Taped Friday, February 11, 2022
To Air Friday, February 18, 2022
New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
WWE taped next week’s episode of SmackDown after SmackDown tonight, since the roster will need to travel to Saudi Arabia next week ahead of Elimination Chamber on Saturday.
Quick Results
- In-Ring: Roman Reigns & Goldberg – The show started with an in-ring back-and-forth promo segment between Reigns and Goldberg.
- Ricochet defeated Sheamus
- Intercontinental Championship: Sami Zayn defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c) to become the new Intercontinental Champion.
- Ivar defeated Jimmy Uso
- In-Ring: Drew McIntyre, Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss ahead of the McIntyre vs. Moss match at Elimination Chamber.
- In-Ring Contract Signing: Ronda Rousey, Naomi, Charlotte Flair, Sonya Deville – There was a contract signing segment ahead of the Rousey & Naomi vs. Flair & Deville tag match at Elimination Chamber next Saturday. Adam Pearce hosted. After exchanging words, Rousey threw the SmackDown Women’s title belt at Flair and Flair ran at her, but Rousey slammed her face into the table. Meanwhile, Naomi took out Sonya Deville with a kick and the segment ended with Rousey and Naomi flipping the table over onto Flair and Deville and standing tall.

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