Tonight’s SmackDown will kick-off by 8/7C on Fox inside the WWE Thunderdome at St Petersburg, Tropicana field, Florida.
The following are the events that have been confirmed by WWE to take place on SmackDown tonight on Fox:
1. Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan to sign the Universal Title Match contract
The Universal Champion ‘Roman Reigns’ and Daniel Bryan will be meeting face-to-face tonight on SmackDown to officially sign the contract for their Universal title match at WWE Fastlane.
THIS FRIDAY on #SmackDown @WWEDanielBryan & @WWERomanReigns sign the contract for their #UniversalTitle encounter at #WWEFastlane!https://t.co/iTGxb7sqOD pic.twitter.com/AUKWxPQDvc
— WWE (@WWE) March 12, 2021
Daniel Bryan has faced a lot of challenges in an attempt to capture the Universal Championship from Roman Reigns and he is not backing out from achieving his aim yet. He won the qualifying match for the Universal title match at Elimination Chamber but lost to Roman Reigns the same night at Elimination Chamber.
Daniel Bryan also challenged Roman Reigns for his title last two weeks on SmackDown but he was given a condition to go through Jey Usos before he could get the title match against Roman Reigns. Last week on SmackDown, he eventually won the match against Jey Usos in a steel cage match and earned the opportunity to face Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at Fastlane.
Therefore, tonight on SmackDown Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan will be signing the Universal title match contract to make their match official at Fastlane.
2. Kevin Owens to host Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair on KO Show
Ever since Bianca Belair declared Sasha banks as her main event opponent at WrestleMania there has been a lot of tensions and controversies among the WWE universe. Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair have been entangling together exhibiting some kind of chemistry as friends and they will be be teaming up against Nia Jax and Shanya Baszler for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship at Fastlane.
#SmackDown Women's Champion @SashaBanksWWE AND @BiancaBelairWWE on the #KOShow tomorrow night?! You WON'T want to miss this!@FightOwensFight https://t.co/KukSN9knQ6 pic.twitter.com/mcgpYR8DCy
— WWE (@WWE) March 12, 2021
Therefore tonight on SmackDown Kevin Owens will host the KO show and welcome Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair as his special guest.
3. The Intercontinental Champion ‘Biggie’ will return to SmackDown
The WWE Intercontinental Champion ‘Biggie’ will be returning to SmackDown tonight after weeks of absence on the show. Biggie was feared to have suffered severe injury last month following brutal attack from Apollo Crews and since then he has been absent from the show.
Intercontinental Champion @WWEBigE returns to #SmackDown tomorrow night!
How will The Powerhouse of Positivity respond to @WWEApollo?https://t.co/2JzhNRq476 pic.twitter.com/gFKedEvKLx
— WWE (@WWE) March 12, 2021
The rivalry between Biggie and Apollo Crews started last month when Apollo demanded the Intercontinental title rematch from Biggie and Biggie refused to grant him the rematch. This brought out the frustration and anger in Apollo Crews and he ended up assaulting Biggie with a steel step to get him broken and decimated. Last week on SmackDown Apollo Crews made his ambitions cleared to the WWE Universe and officially demanded the Intercontinental title rematch again from Biggie to end his speech.
Therefore, Biggie will be returning to SmackDown tonight to address Apollo and also talk about his absence on the show.
