WWE returns to Las Vegas with a jam-packed weekend for a second consecutive year. Here's how to watch WrestleMania.

Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of the go-home episode of SmackDown before this weekend's WrestleMania PLE.

Looking forward to winning his 15th World Championship, Randy Orton is currently on a warpath. Completely embraced his heel character and more dangerous than ever, “The Apex Predator” now teamed up with Pat McAfee, looks forward to defeating Cody Rhodes and putting a halt to his third WWE Championship reign.

WWE WrestleMania 42 marked the biggest win in the young career of Jacob Fatu, who beat Drew McIntyre in an unsanctioned match.

On the last night before WrestleMania 42, here are three things we hated and three things we loved about the 4/17/26 episode of "WWE

WWE WrestleMania weekend is underway, with SmackDown the last show before the massive two-day event begins.

This possible change could also involve the MFTs from Friday Night SmackDown. The group is led by Solo Sikoa, with members including Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, JC Mateo, and Talla Tonga. The idea for this shift may have been inspired by the latest episode of WWE RAW, where they crossed paths with Jimmy and Jey Uso and LA Knight.

WWE SmackDown's final show before WrestleMania 42 took place in Las Vegas. The event included the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which Royce Keys won. Several matches took place, including a tag team street fight and title defenses.

WWE rolled into the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, on Monday night for the go-home edition of Raw on Netflix ahead of WrestleMania 42.

Royce Keys was in action on the final WWE SmackDown before WrestleMania 42. He won the 2026 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the show.

But even fans who are battle-tested with an avalanche of commercials are talking about the overload of advertisements on WrestleMania 42. And they paid extra to watch it. More news: IShowSpeed’s Jaw-Dropping Move on Logan Paul Goes Viral at WrestleMania 42 While the first hour was on ESPN2 in the United States,