WWE SmackDown Notes: Michael Cole Returns, Orton vs. Owens, US Title Triple Threat, & Women’s Tag Titles 4-Way Matches Set for Crown Jewel, Andrade vs. Hayes Best of Series Ends in Draw, MCMG Wins WWE Tag Titles, Jimmy & Jey Uso Reunite

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Oct 25, 2024

Michael Cole Makes SmackDown Commentary Return on Friday’s SmackDown Show

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in Brooklyn, New York featured SmackDown brand commentator Michael Cole making his return to SmackDown’s commentary team following a one week absence due to family vacation reasons.

Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens Announced for WWE Crown Jewel 2024

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured the first of three new matches announced for the card of WWE’s Crown Jewel 2024 event.

This new match announced was a singles match of Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens.

This match was initially setup during last week’s show following Orton demanding SmackDown GM Nick Aldis to give him a match with Owens at Crown Jewel, which Aldis refused stating that decision was above his pay grade. During tonight’s show, Orton was seen walking backstage and made his way to the Gorilla Position and said some words to WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” before making his way out to the ring.

After entering the ring, Orton grabbed a microphone and talked about wanting a match against Owens and being denied by Aldis at first. Orton then stated that he wanted Triple H to come out so that he can address the person who can make this match a reality. This led to Triple H’s music playing and him coming out to the ring. Orton demanded for Triple H to give him what he wanted and accused Triple H of protecting Owens over his refusal to do so. After some back and forth banter, Triple H stated that he wasn’t protecting Owens but instead he was protecting Orton from himself. Triple H talked about how Owens has never had a friend in this business and took down everyone that was near him. Triple H stated that Orton knows what that is like but for the first time ever, Owens let his guard down and trusted Orton and Cody Rhodes. Triple H then stated that in Kevin’s mind, they turned on him and there is something different in Owens eyes after the last time he spoke to him. Triple H then brought up how Orton just came back after 18 months on the shelf and does not want Orton back on the shelf.

After some more back-and-forth banter, Orton pressured Triple H to accept his match demand by bringing up how he wanted to talk to The Game and the same guy who wore a leather jacket, the guy who came to his home with a sledgehammer and beat him up at his home. That’s who he wants in the middle of the ring to hear him out. This led to Triple H finally relenting and agreed to make the match after the crowd chanted for it to happen. Triple H stated that he hopes to God they know what they are asking for and for Orton from this moment forward to protect himself at all costs.

Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes Best of 7 Series Ends in a Draw, U.S. Title Triple Threat Match Announced for WWE Crown Jewel 2024

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured the second of three new matches announced for the card of WWE’s Crown Jewel 2024 event.

This new match announced was a WWE United States Championship Triple Threat match of Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. LA Knight (c).

This match was setup following Andrade and Hayes’ Best of Series Match #7 ending in a draw over LA Knight getting frustrated with both Andrade and Hayes after they accidentally hit him during their match. This led to Knight rolling out of the ring in frustration and grabbed Hayes leg and yanked him out of the ring after Hayes had hit a cutter on Andrade for the near fall attempt. Knight proceeded to send Hayes into the announcer’s table and got back into the ring to bicker with Andrade that ended with Knight laying out Andrade with a BFT. Knight then left the ring again and rang the bell and grabbed a microphone insulting both Andrade and Hayes and declared himself the winner of the Best of Series.

In a follow-up segment, Knight was seen walking backstage before being stopped by an angry Aldis. After Knight tried to explain his actions, Aldis yelled back and informed Knight that he will now be defending his title against both Andrade and Hayes.

WWE Women’s Tag Titles Four-Way Match Announced for Crown Jewel 2024

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured the third of three new matches announced for the card of WWE’s Crown Jewel 2024 event, which takes place on November 2nd at the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

This new match announced was a WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Four-way match of Damage CTRL (Kairi Sane & IYO SKY) vs. Piper Niven & Chelsea Green vs. Meta-Four (Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend) vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c).

This match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over the bad blood issues involving all four teams. During tonight’s show, Damage CTRL, Niven & Green, and Meta-Four were seen arguing backstage leading to NXT GM Ava, SmackDown GM Nick Aldis, and RAW GM Adam Pearce showing up with Belair & Cargill alongside them. They revealed that Belair & Cargill will be defending their WWE Women’s Tag titles against all three teams present at Crown Jewel 2024.

Current card for WWE Crown Jewel 2024:

  • Men’s Crown Jewel Championship – Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther
  • Women’s Crown Jewel Championship – Nia Jax vs. Liv Morgan
  • WWE United States Championship Triple Threat match – Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. LA Knight (c)
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Four-way match – Damage CTRL (Kairi Sane & IYO SKY) vs. Piper Niven & Chelsea Green vs. Meta-Four (Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend) vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c)
  • Seth Rollins vs. Bronson Reed
  • Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

Motor City Machine Guns Wins WWE Tag Titles on Friday’s WWE SmackDown Show

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured the Motor City Machine Guns defeating DIY in the Finals of the WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender’s tournament.

As a result of their victory, MCMG (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) faced off against The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a follow-up match on the same show after being granted their challenge by SmackDown GM Nick Aldis.

During the match, The Bloodline’s Jacob Fatu & Solo Sikoa interfered leading to Roman Reigns and Jimmy & Jey Uso all coming out to even up the odds and brawled with The Bloodline. This led to MCMG emerging victorious in the end and won the WWE Tag titles in just their third match in WWE.

Jimmy & Jey Uso Reunite Together on Friday’s WWE SmackDown Show

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured The Usos reuniting together as a team.

Following Roman Reigns, and Jimmy and Jey Uso helping out the Motor City Machine Guns even up the odds after The Bloodline’s Jacob Fatu & Solo Sikoa tried to interfere in the match and Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa attempted to take out MCMG with a chair, Jey was seen standing in the ring after the MCMG’s left with their newly won WWE Tag titles gold. This led to Jimmy coming back out and made his way to the ring. Jimmy and Jey then embraced in a big hug and reunited together for the first time since WWE SummerSlam 2023 in August of 2023. As The Usos hugged, Roman Reigns came out on the stage and looked on in approval.

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