WrestleMania Sized Smackdown Set For Next Week, Andre The Giant Battle Royal, Title Match & More

WWE has announced a massive Smackdown for the show before Mania.

WrestleMania is a two-night event this year taking place on both April 10th and 11th. Yet it looks like this year WrestleMania was even two big for two nights as a big Smackdown has been announced for the night before WrestleMania.

WWE Official Adam Pearce announced a special WrestleMania-sized Smackdown for the WrestleMania go-home show on Friday, April 9th. First off we know know that the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal will take place on Smackdown with the following 22 names,

• Akira Tozawa
• Angel Garza
• Cedric Alexander
• Drew Gulak
• Elias
• Erik
• Gran Metalik
• Humberto Carrillo
• Jaxson Ryker
• Jey Uso
• Kalisto
• King Corbin
• Lince Dorado
• Mace
• Murphy
• Mustafa Ali
• Ricochet
• Shelton Benjamin
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Slapjack
• T-Bar
• Tucker

It was also announced that a fatal-four-way tag team match will take place for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode will defend against Rey & Dominik Mysterio, The Street Profits, and Chad Gable & Otis.

Finally it was announced that we will hear from all three men in the Universal Title match takingplace on Night two of WrestleMania in Roman Reighs, Edge, and Daniel Bryan.

As first announced on Twitter Spaces, the final stop on The Road to WrestleMania will feature a Special WrestleMania Edition of SmackDown next Friday on FOX!

Universal Champion Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan and Edge to address the WWE Universe
Two days before they square off in the highly-anticipated Universal Championship Triple Threat Match, the WWE Universe will hear from The Head of the Table, The Leader of the “Yes!” Movement and The Ultimate Opportunist as they prepare to collide on The Grandest Stage of Them All?

SmackDown Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Championship Match
For months the SmackDown Tag Team division has been extremely competitive, forcing WWE Official Adam Pearce to make a major decision. Next Friday, SmackDown Tag Team Champions Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode will look to defend their titles in a Fatal 4-Way against The Street Profits, Rey & Dominik Mysterio and Otis & Chad Gable.

The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
The annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal will take center stage as a multitude of blue brand Superstars step into the squared circle to collide for the honor of claiming this year’s coveted trophy. The annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal was introduced at WrestleMania 30 in honor of late WWE Hall of Famer Andre the Giant. It will begin with all participants in the squared circle at the same time, and competitors are eliminated once they are thrown over the top rope and both feet touch the floor. The last man remaining is the victor.

If we do hear anything else regarding this big edition of Smackdown, and even tomorrow night’s Friday Night Smackdown, we will have it here and on the PWUnlimited YouTube Channel.