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Sami Zayn has spent the past few weeks finding new ways to weasel out of matches with Drew McIntyre on SmackDown  While he found a way to run away through the crowd in his first two outings, last week he seemed trapped when he was sent in to face McIntyre in a Lumberjack Match[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 returning stars such as Lacey Evans  As for the everyday Friday night stars though, it was kind of the same old, same old  Now maybe it was just the come-down from WrestleMania and[...]

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[...]

 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  Well, it's Friday and that means we should be hearing from Reigns just what he's planning to do with his titles. We will hear from Roman Reigns tonight on[...]

 But two nights and a possible ten hours of air time just isn't enough apparently with last night's episode of SmackDown on Fox serving as a sort of pre-show for the "Showcase of the Immortals"  Two would-be Mania matches are to be held tonight instead as the rest of the show will surely (hopefully?) be used[...]

 But that's not enough apparently, as this year Mania has spilled into a third night, with tonight's SmackDown on Fox serving as a pre-show for this weekend's event as a number of matches have spilled over onto tonight  Let's take a look at what didn't make the cut for ten hours over two nights. The annual Andre The[...]

With only one week to go until WrestleMania, the stakes are pretty high right now for WWE to make every minute of SmackDown count in building towards their biggest show of the year, which I don't have to remind you that the company has promised to be "the most stupendous WrestleMania ever!"  So after this week's episode of SmackDown[...]

But to get there, we have to plow through two more episodes of WWE SmackDown on Fox and there's still plenty of unfinished business to settle before it's showtime in Dallas  Let's take a look at what WWE has in store for us tonight on Fox. The Bloodline will look to respond tonight on SmackDown to[...]

Last week's WWE SmackDown on Fox ended with an impromptu nasty brawl in the parking garage between two WrestleMania opponents  Royal Rumble winner Ronda Rousey and SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair violently had it out for several minutes as WWE officials tried in vain to separate them  Flair eventually ended the donnybrook when she put Rousey in a submission hold atop[...]

 While that remains to be seen, the build to the big event in Dallas, Texas continues live on Fox with SmackDown tonight and while the blue brand has added more matches and padded out their side of the card lately, there's still work to be done. Universal Champion Roman Reigns and WWE Champion Brock Lesnar appear destined[...]

It's only three weeks until WWE's WrestleMania and while the SmackDown brand has a couple of matches booked for the big "show of shows", they still have quite a bit of work to do  Big titles like the Intercontinental and Tag Team titles still don't have matches set and there are a number of big stars[...]

As we see last night during FOX's WWE SmackDown, a tag-team match between Big E/Kofi Kingston and Sheamus/Ridge Holland resulted in a mishap outside of the ring between Holland and Big E that would leave the New Day member taking a severe bump squarely on the top of his head After being attended to by[...]

For viewers watching FOX's WWE SmackDown on Friday night, it became pretty clear that something went wrong during the tag-team match between Big E/Kofi Kingston and Sheamus/Ridge Holland At one point in the match, Holland executed a belly-to-belly suplex on Big E outside of the ring, and it would appear (though not definitive) that Big[...]

There are some weeks when WWE advertises a full card of wrestling matches for SmackDown to really pique fans' interest and make them excited to tune in to FOX on Friday night  And then there's this week  WWE will indeed be airing SmackDown tonight at 8 pm on Fox, but what will they be doing and[...]

While Royal Rumble winner Ronda Rousey's sights are firmly on Charlotte Flair and her SmackDown Women's Championship for WrestleMania next month, tonight, she will look to get a measure of revenge against someone who's been a thorn in her side for weeks now in Sonya Deville. Ronda Rousey will face Sonya Deville tonight on SmackDown, courtesy of WWE. In her first-ever match on SmackDown,[...]

We're full speed ahead on the road to WrestleMania and that takes the form of a contract signing on this week's episode of SmackDown on Fox  This week's contract signing (remember the super awesome one last week?…) will feature WWE Champion and Royal Rumble winner Brock Lesnar and Universal Champion Roman Reigns signing the dotted line to make their main event match at WrestleMania[...]

 Tonight on SmackDown, we will see WWE's top two champions come face-to-face as Lesnar and Reigns will sign the contract to make the WrestleMania match official  Will they simply sign on the dotted line and have a respectful and friendly discourse, or will it go the path of virtually every other contract signing in WWE history and[...]

 Well, that changed today as we're learning this afternoon that one of the company's best veteran wrestlers, Cesaro, has quietly left WWE after he and the company failed to come to terms on a new contract. Cesaro vs Happy Corbin on the 2/11/2022 SmackDown, courtesy of WWE. Mike Johnson of PWInsider reported this afternoon that Cesaro and WWE have[...]

Just one day ahead of WWE Elimination Chamber in Saudi Arabia, it's SmackDown on Fox, where after a long run with the Intercontinental title that dates back to August of last year, Shinsuke Nakamura defends against the very sketchy Sami Zayn in the main event  We're also set to see Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Goldberg come face-to-face in the ring[...]

We are just about 24 hours away from the WWE Elimination Chamber event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and the two figures of the Universal title match tomorrow, WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg and current Champion Roman Reigns are set to confront each other, face-to-face tonight on SmackDown  Will they be able to keep things to just a discussion, or will[...]

After last week's episode of SmackDown, the brand's two main event matches for April's WrestleMania were set with both Royal Rumble match winners opting to face the blue brand's champions  Brock Lesnar will challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal title, while Ronda Rousey will challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's title[...]

On last week's SmackDown, we saw the return of WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg as he declared that he would be challenging Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at WWE Elimination Chamber  His message to the champ was short and to the point (kind of like a Goldberg match… ayooo!), but the threat of facing Goldberg looked to[...]

 It's easy to see how this is a potential issue brewing and as such, WWE management has reportedly already stepped in to try and amend this ahead of time. 2022 Royal Rumble winner Ronda Rousey on this week's WWE Raw, courtesy of WWE. Ronda Rousey returned to WWE after a near-three year absence a week ago Saturday[...]

 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[...]

 The only question that remains is which Champion will Rousey choose to face:  SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair or Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch? We will find out which Champion Ronda Rousey will challenge at WrestleMania tonight on SmackDown, courtesy of WWE. After appearing on this past Monday's Raw in a confrontation with that brand's champ Becky Lynch, Ronda Rousey promised she[...]

 Now in a new interview, Cesaro speaks out that he shares fans' disappointment in his omission from the match and more. Cesaro on the 1/28/2022 episode of SmackDown, courtesy of WWE. In a new interview today with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, Cesaro is asked about his surprising omission from the Royal Rumble this past weekend and if he was[...]

If you've been watching WWE SmackDown lately, you'll of course know there's been an ongoing feud between the brand's resident goofball Sami Zayn and Jackass Forever star Johnny Knoxville  Zayn took umbrage with Knoxville entering this past Saturday night's Royal Rumble match and tried turning the tables on him by creating his own silly stunt show, InZayn, which predictably backfired[...]