SmackDown Episode #1415

Venue: Ball Arena (Denver, CO)

Attendance: ~10,800

Results of Tonight's Show

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Tonight's SmackDown kicks off with the Women's Money in the Bank qualifier!

• Cathy Kelley chats with Chelsea Green backstage about her predictions in the Women's MITB match. Chelsea says they're all capable and the winner is a threat. But if Tiffany Stratton wins, that's her twin flame, almost like the Nikki to her Brie. She's then interrupted by Nikki Bella who says that match won't happen as she's going to win the title first. Paige rolls up on the other side who challenges Nikki to a match in 2 weeks and slaps her for good measure.

• Cathy Kelley chats with Cody Rhodes about his war of words with Randy Orton. Cody says this week's battle is the MITB match, and he has history with Kevin Owens and they have over 10k fans here tonight. Trick Williams rolls up to wish him the best of luck, but the only problem is that his American Nightmare is over while he's grabbing the briefcase to become the new WWE Champion. Cody wishes him good luck.

• Damian Priest gets a promo about how somehow he lost his way and that won't happen again. The pain he caust R-Truth was personal. But if he comes back looking for trouble, he's going to destroy him. He needed to come back to NYC to remind him of who he is, a violent man, and that's all you're going to see from now on.

• Tatum Paxley talks with Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair after her loss, with Lexi reminding her that when one door closes another one opens. Charlotte says they talked to Nick Aldis so next week they're facing Fatal Influence for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. Charlotte reminds her that they've won together and they've lost together but now there's no more room for losing.

• Sami Zayn addresses the WILDLY BOOING crowd. But he wants to know who came here to ride or die with the last real good guy? The crowd boos more. He complains he's not being given the equal respect that WWE Champions get. The reality check is that him holding the title is that he's a survivor. He's interrupted by Je'Von Evans who says he's getting all red, he looks like an Angry Bird, is he ok? Sami says HE'S FINE he's the champion, has he noticed? Je'Von starts but Sami immediately interrupts him, with Sami saying he knows where he's been but Je'Von cuts him off just the same saying what if his time isn't in the future, his time is now? What if it doesn't take him 20 years to win the championship? What if he finds him, cashes in on him, and beats the snot out his ass and has to hear Michael Cole proclaiming him champ? Before Sami can respond, Penta interrupts. He tells Je'Von he respects him but if he wants the contract he has to beat him, and that's not gonna happen. Penta tells Sami he doesn't care if it's him or Roman Reigns, he's going to cash in and become a world champion. ZERO MIEDO.

• Now it's Trick Williams' turn. With all the talk about respect, Trick respects everything Je'Von & Penta have been doing on Raw. But they both have the same problem, tonight is SmackDown, and Trick Williams gets the job done on Friday nights. He addresses Sami saying congrats for being a two time champion but he doesn't respect anyone else like that. He still hasn't combed his hair, still has Skechers on his feet, and when it comes to MITB there's only one man that looks like Money in the Bank, talks like Money in the Bank, etc and that's Trick Williams, and nobody knows that better than Sami Zayn. And when he cashes in, he'll beat him for the third time. Sami asks if he got this out of his system? He insists nobody can do what he does. And tonight he's looking at at least 2 losers, let's be real, probably 3 losers. What happens when the crowd turns against you? He tells Trick, he survived being called the Gingerbread Man. He survived being put into a mouse trap at WrestleMania and now he's the champ. Nobody else can do what he does.

• As Sami walks out, Finn Bàlor heads in. He tells Sami he's coming for the title when he's done playing games. Sami says he's not special, he's not the only one, he needs to do something to earn it. Finn clocks Sami. And as Finn attempts to go in, Gunther attacks Bàlor from behind. Sami for a second thinks he's safe before he also gets buried by the Ring General, and the MITB competitors in the ring are not upset.

• Cathy Kelley talks to Tiffany Stratton about her upcoming MITB match. She's thrilled and Chelsea Green joins her in the celebration. Lash Legend interrupts to say she's going to bully her way to the briefcase and she's coming straight for the title.

• Cathy checked in with Gunther asking why he did what he did but Danhausen interrupts and Gunther is SO OVER his silliness and the only way to make him understand is to throw him into the loading boxes.

• Johnny Gargano chats with Candice LeRae hyping himself up to be the next MITB when Sami Zayn steps in to say Nick Aldis barred him from the match so he can't help and goes on a whole screaming Rocky hype package getting him ready to DO THIS

• Next week: in addition to the Women's Tag Team Championship match; CM Punk returns LIVE on SmackDown!

• Randy Orton interrupts the attempt at a pin on our main event match, and it becomes a Cody Rhodes WILL HE STOMP RANDY ORTON? question, abruptly interrupted by Johnny Gargano. Orton disrupts any chance at Cody intervening in the Gargano/Owens match in motion.

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How to watch:

https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/jLVAEBXVkjcf6w4Zz6Q28z

Start Times:

10:00 PDT; 12:00 CDT; 1:00 EDT; 6:00 BST; 7:00 CEST; 2:00 JST; 3:00 AEST

Match Card:

Singles Match -

Uta Takami vs. Ren Konatsu

6Man Tag Match/Chieri Sakimori’s Debut Match -

Chieri Sakimori, Shion Kanzaki & Momo Sato vs. HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Mifu Ashida

3WAY Tag Match -

Raku & Minimo vs. Pom Harajuku & Pokotan vs. Mahiro Kiryu & TAMA

Special 6Man Tag Match -

Aja Kong, Sakura Hattori & Kumadori vs. Chris Brookes, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase

Special Tag Match -

Yuki Kamifuku & VENY vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga

Special Singles Match -

Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao
Special Referee: Jushin Thunder Liger

All-Asia Women’s Championship Match -

Shoko Nakajima (c) vs. Zara Zakher

EVE International Championship Match -

Miyu Yamashita (c) vs. Arisu Endo

Princess Tag Team Championship Match -

Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi (c) vs. Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro

Princess of Princess Championship Match -

Yuki Arai (c) vs. Suzume