WWE SmackDown Results, Winners And Grades With The Rock And Rhodes
The Rock, Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins will all be under one roof.

WWE SmackDown featured a historic announcement as Logan Paul announced the Prime Energy logo will appear on ring mats for every WWE PLE moving forward.

SmackDown also advertised The Rock, Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins all under one roof to make things official for their blockbuster tag team match at WrestleMania 40.

The broadcast also advertised Bobby Lashley vs. Karrion Kross and the team of Randy Orton and Kevin Owens vs. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller.

Last week’s broadcast of SmackDown garnered a viewership of 2.348 million, with The Rock’s opening segment peaking at 2.75 million.

WWE SmackDown Results | March 8, 2024
Randy Orton and Kevin Owens def. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller
Bobby Lashley and Karrion Kross battle to a No Contest
Tiffany Stratton def. Michin
WWE SmackDown Ratings
March 1, 2024 | 2.348 million
February 23, 2024 | 2.272 million
February 16, 2024 | 2.555 million
February 9, 2024 | 2.578 million
February 2, 2024 | 2.469 million
WWE SmackDown Ticket Sales
WWE SmackDown Venue: American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX)
WWE SmackDown Tickets Distributed: 13,388
Available Tickets: 0
The Rock Returns To WWE In Rare Form | PWB
WWE SmackDown Winners And Grades
Prime Energy To Appear On WWE Ring Mats
As I suggested earlier today, Prime Energy will appear on WWE ring mats in a first-time product placement.

Logan Paul made the announcement about Prime Energy and brilliantly maneuvered around “what” chants.

Paul asked KSI join him for the announcement, but the celebration was broken up by Randy Orton, who received a huge reaction. Orton delivered an RKO to KSI, who sold it like a dead fish (in a good way).

Logan Paul Announcement Grade: B+
Orton And Owens Def. Waller And Theory
Once again, Austin Theory took the pin, and once again, it was spectacular with Owens and Orton teaming up for a popup RKO.

Austin Theory and Grayson Waller’s WrestleMania collision course is all but inevitable at this point.

Logan Paul tried to attack Orton with a pair of brass knuckles. Orton commandeered the brass knuckles, and almost accidentally hit Kevin Owens. Do I smell a Triple Threat for the United States Championship?

Orton and Owens vs. Waller and Theory Grade: B
Karrion Kross Vs. Bobby Lashley Ends In a No Contest
Backstage, Naomi felt bad for Bayley while Bianca Belair was unbothered. To be honest, Belair came off like kind of a heel in this segment. If not, WWE could be setting up Belair, Cargill and Naomi vs. the Kabuki Warriors.

Even though they were using WWE speak, the WWE announce team all but said Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits hit a brick wall.

This match was thrown out after AOP interfered and attacked Lashley. This led to a brawl where Kross was temporarily locked into The Hurt Lock, only to barely escape.

Karrion Kross vs. Bobby Lashley Grade: C
Tiffany Stratton Def. Michin
Tiffany Stratton was relatively popular with the Dallas crowd, but this match didn’t have as much heat as her previous matches since the Elimination Chamber.

Stratton’s confidence is visibly growing as she won this match with a picture-perfect Prettiest Moonsault Ever.

A vignette featuring AJ Styles all but challenged LA Knight to a WrestleMania 40 match. Knight reacted backstage by smashing a TV with a steel chair.

Tiffany Stratton vs. Michin Grade: B-
Dragon Lee Def. Angel
Backstage, Dragon Lee was bullied by Legado Del Fantasma.

Wade Barrett kept making a point to call Angel the “now” of Lucha Libre, while Dragon Lee was the “future.” Dragon Lee is the future and the “now,” WWE just hasn’t fully realized this yet.

Lee won this match with a rollup and was immediately mauled. LWO didn’t make the save as they were not in the building, something that was not made clear to the live crowd.

Dragon Lee vs. Angel Grade: B-
The Rock and Reigns Face Off With Rhodes And Rollins
The segment started around the 6:30 PST mark with Roman Reigns’ long entrance. Extra security was on hand, suggesting a pull-apart brawl.

The Rock received a superstar entrance, standing as a silhouette as electricity flashed all over the place.

Roman was once again upstaged by The Rock’s entrance and reaction, and looked none-too-pleased about it. Still, Reigns and Rock joined hands and said “acknowledge us!”

Rhodes made his way through the crowd with Rollins, which was reminiscent of The Shield.

Both The Rock and Cody Rhodes received babyface reactions. Fans even sang Rollins’ theme song despite the fact that Rollins was dressed like the tent a homeless person would live in.

The Rock’s promo was cut off by chants of diarrhea in a surprising turn of events. Rollins even got the better of a promo exchange with The Rock by calling him Mr. Midlife Crisis. Rollins went on to accept Rock and Reigns’ challenge for WrestleMania 40.

Reigns clapped back at Rollins by calling him a crossdresser.

The Rock called Cody Rhodes a mistake, prompting Rhodes to slap Rock as WWE rushed off the air.

Rock, Roman, Rhodes and Reigns Grade: A-