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This week, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross kicked off Friday Night SmackDown with 'A Moment of Bliss', featuring the WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman. The Women's Tag Team Champion congratulated Strowman for his victory at WrestleMania 36 and went on to discuss his confrontation with Bray Wyatt from last week's episode.
The Monster Among Men eventually got distracted by a surprise gift placed in the ring and when he opened, it turned out to be the black sheep mask from his days as a member of The Wyatt Family.
SmackDown showcased two qualifying bouts for this year's Money in the Bank contract ladder matches, won by Daniel Bryan and Dana Brooke. It was also revealed in the episode that the two MITB matches will have a unique stipulation and emanate from the WWE Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.
With some help from Lacey Evans, Tamina defeated Sasha Banks and as a result, she will be getting a shot Bayley's SmackDown Women's Championship at Money in the Bank.
Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose were set to clear the air following the incidents of the last few weeks. Deville snapped during the confrontation and blamed The Golden Goddess for the failure of their team, Fire & Desire. She not only termed her as an 'eye-candy' with 'no talents' but also vowed to make Rose's life miserable. They were interrupted by Dolph Ziggler, however, he failed to prevent Deville from attacking her former tag team partner. Eventually, Otis made his presence known and evened up the odds for his 'peach'.
In the main event of the night, The Miz defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championships against Big E and Jey Uso in a triple threat match. The three fought back-and-forth and it ended with The A-Lister failing to kick out of a Big Ending. With the win, The New Day are now 6-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions, increasing their total tag team title reigns to eight.
WWE delivered an eventful and entertaining edition of SmackDown this week. The show was trending on social media throughout the night and here we have compiled some of the best reactions on the episode.
