Copy Link Icon WWE SmackDown: Live Updates, Results and Reaction for April 16 Montreal, Canada Welcome to Bleacher Report’s live coverage of WWE SmackDown on April 16. This is the second and final night for the 2019 Superstar Shake-up, and WWE has already hyped a huge acquisition for the blue brand ahead of the show. We will also find out which women’s tag team Paige is bringing to SmackDown and who will step up to The Hardy Boyz and Kofi Kingston to challenge them for their respective titles. Keep it locked right here for live updates of all the action.<doc-sep>Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Smackdown Live results for April 16, 2019. The “Superstar Shake-Up” edition of Smackdown Live featured multiple arrivals, Vince McMahon’s big announcement and more. Make sure you’re here tomorrow for the complete Best and Worst of Smackdown Live column. WWE Smackdown Live Results: — Kevin Owens opened Smackdown alongside Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. Since Big E is out injured, Big O requested to join the New Day in a match against Rusev, Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro. The three of them danced after Kingston and Woods handed Owens a crop top New Day shirt. 1. Finn Bálor defeated Ali. Bálor defeated Ali by pinfall after landing the Coup de Grâce. After the match, Bálor and Ali shook hands. — New Day held an initiation for Kevin Owens, requiring him to eat a plateful of pancakes. 2. Charlotte defeated Carmella. Charlotte submitted Carmella via the Figure Eight. After the match, Lars Sullivan came down and beat up R-Truth. — Becky Lynch cut a promo about being able to switch between brands as a double champion. Ember Moon hit the ring and said she’s here to make a name for herself. Bayley also made the jump from Raw to Smackdown, where she talked up becoming the first-ever WWE Women’s tag team titles. The IIconics interrupted Bayley and poked fun at her after taking the tag team belts. Paige came out to the entrance ramp to introduce the duo she’ll be representing. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville interrupted her, teasing a reunion of Absolution. Paige then brought out Asuka and Kairi Sane. Asuka and Sane hit the ring, and all eight women brawled. 3. Asuka, Kairi Sane, Bayley and Ember Moon defeated The IIconics and Absolution. Sane dropped the Insane Elbow for the pinfall over Peyton Royce.<doc-sep>Welcome to our WrestlingINC.com Live WWE SmackDown Viewing Party. Tonight’s show comes from the Bell Centre in Montreal. – The 2019 WWE Superstar Shake edition of SmackDown opens up with a look back at last night’s RAW, which featured the beginning of the Shakeup. We’re live from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as Tom Phillips welcomes us. He’s joined by Corey Graves and Byron Saxton. – We go right to the ring and out comes Kevin Owens to a huge hometown pop. Greg Hamilton introduces him and the ring is set up for The Kevin Owens Show. The crowd is really fired up for Owens. He speaks in French and welcomes us to The Kevin Owens Show. He also says something about WrestleMania that gets a big pop. Owens says there are more Shakeup surprises coming our way and later tonight, Vince McMahon himself will be here to reveal the biggest talent acquisition in SmackDown history. Fans boo Vince’s name some. Owens says the biggest Superstar is already here, him, and fans agree with a pop. Fans chant more for Owens. Owens goes on and says with all due respect, save it for his guest who had a big WrestleMania moment that we all took in. He introduces WWE Champion Kofi Kingston and out comes The New Day – Kofi and Xavier Woods. Owens talks about Kofi’s WWE Title win and he congratulates him. Kofi says he appreciates the kind words from Owens. He talks about how we all did something special at WrestleMania. Kofi says it’s because of the fans and he also says something in French. Owens mentions how Big E isn’t here tonight. Woods says Big E suffered an injury in last week’s match, which WWE confirmed earlier this week. Woods goes on about how RAW took most of his UpUpDownDown roster last night and how he wants Tyler Breeze on the blue brand. Kofi calms him down and says UUDD will be fine, Big E will be fine. Owens mentions how Kofi and Woods vs. Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura is booked for tonight. Owens offers to be their back-up tonight now that Big E isn’t here. They go on joking about Owens being an honorary member of The New Day. He even moves his hips like Big E. Kofi asks the fans if they want to see Owens as an honorary member, and they do. Big O is in the group for tonight. Kofi gives Owens a tight tank top to make it official. Owens also puts the unicorn horn on his head and they all celebrate together as the music hits. – We see Cesaro, Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura backstage watching. It looks like there will be a six-man confrontation later. – The music hits in the arena as WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor makes his way out to a big pop. Balor and the title are now on the blue brand. We go to commercial. Finn Balor vs. Ali Back from the break and out comes Ali as WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor waits in the ring for this non-title match. Back and forth to start the match. Ali drops Balor with a dropkick. They go to the mat and trade holds. Fans do dueling chants. Balor ends up dropping Ali with an elbow to the mouth for a 2 count. Balor with more offense and an elbow to the chest for another pin attempt. Ali ends up taking Balor down on the floor after more back and forth. We go to commercial with Ali taking Balor down on the outside. Back from the break and Balor delivers a big chop in the corner. Balor with more offense in the corners. Ali dodges a chop and kicks Balor in the face. Ali sends Balor face-first into the mat now. Ali with offense in the corners now. Balor counters and drops Ali with a shot across the throat for a 2 count. Balor with a Slingblade. Balor runs into a superkick from Ali and goes down. Ali with a 2 count. Ali goes for another superkick and they both go down. Ali picks Balor up but Balor rams him back into the corner for thrusts. Ali with a knee to the face. Balor goes on and hits a double stomp to the chest after more counters, and after blocking the tornado DDT. Balor goes to the top but Ali runs up and rocks him. Ali climbs up for the big hurricanrana and he nails it. Ali crawls over for a close 2 count. Ali goes back to the top for the 450 but he has to land on his feet as Balor moves. Balor with a big dropkick into the corner. Balor goes to the top and hits Coup de Grace for the pin to win. Winner: Finn Balor – After the match, Balor stands tall with the title as we go to replays. Balor offers his hand while Ali is down in the corner. Ali gets up on his own but they shake hands in a show of respect. Balor continues celebrating as his music plays. – We see Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston backstage looking for Kevin Owens. Kofi is carrying a platter of pancakes and they ask if Owens is ready for his initiation into the group. He has to eat the pancakes and beat Big E’s time of 5:30. Owens hesitates but he digs in as they cheer him on. Charlotte Flair vs. Carmella We go to the ring and out comes Carmella with R-Truth, rapping their way to the ring. Back to commercial. Back from the break and we get another look at the bizarre buzzard in a box vignette, believed to be a teaser for Bray Wyatt’s return. Carmella wraps her entrance as we see Kevin Owens in the back finishing the plate of pancakes. He’s now officially an honorary member of The New Day. We go back to the ring and out comes Charlotte Flair for her first appearance since the WrestleMania 35 main event. The bell rings and they size each other up, and talk a little bit of trash. Flair strikes first with a kick and takes Carmella down. Flair stands tall over Carmella for a pop but she announces that she hates Canada, hates it. Carmella turns it around after avoiding a big boot. She goes to work on Flair for a quick pin attempt. Carmella shows off some for a pop as Flair rolls to the floor to regroup. Carmella follows and they go at it. Flair rams Carmella back into the barrier and she goes down. Carmella nails Flair and goes on top of the barrier, hitting a crossbody from it. Carmella brings it back into the ring for a 2 count. Flair gets up first and delivers chops to Carmella. Carmella slides out of a hold and shoves Flair face-first into the middle turnbuckle. Carmella stomps away on Flair in the corner as Truth cheers her on. Carmella does the Moonwalk and hits a Bronco Buster in the corner. Carmella charges again but Flair ends up turning it around and sending her out of the ring to the floor. We go to commercial with Carmella face down on the floor. Back from the break and Flair struts around the ring as she has Carmella down on the mat. Flair bullies Carmella around and mocks her some now. Flair scoops Carmella but it’s countered as Carmella brings Flair to the mat. Flair with offense but she runs into a boot in the corner. Carmella gets sent to the apron but Flair ends up hitting a Dragonscrew leg whip across the rope and Carmella lands out on the floor. Flair follows and launches Carmella into the barrier. Carmella clutches her left knee now. More back and forth as Carmella brings it back into the ring. Flair takes out Carmella’s knee with a chop block as she tries to come back in. Flair applies the Figure Four and bridges into the Figure Eight. Carmella screams and taps out for the finish. Winner: Charlotte Flair – After the match, Flair makes her exit as her music hits.<doc-sep>
