WWE SmackDown Live Results: March 27th, 2018

The road to WrestleMania takes a trip to Pittsburgh, with less than two weeks remaining until the showcase of the immortals in New Orleans.

Storylines will be advanced and new matches will be booked, as we see which direction things turn in for the blue brand.

Mahal & Rusev vs. Orton & Roode

We kick things off with a recap of the beatdown from Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens on Daniel Bryan last week, which allowed Graves to confirm that we'll get an update on the situation later tonight. Bobby Roode, Randy Orton, Sunil Singh and Jinder Mahal come out for their scheduled tag team match.

Mahal confirms that Singh sustained an injury this week, meaning that Rusev will replace him in the match tonight - which delighted the fans. Roode and Mahal start things off in the ring, trading blows in the early stages of the tag match. We come back from the break and Orton is in full control of The Bulgarian Brute, although a big kick from Rusev hands the control back to his team as Jinder is tagged back into the match.

Orton gains some separation and hits the hot tag, but Roode can't follow through on securing the pinfall. A lethal superkick gives Mahal a close two fall. We go through yet another break with Mahal still going back and forth with Roode, as this tag team match has now taken up the first quarter of the show.

Some miscommunication between Orton and Bobby leads to a moment of confusion, as Orton begins to set up the final sequence of the contest. Randy hits Roode with the RKO after tensions boil over, only for Rusev to nail him with a superkick to secure the pin and the victory.

Rusev & Mahal defeated Orton & Roode via pinfall

A match graphic promotes Nakamura vs Benjamin, as well as the aftermath of Daniel Bryan's attack last week and New Day vs Bludgeon Brothers.