Here are your quick, editorial-free results for the second episode of WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Fox. The show featured the first night of the WWE draft, a match between former Shield brothers, another appearance by Cain Velasquez, and more. Make sure you’re here tomorrow for the complete Best and Worst of Friday Night Smackdown column.
WWE Friday Night Smackdown Results:
1. Seth Rollins defeated Roman Reigns by disqualification. The lights went out in the arena and “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt appeared and attacked Seth Rollins. The Fiend pulled Rollins down into the ring through a smoking hole. The lights turned on and Rollins popped up out of the hole. The Fiend emerged more slowly and the lights went out again before the show went to a commercial break. When the show returned from the ad break, Michael Cole informed the audience that Rollins had won by DQ so Raw would get the first draft pick.
– Stephanie McMahon announced the first round of draft picks. Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch was the first draft pick overall, chosen by Monday Night Raw. Roman Reigns was Smackdown’s first pick. The O.C. (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows) were drafted to Raw, Bray Wyatt was drafted to Smackdown, and Drew McIntyre was drafted to Raw to end the first round.
– A panel of Renee Young, Booker T, Beth Phoenix, and Samoa Joe discussed the draft.
– Joe Buck interviewed Troy Aikman. Aikman said if he had a pro wrestling finishing move, it would be a piledriver.
2. Baron “King” Corbin defeated Chad “Shorty” Gable. Corbin pinned Gable after the End of Days.
– A Fox NFL Sunday panel including Tony Gonzalez, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Michael Strahan discussed which wrestlers would be their number one draft picks.
– Stephanie McMahon announced the second round of the WWE draft. Raw chose Randy Orton, Ricochet, and Bobby Lashley. Smackdown drafted Sasha Banks and Braun Strowman.
– The WWE draft panel analyzed the second round.
– A video package recapped the feud between Tyson Fury and Braun Strowman and hyped their match at the upcoming Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia.
– Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman entered the ring. Heyman’s promo on Lesnar’s behalf was interrupted by Rey Mysterio and Cain Velasquez. Mysterio prompted WWE to show pictures from the 2010 UFC fight in which Velasquez defeated Lesnar. They pointed out that Velasquez gave Lesnar the scar on his face in that fight. Velasquez cut a promo on Lesnar in Spanish promising to give him a matching one on the other side and Mysterio translated.
– The presenters of Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff talked about football drafts.
– As part of WWE’s relationship with Susan G. Komen, The New Day presented two pink WWE title belts to a woman who survived breast cancer and her sister.
3. The New Day defeated The O.C. Kofi Kingston pinned AJ Styles after hitting Trouble in Paradise.
– Stephanie McMahon announced the third round of the draft: Alexa Bliss, Kevin Owens, and Natalya to Raw, and Lacey Evans and Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Revival to Smackdown.
– After a commercial break, McMahon announced the draft’s fourth round. Viking Raiders, Nikki Cross, and The Street Prophets went to Raw while Lucha House Party and Heavy Machinery were chosen for Smackdown.
– Samoa Joe, Booker T, Renee Young, and Beth Phoenix briefly discussed draft developments.
– Jay Glazer presented a WWE edition of Inside Scoop. He put over Samoa Joe and Sonya Deville.
– A video package played that outlined Tyson Fury’s boxing career and promoted his match with Strowman.
4. Smackdown Women’s Championship match: Bayley (c) defeated Charlotte Flair. Bayley had a new, shorter haircut and deflated her signature inflatable tube men during her entrance and was more aggressive than usual during the match. She rolled up Flair (while pulling her hair) to win the Smackdown Women’s Championship for the second time.
– Bayley got on the mic to tell the audience, ” Hey bitches, screw all of you.”
