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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: TIFFANY TITLE DEFENSE, THE SERIES OF MATCHES TO EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A TAG TITLE MATCH CONTINUES, KEVIN VERSUS REY, JACOB SPEAKS, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2025-01-17 23:00:00

We see Tiffany's cash in from two weeks ago.

Byron is with Tiffany and Tiffany corrects Byron by saying she created Tiffstory. 

Byron brings up Bayley's comments earlier.

Tiffany says Bayley is right.  She had a ton of big moments last year and in her career.  Tiffany says she has too.  She was the youngest Ms. Money in the Bank and the champion.  Tiffany says Bayley will have to sit back and watch that dream die.

Match Number Five:  Rey Mysterio versus Kevin Owens in a 'Non Title Match'

They lock up and Kevin with a clean break.  They lock up and Kevin with a waist lock take down.  Rey with a wrist lock take down.  Kevin with a kick and forearm followed by a wrist lock.  Rey uses the ropes to escape and Kevin with a side head lock.  Kevin with a shoulder tackle that sends Rey to the floor.  Kevin and Rey argue over who the crowd is insulting.  They go for a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock and Kevin sends Rey to the mat but Rey with a sunset flip for a near fall.  Rey with a waist lock and Kevin with a standing switch.  Rey with a head scissors that sends Kevin into the ropes but Kevin escapes from the 619 spot.  Rey with a forearm.  Rey tries for a head scissors but Kevin blocks it and he sends Rey to the mat with a gourdbuster slam.  Kevin with a back senton.  Keivn with a hard Irish whip that sends Rey sternum first into the turnbuckles.

Kevin with another Irish whip but Rey gets his boot up and follows with an elbow.  Rey gets onto Kevin's shoulders and he tries to send Kevin over the top rope but Kevin blocks it and he connects with a knee to the midsection. Kevin with forearms to Rey against the ringside barrier.  Kevin puts Rey on the apron and Rey with punches and a kick.  Rey with a head scissors off the apron that sends Kevin into the ringside barrier.  Rey with a sliding splash onto Kevin on the floor.  

We go to commercial.

We are back and KEvin with a reverse chin lock.  We see footage of Kevin hitting a back senton on the floor during the commercial break.  Kevin with an Irish whip and he goes for a belly-to-back suplex but Rey lands on his feet.  Rey sends Kevin shoulder first into the ring post when Rey moves.  Rey goes up top and Rey with a seated splash and a wheelbarrow into a bulldog for a near fall.  Rey with a head scissors that sends Kevin into the ropes.  Kevin with a super kick and he tries for a pop up power bomb but Rey leaps over Kevin.  Rey with a tornado DDT for a near fall.  Rey puts Kevin on the turnbuckles and Kevin with punches and head butts to send Rey to the mat.  Kevin setns for a frog splash and hits it for a near fall.

Kevin with forearms to Rey against the ropes.  Kevin puts Rey on the turnbuckles and Kevin joins him.  Kevin goes for a superplex but Rey with punches to stop Kevi and Rey with a sunset flip power bomb and a Code Red for a near fall.  Rey misses a springboard cross body when Kevin moves.  Kevin with a kick and stunner for a near fall.  Kevin goes up top and he sets for a swanton but Rey gets his knees up.  Kevin falls into the ropes and Rey with a 619.  Rey goes up top but Kevin backs into the refreee and Rey crotches himself.  Kevin with a pop up power bomb for the three count.

Winner:  Kevin Owens

After the match, Rey and Kevin shake hands and Kevin with a kick and he sets for a package pile driver but Cody Rhodes' music plays and Kevin has to stop.

Cody goes after Kevin and he throws many punches.  Kevin is pulled to the floor and Cody with a running forearm to Kevin against the announce table.

Cody gets in the ring and Kevin stands on a storage case in the crowd.

We go to commercial.

We are back with Nick Aldis.  

He says he tried to be patient with Kevin and Cody.  He says they are out of control.  Nick says next week, at Saturday Night's Main Event, you will relinquish your title belts and then sign the Addendum.  Nick says someone else would moderate it and it will be Shawn Michaels.

Braun Strowman will face Jacob Fatu at Saturday Night's Main Event.

LA Knight faces Tama Tonga on Smackdown next week.  Pretty Deadly faces the Motor City Machine Guns in the next set of the Four Team Round Robin a-Go-Go.

Kit and Elton walk in the back and Ciampa and Gargano argue about how what happened.

Kit says you already beat Motor City Machine Guns.  

Ciampa says that Pretty Deadly are a joke and no one takes you seriously.

Johnny says they believe in Pretty Deadly.  

Apollo Crews stops by and he wants to know what is wrong.  He says if you keep letting them string you along, it won't get you anywhere.

