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WWE SmackDown Viewing Party. Tonight’s show comes from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL.
– Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX opens up with a graphic in memory of “The Natural” Butch Reed, who passed away today at the age of 66. We go to the normal WWE intro video.
– We get a video package showing Bianca Belair and WWE Hall of Famer Edge after their big Royal Rumble Match wins this past Sunday at the pay-per-view.
– We’re live from the ThunderDome at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida as Michael Cole welcomes us to SmackDown, noting that we are officially on The Road to WrestleMania 37 now. He’s joined at ringside by Corey Graves. Graves confirms that Edge and Bianca Belair will both be here tonight.
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Daniel Bryan is already in the ring leading a loud “yes!” chant with the ThunderDome crowd. Greg Hamilton does the introduction. Bryan welcomes everyone to Friday Night SmackDown and Royal Rumble Weekend for another loud pop.
Bryan talks about being excited for the Royal Rumble Match. He’s accomplished a lot in his career, but he’s never won the Men’s Rumble. He goes on about being able to challenge for the WWE Title or the WWE Universal Title at WrestleMania 37 if you win the Rumble. He says no one knows about the main event of WrestleMania being life changing like he does. He goes on about winning the Rumble Match and another “yes!” chant starts up.