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WWE SmackDown Recap 7/22: Surprise! It's Brock Lesnar After All!
Fans and analysts wondered aloud if Lesnar would be replaced by his sporadically appearing counterpart Goldberg in the SummerSlam main event or if Money In The Bank winner Theory would cash in against WWE Super Duper Ultimate Champion of the World Roman Reigns?  But alas, in classic Lesnar fashion, he showed up suddenly just when people thought it[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 7/15: The SummerSlam Special Ref Is Revealed
 Does that mean Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns will appear?  Well, no  Does that mean his SummerSlam opponent in a Last Man Standing match, Brock Lesnar, will appear?  Umm, also no  But they've got something planned for tonight to get you excited for SummerSlam, right?  (Checks notes)… Hmm, yet another show built around the Tag Team titles, huh?[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 7/8: Drew McIntyre vs Sheamus
With WWE Money In The Bank out of the way after this past Saturday and SummerSlam's main event of Brock Lesnar challenging Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal title in a Last Man Standing match all set, eyes now turn to WWE's overseas event in September, WWE Clash At The Castle in Cardiff, Wales[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 6/24: An Intercontinental Title Rematch
While the main event title scene heading into WWE SummerSlam features a match-up that fans couldn't care less about seeing, with Brock Lesnar yet again facing Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns for the million and first time, one title situation that has everyone intrigued is the one that was placed around the waist of Gunther on last week's WWE[...]
SummerSlam's Main Event Is Vince's Ultimate Revenge: Brock vs Roman
 So it should come as no surprise to any longtime fan that with the serious and surgery-requiring injury to Randy Orton, the planned main event of SummerSlam with him facing Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns is off and like always, caused Vince to hit the panic button  And of course, when he hits said button, it shoots a[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 6/17: Vince McMahon's Last Stand
 Roman Reigns would be making a super rare appearance and to defend his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship no less against Riddle  We were probably set to see Gunther defend the Intercontinental title for the first time in what should be a dominant run with the title  But then this morning happened[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 6/3: Who Is Challenging Ronda Rousey On Sunday?
#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/DQUEKbkjl5 — WWE (@WWE) June 4, 2022 Riddle gives it his all and hits a top rope RKO on Jimmy, but the Roman Reigns' music hits, and Jey nails him with the Uso Splash for the pinfall. Winners & Still Champions: The Usos We then see that Sami Zayn is in the production truck and playing Reigns' music to distract[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 5/27: Drew McIntyre & The New Day Join Forces
 Did Woods' plan pay off?  Let's take a look. A six-man tag match headlined this week's WWE SmackDown on FOX, courtesy of WWE. The show this week opens with the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos hitting the ring and giving credit for their win last week to their cousin, Roman Reigns[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 5/27: Will Anyone Be Suspended This Week?
Last week's WWE SmackDown on FOX ended with the Undisputed WWE Universal Champions Roman Reigns helping his cousins, the SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos, defeat the Raw Tag Team Champions Randy Orton and Riddle and become the unified WWE Tag Team Champions  Now with all of the titles in their possession, what will The Bloodline focus on next?  Or will they even feel[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 5/20: Who Are The Undisputed Tag Champions?
 Let's see how it all went down. The Tag Team Titles were unified on this week's SmackDown on FOX, courtesy of WWE. We kick things off with The Bloodline hitting the ring as Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman explain why this is the most important night in the history of tag team wrestling (even though different sets of tag titles[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 5/20: Will The Tag Titles Be Unified Tonight?
 Between the inclusion of Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre and the back and forth of who's challenging who, this hasn't been an easy match to book  But as everything stands right now, tonight on SmackDown, we will see the Tag Team Titles unified with one team standing tall as the Tag Team Champions in WWE. RK-Bro vs The Usos in[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 5/13: Was It A Killer Friday The 13th Episode?
 That match never came to be, as Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre were inserted into the match to make it into a six-man battle last weekend  But the interest is still there, not just from fans, but also from RK-Bro, who challenged The Usos to a title unification match again and promised to head to SmackDown this week[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 5/13: What Will The Bloodline Look To Next?
 Now with that behind them, what will Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos set their eyes on next?  Or are they even done with their foes?  We may find out tonight on SmackDown on FOX. The Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro will head to SmackDown tonight to confront The Usos, courtesy of WWE. On Monday's Raw, RK-Bro made[...]
