WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results March 15, 2024: Highlights, Commentary, Live Update, Winners
Here are the full results for this Friday's SmackDown which is scheduled to air live on March 15, 2024, at the FedExForum in Memphis, TN. ## Friday Night SmackDown currently airs live every Friday on Fox from 8:00 ET–10:00 PM ET in the United States. WWE SmackDown starts live at 1 am in the UK on BT Sport 1 on Saturday mornings. ## WWE SmackDown Time In Australia: It airs live on at 10 am (AEST) on Fox8 ## WWE SmackDown Time In Canada: It airs live every Friday at 8 Am on Sportsnet 360 ## WWE SmackDown Time In South Africa: The show also airs live on Supersport in South Africa on Saturday at 02:00 am CAT ## SmackDown Time In Italy: In Italy, SmackDown airs on DMAX at 2:00 pm with the international version of one-hour shows airing on Cielo in Italian ## SmackDown airs live on Sony Ten 1 HD and Sony Ten 1 in India at 5:30 am. While SmackDown airs live on Fox Sports in Mexico and across Central and South America since 2014. ## WWE Friday Night SmackDown, March 15, 2024 Play-By-Play Results ## The Rock Concert ## The Rock hits Memphis, his wrestling birthplace, for the first time in years. He promises a night of fun for the city he calls home.## Ready to entertain, The Rock unveils a special song. First up, WrestleMania: Rhodes and Rollins will be flattened! They'll be crushed or face his fanny pack's fury! Drama's guaranteed! He mocks Dusty's failed attempt at raising Cody right, calling him "weird." Rollins' wife, he sings, steals the spotlight, and his title is doomed. The obnoxious "Cody Crybabies" are next on his lyrical chopping block.## Song finished, The Rock addresses last week's slap from Rhodes. His initial amusement turns sour after Rhodes' emotional "Raw" interview about gifting the title to his mother. The Rock mocks his sentimentality, then directly addresses Rhodes' mother. He vows to dismantle him and his family, guaranteeing The Bloodline's WrestleMania dominance. Reigns retaining the title is a certainty, he declares. As for Rhodes' mother, she'll get a belt – a weightlifting one – to feel his pain. "You're welcome," he concludes, mockingly referencing Moana.## After the break, Legado Del Fantasma enters the ring to confront LWO. ## WrestleMania Six-Pack Challenge Ladder Match Qualifier Match: Legado Del Fantasma (w/ Elektra Lopez) vs. LWO (w/ Zelina Vega) ## The bell clangs, and Berto explodes with a superkick that rocks Del Toro's jaw! Angel bursts in, tagging with Berto, and they double-team Del Toro with punches and kicks. Angel lays into Del Toro's gut with a chop and a kick, then tags Berto back in. Del Toro flips the script with a quick hurricanrana off the apron on Berto, scrambling for his partner. Wilde dives in, and LWO gets a taste of their own medicine! Wilde and Del Toro blast Berto out of the ring with a double elbow and kick before launching themselves over the ropes to take out Angel.## LWO drags Berto back in. Wilde goes for the pin, but Berto kicks out. Del Toro tags in, looking to capitalize. He helps Wilde soar for a high-flying move, then follows up with a moonsault that takes Berto down hard.## Commercial break## Berto comes back swinging, chopping Del Toro in the chest and raining down punches. He stomps Del Toro into the corner like a ragdoll. Angel tags in and blasts Wilde off the apron with a dropkick. Back in the ring, Berto and Angel double-team Del Toro, slamming him off the top rope.## Del Toro fights back! He connects with a stunning Spanish Fly on Berto, desperate for a tag. He gets it! Wilde flies in hot, but Angel and Berto aren't done. Wilde catches a double missile dropkick from both men! He fights on, hitting a neckbreaker on Berto and peppering Angel with elbows in the corner. A hurricanrana on Berto and a superkick on Angel! He goes for a Tornado DDT on Angel, but Berto breaks it up just in time! ## Del Toro tries to take out Berto with a dropkick, but Berto sends him crashing into the barricade outside. Berto tags back in, hungry for the win. He throws Wilde over to Angel, who catches him with a flying kick mid-air! Berto pins Wilde for the 1-2-3! LWO wins this chaotic brawl! ## WINNER: Legado Del Fantasma ## Braxton asks Knight if he found Styles yet. Knight grabs the mic and says Styles needs to chill out a bit. He challenges Styles to come down to the ring and show him some respect. Styles doesn't show, and Knight gets cocky, saying Styles is scared of the big stage. Knight says Styles can travel all over the world but can't even make it to SmackDown. He throws down the gauntlet, saying if Styles won't face him now, there's no way he can dodge him at WrestleMania. Knight finishes by saying he owns SmackDown, and he'll own Styles at WrestleMania too.## Out of nowhere, Styles whacks Knight with a steel chair! He sits on the chair and yells that he accepts Knight's challenge for WrestleMania.