Three dark matches reportedly take place at Smackdown with WWE NXT wrestlers

Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com is reporting that the following dark matches took place prior to the July 2nd 2021 edition of WWE Smackdown…

* Shotzi Blackheart vs. Toni Storm

* Odyssey Jones vs. Robert Roode

* Karrion Kross vs. Cesaro

While Kross, Storm, and Blackheart have all regularly been featured on NXT television, Jones (Omari Palmer) was only used at live events prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2019, WWE uploaded a video of Jones/Palmer performing a 800-pound deadlift…