Friday's SmackDown took place at the LDLC Arena in Lyon, France. This episode serves as the final show before tomorrow's Backlash premium live event, also in Lyon. Since it was pre-taped, we have the spoilers here.
WWE has one more show until Backlash is upon us. The Saturday premium live event will take place on May 4 at 1:00 PM EST. Fans in the United States will get to see that show live.
The company already advertised many segments and matches for this week's SmackDown.
- A-Town Down Under (Grayson Waller & Austin Theory) versus The Street Profits – WWE Tag Team Championship Match
- New Catch Republic (Axiom & Nathan Frazer) against Authors of Pain
- Cody Rhodes and A.J. Styles face off ahead of their Undisputed WWE Championship match at Backlash
- Debut of the RKO Show, hosted by Randy Orton & Kevin Owens
WWE fans in the UK had a rare treat, as SmackDown aired live for them at 6:00 PM local time. Since fans in the United States must wait to see the show on FOX, you can find the spoilers for this week's show below.
WWE SmackDown Spoilers For 5/3 Episode:
- Dark match result: Rey Mysterio defeated Carlito
- Cody Rhodes, AJ Styles, Randy Orton, and Kevin Owens shown arriving at SmackDown.
- Bayley, Naomi, Bianca Belair, and Jade Cargill defeated Tiffany Stratton & Damage CTRL (Asuka, Kairi Sane & Dakota Kai); tensions noted among winners.
- Backstage promo by Grayson Waller & Austin Theory.
- Kayla Braxton interviewed Belair & Cargill about their upcoming title match against Asuka & Sane at Backlash; Bayley and Naomi interrupted, causing tension.
- Carmelo Hayes expressed his interest in joining the King of the Ring tournament; interaction with Bobby Lashley who offered advice and a warning.
- AOP defeated Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate.
- Paul Heyman met with SmackDown GM Nick Aldis; and his request to cancel Owens & Orton vs. Sikoa & Tonga at Backlash was denied.
- Heyman hinted at controlling Roman Reigns' draft status; and then a confrontation on The RKO Show led to a brawl involving Sikoa & Tonga.
- The Street Profits gave a backstage promo.
- LA Knight defeated Angel and declared for King of the Ring; Santos Escobar also declared.
- Dragon Lee attacked Carlito during a backstage interview.
- WWE Tag Team Champions Grayson Waller & Austin Theory retained their titles against The Street Profits.
- Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles had a confrontational face-to-face before Backlash; Styles slapped Rhodes.
- Post-show brawl between Sikoa & Tonga and Owens & Orton, with security trying to intervene.