## We then cut to Nick Aldis' office where Logan Paul is freaking out. He wants to know what Aldis will do to Randy Orton for attacking KSI last week. Paul thinks Orton should at least say sorry, to protect Aldis' authority. Aldis tells Paul to make Orton apologize himself, but Paul whines that's Aldis' job. Paul then complains that Aldis can't even find him an opponent for his US title match at WrestleMania.## Back at ringside, Grayson Waller and Austin Theory come out to the ring.## After a commercial break, we see The Bloodline backstage with Kayla Braxton. Jimmy Uso accepts Jey Uso's challenge to a match at WrestleMania.## Back at ringside, Randy Orton enters the ring. Logan Paul joins the announcers at the table. ## Grayson Waller (w/ Austin Theory) vs. Randy Orton ## As the bell tolls, Waller ambushes Orton from behind. Waller unleashes a flurry of right punches into Orton while he's trapped in the corner, but Orton swiftly retaliates. Waller throws Orton out of the ring, but underestimates his opponent. Orton slams Waller's head against the announcer's table. He then attempts to throw Waller into the timekeeper's area, but Waller cleverly uses the distraction caused by Paul and Theory to launch a surprise attack. With Orton momentarily distracted, Waller executes a devastating Flatliner on top of the announcer's table. ## After the commercial break, Orton regains control, delivering a powerful combination of clotheslines to Waller, followed by a forceful scoop powerslam. He attempts a hanging DDT to finish the job, but Waller outsmarts him by throwing him out of the ring just in time. Orton doesn't give up and throws Waller face-first onto the announcer's table not once, but twice! He then throws Waller back into the ring to continue the punishment. ## Sensing an opportunity, Austin Theory jumps onto the ring apron. Waller sees this as a chance to gain the upper hand. He charges towards Orton, but Orton anticipates the move and sidesteps him. Waller crashes into Theory instead. Seizing this golden opportunity, Orton delivers a perfectly executed hanging DDT to a stunned Waller. He prepares to finish Waller off with his signature RKO. Theory tries to save his ally by pulling him out of the ring, but Orton proves too quick. He drags Theory back into the ring and delivers a hanging DDT of his own! ## With both opponents incapacitated, Waller attempts a desperate maneuver - a rolling stunner. However, Orton demonstrates his exceptional reflexes by catching Waller mid-air with a powerful RKO, securing victory. ## WINNER: Randy Orton ## Following the match, Theory blindsides Orton with a brutal chop block. He then taunts Paul to enter the ring and join the beatdown. Paul, eager to escalate, readily accepts the invitation. Theory restrains Orton, creating an opening for Paul to land a punch. However, before Paul can strike, Kevin Owens sprints down to the ring to intervene on Orton's behalf. Owens throws punches at Theory, forcing Paul to retreat outside the ring. With the immediate threat neutralized, Owens assists Orton to his feet. Disoriented, Orton nearly executes his signature RKO on Owens, mistaking him for Paul, Theory, or perhaps even Austin Theory. Recognizing the error, Owens quickly recovers and delivers a devastating Stunner to Theory. Seizing the opportunity, Orton follows up with a thunderous RKO.## Suddenly, Nick Aldis appears at ringside. He directs a pointed question at Paul, inquiring whether he received an apology from Orton. Aldis then throws a bombshell, announcing that Orton and Kevin Owens will both challenge him for the United States Championship at the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania.## After the commercial break, Legado Del Fantasma make their entrance to the ring, followed by Dragon Lee. ## Santos Escobar (w. Legado Del Fantasma) vs. Dragon Lee## The opening bell tolls, and Lee explodes into action. He unleashes a vicious back elbow followed by a clothesline that sends Escobar reeling. Without hesitation, Lee executes a breathtaking hurricanrana, propelling himself over the top rope to take Escobar down on the outside in a stunning display of agility. Both wrestlers scramble back into the ring, and Lee wastes no time, targeting Escobar's midsection with a powerful kick. He maintains the pressure with a lightning-fast enzuigiri, a spinning kick to the head, before transitioning into a devastating sit-out powerbomb. Displaying impressive athleticism, Lee leaps onto the apron and delivers a kick to Escobar's thigh. He attempts to repeat this feat against Angel on the outside, but Berto remains vigilant and avoids the attack. However, Lee remains undeterred, launching himself into another dazzling hurricanrana, this time aimed at Berto. Unfortunately, upon re-entering the ring, Lee's momentum betrays him as he falls prey to Escobar's signature maneuver, the Phantom Driver, securing the win. ## WINNER: Santos Escobar ## After the victory, Legado Del Fantasma maintains its assault on Lee in the ring. Carlito, however, sprints to the ring to intervene. Escobar plows through Carlito with a forceful attack. Unfazed, Rey Mysterio enters the ring and unloads a barrage of right punches on Escobar. He follows up with a spectacular hurricanrana, sending Escobar reeling into the ropes. Rey appears ready to unleash his signature 619 maneuver, but Escobar outsmarts him by escaping the ring just in time.