WWE SmackDown
April 7, 2023
The Moda Center
Portland, OR
Welcome to our live coverage of WWE SmackDown. As always, we will have the results up immediately after every match. Refresh this page often to see updated results.
Tonight on WWE SmackDown:
– Sami Zayn vs Jey Uso
– Triple H to address SmackDown Universe
– Rey Mysterio & Santos Escobar vs Dominik Mysterio & Damian Priest
– Rhea Ripley will appear
– The Brawling Brutes vs Imperium in a 6-Man Match
Our live coverage begins at 8PM EST
The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, & Butch) vs Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, & Giovanni Vinci)
Sheamus hit the White Noise on Gunther for a near fall. Holland speared Kaiser over the top rope. Butch hit Kaiser with a moonsault outside the ring. Sheamus hit the Brogue Kick on Vinci and pinned him.
===Winners: The Brawling Brutes
Backstage, Paul Heyman was with Solo Sikoa. Heyman said the Bloodline headlined both nights of WrestleMania thanks to Roman Reigns. Jey Uso showed up and told Heyman he’s not seen Jimmy all night. Heyman said Jimmy is not here tonight because Reigns wanted him to stay home and watch from home as Jey takes out Sami Zayn all by himself and cements his legacy on the island of relevancy by solving the Sami Zayn problem. Jey walked away. Heyman told Solo that either Jey solves the Sami Zayn problem tonight or Solo will solve the Sami Zayn problem tonight.
Ricochet vs Ivar (w/ Valhalla)
Michael Cole announced that Braun Strowman and Erik are banned from ringside for this match. Ivar went to the top rope. Ricochet climbed up the ropes and gave him a Frankensteiner off the top rope. Ricochet went back up to the top rope and gave Ivar the Shooting Star Press and pinned him
===Winner: Ricochet
Backstage, Kevin Owens told Sami Zayn it’s a big night for Zayn as he can beat Jey tonight and put the Bloodline feud behind him. Zayn said something feels off and he has to talk to Jey. Zayn said Owens is right that they beat The Usos for the tag team titles at WrestleMania and the Bloodline is crumbling, but he feels a sense of obligation. Owens told Zayn that he’s not going to be able to talk to Jey after everything that happened and have a nice chat with him. If anything, beating him at WrestleMania will make them more dangerous than he’s ever been. Owens told Zayn that’s a bad idea and he shouldn’t do it. Zayn said he’s right, but he still has to do it.
Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan vs Natalya & Shotzi
Natalya and Shotzi had Morgan set up for the Heart Attack, but Rodriguez shoulder tacked Natalya who was coming off the rope. Morgan hit the Oblivion on Shotzi and pinned her.
===Winners: Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan
Backstage, LA Knight complained that he was not on WrestleMania. Woods said if Knight worked as hard as he talks, he probably would have been on WrestleMania and is probably the reason why he beat him a few weeks ago and he will gladly do it again. Knight broke Woods video game controller and said he won’t be playing video games. He will be playing LA Knight’s game.
In the ring, Triple H said as great as WrestleMania was, we now have to look at the future. In a few weeks, we will have the WWE draft. Every Superstar is eligible for the draft and he said this year’s draft will change the game. He introduced Rhea Ripley. Triple H shook all members of The Judgment Day as he made his way up the aisle and they were coming down. Ripley bragged about her win over Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania. Finn Balor said Edge was a maniac for throwing a ladder at his head and causing him to get 14 staples just to get a win. Dominik Mysterio said he held back at WrestleMania because he knew that at the end of the day he couldn’t hurt his dad. He loves his dad, but he can’t say the same about Rey because he saw the anger in his eyes. As far as he’s concerned, Rey and the rest of his family can go to hell and he can take Bad Bunny with him. Damian Priest said he hopes Bad Bunny could find it in his heart to forgive him because he forgives him for making him do what he did to him.
Santos Escobar & Rey Mysterio (w/ Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, & Zelina Vega) vs Dominik Mysterio & Damian Priest (w/ Finn Balor & Rhea Ripley)
Rey had Dominik set up for the 619, but Ripley pulled Dominik out of the way. Vega came off the ring steps and gave Ripley a hurricanrana. Ripley chased after Vega past the barricade. Rey hit the 619 on Dominik and tagged in Escobar. Priest had tagged Dominik without Escobar knowing it. Escobar had Dominik up on his shoulders when Priest punched Escobar in the face, delivered the South of Heaven, and pinned him.
===Winners: Dominik Mysterio & Damian Priest
Backstage, Sami Zayn met up with Jey Uso. Zayn told him there’s a way out of it for him. He told Jey they would take the tag titles off them and the Bloodline would crumble. They took the tag titles and now the Bloodline is crumbling and he said if he doesn’t believe him, look around. Jimmy isn’t here. Roman is mad at him. Solo looks like he’s ready to drop the hammer any second. If he needs to keep beating him, he will until he gets it in his head, but this isn’t how it has to be. There was a loud sound and commotion backstage. Sami ran over to see what was going on and Owens was on the ground with his leg trapped under an equipment box with Solo behind held back by officials. Jey came over, saw what happened, and walked away while Paul Heyman was in the background on the phone.
Backstage, Zayn said Owens is in the medical room and he’s not coming out tonight. Zayn said Owens was right and they are more dangerous now then they were before, but Jey Uso is not the only one with a problem that’s going to get solved now.
Jey Uso vs Sami Zayn
Solo Sikoa came to ringside. Sikoa gave Zayn the Samoan Spike while the referee was distracted by Jey Uso. Jey threw Zayn into the ropes and dropkicked him for the win.
===Winner: Jey Uso
After the match, Sikoa beat down Zayn while stayed in the corner and watched. Sikoa went for another Samoan Spike, but Jey stopped him. With the crowd chanting, “Jey” thinking he was going to side with Zayn, Jey superkicked Zayn. Jey started beating down Jey when Matt Riddle came to the ring and attacked Jey and Solo.
