WWE SmackDown Live Results (07/05/24): Tag Team Title Match, Cargill and Belair back in tag action

One week later, the entire WWE Universe is still trying feverishly to wrap its collective mind around the events witnessed in TD Garden in Boston on Friday, June 28, when Solo Sikoa’s attempt at being unanimously crowned the new Tribal Chief of The Bloodline backfired when Paul Heyman refused to acknowledge him as Roman Reigns’ replacement.

Heyman would then immediately pay for his perceived insolence with an all-out assault at the hands of the entire faction, including Jacob Fatu, who lifted Heyman and, as a unit, power bombed the Hall of Famer through the announcer’s table.

WATCH: HEYMAN HOSPITALIZED BY THE BLOODLINE.

Sikoa will address his actions on Friday in Toronto — ahead of Money in the Bank.

Date: July 5
Time: 8 pm ET
Location: Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Broadcast: FOX

That’s not the only action set to start off MITB weekend, as A-Town Down Under tries to defend the WWE Men’s Tag Team Championships against a starved DIY, and amidst an obvious fracture between Grayson Waller and Austin Theory.

LOOK: FULL MITB MATCH CARD, INSIGHT AND MORE.

Also back in tag team action, for the first time since losing their belts at Clash at the Castle, will be Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair, neither having successfully qualified for the women’s MITB ladder match on Saturday. They’re anxious to get their hands on anyone who’s caused them trouble recently, and Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell both fit perfectly inside of that bullseye.

And it’s the return of Pretty Deadly in a match against the Street Profits, which promises to be both entertaining and athletically intense.

Yes, boy!

Follow along with this live tracker for real-time updates and analysis of the final Smackdown episode leading into the battle for the briefcases!!

The Former … or the Ladder?

The episode began with Jey Uso, one of six men competing for the briefcase and a favorite to take the victory, stepping up to cut a promo that would help turn Toronto up what will be a wild weekend. And of course that makes things very interesting since Uso’s bloodline, The Bloodline, was also in the building with a scheduled appearance, but they didn’t cross paths.

— WWE (@WWE) July 6, 2024

Who he did cross paths with, however, was LA Knight, for starters.

YEAH.

Knight barely let Uso get 11 words out of his mouth before the music hit and his equally insane level of overness (new word, just go with it) took over. He, ironically enough, isn’t taking kindly to Uso being the “odds-on favorite”, reminding Uso that he was a part of The Bloodline and “Day 1-ish” and promising he’s “never been on a ride like this”.

— WWE (@WWE) July 6, 2024

Things nearly popped off until the bombastic rookie, Carmelo Hayes, couldn’t help but insert himself into the situation because, well, attention is a hell of a drug.

Sucks for him though, because Chad Gable interrupted his moment, and quickly. Gable demanded empathy for being left by the Alpha Academy and being terrorized by the Wyatt Sicks (6), but he received none because Andrade had something to say.

“Chicos, chicos, chicos. You’re all talking about, ‘Oh, my dream is to win the Money in the Bank’. But dreams don’t win matches,” said Andrade.

— WWE (@WWE) July 6, 2024

He’s not wrong, and Drew McIntyre agrees … passionately … so he grabbed a mic and headed to the ramp to shut the entire promo down and to remind Canada that CM Punk isn’t going to show up anytime soon (feels like foreshadowing, yes?).

Andrade had enough of McIntyre’s insults that ensued and sucker punched the Scottish warrior, setting off the powder keg that ended with Knight and Uso standing tall after a vicious round of Yeet-Yeah combo punches to McIntyre after the others were tossed out.

And then they stared each other down to keep one another from thinking there’s an alliance of any sort.

There isn’t, and it’s time to fight.

Pretty Deadly vs. Street Profits

Result: Street Profits win clean (pinfall)

Reaction: They’re back, and Pretty Deadly is ready to get back to building what was a promising trajectory before their absence, but having the Street Profits as their first match upon return is not exactly a walk in the park.

That is unless you’re talking about a dog park with two rabid dobermans roaming around looking for something to sink their teeth into.

Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford are arguably the best tag team duo (and chemistry) in the entire WWE, and the match marks a great test for what Pretty Deadly might become soon, having interrupted Dawkins and Ford in a promo that eventually led to a challenge that then became this match; though it was delayed until July 5 because of time constraints.

They went early on this one.

Pretty Deadly looked wildly out of their league for much of the match, as Dawkins and Ford ran through them time again before things finally, and I do mean finally, got in the control of PD midway through. Until that point, it looked like this would be over fairly quickly and result in a very poor showing for PD, especially following a return to the ring, but that was thankfully not the case.

.@MontezFordWWE took out Pretty Deadly all by himself 🔥🔥🔥#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/79OAqrq94M

— WWE (@WWE) July 6, 2024

Prince was even able to kick out of a pinfall after an onslaught from a refreshed Ford, who spent six minutes waiting for a tag, and Prince also saved the day by hitting Dawkins during would-be pinfall on his teammate.

Their chemistry was on display as well.

But, in the end, it was Ford burying PD with a top turnbuckle splash followed by a backward roll into a pin for the three-count, as only he can do.

On Friday in Toronto … it was “no, boy”.