WWE SmackDown Results: Winners, Live Grades and Highlights From February 21

Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of WWE SmackDown on February 21.

This week's show was thrown into chaos before it even started because The Rock's return was announced a day before the show, shocking fans who would have expected his next appearance to be on Raw on Netflix.

Here is a look at the matches WWE advertised for Friday's show:

—Pretty Deadly vs. DIY (Tag titles)

—Drew McIntyre vs. Jimmy Uso

—Cody Rhodes, Damian Priest and Braun Strowman vs. Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga

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

Nick Aldis was shown telling Rhodes he will not be in the six-man tag match tonight due to orders from The Rock. When we went to the arena, McIntyre made his way out for his match against Jimmy.

Jimmy seemed to take the lead early and even scored a quick two-count with a crossbody from the top rope, but The Scottish Psychopath tossed him across the ring with a belly-to-belly suplex to turn the tide.

Big Jim began to make a comeback during the break, but he didn't really begin building any momentum until the show was back from the commercial for a bit.

Jimmy ended up scoring what the announcers call an upset win when he turned a reverse Alabama slam into a victory roll for the pin. McIntyre continued to attack him after the bell.

This match had a couple of fun moments, but as a whole, it's not going to be remembered by the time the show is over. The post-match attack was far more memorable than anything that happened between the bells.

Result: Uso defeated McIntyre

Grade: B

Notable Moments and Observations

—No replacement was named for Rhodes in the tag match by Aldis as of the time this occurred. It would have been good to advertise who would be taking Cody's place.

—Drew has a great belly-to-belly because he actually throws people instead of relying on them to do a lot of the work jumping.

—Jimmy's Spear needs a little work. He hits people with the wrong shoulder for how he is aligned with them.

Carmelo Hayes and The Miz had a funny segment with R-Truth backstage before they came out for a tag team match. Truth's surprise partner was LA Knight. Truth thought the LA was short for Louisiana.

Truth and Melo began for their teams. Hayes immediately hit a springboard clothesline, but he celebrated too much and paid for it.

Knight tagged in after the break and took it to both opponents as the crowd began to build some excitement.

Much of what we saw here was designed for comedy, but they had a couple of good spots sprinkled in throughout the match. This may be the beginning of a new tag team for Melo and Miz, or it could just be filler before one turns on the other.

Shinsuke Nakamura interfered and helped Melo and The Miz score the victory with a combined version of their finishers.

Result: The Miz and Hayes defeated Truth and Knight

Grade: B-

Notable Moments and Observations

—Fatu was shown telling Solo Sikoa backstage that he would be in the tag match tonight instead of Tonga.

—There was a good video package for Zelina Vega before this match.

—Truth counting down Melo with nobody on top of him to make him kick out for no reason was hilarious.

Tiffany Stratton came out to talk about being challenged by Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania, but she was interrupted by Nia Jax and Candice LeRae.

They talked some trash before the match between Tiffy and LeRae began during the break. It took all of 30 seconds after the break for Charlotte to show up to watch.

The Queen joined the commentary table and watched as the champion took out Jax and LeRae with a moonsault from the top rope.

The match lasted through a second break into the next segment, so they had a long time to make this fight feel competitive. It wasn't as fast-paced as it could have been in placed and there were a couple of sloppy moments, but there was more good than bad. 

as the match was over. She was about to hit her finisher when Trish Stratus ran down to make the save. Sadly, Trish ended up getting taken out so Jax could hit both with the Annihilator at the same time.

Result: Stratton defeated LeRae

Grade: C

Notable Moments and Observations

—Tiffany slipped trying to run up the ropes for an arm drag. She was fine but the move looked awkward.

—The way Tiffy sells can be very convincing sometimes. The way she screams makes it look like she is in legitimate pain.

—Tiffy's Alabama slam into the barricade did not go as planned.

A match between Naomi and Liv Morgan never happened because Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez took out Naomi and Bianca Belair before it could get started.

The next segment was The Rock's promo. He came out with a New Orleans-themed entrance and talked about bringing WrestleMania back to Nola.

He invited Rhodes to the ring and they spoke for a very long time about Rocky wanting Rhodes to be "His champion." Or rather, he wanted him to be a corporate champion by selling his soul.

This segment was so weird because Rock kept wavering from heel to babyface. The crowd didn't know whether to boo or cheer for him by the time it was over.

This was a confusing segment, but not because of what anyone said. It was confusing because it didn't really accomplish anything and left us with more questions than answers. Sometimes that is good, but this felt less like a cliffhanger and more like WWE not knowing what they want to do yet.

Grade: C

Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa gave a promo about why they would defeat Kit Wilson and Elton Prince in their title match tonight.

Pretty Deadly came out and went after the champions as their music continued to play. Once the bell rang and everything got started, DIY took control to send us right into a break.

Pretty Deadly began to make a comeback after the break and hit several impressive double-team moves. They used their size and power advantage as much as possible, but it didn't matter in the end.

Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins interfered and took out Pretty Deadly to cause a DQ. Once they were done with Wilson and Prince, they took down DIY.

The match didn't have enough TV time due to the break, and the DQ ending was the least ideal way to do it. The action looked good, but everything else made it feel pointless.

The Motor City Machine Guns tried to come out and help, but the Street Profits dispatched them with ease.

Result: No Contest

Grade: C

Notable Moments and Observations

—The giant disco ball during Pretty Deadly's entrance is a nice touch.

—DIY's promo was so unnecessary. The match ended up going to commercial so fast because of it.

—Even with the DQ ending, this was a good segment to make the Profits look dangerous.

This week's main event was supposed to be a six-man tag match, but The Rock changed it to a regular tag bout with Priest and Strowman taking on Sikoa and Fatu.

The Archer of Infamy and The Street Champ began the fight with an exchange of strikes in the corner. Sikoa got a little too confident and Priest made him pay for it.

The Monster Among Men made sure to taunt Fatu every chance he could find before they finally got to clash in the ring.

A miscommunication led to Fatu hitting Solo with a superkick. Strowman followed up by sending Fatu and Tonga into the announce table while Priest hit South of Heaven on Sikoa to get the pin and the win.

This was a hard-hitting match with some of the best action of the night. Strowman and Priest made a good team, but the real intrigue is going to come from Fatu and Sikoa no longer being on the same page.

Result: Priest and Strowman defeated Fatu and Sikoa

Grade: B

Notable Moments and Observations

—Fatu's backstage segment with Sikoa earlier in the show was good. The rift continues to grow. Sikoa looked mad when Fatu interrupted his quick promo before their entrance.

—The feud between Fatu and Strowman is one of the best non-title feuds going in WWE today. The crowd always goes nuts when they are in the ring together.

Friday's SmackDown was a perfect example of why some fans love WWE and some fans are tired of the exact same thing.

The show is hyper polished and runs like a Swiss watch, but all of the production value in the world is not a substitute for good pro wrestling.

The way a couple of the matches ended felt like lazy booking, and The Rock's segment was not nearly as intriguing as WWE probably expected it to be.

The main event tag match was the most exciting thing on the show by a wide margin, but if you like WWE's brand of sports entertainment, then you may enjoy the whole show.

A few storylines were progressed, but just as many stayed in a holding pattern. As the Road to WrestleMania heats up, WWE needs to put its foot on the gas to make the product as interesting as possible.

Grade: C