On November 22nd, 2024 WWE aired the 1,318th episode of Salt Lake City Utah inside Delta Center.
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 a video recapping the brawl between The Bloodline, Bronson Reed, Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn & The Usos last week.
-Solo Sikoa demands that Salt Lake City acknowledges him then says he, the rest of The Bloodline and Reed are ready to dominate in the War Games Match at Survivor Series. He says unlike them, Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn & The Usos aren’t ready for War Games then demands that Reigns meet him in the ring by the end of the night and agree to his Terms of Surrender.
Quarter Final Match Of The Women’s United States Title Tournament
Women’s Tag Team Champion Bianca BelAir vs. Chelsea Green vs. Blair Davenport
We see Women’s Tag Team Champion Jade Cargill laying on top of a car after being attacked on the Titan Tron and Bianca BelAir runs to the back to check on Cargill.
Blair Davenport then pins Chelsea Green but Green kicks out.
Davenport then looks to send Green crashing into the mat but Green counters with Unprettier for the win.
Winner: Chelsea Green (She will face Bayley in the Semi Finals)
-After the break Bianca BelAir approached Bayley & Naomi in an ambulance in the back. BelAir told Bayley to stay out of it as it was her partner. She then got in the ambulance and took off with Jade Cargill.
-Footage was shown of Shinsuke Nakamura attacking Knight last week.
-A video aired of Shinsuke Nakamura. He said he had been watching LA Knight and he knows him better than himself. Nakamura calls him riddled with insecurities and that he’s kept up at Knight by his failures. He said it was the beginning of the end for Knight.
United States Title Match
LA Knight (c) vs. Santos Escobar
LA Knight becomes distracted by Shinsuke Nakamura standing on top of the entrance ramp.
Opening the door for Escobar to land a hurricanrana on him off the ropes.
He follow it up with a Frog Splash off the top rope.
Escobar sets up for Phantom Driver but Knight escapes and hits BFT for the win.
Winner & Still United States Champion: LA Knight (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
-After the match Nakamura fires off a few stomps on Knight and sends him crashing into the ring post 3 times shoulder first. He then hits Kinshasa to the back of his neck.
-We see footage of Tommaso Ciampa losing it on Street Profits & Johnny Gargano last week.
-Backstage Johnny Gargano attempted to negotiate a title rematch with WWE Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns. Gargano tried to explain that Ciampa is a good guy and all he wants is a title match. Chris Sabin told him that after last week, he thinks the Street Profits should get the next shot. Street Profits walked up and told Gargano that his partner is a problem, if he could even call him that anymore.
-After the break we see Nick Aldis ask Women’s Champion Nia Jax if she knows what happened to Jade Cargill. Jax says she knows nothing and was helping Ms Money In The Bank Tiffany Stratton & Women’s Speed Champion Candice LeRae prepare for their match at the time. Aldis then stops Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and says he doesn’t think Kevin Owens is in the arena. Rhodes says Owens wouldn’t miss an in ring confrontation and storms down to the ring.
-Cody Rhodes wastes no time and calls Kevin Owens out to the ring. Owens appears in the crowd and says since you can’t deny Rhodes’ request, he’s here. He says he’s dressed to the nines for Rhodes while Rhodes couldn’t even put on a suit. Rhodes demands that Owens get in the ring but Owens tells Rhodes that he doesn’t get what he wants because he wants it. He says what happened to Randy Orton was his fault, and Rhodes gets fired up as Owens storms to ringside through the crowd as officials try holding him back. He says he fought The Bloodline for 4 years and they tried to end his career. He clarifies that Roman Reigns tried ending his career and says he stood by Rhodes to fight with him against The Bloodline. He says while he was loyal to Rhodes, Rhodes decided to join forces with Reigns. He vents his frustrations with such especially because Reigns ended his career.
-Rhodes says Owens always has to be the victim and he’s always being held down, but no one holds Owens down more than himself. He says he self sabotages and wants to be the face of WWE then recalls what happened in their match at Bash In Berlin. He says Orton was Owens’ friend and didn’t deserve what he did to him, then says he’ll beat him down whether it’s in Salt Lake City, Vancouver or at Saturday Night’s Main Event, the ball is in Owens’ court.
-Owens says Rhodes will get his match when he decides but when they face each other in the ring, he’s doing exactly what Rhodes asked him to do. He tells Rhodes that he hates him and looks to leave but Rhodes stops him and says he doesn’t think Owens hates him. He says he thinks Owens hates himself and there’s not a single line he won’t cross when they eventually meet in the ring.
-Backstage The OG Bloodline had a discussion. They agreed they wouldn’t surrender. They floated names for their 5th man. Sami Zayn asked about Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns said no. Zayn brought up asking Seth Rollins one more time, and Roman gave him a look that said no. Reigns said they had all they needed and if they die they would die together. Zayn asked what the plan was then and he said he didn’t know.
-Cody Rhodes walked by Carmelo Hayes backstage and they got into an argument about what Kevin Owens had said. They got into a shoving match and had to be separated by Nick Aldis and other officials. Rhodes told Aldis that maybe it was time to re-evaluate his top draft pick.
-Footage was shown of Candice LeRae helping Nia Jax defeat Naomi last week.
Tag Team Match
Women’s Speed Champion Candice LeRae & Ms Money In The Bank Tiffany Stratton vs. Bayley & Naomi
Tiffany Stratton then looks to land a handspring back elbow on Bayley but Bayley sees her coming and dumps her out of the ring.
Bayley looks to tag in Naomi but Nia Jax pulls her off the ring apron to cause the disqualification.
Winners By DQ: Bayley & Naomi
-After the match Jax, Stratton & LeRae continue beating down Naomi & Bayley. Iyo Sky runs down to even the odds but Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez appear to take her out. Rhea Ripley runs down to the ring with a kendo stick in hand forcing Jax, Stratton, LeRae, Morgan & Rodriguez to retreat.
Montez Ford vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Tommaso Ciampa hits a neckbreaker to Montez Ford but Ford rocks Ciampa with a dumping knee.
Ciampa sets up for Fairytale Ending but Ford counters into a roll up for the win.
Winner: Montez Ford
-After the match Ciampa attacks Ford from behind. Angelo Dawkins runs down to the ring to even the odds but Johnny Gargano pulls Dawkins off Ciampa. Ciampa then rains down right hands on Dawkins but Gargano pulls him off Dawkins. Ciampa shoves Gargano but Motor City Machine Guns run down to the ring to come to Gargano’s aid.
-Solo Sikoa says he never stopped loving Reigns, The Usos or Zayn. He says if they join his Bloodline, they can all run WWE for decades to come. He points out their lack of a 5th man for War Games and a Wise Man then pleads with them to join his team unless they want to die where they stand.
-Paul Heyman’s voice interrupts them and he introduces himself then says he was put through a table a handful of months ago. He says his math may be a little off but War Games can’t be done 4 against 5. He says it won’t be 4 against 5 then says it will be 5 against 5 and introduces the fifth man of Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn & The Usos WarGames’ team: CM Punk!
-Punk, Reigns, The Usos & Zayn brawl with The Bloodline & Bronson Reed & they take down Reed & The Bloodline leaving a stunned Reigns staring down Punk in the ring as Heyman stands on the ring apron. They continue staring each other down as Zayn & The Usos join them in the ring
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