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5/23 WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: MORE QUALIFY, TAG TITLE MATCH, MATCH ADDED TO SNME, THEY'RE BACK, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2025-05-23 23:00:00

Damian Priest makes his way to the ring, but he is not alone.

Drew and Priest fight their way down the aisle (have they been fighting the whole hour?)

They make their way to the ring. and Priest is sent into the ring post.  Officials and security come out to hold them back and Priest breaks free and gets in the ring with a mic.

Priest wants to know where Drew is going.  Tomorrow, I send your ass to the hospital, but tonight he gets his pound of flesh.

Priest punches security and then goes to Drew.  They are separated again. 

Solo and JC Mateo are in the back and Solo wants to talk to Fatu about the tag match.

Fatu says he wants to talk to Solo in private.

Solo says he can say anything in front of JC because he is family.

Fatu says he does not trust JC because he does not know him or trust him.  He says he did not need their help at Backlash.  He is not family.

Solo says they have to take that aggression and put it into the ring.  Solo says Jim is angry that Roman left, but Solo says he never left.  He wants Jimmy to come back, but you need to work together as a family and as one.

Fatu tells Solo to stop. 

We are back and Charlotte Flair walks in the back.  

Alexa says it is good to have friends because there is no one there to pick you up.

Charlotte asks who is Alexa talking to and Alexa says she isn't talking to her.  Alexa says she will see Charlotte at Money in the Bank.

Match Number Three:  Piper Niven and Alba Fyre (with Chelsea Green) versus Michin and B-Fab (with Zelina Vega)

Piper and Fab start things off and they lock up.  Alba tags in and she sends Fab to the mat.  Piper knocks Michin off the apron and Piper hits a back senton on Fab.  Alba gets a near fall.  Alba with a kick and she sends Fab into the turnbuckles.  Alba with kicks and Piper tags in for more kicks.  Alba tags in and she kicks Fab.  Alba with a knee in the corner and Piper tags in.  Piper with a chin lock.  Fab with punches to escape and Piper with a Boss Man Slam for a near fall.  Piper with punches and kicks.  Piper goes for a Piper Driver but Fab escapes.  Piper stops the tag and Fab with a knee to the head.  Michin and Alba tag in and Michin with a forearm to Piper and clotheslines to Alba.  Michin with a drop kick and a head scissors take down.  Michin with an assisted Asai DDT to Piper.  Green gets on the apron and Zelina shows up to pull her off the apron and Vega kicks Green.

Piper chases Vega but Fab with a clothesline off the apron.  Alba with a rollup for a near fall.  Michin with Eat Defeat and Fab with a neck breaker for the three count.

Winners;  B-Fab and Michin

Byron Saxton is with The Street Profits.

Byron says people feel the pressure is on the champs.

Dawkins says it is a big night for both teams.  They got one up on them but this is not a friendly exhibition.  We will see if the moment is too big for them.  Ford says everything about Fraxiom is a lie.  They are going to walk out of Savannah as the tag champions.

Solo Sikoa, JC Mateo, and Jacob Fatu show up and stare at the Street Profits before making their way to the ring.

We are back with Legado del Fantasma.

Santos says Angel and Humberto are familia and there have been many bonding moments.  There is fighting and bickering.  He knows what happens when they come together.  Santos says this is business.  

June 7th at World's Collide, we will come together as the best this house has to offer against the best they have to offer.  They have shown who they are across the globe.  This is a unique opportunity to be victorious in front of our people.

Santos tells Humberto to trust him.  

Angel asks Santos if he should go after him but Santos tells him to let him go.  He says Humberto will understand.

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr, Psycho Clown, and Pagano face Legado del Fantasma at World's Collide

Jimmy and Rey are in the back and Jimmy says it was them as opponents last week but tonight they are a team.

Match Number Four:  JC Mateo and Jacob Fatu (with Solo Sikoa) versus Rey Fenix and Jimmy Uso

Uso and Fatu start things off.  Solo wants to talk to Jimmy but Jimmy retuses.  Mateo tags himself back in.  Uso with a punch and chops.  Mateo with a shoulder tackle.  Mateo kicks Uso and Fatu tags himself in.  Uso with a dragon whip and Rey tags in.  Uso sends Rey into Fatu with a kick and a head scissors take down.  Uso with a super kick to Mateo and then Uso and Rey with a double super kick.  Rey with a twisting Asai Moonsault.  Solo tries to slow things down.  Uso with punches to Fatu but Fatu with a punch and head butt.  Uso with a kick but Mateo clotheslines Uso from the apron.  Fatu kicks Uso.  Mateo tags himself in and he punches Uso.  Mateo chokes Uso in the ropes.  

Mateo with an Irish whip and he sends Uso into the turnbuckles.  Fatu tags in and connects with a shoulder and chops.  Mateo tags in and Mateo with a waist lock.  Uso with a back elbow and Mateo with a punch and short arm clothesline.  Mateo with a moonsault.  Fatu with a running hip in the corner.  Fatu with a head butt and a back senton.  Fatu chokes Uso in the ropes.  Fatu with a running hip into the corner.  Mateo tags in and he kicks Uso in the back.  Mateo puts Uso on the turnbuckles and Mateo goes for a German superplex.  Uso with a back elbow and he holds on to the turnbuckle to block the superplex.  Mateo is knocked to the mat and Uso with a twisting senton.  Fatu and Rey tag in.  Rey with forearms and Fatu with an Irish whip.  Rey with a thrust kick and a drop kick.  Rey with a chop and he goes to the ropes and he kicks Mateo and hits a rana on Fatu.  Rey swings in the ropes and hits a thrust kick followed by a poisonrana for a near fall.

Rey with punches and Fatu with a super kick.  Fatu with a pop up Samoan drop.  Fatu sets for a running hip intot eh corner but Rey moves and Fatu goes down.  Mateo tags in and he picks up Rey for a dead lift German suplex but Rey lands on his feet.  Uso tags in and he kicks Mateo.  Uso with a cross body but Fatu breaks up the cover with a back senton.  Rey with a springboard drop kick and a suicide dive to Fatu but Fatu catches Rey and tosses him over the announce table.  Uso with super kicks to Mateo and Fatu.  Uso with a spear to Mateo and he goes up top.  Solo gets on the apron and Uso stops.  Fatu stands and Uso misses the frog splash.  Mateo with Tour of the Islands for the three count.

Winners:  Jacob Fatu and JC Mateo

Byron is in LOCKER ROOM and LA Knight enters.  

Knight says it is time to talk to ya.  Let's talk about Solo being in Money in the Bank.  He has a front row seat to watch him pulls the briefcase off the ladder.  The odds are against him but the odds have been against him since he entered this company.  He will return to LA and he will show up and show off.  He has to face Aleister Black and Shinsuke Nakamura.  He will shine a little light who live in spooky season all year long.  One of you will catch three the hard way and Knight says he will move on to Money in the Bank.

R Truth walks in the back and he sees a mural with John Cena on the wall.

We go to commercial.

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