WWE SmackDown live results: Elimination Chamber go-home show

The final WWE SmackDown episode before Elimination Chamber airs tonight.

With Saturday’s Chamber event taking place in Australia, tonight’s SmackDown was taped a week in advance. It will be headlined by a matchup between Drew McIntyre and LA Knight. They’re two of the participants who will be competing in the men’s Elimination Chamber match. The Chamber winner earns a World Heavyweight Championship shot against Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 40.

A singles match between women’s Elimination Chamber participants Liv Morgan and Tiffany Stratton is also set for tonight. The women’s Chamber winner receives a Women’s World Championship shot at WrestleMania.

Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate are challenging The Judgment Day (Damian Priest & Finn Balor) for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles on Saturday. Tonight, Dunne & Bate take on Judgment Day’s Dominik Mysterio & JD McDonagh.

After being unveiled as the newest member of the SmackDown roster last Friday, Bron Breakker makes his SmackDown in-ring debut tonight. The Street Profits vs. The Authors of Pain is set for the episode as well.

Our coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

SmackDown opened up showing LA Knight, Drew McIntyre, Liv Morgan and Tiffany Stratton arriving to the arena earlier in the day. Bianca Belair then made her way to the ring as they cut to a video package showcasing the Women’s Elimination Chamber match taking place live tomorrow morning on Peacock and the WWE Network.

Tiffany Stratton defeated Liv Morgan

Stratton attempted to gain early momentum but failed and tried to head to the back but Morgan caught up with her as Belair watched the match next to the commentary desk.

We’re back in the ring and it was back and forth but after Morgan landed a crucifix bomb for a two count, Stratton rolled to the outside of the ring as we headed to commercial.

We’re back from commercial and Stratton has Morgan grounded and trapped in a chinlock as a concerned Belair watched on. After Morgan made her way back to her feet, Stratton jawjacked her allowing Morgan to fire up and make a comeback.

Morgan nailed a codebreaker off the second turnbuckle but Stratton remained resilient and wouldn’t back down. Stratton attempted to nail the Prettiest Moonsault Ever but Morgan moved and Stratton rolled through. Morgan followed up with a powerbomb from the second turnbuckle but could only manage a two count.

Both women now on the outside and after Stratton tossed Morgan back into the ring, she slapped Belair out of nowhere before heading back into the ring. Morgan was able to get a pin attempt on Stratton back inside the ring but Belair had the referee distracted at this point.

Stratton then seized the opportunity and pushed Morgan into Belair knocking her off of the apron. Stratton rolled up Morgan for the 1-2-3 as a distraught Belair could do nothing but watch Stratton celebrate her victory.

– Backstage, Kayla Braxton was with Drew McIntyre. McIntyre stated that he had to win tomorrow night at Elimination Chamber otherwise the past few weeks meant nothing. Bobby Lashley then interrupted and reminded McIntyre that he lost to him at WrestleMania 37 before walking away laughing.

– A video package aired on Ashante “Thee” Adonis and Cedric Alexander collaborating on their new ring gear as a tag team as Alexander tried on different outfits for Adonis.

– Backstage, Roman Reigns was with Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa. As Jimmy was celebrating what happened this past Monday on Raw, Reigns asked him who told him to go to Raw. Jimmy stated that it was Paul Heyman and Reigns informed him it was actually him and Reigns stated that he executed everything perfectly on Monday. Paul Heyman then entered the room and informed Reigns that Greyson Waller had arrived to see him as we headed to commercial.

Bron Breakker defeated Dante Chen

Breakker was making his official SmackDown debut, however, without his NXT Tag Team title around his waist.

This was your typical old school WWE Superstars squash match with Breakker landing a huge amount of offense, including a Steinerline before finishing Chen off with a massive spear for the victory.

– Backstage, Kayla Braxton was with The Judgment Day. Braxton asked about New Catch Republic’s chances at winning the tag team titles tomorrow morning and as Finn Bálor laughed at the question, Damian Priest sent Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh to the ring for their upcoming match.

– Backstage, Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro of the LWO were talking strategy before being interrupted by Elektra Lopez. Lopez stated that the LWO was basically dead and they needed to think about their loyalty before being attacked by Legado Del Fantasma. Santos Escobar informed them that this was just the beginning.

New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate) defeated The Judgment Day (Dominik Mysterio & JD McDonagh)

Bate and McDonagh began the match and both men attempted to gain momentum using speed and their technical skills but it was Bate’s power that proved too much for McDonagh.

A few moments later and Bate was in trouble but after Dunne was tagged in, Mysterio was being turned into a pretzel. After Bate was tagged back in, he got too fancy in the corner and soon found himself on the outside of the ring thanks to McDonagh. Dunne soon joined him on the outside as well as Judgment Day celebrated their antics as we headed to commercial.

We’re back from commercial and Mysterio was in control of Bate. Mysterio attempted to land the Three Amigos but failed on his last attempt and Bate overpowered him before making the tag to Dunne.

Bate and Dunne would then put on a clinic, knocking McDonagh down and out. Bate followed up with an airplane spin before NCR nailed multiple double team maneuvers to Mysterio but could only manage a two count as McDonagh was able to make the save.

