{"id":123940,"date":"2024-04-11T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=123940"},"modified":"2024-04-10T01:38:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T05:38:45","slug":"preview-wwe-smackdown-4-12-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/11\/preview-wwe-smackdown-4-12-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE SmackDown (4\/12\/23) &#8211; First SmackDown After WrestleMania XL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s\u00a0<em><strong>WWE SmackDown<\/strong><\/em> deals with the fallout from\u00a0<em><strong>WrestleMania XL<\/strong><\/em>, and there&#8217;s a lot of them.\u00a0<strong><em>WrestleMania<\/em><\/strong><em><strong> 40<\/strong><\/em> was a tremendous show that saw the Blue brand crown new champions. It&#8217;s safe to say that we&#8217;ll see these new conquerors in this latest installment and make their intentions clear moving forward for <em><strong>WWE Friday Night SmackDown<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJTsAKoSBu4?si=7-UpSEZnLMx-BrXS\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>No matches have been officially announced for this week&#8217;s Friday night fight night. However, it&#8217;s the\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em> after\u00a0<em>WrestleMania<\/em>, so the\u00a0<strong>WWE<\/strong> Universe should expect something really excellent. For what has been announced, let&#8217;s talk about it. Here&#8217;s a preview of\u00a0<em>WWE SmackDown<\/em>. Let&#8217;s run it down.<\/p>\n<h3>What to Expect &#8211; WWE SmackDown After WrestleMania XL:<\/h3>\n<p>On\u00a0<em><strong>WWE Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/em>, it was announced that the new Undisputed WWE Universal Champion <strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong> and WWE Women&#8217;s Champion\u00a0<strong>Bayley<\/strong> will be on this show. Rhodes showed up on\u00a0<em>Raw<\/em>, confronting\u00a0<strong>The Rock<\/strong> before he went away to conduct business.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6P26oXzm4SU?si=UVqqjp1lnTvJGS1l\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In that conversation, it seemed like The Rock is not at all done with Cody, but we&#8217;ll have to wait and see what happens between them in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>As for this Friday night, there are a lot of hungry challengers just waiting for their shot at the new &#8220;Face of WWE.&#8221; What does Cody Rhodes have to say on this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em>? From one division leader to another, Bayley makes her first appearance as the new WWE Women&#8217;s Champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hSesYsKBuC0?si=OF3MbJp8eBW6tpz3\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her and\u00a0<strong>IYO SKY<\/strong> cultivated one of the best matches in\u00a0<em><strong>WrestleMania<\/strong><\/em> history. While Bayley has finally achieved her crowning moment, like Cody, there are a lot of wolves in that locker room wanting to get their mitts on her title. It could be in the form of <strong>Damage CTRL<\/strong> or the women responsible for their downfall at the &#8216;showcase of the immortals&#8217;: <strong>Jade Cargill<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Bianca Belair<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Naomi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lNre-pJLFxQ?si=UzwQXhWmWRwXI2ad\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Apart from all these, expect\u00a0<strong>The Bloodline<\/strong> to make a statement, with or without their &#8216;Tribal Chief&#8217; and &#8216;Final Boss,&#8217; especially considering the mighty institution fell in the blink of an eye on\u00a0<em>WrestleMania XL<\/em> Sunday. While we don&#8217;t know much about this week&#8217;s <em>SmackDown<\/em>, that&#8217;s the fun of the post-&#8216;Mania\u00a0week of WWE programming.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uDxQmS9XInI?si=c0XLopiULyNGp8tR\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0<em>Raw<\/em> was anything to go by, this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em> on\u00a0<strong>Fox<\/strong> is something the WWE Universe will not want to miss!<\/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>This week&#8217;s\u00a0WWE SmackDown deals with the fallout from\u00a0WrestleMania XL, and there&#8217;s a lot of them.\u00a0WrestleMania 40 was a tremendous show that saw the Blue brand crown new champions. 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