WWE SmackDown Results 2/28/25

WWE SmackDown Results 2/28/25
Scotiabank Arena
Toronto, Canada

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Commentators: (Joe Tessitore & Wade Barrett) 

Ring Announcer: Lilian Garcia

Transcription by Josh Lopez

– Cody Rhodes was given a personal private locker room courtesy of “The Final Boss” The Rock.

Tiffany Stratton, Trish Stratus, Chelsea Green, Piper Niven Segment 

Trish Stratus: It’s the jersey, isn’t it? I just want to say, thank you for that introduction to the ring, Lilian Garcia. Guys, what year is it? We got Lilian Garcia introducing me. We got The Rock back in the mix. We got Trish Stratus wrestling tomorrow. And I couldn’t think of a better place for it all to go down, than right here, in my hometown of Toronto. Do you know what I love about wrestling? The generational impact it has, like this little girl, here. Probably, quite possibly, your dad had a poster of me on his wall when he was your age. I don’t know, the one with the heels and the crawling, that one. Speaking of generational impact, tomorrow, when I wrestle at the Rogers Centre, it will be the very first time that my kids will see me wrestle live, Max and Maddy. To be back here celebrating my 25th anniversary, in 2025, to be able to mix it up with the next generation of talent, it’s incredible to me. And you guys, I’m beyond excited to be teaming up with someone who’s been taking the women’s division by storm. Ladies and gentlemen, please get on your feet, and please help me welcome my tag team partner, your WWE Women’s Champion, Tiffany Stratton. Toronto, can I ask you guys a question? What time is it?

Tiffany Stratton: It’s Trishy Time and Tiffy Time.

Trish Stratus: You know, I thought of putting these custom-made jerseys together, and I want to show you some love, but maybe we show somebody out here some love.

Tiffany and Trish fling their jerseys into the crowd.

Tiffany Stratton: We’re like so in sync, Trishy.

Trish Stratus: We are in sync. It’s almost like we’ve been hanging out a lot, training together, maybe, doing Yoga together.

Tiffany Stratton: And that is exactly why, tomorrow, we’re going to beat Nia Jax and Candice LeRae.

Trish Stratus: That’s right, right here in Toronto.

Chelsea Green: Snooze fest. Nobody wants dumb and dumber hogging the airtime, okay. Do you know who I am? I deserve the airtime. I’m the Women’s United States Champion. And much like, Auston Matthews, I’m the best thing to step foot in the Scotiabank Arena, tonight, Trish. See, unlike Auston Matthews, I actually win. See, Trishy, the minute that I left this dump, everything was better for me. I became Women’s United States Champion. And I’m honored to represent the people of America, because guess what, the people are better in America, honey.

Tiffany Stratton: Chelsea, I’m from America, and you don’t represent me.

Chelsea Green: I’m sorry, did I say that I represent losers? No, I did not, okay. It’s not Tacky Time, it’s mine time, honey. Leave it to the real champions who don’t need their mommy to dress them.

Tiffany Stratton: Since you think you’re so special, why don’t I show you who the real center of the universe is, and let’s have a match, tonight.

Chelsea Green: I can’t make it, I have plans. Gotta go, I have plans.

Trish Stratus: No, the thing is, I think that’s a great idea, I think Toronto think it’s a great idea. And I think if Nick Aldis thinks it’s a good idea, maybe he should send down a referee, right now.

Chelsea Green: Nicholas, don’t you dare bring out a referee, don’t you dare do it.

First Match: Tiffany Stratton w/Trish Stratus vs. Chelsea Green w/Piper Niven 

This match started during the commercial break. Green salutes the crowd. Green goes for a Vertical Suplex, but Stratton counters with an inside cradle for a two count. Green with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Green with a Sliding Flatliner for a two count. Green applies a rear chin lock. Following a snap mare takeover, Green tugs on Stratton’s hair. Stratton with a Belly to Back Suplex. Stratton with forearm shivers. Stratton follows that with two clotheslines. Stratton dodges The Pump Kick. Stratton with another clothesline. Stratton with a Double Back Handstand Elbow. Stratton drops Green with The SpineBuster for a two count. Stratton goes for The Alabama Slam, but Green rolls her over for a two count. Green avoids The Double Foot Stomp.

Green clocks Stratton with The Rough Ryder for a two count. Green argues with the referee. Stratton blocks The Unprettier. Stratton with The Rolling Senton.Stratton with a Double Foot Stomp. Niven pulls Green out of the ring. Stratus slams Niven’s head on the ring apron. Stratton wipes out Green and Niven with a Flying Cannonball Senton from the ring post. Nia Jax and Candice LeRae attacks Stratus from behind. Jax pulls Stratton out of the ring which forces the disqualification. After the match, Jax launches Stratton over the announce table. LeRae repeatedly drives Stratus face first into the canvas. Jax HeadButts Stratton. Stratton fires back with a flurry of forearms. Jax answers with another HeadButt. Jax goes for The Annihilator, but Stratus gets in the way. Stratus tees off on Jax. Stratus dropkicks Jax to the floor. Stratton prepares for The PME. Jax pulls LeRae out of the ring.

