Wednesday 21 March 2018 08:28, UK
Daniel Bryan made an emotional return to SmackDown after being medically cleared to return to competitive action - but things didn't go quite to plan.
After being given a rapturous reception by the Dallas crowd when he first appeared live on Sky Sports Arena, Bryan later fired Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn for their attack on commissioner Shane McMahon last week.
The duo - who have styled themselves as the "Yep movement" as a parody of Bryan's own hugely-popular "Yes movement" - then repeated their assault on the returning general manager.
Zayn hit Bryan with a fierce Helluva Kick and Owens nailed him with a Pop-up Powerbomb onto the ring apron in a brutal attack which saw him leave the arena on a stretcher.
With Bryan having been given the green light to return to action, and the fans in the arena chanting "WrestleMania" as he contemplated a competitive return, it seems the solution to the Zayn-Owens problem may now lie in the ring at the biggest event of the year.
Styles fails to save Nakamura
After last week's win for AJ Styles over Rusev, it was the turn of his WrestleMania opponent Shinsuke Nakamura to attempt to tame the Bulgarian Beast, something he achieved with an armbar transitioned into a roll-up.
In a reproduction of last week's events, Rusev and Aiden English then led a post-match attack on their conqueror.
On this occasion, however, Styles was in no rush to get into the ring to fight the pair off and instead it was Nakamura who successfully defended himself.
Carmella misses out on cash-in
Carmella has held the Money in The Bank briefcase since June but continues to look for opportunities to strike and steal the SmackDown women's title.
Last night, during an intense non-tile match between Charlotte Flair and Natalya, she attempted a cash-in after Natalya hit the champion with a crisp spinning powerbomb and superplex.
But before the bell could be rung, Flair hit Carmella with a big boot to neutralise her plan, only to fall victim to a roll-up which gave Natalya a huge win.
SmackDown is repeated in full at 10.30pm on Sky Sports Arena every Wednesday night.
