WWE Friday Night Smackdown 5/14/2021
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-572021.html
Jey Uso comes out to talk. He said he had to handle some family business with Jimmy Uso then brought out Roman. Roman says he likes Cesaro and he is good, but Roman is the tribal chief and Cesaro can't fulfill those roles.
He wanted to talk about Jimmy then Jimmy came out. Jimmy said Jey is acting like Roman's b!tch and is wearing a shirt that says "Nobody's B!tch". Jey is wearing a new "Right Hand Man" shirt and Jimmy says he has one for him too. Jimmy says he doesn't think Roman can beat Cesaro.
Jimmy says he can't fill Roman's shoes, but if he and Jey win the tag titles and Roman loses his title, it would make them heads of the tables. Roman says that's not how it works and that's not who Jimmy and Jey are. Roman says if Jimmy thinks he can be the man, do it. Roman tells him to defend his title for him against Cesaro tonight or at least show that he can beat him. Jimmy then challenges Cesaro.
Cesaro comes out and accepts the challenge. He says he will beat Jimmy tonight and Roman on Sunday.
Tamina and Natalya warm up in the back.
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship - Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (c) with Reginald vs Tamina and Natalaya
Nia hammerfist pounds on Tamina to start and Tamina fights off SB. SB gets catapulted into a Tamina samoan drop. Reginald gets on the apron and is kicked out. Tamina and Nia flurry on each other outside then Tamina is samoan dropped into the barricades. SB then kicks Natalya in the face.
We go to break and return with Nia hitting a nice slam on Natalya. Tamina is still down outside. Nia hola up Natalya for a side slam and SB pumping knees her. Tamina then slams SB onto Nia. Tamina makes a nice little comeback onto SB. Tamina fights up top with both SB and Nia then SB ends up getting german suplexed on the floor.
The fight up top continues. Nia samoan drops Natalya then Tamina superfly splashes Nia for the win. It went a little longer than it needed to but it was actually a decent match for the girls with a lot of action and iwthout the usual sloppiness.
Natalya and Tamina are interviewed in-ring. Natalya says it is never too late to be fighting for your dream and she is proud of Tamina. Tamina says thank you to everyone and is really emotional here. The girls then get fireworks in a little segment.
Azeez and Crews are walking in the back with Azeez carrying the giant metallic q-tip of doom.
Paul Heyman is interviewed in the back. He says he doesn't know if Jimmy can beat Cesaro tonight but Roman will defeat Cesaro on Sunday.
Commander Azeez Nigerian Medal of Honor Ceremony
Apollo Crews has a ceremony for Commander Azeez. Azeez is on a pedestal. He says Azeez has helped him bring honor to Nigeria. He gives Azeez a medal for his loyalty and bravery - the Nigerian Medal of Honor.
Big E interrupts this beautiful ceremony and says this is a sham. E says Apollo still has to feel his power and we are now into something like month 6 of this feud. Sami Zayn then comes out and says crews has his title. Azeez flips his podium. Kevin Owens then comes out after Zayn then gets nailed by Crews and Azeez. Azeez goes over the top. Owens misses a superkick on E that is sold anyway then he stunners Zayn. E hits a big ending on Owens then Azeez pulls out Crews.
We see clips of the Dirty Dawgs and the Mysterio's from last week.
Slow start here. Ziggler gets tossed outside then Rey slides across the ring to splash him as he lays on the floor. We go to break and return. Rey misses a springboard crossbody and splats on the mat. Dolph hits a reverse slam. Rey runs the ropes and gets a hard back uppercut. Dolph then puts him in the bow and arrow. Rey does a nice swinning ddt from DZ's shoulders.
Rey misses a corner splash then hits a top rope la silla. DZ evades a 619 attempt then hits a fameasser for 2. Rey then ends up running into a superkick on another 619 attempt and takes a 2 count. Dolph goes for a slam but Rey rolls him up for the win. Dom then nails Roode, who tries to attack Rey. The first half was really slow here but it picked up in the 2nd half.
Cesaro is interviewed. He said he has dreamed of competing for the title for a long time. Cesaro says Jimmy needs to decide who he is and says he knows he can beat Jimmy and Roman.