Winner: Tiffany Stratton via Disqualification 

– Solo Sikoa runs into Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga in the backstage area. Jacob says that what happened last week was an accident. Solo knows that was an accident. What happened last week made him realize that this family needs to make a statement, and it starts with getting the United States Championship. Solo wants Jacob to run the play. As a matter of fact, Solo wants Jacob to bring the title back to the family. Everything Solo is doing right now is to show Jacob how much he loves him. Jacob doesn’t say anything and walks away.

– R-Truth barges into Cody’s private dressing room. Truth called The Rock “The Soul Man”. He used to watch him and Tony Atlas tag a lot when he was little. Maybe Cody should consider selling his soul to The Rock. Truth tells Cody to not be shellfish.

Second Match: Jacob Fatu vs. Andrade El Idolo In A Number One Contenders Qualifying Match 

Idolo drop steps into a side headlock. Fatu sends Idolo to the corner. Idolo dives over Fatu. Idolo grabs a side headlock. Fatu whips Idolo across the ring. Fatu drops Idolo with a shoulder tackle. Idolo side steps Fatu into the turnbuckles. Idolo with a knife edge chop. Fatu reverses out of the irish whip from Idolo. Idolo rocks Fatu with a forearm smash. Idolo with a Flying Crossbody Block. Idolo sends Fatu tumbling to the floor. Idolo with The Slingshot Hurricanrana. Idolo with The Orihara MoonSault. Idolo rolls Fatu back into the ring. Idolo rolls Fatu back into the ring. Fatu knocks Idolo off the top turnbuckle. Fatu slams Idolo’s head on the announce table. Fatu rolls Idolo back into the ring. Fatu transitions into a ground and pound attack.

Fatu HeadButts Idolo. Fatu applies the cravate. Fatu whips Idolo back first into the turnbuckles. Idolo decks Fatu with a JawBreaker. Fatu with The Pop Up Samoan Drop. Fatu with repeated headbutts in the corner. Fatu levels Idolo with The Body Avalanche. Idolo repeatedly kicks Fatu in the face. Fatu goes for The Pop Up Samoan Drop, but Idolo counters with The Reverse Hurricanrana. Idolo with a forearm smash. Idolo with two short-arm clotheslines. Idolo ducks a clothesline from Fatu. Idolo with a flying forearm smash. Idolo pops back on his feet. Idolo goes for The Shotgun Meteora, but Fatu counters with a Running HeadButt. Idolo avoids The Running Hip Attack. Idolo with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Idolo hits The Shotgun Meteora. Idolo with The Double MoonSault for a two count. Fatu blocks The Message. Fatu with The Banzai Drop. Fatu nails Idolo with Two Running Hip Attacks. Fatu hits The Impaler DDT. Fatu connects with The Double Jump MoonSault to pickup the victory.

Winner: Jacob Fatu via Pinfall 

– We go to the backstage area where Nick Aldis is scolding The Street Profits. Three months of them being put on the shelf and not getting a tag team title opportunity that Nick promised them is not sitting well with Montez Ford. They’re not going to stop until they get their title shot. Nick appreciates the respect, but that’s not how business gets conducted on the blue brand. Legado Del Fantasma joins the conversation. Santos Escobar is really glad that The Profits are back, because now they can finally apologize to him for falsely accusing his family of taking them out. Angelo Dawkins refuses to apologize. Santos says that they’re going to beat an apology out of them. Nick tells Santos to save his energy for LA Knight, he’s two victories away from getting a US Title shot. Nick makes a match with The Profits and Los Garza official.

Third Match: The Street Profits vs. Los Garza 

DIY viciously attacks The Street Profits from behind during their entrance. Los Garza joins the fray. All hell starts breaking loose in Toronto. Garza SuperKicks Ciampa. Dawkins drives Garza face first into the steel ring post. Ford repeatedly stomps on Gargano’s chest. DIY are getting mollywhopped. Pretty Deadly storms into the ring. Prince drives Ford shoulder first into the ring post. Prince with The Big Boot to Dawkins.

Assisted CodeBreaker. Gargano drops Prince with The Slingshot Spear. Ciampa decks Wilson with a back elbow smash. SuperKick/Fairy Tale Ending Combination to Wilson. The Motor City Machine Guns joins the fray. Enzuigiri/Flatliner Combination to Ciampa on the floor. MCMG pulls Gargano out of the ring. SuperKick/PK Combination. The entire tag team division continues to brawl all over the ringside area. SomerSault Plancha/Orihara MoonSault Combination from Los Garza. MCMG and The Profits tee off on DIY. The security detail are completely useless are more brawls continue to break out as DIY cheers on from the outside.

