WWE SmackDown Live Results: Friday Night SmackDown Updates & Highlights (18th June 2021)

WWE SmackDown Results June 18, 2021: Latest Friday Night SmackDown Winners, Grades, Video Highlights

"Happy Father's Day." - @WWERomanReigns #SmackDown #UniversalTitle #HIAC @reymysterio @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/eGyGwoYs73
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

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Well, that's it for tonight.

Thanks for joining us today, that was certainly an exciting episode of WWE SmackDown.

Join us now for AEW Dynamite, and remember to join us for WWE Hell in a Cell. The pay-per-view promises to be destructive.

Reigns attacks Mysterio again after the match and makes him tap out again.

#AndSTILL. 👀#SmackDown #HIAC @WWERomanReigns @HeymanHustle @WWEUsos @reymysterio pic.twitter.com/MPK5Lv5iG7
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Jimmy Uso comes down to the ring and raises his hand.

It seems Jimmy has put his differences with Reigns aside.

🤯😱🤯😱🤯😱#SmackDown #UniversalTitle #HIAC @WWERomanReigns @reymysterio @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/Jwat6HZtDX
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

WHAT. A. MATCH. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Acknowledge your @WWE Universal Champion, @WWERomanReigns. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/BgVLnR3GXg
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 19, 2021

Reigns drags him in and locks in a reverse Guillotine Choke. That's it.

Rey has to tap.

Roman Reigns defeats Rey Mysterio

Reigns powerbombs Rey out of the ring back-first into the cell.

🌹🔥🌹🔥#SmackDown #HIAC #UniversalTitle @reymysterio pic.twitter.com/A7qbK2d6Rh
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Rey hits another splash but Reigns kicks out.

"HE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU!" - @HeymanHustle #SmackDown #HIAC #UniversalTitle @WWERomanReigns @reymysterio pic.twitter.com/ctTOHtsKzs
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Rey puts the chair on the chest of Reigns and hits the splash.

"@WWERomanReigns has taken control!" - @MichaelCole #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/PuDYtM1cCP
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 19, 2021

Rey avoids the Superman Punch, but Rey reverses and tries to hit him with the 619. Roman comes back with the uppercut.

Roman runs into the post shoulder first, Rey hits the 619 and then uses the chair to beat down Roman.

Nobody home for @WWERomanReigns! 😮#SmackDown #UniversalTitle #HIAC @reymysterio @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/9LoNYAv6zU
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Rey tries the Hurricanrana but Roman stops him and swings him around hitting the cell with him before sending him face-first into the cell.

This match is already wild! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/2PourpgAek
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 19, 2021

Roman tries to run down Mysterio, but goes face-first through a table instead. Roman finally fights back and assaults him.

.@reymysterio is ALL OVER @WWERomanReigns!#SmackDown #HellInACell #UniversalTitle @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/CzpHXW4M9y
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Rey continues to attack Roman with the steel chair, hitting him in the small of the back. He puts the chair around Roman's throat and sends him into the cell again and again.

He sends Roman into the ringpost chair-first.

Roman has had no offense in the match yet.

.@reymysterio looks to take the early upper-hand in this historic #HellInACell Match for the #UniversalTitle on #SmackDown! @WWERomanReigns @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/oq9sqRmGK6
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

😱😱😱😱@reymysterio came to destroy @WWERomanReigns! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/e5giXEkWoe
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 19, 2021

Rey Mysterio attacks Roman with a chair early. Roman fights him off, but Rey uses a fire extinguisher to blind Roman, before hitting Reigns with it.

Rey drags Roman into the ring. Roman holds on with the ropes and Rey drags him out instead. He runs him down with a toolbox, taking him out.

Both superstars are out now. It's time for the first-ever WWE SmackDown Hell in a Cell match.

"I'll see you on Sunday." #SmackDown #HIAC @WWECesaro @WWERollins pic.twitter.com/9nXwf6h4Zv
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Hell in a Cell Universal Championship Match: Roman Reigns (c) vs Rey Mysterio

👀#SmackDown @WWECesaro @WWERollins @KaylaBraxtonWWE pic.twitter.com/AgfbfyocCa
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

The tale of two very different suits. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/Nyt7mTIki0
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 19, 2021

Cesaro's backstage interview with Kayla is interrupted by Seth Rollins. Rollins reveals that Cesaro disgusts him and says that he does not deserve any respect. But he promises to show him what he does deserve at Hell in a Cell when he puts him in his place.

Cesaro says that he respects everything that Seth said and that he respects him as a competitor. He stands up and pushes over Seth's chair before walking away.

😱😮😱😮#SmackDown @otiswwe @WWEGable @AngeloDawkins pic.twitter.com/zlCDZ2lppA
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Otis and Gable hit the combined clothesline into the German Suplex.

The match never started. This was a trap by Otis and Gable for Dawkins.

The IMPACT.#SmackDown @otiswwe @AngeloDawkins @WWEGable pic.twitter.com/vzDEENhiNh
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Still not used to this. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/EHMGbMyNXN
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 19, 2021

Angelo Dawkins is attacked on the outside after Gable suckers him in. They send him bad shoulder first into the steps before the match can even start.

Otis drags Dawkins up and holds him as Gable hits the jumping knee off the apron to the shoulder.

Otis w/ Chad Gable vs Angelo Dawkins

"I might not be 💯 on everything that you do, but we're blood. Family."#SmackDown @WWEUsos @WWERomanReigns @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/CbjftVLvM9
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Jimmy Uso confronts Roman Reigns and says that he agrees that they are blood and family.

But they have not heard from Jey. Roman says that he'll worry about tonight, but Jimmy has to go find Jey.

She hits the knee face-buster. That's done. She stands on Belair's braid and poses with the title.

"Bay, Sunday, I don't just want you in the ring, I want you inside Hell in a Cell." - @BiancaBelairWWE to @itsBayleyWWE #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/llHHdBQoyh
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 19, 2021

Bianca dodges Bayley's punch and attacks her. Bianca takes her to the outside and they battle outside the ring.

Bayley uses Bianca's braid and pulls her into the barricade.

She throws her into the ring and kicks her across the face.

🚨🚨🚨@BiancaBelairWWE wants @itsBayleyWWE INSIDE #HellInACell this Sunday at WWE #HIAC! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/NYbTvDT39d
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Bayley finally makes her way out to the ring. She has something to say.

Belair says that Bayley has been dodging her for too long. She says that at Sunday, she does not want Bayley only in the ring, she wants her inside the Hell in a Cell structure.

What a match that would be.

💫🎶 Watch her shine now!🎶💫#SmackDown @BiancaBelairWWE 💋 pic.twitter.com/Yj2Ly14XAk
— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2021

Bianca Belair talks about how she enjoyed the fact that Bayley's talk show was messed up.

Belair said that she would teach her a lesson at Hell in a Cell, and calls Bayley out. Bayley does not answer.

Belair talks about how Bayley was a bully. But she says that she was not a kid anymore. It didn't matter what anyone else thought of her as she was there and she was herself. There was no one else who could define her.

Rick Boogs puts the crown on the head of Nakamura.