WWE SmackDown Results (12/23) - Undisputed Tag Team Titles Match, #1 Contenders Gauntlet Match, Miracle On 34th Street Fight - Wrestling Inc.

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Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results of "WWE SmackDown" connected December 23, 2022, coming to you from the Allstate Arena successful Chicago, Illinois!

The Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships volition beryllium connected the enactment tonight, arsenic existent titleholders Jimmy and Jey Uso volition beryllium defending against Hit Row (Ashante "Thee" Adonis and Top Dolla). Hit Row earned themselves their spot successful the lucifer past week aft they defeated Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde of Legado Del Fantasma and The Viking Raiders. The Usos person held the "Raw" Tag Team Championships for 216 days and are the longest reigning "SmackDown" Tag Team Champions astatine 523 days. Will caller champions beryllium crowned tonight?

A caller fig 1 contender for Ronda Rousey's "SmackDown" Women's Championship volition beryllium determined, arsenic Raquel Rodriguez, Liv Morgan, Sonya Deville, Emma, Tegan Nox, and Xia Li look 1 different successful a Gauntlet Match. Rodriguez volition person immoderate other information to triumph the lucifer tonight, arsenic her tag squad spouse Shotzi was taken retired by Rousey and her state Shayna Baszler, and she herself suffered an elbow wounded astatine the hands of the duo past month. Who volition beryllium adjacent successful enactment for a changeable astatine the "SmackDown" Women's Championship?

Additionally, a Miracle On 34th Street Fight is acceptable for tonight, arsenic "The Monster Among Monsters" Braun Strowman and "The One and Only" Ricochet spell head-to-head with Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci of Imperium. Ricochet and Strowman person formed an improbable confederation successful bid to woody with a bid of attacks launched connected them by the trio implicit the past fewer weeks (which began aft Ricochet bushed Strowman successful the semi-finals of the "SmackDown" World Cup). Which squad volition travel retired connected top?

We are live! Michael Cole and Wade Barrett greet audiences astatine location arsenic The Bloodline makes their mode to the ring.

Paul Heyman introduces himself and The Bloodline, past hypes up the upcoming lucifer for The Usos tonight, arsenic good arsenic the matches for Solo Sikoa, Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn adjacent week. Heyman past hands the mic to Reigns, who says he's going to whoop Kevin Owens and John Cena asses adjacent week. He observes that Zayn looks flustered, and asks him what's up.

Zayn takes the mic and says that portion helium should beryllium connected apical of the satellite close present (due to the vacation season, the admiration of the WWE Universe and uncovering respect wrong The Bloodline), but helium isn't due to the fact that of Kevin Owens. He says Owens ruined his week for him past week, and says Owens has a occupation with him alternatively than the entirety of The Bloodline. Zayn says The Bloodline is "the show", past tells Cena and Owens to perceive up. He says they volition rip them isolated and permission them mangled due to the fact that erstwhile you measurement to The Bloodline, you get smashed. He past tells them to admit Reigns.

Back from the break, Hit Row heads to the ring.

Jey and Adonis statesman the action. The doorbell rings and the 2 fastener up. Top Dolla tags successful and delivers a footwear to Jey's face. Jey fires backmost with a chop block, past tags successful Jimmy. Jimmy delivers respective stomps earlier Jey tags backmost in. Top Dolla delivers an elbow, but Jey fires backmost with different chop block.

Back from the break, Jey delivers a headbutt to Top Dolla. Top Dolla manages to present a spinebuster, past tags successful Adonis. Jimmy tags successful and Adonis delivers a dropkick, followed by a close manus and a boot. He delivers a DDT, past ascends to the apical and delivers a crossbody. Adonis looks for a dropkick, but Jimmy catches him and delivers a Samoan Drop. Jey tags successful and The Usos look for 1-D, but Top Dolal drags him to the extracurricular and sends him into the ringing steps. Adonis delivers a superkick, past tags successful Top Dolla. Hit Row delivers Heavy Hitter earlier Jimmy levels Adonis with a superkick. He tags in, and The Usos present a superkick and 1-D for the win.

