WWE SmackDown (1/26/2024) Results: Kabuki Warriors vs Chance & Carter, LA Knight vs Solo Sikoa, More

On January 26, 2024, WWE hosted a new episode of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.

The show was headlined by LA Knight facing Solo Sikoa and Katana Chance & Kayden Carter defending their Womens Tag Titles against The Kabuki Warriors in the go-home show for the WWE Royal Rumble. The full results are listed below.

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WWE SmackDown (1/26/2024).

• Michael Cole & Corey Graves welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning into the opening segment.
• After Rapper & Reggaeton artist, Eladio Carrion, introduced Randy Orton to the ring to cut a promo and declare that he was coming for the WWE Championship. AJ Styles interrupted and said he had a receipt for Orton and would step over everyone to win the title, but LA Knight abruptly cut him off. After making fun of Styles's whining, LA Knight promised to take down Solo Sikoa tonight and step over everyone who gets in his way. After Knight left the ring, Styles hit a thrust kick & a Pele Kick to Orton as a blindsight attack.
• Santos Escobar (w/ Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo) def. Carlito (w/ Zelina Vega, Cruz del Toro & Joaquin Wilde).
  • Carrillo & Garza brawled not the outside. Vega argued with the referee, but she was laid out by Elektra Lopez. This distraction allowed Escobar to stack Carlito for the pinfall win.
• There was a video package recapping Raw being moved to Netflix & The Rock joining the TKO Shareholder.
• Jimmy Uso spoke with AJ Styles backstage, where he tried to convince him to lay out LA Knight, but he was run off by The OC ("Michin" Mia Yim, Luke Gallows & "The Machine Gun" Karl Anderson). When asked by Anderson what was about, Styles left.
• After NXT General Manager Ava met with SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis, Bobby Lashley (w/ The Street Profits) picked his number for the Royal Rumble. Santos Escobar joined in to pick his number, but Lashley told him that he had not forgotten about him.
• There was a video package of Bayley retelling her path from her rise in NXT to her run in the Main Roster while in the NXT Performance Center. Bayley promised to win the Women's Royal Rumble and fulfill her destiny.
• R-Truth was playing around with the Royal Rumble pool with Nick Aldis & Ava before he got his number. R-Truth asked if he needed to quarantine, but he was explained by Aldis that it was his Royal Rumble number. R-Truth confused Nick Aldis with Adam Pearce, telling him that he grew hair very quickly.
• WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match: Damage CTRL's Kabuki Warriors (Kairi Sane & Asuka) (w/ Bayley, Iyo Sky & Dakota Kai) def. Kayden Carter & Katana Chance (c) to win the Tag Titles.
• Backstage, Paul Heyman implored Solo Sikoa to finish the job and take out LA Knight for Roman Reigns. After that, Heyman told Jimmy Uso to enter the Men's Royal Rumble to beat Seth Rollins and bring the WWE World Heavyweight Championship to The Bloodline, telling him that the line of succession starts in the Rumble.
• Bayley entered the room to pick up her number, but she was encountered by Bianca Belair. Belair told Bayley she would be winning the rumble for a second time. Bayley got her number, and she did not seem too pleased.
• Bobby Lashley & Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) came to the ring in gear because they wanted a fight with The Final Testament. The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Akam, Rezar, Paul Ellering, & Scarlett) came to the ramp before Scarlett entered the ring. Lashely, Ford & Dawkins called them fearful for having Scarlett enter the ring, but Ellering said that there was no fear in Kross. Kross told Lashley did not have control and that they would not have their fight tonight. Scarlett was a distraction, leading to the Testament attacking The Street Profits & Lashley.
• Jimmy Uso went backstage with Ava & Nick Aldis, where he got a number for the Men's Royal Rumble. He responded that his number was "No Yeet".
• They showed a video of Logan Paul & Kevin Owens brawling in the performance Center facilities. They will face each other for the United States Championship in WWE Royal Rumble.
• Austin Theory (w/ Grayson Waller) def. Carmelo Hayes.
  • Waller & Theory attacked Hayes after the match, but NXT's Trick Williams made the save. Williams & Hayes took down Theory & Waller. Hayes tried to fist-bump Williams, but Williams told Hayes to focus because they had a match on Tuesday.
• Kayle Braxton interviewed Eladio Carrion backstage, where he said that he believed Randy Orton would walk out as WWE Champion. The Bloodline (Paul Heyman, Solo Sikoa & Jimmy Uso) confronted him in the interview, which led to Carreon saying that he was being respectful about his prediction.
• LA Knight def. Solo Sikoa (w/ Jimmy Uso & Paul Heyman) (via Disqualification).
  • AJ Styles attacked LA Knight outside of the ring, leading to Knight getting the disqualification win. Uso got a chair but was given a death stare by Uso. Uso dropped the chair to the floor and told Styles to do what he had to do before Sikoa told him the same or he would take care of him. Styles attacked Sikoa & Uso before Orton came in.
    Orton hit an uppercut on Styles and a powerslam on Uso, but Sikoa pulled him out of the ring. Sikoa went for a Uranage, but Orton responded with the Singh Bomb on Sikoa through the broadcast table.
    Back in the ring, Orton hit the Draping DDT on Uso before hitting it on Styles too before catching Styles with the RKO. Orton stood tall to end the broadcast.

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