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WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (4/22/22): Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn

   April 22, 2022

WWE Friday Night SmackDown
April 22, 2022
MVP Arena
Albany, New York

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Commentators (Michael Cole & Pat McAfee)

Ring Announcer: Samantha Irvin 

Transcription by Josh Lopez

Charlotte Flair & Ronda Rousey Contract Signing 

First Match: Xavier Woods w/Kofi Kingston vs. Butch w/Sheamus & Ridge Holland 

Woods ducks a clothesline from Butch. Woods with The O’Connor Roll for a two count. Woods ducks a clothesline from Butch. Woods with The Schoolboy Rollup for a two count. Woods with a chop/haymaker combination. Short-Arm Reversal by Butch. Woods ducks a forearm from Butch. Woods unloads a flurry of left jabs. Woods with a gut punch. Woods with a knee lift. Woods follows that with an Inside Out Lariat for a two count. Butch rocks Woods with a forearm smash. Butch transitions into a ground and pound attack. Butch with a knee drop on the left shoulder of Woods. Butch works on his joint manipulation game. Butch stomps on the left elbow of Woods. Butch goes for a Belly to Back Suplex, but Woods lands back on his feet. Woods applies a waist lock. Butch decks Woods with a back elbow smash. Woods reverses out of the irish whip from Butch. Woods dives over Butch. Butch fish hooks Woods. Butch drives Woods face first into the middle turnbuckle pad. Butch continues to fish hook Woods.

Woods dumps Butch over the top rope. Woods with a Wrecking Ball Dropkick. Sheamus and Holland stops Woods in his tracks. Butch with a flying forearm smash off the steel ring steps. Butch has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Butch applies a hammerlock. Butch stomps on Woods ribs. Butch applies an arm-bar. Woods with another chop/haymaker combination. Butch reverses out of the irish whip from Woods. Woods ducks under two clotheslines from Butch. Woods slides under Butch. Woods with The Rolling Elbow. Butch avoids The Roundhouse Kick. Woods sweeps out the legs of Butch. Woods with a Senton Splash. Butch grabs the right ear of Woods. Butch slaps Woods in the face. Butch with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Butch hits The X-Plex for a two count. Butch repeatedly kicks Woods in the face. Woods connects with The Slingshot Backwoods to pickup the victory. After the match, Butch walks out on Sheamus and Holland.

Winner: Xavier Woods via Pinfall 

Second Match: GUNTHER w/Ludwig Kaiser vs. Teddy Goodz

Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Gunther applies a wrist lock. Gunther with a wrist lock takedown. Goodz pops back on his feet. Gunther swats away a dropkick from Goodz. Gunther drops Goodz with The Big Boot. Gunther uppercuts Goodz. Gunther places Goodz on the top turnbuckle. Gunther slaps Goodz in the chest. Gunther is choking Goodz with his boot. Gunther with a Vertical Suplex. Gunther is lighting up Goodz chest. Gunther bodyslams Goodz. Gunther delivers a back chop. Gunther applies The Sleeper Hold. Gunther connects with The PowerBomb to pickup the victory.

Winner: GUNTHER via Pinfall 

Third Match: Matt Riddle w/Randy Orton vs. Jey Uso w/Jimmy Uso

Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman are watching this match in the backstage area. Riddle with a waist lock takedown. Riddle applies The Sleeper Hold. Jey grabs the bottom rope which forces the break. Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Jey applies a side headlock. Jey whips Riddle across the ring. Jey drops Riddle with a shoulder tackle. Riddle drops down on the canvas. Riddle applies another Sleeper Hold. Jey sends Riddle back first into the canvas. Jey uppercuts Riddle. Jey is raining down haymakers. Jey sends Riddle to the corner. Riddle dives over Jey. Riddle with a Mid-Kick. Riddle with a GutWrench Suplex. Riddle with a forearm smash. Jey reverses out of the irish whip from Riddle. Jey scores the elbow knockdown. Jey stomps on the midsection of Riddle. Jey with a forearm smash. Jey unloads two knife edge chops.

Jey whips Riddle across the ring. Riddle kicks Jey in the chest. Jey avoids The PK. Jey regroups on the outside. Riddle goes for a Suicide Dive, but Jey counters with an uppercut. Jey throws Riddle into the steel ring steps. Jey with a Belly to Back Suplex on the announce table. Jey has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Jey applies a rear chin lock. Riddle with heavy bodyshots. Riddle blocks a boot from Jey. Jey drops Riddle with a Spinning Enzuigiri. Jey poses for the crowd. Forearm Exchange. Chop Exchange. Riddle with forearm shivers. Riddle with The Big Boot. Riddle ducks under a clothesline from Jey. Riddle with an Overhead Kick. Riddle with Two Flying Forearm Smashes. Riddle follows that with The Exploder Suplex. Jey avoids The PK. Riddle goes for a Standing MoonSault, but Jey ducks out of the way.