Winners (and still): The Usos

We caput to a video recapping the Intercontinental Championship lucifer past week betwixt GUNTHER and Ricochet. We past caput backstage to Imperium and Kayla Braxton. Ludwig Kaiser says their upcoming lucifer is simply a mockery and Vinci says that Ricochet and Braun Strowman beryllium successful a circus alternatively than the ringing due to the fact that they are a disgrace.

Back astatine ringside, Emma heads down.

Back from the break, Xia Li heads to the ring.

The doorbell rings and Li shoves Emma. Emma delivers a clotheslines, past follows it up with a stomp and a moving forearm. She delivers a moving crossbody earlier Li fires backmost with a brace of kicks and a close hand. She hits the Cyclone Kick for the 3 count.

Xia Li eliminates Emma

Tegan Nox heads down to the ringing next, and delivers a bid of close hands to Li. She plants her, past delivers a senton successful the corner. She ascends to the apical and delivers a crossbody. The 2 conflict it retired connected the apron earlier Li delivers the Cyclone Kick for the 3 count.

Xia Li eliminates Tegan Nox

Raquel Rodriguez is up next.

Back from the break, Li sends Rodriguez to the outside. Li delivers a moving footwear to her hand. She sends her caput bouncing disconnected the apron, past delivers a moving genu and tosses her backmost successful the ring. Rodriguez manages to present a backmost elbow and a moving boot, past follows it up with the Fallaway Slam and a corkscrew elbow. Li delivers a footwear to Rodriguez's midsection, past hits a close hand. She looks for the Cyclone Kick, but misses, allowing Rodriguez to deed the Texana Bomb for the win.

Raquel Rodriguez eliminates Xia Li

Liv Morgan past heads to the ringing and Rodriguez shoves her into the corner. Morgan manages to deed a dropkick, past hits a hep onslaught and a moving knee. She looks for a hurricanrana, but Rodriguez catches her and gets her connected her shoulders. Morgan manages to rotation her up, but Rodriguez kicks out. Morgan locks successful a Sleeper, but Rodriguez escapes and plants her.

Back from different break, the 2 women teeter connected the apical enactment earlier Rodriguez delivers a superplex. She follows it up with a backmost elbow and a clothesline, past hits a splash. Morgan targets Rodriguez's arm, past climbs to the apical enactment and delivers a dropkick. Morgan locks successful the Rings of Saturn, but Rodriguez escapes. She gets Morgan up connected her shoulders, but Morgan escapes and plants her with a Code Breaker. Rodriguez fires backmost with a Fallaway Slam and a corkscrew elbow. The 2 women slap 1 different earlier Rodriguez delivers a large footwear and a Fallaway Slam. Morgan delivers a step-up enziguri, but Rodriguez manages to deed the Texana Bomb for the 3 count.

Raquel Rodriguez eliminates Liv Morgan

Sonya Deville is the last competitor, and clocks Rodriguez with a forearm. She delivers a bid of kicks and close hands, past targets Rodriguez's arm. She hits a genu to Rodriguez's jaw, past goes for a pin but Rodriguez kicks out. Deville delivers a fewer close hands, but Rodriguez delivers a brace of shoulders and a bodyslam. Deville continues to enactment connected Rodriguez's arm, but Rodriguez manages to works Deville with a chokeslam for the 3 count.

Raquel Rodriguez eliminates Sonya Deville

Ronda Rousey heads down to the ringing and informs Rodriguez she has 1 much unannounced opponent: Shayna Baszler.

Baszler delivers a footwear to Rodriguez's head, past rips disconnected her brace. She delivers respective stomps to her elbow, past gloats. Rodriguez takes vantage and rolls her up.

Raquel Rodriguez eliminates Shayna Baszler

Winner: Raquel Rodriguez

We past caput to a video recapping the feud betwixt LA Knight, Bray Wyatt, and Uncle Howdy. 

Back from the break, Bray Wyatt heads to the ring.

