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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: SIX MAN TAG MATCH, RHEA SPEAKS, THERE IS A DRAFT COMING, JEY VERSUS SAMI, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2023-04-07 21:57:00

We begin with a graphic In Memory of Bushwhacker Butch.

We take a look back at Wrestlemania with a video package.

Your announcers are Michael Cole and Wade Barrett.

Match Number One:  Sheamus, Butch, and Ridge Holland versus Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, and Giovanni Vinci

Butch and Vinci start things off and Vinci with a waist lock take down or two.  Butch with a clothesline.  Butch with a forearm in the corner and Ridge tags in.  Ridge misses a short arm clothesline and Vinci with a springboard cross body.  Kaiser tags in and kicks Ridge in the back and gets a near fall.  Kaiser with a front face lock but Ridge with a forearm and he tags Butch in.  Butch goes up top and hits a double stomp to the arm.  Vinci tags in and Butch with a drop toe hold and he stomps on the elbow.  Vinci with an Irish whip but Butch with a boot.  Gunther and Sheamus have some words and Kaiser pushes Butch off the turnbuckles to Vinci for a delayed suplex and he gets a near fall.  Sheamus and Ridge get in the ring.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Gunther with a reverse chin lock on Butch.  Butch with a jaw breaker but Gunther with a boot to Butch and he knocks Sheamus off the apron.  Gunther goes for a sleeper but Butch pulls at the fingers to get out of the hold.  Vinci tags in and goes for a German suplex but Butch lands on his feet and he kicks Vinic.  Ridge and Kaiser tag in and Ridge with a back drop and clothesline.  Ridge with an arm trapped over head belly-to-belly suplex.  Kaiser with a punch but Ridge blocks a Tiger Driver.  Ridge with an Alabama Slam for a near fall.  Ridge misses a splash into the corner and Kaiser with a kick.  Vinci with a tag and they all kick Ridge in the corner.

Gunther tags in and he fights his way out of the corner for a moment but he walks into a chop.  Gunther knocks Sheamus off the apron and then hits a running drop kick and a power bomb but Butch makes the save.  Gunther sends Butch to the floor and then Gunther puts Ridge in a Boston Crab.  Ridge tries to get to his corner to make the tag and he makes the tag to Sheamus.  They exchange many forearms.  Sheamus with a clothesline and a running power slam.  Gunther rolls to the apron and Sheamus sets for the forearms.  Sheamus connects with ten and then misses a Brogue kick.  Gunther with a German suplex.  Sheamus with a foerarm and Gunther with a boot.  Sheamus blocks a power bomb and Sheamus with an Air Raid Crash for a near fall.  

Kaiser with a reverse suplex to Butch.  Ridge sends Kaiser to the floor.  Vinci and Kaiser go high and low on Ridge.  Butch with a moonsault onto Kaiser.  Sheamus with a knee as Vinci comes off the ropes.  Sheamus with a Brogue Kick to Vinci for the three count.

Winners:  Sheamus, Ridge Holland, and Butch

We are back with a look at a questionable 24 hour period for Cody Rhodes.

Kayla Braxton is with Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa.

Paul says there is no booing at the name Paul Heyman.  

Kayla asks Paul if he knows why Brock did what he did.

Paul asks why is this night different than any other nights.  He says he will PASS OVER her interrogatory and he will address Roman.  He points out that the Bloodline main evented both nights of Wrestlemania thanks to Roman Reigns.  He is approaching one thousand nights as champion.

Jey Uso arrives and he says he hasn't seen Jimmy and asks Paul if he knows where he is.

Paul tells Jey that Jimmy is not here this evening.  Paul says Roman wanted Jimmy to watch at home while Jey takes out Sami Zayn all by himself.  To cement his legacy on the Island of Relevancy by solving the Sami Zayn Problem.

Paul tells Solo that Jey solves the Sami Zayn Problem or you solve the problem.

Match Number Two:  Ricochet versus Ivar (with Valhalla)

Ricochet with punches and Ivar tosses Ricochet into the corner but misses a splash.  Ricochet with punches and a handstand head scissors.  Ricochet with a drop kick that sends Ivar to the floor.  Ivar gets back on the apron and Ricochet with a springboard drop kick.  Ricochet with a suicide dive but Ivar catches Ricochet and sends him into the apron.  Ivar with a cross body against the apron.  They return to the ring and Ivar with a punch.  Ivar with back elbows.  Ivar puts Ricochet on the turnbuckles and Ricochet with punches.  Ricochet with a kick to the head and he goes for a sunset flip but Ivar does not go over.  Ivar with a dead lift suplex but Ricochet lands on his feet.  Ricochet with a jumping knee but Ivar with a knee.  Ivar goes for a springboard move but Ricochet with a drop kick.

Ricochet tries to get Ivar on his shoulders but his back gives out.  Ivar with a spin kick of doom for a near fall.  Ivar goes to the turnbuckles.  Ricochet with punches and he goes to the turnbuckles as well.  Ivar knocks Ricochet off the turnbuckles to the apron.  Ricochet with a springboard Frankensteiner.  Ricochet goes up top for a shooting star press and he hits it for the three count.

Winner:  Ricochet

We see Kevin and Sami in the locker room.  Sami asks Kevin if he was staring at the titles.  Kevin says he was leering.  Sami says this is their first Smackdown as tag team champions.  Kevin mentions Sami's match against Jey and it can end this Bloodline stuff.  Kevin says after tonight, they are done with them.  Sami says it feels that something is off.  Sami says he can't shake this feeling and he says he needs to talk to Jey.  Kevin wants to know what Sami needs to talk to Jey about.

Sami says they did what they said they would do and win the tag titles.  It is all crumbling but Sami says he feels an obligation to talk to Jey.

Kevin asks Sami if he is going to waltz in there and Jey will want to talk to him?  It will make Jey more dangerous.  Kevin says he knows he can't talk Sami out of this, but he tells Sami it is a bad idea and he shouldn't do it.

Sami tells Kevin he is right, but he has to do it.  Sami tells Kevin it will be okay.

Natalya says they are here to prove that they are the ones to challenge for the tag titles.  Shotzi says they aren't ready for some ballsy baddies.

Match Number Three:  Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan versus Natalya and Shotzi

Raquel with a shoulder tackle to Natalya.  Shotzi tags in and Natalya sends Raquel to the floor and Shotzi with a suicide dive.  Liv drop kicks Natalya.  Shotzi with a near fall.  Raquel blocks a tornado DDT.  Shotzi with a knee and a springboard head scissors attempt that Raquel blocks and applies a stretch muffler.  Liv tags in and Liv with a springboard drop kick.  Liv with a wraparound DDT for a near fall.  Natalya pulls Shotzi to the corner and makes the tag.  Natalya blocks ObLIVion and they alternate near falls.  Natalya with a German suplex and a discus clothesline for a near fall.  Shotzi with a cross body to Raquel and Shotzi tags in.  Shotzi with an assisted Asai DDT.  They set for a Hart Attack but Raquel with a shoulder tackle to Natalya and Liv with a tornado DDT and ObLIVion for the three count.

Winners:  Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan

We see Xavier Woods and Riddick Moss playing WWE 2K23.  LA Knight shows up and he says there was one thing missing from Wrestlemania and it is LA Knight.  Then Woods was playing video games.

Woods asks Knight if he is angry his dad didn't pat him on the head and say good job.  Woods reminds Knight he beat him before and he will do it again.

Knight says Woods will be playing Knight's game as he breaks a game controller.

Triple H walks in the back as we go to commercial.

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