WWE SmackDown Results, Highlights, and Grades For May 22, 2018

Daniel Bryan Interview

Dasha Fuentes catches up with Daniel Bryan ahead of his match against Jeff Hardy tonight, noting that this is a second chance for Bryan, who said that this “second chance” means everything. He says he treats every match like it’s the biggest match of his career now. Bryan concludes the interview by putting over Jeff Hardy has a living legend, but he proclaims that tonight, he will tap a legend out.

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Billie Kay vs. Lana

The first of the two women’s qualifying matches is on tap, and we begin with Aiden English introducing Lana to the ring. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce try to sing when they come out and, uh, that was interesting.

This match was over in seconds, and Lana received thunderous “Lana Day!” chants after a shocking squash victory. You read that right. Billie Kay lost to Lana. In seconds. Lana is going to be in the Money in the Bank ladder match. Neither of the IIconics will be. Wow. But look, the crowd LOVED Lana’s win.

Match Rating: Not even going to bother rating this one, because if you got up to get a drink of water, you missed it. Yeah, it was wild.

Almas/Vega Backstage Promo

Kona Reeves needs to tell Zelina Vega to stop using “finest’ so often. Clearly, Vega wants some better competition for Andrade “Cien” Almas. So Jeff Hardy, hold that United States Championship tightly!