FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN Results - October 4, 2019

The Prediction Cup Continues! Also, a New Entrant is Named for the WWEP Universal Championship Hell in a Cell!

Smackdown Opener; "Goodbye?"

The show opens up with a graphic that reads on a blank black screen and white text, "Yesterday..." A video pops up showing TDog with a fulfilled smile on his face looking into the camera.

As soon as the video ends, RJ Staggs music hits, much to the surprise of nearly everyone. The former World Champion makes his way down to the ring. He is wearing a black suit and dark sunglasses, and is completely silent to an abnormal degree. He reaches under the ring and slides a folded up steel chair in the center of the ring. He walks around the ring, grabbing a microphone from the timekeeper, and then hops in the ring. He sets the chair up and sits down. He rolls his tongue around his cheek while his music dies down. The normal boo's are raining down.

"Let me talk to you" Stagg says quietly.

He holds the microphone to his mouth and looks around

"You're a loser"

"R-J-STAGG SUCKS"

"You're a loser"

"R-J-STAGG SUCKS"

"You're a loser"

"R-J-STAGG SUCKS"

The crowd is unrelentless as Stagg looks around in disgust.

"I suck, huh?" says Ryan. "I'm the one who sucks?....Heh...You all amaze me sometime. You really do. Because every single day since I was bred into this business, I sacrificed a lot of sweat, blood, and sanity...to be the best. The best in this ring, the best on the microphone, the best in the locker room, the best in the public eye, and damn sure the best champion that this company ever saw. Yet, none of you appreciate that...I have given you classic, after classic, after classic...I've elevated talent and created STARS! I created future Hall of Famers just by them sharing this ring with me! Since I've been here, I've built the culture in that locker room and put new eyes on us every week!...But that doesn't matter! You only process the shit you don't like!" - RJ Stagg

The crowd stops booing and begins to become shockingly quiet.

"Yeah, that's right. You boo me and you disregard me as a joke, even though I know and everyone of you knows, that on my best damn day I am, you all need me. Because while I'm gone, you're going to miss me. You're going to be clamoring for me. You all take me for granted now, but if I'm suspended for say...a year? You'll all be begging me on every platform for me to come back. You all don't deserve R-J-STAGG!...But I'm not going to give you that satisfaction" - RJ Stagg

Ryan growls as he removes his sunglasses.

"You won't get the chance to miss me because you'll be dreading me....you'll be afraid but not as afraid as everyone in the back. I asked my wife to give me this time tonight because I wanted to say this message to everyone who is listening...and let's be honest, if a microphone is in my hand, YOUR ALL GONNA BE LISTENING!...But when I get back, you can consider this entire roster on notice. I'm done "making" stars. I'm through being a launchpad for these people to come in here and make a name as the guy or girl who pinned Stagg, when he or she shouldn't have....when I come back, YOURE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE MOST RUTHLESS SON OF A BITCH THAT THIS COMPANY HAS EVER SEEN!" - RJ Stagg

Stagg is now standing, glasses are smashed on the ground. Crowd is silent as they hear him scream in disgust at all of them.

"You'll remember this moment right here and maybe then you'll realize how much you took me for granted...when I put your heroes throats underneath my boot....and that's not an insult...that's just a fact of life!" - RJ Stagg

As soon as Stagg finishes his last line, security starts to walk out through the curtain and towards the ring with stoic looks on their faces. Stagg looks at them with disgust and as they circle him in the ring and try to talk rationally with him. But he just looks at them with complete disdain and screams at them that "he leaves when he wants to leave." They try to explain to him in desperation that they are under strict orders from WWEP Chairman, Tyler Johnson that he cannot be in the arena.

Stagg slowly walks over to them acting as if he is going to finally listen to their demands, but instead he rares back and starts striking every single one of them viciously down to the mat with his fists. Stagg refuses to let up and he just starts wailing on every single one of them, even at one point taking one of their billy clubs and driving it viciously into the smallest security guard's back.

Finally though 3 security guards are able to wrap their hands around Stagg behind his back and subdue him down to the canvas. Stagg kicks and tries to break free, but security is finally able to effectively hold him down and drag him out of the ring. Stagg screams into the camera at TDog that he is gonna "regret this" and he is gonna make his life "a living hell!". Security is finally able to get him back through the curtain as the camera fades to a commercial break.

