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SmackDown: January 8th, 2025
FBW Universe Mode
Shocking alliances form! a HUGE rematch and a Tag Team Title Match takes place!
BACKLASH IS THREE WEEKS FROM TOMORROW
🔵 LA Knight interrupts Gunther to call out Shinsuke Nakamura: 6min*
Gunther is still a man possessed since losing the US Title to John Cena at WrestleMania. Since then, he went on a destruction path by annihilating Cena's Title Coronation to crisp. He opens SmackDown demanding that John Cena shows up, however, Cena won't be on SmackDown until February.
After waiting a while, LA Knight showed up and told the feisty Gunther to leave the ring since he has unfinished business with Nakamura from last week where Shinsuke shockingly aligned with The Great Muta and spilled red mist over the Megastar.
Gunther wouldn't take the disrespect and a brawl goes underway. A match was made official.
**Still to come: Solo Sikoa vs. Butch + Natalya vs. Nikki Cross - Falls Count Anywhere + Charlotte Flair is here LIVE!
🔹 BACKSTAGE: Owens & Zayn have heavy words for The O.C. tonight.
🔵 Gunther vs. LA Knight: 12min*
Former bitter rivals collide in a physical match up.
Gunther wins!
After the match, a clip was played where Nakamura was learning The Art of War from Great Muta, perhaps taunting Knight..
With the fear of a new Bloodline rising on SmackDown after Owens & Zayn successfully dethroned The Usos of the SmackDown Tag Titles at WrestleMania, Owens & Zayn tasked themselves to take care of The "O.C. Problem"
AJ Styles and The O.C. conducted a brutal three-on-one beatdown that left the SD Tag Team Champions flattened this past week!
Zayn & Owens challenged The O.C. to a Tag Title Match TONIGHT which was received with a mock acceptance from AJ Styles as they exit the ring.
As Owens & Zayn follow to the back, Solo Sikoa made his entrance for an intense stare down with the men that ended The Bloodline.
🔵 Solo Sikoa w/ Paul Heyman vs. Butch w/ Holland: 6min*
Solo Sikoa is in charge of Roman Reigns' affairs as the champion last made his appearance on the Raw after WrestleMania.
He is in singles action again this week against Brawling Brutes' Butch.
Solo Sikoa wins despite Butch's unimaginable effort.
🔹 BACKSTAGE: Gunther tells Imperium's Vinci & Kaiser to prove themselves...
🔵 Natalya vs. Nikki Cross - No Holds Barred: 10min*
Nikki Cross has gone unhinged for months since losing her only title shot of the past year to Bayley and she left out all that frustration on Natalya who has been her first doubter. Natalya has probably regret saying that by now.
Natalya and Nikki Cross put on a show with insanity!
Nikki Cross defeats Natalya! Redemption indeed!
🔵 Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn side with Charlotte Flair against an attack by Damage CTRL: 8min*
Last week, Damage CTRL with Raw Women's Champion Bayley, launched a brutal assault on an already injured Becky Lynch at WrestleMania.
Tonight, as Charlotte Flair made her way out she was surrounded by Damage CTRL until Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn came to her aid. A six-women brawl took place where Flair and her new friends stood tall!
A challenge was made for next week!
🔹 BACKSTAGE: The Miz invites Gunther to blow off steam on MizTV, a win-win deal.
**NEXT WEEK: CM Punk & Trish Stratus both make their returns to SmackDown + Damage CTRL vs. Flair, Fyre, & Dawn.
🔵 MAIN EVENT: Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (c) vs. The O.C. w/ Styles & Michin - SmackDown Tag Team Title Match: 17min*
In a high-stakes main event on SmackDown, the team of Gallows and Anderson from The O.C. took on the reigning SmackDown Tag Team Champions, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. The match unfolded with relentless action, showcasing the tag team prowess of both duos. As the intensity reached its zenith, the shocking return of The Usos added a dynamic element to the bout. In a turn of events that left the audience in awe, The Usos, absent since WrestleMania, stormed the ring and unleashed a barrage of superkicks on Owens and Zayn. The chaotic interference forced the referee to call for the disqualification, leaving the SmackDown Tag Team Titles hanging in the balance. Interestingly, AJ Styles did not make any interference to help his partners win.
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