On October 25th, 2024 WWE aired the 1,314th episode of Smackdown live in Brooklyn New York inside Barclays New York.
Note: This review will be shorter then normal as it be the last few mins of the match.
-Kicking off this week’s Smackdown with Randy Orton approach Triple H in the gorilla position and talk to him about something. He then makes his way out.
-Orton says he’s been doing everything he can to get his hands on Kevin Owens at Crown Jewel but Owens is off limits for some reason. He says since Nick Aldis told him last week that he couldn’t face Owens at Crown Jewel as it was above his pay grade, he wants to talk to Triple H about it and claims that he’s protecting Owens from him. He then calls Triple H down to the ring and he makes his way out.
-Triple H says while he would rather have not done this in public and disputes Orton’s claims that he’s protecting Owens. He tells Orton that he will not face Owens at Crown Jewel but Orton insists that Triple H is protecting Owens. Triple H tells Orton that he’s actually trying to protect him rather than Owens and says he’s known both him & Owens for a long time. He says Owens has never had a friend in business because he’s all about the business and money but for the 1st time ever, he let his guard down and trusted Orton & Cody Rhodes. He says while he’s not sure why that’s the case, Owens liked and trusted them. He says Orton just came back from an 18 month long recovery from injury.
-Orton says he didn’t ask Paul Levesque or the COO of a multi billion dollar company to come down to the ring but rather The Game. He says if Triple H was in his shoes, he wouldn’t let things slide and would handle business in the middle of the ring. He then demands a match against Owens at Crown Jewel once again and Triple H finally agrees but warns Orton to protect himself at all times.
Non Title 7th & Final Match Of The Best Of 7 Series
Speed Champion Andrade (3) vs. Carmelo Hayes (3)
Andrade hits 3 Amigos on Carmelo Hayes but Hayes sends him crashing into the mat and goes for a pin.
LA Knight pulls Hayes out of the ring and sends him crashing onto the announce desk then hits BFT to Andrade in the ring and lands another one on Hayes.
Knight then rings the bell himself and says it’s his game rather than a game of Best of 7.
Winner: No One (No Contest)
-We then head backstage to Women’s Champion Nia Jax & Miss Money In The Bank Tiffany Stratton. Jax informs Stratton that she’s recruited Candice LeRae to help them take care of Bayley & Naomi before LeRae & Indi Hartwell walk in and LeRae promises Jax that she’ll take care of Naomi tonight.
-After the break Nick Aldis berates Knight for his actions as special guest referee and informs him that he will be defending the United States Title against both Hayes & Andrade at Crown Jewel.
Non Title Match
Women’s Speed Champion Candice LeRae vs. Naomi
Naomi connects with a kick to Candice LeRae’s head but Indi Hartwell sends her crashing into the ring post and dumps her back in the ring.
Bayley’s music hits and she runs down to the ring to take out Hartwell.
She sends her crashing into the barricade opening the door for Naomi to send LeRae crashing into the mat with a sit out Full Nelson for the win.
Winner: Naomi
-World Heavyweight Champion Gunther asks Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes what he wants to talk about and Rhodes says it’s fairly obvious what he wants to talk about. Gunther says he wants to talk about Rhodes before he gets to that and says it was unnecessary for Rhodes to bring up his daughter last week as their Champion vs. Champion Match at Crown Jewel is all about naming the 1st Crown Jewel Champion. He says unlike Rhodes’ reason for doing everything he does being his family, his is for himself. A fired up Rhodes responds to Gunther and says that he comes from a dramatic family then asks Gunther where he was yesterday and the day before that. He says he was in Las Vegas doing media for WrestleMania 41 while Gunther was at home sleeping. He says that while Gunther is World Heavyweight Champion, he’s missing the responsibility of being champion.
-Gunther gets defensive and says he tells higher ups no to their media request because he has the guts to say no. He says Rhodes is a gutless champion and that will always make him secondary to him. Rhodes says he doesn’t see Gunther as The Ring General because he leads no one but himself. He says he had the guts to make a name for himself outside of WWE then attacks Gunther. Ludwig Kaiser appears out of nowhere and clocks Rhodes. Gunther & Kaiser then go after Rhodes but Randy Orton runs down to even the odds.
WWE Tag Team Titles #1 Contenders Match
DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
Chris Sabin rolls up Johnny Gargano but Gargano reverses the fall.
Sabin lands a jawbreaker on Gargano but Gargano looks to respond with a kick.
Sabin avoids it and Gargano accidentally hits Tommaso Ciampa.
Alex Shelley then tags in and Motor City Machine Guns hits Skull and Bones for the win.
Winners & #1 Contenders To The WWE Tag Team Titles: Motor City Machine Guns
-After the match The Bloodline then makes their way down to the ring and Nick Aldis follows. Solo Sikoa demands that Brooklyn acknowledge him then welcomes Motor City Machine Guns to Smackdown before he introduces himself and the rest of The Bloodline. Sabin says it’s an honor to meet Sikoa then introduces himself and Shelley to Sikoa. Sika then suggest a WWE Tag Team Titles match right here and now, but Aldis intervenes and demands that Sikoa show them some respect. Shelley tells Aldis that if Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa want to put their titles on the line right now, they’re good to go. Aldis then makes the match and calls for a referee.
WWE Tag Team Titles Match
The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
A hooded figure pulls him off and sends him crashing into the ring steps revealing himself to be Jimmy Uso.
After some assistance from Jacob Fatu, Solo Sikoa overpowers him but Roman Reigns’ music hits and he makes his way out. He brawls with Fatu to the back as Sikoa does the same with Jimmy.
Chris Sabin then hits a dropkick to Tama Tonga off the ropes and charges at him but accidentally hits the referee. Loa blindsides him from behind and grabs a couple of chairs from the timekeeper’s area.
He lands one to Loa but a hooded figure appears behind Loa and lands a superkick on him.
They send Loa crashing over the announce desk then hits one to Tonga in the desk and hits him with one of the chairs. They follow it up with a spear then take off their hood to reveal themselves as Jey Uso.
Motor City Machine Guns then hits Skull and Bones for the win.
Winners & New WWE Tag Team Champions: Motor City Machine Guns (NEW CHAMPIONS!!!!)
-After the match Jimmy reemerges at ringside and hugs Jey & as they share an emotional moment in the ring as Roman Reigns watches on from the entrance ramp to close out this week’s Smackdown
Next Week’s Smackdown
Tag Team Match
Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson & Elton Prince)
Fatal 4 Way Match
Women’s Tag Team Champion Bianca BelAir vs. Lash Legend vs. Iyo Sky vs. Piper Niven
Non Title Match
Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan vs. Miss Money In The Bank Tiffany Stratton
Tag Team Match
Women’s Speed Champion Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell vs. Bayley & Naomi
Tag Team Match
Imperium (World Heavyweight Champion Gunther & Ludwig Kaiser) vs. Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton
Crown Jewel Card (Nov 2nd)
Crown Jewel Title Match
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther vs. Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes
Women’s Crown Jewel Title Match
Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan vs. Women’s Champion Nia Jax
Seth Rollins vs. Bronson Reed
United States Title Triple Threat Match
LA Knight (c) vs. Speed Champion Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes
Women’s Tag Team Titles Fatal 4 Way Match
Bianca BelAir & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Damage CTRL (Iyo Sky & Kairi Sane) vs. Meta 4 (Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend) vs. Piper Niven & Chelsea Green
Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens
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