WWE SmackDown Results, Live Updates, Highlights & Commentary online from Friday Night SmackDown (17th April 2020)

WWE SmackDown Results April 17th, 2020: Winners, Grades, Video Highlights for latest Friday Night SmackDown

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And new SmackDown Tag Team Champs, @WWEBigE & @TrueKofi! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/0xroeRFGPj
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) April 18, 2020

And there goes the table! @WWEBigE, Jey @WWEUsos and @mikethemiz quickly turn up the 🔥in their Triple Threat Match for the #SmackDown #TagTeamTitles. pic.twitter.com/dgcZTQWqaZ
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2020

With that, the New Day are 8-time Tag Team Champions.

Big E defeats The Miz via pinfall.

Big E breaks up the hold and plants Miz with the Big Ending. 1-2-3! And Newwwwwwwwww SmackDown Tag Team Champions!

Miz and Jey roll each other up. Eventually Miz flattens Jey with a Skull Crushing Finale. Jey kicks out and is locked into a Figure-4 Leglock.

The Miz and Jey Uso continue the match back on the inside, wth Jey laying out Miz with a crossbody. Big E rolls in, but both he and Miz are laid out in opposite corners. Jey hits two running hip attacks, but the third attempt sees E catch him with a uranage.

.@BaronCorbinWWE gets the last word in literal fashion against @IAmEliasWWE after a vicious backstage attack. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/EzepIFQ2y0
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2020

If #FridayFeeling were a person.

(via @wwe) pic.twitter.com/43byceqZE5
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) April 18, 2020

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Big E tears apart the table, telling the commentary team how he plans to use it. However, Uso and Miz rock him with kicks before slamming him through it with a double suplex.

The Triple Threat for the Tag Titles begins, and Big E is on fire. Both competitors get dumped with overhead belly-to-belly suplexes.

"You will BOW DOWN to your #King."#SmackDown @BaronCorbinWWE pic.twitter.com/vyMbHNSaor
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2020

Next week's MITB qualifiers are King Corbin vs Drew Gulak and Lacey Evans vs Sasha Banks.

Corbin says that Elias, like everyone else, will soon bow down to the King. A few shots with the royal scepter leaves Elias gasping for air and struggling to move. One final shot, this time with the guitar, puts Elias down for good.

Well, it wasn't ringside. Apparently Corbin has his own special place back where all the crates and supplies are? Does Corbin have an evil lair?

#King @BaronCorbinWWE is BRUTALIZING @IAmEliasWWE backstage on #SmackDown! pic.twitter.com/JPjYhkNYRj
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2020

HERE. FOR. THIS.@WWEDanielBryan vs. @WWECesaro is 🔥🔥🔥 on #SmackDown. pic.twitter.com/mDv1N1Ml2c
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) April 18, 2020

Elias is dragged to the ring as we cut to another commercial.

King Corbin bounces Elias's head off a production truck backstage and smashes his arm in between two crates.

Next up is a musical perAND CORBIN LAYS OUT ELIAS BACKSTAGE

Daniel Bryan defeats Cesaro via submission.

Nakamura tries to break it up, but Gulak yanks him out and drives him into the barricade, meaning Cesaro has no choice but to tap out.

Cesaro breaks out and delivers a stiff clothesline to the former WWE Champion. Uppercuts light up Bryan in the corner. Cesaro, though, is caught again in the Yes Lock.

Cesaro manages to connect with a GTS before locking in a crossface. Bryan, in the middle of the ring, rolls to the ropes before countering with the Yes Lock.

The Yes Kicks knock out Cesaro, who kicks out at two-and-a-half.

Bryan is again able to lock in an armbar. Cesaro's attempt at powering out of it fails when Bryan picks his leg, allowing him to focus some kicks on Cesaro's injured arm.

Bryan fights out of Cesaro's grip and goes for a crossbody, but the Swiss Superman catches him nearly one-handed for a backbreaker. The Sharpshooter gets locked in quickly, but Bryan is able to make it to the ropes.

Back from break, and Gulak is working over Cesaro's arm, attempting to weaken his freakish strength. A hip toss into an armbar didn't last long as Cesaro overpowered him, lifting him up for a powerbomb.

Bryan launches Ceasro over the top and follows up with a suicide dive. During the match, the hooded figure again says that everyone will "hear the truth." He then shows several tag teams, claiming that some like their friends close, and their enemies closer.

Drew Gulak and Shinsuke Nakamura are ringside as well.

Next up is the men's MITB qualifier. Cesaro vs Daniel Bryan. Should be a banger.

No one said 'And NEEEWWWWWW' quite like him. Howard Finkel, was the voice of an entire generation.#ThankYouFink pic.twitter.com/7zKBhMsP1a
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) April 18, 2020

Are you 'Team Otis and Mandy' or 'Team Dolph and Sonya Deville'? #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/gQd3HAlNwb
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) April 18, 2020

DON'T TOUCH HIS PEACH!!!#SmackDown @otiswwe pic.twitter.com/As1GOCNPpY
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2020

Fire and NO Desire #SmackDown

(via @WWE)pic.twitter.com/kEBxuxGVuq
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) April 18, 2020

Ziggler attempts to hit Otis with a sneak attack but is crushed by the big man instead. A caterpillar elbow puts Ziggler down for good.

Mandy shoves off Ziggler's advances and gets blindsided by Sonya Deville. Otis runs in and sends Ziggler to the floor. Mandy tosses Sonya off of Otis, leaving Ziggler and Sonya backing up the ramp.

Just as Mandy and Sonya were about to throw hands Dolph Ziggler rushes in to attempt to make peace. Ziggler says, regardless of how it went down, what he had with Mandy was real and meant something.

Sonya comes out with a hard bomb, claiming Mandy has absolutely no talent, and is only eye candy.

Apparently, the deal between Sonya and Dolph was...if Dolph gets with Mandy, he would have to help Fire and Desire get the tag titles? Alright.

And it was fake. Sonya calls Mandy one of the most selfish people she's ever met in her life. She tried to ruin Otis's chance because she knew that once they got together, Sonya would be kicked to the curb.

Sonya's legit crying. Maybe Mandy should forgi....nah.

Deville goes through their relationship, from Tough Enough, to Absolution, to Fire and Desire. Mandy eventually comes to the ring, though she's not too pleased.

Next up is the...maybe...possible reunion with Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville.

BREAKING: WWE Superstars will climb the corporate ladder at #MITB!

The match begins on the ground floor of WWE Headquarters but the briefcases will be hanging all the way up on the roof of the corporate tower! https://t.co/iGoIUggwzo pic.twitter.com/TqawawkBXs
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2020

.@DanaBrookeWWE did it!!!

She takes down @NaomiWWE to move on to WWE #MITB!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/csryz3IZ9r
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2020

It's all about #MITB, as @NaomiWWE and @DanaBrookeWWE battle it out in a hard-hitting qualifying match. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/QXNVz6s3rk
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2020