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B-Fab Aligns With Lashley, Escobar Vows To End LWO, CMLL Stars Win | WWE SD x AEW Recap

Wrestling
Colin Tessier Feb 3, 2024 1:59AM

Here is your fight size update for WWE Friday Night SmackDown and AEW Rampage on Friday, February 2, 2024.

WWE SmackDown

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- Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits faced Karrion Kross and the Authors of Pain. B-Fab got involved and stood tall with Lashley and the Street Profits.

- In a vignette, Santos Escobar welcomed Elektra Lopez back to Legado Del Fantasma and vowed to end the LWO.

- Corey Graves and Wade Barrett were confirmed as the new commentary team for WWE SmackDown.

- WWE United States Champion Logan Paul took shots at CM Punk and Seth Rollins as he highlighted the "brittle" roster. He also refused a rematch with Kevin Owens.

- The Rock confronted Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, as Cody Rhodes revealed that he would not be facing Reigns at WrestleMania 40.

- Bayley chose to face WWE Women's Champion IYO SKY at WrestleMania 40, as Damage CTRL turned on her.

- Tiffany Stratton joined the SmackDown roster and punched Michin. She went on to defeat Michin in her SmackDown debut.

- Naomi officially joined the SmackDown roster.

- Bron Breakker appeared, and Jade Cargill also spoke with Nick Aldis.

- Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne won a four-way match to advance to the next round of the Tag Team Contender series.

- Kevin Owens faced Austin Theory. Logan Paul tried to pass Theory brass knucks, but Owens punched the former champion out and pinned him. Owens then chased Paul into the crowd.

- Bianca Belair spoke with Nick Aldis backstage. WWE United States Champion Logan Paul interrupted and asked for a challenger.

- Elektra Lopez officially joined WWE SmackDown.

- Dakota Kai commented on the downfall of Damage CTRL.

- Triple H welcomed Tiffany Stratton to SmackDown.

- IYO SKY said she didn’t need Bayley anymore.

- The Rock addressed the crowd after the show went off the air.

- Naomi commented on returning to SmackDown.

- Corey Graves commented on joining SmackDown commentary, and Triple H responded.

- Austin Theory commented on his loss; he and Grayson Waller were upset about Kevin Owens' use of brass knuckles.

- Gunther will celebrate 600 days as WWE Intercontinental Champion on the February 5 episode of WWE Raw.

- Check out the card for the February 9 episode of WWE SmackDown here.

- Pharaoh Rhodes was backstage.

Click here to catch up on our coverage of the February 2 episode of WWE SmackDown. For a full review, check out the post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.

AEW Rampage

- CMLL stars Hechicero, Mistico, Mascara Dorada, and Volador Jr. defeated Matt Menard, Angelo Parker, Christopher Daniels, and Matt Sydal.

- Sammy Guevara announced that he was medically cleared, and he set his sights on Powerhouse Hobbs.

- Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) defeated Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen).

- Tensions continued to rise between Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal.

- AEW World Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks and Big Bill defeated Alex Reynolds and John Silver of Dark Order.

- Don Callis and Powerhouse Hobbs responded to Sammy Guevara.

- Willow Nightingale, who was accompanied to the ring by Stokely Hathaway and Kris Statlander, defeated Queen Aminata.

- Orange Cassidy was confronted by Roderick Strong and Undisputed Kingdom. They agreed to a tag team match on the February 9 episode of AEW Rampage.

- Saraya, Ruby Soho, and Harley Cameron confronted Willow Nightingale and Kris Statlander.

- Tony Khan announced that Serena Deeb will face Queen Aminata on the February 3 episode of AEW Collision.

- As announced by Tony Khan, Tony Storm will face Red Velvet on the February 7 episode of AEW Dynamite.

Click here to catch up on our coverage of the February 2 episode of AEW Rampage.

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