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4/18 WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: CODY AND JOHN ARE HERE (AND THE OTHER GUY GOT MENTIONED), TAG TITLE MATCH, AN OPEN CHALLENGE, MANY PROMO SEGMENTS, A BATTLE ROYAL AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2025-04-18 23:00:00

Iyo Sky's music plays and she makes her way to the ring.

Before Iyo can speak . . .

Bianca Belair's music interrupts.

Bianca says y'all two thought you were going to drop her name and not show up?  She was definitely showing up tonight.  Tonight might be her last night on Smackdown for a while because she is going to be champion.  She is not going to let it go any time soon.

Naomi's music plays and ARE WE GETTING A FATAL FOUR WAY?

Naomi says hello to Bianca and says she finally shows up on Smackdown and doesn't talk to her.  She says he has been calling and texting her and she knows she got them.  Does their friendship mean so little but she didn't want to put this out in public.

Bianca says she knows why she is not responding and she knows what Naomi did. 

Naomi asks if you care about Jade that much.

Naomi says Jade wasn't there for her.  Tomorrow, she finishes what she started with her.

Jade Cargill's music interrupts and she makes her way to the ring.

Naomi gets out of the ring.

Jade has some words for Bianca and Jade asks Bianca if she is trying to protect her.

Rhea tells Jade this isn't about her.

Naomi pushes Jade into Rhea and Jade goes after Naomi and pushes her to the floor.  Bianca and Rhea fight with each other and Iyo watches.  Iyo goes up top and hits a moonsault onto her two opponents this weekend.

Naomi runs to the back.

Chad Gable and the Creeds stop by to talk to Rey Fenix.  Chad tells Fenix had a good night, but not as good as Grande Americano.

Dragon Lee shows up to tell Chad about Grande Americano.

Rey Mysterio shows up and says Grande Americano is going to get taught a lesson.  

Rey suggests a six man tag match tonight.

Match Number Two:  Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin versus Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins for the Smackdown Tag Titles

Shelley and Sabin with baseball slides to knock Ford and Dawkins off the apron.  Shelley and Sabin with pescados and they send them into the ringside barrier.

The referee starts the match and Sabin with kicks to Ford.  Shelley tags in and he hits a double sledge to the back off the turnbuckles.  They hit a double back elbow followed by a knee drop and elbow drop combination.  Sabin tags in and Ford with punches and uppercuts.  Ford with a clothesline to Shelley but Sabin with a punch and Ford with a clothesline to Sabin.  Dawkins tags in and hits a few clotheslines followed by a back uppercut.  Dawkins with a twisting splash into the corner.  Ford tags in and they hit the Doomsday Blockbuster for a near fall.  Alex sends Dawkins to the floor but Dawkins with a punch to stop Shelley.

Alex and Dawkins tag in and Alex with punches and Alex goes to the turnbuckles for punches.    Alex with a kick to Ford on the apron.  Dawkins with a face plant and he gets a near fall.  Dawkins with jabs and punches in the corner.  Ford tags in.  Dawkins with a snap mare and Ford with a slingshot senton.  Alex with a jaw breaker and a sunset flip but Ford rolls through and kicks Alex followed by a splash for a near fall.  Dawkins tags in and they kick Alex.  Angelo with a slam and he gets a near fall.  Dawkins with a reverse chin lock.  Alex with kicks to the thigh but Dawkins with a punch. Dawkins with shoulders in the corner.  Dawkins sends Alex into the turnbuckles and he misses a twisting splash into the corner but Ford tags in.

