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With some huge matches announced - including Charlotte vs Natalya and AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura vs Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin, this show was action packed! Here’s a run-down of how it all went down. Daniel Bryan opened the show to welcome back SmackDown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon. Shane McMahon congratulated Daniel Bryan on being medically cleared to do what he loves and what the WWE Universe loves to watch him do, which led to another huge “Yes” chant....

Same old matches and predictable booking looked hinder the overall viewing experience and WWE was tasked with doing otherwise. So were they successful or did Raw take home the honors this time around? Find out in this week’s results and video highlights: The handicap syndrome AJ Styles opened this week’s show in an interview with Renee Young. She asked him about his handicap title defense and whether Daniel Bryan’s announcement was fair....

Reigns answered that he has to do things like that to protect his title before threatening Jey, asking him what he was going to do. Jey broke down and Reigns said, by the end of the night, Uso would fall in line before leaving. Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler - Qualifying match for Survivor Series on SmackDown Owens started off strong and tossed Ziggler out of the ring early on and Roode was trying to run interference....

Smackdown kicks off with a promo featuring Randy Orton talking about Roman Reigns having won the battle but not the war. He says what he will do to Rob Van Dam in the night’s main event should be an example of what he will do to other superstars. Seth Rollins beats Jack Swagger by count out after hitting him with a Curb Stomp outside the ring. Bo Swagger comes out to the arena after the match and tells Swagger to keep Bo-lieving and not be a Jack Zero....

The episode also had some great cruiserweight action and also interview from Paul Heyman and a whole lot more. Read on for the full results. Chris Jericho’s Highlight Reel The night kicks off with Chris Jericho’s Highlight Reel. We see Jericho in the ring following a video package chronicling last week’s events before Jericho introduced Owens’ as the ‘longest reigning WWE Universal Champion of all time’. Owens came down and said it was a pleasure to be on the Highlight Reel two days in a row....

In case you didn’t know… Kenny King is a former Impact Wrestling star and Tough Enough contestant who is currently working for Ring of Honor in America. King is a former ROH TV Champion and as a matter of fact, he is currently in his second stint with ROH. The 36-year-old first made his ROH debut in 2007 and during his first run with the company, he managed to win the ROH Tag Team Titles alongside Rhett Titus....

In case you didn’t know… Hulk Hogan was seemingly banished from WWE back in 2015 when some of his older comments were made public and the company were forced to act to save face. Since then Hogan hasn’t even been mentioned by the WWE and all-stars were banned from saying his name or being part of anything related to Hogan, like his usual moveset. Hogan is one of the biggest legends that WWE has ever created, but the racist comments have caused quite a backlash to the point where many WWE stars have refused to forgive Hogan in the years that have followed....

The WWE Draft will take place this Friday and there was quite a surprising backstage update regarding the same. We were also provided with new information regarding the potential in-ring return of Edge. Jeff Hardy was in the news for all the wrong reasons. You may have been wondering about Samoa Joe’s absence. We now know the reason behind his sudden disappearance. Crown Jewel was also spoken about backstage and the latest word on the PPV doesn’t sound all that promising....

With an extra hour of television to fill on a weekly basis, Sean Ross Sapp is reporting on Fightful Select that WWE has spoken to Superstars on the main roster about helping out with NXT. He also noted that those discussions were already taking place independent of the new television deal and, as we have seen in recent months and years, it is not uncommon for Superstars to move back to NXT from Raw and SmackDown Live....

We know that the top WWE stars get paid a lot of money, but this is a pretty crazy statistic. According to a discussion on Reddit, the sum total of the time Brock Lesnar has spent in the ring since his title match with Dean Ambrose last year has been just 17 minutes and 39 seconds. This statistic does not include live events, of course. The number encapsulates all the three matches that he has been a part of since last year’s Wrestlemania pay-per-view....

In previous years, all weapons were allowed to be used inside the steel structure and every match had a No Disqualification stipulation. On this occasion, however, Rollins used a sledgehammer on Wyatt, causing the referee to bring the match to a sudden end without a definitive winner. The unpopular finish to the pay-per-view prompted lots of angry responses from fans, with chants of “Restart the match!”, “AEW!” and “Refunds!” being heard as the event went off the air....

