WWE Friday Night Smackdown 6/25/2021

WWE Friday Night Smackdown 6/25/2021

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-6182021.html

Heyman talked to Roman in the back, saying the Mysterio's are acknowleding their tribal chief from their hospital beds. Jimmy Uso came in and said Jey isn't coming tonight and won't be coming back. Roman wasn't happy about this. Jimmy said he would be here for Jey instead tonight. Roman didn't buy that Jimmy could do as well as Jey does for him and Roman told him to prove it.

Bianca came out to talk and was happy at the chants she was getting...of course she didn't seem to notice that they were piped in. Bianca says she can't stop polishing her title. She talked about the title being a symbol of how she beat her bully in Bayley. This wasn't a good babyface promo at all.

Seth Rollins came out and said he overcame adversity too at HIAC by the haters and trolls. Seth called Bianca's win a fluke. Bianca asked why he wanted a high five even though they are facing each other tonight and Seth said because she will be too beaten up to do it after. Bayley came out. She said Bianca's win was a fluke too and called her Bianca Beloser. Bianca then nailed her and Bayley made a comeback. Cesaro then came down and fought with Rollins. Cesaro and Bayley cleared out their opponents then Cesaro swung Bianca into a dropkick on Bayley.

Cesaro and Bianca Belair vs Seth Rollins and Bayley

Rollins came off the buckles and was caught with a backbreaker by Cesaro. Seth ended up hanging over the middle rope to the outsid eand Cesaro jumped up to euro uppercut him. Seth then hit a bad slingblade and a running kick to the back. Bianca got in and pounded on Bayley and hit a back and rib breaker before hitting a standing moonsault.

Bianca ended up getting her neck dropped over the rail and was pushed face first into the post. We went to break and returned. Cesaro got some offense in outside then did a crossbody off the top. Cesaro put Seth in the giant swing and hit a springboard corkscrew uppercut for 2. Cesaro caught Bayley and took a forearm for it, then took a spinning forearm to the back of the head.

Bayley got tagged in when she didn't expect it and was hiptossed in. Seth then got pushed off the apron into a Cesaro euro. Seth prevented a Bianca KOD. Bayley then did her move where she drove Bianca's shoulder into the mat for the win.

This was a mess with the men and women trying hard not to tbe break the rules and the constant tags ruining any flow.

Jimmy Uso talked to Paul in the back. He didn't get what Roman needed proof of. Paul called him "Main Event" Jimmy Uso and told Jimmy to win a match tonight. Jimmy told Paul to find him a match tonight and Paul warned him that there could be problems if he doesn't win.

We had a coronation of Shinsuke Nakamura after he beat King Corbin last week. Boogz did an intro for Nakamura. Nakamura came out in all white. Boogz played guitar for Nakamura as he posed and Pat McAfee got on the desk and threw around water. King Corbin was seen watching on. They tried to interview him but it was hard to hear any of it except him saying "what's the point?". Pearce and Sonya were seen doing air guitar to this.

Seth came up to Pearce and Sonya. Rollins said he wanted to challenge for Roman's title. He said nobody on the roster deserved the shot more than him. Pearce and Sonya said they would consider it.

They showed clips of Otis beating up the Street Profits.

Money in the Bank Qualifier - Apollo Crews with Commander Azeez vs Big E

The feud that never ends continues on. They had a close up shot of E spreading his legs while on the middle buckle that I could have done without.

E hit a big shoulder that nailed Crews in the face hard to start. Crews hit a death valley driver on E on the apron before we went to break.

We came back and Crews hit a big dropkick. Crews worked a chinlock and did Rick Rude gyrations over E. E caught him though and hit a belly to belly. Crews countered a uranage then hit some german suplexes on E.

