The show began with video from last week's WWE SmackDown, in which Brock Lesnar attempted to ambush Roman Reigns and The Usos.
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This weeks WWE SmackDown gave one of the best promos by Brock Lesnar before headlining to Wrestlemania 38 on April 2. The “Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns will go up against Brock Lesnar to defend his WWE Universal Championship at Wrestlemania 38.
What happened at the most recent stopover on the Road to WrestleMania, who was affected, and which contenders gained momentum heading before this year’s biggest event of the organization?
Find out who are the winners, highlights and more with this review of the episode from March 25.
The show began with video from last week’s WWE SmackDown, in which Brock Lesnar attempted to ambush Roman Reigns and The Usos. The night began with Brock Lesnar standing outside of Roman Reigns’ locker room. He pushed his way into the empty room and began waiting for Roman.
Jimmy Uso and Shinsuke Nakamura competed in singles competition, joined by Jey Uso and Rick Boogs, as a glimpse of the forthcoming SmackDown Tag Team Championship fight at WrestleMania. Nakamura won the encounter thanks to a ringside diversion with Boogs and Jey fighting over the latter’s Gibson guitar. Here, Nakamura looked fantastic, battling from behind to win the bout.
Ridge Holland was led to the ring by Sheamus and Butch for his rematch with Kofi Kingston. The former rugby player, though, did not face Kingston on Friday, but rather the returning “King of the ring” Xavier Woods.
The contest was a race, not quite the warm welcome return Woods deserved. He nevertheless triumphed, securing a swift victory over Holland and halting the momentum of the new star ahead of WrestleMania. It was an enjoyable encounter, and Wood’s return was eagerly awaited by the crowd.
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Before the matchup Ronda Rousey came inn the ring to cut a promo but was shortly interrupted by The Smackdown woman’s champion, who looked like can’t talk to the “Rowdy” on her face.
Ricochet, the Intercontinental champion, returned to the programme to face Angel of Los Lotharios. Due to intervention from partner, Humberto, a brief match ended with the heel winning an upset win, prompting Ricochet to challenge Humberto for a match.
Humberto defeated Ricochet by countout, giving the heel’s a lead of 2-0 in a single day.
Planted!#SmackDown @SashaBanksWWE @RheaRipley_WWE pic.twitter.com/GRAY1Lxz9b
— WWE (@WWE) March 26, 2022
An action-packed fight with several brilliant manoeuvres ended with The Boss getting the win, giving both her and Naomi momentum heading into their title showdown.
After an entire programme promising a showdown between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, it looked like the show would deliver it.
But looks like Reigns us safe till Wrestlemania. Before Lesnar emerged on the screen and assaulted The Tribal Chief’s SUV, Reigns delivered a standard “acknowledge me” promo. He tried to attack Reigns in the arena, but security officers stopped him, only to suffer his fury.
.@BrockLesnar is more than ready to meet @WWERomanReigns face-to-face at #WrestleMania! #SmackDown @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/jkqNnDOQKZ
— WWE (@WWE) March 26, 2022
Reigns capped off the heated angle by saying Lesnar will acknowledge him at “The Grandest Stage of all”.
