Check out last week’s coverage here: WWE SmackDown Results (8/12/22)
The August 19 episode of WWE SmackDown is set to be a star-studded show.
The results are as follows:
In-Ring Segment: Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey comes to the ring, noting that she paid her fine and then some last week, so she’s ready to get reinstated. She calls out WWE official Adam Pearce and says she won’t leave until she gets what she wants. Pearce, accompanied by three security guards, says he can’t simply lift her suspension because that decision is above her pay grade. She tells him not to make her choose violence.
He sends the security officers to the ring, and she attacks them. With Pearce telling her not to, Rousey locks one of the guards in an arm bar. Pearce calls police officers to the ring, and Rousey confronts them. The officers arrest her and take her to the back, where a police car is waiting. They put her in the car and drive away, just as Roman Reigns and The Usos arrive.
Rousey has been arrested.@RondaRousey | #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/FLYk0atfGn
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) August 20, 2022
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Tournament: Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) vs. Natalya and Sonya Deville
Bayley, Dakota Kai, and IYO SKY arrive in the crowd, seemingly to scout the match. Toxic Attraction takes control early, as Natalya gets slammed into the steps. Dolin and Jayne double-team Deville and continue to maintain the advantage. Jayne drills Deville with a shot to the face. Natalya tags in and rallies as she suplexes Jayne. She goes for the Sharpshooter, but Jayne escapes.
Toxic Attraction double-teams Natalya and gets a two count. Jayne sends Deville into the barricade right in front of Bayley, Kai, and SKY. She drops Deville with a kick. In the ring, Natalya floors Dolin with a discus clothesline. She locks in the Sharpshooter, but Jayne secretly tags in and sneaks up behind the veteran to roll her up for the win.
Winners: Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne)
With that win by #ToxicAttraction, the semifinals of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament are set! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/MonypDIKw8
— WWE (@WWE) August 20, 2022
