Robert Roode Returns On WWE SmackDown
As we speculated before at this link, Bobby Roode made his return during tonight's WWE SmackDown on FOX episode.
Tonight's SmackDown main event saw King Baron Corbin and Dolph Ziggler defeat The Usos by DQ after Roman Reigns attacked Corbin at ringside following an earlier incident. The match also saw The Revival interfere on Corbin's behalf. Reigns went to put Corbin through the announce table but Roode attacked him from out of nowhere. SmackDown went off the air with Reigns under a bunch of debris after Roode, Corbin and Ziggler put him through the announce table.
WWE announced back on December 10 that Roode and Primo Colón had been suspended for 30 days due to their first violations of the WWE Wellness Policy. Roode's suspension was up today, and WWE brought him back as soon as he was eligible. The storyline reason for Roode's absence was the stretcher job beatdown that Reigns delivered back on the November 29 SmackDown show. There had been some speculation on WWE keeping Roode out until the Royal Rumble Match later this month.
Below are a few shots from tonight's main event and Roode's return at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana:
#RomanEmpire, STAND UP. #SmackDown @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/jQoB8RBzeS
? WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2020
"I say this firmly: 2020 is MY YEAR. I'm gonna win the #RoyalRumble Match, and then I'm going to main event #WrestleMania for the FIFTH time!" – @WWERomanReigns #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/xNFimDc6C3
? WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2020
When you disrespect @WWERomanReigns, you disrespect the WHOLE family. #TheBloodline @WWEUsos #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/SRpHF3Akr9
? WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2020
They're just so cool. #TheBloodline #SmackDown @WWEUsos @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/Ve4uRTpzm6
? WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 11, 2020
Those were fighting words, King @BaronCorbinWWE. #SmackDown @WWEUsos @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/p7di1YYTp0
? WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2020
#TheBigDog @WWERomanReigns evens the odds with a SUPERMAN PUNCH as The @WWEUsos battle @HEELZiggler & @King @BaronCorbinWWE in tag team action on #SmackDown! pic.twitter.com/xYTxkx848y
? WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2020
Top Guys, out. ??#SmackDown @ScottDawsonWWE @DashWilderWWE @BaronCorbinWWE @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/MobMpXitfN
? WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2020
GLORIOUS.@RealRobertRoode is BACK and he's ATTACKING @WWERomanReigns on #SmackDown! pic.twitter.com/kWxXS3Kqps
? WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2020
.@RealRobertRoode is BACK and he is laying waste to @WWERomanReigns and The @WWEUsos with #King @BaronCorbinWWE and @HEELZiggler on #SmackDown! pic.twitter.com/i0DpasX040
? WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2020
STEAL the show. BREAK The Big Dog.@HEELZiggler does it so DAMN GOOD. #SmackDown @BaronCorbinWWE @WWERomanReigns @RealRobertRoode pic.twitter.com/Af0duEtuJ1
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