WWE SmackDown Notes: Results, Bloodline Rules Stip Set for WWE Title Match at SummerSlam 2024, LA Knight Crashes Logan Paul’s Homecoming, Blair Davenport Joins Unholy Union, The Bloodline Wins WWE Tag Titles

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Steve C.

Aug 2, 2024

WWE SmackDown Results – August 2, 2024

August 2, 2024
Cleveland, OH – Mortgage Fieldhouse
Commentary – Corey Graves and Wade Barrett

Quick Match Results

Andrade defeated Carmelo Hayes via Roll-up (pinfall)
- Near the end of the match, Hayes went to the top rope and attempted to hit the Nothin But Net to Andrade who dodged out of the way causing Hayes to land on his feet. Andrade gave a kick to Hayes and attempted to hit The Message that was countered by Hayes with an O’Connor Roll for a near fall that was countered by Andrade with a roll-up for the pinfall victory.
Santos Escobar defeated Apollo Crews via Phantom Driver (pinfall)
- Legado Del Fantasma’s Angel, Berto, & Elektra Lopez came out with Escobar to be in his corner while Baron Corbin came out with Crews to be in his corner for the match.
- Near the end of the match, Crews went to the top rope only to get distracted after a mysterious hand grabbed Corbin’s foot from under the ring and tried to drag him away as Angel & Berto attacked Corbin. This led to Escobar attacking Crews and hit a Phantom Driver for the pinfall victory.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship – Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair defeated Unholy Union (Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn) (c) via Disqualification (pinfall)
- Near the end of the match, Blair Davenport ran out of the crowd and attacked Cargill on the outside leading to the referee calling for the bell.
- Following the match, Davenport & Unholy Union attacked Belair and Cargill leading to a brawl breaking out that ended with Cargill being tossed over the announcer’s table and Davenport & Unholy Union being happy over their actions.
WWE Tag Team Championship – The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Jacob Fatu) defeated DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano) (c) via Moonsault (pinfall)
- The Bloodline’s Solo Sikoa & Tongo Loa came out with Tama & Fatu to be in their corner for the match.
- Following the match, Sikoa held up the Bloodline’s newly won tag titles on his shoulders and stood over a fallen Gargano with the rest of the Bloodline behind him as the show went to a close.

Bloodline Rules Stip Set for Undisputed WWE Title Match at SummerSlam 2024

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show featured one new stipulation announced for the Undisputed WWE Championship match at SummerSlam 2024, which takes place on August 3rd at the Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.

This new stipulation is a Bloodline Rules match of Solo Sikoa vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE title.

This new stipulation was setup following a promo segment involving Rhodes and Sikoa. At the start of the show, Rhodes came out to the ring and asked the crowd what they wanted to talk about before turning his attention towards Sikoa. This led to Sikoa’s music playing and him coming out to the ring by himself. Sikoa told the crowd “Cleveland acknowledge me” which the crowd responded back with boos and “We want Roman” chants. Rhodes responded starting to rambling about Sikoa and it no being easy what Solo is trying to do in becoming the Tribal Chief. After some more words, Rhodes stated that Sikoa will find out that he has nothing to lose and he has everything on the line. Sikoa interrupted asking Rhodes if he was done because he is wasting his time and he is running out of patience. Rhodes responded back stating that he is not done and Solo is a self appointed Tribal Chief while he is an actual champion. Rhodes talked about him sitting on a throne he destroyed before and brought up Randy Orton and Kevin Owens saying that he can’t repay their debt if he loses. Rhodes then brought up how he beat Roman Reigns at WrestleMania in a Bloodline Rules match.

"I intend to pay those men back with your blood."

This is for @FightOwensFight and @RandyOrton!
#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/w2FcYwHiLh
— WWE (@WWE) August 3, 2024

Sikoa responded back stating that Rhodes beat a weak Tribal Chief at WrestleMania. Sikoa stated that he is not weak, he is the opposite and is dangerous and at SummerSlam he is going to show Rhodes how dangerous he is.

"When you beat @WWERomanReigns at #WrestleMania, he was a Tribal Chief that was WEAK…"

Did @SoloSikoa really just say that?!
#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/PtNCtPZHsx
— WWE (@WWE) August 3, 2024

This led to Jacob Fatu coming out through the crowd and was followed by Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa. All three surrounded the ring and Sikoa issued a challenge to Rhodes for their match to be held under Bloodline Rules. After some more words by Sikoa, Rhodes accepted and stated that he does not have to fight his family, all he has to do is defeated the Tribal Chief. Rhodes stated that since the Tribal Chief is not here, he will have to settle for the wannabe instead. Rhodes then dropped his microphone and left the ring as the Bloodline looked on.

