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Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville kicked off Night One of the WWE Draft on SmackDown. Roman Reigns was the first Superstar to be added to SmackDown while Big E headed over to RAW. Charlotte and Bianca Belair swapped brands to finish off the first round of the Draft.
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Roman Reigns walked out next with Paul Heyman and headed to the ring on SmackDown. Heyman and Reigns made the crowd acknowledge the Champ. Heyman said that Roman was the Suplexorcist, and will beat Brock Lesnar at Crown Jewel.
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Lesnar walked out on SmackDown and stared Roman down in the ring. Reigns threw the first punch and managed to make The Beast Incarnate back off but only for a second. Brock hit German Suplexes one after the other on Roman before The Usos rushed the ring and was sent to Suplex City as well.
Roman retreated from the ring and Brock took The Usos out with F5s before Reigns retreated.
Kevin Owens vs. Happy Corbin on SmackDown
Corbin introduced his new friend, Madcap Moss, before the match kicked off. Moss tripped up KO from the apron as the former Universal Champion was dominating the match early on. Corbin took control of the match and hit a Deep Six for a near fall after taking a Tornado DDT.
Owens got a near fall of his own before he took the End of Days at ringside. Corbin took him back to the ring and hit one more End of Days before picking up the easy win.
Result: Happy Corbin def. Kevin Owens on SmackDown
Grade: C
The WWE Draft continued with Round 2 and Drew McIntyre and the New Day were drafted to the Blue brand while RK-Bro and Edge went to RAW.
Drew was backstage on SmackDown and said that he was coming after the Bloodline and The Universal Title.
Edge was out next and reminded us that he was on the very first episode of SmackDown. He then addressed Rollins and said that he was still recovering and asked Seth to come out.
The Messiah showed up on the titantron and taunted Edge for not accepting defeat already. He called the WWE Hall Of Famer a liar and revealed he was at Edge's house. The Rated-R Superstar made a run for it while Seth was going through his fridge.
Seth made of Edge's daughters' art on the fridge before sitting down at the fireplace. Edge called his wife to tell her not to go home before SmackDown continued.
Liv Morgan vs. Carmella on SmackDown
Carmella took a punch to the face right away from Morgan before rushing out of the ring and having her helpers put on a mask on her.
Carmella got back in the ring and hit some big kicks before getting the X-factor in to wipe her out. Carmella celebrated like she won the match but nothing was called on the mic so it's safe to say that the match never started.
Result: DNF
Grade: C
Deville and Pearce were out again on SmackDown with Round 3 of the WWE Draft. Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss were staying on SmackDown along with newcomers from NXT, Hit Row. Rhea Ripley and Nikki A.S.H and Keith 'Bearcat' Lee remained on RAW.
The New Day & The Street Profits vs. Alpha Academy & The Dirty Dawgs on SmackDown
Ford managed to hit Gable with some big kicks and hit a body drop before taking down the Dirty Dawgs and Otis from the apron. Gable sneaked in a tag to Otis and he took Montez outside and sent him into the steel steps and the barricades.
After a break, Gable took countered a dive from Ford with a bridge pin, but Montez kicked out. Roode and Dawkins were in next, and the latter was cleaning house before hitting a spinning neckbreaker.
Otis was sent outside and Ford hit a big dive on him before Kingston took out Ziggler with a dive of his own. The New Day hit their combined finisher in the ring on Roode and picked up the win.
Result: The New Day & The Street Profits def. Alpha Academy & The Dirty Dawgs
Grade: B
Round 4 of the WWE Draft commenced on SmackDown with Naomi and Jeff Hardy being drafted to the blue brand while The Mysterios and Austin Theory were going to RAW.
Brock Lesnar says he is a free agent on SmackDown
Jeff Hardy was backstage and Brock interrupted his interview to cut his own promo. He made an announcement. Thanks to his 'good friend' Paul Heyman, Brock Lesnar was a free agent and he gets to do whatever he wants to do.
Reigns, however, in his locker room, asked if he and Heyman were 'good friends' before questioning why The Usos were not drafted tonight. Paul called himself the 'wise man' before Reigns and the Usos laughed at him and Roman asked him to go to RAW and make sure Jimmy and Jey were drafted to SmackDown.
Roman told the cousins after Heyman left that they should follow Paul to RAW and make sure they get drafted to SmackDown. The Tribal Chief instructed his cousins to take Heyman out if things don't go according to plan.
We got a WrestleMania rematch next as Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks were set to face each other in the main event of SmackDown.
Bianca Belair vs. Sasha Banks on SmackDown
We finally got to see the match that was set up for SummerSlam and Becky Lynch showed up and joined the SmackDown commentary team. Banks was being bench pressed by the EST Of WWE before Belair lifted her once more and dropped her with a big front slam.
Bianca tossed Banks outside and Becky taunted them from the announce desk before we headed for a break. Back on SmackDown, Banks hit a Meteora for a near fall before Bianca took back control in the ring.
On the apron, Sasha missed the sunset powerbomb before Belair drove her into the barricades. Becky and Belair got in a scuffle at ringside and Becky grabbed her hair, restricting her movement.
Banks took advantage of the distraction and got the pin. Charlotte Flair came in and wiped out both Banks and Belair and posed in the ring with her title.
Result: Bianca Belair def. Sasha Banks
Grade: B+
Episode rating: B
We got an eventful night with Night One of the WWE Draft taking place on SmackDown tonight. Hit Row and Austin Theory moved up from NXT. Brock sent a big message to Roman and Heyman while we got a WrestleMania rematch as the main event on SmackDown tonight.
