WWE SmackDown Live Results: Friday Night SmackDown Updates & Highlights (23rd July 2021)

WWE SmackDown Results July 23, 2021: Latest Friday Night SmackDown Winners, Grades, Video Highlights

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"Challenge ACCEPTED." #SmackDown @WWERomanReigns @FinnBalor @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/f00tAsloCz
— WWE (@WWE) July 24, 2021

What did @FinnBalor do during his #WWERAW debut in 2016? Oh, that's right, beat @WWERomanReigns! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/QNnYDTRCvR
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

Oh, @WWERomanReigns w/ @HeymanHustle actually went there. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/3lFDuE3Xly
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

Thanks for joining us, folks! We'll see you in a few days for Monday Night RAW!

So if Cena/Reigns was Team Jorts vs Team Cargo Pants, what is Balor/Reigns? Questions for later, I guess.

Reigns denies Cena's challenge for SummerSlam and is interrupted by Finn Balor. The Prince says he's not here to acknowledge Roman. However, if he's not interested in Cena, maybe he's interested in Balor. In a shocking turn of events, Roman accepts! We're getting The Tribal Chief vs The Prince!

"You there, sitting at home, acknowledge me." - @WWERomanReigns w/ @HeymanHustle #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/Pjxcy1iQsq
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

Roman Reigns demands that Cleveland, and everyone watching at home, acknowledge him. He says that John Cena has acknowledged him. He did so at Money in the Bank, RAW, and even tonight on SmackDown. He figured that Cena would try something new, but it's been a nostalgia act since he returned. The same clothes, the same entrance, the same insults.

https://t.co/H7jKBoPaKJ pic.twitter.com/hNsFa6hJSF
— Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) July 24, 2021

Bloodline.@WWERomanReigns @WWEUsos @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/7nGyVLG9Qv
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

As soon as the match is over, Roman Reigns' music hits. The Tribal Chief is here.

Jimmy rolls up Dominik, with Jey putting his feet on Jimmy's back to prevent a kick out.

Jimmy Uso defeats Dominik Mysterio via pinfall.

A chop block sends Jey into the second rope, and the 619 connects. Jey distracts him, and Rey sends him to the floor. The distraction was long enough for Jimmy to rock him with a superkick as he flies through the air.

A neckbreaker and a tope atomico set up for the Three Amigos. Dominik pointed to Eddie Guerrerro in the sky, but Jey escapes before the full series of suplexes can connect.

We've got flying Mysterios, Michael! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/jGdu29Li1w
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

Jey Uso pulls Jimmy to the floor to prevent a 619. Rey Mysterio intervenes, laying out Jey with a senton from the apron. Dominik follows with a dive to Jimmy, and he's firing on all cylinders.

Dominik fires off on Jimmy Uso, pelting him with punches. Jimmy responds with a shoulder block but is sent over with a hip toss. Dominik goes for the top rope springboard arm drag, but Uso knocks him off his feet.

.@DomMysterio35 squares off with Jimmy @WWEUsos NEXT on #SmackDown! @reymysterio

📺 @FOXTV pic.twitter.com/hfOczquIug
— WWE (@WWE) July 24, 2021

Toni Storm picks up the W in her #SmackDown debut! pic.twitter.com/KHVUvrUc2o
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

We've got a singles match up next, as Jimmy Uso faces Dominik Mysterio.

Storm ONE! 🤘⚡️

Toni Storm picks up the win in her #SmackDown debut! pic.twitter.com/rNkEJLI7QS
— WWE (@WWE) July 24, 2021

Vega tears off Storm's belt but before she can use it she's planted by a twisting cutter.

Toni Storm defeats Zelina Vega via pinfall.

Who wore it better?

h/t @sarahschreib #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/dMYIL1PkvI
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

T O N I T I M E #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/FFLYm7sFok
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

Storm responds with a headbutt in the ring, ringing the bells of both competitors.

Toni Storm is out next, and the former NXT UK Women's Champion is facing off against Zelina Vega. Storm quickly takes Vega to the floor where Vega bounces her face off the table.