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Prediction Cup Block A Normal Singles Match; Steve Steigerwald vs Ben Conners

Both tag team champion Ben Conners and Steve Steigerwald are out at ringside completely alone, without their respective partners. As soon as the bell rings, Ben darts over to Steve and knocks him down with a vicious big boot to the face, sending him flying over the top rope and to the outside of the ring. Ben quickly takes advantage of a dazed and caught off guard Steve, and immediately starts to pound away on the hall of famer outside of the ring. Ben attempts to hit a powerbomb on Steve outside the ring, but Steve is able to somehow reverse the powerbomb and turn it into a piledriver of his own, coming down brutally on top of Ben's head crashing it onto the steel ring steps! BAM! Ben is completely off his kilter as Steve starts to take the quick upperhand over the tag team champion and "muscle" of The Prestige. Steve rolls Ben's massive body back into the ring and starts hitting suplex after suplex on him inside the ring, not letting up even just a little bit to let Ben catch his breath.

Ben tries to battle back once he is able to hit a couple unpredictable running spine busters into the turnbuckles on Steve, but Steigerwald is able to finish him off when he is able to jump out of the way from Ben's spear. Ben goes darting directly into the steel ring post with a failed spear, and Steve finishes him off with his signature Attitude Adjustment in the center of the ring.

After the match is over, Steigerwald crawls to the outside of the ring and celebrates, riling up the cheering fans in his favor. Steigerwald finds the camera and screams into the camera with a cocky smile on his face, "The old man ain't kickin' the bucket anytime soon! The gold is coming around this waist AGAIN!"

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"I love my dad. I'm not gonna let you take him away again."

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Prediction Cup Block A Normal Singles Match; Brady Steigerwald vs Tony Murr

This match turns out to be clearly a way for Tony Murr to showcase just how good he really is. Murr hits aerial high spot after aerial high spot on The Bard, with The Bard becoming even more unhinged after suffering the more and more punishment in the match. The Bard is unable to really get any sort of upper hand over Tony Murr, who is on absolute fire. The Bard doesn't have a chance when Murr sets him up for his Circles of Hell, followed up a sharpshooter!! The Bard has no choice but to tap out almost immediately after Murr locks in the sharpshooter. Commentary sells how this looks like completely new territory for Murr with the sharpshooter submission, but it looks very well and dominant on him. Murr doesn't look to be in any mood for the fanfare from the referee holding his arm up and he immediately throws the referee and The Bard out of the ring. Murr looks right into the camera with intensity and fury screaming, "STAGG, I'M COMING FOR YOU!!!!"

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Vignette; Taking A First Look At The Stairway To Heaven

The scene opens up to an empty arena vignette with loud sounds of shattering glass echo throughout the scene. Quick flashes of a 8 foot by 8 foot wooden scaffold are shown high above the ring towering over the entire arena. A voice echoes in the background showing cryptic images of Cody Miller and Adam Stewart bleeding and screams. The voice explains that both men will start up at the top of the scaffold, and the only way to win is by throwing your opponent off the scaffold 25 feet in the air down through 6 brutal wooden tables covered in light tubes and broken glass to give your opponent their personal ride to their STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. Several birds eye view shots showcase just how high up the scaffold is and how the room for error could be death defying. "These two men will push their bodies to limits they never knew existed. These two men will collide and self destruct until one unfortunate soul takes his STAIRWAY TO HEAVENNNNNNN!!"

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Normal Singles Match for the Second Spot in the WWEP Universal Championship Match; Cody Miller vs George Amuah Niamkey

This match turns out to be one of the most competitive matches we have seen in a very long time, both men are scraping and clawing for their chance to be in the Universal Championship match in just two days at Hell in a Cell. Several nearfalls give the hope that both these men could very well be formidable enough to become the next Universal Champion. The men go on with suplexing each other several times, reversal after reversal. But neither man agree to stay down. The match finally comes to an end when Cody goes to hit George with his signature Heavens Sword, only for George to reverse it and hit a piledriver out of nowhere on The Warrior! The top of Miller's head bounces off the hard canvas and George covers him for the victory! George is now going to Hell in a Cell for the Universal Championship!

