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Roman Reigns Graces Us With His Presence, Serena Deeb Eyes ROH Gold | WWE SD x AEW Rampage Recap

Wrestling WWE
Robert DeFelice Jul 9, 2022 1:09AM

Here is your fight size update for WWE Friday Night SmackDown and AEW Rampage on Friday, July 8, 2022:

WWE SmackDown

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- Tonight featured the new-rare occurrence of Roman Reigns on WWE television. It's still his island of relevancy and his focus is still on Brock Lesnar, but Austin Theory, with his Money in the Bank briefcase, is circling the waters. As seen in the opening segment. See the video above.

- Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Ludwig Kaiser and as a result of his loss, Kaiser was the recipient of some chops from Gunther.

- Ronda Rousey defeated Natalya by submission.

- Maximum Male Models titillate your juices with their 2022 Tennis Collection

- Liv Morgan will defend her SmackDown Women's Championship against Ronda Rousey at SummerSlam.

- Lacey Evans is now a heel.

- Madcap Moss makes a joke out of Theory

- The Usos dismiss Kayla Braxton's questioning of the finish to their Money in the Bank match with The Street Profits after they defeat Los Lotharios by pinfall.

- The Viking Raiders defeated Jinder Mahal and Shanky by pinfall. The Vikings also held off an attack by The New Day after the match.

- Drew McIntyre beats Butch after Sheamus backs out last minute.

- Check out the full results for SmackDown at this link.

AEW Rampage

- In the opener, Eddie Kingston defeated Konosuke Takeshita. Later, Eddie Kingston challenged Chris Jericho to a Barbed Wire Deathmatch. That match will take place on Wednesday, July 20.

- Athena and Kris Statlander are ready to give Jade Cargill a real challenge.

- Gates of Agony defeated Jonathan Gresham and Lee Moriarty when Gresham abandoned Moriarty to join Tully Blanchard Enterprises.

- Moriarty is already coming with the shots on Twitter following the betrayal.

- Moriarty vs. Gresham is already announced for July 15’s Rampage. See what else has been announced here.

- Serena Deeb and Mercedes Martinez defeated Kayla Sparks and Christina Marie. After the match, Deeb laid out Mercedes. It's very clear, she wants Ring of Honor Women's World Championship.

- A vignette aired for HOOK tonight.

- You can see what is announced for Wednesday's Dynamite here.

- In the main event, Orange Cassidy defeated Tony Nese. Danhausen deserves some of the credithausen.

- You can see the full results for Rampage here.

- You can also see a review podcast for both AEW Rampage and WWE SmackDown below:

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