WWE SmackDown Live Scores: Miracle on 34th Street Fight – WON / F4W

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Tonight’s pre-recorded version of SmackDown takes place from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.

Ricochet and Braun Strowman will team up to take on Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci at Imperium at Street Fight 34. Last week, Intercontinental Champion Gunther retained his title by defeating Ricochet. After the match, Strowman saved Ricochet from defeating Imperium.

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos look to continue their historic reign by defending their titles against Hit Row. Hit Row won a triple threat match against its number one contender last week to capture the championship.

Additionally, there will be a number one challenge match between challengers Liv Morgan, Tegan Knox, Raquel Rodriguez, Xia Lee, Sonya Deville, and Emma. The winner will receive a future shot at the SmackDown Women’s Championship for Ronda Rousey.

Tonight is the second-to-last confrontation on SmackDown 2022. Next Friday’s show, John Cena returns as he and Kevin Owens take on Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn. WWE will finish building for this match tonight.

Our coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET.

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dynasty piece

It started as a Bloodline staple, but Sami Zayn cut an emotional and killer promo at the end.

Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, Paul Heyman, The Usos, Solo Sekua, and Sami Zayn entered the ring. Heyman promised that The Usos will successfully defend their titles against Hit Row tonight. Heyman turned his attention to SmackDown next week. He guaranteed that Sekoua would take down Sheamus.

Heyman talked about next week when Reigns, Zayn will face John Cena and Kevin Owens. Reigns took the microphone, and the fans let out a loud “Sammy” chant. Reigns noted that he made millions whipping Cena and Owens. Reigns felt that Zayn had something to get off his chest.

Zayn just wanted a place to belong, and then he found The Bloodline. He loves the breed and considers them his family. He also loves the city, which has become very popular. And the fans let out another loud chant, “Sammy.” Zayn should be happy, but he’s not. He is unhappy because he is tired of Owens. He is mad at Owens for being there and is angry that he brought Cena back. Zayn fired up, looking at the hard cam, and promising to destroy Owens and Cena next week. Reigns and Zayn hugged to end the segment.

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Undisputed Tag Team Champions The Usos (w/ Sami Zayn) defeated Heat Ro (w/ B-Fab) to retain (9:04)

With the entry of Hit Row, Michel Cole suggested that Hit Row’s strategy should be to stay grounded.

Ashante “Thee” Adonis and Top Dolla got the early advantage as they isolated Jey on their side of the ring. The Usos took over while J. Top caught Dolla with a superkick. Top Dolla tried to fight back, but Jey attacked his leg during a break.

The Usos continued targeting Top Dolla’s left knee. Top Dolla responded by hitting the spine and tagging Adonis. Adonis ran over Jimmy and hit DDT. He followed it with a flying object to come close to falling. Top Dolla pulled Jimmy and sent him down the ring steps.

Hit Ro went to the heavy hitter in the ring, but J broke it. The Usos took over and rocked top dollar with a double superkick. Then they hit 1-D to win.

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In a Flow match of the week, Gunther defeated Ricochet to retain the Intercontinental Championship.

Kayla Braxton spoke with Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci. They promised to defeat Ricochet and Braun Strowman later tonight.

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Raquel Rodriguez wins the number one contender’s gauntlet match (23:29)

The typical WWE gauntlet match has lots of quick falls and bad matches. Rodriguez vs. Morgan had the most time and had the best fatality match.

Xia Li defeated Emma

They finally addressed Xia Li by costing Liv Morgan and Tegan Nox the tag team titles last week. They showed footage of Adam Pearce pulling off Lee’s hood.

Emma Lee shook with a running forearm and tackled Cross in the corner. Lee recovered a series of kicks. Then I hit a hurricane kick for the win. They went about a minute before I got the win.

Xia Li defeated Tegan Nox

Knox ran wild on Lee and hit a flying crossbody for a near-fall. They fought on the battlefield, with Lee defeating Knox. Then Lee hit a hurricane kick for the win. Another minute of action and victory for Li.

Raquel Rodriguez defeated Xia Li

They went to a commercial where Rodriguez entered. After the break, she sent Lee Rodriguez to ringside and took aim at her injured arm. And follow me with a jumping knee.

Rodriguez recovered and hit a powerful one-arm jab. She followed with Vader’s Elbow Bomb for a two count. He took me for a while. Rodriguez avoided the Hurricane kick and hit a Texana bomb for the win.

Raquel Rodriguez defeated Liv Morgan

Morgan tried to decipher, but Rodriguez stopped him. Morgan went for a hurricane, but Rodriguez stopped him in the middle of the action. She tried to counter with a powerbomb, but Morgan used a victory roll for a near-fall.

Morgan grabbed Rodriguez with a sleeper fist. Rodriguez broke a free when they went on a break.

Rodriguez gave Morgan a super move to keep the momentum going. After a splash in the corner, Morgan again attacked Rodriguez’ Bad Arm. I followed it up with a missile kick for a near-fall. Morgan locked Saturn’s rings, but Rodriguez stood. Morgan held on and hit the blade splitter.

Morgan tried to shoot, but Rodriguez cut her off. I hit Vader twice with a smash and elbow bomb. They exchanged shots in the middle of the ring until Rodriguez hit a boot in the face. Morgan took over, but Rodriguez blocked Oblivion and hit a Texana Bomb for the win.

