This week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown aired live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it was the go-home show for WrestleMania 42. The show featured a few matches including the the annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
As the match kicked off most of the other competitors were already in the ring as Royce Keys made his entrance. Keys wasn’t the only one who got an entrance as Joe Hendry made a surprise appearance on SmackDown, which got a big reaction from the crowd. Unfortunately for Hendry he was eliminated by Aleister Black about halfway through the match.
The final four came down to Otis, Royce Keys, Aleister Black and Talla Tonga. Keys ended up eliminating Aleister Black to bring it down to three. Otis tried to take on both Talla Tonga and Royce Keys, but Tonga hit him with a big boot and threw him over the top rope.
Talla Tonga tried to chokeslam Royce Keys and Keys countered it with a spinebuster then clotheslined Talla Tonga over the top rope to win the 2026 Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
After the match Royce Keys posed with the Andre The Giant trophy as pyro went off in the background.
WHAT A MATCH!@RealRoyceKeys just made a statement 💪 pic.twitter.com/WHhYBHPfmL
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2026