The show begins with Sasha and Bianca arguing backstage over the title match tonight. Belair tells Banks not to expect her to bail her out, and Sasha says she didn’t ask for her help.
Sasha Banks (C) vs. Nia Jax – SmackDown Women’s Championship
Bianca comes out and gets into it with Baszler. Baszler looks to attack Sasha while the ref is distracted, but kicks Nia out by accident. Bianca sends Baszler out the ring and Sasha gets a jackknife cover for the win.
Winner: Sasha Banks
Sasha and Bianca celebrate together after the match.
Progressive Match Flo rewind of the segments with Edge, Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns and Jey Uso last week.
Edge is interviewed backstage and says that Smackdown is home to some of the best and worst moments of his career, as he had great matches and won world titles, but also had to retire and relinquish the World Championship. It’s weird for him. As for Jey Uso, he says that he can be one of the greatest talents in this business but can’t do so being in Roman’s shadow. He can run into trouble, and that trouble tonight is him.
Backstage, Shayna apologized for costing Nia the match. Nia doesn’t want apologies, she wants to know what she’ll do to fix it. Shayna says she’s going to get a match with Bianca tonight and kick her head off.
Rollins talks about making his triumphant return several weeks back when the SmackDown roster surrounded the ring to greet him like a king. He says some don’t like him but they did this because they respect him. He calls them idiots for walking out and says one person took the disrespect too far – Cesaro. Rollins goes on about how Cesaro disrespected, humiliated and embarrassed him. Rollins finally figured out why – because Cesaro is jealous of Rollins’ success, how he’s loved, and the fact that he’s a WrestleMania main eventer, while Cesaro is an abject failure. Fans continue to boo.
Rollins goes on about how he’s a fighter, not a failure. After what Cesaro showed us last week, he can’t say the same thing. Rollins shows us a replay of how he took Cesaro out last Friday, finishing him off with two big Stomps. Rollins goes on taunting Cesaro and calling him the biggest waste of potential in WWE history. The music interrupt and out comes Shinsuke Nakamura. Rollins starts ranting about Nakamura disrespecting him now. Rollins warns Nakamura to stay out of the ring, and to not disrespect him.
Street Profits vs. Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio
Dominik rolls up Dawkins for the win.
Winners: Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio
After the match, Rey and Dominik celebrate the upset win as the music hits. Out come Otis and Chad Gable next. They confront The Mysterios and hope that Rey and Dominik don’t think they’ve earned a title shot before them. Gable goes on about what they’ve recently done to Rey and Dominik but The Mysterios have heard enough. They attack Gable and Otis, taking them down for a pop. Rey and Dominik stand tall as we go back to commercial.
Otis and Chad Gable vs. The Mysterios
Otis gets a flying splash on Dominik for the win.
Winner: Otis and Chad Gable
After the match, Alpha Academy stands tall as Rey recovers at ringside. Roode and Ziggler tell the announcers that they will welcome any challengers, at any time. The Profits have words with the champs as Roode and Ziggler pose with their titles on top of the announce table.
– The announcers plug WWE Fastlane on the WWE Network on Peacock.
Sami Zayn is backstage ranting to his conspiracy documentary film crew, mentioning a match with King Baron Corbin tonight. Kevin Owens walks by and Sami stops him, asking if he’s reconsidered being involved with the documentary. Sami brags about being in touch with Logan Paul as he tries to talk Owens into it. Owens mentions knowing Sami for a long time and asks if he’s considered all this might be his fault. Sami won’t take blame for anything and continues to blame “them” but Owens asks who “they” are. Sami has no answer. Sami invites Owens to ringside to watch his match tonight. If Owens doesn’t see anything remotely suspicious, Sami will drop all this conspiracy stuff.
– We go back to the ring and out comes Daniel Bryan as fans chant “yes!” with him. We go back to commercial as the announcers plug WrestleMania 37 tickets.
Back from the break and we see how Edge cashed in Money In the Bank to win the World Heavyweight Title from The Undertaker 14 years ago. The announcers hype Edge vs. Jey Uso in tonight’s main event with the winner being the Special Enforcer for Daniel Bryan vs. WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns at Fastlane. We go back to the ring and Bryan is chanting “yes!” with fans in the ring. The announcers hype the match at Fastlane on Peacock and the WWE Network. Bryan takes the mic and says what a night this is. He goes on hyping tonight’s Edge vs. Uso match.
