{"id":43138,"date":"2019-04-03T15:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T19:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=43138"},"modified":"2019-04-03T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T19:28:26","slug":"smackdown-live-highlight-rundown-becky-lynch-for-double-champ-4-2-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/04\/03\/smackdown-live-highlight-rundown-becky-lynch-for-double-champ-4-2-19\/","title":{"rendered":"SmackDown LIVE Highlight Rundown \u2013 Becky Lynch for Double Champ (4\/2\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last edition of WWE TV before <strong>WrestleMania<\/strong>, <strong>SmackDown LIVE<\/strong> hailed from Baltimore, MD. The Road to WrestleMania has certainly been a road of up and downs for almost every story going. The main segment heading into the show would be the <strong>WWE Championship<\/strong> Contract Signing. Here\u2019s what the final SmackDown before WrestleMania brought us:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Becky Lynch makes her Final Case of being The Double Champ<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43162\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43162\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/085_SD_04022019jg_1325-323e399d45b8e476d398bcff24d2e3b8-e1554319647185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Corey Graves<\/strong> appeared in the ring as he was going to interview \u201cThe Man\u201d <strong>Becky Lynch<\/strong> just days before she appeared in the main event of WrestleMania. Following her arrest on Raw, she was smiling and on her way to the ring. She would come out to chants of \u201cBECKY\u201d as she held her head high with all the confidence in the world. When she would get into the ring, she would rip the microphone out of the hands of Graves and headed over to the announce table where she would stand right on top. She would tell Graves she doesn\u2019t answer to him, but to the fans. Becky would take a look at the past year and how last year, her and <strong>Charlotte<\/strong> were best friends and <strong>Ronda Rousey<\/strong> was making he debut. And to further remember, just a year ago Becky Lynch was on the preshow in the WrestleMania Women\u2019s Battle Royal. Becky would then say how the stars were align as early as last year that the main event was set to be Ronda Rousey vs Charlotte Flair, until everything changed when she slapped the taste out of Charlotte at <strong>SummerSlam<\/strong> and the future was dramatically changed. Becky caught fire as she stormed back against her former friend, even taking the<strong> SmackDown Women\u2019s Championship<\/strong> from her in the process. Now, Lynch heads into Metlife Stadium to main event WrestleMania as the<strong> Royal Rumble<\/strong> winner and to take down both Flair and Rousey. She would say the real revolution would culminate at the show of shows, when \u201cThe Man\u201d makes one of the \u201cdopes\u201d tap and she becomes The Double Champ.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Becky Lynch recalls her Road to WrestleMania: SmackDown LIVE, April 2, 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gjX3chGYDh8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Kofi Kingston and Daniel Bryan sign their WrestleMania Fate<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43163\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43163\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/20190402_SD_KofiBryan-78436d264106d3a31f8c9c073d6652ee-e1554319630964.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The contract signing of the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania finally took place as <strong>Kofi Kingston<\/strong> was going to finalize and confirm his future to take on the champion, <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong>. The crowd would be alive in this one as the entire segment they would cheer on the challenger from \u201cKOFI KOFI KOFI\u201d to \u201cKOFI ROCKS\u201d and \u201c#KOFIMANIA\u201d. And this entire time Daniel Bryan would educate the crowd. Bryan would tell the crowd to not be complacent like Kofi Kingston has been his entire career. Bryan would continue saying how he knows how he feels right now, getting all these chants and getting pushed by the crowd. He told him to take it all in because soon enough it will all be gone. Kofi would finally shut him up and become truly serious. Kofi would say that Bryan doesn\u2019t know how he feels, he doesn\u2019t know what he is feeling. Bryan became World Heavyweight Champion in his first two years. He has waited 11 years, which is okay because it leads him to this moment. Kofi told Bryan he can see his fear, he knows that he is ready for this moment, his moment. He said the one common thread between them is he knows how this feels, the fans being on your side. And the reason he is afraid is because he knows what follows this. Which is that Kofi Kingston will beat Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania to become the WWE Champion. On Sunday, Kofi will try and write the rest of his story by beating Daniel Bryan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kofi Kingston and Daniel Bryan sign their WrestleMania contract: SmackDown LIVE, April 2, 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D40IDwgf0pU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>SmackDown LIVE MVP: Randy Orton<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43160\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43160\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/007_SD_04022019rf_0318-d0d4e990787f51fed94a43e9d1adafc8-e1554319614242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To kick of SmackDown LIVE was \u201cThe Kevin Owens Show\u201d with special guests and WrestleMania opponents <strong>Randy Orton<\/strong> and <strong>AJ Styles<\/strong>. <strong>Kevin Owens<\/strong> got to ask one question before these two went at each other\u2019s throats. Owens asked Orton if he was happy with ruining<strong> Kurt Angle<\/strong>\u2019s last SmackDown match against Styles a week ago. Orton would respond that he is proud to not allow the <strong>WWE Universe<\/strong> to have to watch a \u201ca washed-up, old, broken down former Olympian\u201d beat a guy \u201cwho thinks he is still at the top of his game\u201d. Styles would come back by saying all Orton has learned in one move into decades. This would set Orton off leading him to knock the independent scene and indie wrestlers once again. He would bring up the fact that when \u201cThe Phenomenal One\u201d was wrestling in high school gyms he was busy competing at every WrestleMania for almost two decades in front of tens of thousands of people year after year. Styles would comeback, saying he is right, he was in the WWE when he was in high school gyms failing drug tests and getting suspended. This would hit the crowd and really shut down Orton for a split second. Then Orton would finish the final war of words saying that if AJ thought he was really as good as he was, he would have been in the WWE long ago. He\u2019d then tell Styles that his legacy isn\u2019t hard work, but it\u2019s the role of corporate bitch following <strong>John Cena<\/strong>\u2019s absence. Kevin Owens would leave the ring knowing that these two were about to fight. Styles would go for the Phenomenal Forearm where he\u2019d be caught with an RKO out of nowhere, as Orton would get the final laugh heading into their main event caliber match at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AJ Styles and Randy Orton brawl on &quot;The Kevin Owens Show&quot;: SmackDown LIVE, April 2, 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MkulbiT98UE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>WrestleMania is now just four days away and the card is set. SmackDown LIVE did everything in their power to hype up the fans for the biggest matches of their brand\u2019s competitors which is all you can ask for. Continue to check back all week long for more WrestleMania week previews and match previews for WrestleMania itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last edition of WWE TV before WrestleMania, SmackDown LIVE hailed from Baltimore, MD. The Road to WrestleMania has certainly been a road of up and downs for almost every story going. The main segment heading into the show would be the WWE Championship Contract Signing. 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