Raquel Rodriguez defeated Sonya Deville

Deville charged Rodriguez’s injured arm and hit a running knee for a near-fall. Devil continued targeting his arm. Rodriguez fought back and defended DeVille head-on. However, Devil recovered and stalked his arm again. Rodriguez fought through the pain and hit a Texana bomb for the win.

Raquel Rodriguez defeated Shayna Baszler

Ronda Rousey came out and noticed that Rodriguez hadn’t won yet. Shayna Baszler was then introduced as the final entrant. Baszler went after Rodriguez’s bad arm and pulled the prop. Rodriguez fought through the pain again and rolled out Baszler for the quick win.

Rodriguez gets a chance to win a Russian title next week.

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Bray Wyatt piece

They summed up the Bray Wyett-LA Knight feud. Michael Cole noted that Wyatt insisted he was not Howdy’s uncle.

Bray Wyatt entered the ring and admitted that it was nerve-wracking to appear in front of the crowd. He turned his attention to L.A. Knight and felt he deserved an apology. White indicated that he is not Howdy’s uncle. He knows everyone thought he was Uncle Howdy.

Suddenly, Wyatt lost his train of thought. Drop the microphone and attack the cameraman. All the other photographers zoomed in rather than helping their fellow photographers. White locked the mandibular claw on the photographer until officials pulled him out. White sat in the corner in a trance.

After the break, Cole signaled that Adam Pearce had removed Wyatt from the ring

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Rey Mysterio defeated Angel Garza (with Humberto Carrillo) (3:59)

Mysterio and Garza had a fun match while it lasted. They worked Lucha style and got a lot in 3 minutes.

Karrion Cross and Scarlett watched the match from the audience.

Garza taunted Mysterio’s size, so Mysterio slapped him in the face. Mysterio was able to gain speed but missed a springboard. Garza took advantage and hit a shot in the face. He slowed his pace and shook him with a shot in the back. However, Mysterio fired and hit the top rope guard.

Mysterio went for the 619, but Humberto pulled out Garza. Instead, Mysterio took out Carillo with a diving dive. Garza raised the 619 game, but Mysterio responded with a hurricane. Mysterio hit 619 and DDT slingshot for the win

Mysterio and Cross stared down to end the segment.

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In the locker room, Ricochet and Braun Strowman discussed the upcoming match and promised to defeat Imperium in a street fight.

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Emma Scarlett and Karion Cross faced off backstage. Emma was furious at being disrespected to legend Rey Mysterio. She was also angry that they made fun of Riddick Moss. Emma calls him Riddick, not Madcap.

Scarlett made fun of Emma. I heard enough and slapped Scarlett across the face. Cross stopped Scarlett from taking revenge. He tells Emma that she has no idea what she just did.

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They showed John Cena’s video package.

They showed another Lacey Evans video package. She will be back next week.

Miracle on 34th Street Fight: Ricochet & Braun Strowman defeated Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci) (11:55)

Ricochet and Strowman win a fun Christmas-themed Street Fight. It included Christmas trees, candy-cane kendo sticks, a ballerina in a gift box, The New Day as the Nutcrackers, and Samantha Irvine resurrecting Ricochet with a kiss under the mistletoe.

When Ricochet and Strowman entered, Cole complained that the paparazzi were eating birthday cake at ringside. He called them stupid because the biscuits were meant for the match. Oh man, those paparazzi are taking a beating tonight.

Kaiser and Vinci were disgusted by their participation in the street fight. Gunther started his vacation early and is not at ringside.

Imperium isolated Strowman in the ring and attacked his knee. Strowman fought back and threw them to ringside. Ricochet ran over the barricade and caught Vinci with a Hurricane.

After the break, Vinci Strowman ran into the center ring and Christmas tree. Ricochet went to dive, but the Czar caught him by the arm.

Grabbing a kendo stick from a candy cane, Vinci hits on Ricochet. Strowman blocked a chair shot and threw Vinci into the on-stage Christmas trees.

Imperium recovered and gave Strowman a double suplex on the stage. However, Ricochet recovered and shook Vinci with a jumping knee. Ricochet went to a springboard, but Kaiser hit him with a vicious chair that shot him in the back.

Then Imperium Strowman is buried under a group of trees. For some reason, the Imperium opened a gift on the stage, and the ballerina danced. Then Imperium opened a second fairing and The New Day Nutcrackers came out. As nutcrackers as they are, A New Day gave Imperium a low blow. Fans broke into a raucous chant, “New Day Rocks.”

Strowman recovered and destroyed the Imperium. That’s when Strowman realized his partner was still out. He grabbed the mistletoe and convinced the announcer, Samantha Irvin, to kiss her boyfriend, Ricochet. Ricochet’s kiss revived, and he fired. Strowman gave Kaiser a powerbomb through a table. Throwback ran on Vinci, hitting the middle rope.

In the ring, Ricochet hit the rebound on Vinci into a jab from Strowman. The end came when Ricochet hit Vinci with a shoulder slam from Strowman for the win.

Ricochet and Strowman celebrated their victory after the match.

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Next week: John Cena and Kevin Owens meet Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn. Also, SmackDown Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defends her title against Raquel Rodriguez. In addition, Solo Sikoa competes with Sheamus.

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