Match Result: No-Contest 

– Cody Rhodes runs into Drew McIntyre in the backstage area. Drew knows that Cody has got a lot on his mind. A big decision that could affect Cody’s life and his family’s life for generations. If Drew was in Cody’s position, he wouldn’t know what to do. He remembered when he and Cody were so low on the card a decade ago, they would do anything to get to the top. It was really telling that Cody didn’t automatically respond to The Rock’s offer last week. It said a lot. Drew doesn’t know what The Rock is going to do when Cody finally says yes, and he finds out that he sold his soul a long time ago.

– John Cena Video Package.

CM Punk, Logan Paul, Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, Damian Priest Segment

Drew McIntyre: Cut it off, cut it off, now. Lee, I will go to that production truck if you don’t cut it off, right now. We’re not doing this, please love me, remember me, how I was not who I am BS. You stink, mate. John, I guess you either die the hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the hypocrite. Toronto. Do y’all remember after the Royal Rumble? John sat there in the press conference, and after he used his stroke, and he put himself in the Elimination Chamber, which I don’t care about, I can see you, you’re a hypocrite. What I care about is that you said, everyone in that match has seven weeks to say whatever you want about me. And besides CM Punk saying, oh, I qualified the right way, no one has said anything.

I don’t know if you’re scared of the former golden goose, but I’m sure as hell not, so I’m going to say some stuff about John Cena. I can’t help but wonder what John Cena 2010/2011 would say about present day John Cena. He would probably start off with some childish poopy joke, then he would tear himself apart for going to Hollywood and turning his back on this industry and only returning for ego trips. And to cap it all off, he would rip apart that giant ass bald spot on the back of his head that deserves its own area code. Remember, it’s not me saying it, it’s past John Cena saying it. But what I want to say, John, is that I used to be so scared of you when I was a kid. Not physically, but politically, because you could end a career, just like that. But I’m not that scared kid anymore, you probably don’t even remember, I am the monster that people like you created. And at Elimination Chamber, I’m going to bury you. In 2024, I was screwed time and time again, and you people cheered The Toronto Screwjob after I won the Money In The Bank Ladder Match.

Damian Priest: Drew, enough. All you do, every week is complain, complain and cry. You want sympathy from these people, but they see right through you. They see right through every one of your thoughts that are delusional.

Drew McIntyre: I’m not delusional, whatsoever, all I’ve done is tell the truth. Find a lie, I dare you.

Damian Priest: Drew, R-Truth makes more sense than you do. You want truth? Truth is, I hear that you’re upset about the position you have in the company, because of a hell of a year that you had.

Drew McIntyre: Yeah, because I got screwed over and over, again.

Damian Priest: Well, let’s go over this great year you had. You won the World Title at WrestleMania, but because of this weird obsession with Punk, I cashed in on your ass. Then, right here at Money In The Bank, you win, you tried to cash in, and once again, you get pinned by me because of this weird obsession with Punk.

Drew McIntyre: I do not have a weird obsession with Punk.

Damian Priest: You don’t have a weird obsession? Look at you, right now. You look ridiculous.

Drew McIntyre: Yeah, I drop the pipe bombs now.

Damian Priest: Drew, look, tomorrow at the Chamber, the goal is to win and go to WrestleMania. But I’m going to take pride in pinning your ass in the ring, tomorrow. Thanks to that guy, and your obsession, the last time we were in this building, I dropped your ass. And if you need a reminder, just step through the ropes, and I’ll do it again.

Drew McIntyre: Okay.

Seth Rollins: Sorry, boys, I had to get that one in, but it’s been a while since I’ve been on SmackDown. Thank you, Toronto, I love y’all. Gentlemen, look at us, the three of us, the three amigos, back together again at the scene of the crime. And you guys, you’re having so much fun reminiscing on Money In The Bank, I thought I’d come out here and join the party with all the lovely folks here in Toronto. You see, I have some very specific memories about that night. I remember that if it weren’t for some questionable officiating, if it wasn’t for CM Punk having a sleep over under the ring, and if it weren’t for this moron here having the absolute worst Money In The Bank Cash-In of all-time, I would’ve beat your ass for the World Heavyweight Championship. But I’m not here to talk about the past, I’m here to talk about the future. And I got news for you two morons, this ain’t the same Seth Rollins that hobbled into WrestleMania last year. As a matter of fact, I feel as good as I look, and what that means is for you, you, and anyone else in that Chamber, tomorrow, you don’t stand a chance.

CM Punk: Is it great to be alive on a Friday in Toronto or what? Oh, man, where to begin. Look at this, there’s a couple of people I got personal issues with, if you don’t mind. I suppose I could start with you. You feel good as you look? Fantastic, because you look like an ovenmit. I cooked you on January 6th, and I’m going to cook you again in the Chamber, tomorrow. Priest, me and you are cool, I have no personal issue with you. But if that cage door opens, and it’s me and you, tomorrow, no quarter asked, none given, you will be collateral damage. You obsessed with me (Drew), you obsessed with me (Seth), and I’m obsessed with this, I’m obsessed about one thing. I’m obsessed with my road to WrestleMania. I’m obsessed with my own main event, first time ever. And if I have to beat every single one of you in the Elimination Chamber to do it, I will do it. And on top of all this drama, now we got somebody buying souls. And somebody had the audacity to ask me if I would sell my soul. Soul, if that’s something you believe in, and Drew, I know you do, because at one time you prayed for my demise. But I know you don’t have a soul to sell, because I snatched yours at Hell In A Cell in October. Everybody here better get real serious, real fast. And I know you’re going to have a hard time dealing with that, based on the way you like to dress. But you’re dealing with Hell In A Cell, CM Punk, come tomorrow. So, if each and every single one of you wake up tomorrow morning, and don’t feel like showing up, just like John Cena decided to embark on a retirement tour and decided to not show up, I understand. This is not about you, this is about me.