Good evening Fight Fans, we hope your week is going well, and are ready for the second half of the 2019 Superstar Shakeup! -Kevin Owens comes out to the ring to start the show with the KO Show and greets the fans in French before talking about tonight's show and how he's the best superstar on the blue brand. Kevin introduces the WWE champion Kofi Kingston and New Day. Kevin tries to join New Day since Big-E isn't there tonight, but Xavier is reluctant to accept him before he passes the test and they accept him as an honorary member of New Day for tonight. Related Article Knockouts Championship Match Set For IMPACT Against All Odds -Finn Bálor and his Intercontinental Championship come out to the ring, effectively showing that he's bringing the belt to the blue brand. Finn Bálor vs Ali Ali dropkicks Finn and takes him down with a headlock before Finn gets to his feet and sends Ali into the corner. Finn drops Ali with a back elbow for a quick two count and hits a scoop slam into an elbow and chops Ali against the ropes before Ali sends him out of the ring with a huricanrrana. Ali then hits a baseball slide into a suicide dive as we go to commercial. We return to Finn in control until Ali comes back with a rolling sit-out facebuster and Finn hits a sling blade and gets dropped with a superkick for a two count. Ali rocks Finn with a knee before Finn hits a jumping stomp and Ali catches him up top before Ali hits a frankensteiner for a near fall. Finn then hits a shotgun dropkick into the Coup de Grace for the pin and the win. Winner: Finn Bálor defeats Ali via pinfall with the Coup de Grace. Charlotte vs Carmella Charlotte drops Carmella with kicks and plays to the crowd, the two getting into a shoving match before Carmella drops Charlotte with a kick for a quick two count. Charlotte rolls to the outside and sends Carmella into the barricade when Carmella goes out after her, Carmella hitting a diving clothesline off of the top of the barricade before rolling her back into the ring for a two count. Carmella stomps Charlotte in the corner and hits a bronco buster before Charlotte boots her off of the apron as we go to commercial. Charlotte poses for the crowd as we return to the ring before Carmella comes back with a sit-out neckbreaker and a boot before Charlotte hits a dragon screw in the ropes. Charlotte sends Carmella into the barricade and Carmella comes back with a superkick, Carmella tossing Charlotte back into the ring, but she hits a chop block and locks in the Figure Eight for the tap and the win. Winner: Charlotte defeats Carmella via submission with the Figure Eight. -After the match Lars Sullivan comes out and attacks R-Truth before he stalks Carmella, but lets her out of the ring before hitting a running sit-out powerbomb as we go to commercial. -The duel champion Becky Lynch comes out to the ring before we get a video package and she talks about being a two belt champion. Becky is interrupted by former NXT champion and newest member of Smackdown! Live, Ember Moon. Ember gets into the ring and challenges her to a match before she's interrupted by Bayley. Bayley gets into the ring and talks becoming the Women Tag Team champions and how she's now a singles competitor. The Iconics come out and are interrupted by Paige who starts to introduce someone and is interrupted by Fire and Desire. Paige then introduces Asuka and Kairi Sane before all of them tag teams brawl in the ring until hits Asuka and Kairi and Ember and Bayley as we go to commercial. Asuka & Kairi Sane, Ember Moon & Bayley vs Sonya Deville, Mandy Rose & The Iconics Bayley starts the match off with Sonya before Kairi and Asuka double up on Mandy and they along with the help of Bayley clear the ring. Bayley then hits a suicide dive before Ember hits a diving cross body and takes out everyone at ringside as we go to commercial. Bayley is overwhelmed by Rose and Deville for a near fall as we come back to the action, Bayley getting driven into the corner and choked in another corner by Peyton.