WWE SmackDown Live Results – January 14, 2022

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WWE SmackDown Live Results – January 14, 2022
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Happy Friday – it’s time for WWE SmackDown Live Results! Currently announced for tonight’s show coming from CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska per WWE.com:

  • Roman Reigns comes face to face with Seth Rollins
  • Lita returns to SmackDown for the first time in nearly 20 years
  • Sami Zayn promises to out-“Jackass” Johnny Knoxville with the premiere of his own stunt show InZayn
  • Aliyah makes her SmackDown singles debut against Natalya

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9:53pm

The Face-Off

Roman and Seth are in the ring together. We got a lot of videos of The Shield tonight. Seth points out their record and Seth has won a lot of them. Seth asks Roman if he can tell himself he did it on his own. He says he’s never been able to stand by himself. He’s always needed help.

Seth says he created Roman and will destroy him too.  Roman says Rollins looks and acts like a clown. He calls him a waste of time. Roman says if he was looking for a megastar from Raw, he wouldn’t have chosen Rollins. He wouldn’t even have chosen Rollins from his own house. He says he would have chose his wife.

As Seth looks on angrily, The Usos try to attack. Seth gets out of the way and escapes untouched. That segment seemed a bit forced and not hot at all. A couple of nice one-liners, but they weren’t as heated as you might think.

9:33pm

Kofi vs. Madcap Moss

Kofi reminds us Xavier is injured. Kofi also enters the Royal Rumble. This brings out Happy Corbin who has bought himself a 50k watch. Corbin says he’s going to eliminate Kofi from the match and says it is going to make him happy. The only thing that made him happier is when he hurt Drew McIntyre.

Madcap makes his worst joke yet calling them the Poo Day. Kofi then says he’s going drop a deuce on Moss’s face. Kofi just threatened to crap on his face. Alright then.

Kofi is in control. At one point, he puts his butt over Moss’s face and pretends to poop on him. Kofi spends too much time celebrating and paying attention to Corbin. Kofi goes for a big splash, but Moss catches him. Eventually, Moss hits the punchline for the win.

Looks like WWE is getting behind Moss. He’s got a long way to go in terms of in-ring work, but he looks like the kind of guy Vince loves.

Rollins is out next.

9:07pm

Sheamus is going to get revenge for Holland

We get a video recap of Ricochet breaking Ridge Holland’s nose at Day 1. Sheamus then cuts a promo about getting revenge by breaking Ricochet’s nose. The match is next.

Sheamus starts by beating on Ricochet. Sheamus goes for a Powerbomb but Ricochet counters into a hurricanrana. The move forces Sheamus to the outside. Ricochet hits a huge twisting flip to the outside.

He takes too long to get Sheamus back in the ring. Sheamus gets Ricochet on the outside and slingshots his face into the ring frame. After the commercial, the match picks up.

Ricochet goes off. He hits a bunch of big moves. But, in the end, Sheamus proved to be too much. Ricochet goes for a handspring rebound move. Sheamus counters into the brogue kick and boom. Win.

Ah, the Sonya’s jacket is off because it’s hot. Naomi comes in and wants to hit her because the jacket is off. Naomi wants to know what Adam is going to do about Sonya bullying her. He makes a rematch with Charlotte for next week.

Here comes Kofi who will be facing Madcap Moss.

8:57pm

Here comes Lita

Lita is here. She looks to be in great shape. Lita and Beth Phoenix in the same week. Michael Cole asks her why she has come back for the Rumble. She says she has a lot of highlights like ladder matches and main eventing Raw. She says the Royal Rumble is the missing piece.

She says she has one more run in her and plans to win the thing. She wants to then main event WrestleMania. This brings out Charlotte Flair. Flair comes out in one of her famous glittery bodysuits.

Flair says she didn’t know it was Flashback Friday. Flair is entering so she can pick her own opponent for Mania. Flair wants to know what Lita is going to do when she eliminates her and ruins her plans. Lita makes fun of her attire and calls her Tonya Harding. She then makes fun of Charlotte’s giant head which gets the crowd to chant her name.

