WKH – WWE Smackdown review: Final WrestleMania hype ends with Cody-Punk hug, Keys wins Andre battle royal, Trick-Sami, Rhea-Jade (31 min.)

About this episode

Wade Keller reviews the April 17 edition of WWE Smackdown, highlighting key moments including a hug between Cody Rhodes and C.M. Punk.

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller reviews the Apr. 17 edition of WWE Smackdown including a show-closing Cody Rhodes-C.M. Punk hug (right out of “STF St. Louis”!), [...]

People in this episode

Host: Wade Keller

Topics covered

• WWE
• Smackdown
• WrestleMania hype
• Cody Rhodes
• C.M. Punk
• Andre battle royal
• wrestling review

Keywords

• WWE
• Smackdown
• Cody Rhodes
• C.M. Punk
• WrestleMania
• Andre battle royal
• wrestling

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Organizations: PWTorch

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