WWE SmackDown Results
May 22, 2026
Lexington, Kentucky (Rupp Arena)
Results by: Roy Nemer of Wrestleview.com
WWE SmackDown kicks off with highlights of last weeks show. We see Gunther getting the win against Royce Keys and Cody Rhodes attacking Gunther after his match.
Rhea says Jade and her crew tried to send a message but what they did was piss her off. She says she is back and wants a fight. She tells Jade that if she wants her rematch, she will happily beat her again. Rhea says she will take her on at Clash in Italy for the WWE Women’s Championship.
Charlotte Flair’s music hits and out she comes with Alexa Bliss. Flair says she appreciates that Rhea wants to defender her title but not to get ahead of herself because they still have a six woman tag team match tomorrow. Bliss says they have to be on the same page. Flair says she has to address the elephant in the room. She says they needed Rhea’s help last week and she asks Rhea where she was last week.
Rhea tells her she went home to go see her family. Flair says she is happy she went home to see her family but they needed her help. She says her and Bliss have their own battles to fight. Rhea says Flair was the one that said she didn’t need her. Flair says she did say that against Fatal Infleunce but now they need Rhea’s help with Rhea’s problem. Rhea says she is sorry that they got ambushed but it looked like Bliss took most of it. If Flair can’t have her best friend’s back, how can she trust her with her back.
Flair says Rhea is trying to create a problem that isn’t there, to grow a wedge between her and Bliss. Out come Fatal Influence. Jayne says she loves this and there isn’t anything she loves more than to see the women’s division unravel in front of her own eyes. And this started the second Fatal Influence stepped foot on the scene. She says they have ascended to the top of the division with ease because when they see an opportunity, they take it. She says they are looking at one right now.
Flair says they love their confidence but she is not there for the back and forth. She challenges two of them to a match against her and Bliss tonight. Jayne says that is all she needed to hear. Flair’s music hits.
We cut backstage and in comes Cathy Kelley who stops Solo Sikoa, Tola Tanga and Tama Tonga. Solo says Tola Tonga is ready for his match against Shinsuke Nakamura. And he wants everyone to watch. Solo looks at Tama Tonga and Solo says he wants everyone to watch what will happen to Nakamura.
In comes Royce Keys and he tells Solo that he cost him a title opportunity last week. Solo says Keys threw the chair at his face and he is lucky they don’t hit him now. Solo says if Keys needs someone to watch his back tonight, they can do that and they walk away.
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Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Talla Tonga with Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga
The bell rings and we are under way. Nakamura with right hands but Talla Tonga with a right hand and a knee to the face. Talla Tonga goes for a knee to the face but Nakamura moves out of the way. Nakamura clotheslines Talla Tonga to the outside of the ring. Talla Tonga drags Nakamura to the outside of the ring and he throws him into the barricade.
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Back from commercial, Talla Tonga with a bodyslam. Talla Tonga lifts Nakamura up but Nakamura lands on his feet. Nakamura with a right hand. Nakamura climbs the second rope and lands a kick onto Talla Tonga. Nakamura with kicks. Solo gets on the ring apron but Nakamura with a right hand. He turns around and Talla Tonga lands a Chokeslam. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Talla Tonga
Solo goes for the Samoan Spike but Tama Tonga stops him. Tama Tonga hits Nakamura from behind. They grab Nakamura but out comes Damian Priest with a steel chair. Solo, Talla Tonga and Tama Tonga leave the ring.
We cut to the back, Nick Aldis is with a referee. The lights go out and come back on. In comes Cody Rhodes and Aldis tells Cody that Gunther is not there yet and he hasn’t signed the contract. Cody walks away and in comes Sami Zayn. He asks Aldis what he did to deserve this. He says if it was Cody Rhodes, he would get what he wants. In comes Rhodes from behind. He tells Zayn if he wants an opponent, he found one. Rhodes challenges Zayn to a match tonight and walks away.
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Back from commercial, Charlotte Flair is with Alexa Bliss backstage. Bliss says she is not medically cleared and pretends to be sick. Bliss tells Flair that she is not sick but she is sick of being in the middle of Flair and Rhea when they argue. Bliss says tonight, Flair will tag team with Rhea.
