Jack Waynick on March 31, 2023
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SmackDown tonight will feature the annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal as well as a big tag team match as WrestleMania opponents Sheamus and Drew McIntyre team up to take on Imperium.
It should be interesting to see how things play out on tonight’s show.
SmackDown kicks off with Undisputed Tag Team Champions The Usos making their way out to the ring. Jimmy Uso calls this the last SmackDown beore the biggest tag team match of all time.
Jimmy is cut off by the music of Sami Zayn who then comes out along with tag team partner Kevin Owens. Zayn says that tomorrow night they put an end to this once and for all, but tonight they are going to make sure nothing is left unsaid. Owens says that he’s conflicted about what he has to do tomorrow, Owens says when he first started in WWE, Jimmy and Jey were the first person to welcome him and make him feel like he belonged. But now, The Usos and Roman Reigns tried to take everything from him, Owens begins to scream as he tells The Usos that part of him will enjoy what him and Zayn will do tomorrow and enjoying taking their titles.
Jimmy Uso says that they welcomed him then but they have no love for them now, Jimmy says they are not conflicted at all, Jimmy says Owens and Zayn wish they were as close as Jimmy and Jey are. Zayn says that it’s loyalty over blood that make a family. Jey Uso asks Zayn what he would know about loyalty. Zayn says he was always loyal to The Usos, but they chose to side with Reigns when he has never been loyal to The Usos. Zayn says that the pressure of the Bloodline has always been on The Usos and that at WrestleMania he is going to take the weight off The Uso’s shoulders and put them out of their misery, and after that they can go back to being The Usos that everyone in the locker room used to love.
Jey says at WrestleMania it will end like it always does. Sami Zayn will lose the big match and Kevin Owens will once again stab Sami Zayn in the back, and the last thing he will here is “still WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions, The Usos!” Jimy and Jey drop the mics and leave the ring. As The Usos are leaving The Street Profits’ music hits and they make their way out to the ring for their upcoming match, Dawkins and Ford stare down Jimmy and Jey as they come down the ramp.
*Commercial break*
Montez Ford vs Ricochet vs Chad Gable vs Erik
Our opening fatal 4-way match begins with Gable and Erik taking cheap shots on Ford and Ricochet. Erik charges to the ropes and Ricochet pulls the rope to send Erik to the floor as Ford tosses Gable out. Ford and Ricochet counter each other in as they both tries various holds. Gable runs in the ring to steal the show with a phenomenal “shoooosh” Ford and Ricochet do not appreciate this and they hit a double drop kick to Gable. Ricochet and Ford both dive over the top rope only to both be caught in mid air by Erik and Gable respectively. Erik slams Ford’s head off the ring post as Gable throws Ricochet back in the ring. Erik takes out Gable with a hard right hand, Ricochet goes to the top rope but is distracted by Valhalla getting on the ring apron. Ricochet is knocked down by a lariat from Erik.
*Commercial break*
Back live with Erik hitting Ford with a superplex. Gable runs up to hit Ricochet with a belly to belly suplex from off the top rope. Ford hits a lariat to Gable and then goes to the top rope to hit Erik with a flying cross body. Ford turns around right into a flying cross body from Ricochet. Gable hits a German suplex into a pin attempt that Erik breaks at two. Erik power slams Gable on top of Ford and covers Gable for two. Ford hits Erik with an enziguri and then takes out everyone with a dive outside. Ford throws Gable back in the ring and hits the frog splash, after this Ricochet immediately hits Gable with a shooting star press and covers for three.
Winner: Ricochet
*Commercial break*
Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal
The WrestleMania week tradition begins much like every other battle royal, a gigantic mess, the first man eliminated is former match winner Baron Corbin. Michael Cole on commentary acknowledges to Cesaro as the first ever winner of this match. Bobby Lashley throws out Top Dolla and then Ashante as Michael Cole reacts in joy. Dexter Lumis stands in the corner and does nothing but stare into space before he finally moves to eliminate Mace. Otis eliminates Karl Anderson and then Luke Gallows. Rick Boogs and Elias team up to eliminate Otis before Los Lotharios eliminate Elias. Boogs then throws out Angel and then Humberto.
