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The WrestleMania 35 card is getting crowded, but SmackDown Women's Champion Asuka is noticeably absent from the April 7 event. That will change tonight when her opponent for 'Mania is decided on tonight's SmackDown Live.

Announced last week, a Fatal Fourway match between Carmella, Naomi, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville will determine who Asuka takes on in New York. The story here revolves around how Mandy and Sonya behave during the match. The tag team partners will now compete as singles competitors and only one of them can go on to challenge Asuka for the title. Sonya inadvertently cost Mandy the title at Fastlane, with Rose doing the same for Deville on the following SmackDown. So how will they act?

Kurt Angle continues his retirement tour tonight when he goes one-on-one with AJ Styles. Angle defeated Samoa Joe on RAW the night before and is preparing for his match against Baron Corbin at 'Mania. Can the Olympian take down Styles on his road to WrestleMania?

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Kofi Kingston's road to WrestleMania 35 has been arduous to say the least How will he and the rest of The New Day react on tonight's episode after Vince McMahon screwed Kofi out of a title shot again last week? All three men have teased possibly leaving the WWE for what they call an injustice, but will they follow through? Or is the SmackDown locker room about to experience something more than the power of positivity?

With just two more episodes of SmackDown Live left until WrestleMania, expect a lot to go down.

Here's everything that happened on the March 26 episode of SmackDown Live.

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SMACKDOWN LIVE RESULTS

Opening Segment

• New Day opens the show and tell the WWE Universe that it's been great performing for them in the five years they've been together, and thank them. Big E and Xavier have discussed walking away from the WWE because of everything that's happened to Kofi Kingston.
• Xavier says that for 11 years, Kofi has had to deal with obstacles but they won't leave until they get answers. He calls out Mr. McMahon and threatens to stay in the ring all night until he does.
• Mr. McMahon comes out and is about to say something but is interrupted by Daniel Bryan and Rowan. Bryan says that if the New Day wants to quit, let them and Mr. McMahon shouldn't placate them. He suggests Mr. McMahon can just create a new group like the New Day and that Kofi Kingston is a B-plus player.
• Xavier says the reality is that Daniel Bryan turned into a hypocrite. Mr. McMahon says that New Day would never quit, and that most everyone in WWE loves to be there. McMahon says that he still feels Kofi is a B-plus player but questions if Big E and Xavier Woods are a B-plus tag team. If Big E and Xavier Woods can win a gauntlet match tonight, Kofi goes to WrestleMania.

Becky Lynch Interview

• Lynch says she brings the people, Ronda Rousey brings the title but what does Charlotte bring to the match? She's interrupted by Charlotte Flair's music.
• Charlotte says she's going to show how deserving she is to be in the WrestleMania match.

Charlotte Flair vs Asuka (c) - SmackDown Women's Championship Match

• Flair makes Asuka submit with the Figure Eight

Kurt Angle vs AJ Styles

• Styles wins via disqualification after Randy Orton hits AJ with an RKO during the match.
• After the bell, Angle hits Orton with an Angle Slam.

Miz Promo

• Miz says he's so upset about what happened to his father and he wants Shane to regret his actions. He calls to make their WrestleMania match, Falls Count Anywhere.
• Shane comes out with security and a handful of wrestlers from the heel locker room and says that what Shane did to Miz's father made him want to be like that more. And he'll quench his thirst for violence on the Miz. Shane accepts Miz's challenge and says the biggest mistake Miz's dad made was impregnating his mother.
• Miz takes out the security and the heels to try and get to Shane.

New Day Gauntlet Match

• First team is Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
• New Day hits the Up Up Down Down and Big E pins Karl Anderson
• Second team is Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura
• New Day hits the Up Up Down Down and Xavier Woods pins Shinsuke
• Third team is The Bar
• Xavier Woods rolls up Sheamus
• After the bell, Sheamus and Cesaro beat down the New Day. The Bar put Big E through a table
• Fourth team is The Usos
• Before the bell, Usos get on the mic and say that they've had many battles with the New Day and the only one who deserves to have a match at WrestleMania is Kofi. They say that Kofi has earned respect from everyone in the locker room and the WWE Universe.
• Usos forfeit
• Backstage, Daniel Bryan and Rowan destroy the locker room when they see the forfeit.
• Fifth team is Daniel Bryan and Rowan
• New Day wins after Rowan is counted out.
• After the match, Mr. McMahon is asked if Kofi will go to WrestleMania to face Daniel Bryan and he confirms.

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