"Remember what I said about not putting my hands on you? I'm a liar." - @EdgeRatedR to @WWERollins #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/QMy18tvyhY
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

"Give it up for Grandpa @EdgeRatedR." - @WWERollins #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/akATEgJnUg
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

"Nothing would make me happier than to crush your dreams."#SmackDown @WWERollins @EdgeRatedR pic.twitter.com/qmRIhujsHT
— WWE (@WWE) July 24, 2021

Rollins promises that he'll pull the trigger if Edge doesn't keep his nose out of his business. Edge reminds Rollins that he's a liar and begins attacking the Drip King. The Edgecution plants Rollins, sending him stumbling around the ring. Rollins barely escapes a spear, falling to the floor.

Rollins says that Edge has been a scumbag and nothing would make him happier than to crush the dreams of the Rated-R Superstar. If Edge continues to push his button, Rollins will end him.

Edge promises Seth he won't hit him if he comes to the ring. Rollins says he was going to come out here anyway, explaining that Cena and Edge coming back for handouts is disgusting.

"@WWERollins." - @EdgeRatedR #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/cqqEMJidCF
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

Edge looks back to 2015 when Seth Rollins threatened to break his neck live on TV. He didn't pull the trigger then, and that was a mistake. Edge says he's learned from the evilest minds in this industry. He was in the Brood and the Ministry of Darkness. Rollins has no idea what Edge is capable of, but he'll find out soon enough.

At that point, Seth Rollins emerges from the back.

Edge is out and the Cleveland crowd is rocking. The Rated-R Superstar nearly won the Universal Championship at Money in the Bank, but was attacked by Seth Rollins. He thanks the fans for their support, and they know just how hard he's worked to get back here.

Thank you, @ShotziWWE & @TeganNoxWWE_ 😂😂#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/Ql2tdfzhD0
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

Still the #SmackDown Women's Champion, from @RollingLoud, @BiancaBelairWWE! pic.twitter.com/vard7QgEP2
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

We see Kevin Owens backstage trying to help Nox and Tegan fix the tank. He walks off to find Baron Corbin, who says he's sorry for insulting Kevin last week. It's a bad habit he's trying to break. He asks for Kevin's forgiveness, and in return gets some money from the Prize Fighter. The tank accidentally fires and hits Corbin in the crowned jewels, allowing Dolph Ziggler and Bobby Roode to steal his money.

Mella hits a kick to the gut but misses the superkick. Belair plants her with the K.O.D. to retain the SmackDown Women's Championship.

Bianca Belair defeats Carmella via pinfall.

Belair catches a crossbody, turning Carmella over with a fallaway slam. After a kip-up, she hits a handspring moonsault for a near fall.

Carmella can't keep Bianca Belair grounded. The SmackDown Women's Champion hits her with a dropkick and sends her to the apron. Carmella responds with a tilt-a-whirl headscissor takedown only to be turned inside out with a shoulder tackle.

.@AngeloDawkins picks up the win and #TheESTofWWE has ARRIVED at @RollingLoud! @MontezFordWWE #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/YSNO8HpkTa
— WWE (@WWE) July 24, 2021

We love this move by @AngeloDawkins! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/dRR8TJ81rF
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

Hi @Wale 👋 #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/iHsJCJCR3h
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021

Gable is planted with the Anointment, giving Dawkins a much-needed win.

Angelo Dawkins defeats Chad Gable via pinfall.

The action continues next, as SmackDown Women's Champion Bianca Belair is out at the Rolling Loud Festival. She'll be taking on Carmella.

Dawkins kicks out of a bridging northern lights suplex. Wale and Montez Ford try and hype up the crowd for Dawkins, but it's cut off with a beautiful German suplex from the Olympian. Gable misses the moonsault but lands on his feet. Dawkins lays him out with a clothesline, but is rocked with a rolling ax kick.

Dawkins takes down Gable with a back elbow and dropkick, following up with the double underhook lifting neckbreaker. Gables manages to counter a punch on the turnbuckle, locking in a cross armbreaker in the ropes. A diving clothesline takes Dawkins down for the two-count.

It's Chad Gable vs Angelo Dawkins, and the crowd at the festival is...there.