WWE SMACKDOWN: NEW YEAR’S REVOLUTION is live out of Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Welcome to the eWrestlingNews coverage of WWE Friday Night SmackDown results for this week (January 5, 2024)!
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- United States Championship No. 1 Contender’s Tournament Final Match: Kevin Owens defeated Santos Escobar by pinfall.
- Promo: Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits didn’t have the best 2023, but they’re going to take everything they deserve in 2024. Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins have The Judgment Day in their sights for those tag titles. Lashley has declared himself for the Royal Rumble match. Karrion Kross then interrupted with Scarlett and Paul Ellering as The Authors of Pain attacked The Street Profits from behind and Kross fought with Lashley.
- WWE Women’s Championship Match: Iyo Sky (c) retained over Michin by pinfall.
- Paul Heyman’s reaction to The Rock was to essentially say that The Rock is doing what everyone else does: he’s mentioned Roman Reigns to try to get back into the headlines. Everybody goes after Roman to make a name for themselves, but they all fail. Cody Rhodes, John Cena, CM Punk, Randy Orton, LA Knight, AJ Styles…anyone coming for The Tribal Chief now or at WrestleMania is going to come up short.
- Backstage, Bianca Belair came over to Damage CTRL to tell them she’s declared herself for the Royal Rumble. Once she wins that, she’s going to dethrone Iyo Sky at WrestleMania. Dakota Kai tells Bayley that if she’s the leader of Damage CTRL, she needs to sort out Belair to make sure that she doesn’t ruin Iyo’s title reign.
- Butch and Tyler Bate defeated Pretty Deadly by pinfall.
- Ashante “Thee” Adonis meets with Nick Aldis. He doesn’t want anyone to feel sorry for him, but he wants an opportunity to get back on track. Aldis has a few ideas he thinks Adonis will be interested in (but we don’t get to hear them).
- Next week, Bayley will face Bianca Belair, Cameron Grimes goes up against Grayson Waller, and Joaquin Wilde will team with Cruz Del Toro against Angel and Humberto.
- Triple Threat No. 1 Contender’s Match: Randy Orton vs AJ Styles vs LA Knight – The Bloodline interfered before there was a winner, resulting in a no-contest. Nick Aldis was watching ringside as all three potential challengers were taken out. He then told Paul Heyman that it will now be a Fatal 4-Way for the title at Royal Rumble, which, for some reason, wasn’t announced to the crowd.
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