Ford stops Alex but Alex kicks Ford away and tags in Sabin.  Sabin with a baseball slide to Dawkins and he hits a rana on Ford.  Sabin kicks Dawkins from the apron and he goes up top.  Sabin with a missile drop kick to Ford and Alex tags in.  Ford sends Sabin to the apron but Alex with a clothesline.  They hit a missile drop kick and Flatliner combination for a near fall.  Alex gets Ford on his shoulders and Sabin tags in.  Ford sends Alex into Sabin and Ford with an enzuigiri to Alex.  Dawkins tags in and Sabin leaps over Ford but Dawkins passes Sabin to Ford for a belly-to-back suplex and a near fall.  Sabi with a jumping thrust kick and Ford misses a move off the turnbuckles.  Sabin and Shelley with the Dream Sequence on Ford and they connect with kicks in the corner.  Dawkins knocks Alex off the turnbuckles.

Ford with a flip dive over the ring post onto everyone.  

Gargano and Ciampa attack Ford and Dawkins and the referee calls for the bell.

Winners:  Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford (by disqualification) [retain championship]

Ciampa and Gargano take the tag titles.

Nick Aldis is on the phone and Chelsea Green asks if Nick saw the travesty last week and she has a formal complaint.  Green tells Alba and Piper to serve him.

Nick reads the paperwork and Green says that she expects Nicholas will resolve the issue with the referee.

Nick says he will resolve this.  The six woman tag match is off.  Zelina gets a match tonight.  Nick says Piper and Alba don't have to be at ringside.

Randy Orton, a man without a match this weekend, makes his way to the ring.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Nick Aldis wants Johnny and Tommaso to give him the tag title belts.

Angelo and Montez show up and so do Alex and Chris.

Nick says it can be done the easy way or the hard way.

They give them the belts.  

Nick says the belts will be hung above the ring for a TLC match next week.

Randy Orton makes his way to the ring

Randy says he does not have an opponent for Wrestlemania.  For the past few days his wife and him have been in Vegas and done the appearances.  He says thousands have approahced him and he says there is an excitement for this year's Wrestlemania like none other.  Randy says his father was in the first Wrestlemania and then he debuted at Mania at the Garden twenty years later.  Randy says he is not sitting out this year's Wrestlemania.  He says if he competes this weekend, it will be his twentieth Wrestlemania appearance.

Randy says he will throw it out to the universe.  Randy says he will be there on Sunday with the boots tied, gear on, and the right amount of baby oil on his skin.  He will be there to deliver.  Randy says he is not just doing it for himself, he is doing it for you, his family, and the boys in the back.  If anyone in the back wants to test their mettle, step up.  If you own a pair of wrestling boots or want to be his opponent, show up because he will be there.

Randy says you will be fall victim to the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment . . . R . . . K . . . O.

We see Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest brawling during the Kickoff Show earlier today.

Byron Saxton is with Damian Priest in HALLWAY.

Byron asks about what happened earlier but he is sick of answering questions.  He wants to talk to the guy who did not show up tonight and the guy who acts like a victim.  You are not a victim, yet.  You are not ready for this fight.  The world is not ready for this violence.  You paint him as a bad guy, he will beat Drew so bad he will wish he was future endeavored again.  He will bring the fight.

We are back with the likely Aleister Black tease and it will happen next week.

Match Number Three:  Zelina Vega versus Chelsea Green in a Non Title Match

Vega avoids a prematch attack.  Green with a swinging slam for a near fall.  Green slams Vega's head into the mat a few times.  Vega with a kick and a wheelbarrow into an arm drag.  Green with boots to the back.  Green with forearms.  Vega sends Green to the floor and Green pulls Vega to the floor.  Green sends Vega into the ringside barrier.  Green breaks the count and she has words for the referee.  The referee resumes his count and Green goes to the floor and Vega sends Green into the time keeper's area.  The referee restarts his count.

They both beat the ten count.  Vega with a forearm and Green fires back.  They continue the exchange.  Vega with forearms and Vega with a flying clothesline or two.  Vega blocks a kick and hits a back elbow.  Vega sends Green into the ropes and Green with a boot for a near fall.   Green puts Vega on the turnbuckles and Green climbs for a superplex but Vega blocks it and sends Green's head into the turnbuckle.  Vega with a Super Code Red for the three count.

Winner:  Zelina Vega

LA Knight walks in the back as we go to commercial.

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