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Tama Tonga And Tonga Loa Beat The Street Profits, Toni Storm Wins | WWE SD x AEW Recap

Wrestling
Colin Tessier May 31, 2024 10:45PM

Here is your fight size update for WWE Friday Night SmackDown and AEW Rampage on Friday, May 31, 2024.

WWE SmackDown

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- Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford).

- Andrade rejected Angel's offer to join Legado del Fantasma. Andrade then defeated Apollo Crews. Angel came out during the match. He distracted Crews and helped Andrade score the win. Legado del Fantasma came out after the match, and Andrade walked past them.

- Nick Aldis hosted the coronation ceremony for Nia Jax following her win at WWE King and Queen of the Ring. Jax discussed her victory and called out WWE Women’s Champion Bayley. Piper Niven attacked Bayley. Chelsea Green said that Niven would win the gold, and Jax said she’d beat anyone who stood in her way.

- AJ Styles faked his retirement and attacked Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.

- Paul Heyman spoke with Solo Sikoa and said that they needed to have Cody Rhodes in check for when Roman Reigns returns. Sikoa said that they already had him in check.

- The broadcast team noted that Randy Orton's knee was getting evaluated.

- Nia Jax interrupted an interview with Michin, who got in the queen’s face. Jax told her she would regret that.

- A QR code led to more clues.

- During a confrontation with Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill, Indi Hartwell noted that Candice LeRae was hurt.

- Blair Davenport confronted Naomi.

- LA Knight said that he wanted the WWE United States Championship and got into a confrontation with Carmelo Hayes.

- Naomi and Bayley teamed up to face Piper Niven and Chelsea Green. Green pinned Naomi for the win.

- Kevin Owens came to the ring and addressed his return to SmackDown. He commented on having Randy Orton’s back and noted that The Bloodline was there, so he wanted to be there too. Paul Heyman interrupted. He responded to “We want Roman” chants by saying that no one wanted Reigns back more than him. Heyman noted that Reigns respected Owens, but Solo Sikoa did not. He discussed the dangerous nature of the new Bloodline. Heyman said the Bloodline wanted to take Owens out, and if he didn’t stop, something bad would happen. He begged Owens to back off. Owens recapped his history with The Bloodline and refused to stop.

- After a backstage confrontation, Tommaso Ciampa faced Austin Theory. Ciampa scored the win after Grayson Waller inadvertently distracted Theory.

- Cody Rhodes and Bayley met the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.

- Check out the card for the June 7 episode of WWE SmackDown here.

Click here to catch up on our coverage of the May 31 episode of WWE SmackDown. For a full review, check out the post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.

AEW Rampage

- AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defeated Viva Van

- Konosuke Takeshita defeated Penta El Zero Miedo to qualify for the TNT Championship match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.

- FTW Champion Chris Jericho said he’d be on AEW Dynamite and Collision more going forward, as he was stepping down from his role as Rampage commentator.

- Hechicero aligned with Cage of Agony (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona).

- Rey Fenix defeated Isiah Kassidy.

- Roderick Strong and The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) commented on Strong’s loss at AEW Double or Nothing. Strong challenged Lio Rush to face him on AEW Collision and said he was coming for AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland.

- Satnam Singh scored a dominant win against “Pretty” Peter Avalon.

- Harley Cameron and Saraya discussed Cameron's looming match against Mariah May.

- Kyle O’Reilly defeated Jordan Cruz.

- Johnny TV issued a challenge to Claudio Castagnoli for a match on AEW Collision.

- Viva Van commented on her AEW Rampage debut.

- Isiah Kassidy commented on his loss.

- Check out the card for the June 1 episode of AEW Collision here.

Click here to catch up on our coverage of the May 31 episode of AEW Rampage.

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