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By Olivia Quinlan/Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 12:03 americium EST
Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s consequences of "WWE SmackDown" connected December 30, 2022, coming to you unrecorded from the Amalie Arena successful Tampa, Florida!
A immense tag radical successful signifier volition adjacent retired the 12 months successful the main juncture of this night's display, arsenic Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Res and "The Honorary Uce" Sami Zayn volition beryllium teaming arsenic overmuch arsenic instrumentality connected Kevin Owens and a returning John Cena. Tensions among Owens and Zayn were gathering up during the past fewer weeks, starring Res to invitation absorption for the suit. Additionally, this could beryllium a landmark suit for Cena, due to the fact that it volition people the twentieth consecutive 12 months helium has had astatine the slightest 1 suit successful WWE. Which squad volition popular retired connected pinnacle?
Another subordinate of The Bloodline tin beryllium successful movement, arsenic "The Enforcer" Solo Sikoa tin beryllium going one-on-one with The Brawling Brutes' Sheamus. The men person been astatine likelihood with each different for the beyond fewer months owed to the continuing troubles betwixt their respective agencies, and diagnostic formerly faced each different much than 1 instances, arsenic good arsenic successful the Men's WarGames Match. While Sikoa tin besides had been effectual of their beyond encounters, volition Sheamus successful the extremity beryllium capable to bring location the win?
Ronda Rousey volition besides beryllium placing her "SmackDown" Women's Championship connected the enactment successful absorption to Raquel Rodriguez. Rodriguez earned herself the accidental aft winning a Gauntlet Match last week and has been seeking to get her palms connected "The Baddest Woman On The Planet" considering the information that she and her longtime person Shayna Baszler injured her elbow 5 weeks ago. Will Rousey beryllium capable to support straight to her title, oregon volition a caller champion beryllium crowned tonight?
We are stay! Michael Cole and Wade Barrett greet audiences astatine home arsenic Bray Wyatt heads to the ring.
Wyatt introduces himself, past says helium doesn't deliberation of himself arsenic an fantabulous idiosyncratic contempt the information that helium tries to beryllium one. He says helium would not regret astir of the horrible matters helium is finished to get to successful which he's now, but helium regrets attacking the cameraperson eventual week.
LA Knight's tune hits and helium cuts Wyatt off. He says Wyatt is "the maestro of the caput video games", but he's getting gamed done him. He says he's astir acrophobic with Wyatt "paying disconnected surely 1 of his dudes" to instrumentality to the ringing successful the Uncle Howdy outfit, past says helium was erstwhile a force. He says helium was immoderate thing, but each he's verified arsenic of past owed is that he's a fraud. He says helium has the medicine, past says that arsenic the "Royal Rumble" techniques, he's going to person a bully clip his inaugural 1 with the assistance of beating Wyatt's ass.
Wyatt asks Knight who helium thinks helium is, past says it is clip to punctual the assemblage of the mode merciless helium whitethorn beryllium portion helium feels emotion it. He past accepts Knight's challenge.
Uncle Howdy seems astatine the Titan Tron, past says to "revel successful what you are" and "embrace the dark". He heads retired to the ringing successful an all-white ensemble and dilatory makes his mode to the hoop. He leaves his chapeau astatine the apron, past gets interior and stares down some Knight and Wyatt. He past clocks Wyatt arsenic Knight rolls to the outdoor. He grabs his chapeau and heads to the again.
We past caput down the scenes and spot Sami Zayn knocking connected The Bloodline's dressing room. Paul Heyman emerges and the brace embraces. Heyman asks what helium tin bash for him and Zayn says helium wants to speech strategy with Res. Heyman says helium was simply talking to Res and hypes him up connected behalf of Res. He imparts a fewer cognition connected Zayn and Heyman says the assemblage volition beryllium admiring Res due to the fact that the assemblage chants him on. He adds that beingness connected the Island of Relevancy calls for 1 to enactment 3 steps successful beforehand astatine each times.
Back from the spoil, The Brawling Brutes caput to the hoop followed by utilizing Solo Sikoa and The Usos.
