WWE SmackDown Live Results: Friday Night SmackDown Updates & Highlights (16th July 2021)

WWE SmackDown Results July 16, 2021: Latest Friday Night SmackDown Winners, Grades, Video Highlights

Thank you, @WWEUniverse.

Welcome home.
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

Well, that's it for tonight!

Thanks for joining us today for this amazing show! Tune in again for WWE Money in the Bank in a day's time!

With that being said, stay tuned here for the full results from the night and follow Sportskeeda for all your wrestling content!

Can @WWERollins become a 2-time Mr. #MITB this Sunday?#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/RqzmUU0tzH
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

goddamn pic.twitter.com/3hnEkx6F9l
— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) July 17, 2021

KEVIN OWENS IS A MADMAN!@FightOwensFight shocks and awes the @WWEUniverse on #SmackDown! pic.twitter.com/7d6cEb8heO
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

FLY! OWENS! FLY! @FightOwensFight #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/JNwRQqxKCf
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 17, 2021

Kevin Owens' flying elbow from the ladder was so impactful that even the camera man took a fall. pic.twitter.com/p56UOYkMlQ
— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) July 17, 2021

ROLLINS WINS!
ROLLINS WINS!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/rAuIzL9p1v
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

He climbs the ladder and gets the MITB briefcase. This is what he will try to do at Money in the Bank.

Kevin Owens takes things to the next level, diving off a ladder at the ringside area and hit Shinsuke with the elbow drop through the announce table.

Seth Rollins meanwhile, hit Big E with the Stomp on top of the ladder to get the win.

Seth Rollins defeats Big E, Kevin Owens, and Shinsuke Nakamura

Seth hit Shinsuke with a ladder.

.@WWERollins was feelin' froggy, but no one was home!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/nCU7ZKlJ0X
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

Bug E and Kevin Owens battled in the ring. Owens went to the top rope, but Big E punched him. Big E and Shinsuke Nakamura work together to bring Kevin down.

Seth went for a splash but missed.

Nakamura was looking for a Kinshasa, but Big E interrupted him with the Big Ending, breaking it up. Seth broke the pin and brought the ladder into the ring.

Not so fast, @WWERollins!

Feel the unicorn power of @WWEBigE! 🦄🦄🦄#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/zqUJtBWxOp
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

...and this match is JUST getting started! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/nzhtNdnSbz
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 17, 2021

Damn, Rollins almost smacked the back of his head into the ladder pic.twitter.com/PhY1n90zbr
— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) July 17, 2021

Rollins looked like he was leaving, but Big E hit the Suicide Dive spear to the outside. Kevin Owens hit a flying splash on Big E, and Shinsuke Nakamura hit a dive on Owens.

Seth Rollins has a weird ass rock beat that looks straight out of mid 2000's ROH.

It fits him. pic.twitter.com/rYsmzEaQkQ
— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) July 17, 2021

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘@ShinsukeN @rickboogswwe @PatMcAfeeShow #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/9YmNgoiI6U
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 17, 2021

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.#SmackDown just became a rock concert in front of the @WWEUniverse! pic.twitter.com/ek5AwVCP5K
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

Look at my dawg, that's my dawg pic.twitter.com/6cgesoz5cp
— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) July 17, 2021

Rick Boogs rocked out as he welcomed Shinsuke Nakamura.

Thank you, @FightOwensFight! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/bW1i4LZiyr
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 17, 2021

Kevin Owens vs Shinsuke Nakamura vs Big E vs Seth Rollins

Corbin asked Owens for money and said that he could spare it since he didn't spend anything on his wardrobe.

Owens heard enough and hit him with a stunner, silencing him altogether.

Corbin asks the crowd to go donate for him. He asks and begs them for help. He goes down on his knees.

He says this is what he needs.

Before this can continue. Kevin Owen's music plays.

Kevin is out right now in front of the crowd.

"If this continues the way it's going, we’re going to have to move in with my wife’s parents."#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/HjJy5K44wO
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

Corbin says that he has started a crowdfunded website called the Corbin Fund Me.

The target is $100,000.

Do you sympathize with @BaronCorbinWWE?#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/mvCnv8rWw0
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

Baron Corbin says that he has lost his crown, his car, his investments, and everything he has.

He says that the bank is calling him to foreclose. He says that his house is a mess because they had to fire the meds and his child is sick.

He says that at this point they would have to move in with his wife's parents.

No sympathy for @BaronCorbinWWE from the @WWEUniverse!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/BsuOFNTqJI
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

Interested to see what Baron Corbin has to say. He has made his character a sympathetic one for the first time since he came to WWE.

With the crowds back... could we be looking at the beginning of a face turn?#WWE #SmackDown #SmackDownLive pic.twitter.com/3Rp4V1pN4J
— 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 (@PWOrator) July 17, 2021

😂😂😂😂 @WWEBigE is the best#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/aejqUR1F5A
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 17, 2021

Baron Corbin makes his way out to the ring.

He looks utterly depressed and has a special request.

Finn Balor returns to WWE SmackDown and destroys former IC Champion

Cesaro vs Otis

Otis with a few huge shots to Cesaro early on. Cesaro fought back with several upper cuts.

Otis took over and hit a powerslam on Cesaro.

Cesaro's mid-section is racked with pain. Cesaro sends Otis into the ring post. He sends Otis out of the ring.

Chad Gable attacks Cesaro from behind and hits the German Suplex.

Cesaro wins via DQ

Cesaro hits the pop-up European Upper Cut on Gable.

He starts to swing Gable and gets in seven swings before Otis runs him over.

Otis goes to the top rope and hits the middle rope splash,.hurting the mid-section of Cesaro further.

T O N I T I M E

Next Friday on #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/1lFap62Bbo
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 17, 2021

"I can already TASTE @otiswwe's victory over @WWECesaro tonight on #SmackDown!" pic.twitter.com/WXYzu2zsja
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

Gable and Otis are backstage,

Gable and Otis say they smell fear in the backstage area.

Cesaro confronts them. Gable distracts Cesaro while Otis hits him and assaults him following a cheap shot.

Belair hits the whip across the torso of Carmella.
She hits the KOD.

That's it.

Bianca Belair defeats Carmella

"Looking like @TheNotoriousMMA trying to walk." - @PatMcAfeeShow 😂😂😂 #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/8NETzxtoLj
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 17, 2021

PURE POWER!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/7cyASInH9D
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021

We thought that was it right there! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/bx6de7U6kk
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 17, 2021

Carmella nearly gets the fall after a superkick.

Carmella locked in the Guillotine. Belair appears to fade for a second before powering up and standing up.

She turns it into a delayed vertical suplex and hits it.

Belair drags Carmella up to the second rope. Carmella fights back and hits a hurricanrana for a near-fall.

Belair slams Carmella down on the ground. Belair with the springboard handstand splash.

With @CarmellaWWE in control, are we about to see a NEW #SmackDown Women's Champion on such a historic night? pic.twitter.com/XPVadJoN2Q
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2021