R-Truth and Damian Priest successfully defended their WWE Tag Team Championships on “WWE SmackDown” for the first time after dethroning the MFTs, thanks to a little help from Danhausen and his curses. The champions faced off against two victims of Danhausen already, Kit Wilson and The Miz.

Wilson and Truth started off the match, and Wilson was able to isolate Truth in his corner before tagging in Miz. Truth battled back with running shoulder tackles and got Miz down for the five knuckle shuffle, but Miz kicked him in the head to avoid it. Wilson hit Truth with a flying uppercut on the outside to keep him down, but after a commercial break, the champions had rallied back in the ring.

Priest went Old School and hit a cross body to Miz off the top rope. He followed up with a big boot to Wilson, then flew off the stairs on the outside to take him out. Back in the ring, Miz dodged an Attitude Adjustment from Truth, and they took each other out. Danhausen’s music hit and he marched down to the ring. He got on the apron and looked for Miz to tag him in, but Miz shouted at him to get out. Naturally, R-Truth ended up tagging Danhausen instead, causing him to enter the ring.

Miz got in Danhausen’s face, and the “Very Evil” one motioned to curse Miz, but Miz threw the referee in front of him instead. Miz went for the Skull Crushing Finale to Danhausen, but the lights went out, and when they came back up, Danhausen had escaped to the stage. Truth hit the AA to Wilson, but Miz nailed him with a Skull Crushing Finale. However, when the referee went to count, he was cursed with a hand cramp before getting to three. Priest then hit the South of Heaven on Miz, and the referee used his other hand to count the win for the champions.

Earlier on “SmackDown”, Pat McAfee revealed himself to be the person that Randy Orton has been talking to for the last few weeks. He explained all the reasons WWE is awful and then said it was all because Randy Orton isn’t champion. He has been urging Orton to “kill everything.”

McAfee took to social media and posted a cellphone video with a caption stating that said if Orton loses, we’ll never see or hear from him on wrestling TV again. He opened the video by addressing fans as “marks”. He then says if Orton loses at WrestleMania, “I don’t know how long the business will last if that happens. But I will never come back.” He stated that he’s here to motivate Orton before urging fans to buy tickets to “the most important match in the history of this business.”

I will make a deal with the IWC now..

If @RandyOrton doesn’t win at Mania.. I will NEVER be seen OR HEARD on wrestling television AGAIN.@BustedOpenRadio @WrestleOps @WrestleTalk_TV @twcworldwide @Fightful @BehindTheBuckle @EliteClubS0B pic.twitter.com/dnn44ftMha

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) April 4, 2026

Last June, McAfee said on his podcast that he was taking time away because he was fatigued in his current role. Last month on his Instagram stories, McAfee said that he felt like the wrestling business has passed him by and that “the business is in a good spot without him.” In addition to his WWE duties, he hosts a weekday podcast and works for ESPN.

UFC returns to the Meta Apex on Saturday with Fight Night 271, headlined by Chris Duncan versus Renato Moicano at lightweight. 

Duncan will be looking to extend his 6-1 UFC record against former title challenger Moicano, having lost his last two fights against at-time champion Islam Makhachev and Beneil Dariush in 2025. For his part, Moicano is 12-7 in UFC and ranked at No. 10 in the lightweight rankings, marking this fight as an opportunity for Duncan to get in the title hunt. 

Prior to that, No. 3 ranked women’s strawweight, Virna Jandiroba, faces No. 7 ranked Tabatha Ricci. Jandiroba is looking to bounce back from her 2025 loss to reigning Strawweight Champion, Mackenzie Dern. 

The rest of the main card will see unranked fighters in the light heavyweight, bantamweight, and featherweight divisions go head-to-head looking to change their fortune. 

Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev will face Brendson Ribeiro at light heavyweight, Ethyn Ewing faces Rafael Estevam at bantamweight, and there is a pair of featherweight bouts pitting Tommy McMillen against Manolo Zecchini and Jose Delano against Robert Ruchala. 

The event will be available to watch for those in the US via Paramount+, as well as UFC Fight Pass and TNT Sports internationally. The prelims are due to begin at 6 PM ET and the main card at 9 PM ET.

Main Card: 

• Lightweight: Chris Duncan vs. Renato Moicano
• Strawweight: Virna Jandiroba vs. Tabatha Ricci
• Light Heavyweight: Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev vs. Brendson Ribeiro
• Bantamweight: Ethyn Ewing vs. Rafael Estevam
• Featherweight: Tommy McMillen vs. Manolo Zecchini 
• Featherweight: Jose Delano vs. Robert Ruchala 

Prelims: 

• Heavyweight: Guilherme Pat vs. Thomas Petersen
• Flyweight: Alessandro Costa vs. Stewart Nicoll
• Lightweight: Lando Vannata vs. Darius Flowers
• Bantamweight: Alice Pereira vs. Hailey Cowan
• Middleweight: Azamat Bekoev vs. Tresean Gore
• Flyweight: Dione Barbosa vs. Melissa Gatto 
• Lightweight: Kai Hamaka III vs. Dakota Hope