WWE Smackdown results and highlights: Friday 25 March 2022

We are just a week away from WrestleMania 38, and the WWE Universe is abuzz at the prospect of a unified champion as we saw on Smackdown.

For weeks Brock Lesnar has been trying to get his hands on Roman Reigns, but the Tribal Chief has always been one step ahead.

Reigns again escaped punishment on Smackdown, although Lesnar sent a message with a furious assault on the unwitting security sent to restrain the WWE Champion.

WWE Smackdown results and highlights

Shinsuke Nakamura def. Jimmy Uso

Prior to The Usos’ SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match against Shinsuke Nakamura & Rick Boogs on WrestleMania Saturday, The Head-Banging Herald neutralized an interfering Jey Uso outside the ring and paved the way for The King of Strong Style to hit the Kinshasa on Jimmy Uso for the win heading toward WrestleMania.

Ronda Rousey engaged in a war of words with Charlotte Flair

After suffering two weeks of calculated attacks at the hands of SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair en route to their WrestleMania Saturday title contest, The Baddest Woman on the Planet was denied retribution when The Opportunity appeared on the TitanTron and made it clear she was not there on SmackDown. Her absence fueled Rousey’s animosity heading toward The Showcase of the Immortals.

Smackdown does Ricochet dirty

Angel def. Ricochet

Thanks to interference from his Los Lotharios partner Humberto, Angel scored a huge Championship Contender win over Intercontinental Champion Ricochet. Before the dust cleared, The One and Only challenged Humberto to an impromptu matchup.

Humberto def. Ricochet by Count-Out

After helping Angel defeat Ricochet, Humberto picked up his own impromptu victory over the Intercontinental Champion by count-out when Angel grabbed The One and Only from under the ring apron and prevented him from beating the count back into the ring.

Sasha Banks def. Rhea Ripley, Shayna Baszler and Queen Zelina in a Fatal 4-Way Match

After a mid-match brawl resulted in all four of the participants’ tag team partners getting ejected from ringside, Sasha Banks made Queen Zelina tap out to the Bank Statement to score a crucial win en route to a highly-anticipated WWE Women’s Tag Team Title Match on WrestleMania Sunday between the four tandems.

The Beast unleashed

Brock Lesnar unleashed a steel chair assault on security and sent a message to Roman Reigns en route to WrestleMania

After being informed by WWE Management that he could not lay hands on Universal Champion Roman Reigns unless provoked, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar commandeered his WrestleMania opponent’s private locker room for the majority of SmackDown.

The Head of the Table finally arrived in Brooklyn to come before the WWE Universe and address The Biggest WrestleMania Match of All Time, which is just over one week away. He laughed it off when he discovered that The Beast was in the parking lot using an axe on his SUV windows. When Reigns reminded the WWE Champion that there would be no weapons at WrestleMania, Lesnar dropped his dangerous implement and headed to the ring through the crowd. 

When he was met by security at ringside, The Beast grabbed a steal chair and unleashed another vicious beatdown on everyone between him and The Head of the Table. Reigns and The Bloodline took the opportunity to make their retreat, but the Universal Champion made it clear backstage that Lesnar would acknowledge him at The Showcase of the Immortals.

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