown Live Coverage - July 26th, 2024

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WWE Tag Team Championship Number One Contenders Gauntlet Match

The No. 1 Contenders to WWE Tag Team Champions #DIY will be decided in a Gauntlet Match. The Street Profits, Baron Corbin and Apollo Crews, The Bloodline’s Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa, Legado del Fantasma’s Angel and Berto, Pretty Deadly, and The O.C. will all enter the match looking for a championship opportunity. Which team will outlast the others and earn a title match?


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Your announcers are Corey Graves and Wade Barrett.

We start off with a look at what happened last week on Smackdown.when Bloodline 2.0 took care of Kevin Owens.

Nick Aldis is on the phone when Bloodline shows up.

Nick says based on their actions last week, Tonga Loa is not cleared to compete due to an eye injury so they will have to forfeit their spot in the gauntlet.

Tama says they ain't forfeiting nothin'. Solo says they are not forfeiting nothing. Tonga Loa is part of the Bloodline and so is this man.

Jacob Fatu shows up and Solo says Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu will represent the Bloodline, if that is okay with Nick.

Nick says that is fine.

Solo tells Jacob to bring the titles home.

LA Knight walks in the back and he wants to say something.

He says Santos couldn't forget how many times he has been dropped on his head. He is going to teach Santos a lesson tonight and then he will teach Logan next week in Cleveland.

Match Number One: LA Knight versus Santos Escobar (with Elektra Lopez)

Knight avoids a running knee and he connects with punches. Santos with a shoulder tackle and Knight with a hip toss. Knight with an arm drag into an arm bar. Knight works on the arm and connects with a back elbow. Knight with punches in the corner and then he gets on the turnbuckles for many punches but Santos escapes before the crescendo. Santos with kicks to Knight. Santos with a chop. Santos with another chop and a suplex. Santos with a double leg take down and he sets for a Sharpshooter but Knight gets to the ropes. Knight with punches and a clothesline. Santos sends Knight into the ropes and Santos draws the referee away and Lopez slaps Knight.

Santos with a Tiger Feint Kick.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Santos with a running double knee strike for a near fall. We see footage from the break when Santos sent Knight into the ring steps and ring post. Santos with a reverse chin lock. Knight with punches and a swinging neck breaker. Santos with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker for a near fall. Santos punches Knight in the corner and the referee warns him. Knight with a punch and Irish whip that sends Santos sternum first into the turnbuckles. Knight with kicks and a running hip into the corner. Knight avoids a clothesline and kicks Santos and follows with a DDT for a near fall. Knight gets Santos up on his shoulders but he lets go of the hold when Lopez starts to slide into the ring.

Knight misses a BFT but he hits a pop up power slam. Lopez gets on the apron and has some words with the referee. Logan Paul appears on the apron and he misses a punch but Knight punches Logan. Santos with a thrust kick and he goes for the Phantom Driver but Knight escapes and hits BFT for the three count.

Winner: LA Knight

After the match, Logan attacks Knight and Knight runs Logan into the corner. Knight with kicks and he sets for the running hip but Santos with a jumping knee. Santos helps Logan up and they attack Knight.

Logan goes up top and hits a frog splash.

We take a look at Blair Davenport and her interactions with Naomi over the last few weeks.

Byron Saxton is in the back with Naomi. He asks about Blair Davenport's actions.

Naomi says she doesn't know what Blair's issues are with her. She will make her feel the glow and respect it.

Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill show up and they say that Blair will get what is coming to her. Bianca and Jade say they have some business to take care of.

Bianca and Jade walk into commercial.

We are back and Logan Paul is ambushed in HALLWAY by Byron.

Logan says it is a taste of what is going to happen to Knight at SummerSlam. Logan says that he has a special homecoming for SummerSlam. He tells Knight he is going to not only wrestle a champion, but a social media superstar and you aren't ready.

Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair make their way to the ring, separately.

Bianca says they would love to be out here all day, but they want to cut to the chase. Isla and Alba have been ghosting them and they said they would be on Smackdown with the titles, but where are they?

Jade wants to know where they are. They are ducking and dodging so they want Alba and Isla to come out.

Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre attack Jade and Bianca from behind. Alba chokes Jade in the corner and Bianca kicks Alba and elbows Isla. Bianca goes for KOD but Isla holds on to the ropes. Jade press slams Alba over the top rope onto Isla.

We take a look at highlights from the current WWE tour of Japan.

We see B Fab with Angelo and Montez and Terence Crawford shows up to wish them luck..

We are back and Tiffany Stratton is in LOCKER ROOM with taped up BRIEFCASE.

Nia shows up and says that Tiffany can cash in but Nia reminds her that she still has her title match at SummerSlam.

Tiffany says she only wants revenge on Bayley and Michin.

Match Number Two: Tag Team Gauntlet for a Smackdown Tag Title Match

Segment Number One: Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin versus Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo

Angel and Humberto attack Crews and Corbin. Humberto sends Crews into the ring steps while Angel hits a running boot in the corner. Angel misses a splash and Corbin with a splash and short arm clothesline. Corbin with a slam for a near fall. Angel with a chop and Humberto tags in. Angel with a thrust kick and Humberto with a suicide dive onto Corbin.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Humberto gets Corbin on his shoulders but Corbin with elbows. Humberto with a kick and he is hip tossed into the turnbuckles.

We see Gargano and Ciampa watching MONITOR in BACK.

Crews tags in and connects with a clothesline and running boot followed by a jumping clothesline to Angel. Crews with a German suplex and he holds on for a second one. He holds on and hits a third one. Crews with a splash into the corner and he goes up top and is met with a jumping knee. Angel with a back breaker for a near fall. Humberto sends Corbin to the floor and Corbin sends Humberto into the ring steps. Angel wit a running knee. Crews escapes Wing Clipper. Corbin tags in and hits End of Days for the three count.

Segment Two: Baron Corbin and Apollo Crews versus Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins

Ford and Crews start things off and Ford floats over and does a back flip. Crews with a handspring over Ford. Crews with a drop kick. Crews sets for a delayed vertical suplex but Ford gets to his feet and he hits a belly-to-back suplex and Dawkins gets a near fall. Dawkins with an Irish whip and Crews floats over and Dawkins and Crews both hit clotheslines at the same time. Corbin and Ford tag in and Ford with many punches but Corbin with a punch. Ford with a shoulder from the apron and he goes for a slingshot move but Corbin with a punch. Crews biels Corbin over the top rope onto Ford and Dawkins.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Ford blocks a superplex by Corbin and Ford with a head butt. Ford leaps over Corbin but runs into a boot. Corbin with a clothesline off the turnbuckles and hits a power bomb. Ford with an enzuigiri. Dawkins and Crews tag in and Dawkins with a clothesline but he misses the twisting splash. Crews with a splash into the corner and Dawkins with an enzuigiri. Crews with an enzuigiri. Dawkins with a suplex for a near fall. Corbin misses a shoulder in the corner and hits the ring post. Crews sends Dawkins to the floor. Ford and Crews with suicide dives onto Corbin and Dawkins. Crews goes up top and misses a frog splash but lands on his feet. Dawkins with a punch and Ford tags in.They hit Lo Down and a neck breaker for the three count.

Segment Number Three: Kit Wilson and Elton Prince versus Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford

Kit with a series of rollups for near falls. Dawkins with a DDT and Ford tags in. Ford with a shoulder tackle while Gargano and Ciampa snack in front of MONITOR.

Ford and Dawkins send Prince onto Wilson and Ford gets a near fall. Ford goes for a belly-to-back suplex but Prince tags in. Ford goes for a suplex on Kit but Prince with a chop block and he kicks Ford in the hamstring and gets a near fall. Kit tags in and they kick Ford and work on the leg. Prince tags in and he kicks Ford in the injured leg. Kit tags in and Ford with punches and elbows. Prince with a knee to the hamstring and Kit chokes Ford in the ropes. Kit with a kick and he applies a single leg crab. Kit knocks Dawkins off the apron and Kit kicks Ford in the hamstring. Ford kicks Kit but Kit with a single leg crab. Ford kicks Kit away and Prince tags in but so does Dawkins. Dawkins with clotheslines.

