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WWE SmackDown preview (Mar. 5, 2021): Duality Share this story The Headliner Like my guy Cain and most of the wrestle web, my reaction to last night’s news that Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair and her WrestleMania 37 opponent, champ Sasha Banks, will again challenge WWE Women’s Tag Team champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler at the next PPV was some combination of surprise and trepidation. The duo lost at Elimination Chamber, and haven’t interacted with Jax & Baszler since. There’s on...

IF I HAD THE PENCIL: WrestleMania XXXVII (Night One) By Brayden Fanti on Mar 2, 2021, 10:17pm EST 9 NOTE: This isn’t a prediction of what I think will happen, just simply what I would do if the decisions were up to me. Sounds self explanatory, but I’ve been doing this series since I was fifteen, and you’d be surprised at the comments I still get. Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal: #1 Contender Kickoff Match (15 min) That’s right, we’re bringing it back. I’ve always ...

SmackDowns fallout from Elimination Chamber takes place tonight. WWE is hyping that womens Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair will make her WrestleMania 37 decision on tonights SmackDown. At Elimination Chamber, Belair and SmackDown Womens Champion Sasha Banks unsuccessfully challenge for Nia Jax & Shayna Baszlers Womens Tag Team titles. Mens Rumble winner Edge has officially chosen Universal Champion Roman Reigns as his WrestleMania 37 opponent. Edge and Reigns had another confrontation on Smac...

0 of 4 Credit: WWE.com Fridays SmackDown hit the ground running with potential storylines to fill up the Fastlane card as WWE continues to prepare for WrestleMania 37. After coming up short at Elimination Chamber, Daniel Bryan challenged Roman Reigns to another title match with no shenanigans. A match between Bryan and Jey Uso was made to decide whether he would get another shot. Bianca Belair was still riding high from her womens Royal Rumble victory and finally decided to challenge Sasha Bank...

Tag Team Weekly Roundup and Power Rankings: Can a WWE champ be on a jobber team? By Will Hardy on Feb 27, 2021, 8:25pm EST 5 A Raw tag team holds the biggest prize on the brand. But even with Miz holding the WWE Championship, and showing off his acting chops well, its hard to escape that he and John Morrison have been booked like jobbers for the better part of a year. In fact, its even more striking when you contrast the duo with the faction who pose the biggest threat to Mizs gold....

Elimination Chamber fallout edition of SmackDown, coming our way tonight (Feb. 26) from its usual 8 p.m. Eastern time slot on Fox. The worst kept secret is sports entertainment is the main attraction. Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair has been on the cusp of announcing her decision to challenge SmackDown Women’s champion Sasha Banks a few times already. Now that their pursuit of the WWE Women’s Tag titles is over, she’s officially going to make her pick so we can start the build to Wre...

WWE SmackDown preview (Feb. 26, 2021): Refresh Share this story The Headliner With a spear and a gesture toward the recycled WrestleMania sign, Edge made his selection. The Royal Rumble winner will challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal title the weekend of April 10 - 11 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. It’s not my first pick, but it’s an exciting prospect. Much as I love Kevin Owens, it’s past time to move on from his chase of Reigns - especially since WWE’s made it clear he won�...

Roman Reigns gets to show up and win Share this story Daniel Bryan vs. Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro vs. Jey Uso vs. Sami Zayn vs. King Corbin The pieces are lined up for Universal champion Roman Reigns to have an easy night at Elimination Chamber 2021. It wasn’t originally supposed to be this way. Adam Pearce intended to force Roman to defend the gold against five other wrestlers inside a brutal Elimination Chamber match. But that’s why Paul Heyman is paid the big bucks; he manipulated the contr...

The build to WWE Elimination Chamber continued on Friday in an explosive episode of SmackDown! Both Royal Rumble winners, Edge and Bianca Belair, appeared on the show, while the six combatants in the Chamber collided in a six-man tag main event! Take a look at the full results below! Edge came face-to-face with Roman Reigns After announcing that he would not reveal which World Champion he will face at WrestleMania until after WWE Elimination Chamber last week, 2021 Royal Rumble winner Edge kick...