On March 8, 2024, WWE hosted a new episode of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
The show was headlined by The Rock & Roman Reigns calling out Seth Rollins & Cody Rhodes. The full results are listed below.
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WWE SmackDown (3/8/2024).
- After a video package recapping The Bloodline calling out Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins from last week, Corey Graves & Wade Barrett welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning into the opening segment.
- United States Champion Logan Paul came to the ring to cut a promo, telling the Dallas crowd that tonight would be a history night for them before stating that it was because of him that "business is booming". Paul then introduced KSI to announce that their energy drink PRIME would become a sponsor of WWE.
The silliness was interrupted by Randy Orton's music. Orton appeared from behind and was about to hit the RKO on Paul, but Paul escaped. KSI. was left in the ring, but Orton pulled him back and hit an RKO on KSI. Orton then drank a bottle of PRIME before spilling it on KSI. - Kevin Owens & Randy Orton def. A-Town Down Under (Grayson Waller & Austin Theory).
- Logan Paul attacked Orton & Owens from behind. Paul tried to punch Owens & Orton with the brass knuckles, but Orton kicked Paul in the gut. Orton tried to punch Paul with the brass knuckles, but Paul evaded and nearly hit Owens.
- There was a video package of Dakota Kai betraying Bayley to rejoin Damage CTRL alongside Iyo Sky, Asuka & Kairi Sane.
- Kayla Braxton had a sit-down interview with Bayley backstage, where she said that she keeps questioning what is real after everything she had gone through with Damage CTRL, stating that she felt betrayed by Dakota Kai's actions. Bayley said she now has more focus ahead of WrestleMania XL, stating that she would do anything to break them.
- Naomi was watching the interview backstage before Bianca Belair met her. Naomi said that she felt bad for Bayley, but Belair said that Bayley made her bed with her actions, and it was time for her to lay on it.
- Bobby Lashley def. Karrion Kross (via Disqualification).
- Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) attacked Lashley to end the match, giving Lashley the win via disqualification.
- As Scarlett & B-Fab brawled outside of the ring, The Final Testament (Kross & Authors of Pain), Lashley and The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) brawled in the ring before AOP & Kross laid out.
- Tiffany Stratton def. "Michin" Mia Yim.
- There was a vignette of AJ Styles, where he explained that he flew to Australia to attack LA Knight to prove that Knight did not belong in his locker room. Styles called Knight an overachiever who needed some humbling and that he was a Phenomenal choice to volunteer.
- Knight watched the vignette backstage and immediately destroyed the TV with his chair.
- Tyler Bate was playing WWE 2K24 before Pete Dunne arrived in the room. Bate was talking up the game, but Dunne was not amused. Bate told Dunne he would check on Nick Aldis in regards of the Tag Title situation.
- Dragon Lee def. Angel Garza (w/ Santos Escobar, Humberto Carrillo & Elektra Lopez).
- Legado del Fantasma (Escobar, Carrillo, Garza & Lopez) attacked Lee after the match, with Garza, Carrillo & Escobar hitting a Triple Powerbomb on Lee.
- Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Asuka, Kairi Sane & WWE Women's Champion Iyo Sky) cut a promo backstage making fun of Bayley for not seeing the betrayal coming before Sky stated that she would retain the title at WrestleMania XL.
- After two electric entrances, The Bloodline (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Solo Sikoa, Jimmy Uso, Paul Heyman & Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns) came to the ring to cut a promo, telling the Dallas Crowd that greatness stands before them before demanding the crowd to acknowledge them. After that, Cody Rhodes & WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins appeared from the crowd before the commercial break.
After the break, Sikoa, Uso & Heyman left the ring to leave Johnson & Reigns confronting Rollins & Rhodes. Rhodes questioned Johnson on whether he had the authority to make the stipulation, but Johnson told Rhodes to shut his mouth because he was about to throw some gospel on Rhodes & Rollins, to which the crowd responded by calling Johnson "Diarreha Dwayne".
Johnson demanded an answer from Rhodes, but Rollins told Johnson to shut up for once in his life before calling Johnson "Mr. Mid-Life Crisis" and accepted Johnson's challenge. Reigns & Johnson responded by saying that it was over for them and to make sure they did not succeed at WrestleMania XL. Johnson told Rhodes that if he did not win at WrestleMania XL, he could not challenge for the belt again before saying that Rhodes was a mistake for his family. Rhodes responded by slapping Johnson in the face before the end of the broadcast.
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