Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for April 3, 2020

The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) show up to not only start tonight's show, but also to interrupt Miz TV before it can even start, as they want to get back on The Miz and John Morrison for blindsiding them last week as they take the SmackDown tag team titles. The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E) soon join them, and tell The Usos that they will take the tag team titles from Miz and Morrison. Both men start to argue, then Miz and Morrison show up. Miz says that no matter what either team does, he and Morrison will thrive because that is what winners do. He then says they can bicker all they want, as it will give them a front row preview of WrestleMania, as they are buddy-buddy until competition sets in. Miz and Morrison then climb on ladders on the stage as they say that both teams will tear each other apart while they retain their tag team titles. The Usos and The New Day then run up the ramp and brawl with Miz and Morrison on the stage, but after Kofi is inadvertently superkicked, both teams brawl once again until Miz and Morrison take advantage of the situation to lay them out.

Sasha Banks and Bayley guest on commentary for the next match.

Tamina beats Naomi and Lacey Evans in a Triple Threat Match after Bayley sends Naomi neck-first into the top rope and Sasha Banks sends Lacey into the steel steps. After the match, Bayley shakes hands with Tamina, but after the handshake, Tamina superkicks Bayley. Sasha Banks tries to fist bump Tamina afterwards, but Tamina plants her with a Samoan Drop.

"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels vs. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair from WrestleMania 24 is replayed.

It is announced that Goldberg will now defend the WWE Universal Championship against Braun Strowman. (In reality, Roman Reigns has had to pull out of the match due to being immuno-compromised due to his recent bout with leukemia, which put him at higher risk for COVID-19.)

Backstage, Otis tells Tucker that Dolph Ziggler is his at WrestleMania and to save him a piece. Tucker tells Otis that Mandy Rose had recently asked about him. Suddenly, Otis' phone goes off, and Otis has to take a call.

Tucker beats Dolph Ziggler by disqualification after hitting Tucker with a Zig Zag on the steel steps. After the match, Ziggler is about to hit Tucker with the steel steps when Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville tell him to stop. Otis then runs out. As Otis runs in and checks on Tucker, static - which has been seen at intermittent times once per week for the last few months - shows up, followed by the words "The Truth Will be Heard" being shown on-screen. Afterwards, a man in a black hoodie sitting in front of a group of computer monitors turns around, his face never shown, and he says that the truth will be heard. With the tap of a key, we then see security camera footage where it is revealed that Sonya Deville made the text to Otis, and that Sonya set up the date with Ziggler and Mandy. Mandy walks away from Sonya, who pleads with her, then Otis chases Ziggler to the back.

Backstage, Sonya Deville catches up to Mandy Rose, who wants nothing to do with her following what has just happened.

Sami Zayn guests on commentary for the next match.

Daniel Bryan beats Shinsuke Nakamura by disqualification after Cesaro gets involved. After the match, Drew Gulak attacks Cesaro, but he is overpowered, as is Daniel Bryan. Cesaro then hits Daniel Bryan with a Neutralizer before Nakamura hits Daniel with a Kinshasa. Sami Zayn then hits Daniel with a Helluva Kick out of the corner.

John Cena shows up. Cena says that the continuance of performance with no live audience has been a bit of a gamble, and thanks the fans for allowing WWE into their homes up until the final minutes of the final broadcast before "an unprecedented WrestleMania." He says that WrestleMania will be the most watched and most talked-about event of the weekend, as nobody knows what will happen. He also admits he cannot find out what a Firefly Fun House match is and that Bray Wyatt probably has no idea, either. He then says that The Fiend wants this uncertainty, as uncertainty leads to panic, panic leads to fear and fear leads to collapse and The Fiend thrives on uncertainty, fear and panic. He then tells the fans, who are wondering what will happen next, that he will not panic, that he is not afraid, and that he will end what Bray Wyatt started six years ago as Bray is nowhere near his level. He says that "a bootleg version of Mr. Rogers" does not stand a chance, and calls The Fiend the loved child of an "oversexed Wiz Khalifa" and Michigan J. Frog, and that The Fiend will lose despite all of his advantages. Cena then accepts the challenge of a Firefly Fun House Match. Ramblin' Rabbit shows up and says that after The Fiend is done with Cena, he will play with The Fiend forever. Huskus, Abby and Mercy then join in the "forever" chant, then The Fiend appears. The Fiend is then on the balcony, and as he and Cena stare at each other, Bray Wyatt shows up from behind Cena and says "Let me in." The lights go out, and when they come back on, everyone except Cena is gone.