Dawkins with a corkscrew back elbow. Dawkins with a twisting splash and enzuigiri for a near fall. Prince with a kick and Kit tags in. Dawkins punches Prince and Kit with a DDT for a near fall. Prince tags in and Kit and Prince with uppercuts and shoulders into the corner. Prince gets Dawkins on his shoulders and Kit with a double knee gutbuster for a near fall. Ford sends Kit to the floor and Prince does the same to Ford but Ford lands on the apron. Dawkins with a punch and they hit the Doomsday Blockbuster for the three count.

Segment Number Four: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson versus Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins

We are back and Karl with a kick and Luke with an uppercut. Karl gets a near fall on Ford. Karl rakes the eyes and chokes Ford in the ropes. Karl with a snap mare and a reverse chin lock. Karl with a kick and clothesline for a near fall. Karl with a hard Irish whip and Luke tags in and he kicks Ford. Luke with a clothesline for a near fall. Luke with a slam and Karl tags in. Karl gets a near fall. Karl with a slam and he gets a near fall. Karl works on the neck. Luke tags in and he kicks Ford. Luke with a suplex and he gets a near fall. Luke with elbows to the clavicle and a reverse chin lock. Ford with elbows but Luke with a forearm to the back.

Luke goes for a slam but Ford counters with a DDT and both men are down. Karl tags in and he Irish whips Ford but Ford sends Karl over the top rope to the floor and then Luke goes over the top rope when Ford drops down. Dawkins tags in and hits a flip dive onto Luke and Karl. Karl with a spinebuster for a near fall. Luke tags in and he gets Dawkins up but Ford trips Karl and Dawkins with a rollup for the three count.

Segment Number Five: Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins versus Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga

We are back and Tama kicks Dawkins in the corner. Fatu tags in and they head butt Dawkins. Fatu sends Dawkins into the turnbuckle and he hits a splash into the corner. Tama tags in and Fatu hip tosses Tama into Dawkins in the corner. Tama chokes Dawkins in the ropes and then Solo does the same when the referee was out of position. Tama with a clothesline and Fatu tags in. Fatu kicks Dawkins and head butts him. Fatu with a nerve hold in the ropes and Solo punches Dawkins when the referee pulls Fatu off Dawkins. Fatu with a punch and head butt. Fatu misses a splash into the corner and hits the top of the ring post.

Dawkins crawls to make the tag to Ford and Tama tags in. Ford with clotheslines and a spinebuster. Ford with a thrust kick to knock Fatu off the apron. Ford lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex. Ford with a series of kicks and an Iris whip. Ford is sent to the apron and Ford with a punch. Ford goes up top and he hits a cross body for a near fall.

We go to Johnny and Ciampa and they might be out of snacks while watching MONITOR.

Ford goes up top and Tama stops Ford and goes for a superplex and hits it. Tama gets a near fall. Dawkins sends Fatu to the floor and Tama pulls Dawkins to the floor. Fatu and Tama attack Dawkins at the bend of the ringside barrier and Ford with an AR Fox plancha over the ring post. Ford misses a frog splash and he tries to roll through but his knee gives out. Fatu takes care of Ford and hits a suicide dive onto Dawkins. Ford counters a Samoan drop into a DDT and Fatu pops up. Fatu with a Samoan drop and double jump moonsault for the three count.

Winners: Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga

We go to commercial.

We are back and Grayson Waller interrupts Wade and Corey. He says that they would have won if not for Terence Crawford.

Austin Theory tells Crawford he is going to come out to apologize to them.

Crawford makes his way to the ring, after he gets a full introduction.

Waller tells Austin who is in the ring with them. Waller says that Crawford disrespected them by giving Cody a chair and he needs to apologize to them. Waller says they need to apologize for thinking they belong in the ring with them. Waller says he might be the best boxer in the world, but this is their ring. Waller says if Crawford takes one more step to him, his boy will knock Crawford out.

Crawford knocks out Theory with a punch and Waller gets out of the ring.

We go to Cody Rhodes in Japan.

He says he brought the WWE Championship all over the globe and he is doing what wrestlers shouldn't do, looking back. He talks about the Royal Rumble and the chance he wasn't going to finish the story, but the fans did it. He was able to finish the story at Wrestlemania and The Bloodline was no more, or that is what he thought. The new Doppelganger version is a bunch of people feasting on everyone. Without a true lion to lead, Cody says he sits here alone because his friends got taken out while he watched. He is a man on an island and he will have to fight with all of his pride.