After the match is over, George crawls back up to his feet and riles up the riotous cheering crowd behind him, when all of a sudden "The Wildman" Adam Stewart's music blares over the PA and he comes walking out through the curtain with a sick and twisted smile on his face, holding a light tube of his own.

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Prediction Cup Block A Normal Singles Match; Cody Miller vs Adam Stewart

Cody can barely get back up to his feet after that tremendous and brutal match he just had with George, but now he has another brother to fight for his prediction cup! As Cody slowly makes it up to his feet, Adam charges over to Cody and slams him over the top of the head (that was just piledrived into the canvas from George) shattering the glass light tube in a thousand pieces! BAM!! The referee doesn't know what to do since the match hasn't officially started yet, and proceeds to ring the bell.

The Wildman looks around like an erratic psychopath and starts wailing on Cody Miller like a beast! The Wildman starts choking him with his bare hands and screaming that "he is gonna pay for everything he has done to him and his family", and that Hell in a Cell will be "his end!!" Stewart jumps off Cody and quickly gets onto the top rope and proceeds to jump off in uncharacteristic fashion with a frog splash on Cody Miller, but not on his abdomen, but directly on the back of his head, completely knocking him out!! Stewart rolls Miller up for the quick pinfall, 1...2...3!! Adam Stewart has just beaten Cody Miller!

Stewart paces around aggressively and doesn't let the referee hold his arm up in victory, sending the message very loud and clear that he is going to end Cody Miller in two days at Hell in a Cell!

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"I'm Gonna Take Your Dad Away From You Again...and I'm GONNA LOVE DOING IT!"

The scene slowly opens up to show the World Heavyweight Championship #1 contender Ashley Cox walking into an empty room with a steel chair in the middle of the room. Cox has a snarky smile on her face as she sits down in front of the camera.

"Is this where you wanted me?" - Ashley Cox

"Yeah, that's good." - Producer

"Yeah, just shut up. Let me talk. *clears throat* This Sunday night at Hell in a Cell, I am gonna bring my belt home. Watching you earlier talk about your dad and about how you felt him inside your heart when you won the World Heavyweight Championship belt....heh, was an absolute joke! Oh you feel him in your heart? Ohhhh that's just so beautiful! That's so wonderful! Awwww your dad is watching over you right now. Awwwwww. Give me a break!" - Ashley Cox

Ashley brushes her hair over to the side in a very arrogant way, just shaking her head in disgust at the thought of Matt Charles and his dad.

"Whether you FEEL HIM IN YOUR HEART (in a sarcastic tone) or not, that is still MY World Heavyweight Championship belt. Out of everyone in this organization you might just possibly have the worst memory imaginable. I have came through this whole place and made it my own. I have trail blazed through every single division as THE ONLY FEMALE, and dominated every single person that stepped in my way. I have won every single title, and I don't regret a damn thing. You talk about that title being your dad and that I'm not gonna take that title away from you, heh. You just don't get it Matt. You are a flash in the pan. You are a paper champion. You are the peasant underneath my 25,000 dollar diamond slipper holding onto my championship belt and keeping it warm until I'm damn good and ready to take it back. Heh, and Matt spoiler alert, I'm ready to take it back now." - Ashley Cox

Ashley pauses and then chuckles to herself with no empathy whatsoever.

"Watching you blubber like a little bitch about losing your dad, and how you don't want to lose him again, wah wah wah. It makes me absolutely sick! Your dad, heh, would be ashamed of the piece of garbage that you have become. He would be ashamed that his cowardly son didn't have the respect to bow down to the Queen of this industry...and admit that she is just that much better than him! If he hadn't died when he did...I'm sure he would've left you crying on the side of the road way before now. I guess what I'm trying to say Fatty Matty, is that in two days from now at Hell in a Cell, I'm coming back for my title belt. And I'm gonna take your disappointed father away from your sorry ass...and I'M GONNA LOVEEEEEEE DOING ITTTTTT! " - Ashley Cox

Ashley starts laughing hysterically and leans in closer to the camera looking through the lens with a sick and twisted smile on her face.

