Reports indicate that the following was taped on Tuesday night for the episode of WWE SmackDown that is set to air this Friday, March 19 from Houston, TX as the WWE continues down the road to WrestleMania XXX, which airs live from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on April 6.
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In the main event of the evening, John Cena defeated Luke Harper with the Attitude Adjustment. The Wyatt Family had cut a promo on Cena earlier in the show. Following the match, Bray Wyatt and Erick Rowan hit the ring to go after Cena, but he was able to escape. The show ended with Cena on top of the ramp taunting The Wyatt Family.
SmackDown kicked off with Kane coming to the ring and discussing what Triple H did to Daniel Bryan on Monday Night RAW. Kane then said Bryan got what he deserved and it will happen again at WrestleMania XXX because it's best for business. He then read a letter from Triple H telling the fans and the talent backstage to respect The Authority.
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In a four-way tag team match to determine the No.1 contender for The Usos titles, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose, The Real Americans, 3MB and Ryback & Curtis Axel fought to a no contest after a huge brawl broke out and Kane laid out Roman Reigns at ringside. The New Age Outlaws then came out and helped Kane beat on The Shield to end the segment.
In a later backstage segment, Kane awarded title shots to Ryback and Curtis Axel as well as The Real Americans while he told 3MB that the trio would be inserted into the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania.
In a MizTV segment with The Big Show, a battle royal between the participants in the Andre the Giant Memorial match in New Orleans broke out and ended with The Big Show eliminating Sheamus to win the match. The Miz announced that he'd also be in the match.
In other action, Fernando defeated Fandango after Fandango and Summer Rae were distracted by El Torito and Diego and Dolph Ziggler defeated Damien Sandow. Alberto Del Rio also defeated Big E in a non-title match.
In Divas action, The Bella Twins defeated Summer Rae and Natalya with A.J. Lee on commentary and Tamina Snuka at ringside.
This episode of SmackDown airs just 16 days before WrestleMania XXX and continued the build up towards the biggest show of the year by focusing on the struggles between Cena and They Wyatt Family as well as Kane and The Shield.
Quick results:
--Opening segment with Kane.
--Fernando def. Fandango.
--Dolph Ziggler def. Damien Sandow.
--The Wyatt Family cut a promo on John Cena.
--Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose, 3MB and Ryback & Curtis Axel fought to a no-contest.
--MizTV segment turned into a battle royal which was won by Big Show.
--Emma and Santino Marella backstage segment.
--Alberto Del Rio def. Big E in a non-title match.
--The Bella Twins def. Summer Rae and Natalya w/ A.J. Lee on commentary and Tamina Snuka at ringside.
--Backstage segment with Kane and the heel teams from the earlier tag match.
--Lana and Alexander Rusev cut a promo from the stage.
--John Cena def. Luke Harper with the Attitude Adjustment.
This episode of SmackDown airs just over two weeks from WrestleMania XXX, and the card thus far looks like this:
WWE World Heavyweight Championship:
Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista vs. Triple H or Daniel Bryan
Singles match:
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
The Streak vs. The Beast:
The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar
Singles match:
Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H
*Winner gets inserted into the main event for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal:
30-man over-the-top-rope elimination match
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