On October 18th, 2024 WWE aired the 1,313th episode of Smackdown live in Columbia South Carolina inside Colonial Life Arena.
Note: This review is shorter then normal as it be the last few mins of the match.
-Kicking off this week’s Smackdown with Solo Sikoa demands that Columbia acknowledge him then tells fans that they’re looking at the present and the future in The Bloodline. He says he’s the man who created a bigger and stronger family and says there’s nothing Roman Reigns or Jimmy Uso can do about it.
-Sikoa addresses Jimmy looking to recruit Jey Uso to take down The Bloodline this past Monday on Raw but says Jey wants nothing to do with any of this. He says Reigns will continue to get beat down unless he comes down to the ring by the end of the night and acknowledges him.
-Intercontinental Champion Jey Uso’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring through the crowd. He tells Sikoa it’s been a minute since they’ve talked and says he’s not looking to fight him because he still cares about him and is his little brother. He says Jimmy isn’t in Columbia, but he’s here to talk to Sikoa uce to uce. He asks Sikoa to think about what he’s doing to their family and The Bloodline. He says no one has bigger issues with Reigns than him, but he left the family to be his own man and become the Intercontinental Champion. He says the ula fala is earned and not taken then tells him to take Reigns’ power if he wants but not divide their family.
-Sikoa says he’s trying to unite the family rather than divide it then tells Jey to stop calling him his little brother because he’s his Tribal Chief. He asks Jey if he’s in or out but Jey questions why he had to get Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa if his intention all along was to try and unite their family.
Triple Threat WWE Tag Team Titles #1 Contenders Qualifying Match
Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson & Elton Prince) vs. DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano)
Pretty Deadly look to double team on Montez Ford but Angelo Dawkins fights them off.
Street Profits hits a Electric Chair/Blockbuster combination to Elton Prince and DIY connects with Meeting In The Middle on Kit Wilson.
Tommaso Ciampa & Ford pin Wilson and Prince respectively at the same time for the 3 count.
The referee clarifies that DIY are the winners of the match seeing as Ciampa was legal and Ford was not.
Winners & Gets Into The WWE Tag Team Titles #1 Contenders Match: DIY
-After the break we head backstage and see Jey Uso run into Roman Reigns & Jimmy Uso as they arrive at the arena. Reigns tells Jey that he’s proud of him but Jey tells him no yeet.
-We then head over to Nick Aldis’ office and see Women’s Champion Nia Jax yell at Miss Money In The Bank Tiffany Stratton over the phone for not being at the arena. Aldis informs Jax that her & Stratton’s Tag Team match against Bayley & Naomi is still planned for tonight. Women’s Speed Champion Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell walk in and LeRae volunteers to be Jax’s new tag team partner, seeing as Stratton can’t make it. Aldis agrees.
Lash Legend vs. Piper Niven
Lash Legend then lands a slam on Piper Niven but Chelsea Green hops up on the apron.
Jakara Jackson tosses her into the barricade on the outside and Niven takes advantage.
She lands a splash on her spine and looks to land a Vader Bomb but Legend avoids it and sends Niven crashing into the mat for the win.
Winner: Lash Legend
-Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes says the Crown Jewel Champion isn’t about who holds the title next or last but first. He says professional wrestling is full of what ifs and outcomes aren’t always satisfactory but there will be a definitive Crown Jewel Champion. He says he won’t disparage Gunther but says he wouldn’t bet against him. He says fans have gotten to know him since he’s returned to WWE and says he’s bleed, sweat and paid the price. He says above all, he wants to become the inaugural Crown Jewel Champion for his daughter and invites Gunther to be on Smackdown next Friday.
Triple Threat WWE Tag Team Titles #1 Contenders Qualifying Match
Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. A Town Down Under (Austin Theory & Grayson Waller) vs. Los Garzas (Humberto & Angel)
Alex Shelley lands an atomic drop on Austin Theory and double teams on him with Chris Sabin.
They land an enzuigiri/boot combination on Humberto with Shelley and follows it up with Skull & Bones for the win.
Winners & Gets Into The WWE Tag Team Titles #1 Contenders Match: Motor City Machine Guns
Tag Team Match
Women’s Speed Champion Candice LeRae & Women’s Champion Nia Jax vs. Bayley & Naomi
Naomi then flies to take out Nia Jax and Bayley dumps Candice LeRae back in the ring.
Indi Hartwell clocks Bayley from behind as LeRae distracts the referee allowing LeRae to connect with a moonsault on her for the win.
Winners: Women’s Speed Champion Candice LeRae & Women’s Champion Nia Jax
-Roman Reigns tells Columbia to acknowledge him before Sikoa’s music hits and he makes his way out. Reigns & Sikoa then stare one another down and Reigns says Sikoa told Jey earlier tonight that their family and The Bloodline was stronger now. He says he doesn’t agree and says he feels that their family is divided and broken. He says he told his father that he would fix this and all he wants to do is to have titles around the waists of their family and hefty paydays.
-Sikoa tells Reigns that it’s an easy fix for him, but all he has to do to get it is acknowledge him. Reigns acknowledges Sikoa but Sikoa says that’s not good enough. He says Reigns needs to acknowledge him as his Tribal Chief or else. Reigns asks what will happen if he doesn’t and Sikoa says Reigns never changes. He says he never will either then calls for Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa to make their way out.
-The Bloodline appear with Jimmy Uso in hand as Sikoa looks to blindside Reigns with a Samoan Spike.
-Reigns sees him coming and dumps him out of the ring, then levels the rest of The Bloodline and connects with a Superman Punch on Sikoa. He spots the Ula Fala then places it around his neck.
-Sikoa low blows Reigns, then beats him down along with Tonga, Loa & Fatu. Sikoa hits a Samoan Spike to Reigns and Fatu places the Ula Fala around his neck. Sikoa tells Reigns that he’s the Tribal Chief and fans acknowledge him to close out Smackdown.
Next Week’s Smackdown
WWE Tag Team Titles #1 Contenders Match
DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
Non Title 7th & Final Match Of The Best Of 7 Series
Speed Champion Andrade (3) vs. Carmelo Hayes (3)
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