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We are in Los Angeles, California and your announcers are Michael Cole and Corey Graves.
Vince McMahon and Stephanie McMahon make their way out to start things off.
Stephanie welcomes everyone to history. She welcomes everyone to Fox. Vince welcomes everyone to Smackdown.
Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch makes her way to the ring.
Becky says it feels good to kick off the first episode of Friday Night Smackdown. This show is in her blood. This is where she smashed through glass ceilings and changed her game. This is where your voices raised her up. Becky says she might as well kick someone's ass.
Baron Corbin interrupts and he makes his way to the stage.
Baron says the King is here as he walks down the ramp. Baron asks Becky if she is listening and everyone knows that the King should be starting things off. Do you think you are the man?
Becky tells Baron to take one more step and we will find out.
Baron enters the ring and then the Rock's music plays.
The Rock makes his way to the ring.
The Rock has a mic and he says many many moons ago, the Rock uttered a phrase to some jabroni that changed the WWE Landscape forever. He said he would lay the smack down. Smackdown has become a show and in front of the MILLIONS of the Rock's fans, the Rock came into the People's ring and you look like a broke ass Burger King on crack. We are all here in front of the millions . . . with the Man and Cracky to hear the Rock say
FINALLY . . . THE ROCK HAS COME BACK . . .
HOME.
Baron interrupts The Rock. He says he needs to make a correction. This is not the Rock's home. You are no longer the Great One. You are looking at the Great One and the most electrifying King in Sports Entertainment. The King says, know you roles and your shut your mouth.
Rock asks Becky if he can take this. Rock says winning King of the Ring doesn't make you a king and doesn't make you look like a 35 year old virgin walking around ComiCon. Becky is the man but you don't see her walking around with a pair of testicles.
Becky says if she did, they would be bigger than Baron's.
Baron says his testicles are perfectly adequate. Baron says he will dress however he wants and do whatever he wants because he is superior. There is only one king in this city and it is not Lebron James.
Rock tells Baron he is superior to him and Becky, and the people in the building, and superior to his man Lebron.
Becky tells Baron it does not matter what you think.
Rock mentions what Baron has done. He says that Baron is a badass. Becky asks Rock if he is trying to say that Baron is a super tough dude. Rock says this is an inclusive show and he engages the people. Since you are a super tough dude, the people will be chanting what they think of you when they see you . . . STD.
Becky says that will stick with you for life. Rock says everyone will be chanting STD for you. Rock says he can see something in Baron's eyes. You are getting angry. That is what happens when you insult the man, when you insult the people, and when you insult the Rock.
Becky takes off her jacket and Baron backs up and he puts down his crown and robe. Becky with a punch and Rock with more punches. Becky with a twisting leg drop and the Rock with the People's Elbow. Becky with a kick that sends Baron into Rock for a Rock Bottom.
Rock with an IF YOU SMELL what the Rock is cooking.
We see Sasha Banks and Bayley in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back and we see Trish Stratus and Lita in the front row for this match.
Match Number One: Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair versus Bayley and Sasha Banks
Bayley goes after Charlotte but Charlotte with kicks in the corner. Bayley pulls Charlotte to the mat after escaping a slam attempt. Sasha tags in and they send Charlotte back first into the turnbuckles. Sasha with a running Meteora for a near fall. Charlotte with chops to Sasha. Sasha goes to the apron and Charlotte with an elbow and boot to send Sasha to the floor. Charlotte goes up top but Bayley slams Charlotte off the turnbuckles to the floor and Sasha kicks Charlotte as we go to commercial.
We are back and Bayley with a waist lock and Charlotte with an elbow. Charlotte with a knee to Bayley and Becky tags in. Becky with a clothesline to Bayley followed by a kick and snap mare. Becky with a flying forearm and Becky with an exploder. Becky goes for DisArmHer but Sasha gets involved and Bayley sends Becky into the corner. Becky with a leg drop from the turnbuckles for a near fall. Bayley with a rollup for a near fall. Becky with a drop kick and Bayley with a hot shot. Charlotte tags in and Charlotte with a back breaker followed by Natural Selection but Sasha breaks up the cover.
Sasha and Becky square off in the ring and they exchange punches. Bayley knocks Becky down and Charlotte joins in and goes after Bayley. They square off in the ring and Charlotte with a fallaway slam to Bayley. Becky with a kick from the apron and then she sends Sasha into the turnbuckles. Becky with a missile drop kick and Charlotte goes to the turnbuckles for a moonsault on Bayley and Sasha. Charlotte with a take down and she applies the figure four leg lock and she bridges to force Bayley to tap out.
Winners: Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair
We go to Erin Andrews with The New Day.
Erin asks about Kofi's match against Brock Lesnar and whether he is an underdog. Kofi says he is always the underdog. He is standing here as WWE Champion. Being the underdog is what he does. Brock is the next mountain he has to climb. He will climb these mountains.
Erin asks if Big E and Xavier will be joining Kofi. Xavier says Kofi asked them to let him climb this mountain alone. Kofi wants to prove that he deserves to be your WWE Champion.
Universal Champion Seth Rollins walks in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back with a look at the Blue Carpet event.
We see Kurt Angle and Mick Foley in the crowd.
We go to the Firefly FunHouse and Bray Wyatt stares at the screen and says Hi Seth and he welcomes him to the Firefly FunHouse. Since we are being introduced to Smackdown's new home, he wants to introduce his home and his friends. Rambling Rabbit warns Seth and tells him not to get inside Hell in a Cell with the Fiend. Just walk away. Bray says he didn't know that Rambling Rabbit is such a fan of Seth, so they will show everyone what will happen to Seth.
We see Rambling Rabbit playing the part of Seth and he is not happy about this situation. Mercy plays the part of The Fiend.
Bray says Seth should turn away if he was him because it could get ugly.
We see Rambling's stuffing fly out of the cell.
Bray asks Rambling if he is okay but we hear Taps play and Bray laughs. Bray says history has a horrible way of repeating itself. We have all hurt for so long, but now it is your turn.
See you in hell.
We go to commercial.
We are back and we see Hulk Hogan in the crowd.
Match Number Two: Shinsuke Nakamura (with Sami Zayn) versus Seth Rollins in a Champion versus Champion Non Title Match
Nakamura floats over into a cross arm breaker but Seth with a buckle bomb to Nakamura and Nakamrua goes to the floor and hits a suicide dive. Rollins with another suicide dive and then Sami Zayn distracts Rollins and Nakamura with a forearm. Rollins with Slingblade. Rollins is sent to the apron and Nakamura with a kick but Rollins with a springboard knee to the head followed by a thrust kick. Rollins sets for Black Out but . . .
the lights go down and off.
The lights come back on and Seth is at the entrance and he looks around and Nakamura does the same in the ring.
The Fiend attacks Seth with the Mandible Claw and pushes Rollins off the stage.
The lights go out again and we hear Bray's laugh.
We go to commercial.
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