{"id":123237,"date":"2024-03-14T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=123237"},"modified":"2024-03-13T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:56:08","slug":"preview-wwe-smackdown-3-15-24-bayley-takes-on-kai-the-return-of-rey-mysterio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/03\/14\/preview-wwe-smackdown-3-15-24-bayley-takes-on-kai-the-return-of-rey-mysterio\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE SmackDown (3\/15\/24) &#8211; Bayley Takes on Kai + The Return of Rey Mysterio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things are heating on the Friday night spectacular known as\u00a0<em><strong>WWE SmackDown<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 With only less than three weeks to go before the sports entertainment spectacular\u00a0<em><strong>WrestleMania 40<\/strong><\/em>, everyone is on top of their game ready to show the\u00a0<strong>WWE<\/strong> Universe the best brand of sports entertainment in the world.<\/p>\n<p>On this latest installment of\u00a0<em><strong>WWE Friday Night SmackDown<\/strong><\/em>, there will be a grudge match for the ages. Plus, a WWE Hall of Famer makes his presence felt and responds to the calculated acts of his group&#8217;s rival faction. It will be an exciting one, folks! So, strap yourselves in! Here is a preview of\u00a0<em>WWE SmackDown<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s run it down.<\/p>\n<h3>Full WWE SmackDown Match Card:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rey Mysterio Returns<\/li>\n<li>Bayley vs. Dakota Kai<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Damage Controlled?<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Arm_52GXWw4?si=krZITuiqloXQcynN\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Heading into probably the biggest match of her career,\u00a0<strong>Bayley<\/strong> is probably at her lowest point. The founder of\u00a0<strong>Damage CTRL<\/strong>, one of the best factions of the last two decades, the number one contender is now left without anyone to lean on weeks out from the &#8216;grandest stage of them all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Last week on,\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em>, Bayley was supposed to handicap Damage CTRL with the help of <strong>Dakota Kai<\/strong>. Unfortunately,\u00a0<strong>IYO SKY<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>The Kabuki Warriors<\/strong> had Kai in their back pocket all along, This series of events practically destroyed Bayley, leaving her to fend for herself.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Bayley is not going down without a fight. On this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>WWE Friday Night SmackDown<\/em>, Bayley goes toe-to-toe with Kai. How will this pan out for the <em><strong>Royal Rumble<\/strong><\/em> winner? Will a concerned\u00a0<strong>Naomi<\/strong> and a less-than-inclined <strong>Bianca Belair<\/strong> have anything to do with the proceedings?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/01\/01\/bayley-underappreciated-member-wwe-four-horsewomen\/\" target=\"_self\">Bayley: The Underappreciated Member Of WWE\u2019s \u201cFour Horsewomen\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>619 in Your Area<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4atnFA1gY0I?si=nuoZ9SWXYc56lUJt\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After months on the shelf,\u00a0<strong>Rey Mysterio<\/strong> makes his official return to Friday nights, and he has some unfinished business with\u00a0<strong>Legado del Fantasma<\/strong>. The heir apparent to the luchador throne\u00a0<strong>Dragon Lee<\/strong> was in action against\u00a0<strong>Angel<\/strong> on last week&#8217;s episode of\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em>, which saw him pickup the win.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Lee,\u00a0<strong>Santos Escobar<\/strong>, and his crew knew that the\u00a0<strong>LWO<\/strong> was not in the building that night and proceeded to put the beat down on the former\u00a0<em><strong>NXT<\/strong><\/em> North American Champion. With Mysterio back in the fold, how will the former multiple-time World Champion respond to these heinous acts courtesy of Legado Del Fantasma?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yw0IzO_Epjo?si=pZyusoAFXzVFC4Pz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also, on this week&#8217;s SmackDown, if rumors are correct, <strong>The Rock<\/strong> may have something special in store for the Memphis crowd. Particularly, a certain musical endeavor could be in the cards for the WWE Universe this Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Find out and more on another exciting edition of\u00a0<em>WWE SmackDown<\/em> only on\u00a0<strong>Fox<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/12\/10\/the-many-successors-of-rey-mysterio\/\" target=\"_self\">The Many Successors Of Rey Mysterio: Why They Didn\u2019t Pan Out And Why Dragon Lee Will<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013\u00a0<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things are heating on the Friday night spectacular known as\u00a0WWE SmackDown.\u00a0 With only less than three weeks to go before the sports entertainment spectacular\u00a0WrestleMania 40, everyone is on top of their game ready to show the\u00a0WWE Universe the best brand of sports entertainment in the world. 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