WWE Smackdown spoilers and analysis: April 16, 2015
This week’s Smackdown tapings were filmed in London, England and will air on April 16th.
Also read: WWE Smackdown Results: April 14, 2016 [Video]
Spoilers
-John Cena opened Smackdown with an in ring promo where he discussed the upcoming ‘Russian chain’ match at Extreme Rules. Cesaro & Tyson Kidd interrupt before Daniel Bryan comes out as well thus setting up the main event.
-Bray Wyatt defeated R-Truth easily in a dominating display
-Roman Reigns interview airs on the tron
-The Miz cuts a promo before being interrupted by Bad News Barrett. Barrett defeats Miz quickly with the Bullhammer.
-Renee Young interviews Damien before they are interrupted by an agitated Miz. The two end up agreeing to a match on next week’s RAW with the “Miz” gimmick on the line.
-Neville defeated Sheamus via DQ after Sheamus through him into the announce table. Sheamus continued the beat down post match but Dolph Ziggler soon made the save. Sheamus announces that they will face each other at Extreme Rules it what will apparently be a ‘kiss my ass’ match.
-The New Day (Kingston & Big E) defeat Los Matadores
-Fandango breaks up with Rosa in a backstage segment
-Big Show cuts a promo on Roman Reigns and announces that they will face off in a last man standing match at Extreme Rules.
-Cameron defeats both Alicia Fox and Natalya in a triple threat. Fox had a post-match freak out in which she chased the ref.
-Fandango defeated Adam Rose. Rosa tried to distract Fandango but he still managed to score the pinfall via roll up.
-Just before the main event three fans enter the ring (unscripted) and perform a Rock Bottom on each other before being thrown out by security.
-The main event saw Daniel Bryan & John Cena defeat Cesaro & Tyson Kidd in a non-title match. Bryan scored the victory for his team by making Kidd tap out to the Yes Lock.
Analysis
Sheamus and Ziggler officially announced they will face at Extreme Rules. There have been some conflicting reports in regards to the possible ‘kiss my ass’ stipulation but hopefully it doesn’t happen.
The Miz/Mizdow have announced another match on Raw in which the winner will get the ‘Miz’ gimmick. This seems to be a big turning point in their feud and could be better served to happen at Extreme Rules. Hopefully, the two will still actually get a match at Extreme Rules and the upcoming Raw bout may simply be a way to bring back the Sandow name.
Unfortunately for Natalya and Alicia, they both lost to a far less talented performer in Cameron. However, it’s likely this result will lead nowhere.
Big Show and Reigns officially now have a match at Extreme Rules much to displeasure of many. Hopefully, the Last Man Standing stipulation will create a more interesting bout.
It will be interesting to see whether WWE decide to play the footage of the men entering the ring as it was actually made for some entertaining viewing, but they will most likely edit it out which is a shame.
The main event tag team bout is sure to be very entertaining and fun to watch. The tag champs lose another non-title match but hopefully the bout will show off their immense talent working with two mega stars in Cena and Bryan.
The Extreme Rules PPV is drawing closer and this week’s episode of Smackdown served to officially set up a few more matches for the event.