{"id":89614,"date":"2021-04-16T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=89614"},"modified":"2021-04-16T16:09:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:09:15","slug":"wwe-smackdown-card-4-16-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/16\/wwe-smackdown-card-4-16-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE SmackDown Card (4\/16\/21) \u2013 WrestleMania Fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WWE SmackDown<\/strong> returns for the first time since last weekend&#8217;s <strong><em>WrestleMania 37<\/em><\/strong> double-night event. Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns, retained and remains Head of the Table. <strong>Bianca Belair<\/strong> defeated <strong>Sasha Banks<\/strong> in a history-making, show-stealing main event to begin her first title reign in the WWE. There will, therefore, be plenty going on on tonight&#8217;s episode of <strong>SmackDown<\/strong>. In typical WWE fashion, we have just two matches to preview ahead of tonight&#8217;s SmackDown. There is, however, still plenty to discuss. Let&#8217;s dive right in!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What\u2019s next for SmackDown Women\u2019s Champion Bianca Belair this Friday?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9l6dR3v904I?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<h2><strong>SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match: The Street Profits vs The Dirty Dawgs (c)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89615\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/Streets-Profits-vs-Roode-and-Ziggler.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/Streets-Profits-vs-Roode-and-Ziggler.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/Streets-Profits-vs-Roode-and-Ziggler-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Street Profits<\/strong> (<strong>Montez Ford<\/strong> and <strong>Angelo Dawkins<\/strong>) will face off against SmackDown Tag Team Champions, <strong>Bobby Roode<\/strong> and <strong>Dolph Ziggler<\/strong>. The team of Bobby Roode and Dolph Ziggler has always felt like an unnatural, makeshift team that was put together to give two directionless but talented guys something to do. The Street Profits, at least, feel like a natural team. On last week&#8217;s SmackDown, the <strong>Dirty Dawgs<\/strong> teamed with <strong>Chad Gable<\/strong> and <strong>Otis<\/strong> to defeat Ford, Dawkins, and the <strong>Mysterios<\/strong> (<strong>Rey<\/strong> and<strong> Dominik<\/strong>) in an eight-man tag team bout. Despite this, Ford and Dawkins now have a title match. This is a chance for the Street Profits to reclaim their championships. Will they do it? Tune in tonight on FOX to find out.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Mysterios vs Alpha Academy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89616\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/Mysterios-vs-Otis-and-Gable.jpg\" alt=\"SmackDown Tag Team Match\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/Mysterios-vs-Otis-and-Gable.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/Mysterios-vs-Otis-and-Gable-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Is it odd for a post-<em>WrestleMania<\/em> SmackDown to promote two tag team title matches in the post-<strong>Teddy Long<\/strong> era? Yes. Especially when both matches are matches we have seen what feels like dozens of times over the past few months. Maybe Teddy is back behind the scenes. Who knows? Regardless, this is the hand we have been dealt. This is not to knock any of the men involved in the match; all of whom are talented individuals. This feud between Alpha Academy (Gable and Otis) and the Mysterios seems as though it will be continuing for at least another week. Maybe this time the Mysterios will get the upper hand. Tune in tonight to get the results.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Not Announced But Expected For SmackDown<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> is undefeated since December 2019. The Tribal Chief controversially pinned both<strong> Edge<\/strong> and <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong> at the same time at <em>WrestleMania<\/em> and there may be something coming from that. This is definitely something to tune in for, as Roman Reigns (and <strong>Paul Heyman<\/strong>) has been gold for over half a year now. SmackDown is his island.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bianca Belair is now the WWE SmackDown Women&#8217;s Champion, having defeated Sasha Banks in a historically significant match. How will Belair continue now that she has made it to becoming champion? Perhaps more important, how will Sasha react to losing her title? Will<strong> Bayley<\/strong> become involved somehow? This is, perhaps, one of the most interesting feuds coming out of <em>WrestleMania<\/em> and the heat may just turn up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <em>At WrestleMania 37<\/em>, <strong>Big E<\/strong> lost the Intercontinental Championship to <strong>Apollo Crews<\/strong> in a Nigerian Drum Match. It was great to see Apollo score a big win and we must now tune in to see what is next for Big E, who might just have a big 2021 ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It took ten years, but <strong>Cesaro<\/strong> finally had his first one-on-one match at a<em> WrestleMania<\/em> last weekend. Of course, he delivered, entertaining fans in an excellent match against a <strong>Seth Rollins<\/strong> who was at the peak of his game. What lies in store for both men? Tune into Friday Night SmackDown on FOX at 8\/7c tonight to find out!<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\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.\u00a0WWE fan? 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