It is our final SmackDown prior to a most unusual WrestleMania. This is our Going Home, Staying Home edition of SmackDown in a Nutshell. John Cena is scheduled to have appeared (remember, this has all been recorded already). So how else will this show support Going Home and Staying Home? It is a terrific question without a clear answer-not unlike how this weekend’s WrestleMania will look and feel. No one really knows, but we will find out soon enough. Are you ready? Lets get going home by staying home, and crack open this SmackDown in a Nutshell!
Best Match of the night:
For me, I’ll take Bryan and Nakamura. Was a strong match.
Worst match of the night:
Nothing to complain about.
Star of the Night
I am just going to give credit to the whole crew for showing up and giving us a couple hours of respectable entertainment.
Spot of the Night:
Nothing I can give kudos to this evening, unfortunately.
I mean, the closest I’d have was Otis’ near tackle of Ziggler. So, not much.
Holy Sh** Moment of the Night:
I have to give it to the closing.
Yes, this probably would have been near impossible (or at least much more challenging) if it were a live segment. It wasn’t, so enjoy the WWE production efforts.
The ending was incredible #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/xNhFy5bPhO
— Alastair McKenzie (@Mckenzieas93) April 4, 2020
Commentary of the night:
Not going with a line, but Sami Zayn did a good job during the Bryan/Nakamura match. I genuinely couldn’t always tell if he was being complimentary of Bryan or sarcastic about things…but if I had tuned in at times, not knowing it was a heel Zayn, I’d think he was a very strong commentator.
LOL Moment of the night:
Remember when we said WWE relaxed the promo restraints?
This is what we can get…and points to Cena for remembering the WB Frog.
“Am I actually supposed to be afraid of a guy who dresses up like the overfed sex child of Wiz Khalifa and the WB Frog, please.” – John Cena#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/JFnsa5hy1T
— GIF Skull – #WrestlingCondensed (@GIFSkull) April 4, 2020
Noteworthy Moment:
Interesting developments, finally, between Mandy, Sonya, Otis and Dolph.
Had heard rumors that we’d end up with Otis + Mandy against Dolph + Sonya, and this appears to finally be moving along. Big question now is, who is that mystery person?
BUSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #SmackDown https://t.co/4EuwhGKJ2B
— Marlen (@MarlenFridman81) April 4, 2020
Overall lowlights:
What’s worse than fans knowing that Reigns was out of ‘Mania for a while, being replaced by Strowman?
WWE announcing it like it was no big deal
They really should’ve done an angle to write Roman Reigns out of the Universal Title Match at least by what I’m seeing people say the announcement was lazily done.
That’s #SmackDown summed up over the past few years lazy. #WrestleMania
— Scott #WrestleMania (@PhenomenalOmega) April 4, 2020
Overall highlights:
Can’t hype this one enough…so here’s another…
Okay, THIS was EXCELLENT! #WrestleMania #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/OT4F5ltJbl
— ᄂΣX (@OMGITSAlexsi) April 4, 2020
This Twitter post sums things up nicely, so I’ll drop it here…
The Otis/Mandy/Sonya/Hacker storyline is amazing.
Nakamura/Bryan was lots of fun
The main event segment was VERY good..
Really good show overall#SmackDown
— ✌❤ Stephen (@awesomephinatic) April 4, 2020
After the final bell:
I think for what it was, the show was better than I expected it would be. Was it great? No. But it was entertaining and did fill in at least some blanks as we now await night one of WrestleMania. I can be OK with how we got here, for the most part.
