Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for March 31, 2023

The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) head to the ring to start tonight's show. Before Jimmy Uso can say much, however, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens show up. Sami Zayn says that he and Owens will put an end to this once and for all at WrestleMania, and that before they take the tag team titles tomorrow, they will make sure nothing left is unsaid between them and The Usos tonight. Owens admits that he is conflicted about what they will have to do tomorrow night, as The Usos were the first two people to make him feel welcome in the locker room, but he lost respect for The Usos when they started doing Roman Reigns' bidding and tried to take his career away. Owens says that he would not be here right now if for Sami, then admits part of him does not want tot do this, but he and Sami will take their tag team titles.Jimmy Uso tells Owens that they had love for him at the start, but now they have no love for him or Sami and that what they have is family, blood and brotherhood Owens and Sami wishes they had.Sami butts in, telling them that loyalty also makes family, but Jimmy asks Sami what he knows about loyalty. Sami says he was loyal to The Bloodline, but The Usos chose blood and Roman Reigns over him and loyalty even though Roman was never loyal to them. Sami also tells Jey that the pressure on The Bloodline has always been on them and that he and Owens will put them out of their misery and take the tag team titles, and when they do, it will be the end of everything and The Usos can go back to being themselves. Jey says it will be the same thing with Owens and Sami that it always is, that they will lose, and that Owens will stab Sami in the back again while The Usos continue to be the best tag team of all time.

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Ricochet beats Chad Gable, Montez Ford and Erik in a Fatal 4-Way Match.

We see a video package of Rhea Ripley's road to WrestleMania.

Backstage, a backstage crew member is seen leaving The Great Muta's dressing room with a face covered in green mist.

Bobby Lashley last eliminates Bronson Reed to win the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

We see a video package of "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes' road to WrestleMania.

Raquel Rodriguez beats Sonya Deville, Natalya and "The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler in a Fatal 4-Way Match.

We see a video package chronicling the events leading up to Rey Mysterio vs. Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania.

Backstage, Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz del Toro, Zelina Vega) meet with Rey Mysterio. Rey thanks them for having his back last week, and Santos Escobar says what is happening between Rey and Dominik Mysterio breaks his heart and hopes Rey will teach him a lesson. Rey says he will teach Dominik a lesson he will never forget, and Escobar says that if The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio) play the numbers game, they will have his back. Rey says that if they will do this, they will do this in style, then hands them a couple of lWo (Latino World Order) shirts along with the one that he has.

Drew McIntyre and Sheamus beat Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci) despite not getting along.

"The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes heads to the ring. He says that we are now at the precipice and that all his cards on the table, and on Sunday, he will do what he has said he will do and become Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. Cody says that he is the most prepared he has ever been, but at the same time, he feels wildly unprepared, as he could talk about anything and yet the fighting needs to start. After quoting California Love by 2Pac, stating that he might be a bit broken inside and that winning the title and mentioning what Roman Reigns has said in the past, he says that everybody thinks they are the guy until they meet the guy, then re-introduces himself to Roman as his successor, but as he says he will finish his story, Roman Reigns shows up. Roman arrives with Paul Heyman, then admits to Heyman that he does not care about any of the fans tonight, as it is Cody's turn, not theirs, to acknowledge him. Cody and Roman then have a staredown to end the show.

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