WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results for May 14, 2021
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The WrestleMania Backlash go-home edition of WWE SmackDown on FOX opens up with the usual intro video. We’re live from the WWE ThunderDome at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida as Michael Cole welcomes us. He’s joined at ringside by Pat McAfee. We go right to the ring. );
– We’re live in the ring with Jey Uso as fans start booing him when the music stops. Jey says his brother Jimmy Uso disrespected the head of the table last week, their cousin WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, so this week he leaves them no choice but to handle some family business. Jey then introduces Reigns, calling him the man who will handle Cesaro at WrestleMania Backlash on Sunday. The boos get louder as Reigns makes his entrance with Paul Heyman.
WWE Smackdown: Tamina Snuka s First Real Championship Win in WWE
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WWE veterans Tamina and Natalya defeated Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler to win the WWE Women s Tag Team Championships on WWE Smackdown this week, marking Tamina s first championship win WWE since debuting in 2010, not counting the WWE 24/7 Championship, which isn t defended in actual fake competition. Natalya and Tamina won the titles during the final Smackdown before the WrestleMania Backlash PPV event. Even more impressively, nobody in the match was fatally injured.
Natalya and Tamina celebrate their WWE Smackdown title win on Talking Smack
Also on the WrestleMania Backlash go-home episode of WWE Smackdown, Cesaro defeated Jimmy Uso by disqualification after Roman Reigns interefered. Cesaro took out his frustrations on Jey Uso after the match as Smackdown went off the air.
WWE SmackDown: Natalya and Tamina Become New Women s Tag Team Champions
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Tonight s SmackDown didn t take long to put some Championship gold on the line, as the first match of the night was a match for the Women s Tag Team Championships between Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax against Natalya and Tamina. Baszler and Jax were in lethal mode tonight, and they immediately did some damage to the pair with a big Samoan Drop to Tamina on the outside of the ring that left Natalya in a two-on-one scenario, and Baszler and Jax quickly capitalized. They kept Natalya in their corner and switched up on doing damage to her arm and wrist, and Baszler was looking pretty confident about their win.
This Friday, Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler will put the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships on the line against Tamina & Natalya in a WrestleMania Rematch. Tamina & Natalya are resolved that the disrespected they feel will go on no longer. But will their determination be enough to overcome the dominant titleholders? Find out this Friday night at 8/7 C on FOX.