Johnny Gargano attacks Apollo Crews and slams his head into a storage case.

Roxanne Perez is in the front row for the main event.

We take a look at Charlotte Flair with a video package.

Match Number Six:  Bayley versus Tiffany Stratton for the Smackdown Women's Championship

They lock up and Bayley backs Tiffany into the corner and she gives a clean break.  They lock up and Tiffany backs Bayley into the corner and Tiffany with a clean break.  They lock up and Tiffany with a side head lock.  Bayley with a head scissors.  Tiffany with a waist lock and Bayley holds on to the ropes to avoid an O'Connor Roll.  Bayley gets a near fall.  They lock up and Bayley with a snap mare and a back elbow to the back of the head.  Tiffany with a shoulder tackle and Tiffany with a few back handsprings.  Tiffany avoids a clothesline but Bayley sets for the belly-to-belly suplex but Tiffany blocks it.  Bayley gets a near fall and Tiffany with a slap to the face.  Bayley clotheslines Tiffany over the top rope to the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Bayley with a jaw breaker.  Bayley sends Tiffany to the apron and she hits a cutter in the ropes.  Bayley goes to the floor and she hits the baseball slide by the ring post.  Bayley goes for another one but Tiffany ducks to avoid it.  Tiffany pulls Bayley's shoulder into the ring post and then she Irish whips Bayley shoulder first into the ringside barrier.  Tiffany gets a near fall.  Tiffany gets another near fall.  Tiffany hyper-extends the arm.  Tiffany with an arm wringer and she gets a near fall.  Bayley with an Irish whip and Tiffany sends Bayley to the apron.  Bayley leaps over a baseball slide but Tiffany drops Bayley on the apron.

Tiffany trips Bayley onto the apron for a near fall.  Tiffany kicks Bayley to the floor and the referee holds Tiffany back.  Tiffany goes to the floor and runs into a back elbow.  Bayley hot shots Tiffany on the apron and they return to the ring for a near fall.  Tiffany with a punch and Bayley blocks a kick and connects with a knee.  Tiffany with a clothesline but she misses a running hip in the ropes and Bayley kicks Tiffany to the floor.  Bayley goes for a suicide dive but Tiffany with a forearm and she puts Bayey in the ring skirt and Tiffany with a running knee against the side of the ring.  Tiffany knocks Bayley off the apron with a running hip.

Tiffany goes for a pescado but Bayley catches Tiffany and hits a belly-to-belly suplex on the floor.  The referee checks on both women and then he returns to the ring to start his count.  Both of them beat the count back into the ring.  Bayley with forearms to Tiffany and a clothesline or two.  Bayley with a Saito suplex and she sends Tiffany to the apron and hangs her in the ropes for a running knee.  Bayley gets a near fall.  Bayley with an Irish whip and she puts Tiffany on he middle rope and Bayley with a springboard double knee drop to the midsection for a near fall.  Tiffany with an Irish whip and Bayley tries to flaot over but Bayley catches her and hits a rolling Death Valley Driver and a back senton for a near fall.  

Tiffany goes up top and Bayley stops her.  Bayley climbs the turnbuckles for a superplex and she hits it.  Bayley gets a near fall.  Tiffany knocks Bayley to the floor and into the announce table.  Tiffany with a swanton and a power bomb for a near fall.  Tiffany with a Fujiwara arm bar.  Bayley with a rollup for a near fall.  Bayley sends Tiffany to the floor but Tiffany pulls Bayley to the floor.  Tiffany sets for a cartwheel into an Alabama Slam but Bayley blocks it and Bayley puts Tiffany on the announce table and suplexes her to the floor.  

Bayley gets in Roxanne's face and Roxanne has that look in her eyes.  

Bayley sends Tiffany back into the ring and Bayley goes up top and hits an elbow drop for a near fall.  Bayley with a cross face but Tiffany escapes.   Tiffany blocks a belly-to-belly suplex and Tiffany with a spinebuster for a near fall.  Tiffany kicks Bayley and pulls her into position.  Tiffany sets for a Finlay Slam but Bayley with a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall.  Tiffany with an arm breaker and she goes to the turnbuckles for the Prettiest Moonsault Ever but Bayley pulls Tiffany off the turnbuckles.  Bayley with a sunset flip buckle bomb for a near fall.  Bayley gets Tiffany up and hits a spinning side slam for a near fall.  

Bayley sets for Rose Plant but Tiffany escapes.  Tiffany with a back slide for a near fall.  Bayley goes for Rose Plant but Tiffany counters with an Alabama Slam and Prettiest Moonsault Ever for the three count.

Winner:  Tiffany Stratton (retains championship)

We go to credits.


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