WWE SmackDown: Title Match, Contender’s Match and more set for April 19 episode

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Next week's WWE SmackDown is coming up with a stacked card where a championship match will be reserved. Besides a couple of contender's matches including a WrestleMania rematch will be there to start filling up the card for Backlash 2024.

As confirmed on SmackDown's latest episode, LA Knight and AJ Styles will battle it out in the rematch, next week on SmackDown to determine who will go on to face Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

At the beginning of the April 12 episode, two triple threat matches were announced with the winners proceeding toward a singles contest set for next week to determine the new number-one contender for the WWE Title.

In the first triple threat, LA Knight defeated Santos Escobar and Bobby Lashley in a Triple Threat Match to advance to next week's Number-One Contender's match. Knight pinned Escoobar with the BFT after ringside shenanigans from Legado del Fantasma and The Street Profits.

Then in the main event of SmackDown, AJ Styles defeated Rey Mysterio and Kevin Owens in a Triple Threat Match to advance to next week's Number-One Contender's match. Styles countered a Swanton Bomb by upping his knees.

Despite Mysterio's prohibition, Styles headed to the top rope and hit a Super Styles Clash on Mysterio with Owens underneath the setup to secure the pin-fall win. Knight and Styles had a face-off to close the show.

Also on SmackDown, Tiffany Stratton talked some trash to the new WWE Women's Champion Bayley. Naomi interrupted her to set up a match and she eventually defeated Tiffany. After this, Naomi was announced to face Bayley for the title, next week.

Another contender's match will also be there on SmackDown where four teams will battle to become the first challenger of the newly split tag titles on the blue brand. At a glance, the April 19 episode stands as follows:

• Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Number-One Contender's match: LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
• WWE Women's Champion Bayley defends against Naomi
• SmackDown Tag Team Title number one contender's match: The Street Profits vs. Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate vs. Angel & Humberto vs. The Authors of Pain