WWE SmackDown
May 6, 2023
Coliseo de Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Welcome to our live coverage of WWE SmackDown. As always, we will have the results up immediately after every match. Refresh this page often to see updated results.
Tonight on WWE SmackDown:
– Cody Rhodes returns
– Bad Bunny will appear on the show
– The Viking Raiders vs Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
Our live coverage begins at 8PM EST
The LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, and Zelina Vega) were in the ring. Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio, and Rhea Ripley) came out. It ended up with a challenge for Rey and Vega against Dominik and Ripley. Dominik managed to slap Rey and run away.
Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows (w/ AJ Styles & Michin) vs The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) (w/ Valhalla)
Valhalla tried to trip Gallows. Michin dropkicked Valhalla outside the ring. Gallows and Anderson gave Ivar the Magic Killer and Anderson pinned him to win the match.
===Winners: Karl Anderson & Luke Brothers
Earlier today at the Backlash Press Conference, Triple H said there will be a tournament on RAW this Monday and a tournament next Friday on SmackDown. The winners of those tournaments face off May 27th at Night of Champions to crown the new World Heavyweight Championship.
In the ring, Bianca Belair said tomorrow at midnight after Backlash, she will become the longest reigning champion of the modern era. Damage CTRL came out. Bayley said IYO SKY will defeat Belair for her title and Bayley and Dakota Kai want to become the Women’s Tag Team Champions. Damage CTRL got in the ring to jump Belair. Belair held her own until SKY hit her with a dropkick. They continued to beat down Belair until Raquel Rodriquez and Liv Morgan came in ran Damage CTRL off.
Backstage, Karrion Kross said tonight he will defeat Shinsuke Nakamura
Backstage, The Usos asked Solo Sikoa if he is with it for tomorrow in their six man tag team match against Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Matt Riddle. Sikoa said tomorrow he’s going to do his part and The Usos better do theirs
The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) vs Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci)
Dawkins hit Vinci with two clotheslines and a spinning elbow. followed it up with a spinning splash and a step up enziguri. He made the tag to Ford who came off the top rope with a frog splash and pinned him.
===Winners: The Street Profits
In the ring, Cody Rhodes said when he thinks of Brock Lesnar, he thinks of the word, gatekeeper. He said his old coach, Double A, used to tell him that when you really made it as the top guy in the industry, you reached the kingdom and Brock Lesnar is the one standing in his way looming over that gate to the kingdom. He said Brock Lesnar picked a fight with him and never explained why, but maybe tomorrow at Backlash when he beats it out of him, he will provide that information. Cody said tomorrow he will get back on the road to finishing his story, claim his kingdom, and he will do that by defeating Brock Lesnar.
Backstage, Matt Riddle said his team will defeat The Usos and Solo Sikoa tomorrow night so there won’t even be a Bloodline for Roman Reigns to come back to. He asked Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens if there was anything they wanted to add. Zayn said everything Riddle said was fine, but there’s nothing left for them to say except it’s time.
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Karrion Kross (w/ Scarlett)
Scarlett got on the ring apron and distracted Nakamura. Kross hit Nakamura with a Saito Suplex for a near fall. Kross got the Kross Jacket on Nakamura, but Nakamura pulled him by the hair to take him over and got him in the armbar. Nakamura went for the Kinshasa, but Kross hit him with a clothesline. Kross went for the Kross Hammer, but Nakamura hit him with a kick to the neck. He then hit Kross with the Kinshasa and pinned him.
===Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura
Backstage, Adam Pierce welcomed Cameron Grimes to the SmackDown roster. Baron Corbin sarcastically said that Grimes was the last pick in the draft. Grimes said that’s better than not being drafted at all. Corbin said he is as hot a commodity as Brock Lesnar as both shows couldn’t agree on who wanted him more, so he’s a free agent. Pearce said that’s not the way he remembers this. Grimes challenged Corbin to a match next week on Smackdown and Pierce agreed to it.
They showed footage of the Backlash Press conference from earlier today where Damian Priest shoved Bad Bunny and Bad Bunny slapped Priest.
Rey Mysterio & Zelina Vega vs Dominik Mysterio & Rhea Ripley (w/ Finn Balor)
Ripley and Vega were fighting outside the ring when Rey gave Dominik the 619. As Rey was going to the top rope, Balor tried to interfere, but Rey punched him off the ring apron. Dominik caught Rey on the ropes and gave him a vertical suplex. Dominik went for the three amigos. Dominik got one of them on Rey. Rey countered the second one and small packaged Dominik and pinned him.
===Winners: Rey Mysterio & Zelina Vega
Immediately after the match, Balor and Dominik started beating up Rey. Damian Priest came in and joined the attack on Rey. Bad Bunny came out with the rest of the LWO. The LWO took out Balor and Dominik which left Priest in the ring. Bunny came in with a kendo stick. Dominik came in and Bunny hit him with the kendo stick as Priest slid out of the ring. Rey gave Bunny a LWO shirt and Bunny put it on.
