WWE SmackDown 15th of December 2023

In-Ring Segment: The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Paul Heyman, Solo Sikoa, and Jimmy Uso
Reigns tells the crowd to acknowledge him. The crowd boos. Reigns tells them to shut up. Reigns is in a good mood. It’s promotion season. He’s a good Tribal Chief, so he wants to acknowledge someone who deserves it. Jimmy is standing in the back, nodding because he thinks Reigns is talking about him. Reigns says this person will be the next Tribal Chief. Jimmy is excited. Reigns tells Jimmy to join him in congratulating his brother, Solo Sikoa. Reigns hugs Sikoa while Jimmy looks on, dejected. Randy Orton interrupts. After the break, Orton says for 18 months, he’s been thinking about what he will do and say when he came back.
He will leave it at this: he’s coming for Roman Reigns. Doesn’t matter what he has to go through. Orton officially challenged Reigns to a championship match at the Royal Rumble. Reigns says he hasn’t thought about Orton at all in the last 18 months. Orton has done nothing to deserve a title shot. Reigns exclaims Orton can get to the back of the line. Reigns promises to retire Orton if they face off. Orton calls Reigns a legend but reminds him he’s still a legend killer. Orton tries an RKO. Reigns avoids it and ends up on his rear end. Orton tells Reigns the voices in his head are telling him Reigns may have just crapped himself. Orton tells Reigns daddy’s back and walks away.

United States Championship Tournament: Grayson Waller vs. Carmelo Hayes
After tackle dropdown spot, Waller runs into a dropkick from Hayes. Waller drops Hayes with a right hand. Hayes lights Waller up with a few chops. Inside cradle by Hayes. Waller kicks out and lands a leg lariat. Cravate knee strikes by Waller. Hayes surprises Waller with a rana. Waller gets caught up in the ropes. Fadaway by Hayes. After trading dive attempts, Hayes clotheslines Waller over the top rope.
During the break, Hayes tweaks his previously injured knee. Waller lands a rolling thunder flatliner. Hayes kicks out. Hayes lands a flurry of offense that ends with his patented head scissors facebuster. Waller kicks out. Hayes goes up top. Waller cuts Hayes off and hits an overdrive off the second rope. Hayes kicks out again. Springboard DDT by Hayes. Waller kicks out. Hayes counters the Rolling Thunder Stunner with the first 48. Hayes pins Waller after Nothing but Net.
Winner- Carmelo Hayes

United States Championship Tournament: Kevin Owens vs. Austin Theory
Owens is wearing a special cast to protect his hand (which Theory broke weeks ago). Owens takes control early, knocking Theory off the apron and hitting a running senton. Theory rolls out of the ring before Owens can attempt a frog splash. Theory drops Owens on the ring apron with a leg-trapped fishermen’s buster. After the break. Owens lands a frog splash. Theory kicks out. Owens gets a near fall after a DDT. Owens tries a popup powerbomb, but his wrist gives out. Superkick by Owens. Owens goes up top. Theory cuts him off and lands a springboard Spanish fly. Owens kicks out.
Theory sets up a superplex. Owens turns it into a fisherman’s buster. Theory kicks out. The fight spills out of the ring. Theory suplexes Owens on the barricade. Owens manages to roll back into the ring to avoid getting counted out. Theory goes up top. Owens knocks him into a tree of woe. Running cannonball by Owens. Owens calls for the Stunner. Theory kicks Owens’ broken wrist. Theory works over Owens’ wrist, stomping it on the ring steps. Owens decks Theory with his cast. Owens pins Theory with a sinister grin on his face.
Winner- Kevin Owens

The Kabuki Warriors vs. Mia Yim and Zelina Vega
Yim and Vega attack Asuka and Sane from behind. After the break, Asuka and Sane are working over Yim. Sane crushes Yim with a sliding D. Diving elbow by Sane. Yim kicks out. Asuka and Sane take turns working over Yim. Dakota Kai is at ringside to support Sane and Asuka. Yim manages to tag in Vega. Vega clears the ring. 619 by Vega.
Sane drops Vega with a spinning back fist. Asuka traps Vega in the Asuka lock. Vega turns it into a pin. Sane breaks it up. Sane Alabama slams Vega on the announce desk. Kai distracts the referee as Bayaly appears and pushes Yim off the top. Asuka head kick by Asuka. Sane pins Yim after the InSANE Elbow.
Winners- The Kabuki Warriors

Jimmy Uso vs. Randy Orton
Jimmy charges in and gets a boot to the gut. Orton sets up the draping DDT. Jimmy avoids it and retreats out of the ring. After the break, Orton suplexes Jimmy on the announce desk twice. Orton works over Jimmy, and Jimmy fires back. Orton sets up his DDT again. Jimmy sends Orton over the top. When Orton lands, he clutches at his knee. After the break, Orton catches Jimmy with a clothesline. Orton tries his powerslam, but Jimmy avoids it… just to end up running into it on the second attempt. Draping DDT by Orton. Orton calls for the RKO. Solo Sikoa’s music hits, and he power walks to the ring. Before Sikoa gets there, his music is cut off by LA Knight’s music. Knight and Sikoa brawl. In the confusion, Orton RKOs Jimmy for the win.
Winner- Randy Orton
After the match, Orton and Knight jaw at each other. Roman Reigns attacks Knight from behind. Orton and Reigns have a standoff. Reign rushes the ring and brawls with Orton. Orton knocks Reigns into the corner. Jimmy attacks Orton from behind. Reigns holds Orton in a guillotine while Jimmy stomps Orton’s back. Knight hits the ring and tries to make the save.
Sikoa blasts Knight with a forearm. The Bloodline beats down Orton and Knight. AJ Styles’ music hits. Styles appears behind The Bloodline and drops Reigns with a Phenomenal Forearm. Everyone brawls. Orton and Co clear the ring of The Bloodline. As Styles, Knight, and Orton stand side-by-side, Styles decks Knight. Orton watches and shrugs. Styles walks by The Bloodline in the isle way.