Smackdown Results 04/02/2016

As WWE Raw went off the air on Monday night, Brock Lesnar stood tall after he delivered a signature F5 to Dean Ambrose and The New Day took care of Roman Reigns. We also knew that Reigns would square off against Rusev on WWE SmackDown, and that A.J. Styles would have a match with The Miz. Those matches and more were taped on Tuesday night so that they can be aired on the USA Network this Thursday.
Before that show airs, however, another episode of WWE NXT will air on the WWE Network on Wednesday evening. Last week’s episode of NXT ended in confusion when Samoa Joe and Sami Zayn both had Baron Corbin in a submission hold as he tapped out in the Triple Threat Match to determine a No. 1 contender for the NXT Championship. It was also announced that Finn Balor would be accepting the challenge from Apollo Crews.

Note: The following contains spoilers for this week’s episodes of WWE Thursday Night SmackDown (February 4, 2016) and WWE NXT (February 3, 2016).

WWE Thursday Night SmackDown spoilers

This episode was taped in Memphis, Tennessee on February 2.

• Roman Reigns vs. Rusev was the opening bout, and the match ended with a disqualification when Alberto Del Rio interfered. Dean Ambrose emerged to fend off the members of the League of Nations. A tag team match was booked for the main event: Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose vs. Albreto Del Rio and Rusev.
• Kalisto defeated Kevin Owens with a little help from Dolph Ziggler, who was doing guest commentary. Post-match, Owens laid both Ziggler and Kalisto out.
• The Miz cut a promo on AJ Styles for their match-up later in the show.
• Ryback defeated Erick Rowan and was then attacked by Braun Strowman after the match.

Sasha Banks interrupts a conversation backstage between Renee Young and Becky Lynch.

AJ Styles defeated The Miz when he tapped out to the Calf Killer. Post-match, Styles accepts a challenge from Chris Jericho for a rematch on next week’s SmackDown.

The Social Outcasts interrupt a promo by The New Day. This set up a six-man tag team match (Bo Dallas was not at the taping) that The New Day won.

Charlotte defeated Alicia Fox in a non-title match.

• Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns defeated Rusev and Alberto Del Rio in the main event.

The SmackDown spoilers above have been confirmed by Wrestle Zone. WWE SmackDown airs on Thursday nights at 8/7c on the USA Network. Replays can be watched the following day via Hulu Plus.