Twitter account WrestleVotes, which has been a reliable source of news in the past, also discussed another potential dream match. It is not yet known if The Rock will be a part of the changed plans, going forward. In case you didn’t know… Both Roman Reigns and The Rock have Samoan roots, and the original plan was for them to face off against each other in a singles match. Both men had even spoken out about facing each other in the past, and naturally, fans were excited about this contest....

It was additionally reported that Gargano may move back to NXT as Ciampa is expected to be sidelined for an extended period. Now, Gargano has just made a handful of appearances on the main roster and isn’t fully incorporated into either of the top brands, but, that was seemingly the plan going forward. Not anymore though. In case you didn’t know… WWE confirmed the unfortunate news of Ciampa’s injury when the company revealed that he would be undergoing neck surgery on the basis of a thorough evaluation conducted by WWE’s medical team....

While speaking on his podcast, Wade Keller of PWTorch talked about the possibility of Drew McIntyre being turned babyface by WWE. When a fan asked Keller if having McIntyre turn face and challenge Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania would be a good idea, he responded by saying that he sees that turn coming for McIntyre and that Paul Heyman might be the reason behind it. (Please link the article and give h/t credit to Sportskeeda if you use the quotes)...

In case you didn’t know… Over the past few weeks, the likes of Roman Reigns, Kofi Kingston, Bayley, and Charlotte Flair have all made their way over to the red brand as part of The Wild Card rule to continue their feuds with their cross-branded rivals. Vince McMahon announced that this was allowed since there was now a Wild Card Rule in action that allowed just four superstars to make the move across each week, even though most of the time there are more than five allowed since WWE has already overlooked this part of the rule....

Mid-match, The Monster Among Men launched Dolph Ziggler into Fury. This obviously upset The Gypsy King who would be held back by security after leaping over the barricade. Shortly after SmackDown, WWE confirmed that Fury will appear on the October 7 episode of RAW with an open mic, which suggests that last night wasn’t a one and done for The Gypsy King. Well, Alex McCarthy of TalkSPORT has revealed on Twitter that Tyson Fury is set to appear in Saudi Arabia at Crown Jewel, with ESPN and FOX working together on Fury’s WWE appearances to promote his fight against Deontay Wilder....

In Case You Didn’t Know These two have been at each other’s throats since Strowman debuted back in August of 2015 as a member of The Wyatt Family and took out Reigns and Dean Ambrose. However, their rivalry has heated up over the past few months. Strowman cost Reigns the WWE Universal Title at Royal Rumble earlier this year; then Roman returned the favour the next night on Raw by attacking Strowman during his first ever Universal Title match....

The two subsequent nights after ‘Mania never ceases to amaze the fans as the WWE reserves a few debuts and returns for the important shows. Mike Johnson of PWinsider revealed a host of names that could make their returns to WWE TV after ‘Mania. Sami Zayn, Luke Harper, and Sin Cara are all expected to be back on WWE programming after the Show of Shows on April 7th. In case you didn’t know… Let’s begin with Sami Zayn....

Benjamin and Gable have teamed up before… When Shelton Benjamin made his way back to WWE in 2017, SmackDown Live GM Daniel Bryan put him in a tag team alongside Chad Gable. After a short-lived run, Gable was drafted to Monday Night Raw during the 2018 Superstar Shakeup, effectively ending the alliance. Recently, Shelton Benjamin had begun teasing a new gimmick on the blue brand. A series of backstage interviews would see Benjamin being asked a question, followed by him simply smirking at the camera and not saying a word....

While most of the card has already been announced, there are still a few matches for which the speculation is still on. One of those matches includes the match for the SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships. Are The Usos even going to be defending their Championship at ‘Mania? In case you didn’t know… The Usos currently hold the SmackDown Tag Team Championships. The SmackDown Tag division is absolutely stacked right now– unlike the same division on RAW– featuring teams like The New Day, The Bar, Sanity, and Rusev & Nakamura....