BLOODLINE RULES?!

No hesitation from @CodyRhodes. He accepts! 😤#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/1fMbTCDzrO
— WWE (@WWE) August 3, 2024

.@CodyRhodes went there! 👀#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/yvnUGZFtgp
— WWE (@WWE) August 3, 2024

Current card for August 3rd WWE SummerSlam 2024:

Undisputed WWE Championship Bloodline Rules match – Solo Sikoa vs. Cody Rhodes (c)
WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Gunther vs. Damian Priest (c)
WWE Women’s Championship – Nia Jax vs. Bayley (c)
WWE Women’s World Championship – Rhea Ripley vs. Liv Morgan (c)
WWE United States Championship – LA Knight vs. Logan Paul (c)
WWE Intercontinental Championship – Bron Breakker vs. Sami Zayn (c)
Special Guest Referee match – CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre (with Seth Rollins as special guest referee)

LA Knight Crashes Logan Paul’s Homecoming Ceremony & Steals Paul’s Truck at Friday’s SmackDown Show

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured Logan Paul holding a Homecoming Ceremony for his return to Cleveland.

During the show, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis was in the ring with three Cleveland dignitaries standing behind him. Aldis introduced Paul who came out to the ring and shook their hands. Paul stated that he is home and told Knight that he has never met a man so eager to take his belt off. Paul stated that he has bad news for Knight because he is not his type. Paul stated that Knight will not strip him of his United States Championship in his own hometown. This led to the fans chanting “LA Knight” and Paul responding stating that he inspires this city. Paul stated that he represents the great city and he is Cleveland and the fans here can related to Knight as being a bunch of try hards who never make it. Paul then insulted Knight stating that he has had only two title defenses in 273 days but that is two more title defenses than Knight will ever have.

.@LoganPaul has no doubts he's leaving #SummerSlam tomorrow as the United States Champion!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/qVZknkeJj9
— WWE (@WWE) August 3, 2024

After some more words by Paul, Aldis interrupted stating that he put the names of those three people he brought out in his “google machine” and was not able to find anything about them. After some more words by Paul in response, Paul stated that it was time to unveil his Championship banner that he stated will hang in the rafters of this arena. Paul asked for a drum roll to be played and after some pyro went off, a large banner with Paul’s picture was unveiled revealing the giant words of “Yeah” across it. This led to a puzzled reaction by Paul and Knight’s music playing.

YEAHHHH!! 🗣️
@RealLAKnight is always one step ahead 😏 #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/foImPRSyM1
— WWE (@WWE) August 3, 2024

Knight came out and stated that his shades are not helping him see what that banner reads, which led to the fans responding chanting “Yeah.” Paul responded sarcastically congratulating the fans for knowing how to read. Knight stated that Paul is close to losing his title and was about to say something else before being sidetracked. Knight stated that Paul is not even from Cleveland and is from West Lake instead. Paul responded back stating that it is a suburb of Cleveland and Knight responded stating that Paul is worried about home comings and banners so he will do him a solid. Knight stated that he will go to the back and find him a new banner that he can hang up. Knight proceeded to go backstage to find another banner only to bump into Pretty Deadly. Knight asked Pretty Deadly if they had a banner, which they said no but they do have a musical coming out and wanted Knight to hear it. An uninterested Knight walked away and stated that he has something. This was revealed to be Paul’s Prime branded truck and entered it as Paul ran out of the ring and to the back. Paul tried to chase down Knight only for Knight to drive away in Paul’s truck.

😂😂😂@RealLAKnight's taking @LoganPaul's car for a spin!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/GoGQcGB3qN
— WWE (@WWE) August 3, 2024

Blair Davenport Joins Unholy Union at Friday’s SmackDown Show

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured Blair Davenport joining forces with the Unholy Union.

Near the end of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match between Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair and the Unholy Union, Davenport ran out from the crowd and attacked Cargill on the outside. This led to the referee calling for the bell and Davenport and the Unholy Union continuing their attack first on Belair and then on Cargill. This ended with Cargill being tossed over the announcer’s table and Davenport and Unholy Union sitting on the apron being pleased over what they had just done.