Flair reminds Lita that she beat Stratus after she begged for a match and she’ll do the same to her. Lita goes to slap her, but Flair blocks. Lita hits the Twist of Fate and then poses.

Lita walks off. At this point, Lita could very much be a winner of the Rumble. Lord knows, Flair needs an opponent.

8:47pm

Nattie vs. Aliyah

Nattie is still chatting about here world records when the commercial is over. She says she holds 3 records, but will have a 4th. She plans to set the shortest match in history. She attacks before the bell.

She just beats her down with punches, kicks, and tosses into each corner. The ref asks if Aliyah can wrestle. The ref says she cannot compete. Then, he changes his mind. When the bell rings, she immediately pins Nattie and just set the record for the shortest match in all time. She won in 3.17 seconds.

I am not Nattie’s biggest fan, but losing that quickly is not something she deserves.

Backstage, Sonya and Adam are trying to figure out what is going on with the thermostat. Earlier it was cold. Now it is hot. Curious where that angle is going. Is Alexa Bliss using mind control to change the temps?

8:35pm

Sami Zayn is in the Rumble

Sami Zayn promises that no one is better at being a Jackass than him. I can’t disagree. However, he meant he is just a better wrestler and can do just as good as stunts as Johnny Knoxville.

He runs down the previous week and talks some trash about Knoxville. He then sets up to do a stunt on his stunt show called In-Zayn. He rolls out in a shopping cart and has a ramp set up to jump over the ring.

As he is about to start, he gets cold feet.  He has them start and stop about 3 times and then just gives up and gets in the ring.  When he turns around, a short-haired Rick Boogs is standing there. Nakamura sneaks up from the other side. He hits a Kinshasa. Then Boogs power slams him onto the landing pad on the outside of the ring.

Boogs looks like Freddy Mercury. I bet that is what they are going for.

Up next, we’re getting Nattie vs. Aliyah. Aliyah is making her singles debut. She gets a quick interview backstage where she says she hopes she doesn’t puke. Nattie walks up with The Guinness Book of World Records and tells her there won’t be any shame in losing to her. Compelling television right there.

8:27pm

Naomi is angry

Naomi is in the back confronting Sonya Deville. Naomi wants to know why Sonya has been giving her such a hard time. Pretty valid question. It’s never really been explained.

Naomi threatens to give her a reason, but Sonya’s wearing her suit jacket, which makes her untouchable. She threatens to remove her from her Rumble Match or just fire her. Naomi walks out and Adam Pearce walks in.

This is one of those stories where it feels like it has been going on forever without a lot of movement. Let’s get on with it.

8:15pm

Fatal 4-way

Even Pat McAfee makes fun of the Frankenteams. He asks the Usos on commentary which of these teams did they even know where teams before this match. They jokingly say Cesaro and Mansoor.

In my opinion, The Viking Raiders with the face paint and gimmick just aren’t going to be able to get over to the extent they could without it. They have a great moveset and are really good in the ring.

They take control early on and hit a bunch of big moves. We then get a tower of doom spot with Erik power bombing Cesaro and Mahal. Ivar was also superplexed from the top rope in the big move.

When we come back from commercial, Cesaro is throwing punches left and right. We then get a bunch of dives to the outside. In the end, The Viking Raiders hit a big finisher and pick up the win.

The Viking Raiders are your new Number 1 Contenders. They had a really strong showing in this match. Unfortunately, they haven’t really been a focus for a while. I do think the match between them and the Usos will be a lot of fun.

8:06pm

The Ones

The Usos have arrived on SmackDown and they are beaming about beating The New Day again. The Usos talks about how great the rivalry is with The New Day.

They also talk some trash about Rollins and ask what he’s going to be wearing. They then introduce some tag teams.

The first team is Los Lotharios. The second is Cesaro and Mansoor. They’re a tag team? Next out are Jinder and Shanky. The final team is The Viking Raiders.  I wish it was Cesaro and Ricochet.

We’ll be getting a Fatal 4-Way to determine the next challengers. Before the match starts The Usos superkick Erik and Mansoor and we’re off too commercial.

3:31pm

Finally... LITA has come BACK to SmackDown!

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