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WWE SmackDown: Spoilers for March 12

By Rob Wolkenbrod

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The most recent SmackDown show was taped from Detroit, Michigan. The night featured an interesting announcement, a returning Superstar and plenty of build for March 29’s WrestleMania 31. On paper, this doesn’t look like a bad episode of the blue brand below.

Ready to take a look at what happened on SmackDown? Check out the spoilers via Wrestling Inc.

  • Daniel Bryan kicks off SmackDown to a big pop. Bryan declares that he will be in the Intercontinental Title Match at WrestleMania 31. It ends up being Bryan, Bad News Barrett, Dolph Ziggler, Luke Harper, Dean Ambrose and Stardust all in the ring. R-Truth appears on the stage with the IC Title belt while the others brawl in the ring.
  • Los Matadores, Tyson Kidd and Cesaro defeated Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and The Usos in an eight-man tag match that was said to be really good. One of the Matadores pinned Kofi to end it.
  • They air a lengthy John Cena vs. Rusev video on the big screen.
  • Ryback vs. The Miz is next. Miz told Damien Sandow to stay backstage. Ryback wins a short match that had “we want Mizdow” chants.
  • Roman Reigns makes his way through the crowd and comes to the ring. He addresses Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar. A returning Mark Henry interrupts and comes out to the ring. Henry tells Reigns that he needs to earn the respect of the fans and the other guys in the locker room. Reigns ends up laying Henry out with a Superman punch and then spears him on the outside of the ring. The crowd was probably split 60/40 in favor of Reigns.
  • They air a promo for Bray Wyatt vs. The Undertaker at WrestleMania.
  • Paige and AJ Lee vs. Summer Rae and Cameron with The Bella Twins on commentary is next. Paige gets the win for her team after making Summer tap out. Paige, AJ and The Bellas argue after the match but no punches are thrown.
  • Mark Henry is interviewed backstage. He doesn’t believe Reigns can beat Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania.
  • Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose defeated Bad News Barrett, Stardust and Luke Harper in the main event. Bryan got the win for his team after hitting the knee on Harper. Michael Cole interviews Bryan, Ziggler and Ambrose in the ring after the match. They start showing jealousy to each other and Ambrose leaves after calling Bryan a turd. Ziggler also calls Bryan a turd and leaves Bryan by himself in the ring. Bryan asks fans if he’s a turd and they start a “no!” chant. Bryan thanks fans to end the show.

On Monday Night Raw, WWE advertised Randy Orton’s return to SmackDown. However, as you see above, Orton was nowhere in sight. No word on why he was not at the show.

Mark Henry vs. Roman Reigns seems like a mini-feud for this show with a possible match taking place on Raw. This may be done to give Reigns something to do next week since Brock Lesnar is not advertised for the flagship show.

Once again, the focus of the SmackDown main event was on the Intercontinental Championship, which is great. Daniel Bryan’s inclusion in the match at WrestleMania 31 is also great. However, is that bizarre ending great? Not so much.

While this is the PG Era of WWE, ending a show with Bryan, Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler calling each other “turds” is going to make people turn their heads. There are other ways of showing jealousy, but to do so like this? That’s all on WWE Creative/Vince McMahon who put this show together.

With all this in mind, what do you think of these results for Thursday’s SmackDown?

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