WWE SmackDown Live Results & live commentary, 3rd April 2018, Shane McMahon Returns

The last SmackDown before WrestleMania.

Updated: 04 April 2018 07:30 IST - Published: 04 April 2018 07:26 IST

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Charlotte def. Natalya
Rusev def. Jinder Mahal
Mojo Rawley, Baron Corbin, Primo and Dolph Ziggler def. Breezango, Zack Ryder and Tye Dillinger

AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura def. Gable and Benjamin

Benjamin attacks Nakamura after the match but Nakamura drives him away. AJ goes to hit Nakamura with the Phenomenal Forearm but he was just playing with Nakamura. AJ pats him on the head and walks away.

Styles gets in Nakamura's face before hitting the Phenomenal Forearm for the 3-count.
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura def. Gable and Benjamin

Nakamura tags Styles in and he lights up Gable with a combo of strikes.Styles hits Gable with the Ushi Goroshi.

Kick to the guy from Nakamura and Benjamin replies with a spinning heel kick.

Benjamin and Nakamura trade strikes. Benjamin locks in a sleeper hold. That actually looks pretty nasty but Nakamura fights out of it.

AJ Styles lands an enzeguiri and tags Nakamura in. The Rockstar cleans house with his lethal kicks. He follows it up with a running knee to Benjamin but misses. Gable tags himself in and Benjamin his a nasty knee strike to Nakamura. Gable follows it with a moonsault for a nearfall.

Nakamura tags in Styles who doesn't look happy. Benjamin and Gable jump the champion and the challenger as they argue. Gable is all over AJ as we head to commercial.

AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura vs Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable

Gable wrestles Nakamura to the ground as the bell rings. Nakamura throws a kick and almost takes Gable's head off but he dodges it. Gable has Nakamura by the arm but Nakamura returns the favour.

It's finally main-event time.

They cut off Sami and Kevin's mic and stewards lead then out as Shane and Daniel come out and lead a "Na na na" chant from the crowd.

Zayn adds that it was their dream to fight Daniel and obliterate him.

Sami says they have to apologize to Bryan's wife and daughter because they will be sorry for the man they send back home when they were done with him.

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn come out of the crowd. They say it's still the "Sami and Kevin Show" and they say no one can stop them from speaking their mind.

SUperstars launch each other over the top rope, a sign of whats to come at the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royale this Sunday. Baron Corbin tosses Breeze over the ropes and into 6 Superstars at ringside before hitting Fandango with a End Of Days for the win.

Mojo Rawley, Baron Corbin, Primo and Dolph Ziggler def. Breezango, Zack Ryder and Tye Dillinger

Breezango, Zack Ryder and Tye Dillinger vs Mojo Rawley, Baron Corbin, Primo and Dolph Ziggler

Mojo and Zack start us off and things break down pretty quickly. To no one's surprise, it leads to another ad break.

"Alright, Randy... what we're gonna have you do is watch the TV standing at a 72-degree ang-"

"No." pic.twitter.com/C0rTSucipK
— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) April 4, 2018

Randy Orton comes out of nowhere as Rusev is celebrating and hits him with the RKO. English then attacks Orton and heads to the middle rope. Roode pushed English off and Orton hits him with an RKO.

Rusev hits Mahal with a Machka Kick to the head. He signals for the end but Sunil SIngh gets on the apron. Rusev knocks Singh off with a Machka kick before hitting Mahal with one of his own. 1 - 2 - 3! Rusev wins!

Rusev def. Jinder Mahal

Rusev has Jinder where he wants him as he tries to lock in the Accolade but Mahal crawls to the ropes before Rusev can lock it in.

Jinder now goes after Rusev's arm as chants of "Rusev Day" break out. Rusev powers out of an attempted submission.

We're back from another ad break, and Jinder is on top. Jinder hits Rusev with a series of knee drops before hitting a neckbreaker.

Rusev vs Jinder Mahal

Rusev takes The Maharaja down with a leg-trip and tries to lock in the Accolade early on.

Sunil Singh makes his attempt to serenade Jinder before the Maharaja came out but that was dreadful.

That was one long a break but we're finally back to action as Bobby Roode joins commentary for Mahal vs Rusev?

I never met @realjeffjarrett before. We agreed on Twitter that we’d hug when we finally met...ain’t we great! #SDLive #WWEHOF pic.twitter.com/dwICwNcITP
— Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) April 3, 2018

Some day, @CarmellaWWE. Some day... pic.twitter.com/V2uSb39IdY
— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) April 4, 2018

Charlotte smacks the briefcase out of Carmella's hand before swatting her away. Natalya tries to roll Charlotte up but Charlotte kicks out and locks in the Figure Four. Natalya taps out.

Charlotte def. Natalya

Charlotte attempts a moonsault and Natalya gets the knees up. CARMELLA'S MUSIC HITS!

Incredible escape from Charlotte and she fired back with the patented Flair chops. Charlotte follows it with a neckbreaker and a boot.

Natalya locks in a surfboard lock when we return from the break. That looks painful.

Charlotte goes for a baseball slide but Natalya dodges it. She goes for a clothesline but Charlotte ducks and kicks her in the gut. Nattie reolies by sending Charlotte face-first into the apron, as we head to a break.

Charlotte is back in command. She wraps her legs around Nattie's neck, sending her face first into the mat. Charlotte has Natalya all tied up as she slams Natalya before doing a kip up as the fans roar.

Natalya is in control early on as she takes Charlotte down with a headlock takedown. Natalya now talks smack to the Queen. Charlotte hooks the leg for 1.

Charlotte vs Natalya

Charlotte takes on Natalya 5 days before her match against Asuka. I'm predicting an attempted cash-in from Carmella tonight.

More like HugDown Live. pic.twitter.com/LL7v1sOUZL
— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) April 4, 2018

Charlotte makes her way out before the break. It's Charlotte vs Natalya next!

Shane vows to eradicate Owens and Zayn from SmackDown for good before they make their way to the ring.

Shane and Daniel hug it out after chants of "hug it out".

Shane McMahon apologizes on his behalf for being stubborn.

Daniel takes the mic and says over the last few months he's made many mistakes with Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. His friendship with the two of them let it affect his judgment. Bryan then says Shane was right all along and apologized.

Shane congratulates Daniel for working hard and getting medically cleared to do what he loves and what fans love to watch him do!

SmackDown Live kicks off with GM Daniel Bryan/ Bryan welcomes Shane McMahon back to SmackDown.