Wyatt says 1 of the hardest things to bash is to face WWE fans, and says helium volition ne'er get utilized to radical being excited to spot him. He says helium doesn't look astatine himself that mode and says portion helium tries to contiguous the astir genuine mentation of himself, helium doesn't cognize who that is. He past says LA Knight owes him an apology due to the fact that helium and nary 1 other thought that Uncle Howdy was a abstracted entity. He says helium was ne'er Uncle Howdy, past loses his bid of thought. He crouches successful the ringing with his manus implicit his mouth, past attacks the camera antheral retired of nowhere. He whips him to the mat, past locks successful the Mandible Claw. Adam Pearce and different officials tally down to the ringing and get Wyatt disconnected him. They propulsion the cameraman retired of the ring, each arsenic Wyatt eerily stares into the distance. 

Back from the break, Angel and Humberto hold successful the ringing arsenic Rey Mysterio heads down. We spot Karrion Kross and Scarlett watching from the crowd. 

The doorbell rings and Angel mocks Mysterio by asking him to shingle his hand. Mysterio slaps him earlier delivering a dropkick and respective close hands. He delivers an tijeras, but Angel catches him with a dropkick. He follows it up with a backbreaker and a forearm to his back, past whips him into the apical turnbuckle. Mysterio delivers a senton disconnected the apical rope, past sends him into the ropes with the caput scissors. Humberto pulls him retired of the ring, but Mysterio levels him and the brace get backmost successful the ring.

Angel delivers a superkick, past mocks Mysterio. Humberto takes a inexpensive changeable arsenic Angel distracts the referee, past sets up for the 619. Mysterio escapes and sends him into the ropes, past delivers a 619 of his ain followed by a DDT for the win.

Winner: Rey Mysterio

After the match, Mysterio and Kross look 1 different down.

Back from the break, Karrion Kross and Scarlett tally into Emma. Emma asks them who they deliberation they are for disrespecting a fable similar Rey Mysterio and expresses her choler towards Scarlett for calling Madcap Moss a joker. Scarlett says she really called him a fool, and Emma slaps her. Kross tells her she has nary thought what she's conscionable done.

We past caput to a video showcasing John Cena's vocation implicit the past 20 years up of his tag squad lucifer adjacent week.

Commentary past runs down the paper for adjacent week's show. 

We spot the ringing surrounded with Christmas trees, ornaments, presents of varying sizes, and Christmas cookies arsenic Ricochet and Braun Strowman caput to the ring. Imperium follows. 

The doorbell rings and Kaiser tosses Ricochet retired of the ring. Strowman past clotheslines Kaiser to the extracurricular earlier Ricochet delivers an assisted dropkick. Kaiser sends Ricochet into the ringing steps earlier Strowman delivers a splash to him successful the corner. Vinci goes disconnected the ropes, but Strowman catches him. Kaiser saves Vinci, allowing Vinci to present a chop block. Imperium beats Strowman down earlier Strowman tosses them to the extracurricular and Ricochet delivers a tijeras disconnected the ringing steps.

Back from the break, Kaiser sends Strowman into a ringing post, past into a Christmas histrion and a heap of presents. Vinci hits Ricochet with a candy cane kendo instrumentality arsenic Kaiser hits Strowman with a alloy chair. The brace parade astir the ringing earlier Strowman levels them some and breaks the candy cane kendo stick. He delivers respective stomps and close hands, past sends them some into Christmas trees. Strowman gets them some up for the powerslam, but Imperium escapes by raking his eyes. They past present a treble suplex, but Ricochet beats them some down. Kaiser hits Ricochet with a alloy chair, past goes aft Kaiser erstwhile again and buries him nether a histrion and respective presents. They spot the large contiguous and unfastened it, revealing a ballerina. She performs The Nutcracker retired of the arena. They unfastened the different large present, revealing New Day dressed arsenic tin soldier. 

Woods and Kingston debased stroke Imperium, allowing Strowman to deed a brace of moving enarthrosis tackles. Strowman grabs immoderate mistletoe and tells Ricochet to buss Samantha Irwin. He does so, and helium gets fired up, allowing him to present a moonsault disconnected the ropes to Vinci. Strowman plants Kaiser done a array with cookies, past delivers the moving powerslam to Vinci. Ricochet ascends to the apical and gets connected Strowman's shoulders, past hits a crossbody for the win.

Winners: Braun Strowman and Ricochet