SmackDown Live

The Miz opens the show with MizTV. 

The Miz plugs his upcoming reality show before welcoming Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods to the ring to reveal which one will compete in MITB. Miz says New Day has never reached their full potential because they are holding each other back. 

Woods puts Miz over as a living legend, but he also calls him selfish. Miz reminds them that he has done things none of them have ever done. He says Kofi has failed too many times and Big E doesn't take himself seriously, but he puts over Woods as someone with potential. Then he gets angry when they refuse to reveal which member will be in the MITB match. 

Big E challenges The Miz to a match instead of revealing who will be in MITB. Miz says no answer, no match. The New Day starts throwing pancakes at Miz and yelling "Shame" until he runs away. He runs into Paige backstage and she books Miz vs. Big E for right now and sends him back out to the ring.

The Miz vs. Big E 

The Miz won thanks to the distraction of Cesaro & Sheamus

Daniel Bryan is interviewed backstage about taking out Cass and his upcoming Second Chance match against Jeff Hardy for a spot in the MITB match. He calls Hardy a legend, but also says he will make a legend tap out tonight.

Lana vs. Billie Kay - MITB Qualifying Match 

Lana won and qualifies for the MITB Match 

Andrade “Cien” Almas vs. A Jobber

Andrade “Cien” Almas won

AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura come out after the break so Shinsuke can reveal the stipulation for their WWE Championship at MITB. 

Nakamura plays a clip of him beating Styles last week just to rub it in. Nakamura jokingly says their match will be a pillow fight at first. AJ says this isn't the Nakamura they wanted on SmackDown and Shin tries to take a cheap shot. They take the fight into the crowd for a moment. Nakamura uses a chair to get the upper hand after AJ beats him back to the ringside area. He drops AJ across the announce table before hitting the Kinshasa. Then he reveals it will be a Last Man Standing match.

The Usos vs. Anderson & Gallows - (Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Match)

Anderson and Gallows won and will face Bludgeon Brothers at MITB for the SDLive Tag Team Titles.

Noami vs. Sonya Deville- MITB Qualifying Match 

Noami won and qualifies for the MITB Match 

Daniel Bryan vs. Jeff Hardy w/ Samoa Joe at commentary  - Winner faces Samoa Joe next week in a MITB Qualifying Match. 

Danie Bryan won and will face Samoa Joe next week in a MITB Qualifying Match. 

The show ends with Joe giving Bryan a warning about their match next week.

Rating 90/90

It was a great show and matches leading us to MITB.

WrestleMania 34

The Kickoff show is on the air. Booker T, JBL and David Otunga join Renee Young for the pre-show panel.

The first match hyped by the panel is Bryan and Shane vs. Owens and Zayn.

The next feud discussed is Rousey and Angle vs. Triple H and Stephanie.

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Bray Wyatt appears in the ring out of nowhere. He assists Hardy with throwing out Mojo before Baron drops Bray with End of Days. Matt backdrops Corbin out of the ring and is declared the winner.

Wyatt and Hardy embrace after the match.

Women's Battle Royal

Naomi won the Women’s Battle Royal 

The Miz vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor (IC Title) 

Seth Rollins won and is the New Intercontinental Champion 

Charlotte (c) vs. Asuka for the SmackDown Live Womens Championship 

Charlotte won 

Asuka gets up as Charlotte is celebrating and she asks for a mic. She says Charlotte was ready for Asuka and congratulates her. They hug as Charlotte breaks into tears. The Empress holds up The Queen's hand in victory as the crowd cheers.

A ref runs to Cena in the crowd and tells him something that causes Cena to jump the barricade and run up the ramp to the back.

Randy Orton (c) vs. Bobby Roode vs. Rusev vs. Jinder Mahal for the United States Championship in a Fatal 4 Way Match

Jinder Mahal won (sadly)

Stephanie McMahon and Triple H vs. Ronda Rousey and Kurt Angle

Ronda Rousey and Kurt Angle won

The Usos vs. New Day vs. Bludgeon Brothers (SD Tag Titles)

 

Bludgeon Brothers won and is the New Tag Team Champions 

John Cena heads to the ring in his wrestling gear after a quick video package.

A ref comes down and appears to tell Cena some bad news. He leaves the ring, but then the lights go out. Instead of The Deadman, we get Elias on the stage strumming his guitar.

Cena leaves the ring and goes back to his seat while Elias plays a song about WrestleMania. For once, the crowd does not want to walk with Elias. Cena runs back in the ring and takes out Elias with all of his big moves after he insults the crowd in his song. He hits the AA and Elias rolls out of the ring.

The lights go out and Taker's hat and jacket appear in the ring. Lightning strikes and they disappear. Then the gong plays and the crowd erupts as The Undertaker's music begins to play.

The Undertaker vs. John Cena 

Taker grabs Cena and delivers a Tombstone piledriver to defeat Cena in just a few minutes.

The 2018 Hall of Fame class is brought out onto the stage next.

Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon won

Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Nia Jax for the RAW Women’s Championship 

Nia Jax Won and is the New Women’s Champion

AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (WWE Championship)

AJ Styles won and still is the WWW Champion.

After they hug it out, Nakamura attacks Styles and viciously beats him into the mat. The Rock Star just turned heel in front of our eyes. He hits the Kinshasa to AJ at ringside.

 

The Bar vs. Braun Strowman and Nicholas (Raw Tag Team Championships) 

Braun Strowman and Nicholas won and Braun is the New Tag Team Champion.. 

Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (Universal Championship)

Brock Lesnar won and still the Universal Champion.. 

The show ends with a bloody Reigns being attended to by medics in the ring.

Rating 80/80

Pretty great show and matches! Two matches I wasn’t pretty proud of and was pretty disappointed in both of them. 