Cody says he is still the champion and he needs to bring that passion into the fight to keep the title out of the Bloodline. Solo is a dangerous man. He stepped up to be the new Tribal Chief. He will do what it takes to get what he wants. He thought Solo couldn't do it, but now he isn't sure.

Cody challenges Solo to meet him in the ring next week, face to face, one on one. He wants to see in Solo's eyes if he is ready. Cody says he knows that he is.

We go to commercial.

We are back and next week, Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn defend the women's tag titles against Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill. Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano will defend the tag titles against Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga. Logan Paul will have a homecoming next week.

Byron Saxton asks Andrade about his win over Carmelo Hayes and what is next.

Andrade says he was thinking about the US title.

Hayes shows up and says it ain't over until he wins. Hayes says that the people didn't miss Andrade when he was gone for two years. Hayes says that even Lebron has an off night. Andrade says that Hayes is not Lebron. Maybe he is Bronny. Andrade says he will give Hayes one more match.

Match Number Four: Nia Jax and Tiffany Stratton versus Bayley and Michin

Nia Jax attacks Michin from behind during her entrance and Tiffany stands by with her briefcase. Nia sends Michin into the ring steps.

Bayley comes to the ring with a kendo stick.

Bayley with a Thesz Press and punches to Tiffany when the match starts. Bayley with another Thesz Press and punches. Tiffany sends Bayley sternum first into the turnbuckles and Tiffany with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Tiffany poses for the crowd and Bayley with a kick to the back of the leg followed by a corkscrew back elbow and she gets a near fall. Bayley with a forearm to the back. Tiffany runs Bayley into the turnbuckles and Tiffany with kicks in the corner. Tiffany kicks Bayley in the back. Tiffany with an Irish whip but Bayley with a forearm to Nia. Tiffany with an Irish whip and Bayley goes to the apron and connects with a forearm and she kicks Nia off the apron. Bayley with a cutter in the ropes for a near fall.

Michin wants the tag when she gets back onto the apron. NIa pulls Michin off the apron and hits a Samoan drop on the floor. Tiffany with a running hip to the back and a double stomp for a near fall.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Tiffany gives Bayley a stink face and she gets a near fall. Tiffany chokes Bayley in the ropes. Tiffany with a hard Irish whip. Nia tags in and they Irish whip Bayley and Nia with a splash and Tiffany with a handspring back elbow. NIa gets a near fall. Bayley with punches and she goes for a guillotine but Nia runs Bayley into the turnbuckles. Nia runs in place on Bayley's back. Nia sends Bayley into the corner and Tiffany tags in. Tiffany with a splash and forearms to the back. Tiffany with a reverse chin lock. Bayley with punches to Tiffany to get out of the hold and Tiffany with a spinebuster for a near fall.

Nia tags in and Tiffany Irish whips Bayley to Nia for a slam and elbow drop for a near fall. Nia with a Cobra Clutch. Tiffany tags in and kicks Bayley. Tiffany with an Irish whip and Tiffany misses a handspring back elbow when Bayley catches her and hits a German suplex. Michin finally makes her way back to the apron. Nia tags in and she stops Bayley from making the tag. Nia with an Irish whip and she misses a shoulder and hits the ring post. Tiffany tags in and Bayley kicks her way and Michin tags in. Michin with a clothesline and neck breaker followed by a flapjack. Michin with a tornado DDT off NIa for a near fall. Michin with a suicide dive onto Nia. Michin goes to the turnbuckles.

Michin misses a missile drop kick and Nia tags in. NIa misses a splash and Bayley tags in. Michin with an enzuigiri and Bayley with a running knee and she goes up top for the elbow drop and hits it for a near fall. Michin and Bayley send Tiffany to the floor. Nia goes for a Samoan drop on Michin but Bayley stops her. Nia pushes Bayley into the corner and while the referee deals with Michin, Tiffany hits Bayley with the briefcase. Nia with aNiAlator for the three count.

Winners: Nia Jax and Tiffany Stratton

We go to BLOOD ROOM.

Solo says he will see Cody next week on the same night his men bring back the tag titles and a night before he brings back the World Title. If Roman Reigns has a problem with that, you know where to find him.

We go to credits.