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                    March 13th Episode of Smackdown

                    March 13th Episode of Smackdown Results

                    Results for the March 13th Episode of Smackdown will begin at 8:00 PM Eastern. This post will be updated with those results.

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                    March 13th Episode of Smackdown Results

                    Triple H Welcomes the Audience

                    Opening monologue from Triple H as he welcomes us to the WWE Performance Center. The performance center looks beautiful with chairs all set up and nobody in them.

                    Michael Cole Runs Through the Card

                    As Sasha Banks comes out for the first match, Michael Cole is joined by Triple H at the commentary booth.

                    Sasha Banks and Bayley Speak

                    Bayley and Sasha come out. It was funny because the first thing Bayley did was start gesturing to the crowd that doesn’t exist. It has to feel like practice. Bayley and Sasha grab microphones to ask about Paige’s whereabouts. Michael Cole says Paige has travel issues.

                    Sasha and Bayley defeat Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss

                    Nikki and Bayley start the match and Nikki backs Bayley into the corner. With Bayley on the mat, Alexa climbed to the top rope, but Banks pulled her out of the ring. Nikki Cross hit Banks with a cross body and Alexa used a sliding dropkick to send Smackdown to commercial break.

                    Back from commercial, Alexa hit Sasha with a head scissors take over, but Sasha used a drop toe hold to send Alexa into the corner. After a meteora, Sasha tagged out to Bayley. Banks and Bayley managed to isolate Alexa for a long time before she finally got the tag to Nikki Cross. After Nikki Cross hit a bulldog, she went for several roll up covers for a series of near falls.

                    Asuka came out to the ringside area and tossed Alexa Bliss into the ring steps. Sasha picked up the submission victory over Nikki Cross with the Bank Statement.

                    Recap of Goldberg Asking Who’s Next

                    Michael Cole In-Ring Interview with Roman Reigns

                    Roman says nobody has his level of commitment, and he deserves to be in the main event.

                    Kayla Braxton’s Backstage Interview

                    Sami Zayne, Cesaro, and Shinsuke Nakamura come on the screen, but Kayla says they’re not the scheduled guests. They don’t care because they have celebrating to do. Kayla introduces Jeff Hardy. Baron Corbin comes out to say that not everyone is happy he’s back. Jeff says he has a big match with Baron tonight.

                    Elias says he has a song for Corbin, but Corbin refuses to listen and walks away.

                    Recap of Drew Gulak and Daniel Bryan from Elimination Chamber

                    Backstage Daniel and Drew had a discussion. Bryan says he’s willing to learn if Drew is willing to teach. Sami Zayne came by to remind Daniel Bryan that he didn’t join them. Zayne says Bryan has been reduced to taking tips from a nobody. Apparently this leads to a Cesaro vs. Daniel Bryan match later in the evening.

                    Replay of the Tag Team Elimination Chamber Match from March 8

                    Miz and Morrison In-Ring Promo

                    Morrison says if there is anyone that doesn’t think they’re the best, speak now. . . .there’s nobody here.

                    Recap of FS1 Coverage of Ryan Satin Breaking News on Rob Gronkowski

                    Mojo Rawley says the rumors are true, and he says Gronk and Mojo will be on Smackdown next week.

                    Daniel Bryan defeats Cesaro

                    Bryan backed Cesaro into the corner and hit a number of kicks, but Cesaro reversed and hit Bryan with a number of uppercuts as Smackdown went to commercial.

                    Back from commercial, Cesaro hit a deadlift superplex followed by additional uppercuts in the corner. Once Bryan got to his feet, he hit the Yes Kicks, but couldn’t sustain an advantage. Cesaro caught Bryan running in and used a pop-up upper cut, but Daniel Bryan rolled him up for a pinfall victory.

                    Post Match

                    Cesaro and Shinsuke beat up Daniel Bryan after the match. That Drew Gulak into the ring who got triple teamed and tossed into the ring steps. Eventually, Daniel Bryan made a save.

                    Next Week:

                    Gronkowski in attendance

                    Goldberg and Roman Reigns WrestleMania Contract Signing

                    Jeff Hardy defeats King Corbin

                    King Corbin jumped Jeff Hardy before the bell ever and sent him to the outside. Hardy made a comeback with a legdrop to the midsection and a basement dropkick. Corbin hit the Deep Six on Hardy, but then shifted his attendance to Elias. Hardy hit the Twist of Fury before hitting the swanton bomb for the pinfall victory.

                    Michael Cole In-Ring Interview with John Cena

                    Michael Cole reminds John Cena that he beat Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania many years ago. Wyatt says that caused the downward spiral in his career. John Cena says Bray Wyatt got lazy. Cena says he lost to a bunch of people and names them. Despite all those losses, nobody ever says John Cena got buried. Cena says he’ll give The Fiend an attitude adjustment.

                    Cena believes that WWE needs to invest in new people and not people like Bray Wyatt. He took the challenge to take Bray Wyatt out of the equation. He wants to get rid of the most over rated and over hyped person in WWE history.

                    Bray Wyatt came out to say he is really glad John Cena is here. You’re doing great. Bray says John is wrong about him. Wyatt says John Cena only cares about John Cena. It doesn’t matter who he has to beat up and bury along the way. Six years ago at WrestleMania, you took something from me. Wyatt says that Cena broke him, but the Fiend put him back together. At WrestleMania its going to be a slaughter and you just don’t know it yet.

                    March 13th Episode of Smackdown Preview

                    Smackdown takes place at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL. The show begins at 8:00 PM Eastern on the USA Network. Smackdown’s original location was Detroit, MI, but given the situation with the Coronavirus, WWE opted to move the event to the WWE performance center. The show will not have a live audience. This follows a series of unfortunate events over the past 24 hours where many shows across several promotions have been cancelled or postponed.

                    Announced for the show:

                    WWE has not announced any matches for tonight’s edition of Friday Night Smackdown. They have advertised appearances by Jeff Hardy, Paige, and John Cena.

                    Jeff Hardy

                    Jeff’s injuries kept him away for the better part of a year. He returns tonight after appearing on WWE Backstage last week and announcing his plans to continue on with WWE for some time. That clarification was likely necessary since his brother Matt’s contract expired, and he opted to not renew. On Backstage, Jeff mentioned that he wants a big singles WrestleMania moment before his career is over.

                    Paige

                    Paige is not an in-ring performer, so the advertised confrontation with Bayley will probably be uneventful unless Paige brings a new protege to attempt taking Bayley out. Let’s see what happens.

                    John Cena

                    John Cena is on a collision course with the Fiend for WrestleMania. He appeared to accept the challenge two weeks ago, and WWE has announced the match. My guess is that this will be the show where Cena gets choked out by the Fiend.

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