SmackDown

SmackDown opens with Renee Young outside reporting on an accident.

Elias has apparently been hit by a car which apparently is Jeff Hardy’s rental.

Braun Strowman is an eye witness, and was in fact the one who called 911 for Elias. However, the Universal Champion does not know who ran him down.

They've found Jeff Hardy hurt several yards away. The paramedics claim that he smells like alcohol, like the bottles in the car. Jason Jordan and Jamie Noble attempt to help him into the building, but he's cuffed to be taken downtown.

Jeff Hardy has been taken to the police station for questioning and Elias is being transferred to a Local Medical Facility.

There's going to be a battle royal tonight to determine who will replace Elias and Jeff Hardy in the Intercontinental Championship tournament.


Battle Royal

Sheamus won and advances to the semifinals of the ICTitle tournament.



Sonya Deville vs. Lacey Evans

Evans using the banner on the ring apron as a weapon.

Both Deville and Evans are both counted out.

No Contest


Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross  WWE Women's Tag Team Champions will be interviewing The New Day the SmackDown Tag Team Champions

Sasha challenges the champs any time, any place, which Alexa accepts. Then Bayley challenges Alexa to a match... on Sasha's behalf. 

Sasha is wearing high heel boots. Bayley runs to the bus to get her some shoes.

Alexa dropkicks Sasha out of the ring.


Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss

Sasha Banks won

Cesaro vs.  Chad Gable

Chad Gable won



Battle Royal

Sheamus won and advances to the semifinals of the ICTitle tournament.



Sonya Deville vs. Lacey Evans

Evans using the banner on the ring apron as a weapon.

Both Deville and Evans are counted out.

No Contest


Cesaro vs. Chad Gable

Chad Gable won



Intercontinental Championship Tournament Semifinals

Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan won and he advances to the finals to face AJ Styles thanks to Jeff Hardy distracting Sheamus.

Which I think everyone can agree that Sheamus had to have something to with that whole segment with Hardy earlier tonight.


Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches

RAW

Tonight, Charlotte will face Nia Jax and Natalya to see who will challenge Asuka for the RAW Women's Championship. To get some insight on this, KO's guest is Asuka.

Asuka starts off chanting for Becky Lynch.

KO plugs Becky Lynch's "The Mom" shirt.

KO shows some footage from last week where Asuka and Kairi Sane were interrupted by Nia Jax. Sane would later be attacked by Jax backstage, with Asuka getting some revenge. As Asuka began talking about what went down, Charlotte Flair enters the ring.

Charlotte claims that the RAW Women's Championship should've been handed to her, not Asuka. In fact, Asuka has never even beaten Charlotte. Natalya comes out and interrupts.

KO removes the chairs and signs before Natalya gets in, making sure she couldn't break any more of his equipment. Natalya apologizes, and Flair claims she's just kissing up to KO. Nia Jax comes out.

Kevin Owens, seeing where this is all going, leaves the ring before Jax enters. Jax says that just like Kairi Sane, she'll bulldoze through the champ at Backlash. A four-way brawl breaks out, with Asuka standing on top.

Andrade (c) vs. Apollo Crews for United States Championship

Apollo Crews won and is the new United States Champion.


The IIconics come out.

Peyton Royce apologizes for losing last week. Billie Kay apologizes for slapping her. The IIconics then claim that they never had a real opportunity to defender their belts, and a crazy lady and the office's favorite blonde will not be able to keep them away from those titles for long.

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross enter the ring, but the IIconics tell Nikki that she can't talk and should be grateful to be there. Cross says that she scratched and crawled to get here, and her first real friend, Alexa Bliss, was there for her when she was seen as a nobody in the locker room.

Cross goes on to say that they're real friends because they helped each other grow. Bliss keeps her focused and in check, Cross taught Bliss about true friendship. The IIconics decide that they've head enough, and lay out the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.


MVP hosts the VIP Lounge with special guest, WWE Champion Drew McIntyre.

MVP announces McIntyre as the soon to be the former champion and McIntyre responds by trying to break the furniture.

