Following last night's peculiar and polarising conclusion to Monday Night Raw, WWE taped a few live segments for Smackdown this week, with the rest of the two hours likely to be dedicated to promotional videos and pre-taped interviews, as WWE moves production into Levi's stadium and Fan Axxess. Unfortunately for WWE, fans in the Staples Center were apparently confused as to the schedule of the night, as many left the building following the Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns scene in the ring. Jerry Lawler did switch places at the announcers desk and received a pop but a depleted and weary crowd was described as 'dead' for the events after that. Building up to the Wrestlemania pre-show's Fatal 4 Way Tag Title match, one half of each team competed in a standard 4 Corners match as Jimmy Uso picked up a win over Cesaro, Big E and Fernando in your regular hype match. Following this, AJ Lee and Paige returned to the ring for what was described as a long divas promo during which they made up following the events of Raw. The Bella Twins returned to the stage for a reportedly very good back-and-forth with Paige and AJ, building up to their tag team match this Sunday at Wrestlemania. Finally, in the advertised main event, the babyface team of John Cena, Roman Reigns, Mark Henry & Daniel Bryan defeated the heel squad of Bray Wyatt, Seth Rollins, Kane & Big Show in a good match that suffered due to poor crowd heat. Reigns and Cena suffered from audible boos, likely as a lot of the casual crowd had left. Daniel Bryan ultimately got the win for his team and attempted to rally the crowd with one last big "YES!" chant to close the night on a high.
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