April 11 , 2014 Smackdown results The April 11 , 2014 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s Smackdown brand , which took place on April 8 , 2014 at the Cajundome in Lafayette , Louisiana . Summary . In the wake of WrestleMania , a showdown that pit WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan & WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos ’ against Corporate Kane , The Viper & The Animal descended into chaos . Plus , new “ Paul Heyman Guy ” Cesaro Neutralized Big Show and Bray Wyatt made an extreme statement to John Cena . The 14 - time World Champion John Cena opened SmackDown , celebrating the extraordinary moments of both Sunday ’ s epic WrestleMania 30 pay - per - view and the following night ’ s Raw . However , from out of nowhere , he was interrupted by The Wyatt Family , shrouded on darkness on the TitianTron . While conceding that he lost on The Grandest Stage of Them All , Bray Wyatt revealed that the experience allowed him to understand that he has to go to the extreme to bring out the “ monster ” in the Cenation leader . Introduced by his new advocate , Paul Heyman , Cesaro went head - to - head with Big Show – the very same giant he threw over the top rope to win WrestleMania ’ s Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on Sunday . In the height of a contest between The World ’ s Largest Athlete and “ The King of Swing ” – before Cesaro could attempt a Cesaro Swing on his gigantic foe – Jack Swagger suddenly attacked his former tag team partner and brought an end to the match by disqualification . Angry over the disruption , Big Show hurled the disruptive Real American out of the ring . Cesaro used this to regain a post - match advantage , hitting the Neutralizer on the giant in the center of the ring ! When Ryback tried to hurl El Torito into the ringpost in the midst of tag team turmoil , Los Matadores stopped The Human Wrecking Ball in his tracks . Still , as Fernando got back in the ring , Curtis Axel made him pay for it – hitting an authoritative neckbreaker for the three - count . Returning to SmackDown , the explosive RVD overcame an aggressive Damien Sandow – courtesy of the Five - Star Flog Splash . After hosting WrestleMania 30 , an event that included a historic meeting between himself , “ Stone Cold ” Steve Austin and The Rock , “ The Immortal ” Hulk Hogan returned to SmackDown to introduce the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion , Daniel Bryan ! The Beard explained that he had been a Hulkamaniac for as long as he could remember . He then asked The Hulkster to help fulfill his dream of watching one of his idols do a Hulkamania posedown for the WWE Universe . Hogan invited the titleholder to join him , the icing on the cake to an incredible week for the head of the “ Yes ! ” Movement . After a strong showing in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal , Kofi Kingston looked to pick up a huge SmackDown victory . But we ’ re afraid we ’ ve got some bad news ! Bad News Barrett took down The Wildcat with the Bad News Bull Hammer . On Tuesday , Fandango Tweeted that he and Summer Rae were finished . But the show must go on . As a result , the dancing Superstar danced onto SmackDown with his new partner , Layla . In the height of the match that followed , the former Miami Heat dancer stole Santino ’ s Cobra , paving the way for Fandango to roll up the distracted Milan Miracle for the win . After the colossal Six - Man Tag Team main event ended in a double count - out and Randy Orton and Batista took down The Usos outside the ring , Kane began to rip apart the SmackDown announce table in order to punish Daniel Bryan . However , before he could , The Shield emerged to unleash a major counter - assault . Then , after The Viper & The Animal elected to back away from a confrontation with The Shield , Bryan used a running knee to thwart Kane ’ s attempted chair attack on The Hounds . The black - clad trio then finished off the Director of Operations with a Triple Powerbomb heard round the world .