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The Acclaimed Win The Right To Scissor Again, Logan Paul Punches Jey Uso | WWE SD x AEW Recap

Wrestling
Colin Tessier Oct 22, 2022 12:19AM

Here is your fight size update for WWE Friday Night SmackDown and AEW Rampage on Friday, October 21, 2022.

WWE SmackDown

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- Logan Paul punched out Jey Uso on Friday night. At the end of the show, the social media megastar came to the ring and discussed his upcoming match with Roman Reigns. He noted that he might be the underdog, but he'll only need one punch to take Reigns down. Jey Uso attacked him from behind, and when Sami Zayn tried to stop his Bloodline stablemate, Paul dropped Uso with a knockout punch.

- Liv Morgan continues to change before fans' very eyes. During her match with Sonya Deville, she snapped and slammed her opponent's head into the steel steps until the referee called for the bell as the match ended in a double countout. Morgan continued to attack Deville after she bell, and she slammed her foe onto a pile of chairs with a superplex.

- Rey Mysterio will challenge Gunther for the WWE Intercontinental Championship in two weeks, and he picked up more momentum when he beat Ludwig Kaiser on Friday. During the bout, he paid tribute to Eddie Guerrero by tossing a chair to Gunther and pretending the champion hit him with it.

- Braun Strowman called out MVP and Omos. He challenged his fellow giant to a match at WWE Crown Jewel, and MVP accepted on his client's behalf. Omos came to the ring and drove Strowman out of it with a shoulder tackle.

- Thanks to a timely assist from Bayley, Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai and IYO SKY) defeated Raquel Rodriguez and Shoti to retain the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.

- In the show-opening match, Solo Sikoa defeated Sheamus when Sami Zayn distracted the former WWE Champion. The Bloodline attacked Sheamus after the bout, and Jey Uso smashed his arm with a chair. WWE later announced that Sheamus suffered a non-displaced fracture near his elbow.

- Bray Wyatt thanked the fans for the support. He noted that he's just a servant now, and he goes where the circle takes him. Later in the show, a video promo showed fans the masked Bray Wyatt saying, "Never lie to your loved ones." The video shifted to show a mysterious person, who said, "Howdy."

- Drew McIntyre announced that he will face Karrion Kross in a Steel Cage Match at WWE Crown Jewel.

- A video package highlighted LA Knight.

- A brief vignette teased the Viking Raiders' new ally.

- Legado del Fantasma vowed to destroy Hit Row, but the fan-favorite group hinted that they have a plan.

- In an interview backstage, SmackDown Women's Champion Ronda Rousey stated that she doesn't owe the fans anything. She'd be pathetic if she kept chasing their approval. Rousey said she came back to win. She then announce that she'll be holding an open challenge next week.

- In a WWE Digital Exclusive, Ridge Holland and Butch made it clear that they intend to get revenge for what The Bloodline did to Sheamus.

- In a WWE Digital Exclusive, Damage CTRL celebrated their victory.

- Rey Mysterio discussed his win over Ludwig Kaiser in a WWE Digital Exclusive.

- Check out the card for next week's episode of WWE SmackDown here.

- Catch up on our live coverage of WWE SmackDown by clicking here.

AEW Rampage

- The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) defeated the Varsity Athletes (Tony Nese and Josh Woods) to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship. Per the stipulation of the match, the victory gave the champions the right to scissor again after Mark Sterling had copyrighted the term. Sterling tried to backtrack, but The Acclaimed beat him up after the match and hit him with the Scissor Me Timbers.

- Oriz and The Lucha Brothers (Rey Fenix and Penta Oscuro) encouraged Eddie Kingston to control his temper. Pac chimed in and told him to compose himself. He pointed out that Kingston's temper cost him his match against Sammy Guevara on AEW Rampage: Grand Slam.

- Willow Nightingale was scheduled to face Penelope Ford, but Tony Schiavone announced that the latter was sidelined with an injury. Nightingale defeated Leila Grey instead, and Schiavone announced that she is All Elite.

- Ari Daivari tested HOOK, but the FTW Champion still beat the leader of the Trustbusters to retain the gold.

- Stokely Hathaway announced he sent Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) to the Stokely Hathaway Wrestling Academy so they could work on their fundamentals. that Matt Hardy has a match on AEW Dark: Elevation. Hardy responded by rapping.

- TBS Champion Jade Cargill came to the ring and demanded Nyla Rose to give her the stolen title back. Instead, Rose mocked Cargill again and rode away in the champion's car.

- In the main event, Orange Cassidy defeated RUSH and 10 to retain the AEW All-Atlantic Championship.

- At the end of the show, AEW paid tribute to lead video engineer Brian "Mongo" Muster, who passed away earlier this week.

- In a tweet, Sonny Kiss responded to Ari Daivari's loss and chalenged HOOK to a match at Full Gear.

- Catch up on our live coverage of AEW Rampage by clicking here.

- You can also see a review podcast for both AEW Rampage and WWE SmackDown on our YouTube channel.

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