MVP says that Lashley won't be locking him in the Full Nelson yet. No contract, no contact.

MVP brings us down memory lane, reminding us that he tried to align himself with Drew McIntyre earlier this year. Back then, McIntyre laid him out with a Claymore. Since then, MVP wanted to be responsible in McIntyre losing his title.

McIntyre, just like the last time he was on the VIP Lounge, said that he doesn't need someone thinking for him, talking for him, or kissing his butt. He follows up, saying that the only way anyone is taking the WWE Championship is if it's pried from his cold, dead hands.

MVP says that can easily be arranged. Lashley enters the arena, but McIntyre lays out MVP with another Claymore.

McIntyre demands that we see the real Lashley. He backs off, leaving with MVP in tow.


Angel Garza vs. Kevin Owens

Angel Garza won



Aleister Black and Humberto Carrillo vs. Buddy Murphy and Austin Theory

Buddy Murphy and Austin Theory won


Rollins demands Murphy and Carrillo hold Carrillo's eye by the steps. Aleister Black tries to rush him with a chair, but Rollins claims that if he does, Carrillo will lose his eye.

Rey Mysterio's sacrifice, Rollins claims, will be in vain if Black and Carrillo continue to ruin his plans.


Edge addresses Randy Orton, claiming that he's doubting his ability as an in-ring performer. After all these years, can he still hang with the best inside the squared circle? Edge was gone for over 3,000 days. In that time, Orton wrestled over 1,000 matches.

Edge has held his own against the greatest wrestlers in the world. The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Christian, Mr. Perfect, the list goes on. The Rated-R Superstar says he was a five-star workhorse for the WWE back in the day. Now, though, he doesn't know if he has what it takes.

At Backlash, he'll do everything in his power to prove himself wrong.


Charlotte Flair vs. Nia Jax vs. Natalya in a Triple Threat

Nia Jax won and will face Asuka at WWE Backlash for the RAW Women’s Championship

Ric Flair comments on "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever" and gives his guess on who will come out on top. The Nature Boy says that since he retired, the #1 wrestler in the world has, and will continue to be, Randy Orton. He's picking the Viper.



The Street Profits vs. Bobby Lashley and MVP
The Street Profits win by DQ

After the match, Drew McIntyre rushes the ring and they begin to trade blows. McIntyre gets the best of Lashley until two NXT trainees break it up. A spear from Lashley cuts McIntyre in half.

Lashley and the WWE Champion tear through the trainees again, but nearly a dozen men rush in to tear them apart.



Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches.

SmackDown

The Dirt Sheet opens SmackDown.

The Miz and John Morrison are still upset about Otis being Mr. Money in the Bank.

Miz and Morrison decided to talk about Fun House puppets that Bray Wyatt rejected, but liked more than Braun Strowman.

Braun eventually comes out.

Miz asks Braun if he really thinks he's finished with Bray Wyatt. He knows what it's like to face the psychotic kids show host, and it took him to the lowest point in his life. Thankfully, Morrison was there to bring him out of that hole.

Morrison is getting him involved in a match with the Universal Champion right now. Miz tried to stop it, but Morrison accepted the challenge for him.

Braun Strowman vs. The Miz

Braun Strowman won

John Morrison challenges Braun Strowman to a handicap match at Backlash for the Universal Championship. Strowman accepts.

Intercontinental Championship Tournament 1st Round

AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

AJ Styles won and advances to the semifinals.


Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley

Bayley won


Sonya Deville and Dolph Ziggler vs. Otis and Mandy Rose

Sonya Deville and Dolph Ziggler won


Intercontinental Championship Tournament 1st Round

Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus

Jeff Hardy won and advances to the semifinals.


The semi-finals for the tournament are Daniel Bryan vs Jeff Hardy and Elias vs AJ Styles.


Rating: 70/70
Great show and matches

RAW

We see a recap from the last RAW, where Becky Lynch made the announcement of her pregnancy and relinquished her title.

Randy Orton closed the show last week, and now he will be opening the show this week. Orton issued a challenge to Edge for a simple wrestling match, and said that Edge still had a lot to prove.

