Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for March 19, 2021

Backstage, Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair argue over Sasha Banks accepting tonight's match against Nia Jax. Bianca says that Reginald is still in Sasha' head despite Sasha saying he is not, and she tells Sasha not to expect her to come and save her tonight.

Sasha Banks retains the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship after "The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler and Bianca Belair - the latter of whom shows up to watch mid-match - go at it in the ring and Baszler tries to kick Sasha only to accidentally nail Nia in the jaw instead. Sasha then pins Nia with a jackknife pin to retain.

Backstage, Kayla Braxton interviews Edge. Edge says that SmackDown has always felt like home to him, as some of his greatest career moments happened on the brand. He also says his worst moment in having to relinquish the World title and retire also happened on SmackDown, however. He finds it surreal that he is back wrestling on the show for the first time in ten years, but says he also feels at home wrestling on SmackDown tonight, and says that Daniel Bryan deserves a fair shake at Fastlane. He also says Jey Uso can be one of the most talented in the ring, but not under Roman Reigns' wing. He says that Jey will eventually run into trouble, and tonight, he is that trouble.

We look back on Edge winning the WWE World Tag Team Championships with Hulk Hogan in 2002.

It is announced that Hulk Hogan and Titus O'Neil will be the host of this year's WrestleMania.

Backstage, Nia Jax blames Shayna Baszler for her not being a double champion, and says that if she costs her the women's tag team championship, she will come after her. Baszler says she will get a match with Bianca, kick her head off and give her the nastiest beating of her life.

Seth Rollins heads to the ring. Rollins talks about his return to SmackDown after a hiatus, and says everyone from the locker room came to greet him because they respect everything he has done in the ring, and while he "respected their decision to be idiots" when they turned their backs, he was given disrespect by Cesaro when Cesaro embarrassed and humiliated him because he is jealous of him and his success while Cesaro is an abject failure. Rollins says he is a fighter who gets right back up after being knocked down, unlike Cesaro. Rollins laughs and makes light of the beating that he gave Cesaro last week, saying that Cesaro is tired and exhausted after years of reaching for the brass ring, before telling Cesaro he will never disrespect him again. Rollins then calls Cesaro the biggest waste of potential in the history of WWE before Shinsuke Nakamura. Rollins considers this disrespect towards him and threatens to hurt him like he did Cesaro if he gets in the ring. Nakamura takes the microphone from Rollins as Rollins says he knows that Nakamura respects, then tells Rollins to shut up. Both men brawl. Rollins retreats at first, but fights back only for Nakamura to get the upper hand.

It is announced that Eric Bischoff is an inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2021.

Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode guest on commentary for the next match.

Rey and Dominik Mysterio beat The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) with a sit-down hurricanrana pin from Dominik to Dawkins. After the match, Chad Gable and Otis show up, saying they have beaten Rey and Dominik, who are less worth of a tag team title shot than they are. When Gable and Otis turn their back on Rey and Dominik, Rey and Dominik take them down.

Dolph Ziggler, Robert Roode and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) guest on commentary for the next match.

Chad Gable and Otis beat Rey and Dominik Mysterio.

Backstage, Sami Zayn is talking to his backstage crew. He mentions that he has a match with Baron Corbin he did not ask for when Kevin Owens shows up. Owens asks Sami if he has has ever considered that he is warping reality to fit his narrative, but Sami says nothing is his fault. When asked who "they" are, Sami does not answer his question and asks Owens to be in his corner at ringside. He tells Owens that if he can see anyone or anythng suspicious, he will drop the entire conspiracy notion.

We look back on Edge cashing in the Money In The Bank briefcase on The Undertaker to win the World Heavyweight Championship in 2007.

Daniel Bryan heads to the ring. Daniel Bryan talks about Edge vs. Jey Uso later tonight, and says that if Jey were to win, Roman Reigns will have all the help he needs to retain the Universal Championship, then says Edge is the ultimate opportunist who will do whatever it takes to face Roman Reigns. He says that Edge wants to face Roman because he does not want to face him and because he thinks he can beat Roman, but Daniel says he knows he can beat Roman at Fastlane by making him tap out to win the Universal Championship. Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman then show up, and Roman laughs at the prospect of Daniel making him submit, saying he cannot do it and has a better chance of "shooting lightning out of his ass" than tapping him out. Roman says that nobody has ever made him submit, and says that he would rather lose his arm than submit to any man and that he would rather die in the ring than to submit to Daniel Bryan. Daniel says that everything Roman says about himself are lies and delusion, and that everyone thinks they are invincible until they are not, unbeatable until they lose, and untappable until they tap out. Daniel tells Roman that he will not just tap him out, but break him of his delusion and his confidence, and win the WWE Universal Championship at Fastlane.

We see a humorous short video package for Sami Zayn vs. King Corbin, which is coming up next.

Kevin Owens guests on commentary for the next match.

King Corbin beats Sami Zayn after Sami tries to remove a top turnbuckle pad only for Corbin to hit him with the End of Days. After the match, Kevin Owens tells Sami that the referee made the right calls and that he needs to drop the notion of a conspiracy theory. Sami becomes furious and leaves, then suddenly hits Owens with a Helluva Kick. Sami tells Owens that he is blind and the he thought he was smarter than that, then gets angry at the referee for the match.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Seth Rollins is made official for Fastlane.

Big E and Apollo Crews are simultaneously interviewed. Big E says that Apollo Crews wants to talk to him about reconciliation while he wants to talk about vengeance, and tells Apollo to appreciate the next two days, for his future is dark and bleak. He says that he will retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship while Apollo is going to get everything that he deserves. Apollo tells Big E to think twice before talking with Nigerian royalty with disrespect. He tells Big E that if he fills his mouth with a razor, he will spit blood, and that this will happen to him at Fastlane when he cracks his face and shows the Nigerian warrior within him. He then says he will have what he deserves when his family watches him stand over Big E's mangled body as the new Intercontinental Champion. Big E says there is no waiting for Sunday, then takes off his microphone and leaves his room. Apollo Crews also takes off his microphone as Big E gets on a golf cart and drives it around the Thunderdome, and Apollo Crews is also seen looking for Big E when he sees the gold cart. Crews almost runs when he sees Big E in the golf cart, but both men eventually brawl and Big E hits Apollo with a garbage can before slamming him into walls and taking the boots to him. Referees and officials have to stop Big E from doing further damage to Apollo Crews, who drives away in the gold cart as Big E is held back.

Bianca Belair vs. "The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler ends before it can begin. Before the next match, Sasha Banks briefly shows up to tell Bianca Belair she has this match before heading back to the back. Nia Jax then heads to the back just before Natalya and Tamina show up and attack both Bianca Belair and Shayna Baszler.

We look back on Edge's retirement speech from 2011.

Daniel Bryan guests on commentary for the next match.

Edge beats Jey Uso to become the special guest enforcer for Daniel Bryan vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at Fastlane. After the match, Roman Reigns runs into the ring and hits Edge with a Spear, then dares Daniel Bryan to get into the ring only for Jey Uso to blindside Daniel, allowing Roman to hit Daniel with a Spear to end the show.

Talking Smack: Sasha Banks plans to make history with Bianca Belair despite the arguments between them.

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