WWE SmackDown results, recap, grades: Roman Reigns teams with Jey Uso, new women's title challenger emerges - CBSSports.com

Instead, Friday night's SmackDown saw the two men team up to take on Sheamus and King Corbin -- though Reigns was absent for the majority of the match.

Reigns, who promised earlier in the night to hand Uso the kind of beating he'd dolled out when the two were kids, abandoned Uso for much of the tag team main event before making a very opportunistic appearance to score the pinfall.

1 contender spot last week on SmackDown before welcoming Uso to the ring.

After Uso came to the ring, Heyman confirmed that it was Reigns' idea to replace the injured Big E with Uso last week in the fatal four-way to determine Reigns' challenger at Clash of Champions.

Reigns promised Uso that, just like when they were little kids, he would "whoop his ass," which Uso laughed off before King Corbin interrupted.

Uso ultimately threw down a challenge for a tag match, teaming with Reigns against Sheamus and Corbin later in the night.

Sheamus & King Corbin via pinfall after Reigns hit a spear on Sheamus.

Reigns left Uso hanging at the start, not coming out for the match as Uso was stuck battling two big bruisers in a two-on-one situation.

As Sheamus was about to hit a Brogue Kick, Reigns' music hit and led to a distraction that allowed Uso to get the advantage on both men before going for an Uso Splash on Sheamus.

Reigns hit a blind tag, however, and hit Sheamus with a spear to steal the glory with the pin.

Roman Reigns' heel run is off to a nice start with his opportunistic methods.

Uso may have had the match won by himself, but Reigns is a heel now, and as such, a glory hog.

Bayley cut an in-ring promo carrying the chair she used to attack Sasha Banks last week, saying she knows everyone wants answers to why she attacked Banks, but said instead of answers, she had questions.

Bayley knew, she said, that Banks was just waiting for her moment to strike after keeping her close for years, but said that after last week, she realized Bayley is now completely useless to her.

Tamina, Lacey Evans & Alexa Bliss via pinfall after pinning Tamina with a sunset flip.

The question of what effect The Fiend's time with Bliss had on her was a question through the match before Bliss hit Cross with Sister Abigail outside the ring.

Bliss then walked to the back, leaving the match.

Cross then hit a sunset flip on Tamina to score the pinfall and earn a title shot at Clash of Champions.

And the Bliss moment was a solid move in a storyline that has been developing over the past month.

But we just saw Cross challenge Bayley for the SmackDown title twice in July, including at Extreme Rules.

Before the match, Sami Zayn interrupted to again claim to be the true intercontinental champion, trying to put it "on the record" that the match was not a title match, but was escorted off by Adam Pearce and WWE security!

During the match, Miz stole Otis' Money in the Bank lunchbox, seemingly accomplishing what Morrison didn't last week when he stole the briefcase, only to find out Otis kept the title match contract in the lunchbox.

After Jey @WWEUsos had to start off their tag team match solo, @WWERomanReigns arrives to even the odds with a timely assist!

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