Saturday, March 25, 2023

WWE SmackDown | Did Rey Accept Dominik's Challenge?

Welcome back to the blog, the penultimate episode of SmackDown was LIVE from Las Vegas, Nevada. Cody Rhodes defeated Ludwig Kaiser in the opening match. Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa watched on nearby, afterwards, Heyman said Cody will face Solo this Monday Night and Roman will be on SmackDown next Friday.

Wade Barrett and Michael Cole announced John Cena vs. Austin Theory will kick off WrestleMania Saturday. 

Charlotte Flair responded to Rhea Ripley's promo from RAW. 

LA Knight defeated Rey Mysterio (YEAH!) thanks to Dominik, 
The Mysterio family were sat ringside, Dominik disrespected his mum and sister, Rey heard enough and hit Dominik, the crowd reaction was fantastic, Rey accepted the challenge.  

Natalya and Shotzi defeated Lacey Evans and Xia Li to qualify for the Women's Showcase Match. Shayna Baszler announced she and Ronda Rousey will be included in the Showcase as well, the final spot will be decided next week. 

Rey vs. Dominik was officially announced for WrestleMania. 

The contracts were signed by Drew McIntyre, Sheamus and the champion Gunther, for the triple threat Intercontinental Championship Match. Gunther talked about winning before he was attacked by Butch before the commercial break.

Gunther defeated Butch, he and Sheamus looked at the WrestleMania sign, Drew hit Gunther with the Claymore and confronted Sheamus. 

The Street Profits exchanged words with Braun Strowman and Ricochet.

Sami Zayn was Kevin Owens' guest on the KO sbow. Kevin called Sami the MVP of the past twelve months and presented him with a new shirt with WrestleZania on it. The Usos hit the ring and attacked Kevin and Sami and hit Sami with the One and Done before exiting the ring, thus sending a message to the longtime friends. 

This episode absolutely flew by, very good from start to finish. 

Thank you for reading, the content continues for the RAW go home show, which will be available on Tuesday.