Seth Rollins: You will not main event WrestleMania, not over my dead body.

CM Punk: Oh, yes, I will.

Seth Rollins: You don’t stand a chance, sir. If it’s not going to be me, it damn sure ain’t gonna be you, I can promise you that.

Drew McIntyre: Seth, I beat you last year for the World Title at WrestleMania. And you, it’s been six months now, you’re due an injury, I owe you one, and tomorrow at Elimination Chamber, I’m taking your ass out.

CM Punk: I kicked your ass for duty, for profit, and tomorrow I do it for fun.

Damian Priest: Drew, I don’t know why you’re even talking, right now. Everybody knows, when the Chamber is over, all you’re going to do is complain on the internet.

Seth Rollins: It’s over for you, Punk. All those chants, they’re going to die tomorrow with your WrestleMania dreams.

– John Cena theme song hits, and Logan Paul comes out instead.

Logan Paul: Oh, what happened, Toronto? Y’all thought that was John Cena. Face it, Canada, John Cena doesn’t care about you. You can’t see him, but you can see me. Fellas, fellas, look around, look at all of us full timers, out here putting in the work, John Cena can’t even show up, classic celebrity wrestler. Y’all don’t mean that. Where’s CM Punk?

CM Punk: Over here, you idiot.

Logan Paul: Nah, nah, let’s start with someone else. Who’s that guy right there in the red? Seth Rollins, the Peacock of WWE. Mr. look, guys, I wear curtains to work. Buddy, you’re a great wrestler, Seth, but you dress like you lost a beat. CM Punk is right, dude, you look if Lady Gaga threw up on a coat hanger, dog. And Drew McIntyre, hey, congratulations, dude. Look around, you’re right at home, dude, you can’t win a championship these days and neither could the Toronto Maple Leafs. And Damian, I’ll be honest with you, I barely know anything about you. Irrelevancy, right? I can’t relate. I heard that you used to be a World Champion, right? Which is crazy, because I guess it just goes to show that you can have a Priest standing in the middle of that ring, and still, I remain the answer to WWE’s prayers. And CM Punk, I wish I could see you, right now, over everyone.

CM Punk: Yeah, I’m right over here, and if you’re going to be this boring tomorrow, you’re in for it, buddy.

Logan Paul: I see that expression on your face, such a stupid look, man. I would like to smack that expression off your face, but I did that on Monday. How’s your jaw, buddy?

CM Punk: I’ll come show you.

Logan Paul: Yeah, I’ll see you fools tomorrow when I win the Elimination Chamber. Hit John Cena’s music. Never mind, hit my music.

Fourth Match: LA Knight vs. Santos Escobar w/Legado Del Fantasma In A Number One Contenders Qualifying Match

Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Knight backs Escobar into the turnbuckles. The referee calls for a clean break. Knight tells Escobar to bring it. Strong lockup. Escobar with a side headlock takeover. Knight answers with a headscissors neck lock. Escobar floats over into a side headlock. Knight transitions into a hammerlock. Escobar decks Knight with a back elbow smash. Haymaker Exchange. Escobar grabs a side headlock. Knight whips Escobar across the ring. Escobar drops Knight with a shoulder tackle. Knight drops down on the canvas. Knight with The Kitchen Sink. Knight repeatedly stomps on Escobar’s chest. Escobar reverses out of the irish whip from Knight. Escobar with a Corner Dropkick. Escobar kicks Knight in the chest. Escobar whips Knight across the ring. Knight kicks Escobar in the chest. Knight clotheslines Escobar. Knight dumps Escobar face first on the top rope. Knight with The Side Effect.

Knight dives over Escobar. Escobar with a leaping calf kick. Knight launches Escobar over the top rope. Escobar slams Knight’s head on the top rope. Knight dumps Escobar out of the ring. Escobar avoids The Wrecking Ball Dropkick. Knight dodges The Pump Kick. Escobar with a reverse hammer throw into the steel ring steps. Escobar has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Escobar is mauling Knight in the corner. Escobar mocks Knight. Chop Exchange. Knight with a flurry of haymakers. Escobar with clubbing hamstring kicks. Escobar pie faces Knight. Knight reverses out of the irish whip from Escobar. Knight with a Leaping NeckBreaker for a two count. Knight sends Escobar to the corner. Escobar kicks Knight in the face. Escobar with a drop toe hold into the middle turnbuckle pad. Escobar stomps on Knight’s chest.

