WWE SmackDown Results
March 10, 2023
Report by Lovell Porter for Wrestlezone.com
Check out last week’s coverage: WWE SmackDown Results (3/3/23)
In the parking lot, The Usos arrive together. Paul Heyman is waiting for them. Jey says he wants to know where Roman Reigns is. Heyman hugs Jey and tells him that the Tribal Chef is proud of him. Jey stares Heyman up and down. Heyman pulls away slowly. Jey mentions to Heyman to tell the Tribal Chief he is here. Kayla Braxton asks why Jey turned on Sami Zayn last week. Jey says he will say what he has to say in the ring.
Intercontinental Championship Qualifying Match: Karrion Kross w/Scarlett vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus vs. LA Knight vs. Xavier Woods
Sheamus and McIntyre clear the ring. The two stare each other down. Knight and Kross attack from behind. After the break, everyone is brawling outside the ring. Woods rolls back in, and Knight follows. Knight and Kross double team Woods. McIntyre rolls in and lands a flurry of strikes. Double suplex to McIntyre by Knight and Kross. Sheamus dives off the top and hits a clothesline on Knight. Sheamus is dumped out of the ring. Woods floors Kross with the Honor Roll. Woods hits the Limit Breaker on Knight. Kross breaks up the pin.
Gunther and the rest of IMPERIUM walk out on the stage to watch the match. After the break, McIntyre is hung in the tree of woe as Knight tries a superplex on Woods in the same corner. McIntyre sits up, and german suplexes Knight, which also sends Woods flying. Sheamus hits the Brogue Kick on Woods. As Sheamus is standing there, McIntyre drops Kross with a Claymore. McIntyre tries to sneak-pin Kross, but Sheamus pins Woods at the same time. Two referees hit the ring and count to three simultaneously.
Winner- Both Sheamus and Drew McIntyre
Rey Mysterio is announced as the 1st inductee in the 2023 WWE Hall of Fame.
In-Ring Segment: Rey Mysterio
Before Mysterio can speak, The Judgement Day interrupts. Dominik calls Mysterio a broken-down old man. Dominik complains about Mysterio being a terrible father. He’s ashamed to be Mysterio’s son. Legado del Fantasma’s music hits. Legado hits the ring in full force. Escobar says Mysterio may have let go of what Dominik did last week, but he has. Dominik tries to speak, but Escobar tells him to shut up. LDF and The Judgement Day are supposed to have a match later tonight, but Escobar wants to fight right now. A referee runs down to ringside.
Legado del Fantasma w/Rey Mysterio vs. The Judgement Day
All three members of LDF land an attack on Bálor in the corner. Wilde tries a dropkick, but Bálor moves out of the way. The Judgment Day takes turns working over Wilde. After the break, Escobar lands a dive that takes down Priest and the rest of his team.
Zelina vega dives off the apron to try to ranna Ripley, but Ripley catches her and powerbombs her onto the rest of LDF. Dominik knocks his father off the apron. Cruz has Dominik pinned, but Mysterio is trying to get the ring, which distracts the referee. Priest kicks Cruz in the head. Dominik rolls up Cruz for the win.
Winners- The Judgement Day
After the match, Dominik tells the rest of The Judgement Day to leave the ring so he can speak to his father. The oblige. Dominik tells Mysterio that he should be in the deadbeat dad hall of fame. Dominik says he should have been Eddie’s (Guerrero) son. Mysterio gets in Dominik’s face and tells him he knows he doesn’t really mean that. Dominik charges his father but Mysterio ducks, causing Dominik to fall out of the ring.
Check out last week’s coverage: WWE SmackDown Results (3/3/23)
Backstage, Charlotte Flair tells Adam Pearce she wants a match tonight. Pearce promises to find her an opponent.
Braun Strowman and Ricochet vs. The Viking Raiders w/Vallhala
Ricochet lands a flurry of offense on Erik. Both Erik and Ivar are sent out of the ring. Strowman tosses Ricochet over the top rope onto Erik and Ivar. After the break, Strowman tries to run freight train Erik, but Valhalla pulls him out of the way. Strowman runs right into the announce desk. Ricochet tries a 450. Ivar moves out of the way. Erik turns Ricochet inside out with a spin kick. Frog splash by Ivar. Ivar pins Ricochet.
Winners- The Viking Raiders
Backstage, Gunther bullies Pearce into making a match between Sheamus and McIntyre to determine his opponent at WrestleMania. Pearce was supposed to find his challenger, which is singular. Not his challengers, which is plural.
Charlotte Flair vs. Shotzi
Flair works over Shotzi. Rhea Ripley walks down to the ring as Flair sets up the Figure Eight. Shotzi counters with a roll-up. Flair kicks out at two. Flair lands a nasty German suplex. After the break, Shotzi is in control. Top rope ranna by Shotzi. Flair fires up with a series of chops. Fallaway slam by Flair. Spear by Flair. Flair locks in the Figure Eight. Shotzi taps.
Winner- Charlotte Flair
In-Ring Segment: The Usos
Jey says everyone wants to know why he turned on Sami Zayn. Jey asked the WWE Universe what they would do? He did it because he had to. He didn’t want to, but he had to. Jey had no choice because Jimmy is his blood, not Zayn. The WWE Universe doesn’t know what he’s going through. There is one person he blames, and that is Sami Zayn. Jey calls Zayn selfish. All Zayn had to do is fall in line, but he knows nothing about that.
Why? Because Zayn isn’t family. Jimmy says they took care of the Sami Zayn problem, and now it’s on to Cody Rhodes. Rhodes’ music hits. Rhodes says he keeps hearing his name. He doesn’t answer to Reigns, he answers to the WWE Universe. And he knows they don’t want to see them talk.
Check out last week’s coverage: WWE SmackDown Results (3/3/23)
Rhodes takes off his shirt. Sami Zayn hops the barricade and attacks the Usos. Rhodes hits the ring, and a brawl breaks out. The fight spills into the crowd. All four men brawl back to the ring. Zayn and Rhodes clear the ring. Referees run to ringside and hold back the Usos.
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