Saturday, March 21, 2020

SmackDown Recap

SmackDown kicked off with Michael Cole in the ring, with Mojo Rawley to interview WrestleMania host Rob Gronkowski. This segment was interrupted by Baron Corbin. who was interrupted by Elias. Elias played his guitar to mock Corbin. At the end of the segment, Gronkowski pitched a match for WrestleMania. Elias vs. Corbin. 

It was time for a tag team match playa....Sami Zayn joined Michael Cole on commentary for this one. Daniel Bryan & Drew Gulak vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro
Winners: Daniel Bryan & Drew Gulak. 

Paige returned to SmackDown via Skype, before she could talk, she was interrupted by Bayley and Sasha Banks. Paige announced Bayley will defend her title against Lacey Evans, Dana Brooke, Tamina, Naomi and Sasha Banks in a Six Pack elimination match at WrestleMania. 

They showed the match at WrestleMania 30 between John Cena and Bray Wyatt. John Cena, as we know, won this match. This match was shown as time filler for this SmackDown episode and as way to build up to their "rematch" at WrestleMania 36.

Backstage, Alexa Bliss challenged Asuka for a match on SmackDown next week. This was made official later in the show. 

SmackDown tag team champions, The Miz and John Morrison presented the "Dirt Sheet" segment, they did pre-recorded impressions of New Day, Usos and Heavy Machinery. 

Speaking of Heavy Machinery, it was time for another tag team match playa...Dolph Ziggler joined Michael Cole on commentary during this match.
The Miz & John Morrison vs. Heavy Machinery 
Winners: The Miz and John Morrison by DQ.

The Universal Champion. Goldberg and Roman Reigns had a contract signing ahead of their match billed as "Spear vs. Spear" at WrestleMania. This closed out the show. Not much to say about this to be honest.

That's it for the SmackDown recap, the road to WrestleMania continues on Monday for Monday Night Raw. I believe they will be taped shows and not LIVE. Despite that being the case, the content will continue. See you here for the Monday Night Raw recap. Thanks for reading.