Overview
- SmackDown aired from Berlin’s Uber Arena, streaming live on Netflix internationally and airing on tape delay on USA Network in the United States.
- The title bout’s structure featured a standard match, a Falls Count Anywhere stage, and a deciding steel cage fall.
- General manager Nick Aldis set four qualifiers for next Friday in London — Randy Orton vs The Miz, Damian Priest vs Solo Sikoa, Ilja Dragunov vs Sami Zayn, and Matt Cardona vs Trick Williams — with winners advancing to a fatal four-way at Saturday Night’s Main Event for a Royal Rumble title shot.
- Trick Williams won his main-roster in-ring debut by defeating Rey Fenix.
- Giulia retained the Women’s United States title against Alexa Bliss following outside interference, Carmelo Hayes defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to keep the United States Championship, and Jordynne Grace debuted with a win before confronting Women’s Champion Jade Cargill.