Following a snap mare takeover, Escobar applies a top wrist lock. Knight explodes out of the corner with two clotheslines. Knight ducks a clothesline from Escobar. Knight with a Pop Up Powerslam. Knight with a Running Elbow Drop. Escobar drives Knight back first into the turnbuckles. Escoar kicks Knight in the chest. Knight side steps Escobar into the turnbuckles. Knight starts stomping a mudhole and walking it dry. Knight goes for a Running Boot, but Escobar counters with a drop toe hold. Escobar kicks Knight in the back. Escobar puts Knight on the top turnbuckle. Escobar and Knight are trading back and forth shots. Escobar with The Top Rope Hurricanrana for a two count. Escobar with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Escobar drives his shoulder into the midsection of Knight. Escobar with The Apron Enzuigiri. Escobar with The Slingshot Senton. Escobar goes for a Flying Crossbody Block, but Knight counters with The BFT in mid-air to pickup the victory.

Winner: LA Knight via Pinfall 

Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn Segment 

Sami Zayn: Kevin Owens, to say you and me have been through a lot together would be an understatement, I say, right? Here’s the thing, Kevin, I think you’ve been doing a lot of running and a lot of hiding. You’ve been hanging out in your car. You’re shooting your selfie videos. Here’s the thing, I know for a fact that you’re in Toronto tonight. And I’m standing the middle of this ring, right now. So, if you got something you want to say, I’m inviting you out here, out of respect, not respect for you, but respect for everything that we’ve been through. I’m inviting you out here, right now, to look me in the eye, stand in the ring with me, with all of these people, in front of our countrymen, and say your final peace and then I’ll say mine. Because I’m telling you, right now, after tomorrow, there’ll be nothing left to say.

Kevin Owens: Sami, Sami, Sami, over here, buddy. You see me? You’re right, I am in Toronto, but I’m not at the arena. See, I wouldn’t want to show up there, and have something happened to your neck, because we need you healthy, well, as healthy as you could be for tomorrow night. You see, I’m at the Rogers Centre. See, I wanted to take it all in. You know, you and I have had a lot of fights in Toronto, from Ted Reeves Arena to the fairgrounds, but never somewhere like this. This is as big as ever gets. Tomorrow night is the biggest match we’ve ever had against each other, and here you are, this whole time trying to convince people that I’m the bad guy in this situation. And the worst part is that it’s actually, some people actually believe you. I am not the bad guy. Everything that’s happened to you, so far, everything that’s going to happen to you tomorrow night, you fully deserve. And let me make one more thing clear. After tomorrow night, when it’s all said and done, and I’ve ended your career, and you’re stuck to a wheelchair, and you can’t provide for your family anymore. I just need you to know, I’m not going to help them, I’m not going to do anything for them. I’m going to watch them suffer, because this is all your fault.

Sami Zayn: You know, I know it’s not the tough guy thing to admit that you’re nervous before a big fight, but I am. I’ve been nervous, all week. I’ve had this nervous pit in my stomach feeling. But Kevin, I’m not nervous about what might happen to me, I’m nervous about what I’m going to do to you. I’m nervous that your father, Terry, your mother, Susan, who’s been watching us since our very first match. I’m nervous about your wife and your kids, that I’ve known since they were born, I am nervous that they’re not going to be able to forgive me. But I’m telling you, right now, I want you to know, if they don’t forgive me, Kevin, I’m prepared to live with that, because I am prepared to end this, I am prepared to end you.

Kevin Owens: You know, there’s only one thing left to say. See you, tomorrow night.

– Carmelo Hayes and The Miz talk over names for their new alliance. Melo tells Miz that he wants to handle business by himself tonight. Cody Rhodes appears. Miz asks Cody how’s he doing. Miz lives in Hollywood, but The Rock runs it. Not just that, the WWE Universe don’t get it, they see you as the WWE Champion, the face of this company. But Miz and Cody know that there’s so much more out there. To be honest, the only way Cody gets it, is if he accepts The Rock’s offer. If he doesn’t accept Rock’s offer, someone else will.

Fifth Match: Carmelo Hayes vs. Braun Strowman In A Number One Contenders Qualifying Match 

Hayes side steps the charging Strowman after the bell rings. Haye slaps Strowman in the back of the head. Strowman backs Hayes into the turnbuckles. Strowman with a straight right hand. Hayes kicks Strowman in the face. Strowman with a corner clothesline. Strowman with a Big Biel Throw. Strowman follows that with The Strowman Express. Strowman is fired up. Strowman rolls Hayes back into the ring.

The referee gets distracted by Tama Tonga. Strowman shrugs off a chair shot from Solo Sikoa. Strowman delivers multiple chair shots behind the referee’s back. Strowman catches Tonga in mid-air. Strowman launches Tonga over the announce table. Hayes channels his inner Eddie Guerrero by pretending that Strowman clocked him with the chair which forces the referee to call for the bell. After the match, Strowman drives Tonga face first into the steel ring post. Strowman PowerBombs Tonga.

