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.
-Commercial Break-
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.
-Commercial Break-
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.