E put Crews in a standing stretch muffler and Azeez helped Crews get to the ropes. The fought up top and Crews hit a top rope frogsplash then a straightjacket german for 2. They went to the floor and Crews took a uranage on the floor. Azeez pushed E into the rails and the ref threw him out. Crews tried a roll up but E hit the big ending for the win. They did too much here and I didn't like apron and floor moves not counting much towards the finish. I'm also not sure why Crews wasn't DQ'd for Azeez interfering. E said this was over after and said he is getting back on track. I wish this was over.

Sami Zayn was interviewed. Sami said he sees the world as just having a bunch of random chaos. Zayn said he is the messenger of the machine of cosmic justice to stop some of the chaos. Sami was asked about his MITB qualifier against Owens and didn't get why they had to fight since he beat Owens. Sami accused the interviewer of being in on the conspiracy and said now, they are messing with the cosmos.

Sami went to talk to Adam Pearce. He said he should just be put in MITB and given the contract. Pearce announced the match with Owens would be a last man standing match. Sami said Pearce is playing a dangerous game with karma.

Sonya Deville came out to talk about the competitors for the Women's MITB. She introduced Carmella as one of the competitors. Why the women get automatic entry and the men don't wasn't explained. Carmella complained that she wasn't introduced correctly, then Liv Morgan came out. Liv rightfully complained that Carmella shouldn't get in automatically. She also brought up how she beat her and would then belong in there more than Carmella does. Carmella says MITB is for the real stars. They ended up getting into it. Sonya then said Liv needs to beat Carmella to get into MITB. This was a stupid segment. Carmella gets in for unknown reasons yet Liv has to beat Carmella to get in even though she did so last week. Liv calling attention to her beating Carmella also hurt this as I had forgotten about it.

Liv Morgan vs Carmella

This started after the break. They were fighting outside. Sonya watched from the outside and Carmella insisted Cole talk about how beautiful she is. Liv pushed Carmella face first into the buckles and took a hard superkick. Natalya and Tamina watched from the back.

Carmella started slapping around Liv then Liv hit her bounce off the 2nd rope flatliner. Carmella stiffed Liv with a forearm then superkicked her while she sat on top. Carmella hurricanrana'd her from up there and Liv rolled through it for the win. Carmella was really stiff here and this result made Sonya putting Carmella in MITB look more stupid.

Carmella made the announcer say she was still the most beautiful woman in the world after.

Jimmy Uso was interviewed. He said the pressure is on and he wants to go right through it. Jimmy said he dedicates this win to the family.

Jimmy Uso vs Dolph Ziggler

They went at it early and Uso hit an enzugiri. DZ hit a nice dropkick and an elbow drop. DZ took a hard bump over the top. Uso went to dive on him but he moved and then he nailed Roode instead. DZ then hit a zig zag on Uso on the steps. Uso hit the corner of the steps and that had to hurt.

We went to break and returned with Jimmy not being out of it. Dolph hit another zig zag. They traded shots and Uso won it out of nowhere with a superkick. The match should have ended with the zig zag on the steps. Everything after it was kind of messy and the finish stunk.

Paul and Roman watched from the back and Jimmy went up to him and celebrated. Roman left and Paul said something to Jimmy but it was too hard to hear.

Roman and Heyman took forever to come out. Paul talked about all the people Roman beat. Paul said Roman has wiped out the entire division and said there is no one left. Edge then came out and everyone was shocked. Well, except for production who had fireworks for his entrance set up.

Edge went after Roman and clotheslined him off the apron. He then bashed Roman's head off the announcer's table. Roman hit a superman punch though. He went to get a chair and was speared. Edge went for a conchairto and Jimmy Uso made the save, beating up Edge. Edge did a comeback though and speared Uso through the barricade, which is a spot we have seen too much of lately. Roman and Heyman then escaped. Edge then yelled at the camera asking where Roman is at while Roman was on the stage....

We're going to need some explanation on why Edge is mad at Roman here.

Overall thoughts: Not a good episode of SD. It was light on everything here. The Carmella/Liv segment didn't make any sense, the endless rematches weren't entertaining and Edge coming back is going to have to be explained.