Women’s Title Defense, WrestleMania Rematch and More Announced For April 19th Matchup

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown took place from the Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit, Michigan and was broadcast on FOX. Here are the news items from the show.

-LA Knight defeated Santos Escobar and Bobby Lashley in a triple-threat match to open the show. Knight will now face the winner of the other triple threat match.

-Tama Tonga debuted on this evening’s show and joined forces with The Bloodline. However, he and Solo Sikoa attacked Jimmy Uso, so in-fighting between The Bloodline is back on the table. You can read about the full segment here.

-Backstage, Solo declared himself the new leader of The Bloodline. He tells Heyman he wants to keep him on, but won’t let him call Reigns on the phone.

-Naomi defeated Tiffany Stratton. She will challenge Bayley for the WWE women’s championship on next week’s show.

-AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens and Rey Mysterio in the main event. He will face LA Knight on next week’s SmackDown, with the winner getting a world title shot against Cody Rhodes at Backlash.

LINEUP FOR NEXT WEEK’S SMACKDOWN:

-Naomi vs. Bayley for the WWE Women’s Championship
-LA Knight vs. AJ Styles, winner challenges Cody Rhodes at WWE Backlash
-New Catch Republic vs. The Street Profits vs. Authors of Pain vs. Legado Del Fantasma