WWE SmackDown Results 8/30 - United States And Women's Title Matches, Cody Rhodes & Kevin Owens Meet

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE SmackDown" on August 30, 2024, coming to you from the Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany!

Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens will be meeting in the ring one last time before their title match at WWE Bash In Berlin tomorrow. Although they've forged an alliance with one another over the course of the past several months to achieved their shared goal of taking down The Bloodline, cracks in their partnership have begun to form including last week when it momentarily looked like Owens was setting up to clock Rhodes with his title when he picked it up to give it to him following a win over A-Town Down Under.

Nia Jax will be competing on "SmackDown" for the first time since the July 26 edition of the show as she puts her WWE Women's Championship on the line against Michin in a Street Fight. During Jax's last match on the blue brand, she and Women's Money In The Bank Tiffany Stratton defeated Michin and Bayley in tag team action.

After retaining his United States Championship match against Santos Escobar during last week's edition of "SmackDown", LA Knight will be putting his title on the line once again in an Open Challenge. Speaking of Legado Del Fantasma, Angel and Berto look to redeem themselves after getting kicked out of the ringside area during Escobar's title match last week as they square off with Baron Corbin and Apollo Crews. Angel, Berto, Corbin, and Crews all found themselves involved in a heated exchange of words backstage last week.

We are live! Michael Cole and Wade Barrett greet audiences at home as LA Knight makes his way down to the ring. Ludwig Kaiser responds to his open challenge, and the pair find themselves involved in a verbal altercation.

The bell rings and the two stare one another down. They lock up and Knight shoves Kaiser, then fires off stomps on him in the corner. Kaiser whips Knight into the adjacent corner, then delivers a chop to him and fires off boots on his midsection. Knight runs over Kaiser with a clothesline, but Kaiser sends him crashing into the ring apron spine first on the outside. He then sends Knight colliding with the ring steps and takes a lap around the ring to build up momentum for a dropkick.

Back from the break, Knight and Kaiser exchange right hands with one another. Knight fires off shoulders on Kaiser's midsection, then lands a chop on him and clotheslines him out of the ring. He sends Kaiser's head repeatedly bouncing off the announce desk and the pair get back inside the ring. Knight ascends up to the middle rope and connects with an elbow drop, then fires off stomps on him in the corner.

Knight and Kaiser fire off right hands on one another before Knight connects with a powerslam on Kaiser. Kaiser responds with a knee and the Kaiser Roll, then goes for a pin but Knight kicks out. Knight then delivers a sidewalk slam and follows it up with BFT for the win.

Winner (and still): LA Knight

Baron Corbin and Apollo Crews then make their way down to the ring. Legado Del Fantasma follows.

Crews and Berto begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Crews lands a dropkick on Berto, then follows it up with a delayed vertical suplex and goes for a pin. Berto kicks out.

Corbin and Angel tag in, and Corbin runs over Angel and Berto with a clothesline. He rains down right hands on Angel in the corner, but Angel trips him. Corbin sends Angel crashing into the corner, then fires off right hands on Corbin as Berto tags in and does the same. Angel and Berto deliver a double enzuigiri to Corbin, but Corbin dumps him out of the ring. Crews sends Angel to join Berto with a hurricanrana, then flies over the top rope with some help from Corbin.

Back from another break, Angel and Berto double teams on Crews. Angel delivers a splash to Crews in the corner, then charges at Crews. Crews moves out of the way and Angel is sent crashing into the ring post shoulder first. Corbin then tags in and levels both Angel and Berto, then sends Angel crashing into the mat and delivers a clothesline to the legal Berto.

Corbin connects with a modified Sliced Bread on Berto, then goes for a pin but Angel breaks the fall. Angel delivers a crossbody to Crews off the ropes, but Crews catches him with a pair of German suplexes and looks to land one on Berto. Berto lands on his feet and delivers a springboard crossbody to Crews. Lopez hops up on the apron and distracts the referee and Crews as Escobar sends Corbin crashing into the ring steps. Berto looks to take advantage and rolls up Crews, but Crews kicks out. Crews ascends up the ropes, but Gaza distracts him. This opens the door for Berto to join Crews up there and send him crashing into the mat. Angel then tags in, and Berto tosses Crews over to Angel who's waiting with a knee to his midsection for the win.

Winners: Angel and Berto

Back from the break, Nick Aldis is waiting in the ring. He introduces Kevin Owens and Cody Rhodes, and they both make their way down to the ring.

Aldis wishes Rhodes and Owens the best of luck tomorrow night in their Undisputed WWE Championship match, then exits the ring leaving Rhodes and Owens by themselves. Owens asks Rhodes what he wants to talk about, and Rhodes says he wants to talk about his title.

