Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for April 30, 2021

Bianca Belair heads to the ring to start tonight's show. After a brief video package of Bianca, Bianca welcomes everyone to the show before Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode show up. Ziggler says he and Roode are about to do what they do best, then The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) show up. As The Street Profits are ready to get ready for action, Bayley also shows up.Bayley points and laughs at Bianca and The Street Profits, then Bianca slaps her and takes her earrings off. Bayley fires back with a double leg takedown and a ground and pound, and Ziggler, Roode and The Street Profits also join the in-ring brawl.

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Bianca Belair and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) beat Bayley, Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode.

Backstage, Kayla Braxton interviews Daniel Bryan. Daniel says he is at peace with his decision, then tells Kayla to ask Roman Reigns about tonight's match, for he made the challenge. Daniel says he is confident he can win, as he made Roman tap out and he can do it again. He also says that if he wins the Universal Championship, he will make his first title defense against somebody who has deserved it for far too long: Cesaro.

Seth Rollins predicts that Daniel Bryan will win tonight and win the Universal Championship, and says that Cesaro will not make it past next week to any match for the Universal title.

Backstage, "The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler says that she and Nia Jax are about to show Natalya and Tamina what they are made of when she and Nia are suddenly attacked from behind by Natalya and Tamina.

Natalya and Tamina beat Nia Jax and "The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler.

Booker T predicts that Roman Reigns will retain the WWE Universal Championship tonight.

Shinsuke Nakamura says Daniel Bryan will win tonight. He says there is too much to lose tonight for Daniel Bryan, then says Roman Reigns ducked him once before and that he will be waiting if Roman retains.

Backstage, Kayla Braxton interviews Rey and Dominik Mysterio. Dominik says he thought his father was a superhero as a kid, and that fighting alongside him is like a comic book. Rey says he has done a lot in WWE, but nothing compares to potentially being part of the first father-son tag team championship team in WWE history.

Aleister Black says that "people like the fans" have been fed with ideals of success that happen to be lies, and says that there is something wrong with society. He says he could help society and give them the keys to escape, but he will not.

Backstage, Megan Morant interviews Big E. Big E says he and Apollo Crews have gone around and around, but it will all come to an end tonight when he takes back the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

Xavier Woods says Daniel Bryan will win because he knows what it is like to fight all the way to the top, while Kofi Kingston feels Roman Reigns will retain tonight due to having Jey Uso in his corner.

Big E beats Apollo Crews by disqualification after Commander Azeez attacks Big E. Apollo Crews retains the WWE Intercontinental Championship. After the match, Kevin Owens runs into the ring and attacks Commander Azeez, but the numbers game catches up. Big E saves Owens from the Nigerian Nail, then he and Owens gang up on Azeez only to be overpowered. Owens is then hit from out of nowhere with a Helluva Kick from Sami Zayn, who grabs the Intercontinental Championship and looks at it. When he is confronted for this, Sami slowly hands it over and lifts Big E's hand followed by Azeez. Azeez then nails Sami in the throat.

The Miz says there is nobody more influential than Roman Reigns, and he says that nobody in the locker room is able to take Roman down, especially Daniel Bryan.

Cesaro says he accepts Seth Rollins's challenge for next week, then predicts that Daniel Bryan will win the Universal Championship so that he can beat Daniel for the title at WrestleMania Backlash.

Backstage, Kayla Braxton interviews Paul Heyman. Heyman says he is sick of hearing Daniel Bryan's name, and says that while Daniel Bryan has had a great career and has always defied the odds both in and out of the ring, he will not survive Roman Reigns' onslaught and be on SmackDown again.

King Corbin says he does not like Daniel Bryan or Roman Reigns, then says that if Roman Reigns wins, Daniel Bryan packs his bags for good.

Roman Reigns retains the WWE Universal Championship against Daniel Bryan with a guillotine choke with the left arm after Daniel Bryan targets the right arm throughout the match. As per pre-match stipulation, Daniel Bryan is barred forever from SmackDown. After the match, Roman Reigns brings two chairs into the ring and lays Daniel Bryan's head on one of them. Suddenly, Cesaro runs into the ring and saves Daniel by uppercutting Cesaro before fighting Roman at ringside. Cesaro is suddenly attacked by Jey Uso, who ties Cesaro to the ropes before Roman hits Daniel Bryan with a Con-Chair-To.

Talking Smack: Tamina gets personal with Nia Jax.

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