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with Daniel Bryan coming out to a massive ovation
Bryan brings out Shane McMahon right away, and he too gets a great reaction from the live crowd. They shake hands and appear to be back on good terms after months of building tension. Shane praises Bryan's passion and determination. He congratulates him on being cleared to return to the ring and gets a Yes chant going.
Bryan admits he has made mistakes when it comes to Zayn and Owens because he allowed their friendship to cloud his judgment. He apologizes to Shane for not listening to his warnings and offers a sincere apology. Shane says he has done a lot of thinking and realizes he has been stubborn recently. Bryan proposes they hug it out to resolve their issues like Team Hell No used to.
Shane offers his own apology and offers another handshake. Bryan says Nashville wants to see them hug it out and another Yes chant breaks out. They eventually hug and Shane says they are back on the same page again. They end the segment with yet another Yes chant.

Charlotte vs. Natalya
Carmella's music hits and she runs down to the ring with a ref. Charlotte kicks the case out of the ring and then lays Carmella out with a boot to the face. She kicks out of a roll-up and locks Natalya in the Figure Eight for the win.
As Charlotte celebrates her win, Asuka's music hits and she struts her way to the ring. She tries to say her signature catchphrase, but Charlotte rips the mic out of her hand and asks if Asuka is ready for her. Both women look at the WrestleMania sign as Charlotte's music plays.

After the break, WWE recaps Bryan's return to the ring and attack at the hands of Zayn and Owens.

Bobby Roode is out after the break to watch Jinder Mahal face Rusev.

Rusev vs. Jinder Mahal
Rusev won
As Rusev celebrates, Randy Orton appears and hits another classic RKO out of nowhere. English jumps on him, but he also takes an RKO. Roode gets in the ring and hands Orton his title belt. The crowd is still chanting Rusev Day as Roode and Orton both stare at the sign.

After a backstage segment with The Usos, The New Day and The Bludgeon Brothers, we head back to the ring for an eight-man tag match.

Breezango, Dillinger and Ryder vs. 

Rawley, Corbin, Ziggler, and Primo

Baron Corbin, Mojo Rawley, Dolph Ziggler and Primo won 

Gable and Benjamin give a promo from backstage. When we go back to the arena, Zayn and Owens storm the ringside area and jump up on the table. They grab mics and says WrestleMania will still be the Sami and Kevin show. Zayn apologizes to Brie and Birdie for the man they will send back to them after WrestleMania.

Owens and Zayn have their mics turned off and they leave through the crowd as Shane and Bryan make their way out. Bryan tells everyone to take a pic of KO and Sami because this is the last time we will ever see them on SmackDown.

Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles vs. Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin 

Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles won 

Benjamina attacks Nakamura after the match and Styles doesn't rush back to help. Shin fights him off and AJ leaps over the top rope to fake him out with a Phenomenal Forearm just like Nakamura did to him with the Kinshasa last week. He pats Nakamura on the head before taking his title and leaving. This match is going to be insane at WrestleMania.
The final SmackDown before Mania ends with Nakamura looking angry as Styles walks up the ramp.

Rating: 80/80

I mean it there was some great moments tonight leading us to WrestleMania and I can't wait to see what happens at WrestleMania. 

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with Shinsuke Nakamura being introduced as the winner of the Royal Rumble match.

Nakamura talks about eliminating some of the biggest stars in WWE today during the Rumble match. He says he will do the same thing to AJ Styles at WrestleMania. As he points to the WM sign, Kevin Owens' music hits and he walks to the ring with Sami Zayn.

Owens and Zayn say they were screwed out of the WWE title by bad officiating. Shinsuke calls then losers and it looks like things might break down into a fight, but they are interrupted by AJ Styles.

Styles suggests he and Nakamura should team up to battle Zayn and Owens tonight. KO and Sami look like they are going to agree, but then they say "Nope." AJ and Shinsuke kick them off the apron to end the segment.


Bryan books Owens and Zayn vs. Nakamura and Styles for later tonight, but the real bad news is they will face each other next week and the winner will face AJ Styles for the WWE Title at Fastlane.

Rusev  vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Jinder Mahal  vs. Zack Ryder in a Fatal 4 Way #1 Contender for the US Title

Rusev won and is the #1 Contender to the US Title and will face Bobby Roode  NEXT WEEK for the US Title

After a quick segment with Gable and Benjamin, The Ascension and Breezango.

The Usos make their way to the ring. They talk about all the teams they have defeated as champions. They give an energetic promo, and surprisingly, nobody comes out to interrupt them until they are ready to 
leave. The lights in the arena go out and The Bludgeon Brothers start heading to the ring.

The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Two Jobbers

The Bludgeon Brothers won!

Charlotte comes out and talks about Ronda Rousey's debut and who she should face at WrestleMania. This brings out The Riott Squad

The Riott Squad attacks Charlotte, but The Queen is able to fight them off all by herself. They regroup and gang up on her to finally get the upper hand. Ruby hits the Riott Kick to finish her off.

Carmella runs down to cash in her MITB contract, but when she tries to kick Charlotte, she accidentally hits the ref and knocks him out of the ring. Charlotte recovers and Carmella storms off with her briefcase.

Tye Dillinger vs. Baron Corbin

Baron Corbin won

Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin vs. Breezango

Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin won

AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens argue during this match and then Zayn walks away from the match.

AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura won

Zayn gives a quick interview backstage and says he and Owens are still friends, but they know this opportunity they have is bigger than they are and he vows to defeat Owens next week. Nakamura and Styles celebrate their win to close out a intense episode of SmackDown.

Rating 80/80

Great show and matches as we look onto Fastlane and WrestleMania 34!

SmackDown Live: Aftershow