Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown Live recap for March 26, 2019

The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods) show up to start tonight's show. Xavier Woods says the last few years have been an emotional roller coaster, and Big E thanks the fans for staying with them for so long. Woods says it has been a pleasure being a unit and entertaining the fans, and he thanks the fans for their support for all that time. Big E says he and Xavier spoke, and announces that after the obstacles placed in Kofi's way, they have considered walking away. Despite doing so much in WWE, Xavier says it has been hard to watch how Kofi has been treated for the past 11 years, much less recently. Big E says "power of positivity" is not just a catchphrase, as Kofi exudes positivity and has never quit. Xavier says they need to make a decision, but they cannot make it until they get answers, and the person with the answers is WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. He - and The New Day - ask Vince to come to the ring so they can talk face-to-face with the issues they have at hand, and they have problem waiting in the ring until he does show up. Vince shows up, but before he can say anything, Daniel Bryan and Rowan show up and interrupt the proceedings, with Daniel telling Vince not to waste another breath on The New Day and let them quit. He calls The New Day "a stale novelty act," and if Vince wants to create another one, they can pick three people from NXT, call them "Fresh Afternoon," have them throw waffles into the crowd and have them become more popular than The New Day as Kofi is a "B+ player." He says that Kofi lost the last three times they faced off and to not let Xavier Woods and Big E get in their heads, and that Vince's instincts that Kofi is not "championship material" is correct and that the fans are wrong and refuse to accept that reality. Xavier says the real reality is that Daniel Bryan is scared to face Kofi Kingston one-on-one and that he has turned not only into everything he used to fight against, but into a hypocrite. Vince tells Daniel Bryan to shut up, then tells The New Day there is not a bone in their body that will tell them to quit due to the power of positivity, and that they were never going to quit in the first place. Vince admits that he views Kofi as a B+ player, but wants to know if Big E and Xavier Woods are a "B+ tag team" due to their passion and respect for Kofi, and asks if they can put Kofi Kingston in the WWE Championship. Vince tells Kofi he has run out of opportunities, but if Xavier Woods and Big E can win in a tag team gauntlet match tonight, Kofi can still be in the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania.

Backstage, Becky Lynch is interviewed. Becky wants to know what Charlotte Flair brings to the Raw Women's title match at WrestleMania. Charlotte Flair shows up on the stage and says she is abot to show just how deserving she is to be in the Raw Women's title match at WrestleMania.

Charlotte Flair beats Asuka with the Figure Eight to become the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship. Before the match, the announcers are surprised that the match is for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship, as if they were not aware of this beforehand. The title win becomes her eighth in WWE, a record for women's wrestling in WWE.

We look back on Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant at WrestleMania 3, courtesy of Snickers.

Backstage, "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles is interviewed. He is honored to be Kurt Angle's last match on SmackDown Live, and he is proud to be part of his career and in this match tonight. While Angle has done more than most people can dream of, he is not taking this match lightly, and while Angle set up the foundation, this is the house that he built.

Kurt Angle vs. "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles ends with Randy Orton showing up out of nowhere and hitting Styles with an RKO. Angle hits Orton with an Angle Slam, then helps Styles up.

In interview footage from earlier tonight, Dominic says that Rey Mysterio is nothing like Samoa Joe, and Rey says that he will stand up for himself and his family when he beats Joe for the WWE United States Championship at WrestleMania.

The Miz shows up. He says that he usually has a rush of emotion regarding WrestleMania, but this year is different as the only thing he can picture is tearing Shane McMahon limb from limb and he knows how he wants to do it. He claims that Shane lit a fire under him that he didn't know he had despite being in WWE for thirteen years when he attacked him and made it personal when he put his hands on his father. He wants to make sure everyone sees him destroy Shane up close and personal in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at WrestleMania, and he wants to take Shane all over the arena and show him everything he can do to him. Suddenly, security shows up and blocks the ramp. After they show up, Shane McMahon shows up with a few WWE Superstars - Shelton Benjamin, Primo Colon, Eric Young, Killian Dain and Alexander Wolfe - who stand in front of Shane, who demands ring announcer give him the introduction he was instructed with some conviction (which Hamilton does). He then states the security is for Miz's benefit and to protect Miz from him, and says one of the things that went through his mind regarding the Falls Count Anywhere stipulation is that Miz is as dumb as his father looks. As he puts a still image of himself putting his hands on Miz's dad on the TitanTron, he admits that he watches the footage of himself attacking Miz's dad over and over again and that it makes him feel better and better the more he watches it. Shane also gloats about how he paralyzed Miz's father with fear at Fastlane, and says that the feeling he got from that was absolutely euphoric. He then announces he plans to beat Miz all over the arena at WrestleMania as he accepts his challenge. He then says his only regret is that he did not do more harm to Miz's father and punish him for impregnating his mother and creating his "greatest Miz-take in life." Miz charges out of the ring and fights off security. After fighting off security, he battles the WWE Superstars. He is briefly overpowered, but not for long. Shane slowly backs off as Miz comes out on top as he takes the brawl into the crowd and comes out on top.

We hear from The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce), who announce that they will be in a Fatal 4-Way Match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania and that they will make WrestleMania IIconic.

The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) beat Gallows & Anderson (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson), the team of Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura, The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro), The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) and the team of "The New" Daniel Bryan and Rowan in a tag team gauntlet match to send Kofi Kingston to the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania 35. Before the match, it is announced that Kofi Kingston is barred from ringside for this match. During the match, The Bar put Big E through a table after being eliminated. When The Usos show up, they take the microphone and says they have fought wars against The New Day and that Kofi Kingston is worthy of an opportunity for the WWE Championship Match. They announce that Kofi has earned respect from them, the locker room and the fans. With that, The Usos wish Big E and Xavier Woods luck, for they officially forfeit. The Usos then leave. "The New" Daniel Bryan and Rowan are seen fuming in the locker room while throwing steel chairs. Afterwards, Big E and Xavier Woods are checked on by medical staff before it is announced that they must face one more team: "The New" Daniel Bryan and Rowan. The match ends with Big E toppling the announce table on top of Rowan to beat Daniel Bryan and Rowan by count-out. Kofi Kingston celebrates with Woods and Big E after the match. After the match, Kayla Braxton interviews WWE Chairman Vince McMahon confirms that Kofi Kingston is going to WrestleMania, and asks if Kofi can beat Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship before leaving in his limousine. Afterwards, the SmackDown Live locker room surrounds the ring and celebrates with The New Day to end the show.

Here are the top ten moments from tonight's show!