SmackDown Recap 11/27:
Over the weekend, Roman Reigns started a panic throughout the Internet Wrestling Community with a speech at a house show in Trenton, New Jersey where he hinted that he might not be back in the town again thanks to entering a new phase of his career Dave Meltzer later reported that Reigns recently signed a[...]
SmackDown Recap 11/27:
For years, Roman Reigns has been "The Guy" in WWE, the heir to former "The Guy" John Cena, earning the nickname of "The Tribal Chief." But could Roman Reigns be about to throw that all away for a career in Hollywood? Based on comments Reigns made at a WWE house show in Trenton, that could[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 5/6: The Last Show Before Sunday's Backlash
After building up this Sunday night's WrestleMania Backlash Premium Live Event around the main event match where the Raw Tag Team Champions Randy Orton and Riddle would face the SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos in a match to unify the Tag Team Titles, WWE decided to throw a wrench into those plans last week when they seemingly realized they had no match set[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 4/29: Who Has The Edge Going Into Backlash?
 As you can imagine, it all ends in chaos with the teams brawling after some insults. Roman Reigns heads out in the middle of the fight, which distracts RK-Bro and allows The Usos to jump them  Reigns then joins them in beating on their opponents, before Drew McIntyre storms in to even it all up[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 4/22: Did Sami Zayn Survive Drew McIntyre?
When Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns appeared on the post-WrestleMania episode of SmackDown, he ordered his cousins The Usos to follow his lead by unifying the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team titles  We haven't seen Reigns since that night and with WrestleMania Backlash just around the corner, fans are wondering if the Champ will even have a match at the[...]
4/22 WWE SmackDown Preview: The War Of RK-Bro & The Usos Rages On
The focus of The Bloodline over the past couple of post-WrestleMania weeks has been for the SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos to follow their cousin Roman Reigns' example and unify the Raw and SmackDown Tag titles  The problem with that is Randy Orton and Riddle aren't too keen on just handing over their Raw Tag titles[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 4/15:
At the conclusion of last week's SmackDown on FOX, Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns gave his cousins, the SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos their mission: to face the Raw Tag Team Champions Randy Orton & Riddle and unify the Tag Team titles, just as he did at WrestleMania with the WWE and Universal titles[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 4/15: What Titles Will Roman Want Unified Now?
 And who knows?  Maybe we'll even get an appearance by the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. To catch all of the action, tune in to WWE SmackDown tonight at 8 pm on FOX. Last week's post-WrestleMania episode of SmackDown on FOX saw some new faces from NXT 2.0 join the roster, while we were also reintroduced to some soon-to-be[...]
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In this case, it was the possibility that The Rock and Roman Reigns could face off against each other next year at the WWE's WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles We'll explain… Image: WWE/Screencap So in the most recent episode, we see a moment where young Dwayne (Uli Latukefu) is gathered with his family to check out the[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap: New Stars, New Names,
Let the WrestleMania fallout on SmackDown begin!  We have a lot of questions after this past weekend's mega event in Dallas and those weren't quite answered on Monday's Raw when newly crowned Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns didn't offer any of his plans going forward and instead punted the question to Friday's SmackDown[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 4/8: What Are Roman Reigns' Next Steps?
As we saw at this past Sunday's WrestleMania, Universal Champion Roman Reigns defeated WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in the main event to gain both titles and become WWE's unified Champion  On Monday's Raw, Reigns had the WWE Universe waiting to hear his plans going forward, but instead ducked the issue and said we would have to wait for SmackDown[...]
No Mania To Be Found: WWE's Lost The Unique Magic Of WrestleMania
And next year's main event is apparently already penciled in to be Roman Reigns facing Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock  How are new icons supposed to be made and moments created if the big stage they used to do it on is only reserved for those from the past? I wish I was more excited about this[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 4/1: A WrestleMania Eve April Fools Joke
 Naomi ends it with a Split-Legged Moonsault from the top turnbuckle on Zelina for the pinfall. Winners: Sasha Banks & Naomi Next, we get a hype package for the SmackDown Women's title match of Ronda Rousey vs Charlotte Flair, making the feud look far more interesting than it actually has been. We then go to a video of Rousey being interviewed in a[...]