WWE SmackDown RECAP – April 30, 2021

Written by John D’Aconti

*Bianca Belair to the ring…Dirty Dawgs interrupt…Street Profits interrupt…Bayley interrupts, rips mic from Bianca’s hands, begins laughing like a mental patient again… Bianca slaps her…6-way brawl ensues…something tells me we gonna have a tag team match, playa!…commercial…

(1)  Street Profits/Bianca defeat Dirty Dawgs/Bayley…Dawkins hits “Annointment” spinebuster on Roode, Ford follows with springboard frog splash for the win (<06:45)…match started during the commercial break

*“Throwback Edition” SmackDown…next week!

*Daniel Bryan with Kayla…he’s confident…once he wins, his 1^st defense will be against someone who has waited far too long, Cesaro…AFTER…Seth Rollinsbackstage promo… “Cesaro won’t get a crack at the Univ. title because he won’t make it past next week… ready to take another swing?”…LATER…Cesaro accepts Seth’s challenge for next week

*Nia/Shayna backstage with Megan…attacked (briefly) by Natty/Tamina…

(2)  Natty/Tamina defeat Nia/Shayna…non-title…Shayna tries to pull Tamina off the turnbuckle, Tamina drops her with a headbutt…follows with a Superfly Splash on Shayna for the win (04:50)

 *Rey & Dom backstage with Kayla…looking forward to being father/son tag champs

*Aleister Black reads “Reality” from “Tales of the Dark Father”…he still hates us all

(3)  Big E. defeats Apollo by DQ…therefore Apollo retains the Intercontinental Championship…Big E hits “Big Ending” but Commander Azeez pulls Big E off the cover & out of ring, causing the DQ (10:32)…AFTER…Kevin Owens attacks Azeez… Apollo recovers…Big E makes it 2-on-2…Sami Zayn hits Helluva Kick on KO out of nowhere…heels clear the ring…Sami takes the IC title from the ref & after a brief moment of staring at it longingly, hands it over to Apollo…Sami gets a Nigerian Nail from Azeez anyway…

*Heyman backstage with Kayla…Heyman runs through DB’s accomplishments, “has Daniel Bryan had a Hall of Fame career? YES!  Will he beat Roman Reigns? NO!!”

(4)  Roman Reigns defeats Daniel Bryan…to retain the Universal Championship… when Roman locks in a Guillotine & Daniel Bryan refuses to tap but passes out & the ref calls for the stoppage (27:17)…AFTER…Roman brings chairs into the ring…Cesaro makes the save for a moment…Jey Uso attacks Cesaro, ties his arms up in the ropes & makes him watch Roman deliver a con-CHAIR-to to Bryan…the ‘crowd’ chants “YOU SUCK” as the show ends

WWE SmackDown PREVIEW – May 7, 2021

+ Seth Rollins vs. Cesaro