WWE Friday Night Smackdown Results for August 5, 2022 – Wrestling News
WWE Friday Night Smackdown
August 5th, 2022
Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, South Carolina
Welcome to our live coverage of WWE Friday Night Smackdown, which is emanating from The Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Announced for tonight’s show, Xia Li, Raquel Rodriguez, Aliyah, Sonya Deville, Natalya, Shotzi, and Shayna Baszler will battle in a Gauntlet match to determine the next challenger for Liv Morgan’s Smackdown women’s championship, Shinsuke Nakamura will take on Ludwig Kaiser, and Roman Reigns will address his next challenger at Clash At The Castle, Drew McIntyre.
– Smackdown starts off with a video package highlighting Summerslam.
– We get footage from earlier in the day with Roman Reigns arriving with The Bloodline.
– Pat McAfee goes over his match against Happy Corbin from Summerslam.
– Ricochet tells Corbin that Karma Is a beautiful thing, Corbin says that he will wipe the smile off Ricochet’s face, Ricochet them challenges Corbin to a match.
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Match 1: Ricochet vs. Happy Corbin
– The match starts off with both men locking up, Ricochet then lands a kick to Corbin’s head, Ricochet then hits a dropkick on Corbin, followed by a corkscrew dive over the top rope, taking out Corbin, Corbin then hits a closeline on Ricochet, Corbin then hits a back elbow to the face of Ricochet, Corbin then sends Ricochet into the corner with a strong Irishwhip, Ricochet then lands a superkick from the apron onto Corbin, Corbin then launches Ricochet into the ringpost as we go to commercial break.
*Commercial break*
– We are back from commercial as we see Corbin lock in a jawbreaker on Ricochet, Corbin then hits Ricochet with a big backdrop to secure a nearfall, Ricochet then hits a flying closeline onto Corbin, followed by a standing shooting star to secure a nearfall, Corbin then hits a twisting neckbreaker on Ricochet to secure a nearfall, Ricochet then hits a hurricarana on Corbin, Corbin then hits the deep six on Ricochet to secure a nearfall, Corbin then chokeslams Ricochet off the top rope into the rope, Pat then distracts Corbin , allowing Ricochet to rack him on the top rope, Ricochet then hits the recoil on Corbin, followed by a shooting star press to secure the pinfall victory.
Winner via pinfall: Ricochet.
– After the match, Ricochet throws a football to McAfee, McAfee then punts the football into the crowd.
Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs Ludwig Kaiser
– The match starts off with
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