WWE SmackDown results, recap, grades: Fastlane special enforcer match set, Big E issues open challenge

Jey Uso will battle Edge to determine the special enforcer for Daniel Bryan vs. Roman Reigns at Fastlane

Heading into SmackDown on Friday, WWE said that Daniel Bryan and universal champion Roman Reigns would sit down to sign their official match contract for their match at Fastlane. That would end up happening, but not before Edge got in the mix, intensifying his newly-formed issues with Bryan.

By the end of the segment, the contract was signed, but Reigns tried to play games to better secure his chances of retaining the universal championship at Fastlane. Jey Uso would angle for a spot as special guest enforcer for the match, but Edge would emerge and lay down a challenge to face Uso for the right to take that spot, an idea quickly accepted by Adam Pearce and made official for next Friday.

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Special enforcer match set for next week

Edge opened the show with an in-ring promo, accusing Roman Reigns of distracting himself with his business with Daniel Bryan. Edge then turned his attention to Bryan, taking issue with Bryan saying he deserved the main event of WrestleMania more than Edge because of his love for the business. This brought out Bryan, who said he sees and understands how hard Edge has worked and how much he loves wrestling and that Edge needs to understand that his challenge of Reigns has nothing to do with Edge, but Edge closed by saying that he expected better of Bryan.

The show closed with Bryan and Reigns' contract signing. Reigns said he "wasn't feeling it" and that he would not sign the contract. Bryan said he never thought Reigns would be afraid of him, until realizing that he did something Reigns never could, making Uso quit last week. Reigns grabbed a pen from Paul Heyman, said he was going to smash Bryan and then signed the contract. Uso threw the table from the ring and said the match needed a special guest enforcer to call the match down the middle. Edge then interrupted to say he'd wrestle Uso next week, with the winner becoming special enforcer at Fastlane. A brawl broke down between all four men to close the show, ending with Edge shoving Bryan out of the way and Bryan laying him out with a running knee.

WWE hasn't done a great job of making the issues between Edge and Bryan completely clear. Bryan is not in Edge's way. Edge isn't holding Bryan back. Why is everything so heated? All that said, the show ending segment was good fun, especially Bryan digging at Reigns with the fact that the champ never made Uso quit like he did last week. And if we're getting Edge vs. Uso out of it next week? It's hard to get upset with that. Grade: B

What else happened on WWE SmackDown?

• The Street Profits & Dominik and Rey Mysterio def. The Dirty Dawgs & Alpha Academy via pinfall when Montez Ford hit Roode with a frog splash. The heels jumped the faces before the match, but still couldn't get the win.
• Seth Rollins was interviewed backstage. Rollins said that he was "done" with Cesaro after being attacked and mocked by him in recent weeks, calling Cesaro a waste of talent. He then perked up upon hearing Cesaro and Murphy would rematch later in the night.
• Cesaro def. Murphy via disqualification after Seth Rollins attacked. Cesaro had Murphy in the Cesaro Swing when Rollins ran into the ring and attacked, hitting two stomps while yelling at Cesaro for disrespecting him. Rollins tried for a third stomp, this time with Cesaro's head wrapped in a chair but was stopped by officials.
• Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler took Reginald on a shopping spree. Romantic music played when he asked Jax how he could repay her.
• Tamina & Natalya def. Bianca Belair & Sasha Banks via pinfall when Tamina pinned Belair with a schoolboy. Before the match, Kevin Owens hosted Belair and Banks on the K.O. Show with the WrestleMania opponents -- and teammates at Fastlane -- trading barbs. Reginald, who was ringside with Jax and Baszler ran through the ring, causing a distraction that led to the pin.
  
• Intercontinental Championship -- Big E (c) def. Sami Zayn via pinfall with the Big Ending. Before the match, Big E cut an impassioned promo on Apollo Crews and then invited him out to challenge for the belt, but turned it into an open challenge when Crews didn't appear. Crews attacked Big E after the match, laying out the champion and hitting him with the ring steps again.