WWE SmackDown Results for August 5 2022

WWE SmackDown Results for August 5, 2022

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The commentators are Michael Cole and Pat McAfee.

– Tonight is WWE SmackDown, the blue show starts with a video of what happened at SummerSlam. A car stops in front of the arena and we see the Usos coming out. Ahead of them is a second car with Roman Reigns joining them. The Bloodline enters the arena.

– The commentators greet us, then Pat McAfee describes his win against Happy Corbin. Backstage, Ricochet laughs at Corbin’s loss and immediately challenges him to a match!

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Ricochet vs. Happy Corbin

At the end of the game, Ricochet hit Happy Corbin back, followed by a Shooting Star Press for the pinfall win with help from Pat McAfee.

Winner: Ricochet

– After the game, Pat McAfee throws an American football into the crowd…

– Sami Zayn is knocking on the door of Roman Reigns. The Usos walk out and Sami Zayn congratulates them on their victory at SummerSlam and then tells them he only wants to speak to Roman Reigns. He advances but the Usos tell him this is not possible, they will message him later.

– A video of the match between Liv Morgan and Ronda Rousey is released. Michael Cole reminds us that Ronda Rousey is suspended for this week.

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If Shinsuke Nakamura wins, he will have an Intercontinental title match next week

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ludwig Kaiser (accompanied by Gunther)

At the end of the match, Shinsuke Nakamura makes his Kinshasa against Ludwig Kaiser for the pinfall win.

Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura

– After the match, Gunther steps into the ring to face Shinsuke Nakamura.

– Backstage, Megan Morant asks Kofi Kingston how Xavier Woods is doing. Kingston replies that he’s recovering, it will be a while before he returns to SmackDown. But no matter how many times the Viking Raiders bring them down, they will get back up. Kingston will make the Viking Raiders pay for what they did to Xavier Woods last week.

– Behind the scenes, Sami Zayn is knocking on Roman Reigns’ door again. The Usos come out and tell him that they will write to him in a moment. Jimmy Uso offers Sami Zayn to take over the job from Paul Heyman who is at his house to make sure everything is fine for Roman Reigns tonight. Sami Zayn finally agrees to do it.

– Kayla Braxton is in the ring and she asks us to welcome Liv Morgan, who enters with a scarf on her arm. The crowd reminds her that she knocked. Liv Morgan says this title means everything to her. Because of this, she was able to survive several armbars she performed after thinking the referee had ended the pinfall. Sonya Deville walks in and says it’s time for a dose of reality. We all know she shouldn’t be a champion. She likes to see her hurt, she will win the gauntlet match and beat her at clash at the castle to take the thing she holds dear.

– Liv Morgan is ringside for the next match.

Gauntlet Match

The winner will face Liv Morgan for the SmackDown Women’s Title at Clash at the Castle

  • Sonya Deville defeats Aliyah
  • Raquel Rodriguez defeats Sonya Deville
  • Raquel Rodriguez defeats Shotzi
  • Raquel Rodriguez defeats Xia Li
  • Raquel Rodriguez defeats Natalya
  • Shayna Baszler defeats Raquel Rodriguez

Winner: Shayna Baszler

– Behind the scenes, Sami Zayn knocks on Roman Reigns’ door again and the Usos come out. Zayn tells them that everything is ready for Roman Reigns, but he needs to speak to Roman Reigns. The Usos reply that it won’t happen. Sami Zayn asks her if he’s part of the Bloodline. The Usos reply that they remained champions, if Zayn doesn’t do his part they will force him to take off his t-shirt…

Tag Team Match

Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar) against two local wrestlers

At the end of the match, the Viking Raiders double down one of their opponents with a double chokeslam for the pinfall win.

Winner: Viking Raiders

– After their victory, the Viking Raiders are attacked by Kofi Kingston!

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Kofi Kingston vs. Erik (accompanied by Ivar)

At the end of the game, Kofi Kingston rolls towards Erik to win.

Winner: Kofi Kingston

– Michael Cole announces that the tournament to crown new tag team champions will begin next Monday on RAW.

– Next week on SmackDown: Gunther will defend his Intercontinental title belt against Shinsuke Nakamura.

– Roman Reigns enters accompanied by the Usos. Once in the ring, the Undisputed WWE/Universal Champion asks Greenville to recognize him. He says they kept their titles, so now they come bragging about it. Let’s talk about Brock Lesnar first… he hates him too. He respects him, but he hates him. He hates him because he tried to kill Paul Heyman and they don’t know when he’ll be back.

Drew McIntyre’s music hits and the wrestler comes onto the ramp. He says we’ve heard enough, he doesn’t want to wait for Clash at the Castle! The lights go out… we hear music by Karrion Kross, then Scarlett appears on stage! Kross attacks Drew McIntyre from behind and Scarlett puts an apron on the ring against Roman Reigns… The show ends like this.

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