WWE SmackDown spoilers for Christmas episode: New champion crowned
As we noted earlier, the Christmas episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown was taped on Tuesday and there was a title change to close out the show. If you do not want to know the match results for Friday’s show, please stop reading here.
Here are the full spoiler results for the Christmas episode of SmackDown:
In a steel cage match, Roman Reigns defeated Kevin Owens to retain the WWE Univeral Championship. Jey Uso got involved in the match as he handcuffed Owens to the steel cage. That allowed Reigns to leave the cage and win the match, per the rules.
In the second title match of the night, Charlotte Flair and Asuka successfully defended their Women’s Tag Team Titles in a Triple Threat Elimination Match. They faced Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair and Bayley & Carmella. Bayley and Carmella were the first team to be eliminated.
In a backstage segment, Sami Zayn was given a shirt by The Street Profits that said “I Was Intercontinental Champion” to mock him for wearing the “I’m the Intercontinental Champion” t-shirt.
In a match that was originally planned for the TLC pay-per-view, Daniel Bryan defeated Jey Uso. Click here for spoiler news on the big plans for Bryan at the Royal Rumble.
In the main event, Big E defeated Sami Zayn in a Lumberjack match to win the Intercontinental Championship. E celebrated with the lumberjacks to close out the show and to give the fans a satisfying ending for Christmas.