The WWE regime rolled into the city of Bologna, Italy, for its March 21st edition of WWE SmackDown. The show was part of their ongoing European tour and continued their road to WrestleMania 41 which will take place on April 19 and 20 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The show in Italy was a sight of captivating in-ring action, another loud and passionate audience in attendance and significant moments. Furthermore, it ended on a chaotic note with a huge match made official for WrestleMania 41.
Quick Results
- Damian Priest and Jimmy Uso defeated Shinsuke Nakamura and Drew McIntyre in a tag team match.
- Braun Strowman defeated Jacob Fatu via Disqualification in a singles match.
- Piper Niven defeated Zelina Vega in a singles match.
- Liv Morgan defeated Jade Cargill in a singles match.
- The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) vs Los Garza (Angel & Berto) in a tag team match.
Best Match
In an honest opinion, all the matches delivered equally well on WWE SmackDown in Italy. However, to pick out of them, our take would be the explosive tag team match between The Street Profits and Los Garza. It started with a ‘You Deserve It’ chant for Street Profits who became the new WWE Tag Team Champions last week. As the match began, they delivered a classic tag team showdown that captivated the audience to their feet.
Moreover, Pretty Deadly’s presence also added to the intrigue to the match. In the end, Montez Ford delivered a thunderous Seven Star Frog Splash on Angel to score the win for his team.
Worst Match
It was difficult to pick the worst match for this week as all matches were good. But from all the matches, Piper Niven and Zelina Vega had the lowest pop among all. It was a good match that saw Zelina fight the numbers game, but the crowd did not react as much as they did for other matches.
Noteworthy Moments
The opening segment between Randy Orton and Kevin Owens was a prime highlight. KO tried to apologize to Orton and even offered to team up with him at WrestleMania 41 for a shot at the tag team titles. But Orton berated him and instead offered him to kick his head off his shoulders. Later in the night, their match for WrestleMania was made official.
Another noteworthy moment of the night on WWE SmackDown for this week was a heated exchange between Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton in a sit down interview as they built more tensions heading into their title match at WrestleMania 41.
In the Bloodline saga, tensions escalated further between Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa after he costed him his match against Braun Strowman and a chance to challenge for LA Knight’s US title. The duo had a heated argument backstage which saw Fatu walking off in anger.
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The last highlight of the night was Naomi interfering in Jade Cargill’s match and costing her the win against Liv Morgan. Following that, she laid a beatdown on her and similar to her pushing Cargill off the platform on to a car months ago, she did the same by pushing Cargill off the ring apron straight on the reinforced announcer’s desk.
Holy Sh!@ Moments
The biggest Holy Sh!@ moment of WWE SmackDown in Italy this week was CM Punk revealing the favor Paul Heyman owed him for teaming up with Roman Reigns. This came after Reigns and Rollins’ confrontation in the ring in the last segment of the show. Punk came out and first took shots at both men. He then revealed that Heyman’s favor and thanked him for serving him Roman Reigns on a silver platter.
Roman Reigns was shocked, and as he turned towards his Wiseman, Punk attacked him from behind. The show ended with all three men brawling, with WWE officials intervening. After the show, WWE CCO Triple H took to his X to make a triple-threat match between them official for WrestleMania 41.
Lowlights
The explosive match between Braun Strowman and Jacob Fatu was a sight of carnage. But the ending proved to be the weakling due to the interference of Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga. Even the face-off between LA Knight and Braun Strowman did not garner much reaction.
Damian Priest and Jimmy Uso picking up the win over Shinsuke Nakamura and Drew McIntyre was a good match. While the match did not garner as many reactions as other bouts, the ending was decent as McIntyre laid a beatdown on Priest.
What’s in store for WWE SmackDown next week
WWE SmackDown will take place at the O2 Arena in London next week. As a result of his DQ victory, Braun Strowman will challenge LA Knight for the WWE United States Championship. Another title match will take place at show , pitting the challengers Pretty Deadly against the WWE Tag Team Champions, The Streer Profits.
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