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WWE SmackDown Recap 3/18: Did Brock Lesnar Get Some Revenge?
 Flair eventually ended the donnybrook when she put Rousey in a submission hold atop a car, but while Flair had the last laugh a week ago, will Rousey get her back this week?  Let's take a look. Revenge was on the mind of several superstars on this week's SmackDown, courtesy of WWE. We kick things off this[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 3/11:
 Instead, he was greeted by Paul Heyman, who tried to talk him down, but was then chased backstage by a stampeding Lesnar. We now go to a backstage interview with Sheamus and Ridge Holland, where they brag about destroying Big E's birthday gift ATV last week  But then they transition to introducing a new friend and… yikes[...]
SmackDown Recap 2/25: WWE Champion Brock Lesnar Unleashed
 Not setting anyone up for disappointment there, are we? Paul Heyman hypes the match now, where he confirms they think this match is bigger than those matches I named above, as he cites several of them and says this is indeed bigger  He introduces a number of security guards, that he says are here to keep[...]
SmackDown Recap 2/18: We Have A New Intercontinental Champion
 You know damn well how this went down: Paul Heyman cut a good promo where he hyped up Reigns, Reigns said he's the greatest of all time and Goldberg grunted and screamed. "When it comes to the Universal Championship… I'M NEXT!"#SmackDown #WWEChamber @Goldberg @WWERomanReigns @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/jCmXjvw4I3 — WWE (@WWE) February 19, 2022 And that's that for this week's SmackDown on Fox,[...]
SmackDown Recap 2/11:
 Why exactly do they think anyone is going to be invested in this upcoming SmackDown Tag Team title match or see the Vikings as any sort of legitimate threat? Next, we go to a sit-down backstage interview with Michael Cole (BAY-BAY!), Paul Heyman, and Roman Reigns  Reigns mocks Goldberg's WCW win streak and says if he were there, they'd still be in[...]
2/4 SmackDown Recap: Roman Reigns & Ronda Rousey Choose Opponents
 Can they start to course-correct on this week's SmackDown and actually craft a program worth watching?  Let's find out. Ronda Rousey made her SmackDown return, courtesy of WWE. We open with The Bloodline, newly reunited with Paul Heyman, hitting the ring, and Heyman, surprising no one, cuts an excellent and passionate promo here explaining why he turned on Lesnar[...]
SmackDown Preview 2/4: Rumble Winner Ronda Rousey Returns To Fox
 Here's what WWE.com has to say about Rousey's return to the blue brand tonight: Fresh off her explosive Royal Rumble Match victory on Saturday, Ronda Rousey dropped the outspoken Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch on Monday Night Raw before informing the outraged titleholder that she will be at SmackDown to announce which Women's Champion she will[...]
Royal Rumble: Predictions For Who The Surprise Entrants Will Be
 So with each man currently as Champion and a title unification match highly unlikely for a number of reasons, how do we get to this planned result? Say hello to Paul Heyman  Heyman has been at the center of the Reigns/Lesnar war and recently returned to the beast he's served for 20 years now[...]
SmackDown Recap 1/7: The Road To The Royal Rumble Has Begun
 So it's a new year and we're back with a new SmackDown, does that mean some new exciting action is in store for us?  Let's find out! The Usos took on The New Day in the main event on SmackDown, courtesy of WWE. We don't waste time here as the show opens with the Universal Champion Roman Reigns marching[...]
SmackDown Preview 1/7: WWE's Two Top Champions Are Set To Face Off
17 edition of SmackDown, Paul Heyman reunited with The Beast on Raw as the Advocate was at the side of the new WWE Champion Before the show went off the air, Lesnar warned Reigns that he was heading to the blue brand this week. Now that Reigns has been officially medically cleared, don't a miss A Confrontation of[...]
SmackDown Preview 12/24: It's Christmas Eve With The WWE Universe
 For the first time since it happened, Paul Heyman will speak about what went down last week when Roman Reigns fired him and attacked him, while SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair will defend her title against Toni Storm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwIkpCHtaMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Will Roman Reigns be vulnerable to Brock Lesnar this Friday after firing Paul[...]
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Hey gang! With Universal Champion Roman Reigns absent on last week's SmackDown, it was all the Brock Lesnar show and that gave way to some intriguing drama involving him and his former advocate, who is currently the special advisor for Reigns, Paul Heyman  Heyman not only revved-up Lesnar at one point, leading "The Beast" to unleash on Sami Zayn,[...]
SmackDown Preview 12/17: Roman Reigns Returns Looking For Answers
 This gave way to another night of carnage from Lesnar (poor Sami Zayn was again hit especially hard) and it also gave way to Reigns' right hand man, Paul Heyman, potentially letting slip that he is still loyal to his former client in Lesnar  So with Reigns returning tonight on SmackDown, we have to assume "The Tribal Chief"[...]
SmackDown Recap 12/10: The Night Brock Lesnar Wore Overalls In WWE
 He then says Lesnar's betrayal is what hurt most and now he must sue Adam Pearce, Sonya Deville, Reigns, Lesnar, etc. This brings out Paul Heyman, who mocks Zayn for what he said and then looks into the hard cam to say something for Reigns (who's not here tonight), which pisses Zayn off and he gets out of his[...]
SmackDown Recap 12/3: Brock Lesnar Challenges Roman Reigns At Day 1
3, 2021 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO94yBteMY0) We go to Roman Reigns' locker room, where he and Paul Heyman are watching this on TV  Reigns becomes enraged by his cousins' failure and goes over all of the bad things happening tonight  He questions Heyman and how much he knew about Brock Lesnar's return. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSG-GO57ex0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Brock[...]
SmackDown Recap 11/27:
 That brings out "The Head of the Table", as Universal Champion Roman Reigns, with Paul Heyman, hits the ring  Heyman takes the mic from Braxton and mocks her for spreading rumors. There is no time for "rumors" on the Island of Relevancy.#SmackDown @WWERomanReigns @HeymanHustle @KaylaBraxtonWWE @BrockLesnar pic.twitter.com/q1LUcI5TCM — WWE (@WWE) November 27, 2021 Heyman scolds her out of the ring[...]
SmackDown Recap 11/12:
 Jeff Hardy appears and tells Zayn his speech sucked. Good to see @SamiZayn & @JeffHardyBrand co-existing #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/6PcjBPLTYV — WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) November 13, 2021 We now go to Aliyah excited backstage after her big win, but this is short-lived, as Sonya Deville approaches her and informs her that she's pulled from the SmackDown Survivor Series team. WHAT?! "I've just been[...]