– Tonight’s dark match was announced as Dean Ambrose versus The Miz, and Miz ended up coming out and cut a ‘Rick Rude’ style promo on the crowd. Miz ended up serenading Maryse during the match, but kept getting cut off by Ambrose:
– As noted, at the end of tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live, Randy Orton confronted WWE Champion Bray Wyatt after Wyatt successfully defended his championship in a three-way match against AJ Styles and John Cena. Orton pledged his undying allegiance to Wyatt and said that he could not face him at WrestleMania 33.
SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan announced on Talking Smack that a battle royal will take place on next week’s SmackDown with the winner going on to face Wyatt for the title at WrestleMania. AJ Styles is the first name confirmed for the battle royal.