For those of you that like to avoid spoilers, please do not read further if you don’t want to know the outcome for tonight’s main event.
Tonight’s episode of WWE Smackdown Live will be headlined by Randy Orton vs. Shinsuke Nakamura. The winner will go on to face Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship at next month’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. The word going around is that Nakamura will win the match. There is advertising in place for Hell in a Cell and Nakamura vs. Mahal is the main match listed for the show.
Also scheduled for tonight:
Natalya will take on Carmella
Also, they will continue the storyline between Kevin Owens and Shane McMahon. That will likely lead to a match at next month’s Hell in a Cell PPV.
They will continue doing whatever they are doing with Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler teased that we would see him in action this week but we’ll see if that actually happens.
Also, Corey Graves will take over for JBL as Smackdown Live commentator and they will continue the build towards next month’s Hell in a Cell. This year’s Hell in a Cell PPV will take place on 10/8 from the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI.
Here are some more trending WWE news stories from the past week:
- WWE has signed another former ROH star
- Young Bucks issued a “cease and desist” from WWE
- WWE star to undergo surgery
- WWE stars not happy about Monday Night Raw being live on Christmas night
- Incident at talent meeting is what likely led to WWE slowing down Baron Corbin’s push
