WWE Friday Night Smackdown (August 23, 2024 episode) Preview, Match Card, Results; is Roman Reigns ok?

The WWE universe continues to barrel ahead to Bash in Berlin, with the scene returning to the Blue Brand and all of its storylines. Last week was action packed as Roman Reigns took a serious beatdown at the hands of Jacob Fatu after again wiping Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga out in an in-ring confrontation. Fatu’s emergence, still in a walking boot, turned the tide. Will there be retribution on Friday? The Bloodline is on the card, defending their tag-team belts.

Meanwhile, Cody Rhodes came to the rescue of Kevin Owens as he was being jumped by A-Town Down Under, reversing the relationship the two have had during Rhodes’ feud with the aforementioned Bloodline.  There was tension in the air ahead of the two’s meeting at the next PLE, the Bash in Berlin, next Saturday.

With the PLE being overseas, next week’s SmackDown episode will be in Germany as well. That means that there are only two more stateside episodes of SmackDown remaining on the Fox network, this one and September 6. On the 13th, SmackDown moves to its new home on USA Network.

Date: Friday, August 23, 2024
Time: 8 pm ET
Location: Washington, DC
Broadcast: FOX 

WWE Tag Team Championship Match- The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Jacob Fatu) (C) vs The Street ProfitsThe Bloodline doesn’t necessarily need the titles to be at the top of the blue brand. Will there be any interference in this match?WWE United States Championship Match- LA Knight (C) vs Santos EscobarKnight and Escobar have been dancing around each other for multiple weeks, including Santos stealing the tagline and turning it into “Es-co-bar-Si!”Six-Woman Tag Team Match: Naomi, Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair vs Blair Davenport, Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn The rivalry between Cargill and Belair, who lost their titles to Fyre and Dawn without being pinned, continues with the additions of Naomi and Davenport who wrestled last week. Everyone’s just waiting for the divorce but the brand is still keeping Cargill and Belair together for now.Match ResultsThe Grayson Waller Effect

Talk about biting off more than you can chew. Then again, when doesn’t Waller’s mouth write a check his ass has to go into overdraft to cash? Having called out WWE Champion Cody Rhodes on X/Twitter and challenging him to appear on the Grayson Waller Effect, then cutting his music, then interrupting his famed intro question, then showing a video package of Rhodes’ friend and “Bash in Berlin” opponent, Kevin Owens, being a villain — it got Waller and an unsuspecting Austin Theory a tag match in the main event against a pissed off Owens, who asked general manager Nick Aldis to make it official.

WWE United States Championship Match- LA Knight (C) vs Santos Escobar

Of course Escobar wouldn’t fight fair. Hell, he wouldn’t even wait for the bell to ring to send Legado Del Fantasma at Knight, a strategic move to avoid being disqualified for that pre-fight attack by his faction, but it got them ejected from ringside and left Escobar one-on-one with a furious Megastar. That ended with Escobar having one hell of a headache from a brand-new Side Effect, an elbow from the top rope and a BFT to end Santos’ night.

‘Melo Cuts a Promo

Andrade jumped all over Carmelo Hayes in their rivalry with a 2-0 series lead before dropping one to the rookie first-overall pick last week, before a melee broke out between the two after Hayes followed the victory with disrespect that set Andrade off. Chilling in his safe space this week, the barbershop, Hayes was talking more trash before Andrade burst in and had to be held back — promising to teach him a lesson in a fourth match to come, next week.

Six-Woman Tag Team Match: Naomi, Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair vs Blair Davenport, Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn 

TBD

Men’s Tag Match: Kevin Owens, Cody Rhodes vs. A-Town Down Under

TBD

Remaining results will be posted here as they occur.