Roman Reigns seems reside on WWE SmackDown.
WWE SmackDown marketed LA Knight defending the United States Championship towards Carmelo Hayes, the SmackDown return of Jimmy Uso after his shock look at Bad Blood 2024, a Roman Reigns look and observe up on Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens’ drama.
Last week’s broadcast of SmackDown garnered 1.770 million viewers.
WWE SmackDown Results On October 11, 2024
- LA Knight def. Carmelo Hayes | WWE United States Championship
- Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair def. Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson | WWE Women’s Championship
- Naomi def. Nia Jax
- Solo Sikoa def. Jimmy Uso
WWE SmackDown Ratings
- October 4, 2024 | 1.518 million viewers
- September 27, 2024 | 1.568 million viewers
- September 20, 2024 | 1.494 million viewers
- September 13, 2024 | 1.723 million viewers
- September 6, 2024 | 1.770 million viewers
WWE SmackDown Ticket Sales
- WWE SmackDown Venue: Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville, S.C.)
- WWE SmackDown Tickets Distributed: 7,707
- WWE SmackDown Tickets Available: 111
Jimmy Uso Opens SmackDown
Jimmy Uso nonetheless makes use of his heel music, however now has babyface aura and reactions. Fans chanted “welcome back!” the second he opened his mouth.
Jimmy Uso instantly addressed his brother Jey because the reunion appears extra inevitable than ever. Jimmy was then interrupted by a marathon entrance from Roman Reigns however the crowd ate it up.
Half of this opening phase was spent on chants and pops. It was principally aura and not plenty of speaking and there’s nothing flawed with that as a result of it tells you the way sizzling the product is.
Reigns teased a Paul Heyman return by mentioning he’s “not a wiseman, he’s a Tribal Chief.” But for someone who’s not a wiseman, boy did he reduce a spirited promo placing over the O.G. Bloodline.
When Jimmy inspired Reigns to think about getting assist from Jey Uso, Jimmy stated “No Yeet.”
Opening Segment Grade: A-
LA Knight Def. Carmelo Hayes
LA Knight and Carmelo Hayes began out at 100 mph. Then Andrade confirmed up and was allowed to stroll by the group and watch as a spectator. This feels prefer it’s resulting in a Triple Threat match. As nice as Carmelo vs. Andrade has been, hopefully this isn’t a Best of seven Triple Threat sequence.
LA Knight received clear, however the announcers actually targeted on how Andrade’s presence was the explanation Carmelo Hayes misplaced this match.
Backstage, Jimmy Uso and Cody Rhodes got here face-to-face as Cody thanked Jimmy Uso. Jimmy advised Cody to not count on anymore favors.
I've a fleeting feeling that Carmelo and Andrade could group up as heels.
Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson reduce an awesome promo throughout a vignette selling their Black Girl Magic Match towards Bianca and Jade.
LA Knight vs. Carmelo Hayes Grade: B
Bianca Belair And Jade Cargill Def. Lash Legend And Jakara Jackson
Prior to this match, Kevin Owens made an unpanned look to justify his surprising heel flip. Kevin Owens interrupting a Black Girl Magic Tag Team Match has reverse Kanye Energy. Instead of “I'ma let you finish,” KO would possibly as properly have been like “I intend on allowing you to conclude…”
Owens brawled with Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes as safety flooded the sector. It was a wild scene and achieved its objective in seeming like an actual combat.
Moments earlier than this match, Bianca and Jade had been confronted by Chelsea Green and Piper Niven. Even after being in a completely totally different outfit, and clearly showering, Chelsea nonetheless (kayfabe) smells dangerous.
Moments into this match, Lash Legend hit a fireman’s carry slam on Bianca Belair and it appeared like this was going to be a squash. Bianca kicked out on the ultimate second.
This was a wild, quick match with a number of bicycle kicks and a number of spectacular double-team strikes. Bianca and Jade received with their wheelbarrow double-team end.
Bianca and Jade vs. Lash and Jakara Grade: B
Naomi Def. Nia Jax
Naomi referred to as out Nia Jax for not having the ability to win with out her sidekick. Jax got here again by saying it took two folks to pin her.
Nia Jax demanded Nick Aldis ship out a referee so she may “annihilate Naomi.” Aldis obliged, however Liv Morgan (feat. Raquel Rodriguez and Dominik Mysterio) interrupted the phase forward of the Liv vs. Nia Champion vs. Champion match in Saudi Arabia.
Both Nia Jax and Liv Morgan are uber-heels, so it’ll make for an ungainly Heel vs. Heel match. Thankfully, they’ll be in Saudi Arabia in entrance of a paid crowd which isn’t as savvy in regards to the storylines.
Raquel Rodriguez interfered, inflicting Morgan to strike Jax together with her WWE Women’s World Championship. This led to a powerbomb/rollup by Naomi for the win. This constructed rigidity between the 2 world champions whereas increase Naomi as a No. 1 Contender. In yet one more shock look, Rhea Ripley hit the ring to assault Liv Morgan.
In the parking zone, Kevin Owens ambushed Randy Orton as WWE continues to hammer his heel flip house.
Naomi vs. Nia Jax Grade: B-
Solo Sikoa Def. Jimmy Uso
WWE spent plenty of time selling the music video for CM Punk and Drew McIntyre’s Hell in a Cell Match.
This looks like a match that Solo Sikoa ought to both win outright or lose by DQ as a result of he’s been taking plenty of high-profile losses recently and the Heel Bloodline wants its warmth again.
Jimmy and Solo went to conflict on one another and laid of their spots, which made me do not forget that they’re brothers and the stiffest matches are all the time between brothers and/or pals.
Jimmy Uso went very lengthy after months of not wrestling, so understandably he began to explode a bit towards the top.
After interference from The Bloodline, Solo Sikoa received this match with a Samoan Spike. Roman Reigns saved the day, establishing a dramatic showdown and between the OTC and Solo. Jacob Fatu broke it up and laid out each Roman and Jimmy. Reigns was laid out with a Samoan Spike by Solo as SmackDown went off the air.
