On Friday, May 29th, WWE SmackDown took place at the Olympic Arena in Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. This episode served as the go-home show for WWE Clash in Italy. The main event featured a segment between Undisputed WWE Champion "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes and "The Ring General" GUNTHER.
The event included Chelsea Green facing The Irresistible Force, Nia Jax, in a singles match, and Carmelo Hayes competing against "Absolute" Ricky Saints in another singles match. There was also a segment with WWE United States Champion Trick Williams, rapper Lil Yachty, Carmelo Hayes, and "Absolute" Ricky Saints, as well as Sami Zayn battling Matt Cardona in a singles match.
SmackDown featured a tag team match with MFT (Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga) taking on Royce Keys and WWE Tag Team Champion Damian Priest. Fraxiom's Axiom faced The Miz in a singles match, while Jade Cargill squared off against Alexa Bliss. A segment highlighted WWE Women's Champion "The Eradicator" Rhea Ripley alongside Alexa Bliss, "The Queen" Charlotte Flair, Jade Cargill, Michin, and B-Fab.
According to a report from Fightful Select, a list of producers for each segment and match from this episode was shared. The report also stated that the show was internally titled “The Calm Before The Clash.”
You can check out the list of producers below:
- Petey Williams produced the segment between WWE Women's Champion "The Eradicator" Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss, "The Queen" Charlotte Flair, Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab and the singles match between Alexa Bliss vs. Jade Cargill.
- Shane Helms produced the singles match between Axiom vs. The Miz.
- Michael Hayes and Bobby Roode produced the tag team match between Damian Priest and Royce Keys vs. MFT and for the segment between Cody Rhodes and GUNTHER.
- Molly Holly produced the singles match between Matt Cardona vs. Sami Zayn.
- Chris Park (Abyss) produced the segment between WWE United States Champion Trick Williams, Ricky Saints, Lil Yachty and Carmelo Hayes and the singles match between Ricky Saints vs. Carmelo Hayes.
- TJ Wilson produced the singles match between Chelsea Green vs. Nia Jax.
