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Your announcers are Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore.
Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga arrive in VEHICLE and Tama has to go back to VEHICLE, but LA Knight attacks Tama from behidn and slams his head into a car and closes the door on Tama's hand.
Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring.
Seth welcomes us to Smackdown and tells us who he is. Seth looks at the Wrestlemania sign and the crowd chants for his Midwestern opponent tomorrow night so Seth sits cross legged in the center of the ring. Then the crowd chants for the person who was in a faction with him, but Seth says he will get to him later and he wants to deal with the first guy. That is the reason he came back? Because you chanted his name for ten long years? That is why he came back? Except when CM Punk came back to the ring, it wasn't a WWE ring. Did he come back because you were chanting his name or because someone wrote him a big fat check? When he burned that bridge like he burned every other one, he came back to WWE after ten years.
Did he come back because you chanted his name? It was because they wrote him another big, fat check. CM Punk likes to pretend and then Seth asks to tell him when he tells lies. Punk does not care about you or WWE. He is a liar, a fraud, and a coward. Say what you will about Roman Reigns, he doesn't pretend to care about you guys. He doesn't pretend to care about WWE and you can believe that. He only cares about himself. Roman is in the Roman Reigns business. He is Mr. Private Jet, limited schedule, hand picked opponent.
The crowd croons for Roman by saying his name a lot.
Seth says Roman loves when you love him. They know nothing about sacrifice. Seth says he knows everything about sacrifice. Funny enough, this whole story between them started 12 years ago and it started with Paul Heyman. Paul brought them into WWE to be a shield for CM Punk. Every single night, he sacrificed everything he had in the ring to be that shield. Did he get the credit? No, everyone in the back wanted the spotlight on Roman Reigns. It was about Roman. Roman was going to be the next John Cena. Roman was going to be the next cash cow. They put the spotlight on Roman. In the background, after CM Punk had gone away and he heard little echoes of CM Punk chants.
Meanwhile, he was making every show. He was in the ring every night, sacrificing everything and it culminated at Wrestlemania. His knee was hanging by a thread and his stepfather was dying but Seth says he had to be there to be a shield so Roman would lose. This started twelve years ago thanks to Paul Heyman. It ends tomorrow in the most important triple threat in the history of this industry. Seth says he will do what he has done for the last twelve years. He will lay it on the line and sacrifice everything he has to make sure that this business, company, and industry move in the right direction. Seth says that is not a prediction, it is a spoiler.
Seth cackles to end the promo.
They run through the cards for Wrestlemania.
Match Number One: The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
They start throwing punches before the bell rings while Carlito spins around in the center of the ring like a record. Truth takes Carlito's apple and Carlito hits Truth from behind and then he bumps into Miz. Truth eliminates Carlito and then Carmelo is sent to the apron and he pulls Truth over. Miz kicks Truth off the apron to eliminate him. Kross says hello to his old friend Miz and Hayes climbs on Kross' back. Miz and Hayes work over Kross and Fenix sends Kross over the top to the apron. Humberto and Angel send Fenix to the mat and hit a double super kick. Fenix with a rana to eliminate HUmberot and then he puts Angel on the top rope and hits a rolling uppercut to eliminate Angel.
Kit and Elton work over Tyler Bate and they send him into the corner and Kit with an elbow. Elton with an uppercut to Tyler. Kit with an assisted Codebreaker to Bate. Waller and Theory eliminate Kit and Elton. Dunne takes care of Theory and Waller. Bate with a punch to Theory. Theory hits Bate and Bate with a rebound clothesline to Theory and Waller. Bate gets them to the apron and they hang on. Kaiser sends Bate over the top and Kaiser drop kicks Bate to eliminate him when Bate tries to skin the cat. Dunne punches Kaiser and tries to eliminate him. Andrade chokes Theory and Santos tries to eliminate Miz. Chad punches Fenix. Santos punches Miz and Kaiser hangs on the ropes and gets back onto the apron. Santos pushes Andrade into Fenix and Santos with a jumping knee to Fenix.