"Matt, understand this. I'm gonna lay you out in the center of that ring this Sunday night completely bloody and bludgeoned, barely able to keep his eyes open from completely drifting off into unconsciousness. You're gonna squint to see the deserving World Heavyweight Champion holding her gold back over her head. And I'm gonna leave you with absolutely NOTHING....heh, which NOTHING, is EXACTLY WHAT YOU DESERVE ANYWAYS!" - Ashley Cox

Ashley slowly stands up from her seat and struts out of the room with a sick smile on her face, chuckling to herself and selling the idea of ripping Matt Charles' father away from him again.

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"Just Whose Side Are YOU On??"

Cameras come back from the commercial break and immediately the entire arena goes black with smoke resonating from the top of the ramp and a blue tint slowly starting to take effect. The WWEP Universal Champion Darren Cox slowly and methodically walks out through the curtain and towards the ring. Cox doesn't even acknowledge the booing crowd in attendance as he walks with his signature black hat and long trench coat, but this time he has a shovel in his hands firmly. Cox gets into the ring and the lights slowly come back on to illuminate the arena.

"Tonight is the premier of Friday Night Smackdown. So, the Reaper wants a challenge. A REAL CHALLENGE. An ALL OUT WAR TONIGHT. The Reaper wants to pick apart another victim tonight before Hell in a Cell. Austin, all you care about is the gold. That same gold will be what drives you to your early grave this Sunday night. At Hell in a Cell Austin, your gonna be in the hands of The Reaper. And Georgeeeee, you're just the other brother that I'm going to lay to rest on top of Austin's grave. The Reaper is gonna bury your Brotherhood once and for all. But if anyone in the back THINKS they can take The Reaper off his game tonight and make a name for himself IN MY YARD, come out and choose your hell. This open challenge might be an opportunity...or it might be YOUR DEATH WISH." - Darren Cox

Darren slowly takes off his hat and looks up the ramp with a sadistic glare over his eyes, clinching onto his shovel tightly. But just after a few seconds, the #1 contender and Cox's fiercest rival comes barreling through the curtain to a huge pop from the crowd. Austin Michael Pieper doesn't waste any time charging down the ramp and towards the ring with a purpose, staring at Cox with wide eyes focused on the champion. Pieper immediately gets into the ring and immediately goes face to face with Cox, screaming in Cox's face, "GIVE ME MY DEATH WISH!!!"

The two stare each other down intensely, but before they can start to brawl, the other challenger and fellow Brotherhood member George Amuah Niamkey comes darting out through the curtain running down to the ring. George stands alongside his brother Austin staring at Darren Cox with wide eyes as well. George mouths off to Cox for a few seconds, but Austin doesn't waste any time leaping at Darren and wailing him with stiff shot after stiff shot! BAM!

"Here we go!" - Michael Cole

Darren Cox and Austin Michael Pieper brawl around the ring looking like two rabid animals, with George throwing some shots at Darren as well, Austin picks up the steel shovel that Darren brought to the ring, rares back, and swings it at Darren, but Darren quickly moves out of the way and the shovel slams George in the back of the head!! George from the ground holds the back of his head in pain and looks up in shock at Austin holding the shovel.

Darren and Pieper continue to trade fists back and forth, but George struggles back up to his feet and dropkicks Darren into the middle turnbuckle head first. Darren backs up a few feet and George turns him around for his devastating YEEEEEET, completely wiping out the Universal Champion. George picks Cox up and throws him out of the ring in a fury as commentary explodes with their excitement over George, building him up as the future Universal Champion. But just as Austin is hobbling around on the other side of the ring, George Amuah Niamkey, quickly turns around and hits a superkick out of nowhere on his fellow Brotherhood partner!!! AUSTIN GOES DOWN!! AUSTIN GOES DOWN!!

George looks at Austin laying on the mat flat on his back with wide eyes and a psychotic look on his face. Commentary sells how George might've thought Austin meant to hit him with the shovel the whole time! George screams out to the crowd and then storms out of the ring and up the ramp. George reaches the top of the ramp and he throws his arms up to the cheering riotous crowd in attendance as Austin looks at him with a shocked look on his face and Darren clinches onto his Universal Championship belt on the bottom of the ramp.

Commentary speculates if George and Austin will be able to remain on the same page in two days at Hell in a Cell, which only gives a slight advantage to the Universal Champion, Darren Cox. The show fades as George looks at his damage in fury and Darren holds his title belt close up to his chest.