WWE News: What Happened After Smackdown Went Off The Air, April 4, 2017
Apr 5, 2017 at 3:24 PM
To the delight of the crowd, Shinsuke Nakamura made his main roster debut on last night’s edition of Smackdown Live. The crowd in the Amway Center literally erupted with ‘Nakamura’ chants. It was expected since WWE creative hesitated with Nakamura’s arrival on the main roster, creating a delay.
Now although he debuted in a segment facing off the Miz, he never got physical with the A-lister. After Smackdown went off the air, the fans in attendance were treated to a great surprise. Nakamura competed in a match after the cameras stopped rolling. His opponent on the dark segment was the show-off, Dolph Ziggler.
The match went on around 8 minutes. The King of Strong Styles picked up the win by hitting Ziggler with a Kinshasa. Take a look at the pictures and videos of this match shared on the social media.
There are some serious concerns over whether Nakamura would be retained on the blue brand or not. Vince McMahon announced that a superstar shake-up will take place on next week’s edition of Monday Night Raw. It is expected that quite a few switches will be made on that night between Raw and Smackdown.
Ziggler vs Nakamura is a great to end this week of wrestling! pic.twitter.com/YUrrB22XAd
— TheRogueFan (@TheRogueFan) April 5, 2017
Several superstars were seen concerned once Smackdown went off the air. The Miz and Maryse were seen advising Daniel Bryan not to even think of separating them on the fallout show.
Renee Young was seen much worried with the shake-up since she wants to stay on the same brand with her bae, Dean Ambrose.
There is a similar problem between Carmella and James Ellsworth, too. James lost his cool while doing an interview on the fallout show thinking that he might get separated on the superstar shake-up.
Tye Dillinger reacted on how it felt to debut on the main roster of the WWE. He appeared on the talking Smack show to discuss it live on the WWE Network.
Also, Austin Aries became the number one contender for the WWE Cruiserweight championship on 205 Live. He will square off against Neville for the title at WWE Payback.