WWE SmackDown preview 03/01/24: Is The Rock ready to take on Cody Rhodes?

Also tonight on WWE SmackDown, Bayley and Dakota Kai team to face their ex-teammates, the Kabuki Warriors.

If you’ve been following along on the Road to WrestleMania so far, you know we’ve already gone from The Rock vs. Roman Reigns to Cody Rhodes vs. Reigns. But there’s another permutation of those big time players that lies at the very heart of tonight’s WWE SmackDown from Glendale.

Will The Rock say yes to Cody Rhodes’ challenge for a fight “any time, any place”?

Rhodes clearly hasn’t forgotten about that slap to the face he took from The People’s Champ back at WrestleMania XL Kickoff. Perhaps The Rock was hoping he did.

Instead, Cody made it very clear he wants a singles match with The Great One. But that’s really two questions: Will The Rock accept, and will The Bloodline actually let it be a one-on-one encounter?

We’re guessing the answers are yes and probably not, in that order, but The Rock and The Bloodline will be on SmackDown tonight to give us some insight.

Will Bayley and Dakota Kai hold firm in their friendship against the Kabuki Warriors?

When Damage CTRL turned on Bayley and essentially booted her from the group she formed, it seemed Dakota Kai would stick with IYO SKY and the Kabuki Warriors. Instead, Kai chose to stand with Bayley, and she suffered an attack at her former teammates’ hands for it.

Unless Kai is playing a very long con, she’ll be teaming up with Bayley to face the Warriors in Glendale. Also, how great will it be just seeing Dakota back in action? It’s been far too long.


Also advertised for tonight’s episode of SmackDown:

  • Carlito and Santos Escobar take their enmity up a notch when they meet in a Street Fight

It should be an exciting two hours of action, and we’re here for it as always with live WWE SmackDown results and other tidbits on Wrestling Junkie starting at 8 p.m. ET.

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