Roman Reigns, Andre The Giant Battle Royal Set for SmackDown March 31
WWE has made two big announcements for SmackDown March 31, 2023 episode, including Roman Reigns, Andre the Giant Battle Royal and a tag team match.
Roman Reigns is set to appear on the final TV episode before WrestleMania 39. He will come face to face with his WrestleMania opponent Cody Rhodes. They also had a face-off at RAW earlier this week where Rhodes claimed that Roman would be a chief without a tribe after WrestleMania 39.
Cody is also set to face Solo Sikoa on RAW March 27 episode. That match was set after Cody told Solo that he is not yet ready for WWE and ended up kicking him when Solo tried to attack him.
Drew McIntyre and Sheamus will begrudgingly team up next week to take on Imperium’s Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci. Drew and Sheamus are set to challenge Intercontinental Champion Gunther at WrestleMania 39 in a triple threat match and have not been on good terms for the past few weeks.
Andre The Giant Battle Royal is set to return again this year at go-home SmackDown for WrestleMania 39. WWE has held the Battle Royal for the last two years at the last SmackDown before WrestleMania. The match was earlier use to be held on WrestleMania itself. This year’s participants is as below:
- Bobby Lashley
- LA Knight
- Luke Gallows
- Karl Anderson
- Mace
- Mansoor
- Johnny Gargano
- Dexter Lumis
- Karrion Kross
- Bronson Reed
- Elias
- Rick Boogs
- Santos Escobar
- Cruz Del Toro
- Joaquin Wilde
- Shelton Benjamin
- Cedric Alexander
- Angel Garza
- Humberto Carillo
- Ashante “Thee” Adonis
- Top Dolla
- Butch
- Ridge Holland
- Dolph Ziggler
- Mustafa Ali
- Madcap Moss
- Xavier Woods
- Baron Corbin
March 31 episode of SmackDown will air from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA, and will be the go-home edition for WrestleMania 39.
