Bengaluru, January 17: Last night's edition of Smackdown Live was hyped with a series of matches, where we saw the semi-finale of the US title and also a six-woman tag team match that took place at the Laredo Energy Center in Laredo, Texas.
The first semi-final match for the United States Championship opened the night's show. Xavier Woods faced Jinder Mahal after cutting a long promo. The Singh Brothers were at the ringside to add distraction to Woods. However, The New Day members neutralized the issue by attacking the duo.
While, all this was happening outside the ring, Jinder used the distraction to hit the Khallas to pick up the win and advance to the finale of the tournament.
The other finalist, Jinder Mahal attacked Roode after the match which led Daniel Bryan to show up and officially book the title match later in the night.
Meanwhile, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were not at the Laredo Energy Center to cause any harm to the champion.
Later, in a cut scene promo, all the women from the Smackdown women's division talked about the first ever women's Royal Rumble match at the upcoming Royal Rumble PPV.
Naomi rolled up and was on the verge of picking up the win but Sarah Logan broke the pinfall. Charlotte replied to her with a spear after which Ruby Riott delivered a kick to Naomi's head. Liv Morgan then connected with the knees on Naomi to pick up the win.