August 23rd, Edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown Match Results:
The Opening Match: LA Knight (c) defeats Santos Escobar to retain his WWE United States Championship via Pin - Fall (9:06)
2nd Match: Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, and Naomi defeats The Unholy Union, and Blair Davenport in a 6 - Women Tag Team Match via Pin - Fall (9:35)
3rd Match: The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Tonga Lia) (with Jacob Fatu, and Solo Sikoa) (c) defeats The Street Profits (with B - Fab) to retain their WWE Tag Team Championships via Pin - Fall (9:14)
The Main Event Match: Cody Rhodes & Kevin Owens defeats A - Town Down Under via Pin - Fall (11:38)
August 23rd, Edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown Dark Match Results:
1st Dark Match: Liv Morgan (c) defeats Kairi Sane to retain her WWE Women’s World Championship
2nd Dark Match: Jet Uso defeats Drew McIntyre
Thoughts on the August 23rd, Edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown:
Thoughts: I thought this episode of SmackDown was pretty solid, I enjoyed all four matches on the card. I thought this is how SmackDown should be on a weekly basis I loved how the show was presented and how many matches had a enough time to put out a solid outing. It was a proper episode of SmackDown.
The August 23rd, Edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown Match Ratings:
The Opening Match: LA Knight (c) vs. Santos Escobar for the WWE United States Championship - Match Rating: ***.50 - Solid first defense for LA Knight I expect him to have a solid run with the belt. Santos Escobar try to cheat to win because before the match Angel, and Berto attacked LA Knight which cost them to be jected from ringside along with Elektra Lopez. But overall good start for LA Knight reign I expect this run to be very fun, and have a lot of solid bouts and feuds.
2nd Match: Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, and Naomi vs. The Unholy Union & Blair Davenport in a Six - Women Tag Team Match - Match Rating: ***.25 - This was a fun little six - women tag team match, from Bianca Belair tearing it up, to Jade Cargil hot tag and them getting the victory.
3rd Match: The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) (with Jacob Fatu & Solo Sikoa) (c) vs. The Street Profits (with B - Fab) for the WWE Tag Team Championships - Match Rating: ***.25 - The Bloodline still on top, and afterwrads they unleashed more damage and took out The Street Profits, and DIY.
The Main Event Match: Cody Rhodes & Kevin Owens vs. A - Town Down Under - Match Rating: ***.75 - The match itself was pretty solid but the ending was cool. Kevin Owens teased us while holding the belt thinking he was gonna blast Cody Rhodes with the belt.
The August 23rd, Edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown Match of the Night: Cody Rhodes & Kevin Owens vs. A - Town Down Under - Match Rating: ***.75
August 23rd, Edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown Show Grade: 7.75/10 (B) - This what I want every week the pacing and only one segment and just matches going for a good amount of time, every match tonight was solid. I thought this was a very good uphill for SmackDown if they continue with this formula for how they pace each SmackDown and book it four matches and one - two segments.
Next Week August 30th, Edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown Announced Matches & Segments:
Nia Jax (c) vs Michin for the WWE Women’s Championship in a Street Fight
Andrade vs. Camelo Hayes IV
LA Knight WWE United States Championship Open Challenge.
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