Orton said that wrestling was the basis of everything they did, and that's why he wanted them to be a part of a wrestling match.

Orton said that there were always athletes. But not all of them could do what they did in the ring.

He addresses Edge and says that he saw doubt in the eyes of Edge when he looked at him.

He is interrupted by the Rated-R Superstar, Edge.

Edge and Orton face off in the ring. He says that Orton talked about a lot of truth last week, but to Orton it was no more than a game, but to Edge it was something very different.

Edge says Randy may be talented, but he had to never fight to get what he had and he did not love wrestling like Edge did. He was handed everything in his life.

Edge accepts the challenge. The two face off, and Randy exits and walks away.

Seth Rollins came out.

Seth says that he knows that sometimes to get better they have to lose everything. Seth said that he had seen the light when he was in the darkness of McIntyre beating him.
He said he had seen the light thanks to Rey Mysterio and he owed him a lot.
Seth says that what happened to Rey Mysterio was unfortunate, but it was needed. He said that he got clarity from that moment and he can now be the leader that he can be.

He addresses Mysterio directly, saying he knows he is healing at home and that he cannot see. But promises him that Mysterio will understand that what happened to him was actually a blessing.

Instead of apologizing to him, he says Rey is welcome.

Humberto Carrillo comes out and interrupts Seth. Carrillo says that Rey is his hero, and all that Seth is, is no more than a coward.


Buddy Murphy vs. Humberto Carrillo

Buddy Murphy won



Charlotte Flair vs. Ruby Riott

Charlotte Flair won



Kairi Sane introduces and brings out the new RAW Women's Champion, Asuka.

Asuka says she is both happy for Becky Lynch and now she is happy to be the Champion.

Kairi talks about how Asuka has been the NXT Women's Champion, SmackDown Women's Champion, RAW Women's Champion and Tag Team Women's Champion. They had all that they could achieve.

Which means Asuka is Gland Slam Champion.

Kairi brings out a flute and the two of them dance and celebrate. They are interrupted by Nia Jax, who is crashing this celebration.

Nia says that Asuka was handed the title, as if it were nothing. She went on to say that Asuka will be replaced by Nia.

Asuka has heard enough and attacks Nia. She hits the Hip Attack and drops her out of the ring.


Bobby Lashley vs. R-Truth

Bobby Lashley won


Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. IIconics for the Women’s Tag Team Titles

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross won via DQ



Natalya vs. Shayna Baszler in a Submission Match

Shayna Baszler won


The Kevin Owens show set is not exactly in good condition after Natalya destroyed it in frustration.

He thanks Natalya for getting the junk out of the way. He goes on to say that he was rather hurt at WrestleMania, but he was good to go now.

He calls out Zelina Vega and Austin Theory and Andrade.

Zelina says she knows that Kevin Owens thinks that there is disfunction in her group. She calls Andrade a God, and praises Angel Garza as well as Austin Theory.

Owens is on the apron and Zelina says that he is not showing them respect.

Owens says that he is actually not in the ring because there's another guest, and that's Apollo Crews. Crews rushes in and immediately attacks Andrade.


Angel Garza and Andrade vs Kevin Owens and Apollo Crews

Kevin Owens and Apollo Crews won



Buddy Murphy vs.  Aleister Black

Rollins oversees Theory and Murphy absolutely beat up Aleister Black. Theory hits the ATL. Black has been completely laid out.

Rollins approaches Theory and hugs him.

The Monday Night Messiah has a new disciple. Murphy does not look too thrilled.



Drew McIntyre vs. Baron Corbin

Drew McIntyre won

The show ends with McIntyre standing tall.

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches.

SmackDown

SmackDown opens up with an recap of the Men’s and Women’s MITB Ladder Match

SmackDown kicked off with Miz & Morrison hosting MizTv and Otis was the guest.

Miz and Morrison showed off childhood photos of Otis while making fun of his appearance and learning disability before Miz just gave up and called him an unworthy Mr. Money in the Bank.

