WWE Smackdown was taped in Indianapolis on Tuesday night, with Triple H opening the show with a promo on the injured Roman Reigns. Worryingly for WWE, Hunter got cheers. He was stood next to a podium with the WWE Title belt and talked up how he's going to beat Reigns at WrestleMania. The first match of the night was Sheamus, Wade Barrett, Rusev and Alberto Del Rio versus Kalisto, Sin Cara, Neville and Dolph Ziggler. Barrett was back in the ring for the first time in a while, but it was Sheamus scoring the pin with a Brogue Kick on Neville. Kevin Owens was interviewed by Renee Young. He called out Dean Ambrose for an Intercontinental Title rematch, but he of course knew that Ambrose was out injured. Big Show then turned up to set up a match for later. D-Von Dudley defeated Jimmy Uso with a quick roll up. Kevin Owens got the win over Big Show, via a count out when the big man fell from the top rope. Becky Lynch and Natalya went to a no contest, when Naomi and Tamina interfered and attacked them both. Sasha Banks then made the save, before Charlotte came out and said it would be Lynch versus Banks at Raw to decide the WrestleMania title shot. R Truth defeated Heath Slater, with an assist from Goldust. The main event saw AJ Styles, Chris Jericho and Mark Henry defeating the New Day, with Styles forcing Xavier Woods to tap in the Calf Crusher.