Owens says they could talk about that, but he has something he wants to talk about. He asks Rhodes if he wants to talk about what happened to his knee during the WWE Live Events this past week in Netherlands and Germany, and Rhodes insists that his knee is fine. Rhodes then brings up what happened last week when it looked like Owens was going to hit Rhodes with the Undisputed WWE Championship, and Owens says he and Rhodes have always been close since the moment they met and even prior given the relationship he had with Dusty Rhodes.

Owens asks Rhodes why he would be angry with him, and Rhodes says Owens may feel as though he gets all the credit for the shift in wrestling between 2015 and 2016 while Owens gets none of it. Owens says he doesn't need to hit Rhodes with a cheap shot. Rhodes questions if Owens still thinks that he doesn't deserve a shot at the Undisputed WWE Championship, and Owens brings up Rhodes' knee again. He points out that Rhodes didn't kneel on the entrance ramp as usual, then says if Rhodes walks into their match not at 100%, what happens when he beats him.

Rhodes once again insists that his knee is all good, then says Owens is just pretending to be confident. He tells Owens that he loves him, but questions if they'll still be friends after tomorrow night. Owens then whispers something to Rhodes and storms up the ramp.

Andrade then makes his way down to the ring. Carmelo Hayes follows.

The bell rings and the pair waste no time firing off right hands on one another. Andrade delivers a corkscrew to level Hayes on the outside, then connects with a chop and dumps him back inside the ring. Hayes lands a springboard clothesline on Andrade, but Andrade hangs Hayes by his knees off the middle turnbuckle and connects with a double stomp to his chest.

Back from the break, Andrade runs over Hayes with a back elbow and follows it up with a Dragon Screw to him. He kips up and ascends up to the middle rope, then looks to land a moonsault. Hayes rolls out of the way, but Andrade immediately lands a second one. Hayes responds with The First 48 and a meteora, then goes for a pin but Andrade kicks out. Hayes then lands a kick on Andrade, but Andrade responds with The Three Amigos. Hayes lands on his feet on the second one, but Andrade then sends him crashing into the mat. Hayes catches Andrade with a superkick and goes for a pin, but Andrade kicks out. Andrade and Hayes then deliver a springboard Spanish Fly to each other, and Andrade pins Hayes. Hayes kicks out.

Back from another break, Andrade connects with a back elbow on Hayes. He goes for a pin, but Hayes kicks out. Hayes sends Andrade crashing into one of the top turnbuckles that has been exposed, then follows it up with Nothing But Net for the win.

Winner: Carmelo Hayes

Nia Jax then makes her way down to the ring. Michin follows with a cart full of weapons in hand.

The bell rings and Michin wastes no time. She hits Jax repeatedly with a kendo stick, but Michin grabs the kendo stick from her and looks to hit her with it. Michin moves out of the way and Jax hits the ring post with it. Michin lands a hurricanrana on Jax through the middle rope, then grabs a couple more kendo sticks, a chair, and a table from under the ring. Jax catches Michin with a kendo stick shot, then puts the table back under the ring. Michin delivers a dropkick to her through the middle rope, then grabs the table from under the ring once again.

Back from the break, Jax delivers a chokeslam to Michin on the ramp. She then sets a table up in the corner and looks to drag Michin back in the ring, but Michin sprays a fire extinguisher in the face and follows it up with a dropkick off the middle rope. She looks to land a Tornado DDT on Jax on top of a garbage can, but Jax sees her coming and sends her crashing into the garbage can face first. Michin then hits Jax with a pair of garbage can lids and lands a Tornado DDT to her on top of them before she sets up a table in the ring.

Michin grabs another garbage can from under the ring and dumps it in the ring. Jax clocks Michin with a chair in the ring, then gets her up on the table and sets up for the An-Nia-Lator. Michin escapes and lands a powerbomb on Jax through the table.

Tiffany Stratton runs down to the ring and hits Jax with her Money In The Bank briefcase. She considers cashing it in, but decides against it when Jax sees her. Stratton then places Jax on top of Michin to pin her, but Michin kicks out. Bayley then runs down to the ring and levels Stratton with a clothesline, then dumps her over the barricade near the timekeeper's area.

Back in the ring, Michin rolls up Jax but Jax kicks out. Jax then delivers a Samoan Drop to Michin through the table she previously set up in the corner, then places a garbage can on her and connects with the An-Nia-Lator for the win. 

Winner (and still): Nia Jax

After the match, Jax gets in a couple more shots on Michin with the kendo stick as she's still stuck in the garbage can. She holds up the WWE Women's Championship as the show goes off the air.