Miz challenged Otis to a tag team match and asked him to find a partner as it turned out that Tucker was not gonna be able to make it to SmackDown

We found out earlier in the week that Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn was not going to be able to compete for a while and his title was being put on the line in a tournament.

Elias vs. King Corbin - Intercontinental Championship Tournament: Round 1

Elias won

Dana Brooke vs. Naomi 

Dana Brooke won

Charlotte came out and started talking about her accomplishments before Bayley & Sasha Banks interrupted her. They had some banter about how Bayley had to change her persona to beat her and Bayley tried to kick her out of SmackDown.

Charlotte said Banks was the only reason Bayley was champion for so long before Charlotte called Sasha 'Bayley's lackey' and walked out.

Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak - Intercontinental Championship Tournament: Round 1

Daniel Bryan won

Otis & Braun Strowman vs. Miz & Morrison

Otis & Braun Strowman won

Mandy Rose came out after the match and Otis sneaked up on Strowman, later saying that it was 'only for laughs' as he got caught by the Universal Champion. All three Superstars celebrated inside the ring to close the night on SmackDown.

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches.

RAW

We see a recap of everything that happened at WWE Money in the Bank yesterday, as the Superstars performed in the extremely unique Money in the Bank Ladder Matches!

Becky Lynch comes into the WWE RAW show, and for some reason has a Money in the Bank briefcase. 

Becky is crying. She says that her life is about to change and she has to do something about it. 

She said that she walked into these doors and was surprised that people cared enough about her and it was the fans who stood up for her and it was the fans that she grabbed on to when she did not have anyone else. 

She goes on to say that the fans deserve to hear this from her first. She says that she has to go away for a while. 

She said that she walked into these doors and was surprised that people cared enough about her and it was the fans who stood up for her and it was the fans that she grabbed on to when she did not have anyone else. 

She goes on to say that the fans deserve to hear this from her first. She says that she has to go away for a while. 

Asuka comes out.

She says that the briefcase is her's. Becky agrees and says that she is so glad that this is happening to her. Becky says that the match was not for what Asuka thought it was. it was not for the MITB Briefcase it was for much more and Becky opens the briefcase to reveal the RAW Women’s Championship inside.

Becky says she can’t fight anymore. But Asuka can. Asuka is the RAW Women’s Champion.

Becky asks Asuka to go be a warrior, as Becky has to be an Mother. Becky Lynch is pregnant.

Bobby Lashley vs Humberto Carrillo in a DQ Match 

Bobby Lashley won 

Angel Garza vs Akira Tozawa

Angel Garza won

Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade 

Drew McIntyre won

Mcintyre makes a huge announcement that there is a brand to brand invitation at the moment. RAW extended an invitation to a SmackDown Superstar, and they accepted that invitation. 

So next week, it's going to be:

Drew McIntyre vs King Corbin.

Corbin is coming over to WWE SmackDown. This should be very entertaining, because McIntyre is going to destroy Corbin. 

The Moment of Bliss was interrupted by the IIconics.

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross welcome them back to RAW. 

The IIconics lay down a challenge for the Women's Tag Team Match. 

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. The IIconics 

The IIconics won

R-Truth, Ricochet and Cedric Alexander vs Brendan Vink, Shane Thorne and MVP

R-Truth, Ricochet and Cedric Alexander won

Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy vs. Aleister Black and Rey Mysterio 

Rey is moves into Seth's corner, and he hits Seth and knocks him out. Seth has snapped out of it. He blocks the 619, and throws Rey around. He pokes Rey in the eye and the referee calls the match off. Murphy sends Black into the barricade. But Seth is trying to blind Rey. He shouts at Murphy to stay back.

Seth forces Rey's eye into the corner of the stairs and literal blood is coming out of his eye and the stairs are marked.

Seth Rollins comes into the room where Rey is being treated and says, "I don't know what happened back there." Aleister starts attacking Murphy.

Shayna Baszler vs. Natalya 

Shayna Baszler won

Edge and Orton are going to be on RAW next.

Edge comes out.

Edge takes the mic, and recalls when he last fought Randy Orton in his first WrestleMania after 9 years.

