Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of WWE SmackDown on November 8.

This week's show dealt with the fallout from Crown Jewel on the blue brand, but it also featured a segment that is continuing WWE's longest standing storyline.

Jey Uso invited his brother, Jimmy, his cousin, Roman Reigns, and their former ally, Sami Zayn, for a meeting to see if they could reconcile their various issues.

Jey, Jimmy and Zayn already had a tense segment on Raw to set this up, so this was all about how Reigns and Zayn would interact.

Let's take a look at everything that happened on Friday's SmackDown.

Opening Segment

SmackDown opened with a brief recap of what happened at Crown Jewel before Reigns and Jimmy came out to kick things off in the arena. Right as Roman was about to speak, Jey's music hit and he walked to the ring.

Jey asked Reigns to hear what Zayn had to say, which led to Zayn making his way to the ring. The crowd chanted "Sami Uso" as they all stood in the ring waiting for someone to speak first.

Zayn said kicking Reigns was not done on purpose and the only reason he was there was to help out Jey, but he also admitted it felt special to be back in the ring with all of them.

He said he would be willing to go back to how things used to be if Reigns would just apologize, but not to him. He wanted Reigns to apologize to Jey. The OTC walked up to Jey and after a short pause, he said he was sorry. Then he continued and said he was sorry he let Jey waste his time with this.

Reigns called out Solo Sikoa while Zayn walked away. Jacob Fatu appeared on the screen and said Sikoa doesn't work on Reigns' schedule.

This was a decent segment that kept the story moving, but the way it ended felt too abrupt. It was obviously done this way because it will continue later in the show, but 20 minutes is too long for a "To be continued" segment.

Grade: B

Bayley vs. Candice LeRae

The first match of the night featured Bayley taking on Candice LeRae, who unfortunately no longer has Indi Hartwell by her side.

The Poison Pixie immediately took control with a few well-placed kicks, but Bayley used her power advantage to block a shoulder tackle and take LeRae down for a two-count.

This was a pretty even matchup. Bayley has more strength but LeRae has the edge in experience and a willingness to cheat.

Both women got in a fair amount of offense so this never felt one-sided, and it also made it harder to predict the outcome, especially since Hartwell was no longer there to ensure a dirty victory.

The Role Model saw LeRae's deception coming when she tried to fake an injury and was able to get the pin and the win. This was fine but there was a couple of clunky spots along the way. These two can do better, but you can only do so much when a big chunk of your match takes place during a break.

Result: Bayley defeated LeRae

Grade: C+

Notable Moments and Observations

• It felt so weird seeing LeRae without Hartwell. 
• The announcers did a good job establishing a connection between these Superstars. 
• Bayley's swinging sidewalk slam may need some work. 

Pretty Deadly vs. DIY

Randy Orton came out and with a raspy voice, called for Kevin Owens to come out so they could fight. KO came out on the stage but didn't seem to be in a hurry to get to the ring, but he eventually got there and they began fighting.

Officials tried to break it up but Owens hit a piledriver. They took Orton out on a stretcher as Cody Rhodes checked on him. When we returned from a break, both DIY and Pretty Deadly were in the ring for a tag match.

The bell rang and Tommaso Ciampa went right after Kit Wilson and Elton Prince. Ciampa was showing more signs of his old heel persona, especially after a backstage moment with Motor City Machine Guns, which seemed to upset him.

Ciampa ended up winning all by himself with his finisher. He never even tried to tag Gargano and the match was over in less than two minutes. This was the squashiest of squashes.

Result: DIY defeated Pretty Deadly

Grade: Incomplete

Notable Moments and Observations

• The Viper must have lost his voice somehow. 
• They made a big deal about the piledriver being banned to make it feel more dangerous. Corey Graves being mad they showed replays was a nice touch. 
• The way Orton sold the piledriver was great. 

Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair vs. Nia Jax and Tiffany Stratton

Nia Jax and Tiffany Stratton got a chance to face Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill in a non-title tag match after Tiffy requested it from Nick Aldis hoping to earn an eventual tag title shot.

Jade threw Tiffy right back to her corner with a fallaway slam so she could tag in the women's champion. Jax used a distraction from Tiffany to hit a Samoan drop as we went to a break.

We returned to see Jax still dominating Cargill while The EST sat patiently in the corner for a tag. Belair and Stratton both tagged in and The EST began dismantling Miss Money in the Bank.

LeRaw interfered and pushed Belair off the top rope, but Naomi ran down and beat her up. The delay allowed Belair to get Stratton up for the EST to get the pin and the win.

This was a pretty average match with a few highlights, but what it set up for the future is more interesting than the match itself.

Result: Belair and Cargill defeated Jax and Stratton

Grade: B-

Notable Moments and Observations

• Tiffany Stratton doesn't have the kind of voice that carries, but she does a good job speaking loud enough for the mics to pick up her trash talk. 
• After the commercial break, WWE aired a random Golden Corral commercial itself during the program. Not during a break. It was separate. It was very strange timing. 
• WWE did a good job planting the seeds for an eventual Jax vs. Cargill feud. 

Motor City Machine Guns vs. A-town Down Under

The men's tag champs were in action next as Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin took on Austin Theory and Grayson Waller, who were upset about The Grayson Waller Effect being canceled for the night.

Waller and Theory have a sizable power advantage, so they were able to control the pace early on, but MCMG's double-team offense kept throwing them off their game.

Shelley spent a lot of time being isolated from Sabin during the picture-in-picture portion of the match. The Guns began to make a comeback when we returned and eventually won with their Skull and Bones tag finisher.

This was a fun and energetic tag bout. All four men put in some good work and developed chemistry quickly despite having very little experience working together.

Result: MCMG defeated A-Town Down Under

Grade: B+

Notable Moments and Observations

• Graves was doing great on commentary this week. He was conveying a lot of useful information and not being an annoying heel most of the time. 
• It feels like Theory is intentionally being less annoying lately to set up an eventual babyface turn after he and Waller split. 

The Final Word

The Street Profits confirmed they will face MCMG for the tag titles next week on SmackDown before Nick Aldis revealed a new title. The women's United States Championship was unveiled.

The final segment this week was Sikoa's Tribal Chief Acknowledgement ceremony. After a break, Reigns actually came out to the ring and stood alone with the new Bloodline across the ring from him.

The OTC challenged Sikoa to a match for the title of Tribal Chief. Instead, Sikoa challenged him to a WarGames match claiming Zayn would be his fifth man. The Bloodline attacked Reigns as Zayn looked on from the stage. The Usos tried and failed to save The OTC.

Sikoa ordered Zayn to kick Reigns in the face again, but he kicked Solo instead. After a tense moment, Zayn held up his finger with The Usos to indicate he was on board, and so did Reigns.

This week's show was dominated by Bloodline business. At least 25% of the two-hour runtime was dedicated to this feud, but at least we got some progress toward the WarGames build.

As far as the action goes, MCMG and A-Town Down Under had the Match of the Night, and it will likely happen for Shelley and Sabin again next week when they battle the Profits.

This week's episode may not rank among the best, but it had its moments.

Grade: B-