Women’s United States Championship Open Challenge – Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Lash Legend with Nia Jax
The bell rings and we are under way. Legend goes for a right hand but Stratton with a right hand. Stratton with a drop kick and Legend rolls to the outside of the ring. Stratton jumps over the top rope onto Legend. Stratton with a right hand but Legend with a right hand. Legend chokeslams Stratton onto the ring apron. Legend gets in the ring and out comes Chelsea Green.
Back from commercial, Legend with a clothesline. She goes for the cover but Stratton kicks out. Legend with a head lock but Stratton with a jaw breaker. Legend runs towards Stratton but Stratton moves out of the way and Legend spears the ring post. Stratton with a clothesline and a stunner. She goes for the cover but Legend kicks out. Stratton goes for the cartwheel Alabama Slam but Legend picks her up and power bombs her. She goes for the cover but Stratton kicks out. Legend goes for the Lash Extension but Stratton gets her in a crucifix cover but Legend kicks out. Stratton gets on the top rope. Nia gets on the ring apron and Lash distracts the referee. Stratton pushes her down. Stratton jumps, Legend moves out of the way. Chelsea pushes Nia into the ring post and that distracts Legend. Stratton rolls Legend up and gets the pin.
Winner: Still Women’s United States Champion, Tiffany Stratton
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Back from commercial, Nick Aldis is backstage and he is stopped by someone. That person tells Aldis that the power issues are coming from that door. Aldis enters and it’s Danhausen. He is doing a scientific experiment and Aldis tells him they keep losing power. Danhausen says he is doing a science experiment and a fuse box goes off. Aldis turns around and Danhausen disappears. Aldis sees a body with a white sheet on top of him. Aldis goes to grab the sheet but we hear Danhausen say don’t touch it.
We cut to Cathy Kelley who is with The Miz and Kit Wilson. Miz says he is not cursed and he doesn’t care what is going on with Danhausen. Kelley says the Cavaliers are losing and Miz says there is no curse. In come Fraxiom who say that The Miz is cursed. Miz says that Danhausen is causing his Cavaliers playoff matches. Kelley asks Miz if he is such a big fan, why isn’t he courtside. Miz says he is superstitious. Miz challenges Axiom to a match next week in his home town. Axiom speaks in Spanish and walks away. The Miz asks Kelley if she understand Spanish and Kelley says “un pocito”.
In the arena, out comes Trick Williams and Lil Yachty. Trick says he thinks the people in Lexington like some Trick and Yachty and Lil Yachty says especially after what he did last week to The Miz. Trick says Miz is a future Hall of Famer. Lil Yachty says that is debatable. Trick says seven time tag team champion, Lil Yachty says he was carried. Lil Yachty says if you come out and interrupt the Champion, you get the lemon pepper steppers.
Out comes Carmelo Hayes. He tells Trick let’s talk about it. They both knew this day was going to come. He says Trick needs to do the right thing because if he wants to admit it or not, Trick screwed him out of his title. And if it weren’t for Trick, he would still be Champion. The fans chant “Whoop that Trick” and Hayes says to listen to the people, he did that. He says Trick came in, he took over, he rose to the top in record time and he applauds him. He says he always believed in him, he always knew he was capable of that. But there is a huge difference between carrying a title and being Champion. He defended that title, he won the people over with hard work and effort. He tells Trick to give him what he wants, to give the people in Lexington what they want. He says Trick against Melo for the United States Championship, right here, right now.
Lil Yachty says Trick would like to give him the title match but when you’re a champion like Trick Williams, you have a schedule. Lil Yachty takes out a note book. He says he has to get his hair twisted in 45 minutes, a pedicure in about a hour, his muscles massaged too.
Hayes asks if anyone understands what Lil Yachty is saying. Hayes says if Trick can find time between his hair appointment and nail appointment, he can defend his title. But that is only if his secretary allows it. He says they go way back, the old Trick Williams would not let someone tell him what to do. But Trick was always better at playing second fiddle.
Trick tells him to mind his business when grown folks talk. He doesn’t eat no dirty rice and chew his cabbage twice. That means he doesn’t play with his leftovers. But since they are in Lexington and the people want to see it, tonight, it’s Trick against Melo, let’s talk about it. Trick says the open challenges were done, the moment he won the title. But because he likes him and he respects what they did, he will get his match tonight but the ass whooping is on the house. Trick asks for a referee.