The WWE SmackDown before Crown Jewel kicked off with Nia Jax in the ring. She said the Women's Crown Jewel Championship was on her mind, and no one could stop her.
Liv Morgan, Dominik Mysterio, and Raquel Rodriguez showed up before Liv said that she retired Becky Lynch to become the WWE Women's World Champ and even beat Nia the last time they faced each other. She was surely going to win the inaugural title at Crown Jewel.
Tiffany Stratton came out and said she would be the new Women's World Champ by cashing in on Liv in Saudi Arabia, and Morgan laughed it off. Stratton said that she could cash in on Nia as well and that she hadn't decided yet.
Stratton asked if Dominik came with the title, and Liv said Tiffany had enough 'dirty' in her life. Stratton attacked her, and a brawl broke out before we headed for the night's first match.
WWE SmackDown Results (November 1, 2024):
- Liv Morgan def. Tiffany Stratton
- The Street Profits def. Pretty Deadly
- Bayley & Naomi def. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell
- IYO SKY def. Bianca Belair, Lash Legend & Piper Niven
- Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton def. Gunther & Ludwig Kaiser
WWE SmackDown Results: Liv Morgan vs. Tiffany Stratton
Morgan sent Tiffany outside early on and tossed her into the barricades before getting some big strikes. Stratton got some moves in back in the ring but was dropkicked into the corner. Morgan took a big powerbomb for a near fall before Stratton was rolled over for the pin.
Result: Liv Morgan def. Tiffany Stratton on SmackDown
Grade: B
After the match, Nia Jax stepped into the ring, but Liv took her down with a dropkick before hitting Tiffany with the MITB briefcase. Nia took the briefcase from Liv and attacked Morgan and Raquel with it before hitting the Annihilator on Morgan.
Kevin Owens was in a video promo and said that he didn't want to fight Randy Orton and had long looked up to him. However, the Viper tried to hurt him, and he was going to get his revenge.
WWE SmackDown Results: Pretty Deadly vs. The Street Profits
Wilson and Ford kicked off the match, and Prince was tagged in early on with the Deadly isolating Montez in the ring. Dawkins was finally tagged in and got a big elbow and a stinger splash before Elton dodged a slam and got the takedown.
The Deadly hit the assisted codebreaker before B-Fab took Elton down at ringside. In the ring, The Street Profits hit the Doomsday Blockbuster combo on Wilson for the win.
Result: The Street Profits def. Pretty Deadly on SmackDown
Grade: B+
WWE SmackDown Results: Bayley & Naomi vs. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell
Indi and Bayley kicked off the match, and the latter was isolated early on before the Role Model sent Hartwell into the corner for an elbow and a knee drop. Naomi came in off the tag, and Candice rolled her up for an early near fall.
Naomi got some stomps in the corner before tagging Bayley back in. Indi was wiped out before Bayley got the cutter on LeRae. Naomi came back, and Bayely got the Bayley to Belly before Candice tried to pin her but was stopped since Naomi was the legal woman. Naomi came in with the rearview and picked up the win on LeRae.
Result: Bayley & Naomi def. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell on SmackDown
Grade: B
Roman Reigns and Jimmy Uso were in the ring next on SmackDown, and the latter said that Roman needed to mend things with Jey Uso before they go after Solo and the Bloodline.
Jey Uso showed up and said he wanted to get back at Solo for costing him the Intercontinental Championship. However, the last time he was Roman and Jimmy, it cost him a lot, and he wasn't ready to get back to being a lackey for Reigns. If they were going to do this, Jey wanted them all to be equals, and if Roman disrespected him in any way, he was out.
Roman thought about it for a bit and asked for the mic before saying: "YEET." It was decided, and the Usos and Roman put their fingers up in the sky to signify that the old Bloodline was back together.
The Motor City Machine Guns were backstage when Grayson Waller invited them to his talk show. Alex Shelley made fun of them, saying that Miz TV was the better show, but he accepted the invitation.
WWE SmackDown Results: Bianca Belair vs. IYO SKY vs. Lash Legend vs. Piper Niven
The match started with a big brawl, and SKY took Legend out on the apron before Belair got the handspring moonsault in the ring. We got a big sequence of moves from all four women before Belair got a dive, and SKY came back with a dropkick on the champ, taking everyone out in the process.
IYO was in control, and we got a tower of doom before Legend broke up the pin. Chelsea Green interfered and took out Legend before Jakara Jackson attacked her.
Kairi took Jakara out at ringside before Cargill joined her with a Pump Kick on the NXT star. Bianca hit the KOD, but IYO came in with the moonsault and won.
Result: IYO SKY def. Bianca Belair, Lash Legend & Piper Niven
Grade: B+
Backstage on SmackDown, Randy Orton walked up to Cody, who told Orton to save some of Owens for him. Randy said he wasn't sure there would be anything left of KO after he was done.
Solo Sikoa and the Bloodline were in a short promo. They said that Roman Reigns and the Usos were not there to help him when they were around in the Bloodline and that they had to acknowledge him as the Tribal Chief to survive.
WWE SmackDown Results: Gunther & Ludwig Kaiser vs. Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton
Kaiser was in trouble early on in the ring and was sent outside before Cody hit a big dive on him. Back after a break on SmackDown, Gunther was tagged in and took control of the match, taking Cody down with some big strikes. The champ took some big chops before Ludwig tagged in for an assisted knee strike and got a near fall.
Randy was tagged in and took Kaiser down with a powerslam before going for the draping DDT, but Gunther stopped him. Randy got the DDT on Gunther before the RKO was blocked, and Cody returned for the Cody Cutter on Kaiser before missing the Cross Rhodes. Gunther took the RKO and Kaiser took the Cross Rhodes before Cody got the win.
Result: Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton def. Gunther & Ludwig Kaiser
Grade: B+
After the match, Kevin Owens came back and attacked Randy Orton with a steel chair before Gunther caught Cody in the sleeper hold.
Officials came out to help Cody, but Gunther refused to break the hold as SmackDown went off the air.