Jey dodges The BROTon. Jey goes for a Belly to Back Suplex, but Riddle lands back on his feet. Riddle with The Final Flash Knee Strike. Riddle lands The Floating BRO for a two count. Riddle goes for The BRO To Sleep, but Jey lands back on his feet. Jey rolls Riddle over for a two count. Riddle hits The Draping DDT. Riddle gets distracted by Jimmy. Orton wipes out Jimmy with a Belly to Back Suplex into the announce table. Jey denies The RKO. Jey applies a waist lock. Jey connects with The Pop Up NeckBreaker for a two count. Jey goes for The Running Stinkface, but Riddle counters with a Pump Knee Strike. Jey SuperKicks Riddle. Jey goes for The USO Splash, but Riddle gets his knees up in the air. Riddle hooks both legs to pickup the victory.

Winner: Matt Riddle via Pinfall 

Fourth Match: Riddick Moss vs. Angel Garza w/Humberto Carrillo 

Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Moss backs Garza into the turnbuckles. The referee calls for a clean break. Garza with a forearm smash. Garza taunts Moss. Moss with a forearm smash. Moss with a waist lock takedown. Moss with clubbing blows to Garza’s back. Moss ducks a clothesline from Garza. Moss leapfrogs over Garza. Moss drops down on the canvas. Moss scores the elbow knockdown. Moss mocks Garza. Moss takes a swipe at Carrillo. Moss sends Garza crashing into Carrillo. Moss rolls Garza back into the ring.

Carrillo runs the right leg of Moss. Garza with a basement dropkick. Garza is raining down haymakers. Garza backs Moss into the ropes. Garza unloads two knife edge chops. Moss reverses out of the irish whip from Garza. Moss catches Garza in mid-air. Moss with The Fallaway lam. Moss tees off on Garza. Moss with a running shoulder block. Moss knocks Carrillo off the ring apron. Moss with a running shoulder tackle. Moss connects with The Punch Line to pickup the victory. After the match, Corbin attacks Moss from behind. Corbin walks away with the Andre The Giant Memorial Trophy.

Winner: Riddick Moss via Pinfall 

Updated WWE WrestleMania Backlash 2022 Match Card 

1.) Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Ronda Rousey In An I Quit Match For The WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship

2.) Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins

3.) RK-BRO (c) vs. The Usos (c) In A Winner Takes All Tag Team Championship Unification Match

4.) Edge w/Damian Priest vs. AJ Styles

Fifth Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn In A Lumberjack Match 

The Lumberjacks (Randy Orton, Matt Riddle, The Usos, The New Day, Shinsuke Nakamura, The Viking Raiders, Sheamus, Ridge Holland, Jinder Mahal, Shanky and Mansoor)

Zayn continues to run into the lumberjacks after the bell rings. Zayn has no interest in fighting McIntyre. The Lumberjacks tosses Zayn back inside the ring. McIntyre launches Zayn to the corner. McIntyre is throwing haymakers at Zayn. McIntyre unloads two knife edge chops. McIntyre whips Zayn across the ring. Zayn sends McIntyre tumbling to the floor. Sheamus and Holland gangs up on McIntyre. Sheamus throws McIntyre into the steel ring steps. Sheamus rolls McIntyre back into the ring. Zayn has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Zayn kicks McIntyre out of the ring. Sheamus and Holland continues to put the boots to McIntyre. McIntyre HeadButts Zayn. McIntyre with Two Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex’s. McIntyre with a Leaping NeckBreaker. McIntyre pops back on his feet.

McIntyre plays to the crowd. McIntyre goes for The Claymore, but Zayn ducks out of the way. The Usos SuperKicks Orton. The Usos drives Riddle face first into the steel ring post. That leads us to a pier six brawl with the lumberjacks. All hell is breaking loose in Albany. McIntyre carries Zayn back into the ring. Mahal and Shanky runs interference. McIntyre wipes out the lumberjacks with The SomerSault Plancha. Zayn starts hightailing it out of the MVP Arena. Adam Pearce informs Zayn that will have nowhere to run. He’ll fight Drew McIntyre once again next week on SmackDown inside a Steel Cage. After the match. Mahal attacks McIntyre from behind. Mahal repeatedly stomps on McIntyre’s chest. Mahal and Shanky gangs up on McIntyre. McIntyre denies The Khallas. McIntyre connects with Two HeadButts. McIntyre plants Mahal with The Claymore to close the show.

Match Result: No-Contest 

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Author: Josh Lopez