WWE SmackDown Results and Analysis | December 20, 2024

Summary

Date	Dec 20	Total matches	4
Men's matches	3	Women's matches	1
Singles matches	2	Tag Team matches	1
Trio Matches	1	Other Matches	0

This episode of SmackDown took place on December 20, 2024 and featured 4 matches on the card. A majority of the matches ended by pinfall, submission, or the rules stipulated by the match, but 1 of the 4 matches ended with a non-finish disqualification or count-out. Only one championship, the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, was defended on the card.

The matches featured 14 wrestlers and 2 tag teams, highlighted by Bianca Belair, Naomi, Johnny Gargano, Carmelo Hayes, Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu.

Predictability

100
100
◂75

Mostly Predictable
(3 of 4 Matches)

Competitions

▾ 3
100
▴ 2

▾ 1
100
▴ 1

Less Singles
Usual Tag

Diversity

▾ 2
100
▴ 3

▾ 2
100
▴ 1

More Mens
Less Womens

Balance of Power

100
▴EVEN

Wins were balanced between Faces and Heels.
(2 Face wins to 2 Heel wins in 4 matches)

Matches

Top of the Card

Women's Tag Team
WWE Women's Tag Team

Bianca Belair and Naomi
Champions
1-0 (Last 5: 1-0)
Win Probability: 73.7%

━━━━━━━━━━┥ vs ┝━━━━━━━━━━

Candice LeRae and Nia Jax
1-1 (Last 5: 1-1)
Win Probability: 26.3%

This was the 1st time Bianca Belair and Naomi have competed in a 2-on-2 tag team match against Candice LeRae and Nia Jax in WWE.
Prior to this match it had been 20 days since Candice LeRae and 20 days since Nia Jax had competed in a WWE match.

Men's Singles

Johnny Gargano
2-1 (Overall: 12-13-1, Last 5: 1-0)
Win Probability: 63.2%

━━━━━━━━━━┥ vs ┝━━━━━━━━━━

Alex Shelley
0-1 (Overall: 4-2, Last 5: 1-0)
Win Probability: 36.8%

This was the 1st time Johnny Gargano and Alex Shelley have competed 1-on-1 in a singles match in WWE.

Middle of the Card

Men's Singles

Carmelo Hayes
7-12-2 (Overall: 7-13-2, Last 5: 1-3-1)
Win Probability: 19.6%

━━━━━━━━━━┥ vs ┝━━━━━━━━━━

Braun Strowman
6-4-2 (Overall: 7-5-2, Last 5: 2-2-1)
Win Probability: 80.4%

Match ended by Count-out

This was the 2nd time Carmelo Hayes and Braun Strowman have competed 1-on-1 in a singles match in WWE. The series is tied 1-1. The most recent match was 7 days ago at SmackDown on December 13, 2024 where Braun Strowman won.

Men's Three on Three Tag Team

Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu
(Combined Overall: 26-17-4, Last 5: 5-2)
Win Probability: 56.3%

━━━━━━━━━━┥ vs ┝━━━━━━━━━━

Andrade, Apollo Crews and LA Knight
(Combined Overall: 30-19-3, Last 5: 1-7-1)
Win Probability: 43.7%

Prior to this match it had been 20 days since Tama Tonga, 20 days since Jacob Fatu, 21 days since Andrade and 91 days since Apollo Crews had competed in a WWE match.