He said that he is here to retire on his terms. He admits, WrestleMania is not the end for Edge. He says that WWE did not talk to him about hunting The Viper, and says that he got closure after beating Randy Orton. He is ready to move on. Randy Orton interrupts him.

Orton has a mic and says that he came out here to say one thing to him. He stands toe to toe and says congratulations. 

He admits that at WrestleMania, the better man won. He leaves the ring . Edge stands there stunned, looking at Orton, who seems to be leaving. But no, he's coming back.

He comes back and says he can't walk away because he can't walk away. He says that at WrestleMania the better man won, but the better wrestler didn't.

He claims Edge hid behind other stars at Royal Rumble. He says that Edge laid the terms at WrestleMania as well, but it didn't take Orton to get back on his feet.

He claims that the two of them have not been in traditional wrestling matches. He says that he does not think Edge can actually wrestle a normal match anymore.

He says that there is doubt in Edge's eyes. He claims that Edge has grit and passion but that does not come close to Orton's natural ability.

He says that Edge had praised him numerous times, but he says that the story writes itself. He is challenging Edge to a match at Backlash. Edge vs Randy Orton in a singles wrestling match.

Edge and Randy Orton face off, but Edge does not answer yet.

Rating: 70/70

Decent show and matches.

WWE MITB

The kickoff panel hypes tonight’s match card.

Jeff Hardy vs. Cesaro 

Jeff Hardy won

The New Day (c) vs. Miz and John Morrison vs. The Forgotten Sons vs. Lucha House Party in a Fatal 4 Way for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles

The New Day won and retains the SmackDown Tag Team Titles

R-Truth vs. MVP

The two are about to have their match, but suddenly, they are interrupted by Bobby Lashley, 

Lashley tells MVP to go away, and it appears we have Bobby Lashley vs R-Truth now.

Bobby Lashley defeats R-Truth

Bayley (c) vs. Tamina for the SmackDown Women’s Championship 

Bayley won and retains the SmackDown Women’s Championship 

Braun Strowman (c)  vs. Bray Wyatt for the Universal Championship 

Braun Strowman won and retains the Universal Championship 

Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Championship 

Drew McIntyre won and retains the WWE Championship 

Men’s and Women’s MITB Ladder Match 

For the Women: Lacey Evans vs Dana Brooke vs Carmella vs Nia Jax vs Shayna Baszler vs Asuka

Asuka won the Women’s MITB Ladder Match

For the Men: King Corbin vs Rey Mysterio vs Otis vs AJ Styles vs Daniel Bryan vs Aleister Black

Otis won the Men’s MITB Ladder Match 

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches.. That whole MITB Ladder Match was entertaining.

SmackDown

SmackDown kicked off with Mandy Rose who was backstage, getting ready for her match with Sonya Deville. 

Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville

Sonya Deville won

Miz & Morrison vs. Lucha House Party vs. The New Day vs. The Forgotten Sons

Miz and Morrison won

King Corbin was being interviewed about the upcoming six-man tag match on SmackDown. Daniel Bryan and Drew Gulak had a mystery tag team partner but Corbin wasn't worried about it. He was more focused on becoming the second man to win the Money in the Bank match twice.

Jeff Hardy was back and being interviewed by Renee Young as Sheamus mocked him from backstage on SmackDown. Hardy was wondering where Sheamus was before he walked out to call Jeff an 'adrenaline junkie' and said that no one cared about him anymore. They argued for a bit about which of them was the washed-up star before Sheamus ran to the ring, only to eat a Twist of Fate and the Swanton Bomb.

Braun Strowman was out and asked Bray Wyatt to stop playing games and talk to him face to face on SmackDown. Wyatt came out and said that Braun owed him an apology before demanding that he was Strowman's creator and asked him to come home. Wyatt wanted to relieve him of the title before saying that their journey was 'just beginning'. Wyatt held out Braun's old mask but Strowman said that he was already home and left.

Tamina & Lacey Evans vs. Sasha Banks & Bayley

Tamina & Lacey Evans won

The hooded Mysterious Hacker returned and sent another message to the entire roster on SmackDown. At the end, a voice note revealed that payback is coming.

King Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro vs. Daniel Bryan, Otis & Drew Gulak

Corbin, Nakamura and Cesaro won

After the match, the heels tried to attack Gulak but Otis and Bryan sent them over the barricade and into the seats. Corbin was left alone and he set up a ladder and went for the briefcase. Daniel Bryan came out but was sent into the ladder before Otis came out and Corbin eventually cleared the ring.

The show ended with Corbin climbing the ladder and grabbing the briefcase.

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches 

RAW

WWE RAW starts with a recap of Murphy coming out to attack Drew McIntyre only to be taken out by the WWE Champion. 

MVP opens the show of RAW this week as he is out with the VIP Lounge.

He invites out the Women's Money in the Bank competitors, and shows a recap of what happened the last time Asuka, Nia Jax, and Shayna Baszler was in the ring together.

Nia claims she is relentless and has destroyed everyone she has faced. Asuka calls her a bully for having attacked and hurt Kairi in the way that she did. 

Shayna Baszler says she will show her ability with her action at Money in the Bank. Asuka and Baszler face off with each other and then together kick out Nia Jax from the ring. 

Gauntlet Match  

AJ Styles won the Last Chance Gauntlet Match and is heading to Money in the Bank.

Styles says that he is not a zombie and unlike the last time, there's no Undertaker to stop him this time. He said that he did not lose the Boneyard Match as there were no rules in a Boneyard match. 

Ricochet and Cedric Alexander vs. Shane Thorne and Brendan Vink

Shane Thorne and Brendan Vink won 

The Street Profits vs. The Viking Raiders 

The Viking Raiders won

Aleister Black did not like to be threatened by AJ Styles.

In a promo, he asks AJ to be humble and explain what it felt like to be buried in the darkness. He says that AJ should pray that he does not get back up if AJ manages to throw him off the building. He says if that happens, AJ will be buried deeper than 6 feet.

Charlotte is out now and she talks about how she will teach a lesson to Io Shirai, when she is interrupted by Liv Morgan.

Charlotte Flair vs. Liv Morgan 

Charlotte Flair won

Drew McIntyre vs.  Buddy Murphy 

Drew McIntyre won

Rollins and McIntyre face off as Seth stands on the apron and McIntyre urges him to get in. Seth only sneers, but does not get in and runs up the ramp.

Drew looks away and Rollins comes in and hits the Superkick out of nowhere, attacking him from behind.

Rollins holds up the WWE Championship. It's clear what he wants. Rollins foes for the stomp, but is caught by McIntyre who hits the Glasgow Kiss. He tries the Claymore, but Seth retreats.

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches.

SmackDown

Bryan picks up a mic and says he loves this business, that's no secret. He also loves trying new things, which is why he can't wait to take part in the most experimental MITB match of all time. 

Bryan was hoping that Drew Gulak, his coach and new best friend, would join him in the MITB match in nine days. However, thanks to King Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro, he was cheated out of that opportunity. Because of that, Bryan wants the King's head. 

Corbin claims that he'll be the King of MITB on May 10th, but Bryan reminds him that he's one of only four people to lose their cash in. 

Daniel Bryan vs.Baron Corbin 

Daniel Bryan won 

The Black Sheep 

Wyatt's story is about a strong, smelly black sheep who was taken in by a caring, passionate and incredibly muscular shepherd.

Though the shepherd was kind to his black sheep and all of his other animals, they all left him in search of greener pastures. After that, apparently, the Illuminati and the lizard people took his land.

Wyatt tries to rewrite the ending, but is cut off by the Universal Champion, who demands his challenger come say whatever he wants to say to his face. Wyatt ponders it for a moment before waving the camera off. 

Sheamus vs Leon Ruff

Sheamus won

Women’s MITB Qualifying Match 

Carmella vs. Mandy Rose

 Carmella won and qualifies for the women’s MITB Ladder Match 

Deville attacks Mandy Rose after the match.

The New Day vs. The Forgotten Sons

The Forgotten Sons won

Otis vs. Dolph Ziggler 

Otis won

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches