WWE SmackDown Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights from February 10
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WWE SmackDown Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights from February 10
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Did Jey Uso show up for his scheduled tag team title defense Friday night? Credit: WWE.com
Where do Jey Uso’s loyalties lie?
It was the question at the heart of Friday’s SmackDown as The Boodine waited with anxious anticipation for the Right Hand Man to join brother Jimmy for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship defense against Braun Strowman and Ricochet.
Did Jey show up? Did he do enough to sustain him and his brother’s historic reign as the top tag team in pro wresting or did Strowman and Ricochet capitalize on the uncertainty surrounding The Boodline to score the win?
Find out with this recap of Friday’s show.
Paul Heyman Promo
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Paul Heyman’s attempt at stopping the bleeding within The Bloodline backfired at the top of Friday’s SmackDown as Sami Zayn interrupted and sent a message loudly and clearly to Undisputed WWE Universal champion: The Tribal Chief does not have to worry about Cody Rhodes because he is going to beat him next Saturday in Montreal at Elimination Chamber.
This was not the same kind of promo as Heyman’s instant classic with Rhodes Monday on Raw but it was still very good and presented Zayn as someone more confident than he has been in months ahead of a premium live event marquee bout.
The crowd loves Zayn, Heyman did another extraordinary job of selling his words, and WWE knows how to best utilize the underdog from the underground.
The result was a fantastic segment at the top of the show that furthers the No. 1 contender’s program with Reigns and created a desire to see the February 18 main event.
Grade
A
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Sheamus and Drew McIntyre vs. Hit Row; Lacey Evans Dominates
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Anyone questioning whether Hit Row was poised to be taken seriously as a threat in the tag team division found out Friday as Sheamus and Drew McIntyre steamrolled Top Dolla and Ashante Thee Adonis, essentially squashing the tandem in an uncompetitive match.
The match was one-sided and highlighted the babyfaces before a pre-taped promo from Valhalla set up a match between the brothers of bang and The Viking Raiders for next week.
The takeaway here was meant to be the continuation of Sheamus and McIntyre’s feud with Erik and Ivar but it was the utter destruction of Hit Row that really left a lasting impact.
How does Triple H and Co. think any of this helped Top Dolla and Ashante? He probably does not and utilized this segment as a message to the team to elevate their performance or risk falling by the wayside again.
The company has utilized that booking tactic before, with The Viking Raiders, who took what they were given with a few comedic angles back in 2020 and ran with them. It is their work in those segments that likely earned them as many opportunities to succeed as they have.
Now, they are poised to battle two former WWE champions in the most significant match of their careers.
After the match, Lacey Evans hit the ring for a match with Carmen Haress. Like Sheamus and McIntyre, she was dominant, winning a one-sided squash with the Camel Clutch.
Result
McIntyre and Sheamus squashed Hit Row; Evans submitted Haress
Grade
C+ for the tag match; C for Evans’ victory
Top Moments
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Ricochet and Braun Strowman vs. The Usos
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Jey Uso showed up at the last possible second, embracing brother Jimmy ahead of a tag team title defense against Ricochet and Braun Strowman.
The reunited brothers and their situational awareness allowed The Usos to successfully retain, with Jey taking advantage of a blind tag from his brother and delivering a splash to an unsuspecting Ricochet for the win.
The story once again took center stage as Jey arrived at the very last second, nowhere near ready to allow the issues with him and Roman Reigns to affect the history he and his brother had made over the course of their 500-plus day run as champions.
There was no apparent schism between them as they worked as well together as they ever had.
A backstage interaction, in which Jey admitted he was unsure if he is still with The Bloodline, all while a scheming Paul Heyman watched from behind a pillar. furthered the story. Heyman caught Jimmy in after he denied Jey saying anything about his spot in the faction.
Heyman will undoubtedly manipulate the situation, as he has numerous times throughout the family drama, and suggest to Reigns that Jimmy is now lying and that he may not be as committed to The Bloodline as they thought.
Just great, layered stuff all around here.
Result
The Usos defeated Ricochet and Strowman to retain
Grade
B+
Top Moments
Ronda Rousey Returned and Attacked Natalya; Women’s Tag Team Action; Jey and Sami
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Ronda Rousey returned to SmackDown Friday night, interrupting an in-ring promo segment between Natalya and Shayna Baszler that was anything but thrilling. Shotzi failed to make the save and the heels stood tall to close out an uninspired angle.
Worse yet was the lack of any real reaction for Rousey, who has seen her star diminished by lackluster, sub-par programs and a lack of understand of what makes her character effective.
Moments later, Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green battled Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan in tag team action.
Despite effort by Deville and Green to stunt the momentum of their opponents, both of whom will compete in next Saturday’s Elimination Chamber, Morgan and Rodriguez won a perfectly acceptable match.
That it highlighted Green’s character even in defeat was impressive and proof that Triple H and Co. have an idea of where they want that particular performer to go.
Result
Morgan and Rodriguez defeated Deville and Green
Grade
C+ for the tag team match
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