WWE Friday Night Smackdown 5/21/2021

WWE Friday Night Smackdown 5/21/2021 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-5142021.html

They had all the champions out except for Roman in a parade of champions to start the show.

Sonya comes out and announces that they will be performing in front of live crowds again soon. Apollo Crews interrupts and complains about the odds being stacked against him tonight in the four way. Roman gets his own seperate intro.

Paul Heyman comes out for Roman. He says it's not a parade of champions but a parade of title holders. He says Reigns is a champion, not a title holder. Bayley comes out. She said she held the company on her back and should be thanked for it. She rips through the various champs. Bianca gets annoyed and comes out to the ring to go face to face with her and challenges her to take her title. Nia Jax and Shayna then jump Bianca and Tamina and Natalya come out to help.

Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler and Bayley vs Bianca Belair, Natalya and Tamina

This was made during the break. The heels control Tamina early. SB kicks her. Bayley and Tamina go at it and Tamina hits a nice vertical suplex then tags out. Later on Bianca gets a hot tag and goes at it with Shayna. She hits some corner spears and backflips over her form the 2nd rope. She hits a hard way spinebuster then dives on all 3 opponents outside.

We go to break and return with Bianca getting her knee worked over by Bayley. Bianca sold her knee after the dive onto the 4 girls. Bianca tags out to Tamina and she hits some shots on Bayley and bangs her head off the top rope hard. Natalya catapults Bayley into a Tamina superkick. Tamina headbutts SB and everyone starts hitting signature moves/finishers. SB taps Natalya for the win. This was alright but was definitely rushed.

Big E gets interviewed. He said he would leave no doubts that he is the rightful IC champ tonight.

We get another Aleister Black video. He called of us sick and dying animals living in filth. He said it is time to cull the herd.

We see clips of Nakamura driving around and taking pics with Corbin's crown. Corbin said Nak doing this was the most disrespectful thing he has ever seen. He said he will grind Nakamura into the canvas with his boot and take his crown back, then have it polished. He then calls out Nakamura.

Eric B., the air guitar guy from NXT is back. He says his name is Rick Boogs and has a guitar. He said he came to rock with Nakamura. He plays Nak's theme on his guitar in a cool moment.

King Corbin vs Shinsuke Nakamura with Rick Boogs

This begins after break with Corbin nailing a hard shoulder then lariating him outside the ring to inside. Corbin turns a high kick attempt into a powerbomb. Corbin ties up Nak in the ropes then pounds on him and does Nak's foot choke taunt. Corbin ducks a corner charge and hits a hard landing german suplex. Corbin hits deep six for 2. Boogs starts playing guitar and Nak reverses Corbin and wins with a roll-up. Lame ending obviously. We'll have to see where they are going with Boogs and Nakamura here. Nak isn't really a guy who needs a partner but this is certainly and upgrade for the M.I.A. Boogs.

Jimmy Uso goes up to Sonya in the back. Jimmy says him and Jey are ready to get back to tagging and they want The Street Profits. Sonya makes it for next week and Jimmy is cool with it.

Kevin Owens does a promo. He talks about how he will win tonight and says he will be a 3x IC champ.

Roman, Jey and Heyman are in the ring. Roman says he will let Heyman celebrate him. Heyman brags about Roman and talks about all of his big wins. Roman tells Paul to get him Jimmy Uso then Cesaro comes out. Cesaro's arm is in a sling. Cesaro said he was getting annoyed by Roman and challenges him again. Seth Rollins then jumps Cesaro. He throws him into the steps. Seth pretends to leave then runs back down and attacks Cesaro. He curb stomps the shoulder of the injured arm on Cesaro. Seht then does it again into the steel part of the ramp.

We go to break and return. Seth says he doesn't know what happened and yells and chokes Cesaro on the stretcher.

Robert Roode and Ziggler come out. Roode said Rey did all the work at the PPV. He says take your son to work day is over and he will prove he doesn't belong here.

Robert Roode vs Dominick Mysterio

Roodes gets on him early and hits some suplexes. Dom hits a crossbody from the top for 2 and is thrown on a tornado ddt try. Dolph bothers Dom during a 619 attempt. Roode rams his shoulder into the post and eats a 619. Dom then frog splashes him for the win in a very quick match.

The Uso's talk in the back. Jimmy says he is ready to team with him next week. Jey isn't happy that he made a tag match without him. Jey says he needs to talk to Roman about it.

Jey talks to Roman. Jey says we got a match next week and Roman asks who is "we"? He says him and Jey are "we". He hten says something in his ear.

The Street Profits do a promo. They make fun of the Uso's and seem hyped for the match.

Sami Zayn is interviewed. He calls Kayla Braxton a corporate hack. Sami says he will never forget the conspiracy against him but will win the title tonight.

WWE Intercontinental Title - Apollo Crews (c) vs Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn vs Big E

E/Crews and Zayn/KO split off and fight to start. E hits a high leapfrog and a back elbow on Crews. Zayn pounds on Owens. E beats up on Crews and Sami. He puts them next to each other on the apron then splashes both. Owens then flip dives on Crews as we go to break.

Back from break and E is hammering on Crews. Crews hits a nice dropkick then E goes into the steps. Owens then gets his head hit off the steps. Crews moonsaults off the apron onto E, then Crews and Sami fight on the rail. Sami moonsaults off th rail onto Crews then is ran over by K-O.

Owens swantons Sami from the top but E breaks it up. Owens takes a hard lariat from E then E takes some germans from Crews. Crews tries to pin E but Owens sentons him. Sami then exploders Owens into the corner then michinoku driver's him for 2. Sami hits a twisting brainbuster on Zayn from the 2nd rope but Crews and E break it up.

Owens takes a death valley driver from Crews on the apron then E spears Crews through the ropes to the floor. We go to break and return. E belly to belly's Crews and Sami. E runs into a big boot from Sami then Sami takes a sick fisherman's neckbreaker. Crews goes for a capture suplex on Sami but then E comes up and german's Apollo while he does it. Owens then frogsplashes E.

Owens hits a big release german on E then cannonballs E and Crews. Sami then release half nelson suplexes him and hits a blue thunder bomb for 2. They end up fighting outside and Sami is thrown over the rails then half-nelson suplexes Owens on the floor. Sami runs into an E uranage and E hits the big ending on Crews for 2 as Azeez pulls out E. Azeez is put into the post by E.

Some of the lights get turned off and Aleister Black arrives from smoke. Black gets in the ring and spinning high kicks E, who does a nice sell and Crews wins it.

This wasn't smart or anything but it was very action packed from start to finish. The selling wasn't really there but the moves sure were and they really beat up each other over this. There was no lack of effort here in this spotfest.

Overall thoughts: Decent show overall with the main having all four guys working hard and the rest of the show being fine enough.