Welcome to our WrestlingINC.com Live WWE SmackDown Viewing Party. Tonight’s show comes from the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida.
– Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX opens up with a video package looking back at last week’s post-WrestleMania 37 edition of the show.
– We’re live from the ThunderDome at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida as Michael Cole welcomes us. He’s joined at ringside by Pat McAfee.
– We go right to the ring and Cesaro is already out, with a mic. He goes to speak but the music interrupts and out comes Seth Rollins with a new theme.
Rollins speaks from the stage and starts mocking Cesaro but congratulates him on finally reaching his potential, because he was in the ring with Rollins at WrestleMania 37. Fans boo. Rollins says he took Cesaro from way down at the bottom, and gave him the performance of his life, bringing him all the way up to the Promise Land. Rollins asks where his thanks is because he hasn’t heard anything, but he has heard that Cesaro is planning on moving on from Rollins and has his eyes on the WWE Universal Title. Rollins said it last week and will say it again – this isn’t over, because nothing is over until Rollins says so.
Rollins blames God and Mother Nature on creating a rain delay at WrestleMania that threw him off his game. If it wasn’t for that, Cesaro can’t beat Rollins on Rollins’ worst day and Cesaro’s best. Cesaro says he’s having a great day but it would be even better if Rollins came in the ring so he can prove that he can beat Rollins again. Rollins asks if that’s a challenge. He starts marching to the ring talking trash but the music interrupts and out comes Jey Uso.
Jey says Cesaro better listen to Rollins. Jey goes on about how Cesaro can’t beat him or Roman Reigns. His family disrespected Cesaro and he’s going to do the same thing again tonight. Jey drops the mic and heads for the ring but Rollins stops him to talk strategy, and how they should double team Cesaro. They surround the mic as Cesaro gets ready for a fight. The music interrupts and out comes Daniel Bryan to a pop and a “yes!” chant.
Bryan joins Cesaro in the ring as Rollins and Uso pace around at ringside. Bryan takes the mic and asks where they’re going. He gets it – they didn’t actually come out for the reasons they said they did. He knows Uso came out because Cesaro wants a title shot from Reigns, Rollins came out because he’s embarrassed and upset over the loss to Cesaro at WrestleMania. Bryan believes Reigns probably sent Jey out. Bryan says he came out here to make sure Cesaro finally gets what he deserves. Fans pop. Bryan hasn’t done this for Rollins or Jey because he has an infinite amount of respect for Cesaro, because he’s worked harder than everybody, including Bryan, Jey, Rollins and even Reigns. Bryan says Reigns is only where he’s at because of family connections, and Cesaro hasn’t got one break his entire career for the Universal Title.
Bryan asks if Rollins and Jey are going to come fight them? Probably not. Is Reigns going to come out and accept the challenge from Cesaro? Probably not. Bryan says Reigns doesn’t like to wrestle or fight. Bryan speculates that Reigns will come out and they will triple team he and Cesaro. Bryan would rather stand next to no one but Cesaro if there’s going to be a fight like that. The music interrupts and out comes the WWE Universal Champion with Paul Heyman as the boos get louder.
Rollins watches from half-way down the ramp as Jey joins Reigns and Heyman on the stage. Reigns taunts Bryan for the beating he delivered at WrestleMania 37, to Bryan and WWE Hall of Famer Edge. Reigns shows off his new t-shirt that featured the stacked pin. Reigns says Bryan is the guy on the bottom, meaning he’s a loser, and Cesaro is a loser for letting Bryan speak for him. He goes on and calls the top tier losers, main event losers. The boos get louder as Reigns goes on talking trash. Reigns says they’re dumb losers for talking trash while surrounded by people that want to kick their ass. Reigns wishes good luck and walks off as his music starts back up. Rollins and Uso look to be heading to the ring as we go to commercial.
Cesaro and Daniel Bryan vs. Seth Rollins and Jey Uso
Back from the break and Seth Rollins is brawling with Cesaro while Daniel Bryan is brawling with Jey Uso in the ring. Rollins goes to the floor for a breather. Bryan is backed off Uso by the referee.
The bell rings and Bryan attacks Uso and goes to work. Bryan with a throw to the mat for a 2 count. Rollins talks some trash at the announce table as Uso gets double teamed off Cesaro’s tag. Cesaro drops an elbow for a 2 count. Rollins gets knocked off the apron by Cesaro. Cesaro with a long vertical suplex to Jey now as fans cheer him on. Cesaro finishes it with one hand but Jey kicks out at 2.
Rollins comes in but Cesaro unloads with uppercuts and body strikes into the corner. Cesaro misses in the opposite corner and Rollins nails a Slingblade for a 2 count. Rollins drops a strike on Cesaro and mounts him with more shots to keep him on the mat. Rollins takes it to the corner and tags Uso in for the double team. Uso drops Cesaro in the corner and charges in with the Rikishi splash. Uso with more splash before Rollins comes back in. Rollins with a running knee drop for a 2 count as Bryan reaches for the tag.
Rollins grounds Cesaro with a headlock but Bryan rallies the crowd. Cesaro fights up and out but runs into a boot in the corner. Rollins comes off the second rope but Cesaro catches him with a big tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Bryan tags in with a missile dropkick. He then knocks Uso off the apron. Bryan with Yes Kicks to Rollins now. Rollins ducks the roundhouse kick. Bryan blocks the pele kick and applies the ankle lock. Rollins resists but Bryan nails a German suplex for a 2 count. Bryan leads a “yes!” chant as he waits for Rollins. He goes for the running knee but Rollins catches him and delivers a Buckle Bomb. Uso immediately follows up with a Superfly Splash but Cesaro breaks the pin up at 2.
Rollins and Uso dominate, sending Cesaro to the floor and following him for a double suplex on the outside while Bryan is still down in the ring. We go to commercial with Rollins and Uso in control.