*Commercial break*
The Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal continues live with Madcap Moss eliminating Dexter Lumis and then Karrion Kross eliminating Xavier Woods. Dolph Ziggler and Ali fight on the ring apron before LA Knight runs up to eliminate Ali. Kross puts Knight in the Kross ajcket as the fans loudly boo this. Kross and Lashley begin to fight as the corwd iv very much behind Lashley. Last year’s winner Madcap Moss is eliminated by Bronson Reed. Lashley eliminates Ziggler. Lashley goes to lock in the hurt lock on Strowman but Reed runs in to break it up. Lashley eliminates Johnny Gargano , Reed eliminates Ridge Holland and Santos Escobar and then he takes out Butch. LA Knight survives a possible elimination from Reed and tries to toss Reed over the top but eventually Reed eliminates Knight as the crowd loudly boos this as they chant for LA Knight. The match comes down to Lashley, Strowman and Reed. Strowman hits Lashley with a running power slam. Reed lifts Storwman over the top and then eliminates him with a shoulder tackle. Lahley hits Reed with a spear and then Lashely throws Reed over and out to win the match.
Winner: Bobby Lashley
*Commercial break*
Raquel Rodriguez vs Natalya vs Shayna Baszler vs Sonya Deville
The match begins with everyone immediately attacking Baszler. Natalya locks in a side headlock to Rodriguez. Deville runs in to hit a big boot and then a bulldog to Natalya. Natalya locks Deville int eh sharpshooter but Baszler runs in to lock Natalya in the kirafuda clutch. Rodriguez lifts up both Natalya and Baszler but Deville taker her out with a chop block. Rodriguez catches a diving Deville and hits the Tejada bomb and Rodriguez cover Deville for three.
Winner: Raquel Rodriguez
*Commercial break*
Drew McIntyre & Sheamus vs Imperium
The match begins with McIntyre and Vinci in a lock up. McIntyre counters a hip toss and hits a lariat. Kaiser makes the blind tag and Vinci and Kaiser stomp down McIntyre in the corner. Sheamus tags in and hits a diving lariat from the top rope to Kaiser. Sheamus hits Kaiser with the 10 beats of the Bodhran. sheamus goes to the corner to set up a Brogue kick but McIntyre makes the tag much to the anger of Sheamus. McIntyre hits Kaiser with a Glasgow kiss and throws Kaiser over the top rope to the outside.
*Commercial break*
Back live with Sheamus hitting the Irish curse to Kaiser. McIntyre tags in and hits Vinci with a lariat and then a belly to belly throw. McIntyre hits a neckbreaker to Kaiser and then one to Vinci. McIntyre counts down for the Claymore but Sheamus makes the blind tag. Imperium take advantage of the opportunity to hit a high low to Sheamus. Sheamus hits Vinci with the Brogue kick and Sheamus covers for three.
Winners: Sheamus & Drew McIntyre
*Commercial break*
SmackDown returns live with Cody Rhodes making his entrance for his final face to face meeting with Roman Reigns ahead of their WrestleMania main event. Cody Rhodes says we’re on the precipice of the moment he’s been waiting for. Cody says he is the most prepared he has ever been as an athlete yet in this moment he feels unprepared. Cody says he could talk about anything in front of this LA crowd. Cody says Reigns was a multi-million investment by WWE that saw no return until year 8. Cody says he is the next Head of the Table and he is the next Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. Cody is then interrupted by Roman Reigns who comes down to the ring with Paul Heyman right there with him.
Reigns gets on the mic and tells Cody to acknowledge him. Reigns holds up his title as Cody stares him down, SmackDown goes off the air with a stare down between the two men in the WrestleMania main event.
That’s it for this week’s SmackDown. Let us know what you thought and we’ll see you back here next Friday for more SmackDown coverage. Until then, stay safe!
March 31, 2023 7:00 pm
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