Winner: Carmelo Hayes via Disqualification 

– Bayley thanks Bianca BelAir and Naomi for having her back during the Kickoff Event earlier tonight. She can’t wait to get her hands on Roxanne Perez. They all want a piece of Liv Morgan in the Elimination Chamber. If it comes down to BelAir, Naomi and Bayley, may the best woman in win. Bianca says that it’s going to be her and starts strutting away.

Sixth Match: Bayley, Bianca BelAir, Naomi vs. Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Roxanne Perez In A 6-Man Tag Team Match 

Naomi and Liv Morgan will start things off. Rockers Punches. Morgan shoves Naomi. Naomi dropkicks Morgan. Naomi with a Running Corner Dropkick. Morgan regroups on the outside. A pier six brawl ensues in the ring. Naomi transitions into a ground and pound attack. Morgan pushes Naomi away with her feet. Morgan kicks Naomi in the chest. Naomi dodges The Step Up Enzuigiri. Naomi with a Roundhouse Kick. Morgan once again exits the ring. Naomi tags in Bayley. Bayley lands Three Suicide Dives. Bayley is fired up. Bayley rocks Perez with a forearm smash. Bayley rolls Perez back into the ring. Bayley forgets that Perez is not the legal competitor. Morgan is putting the oots to Bayley. Perez tags herself in. Perez kicks Bayley in the gut. Perez drives Bayley face first into the canvas. Perez with the irish whip. Bayley explodes out of the corner with two clotheslines. Bayley with The Saito Suplex for a two count. Perez responds with a Side Russian Leg Sweep. Perez walks over Bayley. Perez tags in Morgan. Bayley with a drop toe hold. Bayley with a Cradle Rollup for a two count.

Bayley sends Morgan to the corner. Bayley with a running back elbow smash. Morgan answers with a Leaping Double Foot Stomp. Morgan tags in Rodriguez. Rodriguez wraps the left leg of Bayley around the steel ring post. Rodriguez stomps on the left hamstring of Bayley. Rodriguez rolls Bayley back into the ring. Rodriguez hooks the outside leg for a two count. Rodriguez with a Knee Crusher. Rodriguez tags in Morgan. Morgan kicks the left hamstring of Bayley. Morgan slams the left leg of Bayley on the canvas. Morgan tags in Rodriguez. Rodriguez repeatedly drops her elbow on the left knee of Bayley. Rodriguez goes for another Knee Crusher, but Bayley counters with a Bulldog. Bayley knocks Perez off the ring apron. Bayley tags in BelAir. Bayley rolls under a clothesline from Rodriguez. Bayley with The Flying Crossbody Block. BelAir blasts Morgan off the apron. BelAir with a forearm smash. BelAir dropkicks Rodriguez. BelAir with clubbing shoulder blocks. Rodriguez reverses out of the irish whip from BelAir. BelAir decks Rodriguez with a back elbow smash. BelAir dives over Rodriguez. BelAir ducks a clothesline from Rodriguez. BelAir with a Counter Vertical Suplex.

BelAir pops back on her feet. BelAir with The Handspring MoonSault for a two count. BelAir transitions into a corner mount. BelAir side steps Morgan into Rodriguez. Naomi made the blind tag. BelAir with a Tilt-A-Whirl Gutbuster to Morgan. Naomi with a Roundhouse Kick. Naomi drops Rodriguez with The Heat Seeker. Rodriguez blocks The Split Legged MoonSault. Rodriguez dumps Naomi face first on the top rope. Perez tags herself in. Naomi with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Perez sends Naomi to the corner. Naomi with a Rebound Enzuigiri. Naomi with a Spinning Bulldog. Naomi tags in Bayley. Bayley with The Flying Elbow Drop for a two count. BelAir responds with The SpineBuster. Rodriguez drops BelAir with The Big Boot. Rodriguez goes for The Tejana Bomb, but Naomi counters with a Hurricanrana to the floor. Perez with a Spinning Back Kick. Bayley blocks The Pop Rocks. Bayley with a Rising Knee Strike. Bayley goes for The Bayley to Belly, but Perez lands back on her feet. Perez delivers a cheap block. Perez connects with The Pop Rocks to pickup the victory. After the match, Perez points at the WrestleMania sign. Alexa Bliss plants Perez with The Sister’s Abigail. A Wyatt Sicks graphic flashed on the screen.

Winner: Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Roxanne Perez via Pinfall 

– Byron Saxton had a backstage interview with Charlotte Flair. What is her thoughts on tomorrow’s night tag team match featuring Tiffany Stratton and Trish Stratus? Charlotte thinks that Tiffy and Trish’s team is cute, but let’s face it, after tomorrow night, Tiffany has a bigger problem to deal with it, and that’s The Queen. Tiffany better be prepared, because there’s going to be no help at the end of that rainbow. No matter where Tiffy goes, Charlotte will be right there to remind her that time is running out and she’ll see her at WrestleMania 41. WOOO!