Reigns smirks as Heyman hands him the mic. Reigns laughs at the idea of Bryan tapping him out. Reigns can deal with Bryan telling his little lies, like saying he’s ambitious and deserving of the WrestleMania main event, but he can’t drag Reigns’ name and lie on The Tribal Chief, saying he can tap him out. Reigns says Bryan doesn’t stand a chance and has a better chance of shooting lightning out of his ass or sprouting wings and flying out of here like a bird. Reigns says no one in his entire career has tapped him out, he would rather lose his arm than tap to any man. He would rather die in the ring than to tap out to someone like Bryan. Fans boo louder. Bryan says Reigns saying he’s rather die is some pretty strong words. Bryan warns that everyone thinks they’re invisible until they’re not, unbeatable until they lose, and untappable until they tap out. Bryan says he’s not just going to make Reigns tap, he’s going to break him of his beliefs, his delusions. Bryan goes on and says he doesn’t want Reigns to die, but he promises that he will beat Reigns for the title at Fastlane. Bryan’s music hits and he starts the “yes!” chant back up as Reigns and Heyman head to the back.
– We get a brief promo video for Sami Zayn vs. King Baron Corbin, essentially mocking them. The promo says this is the least-anticipated match on SmackDown, the match that no one asked for. Unfortunately there will be a winner, but thankfully there will also be a winner. That was odd. Back to commercial.
King Corbin vs. Sami Zayn
Corbin wins with End of Days.
Winner: King Corbin
After the match, Corbin stands tall as his music hits. Owens tells Cole he saw nothing out of the ordinary against Sami. Sami argues with the referee at ringside, then asks Owens if he saw the conspiracy stuff against him. Owens defends the officiating and says Sami is just mad things didn’t go his way. Sami rants and yells while Owens tells him to let go of this. Sami walks off and Owens turns back to Cole and Graves. Sami suddenly attacks from behind with a big Helluva Kick to the head. Sami yells at Owens and keeps him down while fans boo. Sami walks off, still ranting. We go to replays. Sami blames everything on the referee as his documentary crew continues filming. Sami says Owens doesn’t want to see the truth and that’s his problem.
– We see Big E and Apollo Crews getting hooked up for their sitdown interview. Back to commercial.
Back from the break and Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura is confirmed for Fastlane.
– We see recent happenings between WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E and Apollo Crews as the announcers hype their Fastlane match on Sunday. We see both of them in separate locations now. Michael Cole is leading the interview from his spot at the announce table. Cole asks if they’ll ever be able to settle their differences. Big E says that’s over. He doesn’t want to talk about reconciliation or Kumbaya, just vengeance. Big E says Crews has just two days and he should take those days to enjoy the crispness of the air, enjoy the normal function of his limbs, enjoy the present because his new future is dark and bleak. Big E says there’s no question that he will retain on Sunday while Crews will get everything he deserves.
Crews says Big E should think twice before talking to Nigerian royalty with such disrespect. Crews goes on about a Nigerian proverb that his royal grandfather had for those who tried to do him harm. He said you fill your mouth with a razor and you will spit blood. That is exactly what will happen to Big E at Fastlane this Sunday. Crews says he will crack Big E’s face and he will see the Nigerian Warrior within Crews. He will finally have what he deserves, and all of his ancestors and family members will watch him as he stands over Big E’s mangled body as the new Intercontinental Champion. Big E starts taking his mics off and says there’s no waiting until Sunday. Big E walks off. Crews starts taking off his mics now.
Big E finds a golf cart and rides it around Tropicana Field while yelling out for Crews. The camera man rides with Big E. We see Crews backstage now, telling Big E to come find him. Big E finally finds Crews and Crews may have changed his mind. Big E attacks and beats Crews around the backstage area of the stadium. Big E destroys Crews, throwing him into walls and beating him around. Officials show up and separate them. Crews gets on the golf cart and rides away as officials hold Big E back.
Bianca Belair vs. Shayna Baszler
The match ends in a no contest when Tamina Snuka and Natalya attack Belair.
Winner: No Contest
Edge vs. Jey Uso – Winner Becomes Special Enforcer
Edge wins with the spear.
Winner: Edge
After the match, Edge and Bryan stare each other down before Roman spears Edge from behind. Roman dares Bryan to get in the ring before Jey attacks him from behind and Roman finishes Bryan off with another spear as SmackDown goes off the air.
