FightfulSelect.com is reporting about tonight’s WWE SmackDown:
– Bray Wyatt in ring promo
– Sheamus vs. Solo Sikoa
– Women’s Title: Raquel Rodriguez vs. Ronda Rousey
– Hit Row will be backstage
– Lacey Evans vignette
– Gunther in ring promo with Imperium
– John Cena & Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns & Sami Zayn
POTENTIAL SPOILERS
– Liv Morgan and Tegan Nox are teaming in the dark match against Sonya Deville and Xia Li
– Uncle Howdy was set to be involved in the show as of last evening
– Ridge Holland, Butch and The Usos are slated to be ringside for Sheamus vs. SOlo
– Shayna Baszler was set to be ringside for Ronda Rousey vs. Raquel. This match, entrances, video packages were set to get a lot of time.
– Braun Strowman and Ricochet’s feud with Imperium continues tonight.
– The main event is being billed as FIRST TIME EVER
WWE Hall Of Famer Goldberg returned to WWE in 2016 after a hiatus of more than 12 years from the company. He decimated Brock Lesnar in a squash match at Survivor 2016 and then win the Universal Championship against Kevin Owens in 2017. He defended his title against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33 in one of the show’s main events. As revealed by his contract, Vince McMahon can only have him compete in one more match every year, so it needs to be meaningful. It was rumored to be the last match of his contract, so it may be his retirement match. Goldberg was also previously diagnosed with a bad illness as well.
He had two matches against Bobby Lashley at WWE SummerSlam and then WWE Crown Jewel on October 21st, 2021 in Saudi Arabia respectively. Goldberg beat Lashley in the second match. Since then, the WWE Hall Of Famer has been absent from WWE television.
Goldberg squared off against Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at the WWE Elimination Chamber event in Saudi Arabia on February 19th. The Tribal Chief ended up winning the match as well.
This week on Grilling JR, Jim Ross spoke extensively about Goldberg, he claimed that The Rock’s backing may have been sufficient to persuade Goldberg to make his way to WWE.
“Yeah, Rock had a great influence and impact on that whole negotiation because he was the top guy. He was The Rock. And anytime you can get a top guy to vouch for you, that they want to work with you at the biggest event of the year, how could it not make you feel pretty good?”
