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WWE SmackDown Results: Review, Grades, Card For May 16

By Lovell Porter

Our WWE SmackDown results for tonight include Aleister Black vs. Carmelo Hayes II, men’s and women’s Money in the Bank qualifying matches featuring Chelsea Green taking on Alexa Bliss and Michin, and Jimmy Uso clashing with Rey Fenix and Solo Sikoa, Fraxiom battling #DIY, Nia Jax challenging Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women’s Championship. Here’s our review and grades for tonight’s show, live from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.

WWE SmackDown Card:

  • Aleister Black vs. Carmelo Hayes
  • Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Chelsea Green vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Michin
  • Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Jimmy Uso vs. Rey Fenix vs. Solo Sikoa
  • Fraxiom vs. #DIY
  • WWE Women’s Championship Match: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Nia Jax

WWE SmackDown Results:

Bloodline 3.0?

Solo Sikoa, United States Champion Jacob Fatu, and Jeff Cobb make their way to the ring. Sikoa says he wants to introduce the man who helped keep the United States Championship in the family. Fatu looks at Sikoa like he’s crazy. Sikoa says he’s going to bring the World title back to the family when he wins MITB. Sikoa tries to use Fatu’s catchphrases, but Fatu rips the mic out of Sikoa’s hand. Fatu says he’s all gas and no brakes. Sikoa does Fatu’s yaddaamean. Fatu isn’t amused. Sikoa says he loves Fatu, and the fact that he’s still champion proves it. Sikoa asks Fatu to say, “I love you, Solo!” The way he used to. Fatu doesn’t. LA Knight‘s music hits. Knight hops the barricade and pulls JC out of the ring. After landing a few strikes. Knight escapes Fatu and Sikoa.

Grade: C

There was a whole lot of nothing here. Sikoa poked at Fatu to further their eventual split, but Sikoa’s hamming it up to the point where it’s hard to take him seriously. Also, Knight getting his hands on Cobb so quickly is weak.

Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Chelsea Green vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Michin

Bliss and Michin double team Green. Bliss and Michin get into it. Green takes them both out with a suicide dive. After the break, Michin lands a double long back attack. Michin accidentally boots Bliss in the face. Green and Michin boot each other in the face at the same time. Bliss lands Twisted Bliss. Green pushes Bliss out of the ring and hits the Unprettiher on Michin. Bliss breaks up the pin and destroys Green with a Sister Abigail DDT for the win.

Winner- Alexa Bliss

Grade: C+

Solid TV match with a sadly predictable ending.

Fraxiom vs. #DIY

Axiom and Frazer quickly clear the ring and land a series of dives. Axiom tries a springboard, but Gargano pulls the ropes. Gargano and Ciampa beat down Axiom outside the ring. After the break, Ciampa hits Project Ciampa for a near fall. Frazer lands a superplex on Gragano, followed by a Dragon’s Kiss by Fraxiom. Ciampa breaks up the pin with a running knee strike. Axiom rolls Gargano into a submission. Ciampa tries to pull off Axiom’s mask. Frazer makes the save. Axiom rolls Gargano into a pin for the win.

Winners- Fraxiom

Gargano and Ciampa attack Frazer and Axiom as soon as the bell rings. Motor City Machine Guns make the save.

Grade: B

This match picked things up considerably, with so many nail-biting nearfalls. At one point, it seemed Ciampa knocked Axiom’s head clear off his shoulders with one of those devastating knee strikes, and that was just to break up a pin. Axiom and Frazer are focused primarily on being flippy dippy (not a knock, but a fact), but they have proven they can hit hard as well. This match proved that. This one could have gone either way, but Fraxiom getting the dup made sense here.

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Before the match starts, Carmelo Hayes says this won’t be over until he beats Aleister Black. Grand opening, grand closing.

Aleister Black vs. Carmelo Hayes w/The Miz

Black and Hayes trade takedowns and submission holds. Black gives Hayes a clean break. Hayes slaps Black in the face. Judo throw by Black. Hayes and Black quickly trade pins, leading to a stalemate. Hayes almost walks into Black Mass. Hayes narrowly avoids it. Black sits cross-legged in the ring. Hayes tries a kick. Black blocks it. Hayes tries a springboard. Black catches Hayes with a boot, mid-air. Hayes falls out of the ring. Black tries a triangle moonsault. Miz pushes Hayes back into the ring. Black lands on his feet, but Hayes surprises him with a senton.

After the break, Black unloads on Hayes with strikes. Hayes rolls out. Black lands the triangle moonsault. Hayes kicks out. Superkick by Hayes. La Misitca by Hayes. Black lands a Meteora off the top, followed by a German suplex hold. Kick out by Hayes. Miz grabs Black’s foot. Hayes rolls up Black. Hayes lands another La Mistica, followed by a suplex stunner. Black kicks at two. Miz gets up on the apron to cheer on Hayes. Hayes tells Miz to back off. Black knocks Hayes into Miz, sending him off the apron. Black destroys Hayes with a running knee. Hayes is out. Black sets up Black Mass. Miz attacks Black from behind, causing a disqualification.

Winner- Aleister Black

After the match, Black drops Miz with Black Mass. Hayes chop blocks Black. Hayes leaves Black lying after Nothing but Net.

Grade: B+

This was a better contest than the first match these two had. They are building to Black finally landing the Black Mass on Hayes, which is a fun way to keep these two in each other’s vortexes. If tonight was any indication, and with Hayes and Black’s propensities for putting on high-quality in-ring contests, this writer is hugely excited for the series of matches we will get out of this feud. Miz being there to play the fool to keep Hayes strong is a high-IQ move to say the least. To everyone who wondered why Miz and Hayes were partnered, this is why.

Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Jimmy Uso vs. Rey Fenix vs. Solo Sikoa

Sikoa attacks Fenix as soon as the bell rings. Sikoa tries to get his brother Jimmy to join him. Jimmy decks Sikoa with an uppercut. Fenix and Jimmy clothesline Sikoa over the top. Jimmy and Fenix trade shots. Rollins rana by Fenix. Double jump springboard dropkick by Fenix. Jimmy kicks out. Sikoa drags Jimmy out of the ring and slams his head into the commentary desk. Fenix lands a high crossbody on Sikoa and Jimmy.

Fenix dives off the top right into Spinning Solo. Sikoa slams Jimmy against the commentary desk with a nasty Spinning Solo. Fenix springboards into a superkick by Jimmy. Sikoa runs over Jimmy with a lariat. A pair of Samoan drops by Sikoa. Fenix lands adios amigo to Jimmy. Fenix sets up his finish and runs right into a Spear from Jimmy. Fenix kicks out. After a distraction from Fatu. Sikoa lands a Samoan Spike to Jimmy and Fenix for the win.

Winner- Solo Sikoa

After the match, LA Knight hits the ring with a chair. Security tries to separate everyone. SmackDown GM Nick Aldis walks out on the stage and books JC vs. LA Knight right here, right now.

Grade: B

This one was an interesting mix of styles. Fenix continues to look great in each outing. Sikoa is still an effective heel, but as this writer mentioned earlier, his silliness is starting to cut into his previously established aura. Giving Sikoa the win here could lead to us getting another MITB cash-in on a mid-card title.

JC vs. LA Knight

Knight goes behind Meteo. Meteo effortlessly tosses Knight to the mat. Knight gets caught as he tries a crossbody. Meteo lifts Knight into a suplex. Knight escapes and lands a neckbreaker. Knight hits the ropes and gets cut in half by a clothesline from Meteo. Knight fires up. After a distraction from Sikoa, Meteo suplexes Knight over the top rope to the floor.

After the break, Meteo works over Knight. Meteo misses his ringpost crossbody. Flurry of offense by Knight. Meteo blocks the BFT and hits a spinning suplex. Knight kicks out. Standing moonsault by Meteo. Knight kicks out again. Knight takes out Sikoa nd Fatu with a springboard. Meteo gets to his feet. Knight tries a slingshot, but Meteo catches Knight with the Tour of the Islands for the win.

Winner- JC Meteo

Grade: B-

This was a bizarre way to get our first glimpse of JC Meteo in a WWE ring. This match started off slow—so slow, with Knight weirdly dominating the match. As this one marched on, Meteo started to show some of the offense that those familiar with him are used to seeing. Meteo needs to hit hard, fast, and often if he is going to make an impression on the WWE audience. Meteo’s first match needed to be a total squash, and this wasn’t that.

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WWE Women’s Championship Match: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Nia Jax

Jax tosses Stratton around the ring. Stratton sends Jax into the corner. Jax breaks up Stratton’s handspring. Jax hip attacks Stratton’s head into the ring post. Stratton falls to the floor as Jax celebrates. After the break, the fight spills out of the ring. Jax sends Stratton into the timekeeper’s area. Stratton leaps off the barricade and sends Jax flying into the ring post with a rana. Jax kicks out of Stratton’s crossbody off the top. Stratton eats a Samoan drop followed by a senton. Stratton kicks out. Jax sets up a powerslam off the top. Stratton counters in mid-air into a slam of her own. Naomi’s music hits. Naomi walks to the ring with a chair.

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Jade Cargill’s music hits, and she runs down to ringside. Naomi misses a chair shot. Cargill superkicks Naomi. Naomi and Cargill fight off. Stratton lands the Prettiest Moonsault Ever. Jax kicks out! Stratton goes up top again. Jax pushes Stratton to the floor. Jax clears the commentary desk. Samoan drop on the desk by Jax. Jax goes up for the Annihilator. Stratton gets ot her feet and tries to powerbomb Jax off the top. Jax drops down and crushes Stratton with the Annihilator. While the referee is distracted, Jax grabs the chair. Stratton dropkicks the chair into Jax’s face, busting her open. Stratton lands another Prettiest Moonsault Ever for the win.

Winner and STILL WWE Women’s Champion, Tiffany Stratton!

Grade: B

This match was a lot of fun. It had everything you would want. Solid in-ring action, a smidge of chaos with Jade and Naomi, and one of the most disgusting chair dropkicks to ever happen in a wrestling ring. Stratton was channeling the late Sabu with that one. Jax’s head instantly split and, though the camera didn’t shoot it, developed a bit of a crimson mask. The intensity of these two tonight showed through and helped make this one of the better SmackDown main events this year. At some point, you all will have to admit that Jax is on a heck of a run since returning.

WWE SmackDown Review:

While the show had a shaky start, it gradually built toward a rewarding final hour. A few segments fizzled, but standout matches and escalating storylines helped save this show’s overall rating.

Rating: B-

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Lovell Porter
Lovell Porter

Lovell Porter is the lead Play-by-Play Analyst for Wrestlezone.com. Lovell handles the live coverage for Monday Night RAW, NXT, and all WWE Special Events. Lovell is a lifelong professional wrestling fan that has been covering the sport professionally since 2015.

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