Santos talks to Fenix and Fenix eliminates Santos. Otis gets Tozawa up for the Terry Funk spot to knock everyone down. Otis slams Andrade and he presses Tozawa into Julius and he tosses Tozawa to Brutus and he connects with a knee. Tozawa is eliminated and Otis clotheslines Julius and Brutus over the top rope to eliminate all three of them. Cruz and Wilde try to eliminate Kaiser but Kaiser with a knee to Cruz. Otis sends Julius into the ring steps. Andrade eliminates Waller and then Theory tries to eliminate Andrade but Andrade eliminates Theory. Everyone with super kicks to Gable and then Fenix with a jumping spin kick and he eliminates Gable. Wilde with a knee to Nakamura and he goes up top and Nakamura pushes him over the ring post to eliminate him. Cruz with a kick to Nakamura but Kross punches Cruz to the floor and he tells Rey he is using him.
Lee punches Kross and Kross with a forearm. Kross tries to eliminate Lee but Lee eliminates Kross. Nakamura grabs Lee and puts him over the top rope but Lee holds on. Lee with a kick and a slingshot splash. Lee runs into a round kick and follows with a reverse exploder over the top rope to the floor. Kaiser pulls Dunne to the apron by the hair and they fight on the apron. Dunne with a knee and he stomps on the hands and kicks Dunne. Kaiser kicks the ropes into Dunne's nether region. Dunne with a triangle in the ropes and he pulls Kaiser over to eliminate him. Andrade holds on and Hayes is sent to the apron. Miz goes to the apron and Dunne pulls at Hayes' fingers. Dune with a punch but Miz holds Hayes on and sends him back into the ring. Dunne drop kicks Miz off the apron to eliminate him.
Dunne kicks Hayes and Hayes sends Dunne over the top rope to eliminate him.
We are down to Fenix, Nakamura, Andrade, and Hayes.
Hayes goes after Andrade while Nakamura with knees to Fenix. Hayes with punches and chops to Andrade. Nakamura kicks Hayes and hits a reverse exploder on Fenix. Nakamura with an enzuigiri to Andrade. Nakamura misses Kinshas but he kicks Andrade. Andrade with a springboard drop kick to eliminate Nakamura. Hayes with a super kick to the back of Fenix's head. Andrade and Hayes get on the ropes and Fenix sends them over the top rope but Andrade and Hayes hold on. Hayes gets back in the ring and he hits Fenix from behind. Fenix with a rana to Andrade. Fenix swings in the ropes and hits a spinning back heel kick. Fenix with a rolling punch and then he is sent to the apron. Fenix and Hayes with punches. Fenix goes up top and he runs the ropes, but Grande Americano attacks Fenix and eliminates him.
Americano flees from the referees.
Hayes mises a kick and Andrade with a kick. Hayes escapes The Message and Andrade goes for a suplex but Haye escapes. Both with clotheslines at the same time. Hayes with La Mistica but Andrade with a spinning back elbow and both men are down. Andrade sets for a suplex but Hayes blocks it. Andrade blocks a suplex from Hayes. Hayes sets for a suplex and turns it into a cutter. Hayes goes to the ropes and Andrade joins him. Hayes escapes and sends Andrade to the floor.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes
After the match, Miz comes to the ringside area to congratulate him on his win.
Did you know Triple H is being inducted into the Hall of Fame tonight?
We see a clip from the Wade Barrett Interview Experience with Charlotte Flair.
Rhea Ripley walks in the back as we go to commercial.
Rhea Ripley makes her way to the ring.
Rhea says Sunday is her sixth Wrestlemania and each time she has walked into some sort of championship match, but this one is the most important to her. She says she let herself get distracted by Bianca and she lost the title before Wrestlemania. She says she could be coming out here to complain about the last few weeks, but she does not want to talk about the past. On Sunday, she gets back what she wants and she will do what she has to do. She says Rhea Ripley is walking out as a three time World Champion.
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