– Solo Sikoa tells Jacob Fatu that he took care of Braun Strowman. Now, it’s time for Jacob Fatu to get the job done. Jacob is ready to dog walk LA Knight and Carmelo Hayes.

Shinsuke Nakamura Promo 

A dog is satisfied with the scraps that fall from his master’s table. If you fools feel the need to fight, for the opportunity to be humiliated by an honorable champion, then I will allow it. But know this, whomever comes out of this is going to be made into an example. The other dogs will see what happens when you bite my hand. Pray that you lose, otherwise what awaits you is nothing but hell.

Seventh Match: Jacob Fatu vs. LA Knight vs. Carmelo Hayes In A Triple Threat Number One Contenders Match For The WWE United States Championship

Knight immediately attacks Fatu after the bell rings. Hayes is throwing haymakers at Knight. Fatu shoves Hayes away from Knight. Fatu uppercuts Knight. Fatu repeatedly stomps on Knight’s chest. Fatu stops Hayes in his tracks. Knight shoves Fatu into Hayes. Fatu with another uppercut. Fatu HeadButts Knight. Fatu brings Knight to the corner. Knight kicks Fatu in the face. Knight with a Flying Bulldog. Fatu rises back on his feet. Knight sends Fatu tumbling to the floor. Hayes with The O’Connor Roll for a two count. Hayes knocks Fatu off the ring apron. Knight Powerslams Hayes. Knight plays to the crowd. Knight delivers The Megastar Elbow. Knight kicks Fatu in the gut. Fatu dumps Knight out of the ring. Fatu HeadButts Knight. Fatu with a straight right hand. Hayes with clubbing blows to Fatu’s back. Fatu drives Hayes back first into the ring apron. Knight is throwing haymakers at Fatu. Fatu answers with a headbutt. Fatu sends Knight back first into the ringside barricade. Hayes fires back with a flurry of bodyshots. Hayes HeadButts Fatu. Fatu uppercuts Hayes. Knight punches Fatu in the back. Knight with Muay Thai Knee Strikes. Knight repeatedly slams Fatu’s head on the barricade.

Fatu reverses out of the irish whip from Knight. Fatu whips Hayes into Knight. Knight sends Fatu crashing into the timekeeper’s area. Chop Exchange. Hayes kicks the left knee of Knight. Knight drives his elbow into the midsection of Hayes. Knight dribbles Hayes head on the announce table. Knight dumps Hayes face first on the announce table. Knight rolls Hayes back into the ring. Knight hooks the outside leg for a two count. Hayes reverses out of the irish whip from Knight. Hayes scores the elbow knockdown. Hayes dropkicks Fatu off the apron. Hayes with The Slingshot Senton. Hayes poses for the crowd. Knight reverses out of the irish whip from Hayes. Knight drives his knee into the midsection of Hayes. Knight with a  Back Body Drop. Knight with a Running Boot to Fatu. Knight goes into the cover for a two count. Hayes decks Knight with a JawBreaker. Knight answers with a back elbow smash. Fatu with Two SuperKicks. Fatu punches Knight. Fatu HeadButts Knight. Fatu levels Hayes with Two Body Avalanches. Knight kicks Fatu in the face. Fatu drops Knight with a Lariat. Hayes rolls Fatu over for a one count. Fatu with an Inside Out Lariat. Fatu is choking Knight in the corner. Fatu repeatedly stomps on Knight’s chest. Fatu with a Release Vertical Toss. Fatu nails Knight with a Running Hip Attack. Fatu is fired up.

Knight with heavy bodyshots. Fatu HeadButts Knight. Fatu with another Vertical Toss to Hayes. Fatu dumps Knight ribs first on the top rope. Fatu goes for a Running Hip Attack, but Knight ducks out of the way. Fatu with a Running HeadButt. SuperKick Exchange. Hayes avoids The Running Senton Splash. Fatu shrugs off The Fade Away. Hayes SuperKicks Fatu. Fatu responds with The Pop Up Samoan Drop. Knight drives Fatu chest first into the turnbuckles. Knight with a Leaping NeckBreaker for a two count. Knight with a haymaker/toe kick combination. Double Toe Kick to Fatu. Double Irish Whip. Fatu clotheslines Hayes. Fatu goes for a Bodyslam, but Knight lands back on his feet. Knight goes for The BFT on Fatu, but Hayes counters with The First 48 for a two count. Knight denies The Nothing But Net. Fatu catches Hayes in mid-air. Fatu sends Hayes back first into the steel ring steps. Knight with a Springboard Crossbody Block onto the announce table. Hayes rolls Knight back into the ring. Hayes slams Knight’s head on the top rope. Hayes hits Nothing But Net for a two count. Fatu broke up the cover with The Swanton Bomb. Fatu with a Running Hip Attack to Hayes. Fatu drops Hayes with The Impaler DDT. Fatu connects with The Double Jump MoonSault. Knight drags Fatu out of the ring and proceeds to steal the victory.

