WWE SmackDown results, grades (April 24): Jacob Fatu stalls for Roman Reigns; Danhausen wins again
This week's "WWE SmackDown" kicked off with Jacob Fatu explaining how beating Roman Reigns — the new WWE champion — could be his ticket to success.
WrestleMania made a bit of a splash (at least on Night 2), but would this week's “WWE SmackDown” do the same? Kicking off just hours after the news of the latest WWE releases — with sad goodbyes to Kairi Sane, the Motor City Machine Guns, Aleister Black, Zelina Vega, The Wyatt Sicks and others — this week's show had somewhat of a hill to climb in terms of putting us in that Friday night mood. So let's see how they fared … Jacob Fatu sets out his stall Being the first challenger to a new champion is no easy feat.
Just ask AJ Styles, whose final run back in spring 2024 against newly-minted champion Cody Rhodes failed to excite us. But can Jacob Fatu, the fearsome “Samoan Werewolf,” do any better when it comes to that feat? This week's "SmackDown" kicked off with Fatu in the ring in Fort Worth, Texas, explaining how beating Roman Reigns — the new WWE champion — could be his ticket to success.
Sadly "The OTC" himself wasn't available to respond, leaving The Usos to do the job for him. "PROVE IT" @jacobfatu_wwe is READY for @WWERomanReigns 😮 pic. twitter.
com/rcph9c4SrO — WWE (@WWE) April 25, 2026 . @WWEUsos are letting @jacobfatu_wwe KNOW what it means to step up with @WWERomanReigns !! 👀 pic.
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