Next on Smackdown, Footage from this week’s RAW was shown where the feud between Damian Priest and Bad Bunny got a new height as Bunny attacked Priest after his match against Ray Mysterio last week on RAW. At the end of the segment, Bunny challenged Priest in a Street Fight at Backlash.
To present the next part of the draft, the hosts were WWE Hall of Famers JBL and Theodore Long. What an amazing reunion it was! So many histories between these two wrestlers. JBL presented the first draft peak of the blue side for the third round, and it was the Almighty Bobby Lashley.
WWE SmackDown 28.04.2023 Results & Ratings Part 3
Theodore Long announced the next draft pick for Monday night RAW and it must have been the most satisfactory one, RAW selected Drew McIntyre. The Scottish Warrior is not going anywhere and he is going to Monday Night RAW, that means he would compete for the World Heavyweight championship.
Smackdown’s next Draft pick was a Faction, and it was the OC, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, Michin, and AJ Styles. Finally, AJ Styles was back on SmackDown and who could forget that SmackDown was the house that AJ Styles built. It was indeed a very good pick for the blue brand.
Monday Night RAW had a shocking rough pick next and it was The Miz. Was not it too early to pick the Miz? There were a lot of big names left in the roster, and why were they going for the Miz this early? What would they do with him anyway? Now it would be interesting to see the next part of the draft.
Match 3 – Zelina Vega defeated Sonya Deville
This was the short match and Sonya Deville got a proper jobber treatment in this match. She got a jobber entrance, even though the most part of the match was mostly domininated by her. But WWE had to present Zelina Vega as a strong force as she is going for The Smackdown Women’s Championship at Backlash.
Zelina earned a quick rollup pin victory in this match. As soon as the match ended, Rhea Ripley attacked Zelina. Sonya tried to have a word with Rhea but Rhea took her down. Chelsea Green had no intentions of getting involved in any fight with her. As Rhea was about to hit a Riptide on Zelina, she converted it into a DDT and quickly escaped.
Backstage Zelina Vega was being congratulated by Santos Escobar on her big victory tonight. Rey Mysterio joined the frame and she congratulated Zelina Vega as well. WWE Hall of Famer said that she had to believe in herself in order to take down a difficult opponent like Rhea Ripley and she could definitely do it.