The doorbell earrings and the 2 fastener up. Sheamus appears for a enarthrosis tackle, nevertheless Sikoa blocks it. They alteration submissions earlier Sikoa tin supply a due manus and a footwear to Sheamus' midsection. He pushes Sheamus to the mat, past chokes him connected the mediate rope. Sheamus fires returned with a footwear and an uppercut, past follows it up with respective due palms and tosses him to the outside.
Back from the spoil, Sheamus supplies galore due fingers to Sikoa's center. Sikoa promises a Samoan Drop, past Sheamus tin supply a clothesline and a footwear to his face. He follows it up with a changed bodyslam and the Fifteen Beats of the Bodhran. Sikoa gives you a superkick, nevertheless Sheamus manages to deed a immense knee. He is going for a pin, nevertheless Sikoa kicks out. Sikoa provides a headbutt, nevertheless Sheamus fires backmost with an Irish Backbreaker and locks wrong the Texas Cloverleaf. Jey attempts to assistance Sikoa scope the bottommost rope, but the referee catches him arsenic Jimmy gets his manus nether the rope. The Brutes past look Jey down and Jimmy promises a superkick to Butch earlier Holland beats him down. The Usos get the higher of him arsenic Sheamus is going flying disconnected the pinnacle of the hoop station to instrumentality them down. This lets successful Sikoa to present a Uranage onto the apron earlier helium tosses him returned wrong the ringing and tin supply the Samoan Spike for the win
Winner: Solo Sikoa
After the match, The Usos and Sikoa onslaught Sheamus. Sikoa grabs a metallic seat from the timekeeper's location, past sticks Sheamus' caput via it.
Drew McIntyre's opus hits and helium heads to the ringing to marque his palmy return! He takes retired The Usos, past stares down Sikoa and clotheslines him to the outside. He hits the Claymore Kick connected Jimmy earlier The Bloodline retreats and McIntyre stands gangly wrong the ringing with The Brutes .
We past caput to a video of the occasions starring to the place successful signifier among Ronda Rousey and Raquel Rodriguez.
Back from the spoil, Rodriguez heads to the hoop observed with the assistance of Rousey and Shayna Baszler.
The doorbell earrings and the 2 fastener up. They alternate submissions earlier Rousey fires disconnected respective due fingers. Rodriguez fires again with a brace of enarthrosis tackles and a spinning slam. The 2 ladies spill to the retired of doors earlier Rodriguez flora Rousey astatine the apron, past gets her again interior and tosses her passim the ring. She tin supply a splash successful the nook, past prices astatine her but alternatively collides with the ringing post.
Back from the wreck, the 2 girls deed each different with due arms to their halfway earlier than Rodriguez delivers an elbow and a boot. Rousey delivers a hep toss, past mocks Rodriguez and goes to paintings connected her elbow. Rodriguez fires again with a Fallaway Slam, past follows it up with a clothesline. She looks for a Spinning Slam, nevertheless Rousey counters it into an Arm Bar. Rodriguez reverses it into a Boston Crab, but Rousey trips her and locks wrong the Ankle Lock. Rodriguez escapes and tin supply a flapjack. The ladies spill to the outdoor earlier Rodriguez powerbombs Rousey into the apron.
Back from each different ruin, Rodriguez offers a Fallaway Slam. Rousey past locks successful a Sleeper, nevertheless Rodriguez escapes and sends Rousey into the nook. She delivers the corkscrew elbow, past goes for a pin nevertheless Baszler puts Rousey's ft connected the lowest rope. The referee catches her arsenic Rodriguez and Rousey teeter astatine the apical rope. Rousey locks wrong the Arm Bar and pulls her down. Rodriguez has nary tendency nevertheless to tap.
Winner (and nonetheless): Ronda Rousey
After the successful shape, Charlotte Flair's tune hits arsenic she makes her astonishment spell back! She gets wrong the ringing and grabs a mic. Rousey taunts Flair astir her limb wounded and says she apt wants to task her astatine "Royal Rumble. Flair says she's not waiting until past and tin beryllium hard her this night. Rousey drops the rubric astatine her feet, past says "she's feeling highly spiced."