Winner: LA Knight via Pinfall 

– Cody Rhodes runs into CM Punk in the backstage area. Punk doesn’t know why Rock wants Cody’s soul so bad. Cody is on top of the world, what else could The Rock possibly offer him? Young CM Punk would have taken that offer in a heartbeat. But he’s wise enough and glad that offer never came. He knows that a lot of people have been giving Cody. Punk has no love for Dwayne, but he would like to see Cody take his offer. Take that offer, shine it up really nice, turn it sideways, and shove it up his part-time Hollywood candy ass. Cody got here because he followed his instincts, and he trusted his heart. Punk is not trying to influence Cody. Punk is going to win the Elimination Chamber, and then he’ll see Cody in the main event of WrestleMania 41. Punk pats Cody on the shoulder.

Michael Cole’s Interview With Cody Rhodes

Michael Cole: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, The Undisputed WWE Champion, “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes. So, Cody, let’s cut right to the chase, there’s a lot to talk about. Elimination Chamber, tomorrow night, six men vying for the opportunity to face you in the main event at WrestleMania for the WWE Title. Also, in 24 hours, you have to make a decision, a decision of whether you’re going to sell out to The Rock. Now, let’s paint the picture here. The Cody Rhodes I’ve known for 20 years would never take this offer. He’s scratched, he fought, he clawed. Those were your words to get to this moment. You had the guts to leave this company, and you forced them to bring you back, a bigger star than ever before. You went on to main event two WrestleMania’s, earned those opportunities, finished your story last year, and now you represent all of these people, everybody in the WWE. You’re living up to the legacy of your father. I want to bring up what may happen, Cody, if you accept the offer.

Cody Rhodes: Just real quick, Michael, I know you got questions, I know why you’ve got to ask them.

Michael Cole: Cody, you’re trying to deflect. The bottom line is this, if you accept the offer, you can have it all. You can have everything, all the money in the world. You can be the corporate champion. You can decide when to defend your title, who to defend it against on the profitable events of the year, like WrestleMania. Hell, The Rock can give you a seat on the board, you can be part owner of the company, you can run this entire place. You can have everything, no more live events in small towns, no more European tours for three weeks. Hell, listen to this, you can get rid of the bus, you can be home with your wife and your daughter whenever you wanted to. Wait a minute, I’m being told that there’s something for you, Cody. I’m being told there’s a special gift for you, tonight on Friday Night SmackDown. Good luck with that decision.

– A large Cody Rhodes theme truck arrives at the top of the stage. The Rock appears on the titantron.

The Rock: Ah, Cody Rhodes, SmackDown, Toronto, The Rock is coming. The Rock is coming, Toronto. He’s getting ready to board the bird, right now. This is going to be a big night, tomorrow night, Saturday night, Elimination Chamber. Cody Rhodes, you’re going to make the decision of a lifetime. You know it, The Rock knows it, we’ve been talking, we’ve been texting all week, we Face Timed once, and you’re going to do the right thing. I know that you’re going to do the right thing. Cody, by the way, enjoy the gift. It’s a Raptor Truck, a gift from The Final Boss to you, I got your logos all over it, it’s a badass truck just for you. Because The Rock knows, you live driving, just like The Rock does, on the open road. You live driving, just like The Rock does, on the dangerous road, on the beautiful road, on the dusty road. Speaking of Dusty Rhodes, god bless his soul, “The American Dream”, The Rock has been talking to your daddy, all week. He’s been talking to your daddy all week long, and he told me that you were talking to him, too, which tells The Final Boss one thing, it’s you’re going to do the right thing. Cody Rhodes, The Rock is a big pot of coffee, he’s got the cream, the sugar, the spice and everything nice to make all of your dreams come true. Tomorrow night, at Elimination Chamber in Toronto, Canada, you will be waiting all night long to hear one thing, If You Smell. As The Rock music hits, the roof blows off that stadium, The Rock walks out, he’s going to walk you, Cody Rhodes, he’s gonna open up his arms, and say embrace me as your brother, and I’ll embrace you as my champion, and you will give me your soul.

Cody Rhodes, I want to make all of your dreams come true, The Final Boss will make all of your dreams come true, even the dreams you never you can dream. Every opportunity you ever thought of is going to come true. The Rock will make that happened. You and your beautiful wife, who I’ve had the privilege of meeting. Your beautiful little girl, Liberty, who The Rock had the privilege of meeting. All of your dreams come true with one decision. Tomorrow night, Toronto, Canada, we will make history, and you will give me your soul and you will become my champion. Before The Rock boards this bird, Cody, I had a little gift made for you, and I’ve been wearing it all week long. You know, The Rock has been having great workouts in this belt, it says, Cody’s Soul. But you know this date, this is the date that your daddy died, and this is the date that broke my heart, because your daddy was one of my heroes. Don’t break my heart again, Cody Rhodes. I’m coming to Toronto, you’ll give me your soul, and I’ll embrace you as my champion. I love you, brother. See you in Toronto.

It’s a custom-made weight belt inscribed “Cody’s Soul” with the date of the passing of Dusty Rhodes at the bottom.

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