WWE SmackDown Results, Live Updates, Highlights & Commentary online from Season Premiere of Friday Night SmackDown (16th October 2020)

WWE SmackDown Results October 16th, 2020: Latest Friday Night SmackDown Winners, Grades, Video Highlights

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"YOU LOVE ME? I LOVE YOU TOO!" - Jey @WWEUSOs #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/2FdbtFiNeI
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

#TheTribalChief @WWERomanReigns sends a message to Jey @WWEUsos. #SmmackDown pic.twitter.com/gxhs7O3TSN
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

MESSAGE. SENT.#SmackDown #HAIC @WWERomanReigns @WWEUsos @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/etduJUBAo7
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

Is @BraunStrowman going to tap?!?!?#SmackDown #UniversalTitle @WWERomanReigns @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/tcQQ9PlTLt
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

Roman tries to appeal to Jey and says he needs to prove himself to their family. He sends the chair to Jey, wanting the former tag champ to use it. He turns his back on Jey, giving him the chance to hit him.

Jey doesn't do it. Jey can't do it. Roman smiles and comes in for a hug, thinking he's finally gotten through to Jey.

Nope. Jey rocks him with a right and superkicks him before cracking him with the chair a few times. Roman, thanks to help from the officials, knocks Jey down with a Superman punch.

He's incredibly upset that he has to hurt his cousin again. That was Jey's last chance. At HIAC, he makes an example out of him.

Roman beckons Jey to the ring and gets a chair from Paul Heyman. Braun Strowman is left gasping for air, struggling to stand.

Roman breaks the chair over Strowman's back and says that he doesn't want to do this to Jey at Hell in a Cell. They're family, and he loves him. But if he can do this to the Monster Among Men, imagine what he can do to Jey.

Roman sets up for another spear. Strowman makes it to his feet and almost counters with a running powerslam. Reigns escapes and locks in a guillotine.

Strowman drives Roman spine first into the corner, but can't break the grip of the Tribal Chief. Strowman is forced to tap.

Roman Reigns defeats Braun Strowman via submission.

Jey Uso immediately comes out, not giving Roman a chance to celebrate. Strowman sends a message to Jey by spearing Strowman one final time.

Look out!! 😮#SmackDown #UniversalTitle @BraunStrowman @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/oNb4CvJYak
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

Roman avoids an attack in the corner, but the Superman Punch is caught. Strowman plants Roman with the dominator. A chokeslam gives the Monster Among Men a two-count.

Roman's kick out also allows him to hit Strowman with a low blow. 1-2-not enough!

Back from the commercial break, Strowman is tossing Roman around like a ragdoll. Roman kicks out of the club to the chest at two.

We haven't seen @WWERomanReigns manhandled like this in a long time! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/NmOFwSj5pV
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

Superman Punch to start this one. This one won't be pretty. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/sO5ftKlZRA
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

Braun manages to catch Roman coming off the steps, slamming him into the ring post and launching him over the table. The Strowman Train sends Roman over the barricade to the concrete floor.

.@WWERomanReigns isn't wasting ANY time going after @BraunStrowman!#SmackDown #UniversalTitle @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/XXAJAhlgL7
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

Jey @WWEUsos is keeping a close eye on this #UniversalTitle showdown...#SmackDown #HIAC pic.twitter.com/XW8Zg3P3eg
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

Roman's drive-by apron dropkick connects. Braun kicks out of the pin, with Braun launching Roman up to his feet. Braun sends Roman into the turnbuckle but is shocked with a big right hand.

Roman seems to have an answer for everything Strowman does.

Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns lock up, with Roman managing to dump Strowman to the ground. As he gets up on the apron, a Superman Punch sends him off to the floor again.

With @Goldberg looking on... we've got a BIG FIGHT FEEL in the #WWEThunderDome!#SmackDown @WWERomanReigns @BraunStrowman @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/sOtwFRxMPJ
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

I can't believe WWE remembered the Greatest Royal Rumble. I can't believe I remember the Greatest Royal Rumble.

"At Hell in a Cell, I'm going to end you!"

The tension between @itsBayleyWWE and @SashaBanksWWE is at an all-time high. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/LLWP6TTtkn
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

Looks like @itsBayleyWWE isn't signing... 🧐#SmackDown #HIAC @SashaBanksWWE pic.twitter.com/C8NYX1dacU
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

Can't really blame @itsBayleyWWE for not wanting to sign a contract in @WWE after this... #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/GNS3Tv3qZz
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

It's time for your main event! Braun Strowman. Roman Reigns. Universal Championship. It's next.