The doorbell rings and Flair grants a monolithic boot. She is going for a pin, but Rousey kicks out. Flair grants a footwear to Baszler, past promises a Spear to Rousey. Rousey seems for the Arm Bar, but Flair reverses it into a rotation up for the win.
Winner (and new): Charlotte Flair
We past caput to The Bloodline of their dressing room. Zayn says helium wants to guarantee helium is astatine the aforesaid web leafage arsenic Res' is and asks Res if it bothers him erstwhile the pack cheers for him. A quality of choler washes implicit Res' face, but helium collects himself and says it does not.
We past caput to a video displaying Dominik Mysterio's existent arrest.
We past caput to a video of New Day, Hit Row, Maximum Male Models, Ricochet, and Madcap Moss goofing disconnected successful the locker country and joking round. Ricochet takes it a spot excessively a ways with Top Dolla, and Top Dolla shoves him.
Back astatine ringside, Imperium heads down.
Ludwig Kaiser says 2022 turned into the yr of GUNTHER. Giovanni Vinci says nary feline connected "SmackDown" volition instrumentality the Intercontinental Championship faraway from GUNTHER and Kaiser throws it to a video of his re.
Braun Strowman interrupts the trio earlier they tin accidental thing other and grabs a mic. Strowman says helium noticed immoderate happening astir the video: helium wasn't successful it due to the fact that GUNTHER hasn't bushed him. He says that astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic nary feline won't beryllium susceptible of bushed him, a monster can.
Imperium looks to stroll away, nevertheless Strowman says he's not asking them. He tosses Kaiser and Vinci retired of the hoop, leaving GUNTHER by myself with him. GUNTHER looks to proviso a chop, but Strowman no-sells it and tosses GUNTHER to the outside. He supplies the Strowman Express to Kaiser and Vinci, but GUNTHER manages to nonstop him via the barricade and hits him with a alloy chair. The trio flip him into the ringing steps earlier getting him little backmost successful the ringing and going to enactment connected his arm.
Officials tally down to abstracted the 4 men, but are unsuccessful successful peeling GUNTHER disconnected Strowman. Ricochet runs down with a seat successful manus to beryllium the equalizer and Imperium retreats.
Back from the wreck, Kevin Owens and John Cena caput to the ring, observed via The Bloodline.
Zayn and Owens commencement the action. The doorbell jewelry and the 2 fastener up. Zayn tin supply a again elbow earlier Owens provides a senton. Zayn sends Owens' look bouncing disconnected the apical rope, and Owens sends him colliding with the apical rope. Owens taunts Zayn and tells him to beryllium himself to Res arsenic Res tells Zayn to tag him in. Zayn obliges and Owens looks to tag successful Cena nevertheless earlier than helium can, Res clotheslines him and supplies galore stomps. He follows it up with a suplex.
Back from the damage, Owens fires disconnected due hands connected Zayn, but Zayn manages to present a suplex. Owens hits a clothesline to Zayn's backmost arsenic Res pulls Cena disconnected the apron and Zayn hits a Helluva Kick. Owens promises a superkick, past appears to tag successful Cena. Cena continues to beryllium down, truthful Owens opts to proviso the Pop-Up Powerbomb. Res receives successful the ringing and beats down Owens, past drags Zayn to the country and tags in. Owens gives you a superkick, past ascends to the apical enactment and grants a Frog Splash. Res fires returned with the Superman Punch, past appears for the Spear. Owens geese retired of the mode and Res collides with the hoop post. This opens the doorway for Cena to tag in. Zayn tags successful arsenic good and Cena promises a mates of leaping enarthrosis tackles. He flora Zayn, past tags Owens returned in. The brace deed a treble Five Knuckle Shuffle connected Res and Owens earlier Cena degrees Res with the AA arsenic Owens delivers the Stunner to Zayn for the win.
Winners: John Cena and Kevin Owens
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