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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: ADAM BEAT THE BULLY, CESARO VERSUS BRYAN, BIG E HAS A COUCH, AND MORE

We begin with a look back at what Adam Pearce has done over recent weeks.

We are at the Thunderdome in St. Petersburg, Florida and your announcers are Corey Graves and Michael Cole.

Roman Reigns is in his office reading the contract.  Paul Heyman is looking over Roman's shoulder and Paul says they gave him the contract 2 minutes before the show started.  It is the same contract with the same verbiage but it is for the Royal Rumble.  Paul says he hates the contract.  There needs to be a stipulation for the match that gives Roman the freedom to be him.  It needs to teach Adam Pearce fear and respect.  Paul offers to take the contract back to Adam Pearce.  Paul tells Roman to consider this handled.

Jey Uso comes to the ring and he welcomes everyone to Smackdown and then calls it the Bloodline Show.  They run this show, not Adam Pearce, not Kevin Owens, not anyone in the WWE Universe.  My family is the one calling the shots.  Adam Pearce, you better be careful or you will wish you put that suit back on.  If you think we are satisfied with Smackdown think again.  For everything you get, you should be saying 'Thank you Roman'.  For getting people to watch you and make you relevant for the first time in years, you need to say Thank You Roman.

Jey says he is trying to get his and the family is going to expand.  Jey says he is in the Royal Rumble Match.  He says he will win the Royal Rumble and then go to Raw and beat Drew McIntyre, Oldberg, or whoever is the WWE Champion.

Before the Rumble, I have business with Shinsuke Nakamura.  Everyone talks about the gauntlet.  He had to survive against opponent after opponent.  Nakamura beat Rey Mysterio, Baron Corbin, and Daniel Bryan.  When we said he was done, he was out like a light.  Nakamura, you should be thanking us because we let you survive.  Now you want to step up and fight?  You the King of Strong Style?  Let's see how strong you are.  Once you cross my family, you are going to leave the Thunderdome in an ambulance or worse.

Shinsuke Nakamura says if your cousin Roman Reigns is the big dog, that makes you his little puppy.  Nakamura kicks Uso in the head and we go to commercial.

Match Number One:  Jey Uso versus Shinsuke Nakamura

Nakamura and Uso exchange forearms and Nakamura with a clothesline and snap mare followed by a knee drop for a near fall.  Nakamura with a side head lock.  Jey with a back elbow.  Jey with a slam and he gets a near fall.  Nakamura with punches but Jey punches back.  Jey with a hard Irish whip.  Nakamura misses a round kick but hits a second one.  Nakamura with knees to the ribs.  Nakamura sends Jey into the turnbuckles and follows with a gourdbuster and knees to Uso.  Nakamura kicks Jey in the corner.  Nakamura with a reverse chin lock.  Nakamura sends Uso into the turnbuckles and follows with a knee and choke in the corner.

Cesaro's music plays and he makes his way to the ring.  

Nakamura with a baseball slide to Uso and Uso is sent into the ring post.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Nakamura kicks Uso in the corner and follows with an Irish whip.  Nakamura is sent to the apron by Uso and Uso kicks Nakamura off the apron.  Nakamura is sent into the apron and they return to the ring while Cesaro answers questions about why he didn't help Nakamura last week.  Jey with forearms and kicks to Nakamura.  Cesaro is now in the Royal Rumble match.  Uso kicks Nakamura in the corner and punches Nakamura in the corner.  Uso with a running hip into the corner.  Uso follows with kicks.  Uso runs into a knee from Nakamura.

Nakamura with a knee to the midsection followed by a sliding knee.  Nakamura runs into a boot and Nakamura sends Uso into the ropes and hits a sliding German suplex for a near fall.  Nakamura goes for the reverse exploder but Uso blocks it and hits a Samoan drop for a near fall.  Nakamura with strikes and Uso with a kick and uppercut.  Uso with a pop up neck breaker for a near fall.  Uso goes to the apron but Uso returns to the ring.  Nakamura goes to the turnbuckles and hits a knee for a near fall.  Nakamura sets for Kinshasa but Uso with a super kick.  Uso goes up top for the frog splash but he is met with knees from Nakamura.

Nakamura misses a charge into the corner and Nakamura hits the ring post.  Uso with a rollup using the ropes and the referee nullifies the fall.  Nakamura with Kinshasa while Uso argues with the referee.

Winner:  Shinsuke Nakamura

After the match, Cesaro celebrates with Nakamura.

Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville are in the back and she thinks Adam will be fine with Roman.

Paul enters with the revised contract and he tells Adam that he holds in his hands the opportunity of a lifetime.  Not only do you get to main event the Royal Rumble, it is an opportunity never offered to ScrapDaddy.  You not only get a chance at the Universal Championship.  Not only do you have that opportunity, the stipulations are tilted in your favor.  This will be contested under No Disqualification.

Adam tells Paul this is where you say it is the best for me.  I will sign it and with the stipulation, you think you will see me get injured.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Jey Uso argues with Charles Robinson.  Robinson says Uso had his feet on the ropes so he didn't make the count.  Jey threatens Charles' job and tells him to do his job.

We take a look back at the events that led to new Smackdown Tag Team Champions.

Kayla Braxton is in the back with the Street Profits.  She asks them if it was wise to defend the titles a week after their attack.  Montez says you can call them many things, but you cannot call us scared.  On March 2, 2020, we became Tag Team Champions and held the title for 312 days.  To not accept the challenge would have tarnished the legacy they are trying to establish.  Montez says they might be the champions now, but we will run it back.  Angelo says when the sequel happens, we will drop bodies like a Blumhouse movie.

Roman Reigns talks to Apollo Crews and Paul Heyman returns with the contract.  Roman tells Apollo to stay so he can learn from this.  Roman asks Paul if he signed it.  Roman says he won't sign it because he did not want a No DQ match.  He wants a Last Man Standing Match.  Paul says Adam won't accept a Last Man Standing Match.  Roman tells Paul that Adam will sign the contract in the ring tonight.  He tells Paul that he considers it handled.

Match Number Two:  Natalya (with Tamina) versus Liv Morgan (with Ruby Riott and Billie Kay)

They lock up and Natalya pushes Liv on a break.  Liv with a side head lock and a head scissors.  Liv with an elbow in the corner.  Natalya with the advantage on the Greco Roman Knuckle Lock.  Liv with a monkey flip but Natalya and Liv hold on to the knuckle lock.  Natalya drops Liv on the top rope to counter a wheelbarrow move.  Natalya with punches in the corner.  Natalya yells at Liv.  Natalya with a suplex.  Liv blocks a suplex and gets a near fall with an inside cradle.  Natalya with a clothesline for a near fall.

Natalya with a back breaker on the shoulder.  Liv with elbows to escape and shes gets to the ropes.  Natalya and Liv exchange forearms.  Liv with a sunset flip for a near fall.  Liv with a series of kicks and an enzuigiri.  Liv with a knee in the corner and then Liv with boots in the corner.  Natalya sends Liv into the turnbuckles and hits a discus clothesline for a near fall.  Billie leaves the announce table to talk to Ruby.  Liv with an inside cradle for a near fall.  Liv with a facebuster for a near fall.  Billie argues with the referee and gets in front of Tamina.

Tamina yells at Billie and then Billie gets in the ring and it knocks Liv down.  Natalya with a rollup for the three count.

Winner:  Natalya

We take a look back at what happened between Baron Corbin and the Mysterios last week during the Gauntlet Match.

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