Bianca comes out and we go to break. Back from break and the Mysterio's are interviewed. Rey said they can feel having the tag titles and are ready to make history. DZ says Dom doesn't belong in this business and tells him to beat it. Roode ays Rey got lucky tonight. Roode calls him Baby Dom and Dom says they will call him Baby Champ on Sunday.
Bianca is interviewed in the ring by Cole. We see clips of Bayley and Bianca's altercation from last week then Bayley comes on the tron. Bayley says she is far away and says she will take back the title on Sunday. Bianca says Bayley is mad because at Mania, she won the title and Bayley got beat up by the Bella's. Bayley says Bianca is craving for attention and Bianca's fairy tale doesn't end well and ends for good on Sunday.
King Corbin polishes his crown in the back. Nakamura says his kingdom(King of Strong Style) and Corbin's kingdom(King of the Ring) crash tonight and he says only one will survive - his.
Corbin does an inset promo. He said he can hand out beatings no matter what he wears and says while Nakamura got a taste of what he can do last week, he gets the whole feast this week.
King Corbin vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Nak hits a spin kick early then gets hit with an uppercut and knocked off the top. Corbin hits a nice knee to the gut then rolls him into an elbow flurry. I think that's a new move for him. Nak comes back with a cool flying kick to the chest.
Nak hits a rolling armbar and then gets pinned while on the bottom of it in an odd ending. This was very short but action packed.
Corbin puts on his crown and is high kicked then hit with a kinshasa. Nak grabs Corbin's crown and wears it. Nakamura was kind of a sore loser here.
Sonya and Pearce argue then Crews comes in with Azeez. He says he demands consequences for being attacked. Pearce says he is trying to figure out which one of them crews faces instead. Sonya says if they aren't careful, Pearce might make him face all of them at once. Pearce then says he will do a fatal four way next week against E, Owens and Zayn. Crews is naturally mad and Pearce tells Sonya not to undermine him.
Nakamura is showing playing with the crown in the back in front of a mirror.
We get another Aleister Black segment. He talks about "The Lesson". He says he chose greatness and says he could help us, but he won't. We saw some animated footage here.
Jimmy Uso is interviewed. He says this wasn't his idea and he would have rather had his first match back as a team with Jey. Jimmy says Roman doesn't need Jey and Jey doesn't need Roman either. He says if Roman wants to see what he can do with Cesaro, let's get it.
Cesaro vs Jimmy Uso
Cesaro hits a nice dropkick early and poses. Jimmy tries to leapfrog but is caught in a powerslam. Jimmy fakes an injury, then superkicks Cesaro in the gut and samoan drops him. He then pounds on him. Cesaro then comes back with a deadlift suplex. Jimmy then spins into an enzugiri. He tries a hip attack in the corner but Cesaro evades it and rolls him up.
Cesaro misses a corner charge and is lariated over the top. Jimmy then tope's him as we go to break. Back from break and Cesaro spinning clotheslines him. Cesaro goes for a springboard uppercut but Jmmy superkicks him.
Jimmy goes up to and eats a euro uppercut then is superplexed. Jimmy goes outside and Cesaro runs the apron into a cannonball on Jimmy. He then runs at him and euro uppercuts him near the rail. Roman then jumps in and beats up on Cesaro for the DQ. This was a decent match here with Jimmy doing a lot of the stuff his brother does, though he didn't show us anything of his own. It's good to see that Jimmy can maybe be another guy who is thrown there from time to time and be able to perform.
Cesaro is thrown into the post and over the table. Jimmy accuses Roman of making this all about him then he leaves. Roman follows him and says nobody cares about this exhibition. Jimm says this time it isn't about Roman as Jey and Cesaro fight in the right. Roman then superman punches Cesaro. Cesaro hits some uppercuts back then Jey pounds on Cesaro. Jey tells Jimmy to come in then cesaro ends up nailing both Uso's. Cesaro hits a neutralizer on Jey while he stares at Roman twice. They argue and Roman leaves.
Overall thoughts: A pretty good episode of Smackdown with a couple of good matches. The Jimmy/Jey/Roman stuff is good and I like seeing Cesaro as the top face.
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