Mysterio followed up with a 619 to Dunne but Bate interfered and knocked Dominik to the ground with a massive punch. NCR then nailed McDonagh with a huge Tiger Driver ’97 to score the victory leading into their match for the titles tomorrow morning at Elimination Chamber.

After the match, Finn Bálor and Damian Priest came down to the ring and attempted to attack Bate and Dunne but after they both failed, NCR headed to the back thwarting their attack.

– Backstage, United States champion Logan Paul was with Austin Theory and Grayson Waller. As they were complimenting each other, they were interrupted by Kevin Owens. Owens made fun of them before requesting that the brass knuckles show up at Elimination Chamber before leaving. Paul Heyman then appeared and informed Waller that Roman Reigns wanted to see him now.

– Backstage, Dakota Kai was being helped to the trainer’s room by a referee and SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis with no explanation provided.

Authors of Pain (w/The Final Testament) defeated The Street Profits (w/Bobby Lashley & B-Fab)

Montez Ford and Akam began the match and as Ford attempted to use his speed, Akam was just too powerful and Ford soon found himself looking concerned. Ford tagged in Angelo Dawkins and Dawkins soon found himself on the same end of a beating but would manage to find an opening and as AOP was regrouping on the outside, Dawkins landed a swanton over the top rope as we headed to commercial.

We’re back from commercial and Ford was being dominated by the shear size and power of AOP. After enduring punishment by AOP for the next several moments, Ford was able to side-step an attack by Rezar and finally make the hot tag to Dawkins.

Both teams went back and forth until the Profits were able to land a top rope blockbuster but could only manage a two count. Scarlett would then get involved and as Lashley protested, Kross would intercept and end up nailing Lashley’s arm with a steel chair across the ring post.

Meanwhile, back in the ring and Rezar was finally able to finish off Ford to gain the victory for AOP as commentary questioned how effective Lashley would now be tomorrow morning in the Elimination Chamber match.

– Backstage, Dakota Kai was being tended to by a medic and Nick Aldis before Bayley interrupted. Kai says she was jumped and apologized to Bayley for not trusting her. Bayley stated she should have been then for her and Kai followed up by stating that Damage CTRL was going to pay.

– Backstage, Roman Reigns was with Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa before Paul Heyman introduced Grayson Waller to them. Reigns stated that he was going to tell him something but it was for his ears only before the camera cut away.

– It was announced that on SmackDown next week, Bayley & Dakota Kai will face The Kabuki Warriors while Carlito will battle Santos Escobar in a Street Fight.

– Backstage, Bobby Lashley was being tended to with The Street Profits and B-Fab looking on before being interrupted by Drew McIntyre. McIntyre stated that he would pray for him before heading to the ring for his upcoming match.

LA Knight & Drew McIntyre went to a No Contest

As the match was just about to begin, Logan Paul’s music hit and he headed to the commentary desk to share his thoughts.

After the bell rang, both men were relentless in trying to capitalize early on to pickup the quick victory but as Knight seemed a bit too cocky, McIntyre nailed him with a Glasgow Kiss to gain momentum before sending the action to the outside.

As McIntyre was laying a beating on the outside to Knight, Kevin Owens arrived on scene with a steel chair and headed to commentary as well. Corey Graves asked the question of what could go wrong as we headed to commercial.

We’re back from commercial and back inside the ring now and McIntyre was still laying a beating on Knight as Paul and Owens jawjacked on commentary. Wade Barrett attempted to make things a bit more professional but to no avail.

As McIntyre attempted to continue the assault on Knight, he missed a move in the corner and Knight was now on the comeback and managed to land his trademark superplex but could only manage a two count. McIntyre followed up with his Future Shock DDT but after failing to hit the Claymore Kick, action spilled to the outside.

As Knight and McIntyre battled on the outside, Owens began getting more hostile and as McIntyre went to get back inside of the ring, Owens attacked him and the referee called for the bell.

Shortly after, Paul got involved and then Bobby Lashley ran down to the ring to get involved as well. After each man attempted to establish dominance, McIntyre laid out Lashley and his music began to play. Unfortunately for McIntyre, seconds later the crowd erupted and it was a RKO out of nowhere!

Randy Orton had struck and as the closing logo appeared, it was Orton standing tall going into tomorrow morning’s Elimination Chamber match.

Final Thoughts:

A good show cementing the final pieces going into tomorrow morning’s Elimination Chamber PLE. Will I be watching this live at 5AM ET? Heck no, but I’ll be looking forward to watching this when I do wake up tomorrow morning.

With WrestleMania XL right around the corner and so many questions still out there, even a segment like The Grayson Waller Effect tomorrow morning will likely play huge significance with relation to the storylines for WrestleMania.

With Orton standing tall at the end of tonight’s show, he does have history with Seth “Freakin” Rollins and especially at WrestleMania. As a Canadian, my biased pick would be Kevin Owens but with Logan Paul in the match as well, Owens’s focus isn’t going to be 100%.

On the women’s side, can you imagine Tiffany Stratton going into WrestleMania to fight for the Women’s World Championship? One can dream. With that being said, whoever is victorious tomorrow morning, my pick is they’re going to be facing a nightmare at WrestleMania and I don’t think they’ll be coming out on top.

Enjoy Elimination Chamber folks!