WWE SmackDown Results, April 2nd 2019, Latest SmackDown Live winners and video highlights

SmackDown Live kicked off with The Kevin Owens show, featuring AJ Styles and Randy Orton. When Randy Orton was asked if he was proud for ruining Styles' match with Angle last week and The Viper said he did the WWE Universe a favor by saving them from the match. They traded personal blows and AJ Styles brought up Orton failing drug tests.

Orton said that with Cena going to Hollywood, he has taken the role of the corporate b**ch. Kevin Owens chose to depart as the situation became volatile. They began to brawl, and Styles pushed Orton away before going for the Phenomenal forearm. Orton RKO'd him mid-air.

The Usos and Aleister Black & Ricochet vs. Rusev & Nakamura and The Bar

The tag team division never fails to impress

Ricochet began the action against Cesaro. Cesaro placed Ricochet on the top turnbuckle. Ricochet tried to hit a Hurricanrana, but Cesaro caught him. The one and only ended up attempting a roll-up pin but ate an uppercut from Cesaro. Sheamus got tagged in and nearly deadlifted him, but Ricochet escaped and tagged in Aleister Black.

Jey Uso got tagged in and Sheamus tags Nakamura in. Jey started running the ropes but Rusev subtly tagged in and pulls the ropes down. Rusev sent Jey shoulder first into the steel. Things looked like they're on the verge of chaos.

Rusev was in action and was constantly tagging in and out with Nakamura. Jey Uso continued to get taken down, but he managed to tag in his brother Jimmy.

Jimmy began to clear house and superkicked Rusev, but Nakamura broke it up. Nakamura got dropkicked by Ricochet, Ricochet got thrown up and ate an uppercut and everything broke down before The Usos managed to tag in and hit a double superkick to pick up the win for the team.

Result: The Usos and Black & Ricochet def. Rusev & Nakamura and The Bar

After the match, RAW's Alexa Bliss was out. She announced that The Usos will be defending their title in a Fatal-4-Way tag team match at WrestleMania against all the teams they shared the ring with.

Billie Kay & Peyton Royce promise to make WrestleMania

IIconic

Right after, we got another IIconics promo. They were talking about winning the tag team championships because they can pin anyone.

The Miz vs Sanity - 3-on-1 handicap match

This is why you don't mess with The Miz

Shane McMahon came out before the match started and Greg Hamilton announced him as The Best in the World. The A-Lister was holding his own a few nights before WrestleMania. Eric Young was tagged in and was getting kicked in the ribs over and over.

Shane McMahon interjected, telling Miz that just like his WrestleMania match, this match against Sanity was a Falls Count Anywhere match. The action immediately went outside, and they were in the crowd. Miz sent Alexandre Wolfe through a table, but Eric Young broke it on time. It went backstage, and Killian Dain went face first on the wall.

Eric Young got slammed in the face by a crate which The Miz pushed into him. The Miz won backstage.

Result: The Miz def. Sanity

Becky was out to speak her mind

Becky Lynch arrived at the arena in a cop car and walked up to ringside and recalled last night's events. She said she will walk away from WrestleMania as a double champ, as she deserves.

Nikki Cross, Hardy Boyz, Heavy Machinery, Naomi, Asuka & The Fabulous Truth vs. Zelina Vega, Mandy Rose, Lana, Sonya DeVille, EC3, Shelton Benjamin, Andrade, Gallows & Anderson - 18 Superstar Mixed Tag Team Match

Nikki Cross and Zelina Vega started us off. Jeff Hardy and EC3 tagged in early in and Matt came in for the double team. The tags were quick as Heavy Machinery came in and EC3 fell over for Otis to hit the Caterpillar. Rose and Naomi were in next as the fight continued. R-Truth and Andrade were facing off and The Fabulous Truth took a dance break before Anderson took R Truth down.

An all-out brawl broke out and Nikki took out Shelton Benjamin while EC3 took a Twist of Fate from Matt, a Superkick from Asuka but before Jeff came in to finish it off but Asuka threw him out even though they were on the same team and did a really cute strut in celebration.

Result: The match ended in a double DQ for both teams

Samoa Joe vs. Ali

Joe started off strong and pushed Ali into the corner with jabs and strikes. Ali managed to get a dropkick off a counter and followed up with a Suicide Dive into the barricades. Ali hit a DDT for an early near-fall. Joe locked in the Coquina clutch after a little more back and forth and managed to knock out Ali for a quick victory.

Result: Samoa Joe def. Ali

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Kofi Kingston ends his road to WrestleMania with a contract signing

Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston were out to sign the match contracts for WrestleMania where Bryan will defend his WWE Championship. He said he was there to educate the masses and went on one more of his rants as the crowd chanted 'KofiMania'.

He gave us a life lesson, 'Don't be complacent'. Then he hit us with, 'Don't been a bystander in your own life'. Words of wisdom from the champ. He told Kofi that he knows how Kofi felt. Kofi got on the mic after the monologue and said that they were nothing alike. He added that the mind games wouldn't work anymore and this was Kofi's time. He promised to beat Bryan at WrestleMania before signing the contract.