## Rey snatches a microphone and declares that their partnership was meant to be. He throws down a challenge to Escobar for a one-on-one match next week, vowing to wipe that smug grin off his face.## Following the commercial break, New Catch Republic and Pretty Deadly are already poised in the ring, ready for action. ## Six-Pack Challenge Ladder Match Qualifier Match: Pretty Deadly vs. New Catch Republic In A WrestleMania ## The match starts with Wilson and Bate grappling. After the bell, they lock up and wrestle for a bit. Dunne gets in on the action, stomping on Wilson's arm and then his tricep. While the ref isn't looking, Prince trips Dunne on the ring apron. Wilson takes advantage, punching Dunne in the head a bunch before tagging in Prince. They double team Dunne for a while before Prince punches Dunne some more. Bate tags back in and takes down Prince with a hard uppercut. He throws Prince around with a hurricanrana and then uppercuts both Prince and Wilson in opposite corners. Bate then slams Wilson with a T-Bone suplex and jumps off the top rope with a Shooting Star Press onto Wilson. He finishes him off with a dizzying spin move on Prince.## We come back from commercial, and Wilson is stopping Bate from tagging in Dunne. Bate fights back with a slow vertical suplex on Wilson and tags in Dunne. Wilson tags in Prince too. Dunne blasts Prince with a kick to the head and throws him with a German suplex. He tries to make Prince tap by twisting his arm, but Prince rolls out of it. Dunne stomps on Prince's fingers to show him who's boss and then kicks him in the head. He tags back in Bate. They team up to knee Prince in the corner, and Bate hits him with a punch from the middle rope while Dunne holds him still. Bate tries to pin Prince, but Wilson jumps in to stop the count. Dunne chops Wilson to slow him down, but Wilson punches him back. Bate takes out Wilson, but Prince kicks him in the face. Pretty Deadly then beat down Dunne, smashing him into the ring post. They double team Bate after that.## Prince tags in, and Pretty Deadly tries their finishing move, but Bate dodges it. He tags in Dunne without Prince noticing and Dunne takes Prince down with a clothesline. Then, together, they hit Prince with their special move to win the match. ## WINNER: New Catch Republic ## Bayley vs. Dakota Kai (w/ Damage CTRL) ## The bell clangs (or tolls) and Bayley wastes no time. She unleashes a flurry of right hands on Kai, who scrambles out of the ring to avoid further punishment. Bayley drags Kai back in, but Kai connects with a stinging open-handed blow. Unfazed, Bayley shoves Kai into the corner and delivers a vicious stomp. Sane attempts to intervene from the ring apron, but Bayley cuts her off with a swift blow. With a well-timed trip, Bayley sends Kai crashing off the apron with a powerful suplex.## After the commercial break, Bayley charges in and connects with a knee strike to Kai's head. Kai retaliates with a sharp knee jab to the back of Bayley's head. Taking advantage of the referee's distraction, Asuka lands a sneaky blow on Bayley. Seizing the opportunity, Bayley attempts to climb to the top turnbuckle, but Kai anticipates her move and counters with a well-placed enzuigiri, launching herself up to meet Bayley. Bayley fights back, throwing down a brutal elbow drop. Kai doesn't back down, responding with a powerful kick to Bayley's head. ## Sane tries to disrupt the match, but Dakota Kai (SKY) pulls her away just as the referee is momentarily distracted. Kai capitalizes on the distraction, landing a running kick on Bayley. However, Bayley displays her strength with a devastating powerbomb, followed by a barrage of right hands. As Bayley turns around, she's met with a shocking sight - SKY stands in the ring, weapon in hand (or brandishing her championship belt). Asuka and Sane rush to interfere, but Bayley takes them both down with decisive strikes. SKY then strikes Bayley from behind with her belt, prompting the referee to disqualify Bayley. ## WINNER: Bayley via disqualification ## As the dust settles after the match, Sane and Asuka solidify their alliance with SKY. Meanwhile, Naomi scrambles to Bayley's aid, but the combined force of Damage CTRL proves too much. SKY executes a devastating Over The Moonsault on a grounded Bayley, who's restrained by her adversaries. Damage CTRL reigns supreme as the broadcast fades to black. ## Stay Tuned To Sacnilk...
