WWE Friday Night Smackdown recap, results and highlights: July 9, 2021
Major NXT debuts were confirmed for the show while a new title match was announced. Also, new MITB Ladder Match participants were confirmed from the show that went down from the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida.
Check out the recap, and results from the July 9 episode of Smackdown:
– The show kicked off with Paul Heyman and Jimmy Uso where Heyman told him that Roman Reigns was heading to the ring to handle something. Jimmy sounded upset over the fact that Roman was on a vacation last week while he was beaten up by Edge. Roman came out and said he wasn’t on vacation but rather handling business.
At this point, Jey Uso made his return to the show. Roman said the three of them needed to be on the same page and no one will be able to touch them. They hugged and agreed to be on the same side.
– King Nakamura defeated Baron Corbin to qualify for the 2021 Men’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match in the opening match of SmackDown. Nakamura and Rick Boogs arrived at the arena in Corbin’s repossessed Mercedes G-Wagon from last week.
Following the Triangle Chokehold submission lock, Nakamura charged in with Kinshasa but Corbin countered with a clothesline. Nakamura came back with some stiff kicks to daze out Corbin before running with the Kinshasa for the pin to win.
