Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn Announced For WrestleMania 38, Ricochet Wins Intercontinental Title

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The road to WrestleMania 38 continued with a stop on FOX for this week's edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown.

The show was an eventful one, which as noted, saw the addition of Pat McAfee vs. Austin Theory to the lineup for "The Most Stupendous Two-Night WrestleMania in History" next month.

That wasn't the only featured bout added to the lineup for the two-night WrestleMania 38 premium event at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on April 2, 2022 and April 3, 2022.

Additionally, Sami Zayn vs. Johnny Knoxville of "Jackass Forever" fame was made official for "The Grandest Stage of Them All."

The match was made official after Knoxville cost Zayn his title, as Ricochet ended up scoring the victory over Zayn to capture the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

WWE.com released the following announcement regarding the addition of Zayn vs. Knoxville for WrestleMania 38:

WRESTLEMANIA 38: Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn

Johnny Knoxville will look to make a “Jackass” out of Sami Zayn when the two bitter adversaries clash on WrestleMania Sunday!

The tremendous animosity began when Knoxville first came to WWE on a quest to enter the 2022 Royal Rumble Match, and The Master Strategist took it upon himself to inform the Jackass star that he didn’t belong.

This lit the fuse on a volatile back-and-forth that quickly spun out of control. In addition to numerous physical confrontations on SmackDown and at the Royal Rumble, they also executed a series of antics on one another that included Zayn attempting to out-“Jackass” his foe with the creation of the “InZayn” stunt show and crashing the “Jackass Forever” Red Carpet Premiere, while Knoxville hit Zayn with The Master Strategist's own cattle prod and crashed a WWE Pop Up store in order to shred his adversary’s t-shirt.

When Zayn captured his third Intercontinental Championship from Shinsuke Nakamura, Knoxville emerged the following week on SmackDown to challenge the new titleholder. Zayn once again attempted to belittle Knoxville by telling him that he didn’t being in WWE before unleashing a vicious attack. In response, Knoxville helped Ricochet defeat Zayn for the Intercontinental Title one week later. Irate over the loss of the workhorse title after just two weeks, Zayn demanded a match at WrestleMania, and Knoxville happily accepted.

Don't miss the stupendous two-night WrestleMania, streaming LIVE on Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3, at 8 ET/5 PT on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else.

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Make sure to join us here at Rajah.com on 4/2 and 4/3 for live WrestleMania 38 results coverage from Arlington, TX.

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