NEXT WEEK, for one night only, #SmackDown moves to @FS1! pic.twitter.com/5PyCEqldqk
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

Next week, SmackDown will make a one night only move to FS1.

The before.

We hope @ScrapDaddyAP asked @SamoaJoe for tips on how to conduct a contract signing. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/aNW1oBaF7s
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

Banks signs the contract, but Bayley doesn't.

What uh...what happens now? If she doesn't sign it, do we not get the match?

Banks says she could've turned on her at any time, but she would never do that because they were best friends. Friends don't do that to each other.

Banks is the reason Bayley showed up on the main roster years ago. She was there for Bayley when she won her first main roster belt, and more. Bayley didn't understand that, so now Banks has to take the one thing she holds dear.

Banks and Bayley both say that they've been waiting on this moment for a long time. Banks says that Bayley didn't get where she is with any help. It was all by herself.

The Role Model says that Banks has been waiting to turn on her for such a long time, and Banks is just mad she didn't do it first.

The #SmackDown Tag Titles are on the line as The #StreetProfits defend their reign against @HEELZiggler & @RealRobertRoode. #SmackDown @MontezFordWWE @AngeloDawkins pic.twitter.com/11MK6tOBex
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

DING DONG!

The CHAMP is here. #SmackDown #WomensTitle @itsBayleyWWE pic.twitter.com/sKdVf4wQFc
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

Next up is the HIAC SmackDown Women's Championship contract signing! Adam Pearce is in the ring with both Sasha Banks and champion Bayley.

.@WWEDanielBryan’s #WWEThunderDome debut quickly got out of hand!#SmackDown @WWERollins @reymysterio @DomMysterio35 pic.twitter.com/bkGHZhrwUF
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

The SmackDown Tag Team Championship match doesn't last long. Dawkins nearly gets pinned early, but Montez breaks it up. Roode and Ziggler brawl with Montez until the bell rings.

No Contest

Dawkins is planted with a spinebuster/Zig-Zag combo, but Montez responds with a high angle crossbody, laying out both contenders.

"She's the future."@JayGlazer on @BiancaBelairWWE #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/DkUFGR2GwE
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

.@MontezFordWWE & @AngeloDawkins put their Tag Team Titles on the line against @HEELZiggler & @RealRobertRoode NEXT on the season premiere of #SmackDown! pic.twitter.com/PQuWLUUOAX
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

👀 👀 👀#SmackDown @WWE_Murphy @reymysterio @DomMysterio35 pic.twitter.com/1fb3b7626R
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

Nowhere to run, @WWERollins!#SmackDown @WWEDanielBryan @reymysterio @DomMysterio35 pic.twitter.com/SD4ccp3FHU
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

We want @WWERollins vs. @WWEDanielBryan, please. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/JzQvVR9At3
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

HERE. FOR. THIS.#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/UvINR4I4nE
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

Rollins asks Bryan to join him in his fight with the Mysterios. Bryan, obviously, declines.

Murphy then rushes the ring, but instead attacks Rollins, rocking him with a flash knee strike. Rey and Dominik Mysterio aren't sure what to do or say regarding Murphy.

The former Cruiserweight Champion offers his hand to them, but they decline.

Bryan says he's all for positive change, but Seth Rollins' crusade seems a bit dumb to him. Rollins gives him a chance to take it back, but that's a no-go.

Rollins attacks Bryan, but the leader of the Yes Movement responds with a flying clothesline and a series of Yes Kicks. Rollins hastily retreats to the ramp, only to be met by Rey and Dominik Mysterio.

THUNDERDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/r3hZ806SWs
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 17, 2020

Rollins says that he'll be the one leading SmackDown into a new age, then asks if Daniel Bryan is going to join him on the quest of the greater good.

#ThankYouNewDay.#SmackDown @WWEBigE @TrueKofi @AustinCreedWins pic.twitter.com/vAbsKrEBAQ
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2020

Daniel Bryan loves being inside the ThunderDome. While he enjoys his time at home, he's happy to be here. He points to Brie Bella and Birdie on one of the screens, waving to them.

Bryan is excited about the newest Superstars that have joined SmackDown. Bianca Belair, The Riott Squad, Kevin Owens, Aleister Black, Apollo Crews and more have Bryan ready to get back in the ring.

He's interrupted by the Friday Night Messiah Seth Rollins.