SmackDown Results

JANUARY 16 LIVE

[OPENING VIDEO PACKAGE]

Pyro explodes across the arena. The SmackDown logo flashes as the crowd roars.

MICHAEL COLE: Welcome to Friday Night SmackDown! We are live, and what a night we have in store for you!

WADE BARRETT: Michael, the Intercontinental Champion herself demanded competition tonight. An open challenge on SmackDown is never a safe idea.

COREY GRAVES:And rumor has it… this building has been buzzing all day.

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN CHALLENGE[MICHIN’S MUSIC HITS]

MICHAEL COLE: Here comes the Intercontinental Champion—Michin! A fighting champion if there ever was one. But who is going to step up on such short notice?

[Michin enters, title around her waist. She slaps hands, confident.]

WADE BARRETT: She doesn’t duck anyone. That championship means something to her.

[Michin takes a microphone.]

MICHIN: I didn’t come to SmackDown to hide. I didn’t come to SmackDown to run. Whoever’s back there—this is your chance.

[Pause. The crowd murmurs.]

[UNFAMILIAR MUSIC HITS]

MICHAEL COLE: Wait a minute…

[TRON FLASHES: LYRA VALKERIA]

WADE BARRETT: Oh my—Michael, this is HUGE!

COREY GRAVES: This is not just anyone answering the challenge.

[Lyra Valkeria steps onto the stage, calm and focused.]

MICHAEL COLE: Lyra Valkeria is here on SmackDown! I heard rumors of her possibly coming to Raw but she is here tonight!

[MATCH BEGINS]

MICHAEL COLE: And here we go!

WADE BARRETT: Michin wasting no time, testing the newcomer early.

[Michin strikes aggressively. Lyra absorbs, counters with sharp kicks.]

COREY GRAVES: Look at the composure. No panic. No wasted movement.[

Michin hits a cannonball in the corner.]

MICHAEL COLE: Cover—kickout!

WADE BARRETT: That’s experience talking.

[Lyra fires back with a German suplex.]

COREY GRAVES: And just like that, the momentum shifts.

[Lyra hits a spinning slam.]

MICHAEL COLE: What power!

[Michin attempts Eat Defeat—Lyra rolls through.]

WADE BARRETT: She’s got her—this could be it!

[Lyra hits her finisher.]

MICHAEL COLE:ONE! TWO! THREE!

[BELL RINGS]

MICHAEL COLE: WE HAVE A NEW INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION!

WADE BARRETT: One of the most impressive debuts I’ve ever seen!

[Lyra receives the championship. Michin nods respectfully and exits.]

Michael Cole: I have just been informed that Lyra has actually signed to the Raw roster! What a loss for SmackDown!

AD BREAK LIFE AND LEGACY — CLIP

[Mr. Murrey sits with his legal team.]

LAWYER #1:Mr. Murrey… we may have a situation.

LAWYER #2: Pete the Ref may have evidence your biological father is… a member of the Mouse family.

MR. MURREY: That’s impossible. I have a birth certificate.

LAWYER #1: Hospitals allow signatures from others at birth.

[Murrey stands, furious.]

MR. MURREY: My dad isn’t a goddamn rodent!

[He slams the table.]

MR. MURREY: Find Pete. And if you can’t… bring me Nikki!

BACK TO SMACKDOWN

ALBA FYRE vs. TRISH STRATUS

MICHAEL COLE: A surreal matchup—two eras colliding.

Trish gets a massive ovation, soaking it in. Alba enters with a cold stare, unmoved.

COREY GRAVES: Trish Stratus is a legend, but Alba Fyre has something to prove here in her debut match tonight.

The match is competitive early, Trish using experience to counter Alba’s aggression.

WADE BARRETT: That experience still matters.

Trish goes for the Stratusfaction attempt, but Alba blocks it and transitions into a brutal Gory bomb variation. The crowd gasps. Alba follows with a crushing finisher and pins Trish clean.

MICHAEL COLE: That’s it!

WADE BARRETT: Statement made.

[Alba leaves. Trish receives applause.]

AD BREAK LIFE AND LEGACY — CLIP

[Pete the Ref in a backstage area]

PETE THE REF: I’ve taken precautions. I have hired the best in personal security detail.

[Camera pans to Joey Mercury.]

PETE THE REF: Nikki Bella will be safe.

The camera pans to reveal Joey Mercury, arms crossed, sunglasses on, nodding seriously.

Pete the Ref: Nikki will be safe “no matter what rodent-related chaos unfolds.

MAIN EVENT

DEXTER LUMIS & ROWAN vs. DIY

MICHAEL COLE: The Hollow looks different without Joe Gacy.

WADE BARRETT: And Braun Strowman’s influence is growing.

[Physical back-and-forth match.]

COREY GRAVES: DIY trying to isolate Rowan, but Lumis is unpredictable.

[Chaos breaks out.]

MICHAEL COLE: Submission locked in—Gargano’s fading!

[BELL RINGS]

MICHAEL COLE: Lumis and Rowan get the win!

[BRAUN STROWMAN’S MUSIC HITS]

MICHAEL COLE:Oh no…[Braun makes the throat-slash gesture.]

WADE BARRETT: This doesn’t sit right with them.

[Lumis and Rowan hesitate—then attack DIY.]

COREY GRAVES:They’re obeying… but you can feel the tension.

[Rowan throws Ciampa into the steps. Lumis brutalizes Gargano.]

MICHAEL COLE: The Hollow may be cracking.

[Camera focuses on Lumis and Rowan exchanging uneasy looks as Braun watches.]

[SHOW FADES TO BLACK]