After a historic Money In The Bank pay-per-view night, SmackDown brings together all the fallouts from the show, tonight in yet another packed edition. The bygone instances will be proceeding to slowly make the buildups toward the next WWE Network special in June, Backlash. With that being said, a number of segments will be there in tonight’s episode.
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Men’s Money In the Bank Ladder Match winner, Otis will be on the show appearing on Miz TV to talk about his historic win. WWE NXT Women’s Champion will make a cross-brand appearance on the show. Also, a tournament will begin to crown a new Intercontinental Champion when SmackDown airs from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
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Otis made history last Sunday night by winning the first and only Climb the Corporate Ladder match in WWE history. It was a shocker by all means as he was the least expected name from SmackDown. But he managed to defy the odds as luck was with him. Five days away from that monumental win, Otis has now been announced to appear on Miz TV to talk about his win and quest for the world championship.
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WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley has been able to put down Tamina at Money In The Bank and continue her historic title reign that started more than six months ago. Moving forward, she’d either be looking forward to facing a new opponent to defend her title at Backlash which could be her best friend, Sasha Banks.
But for tonight, the WWE NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair will be on SmackDown and she’s likely to have a face-off with her former four-horsewomen buddy, Bayley. Flair’s appearance on SmackDown is to ensure the TV ratings to be up on Friday nights and hence she could end up facing any one of Bayley or Sasha Banks.
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Jeff Hardy picked up a big win at Money In The Bank kick-off show which can be considered as his comeback win. However, he should have to be ready for the next target waiting for him on SmackDown. Sheamus isn’t happy, at all with Hardy’s return on the blue brand. He tried for an attack, last week which ended badly as Hardy executed pendant finishing maneuvers on him. Tonight, The Celtic Warrior could be seeking redemption and hence, Hardy has to be extra careful.
BREAKING NEWS:@SamiZayn is unable to compete and defend the Intercontinental Championship, therefore @WWE has declared the title vacant. A tournament to crown a new Champion will begin on Friday Night Smackdown on FOX. pic.twitter.com/5qZgUyL9rC
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) May 13, 2020
As announced on this week’s episode of WWE Backstage that Sami Zayn is currently unable to defend the Intercontinental Championship. So, it was also revealed that the prestigious title will be vacant, from now on. A tournament will begin on tonight’s Friday Night SmackDown to crown a new champion. The format and participants of this tourney will be revealed on the show.
Also, we expect the presence of the Universal Champion Braun Strowman who retained the title against Bray Wyatt at Money In The Bank. It’ll be interesting to see whether Wyatt’s demonic version The Fiend awaits him next or WWE starts a new storyline with a new opponent.
The New Day also retained their SmackDown tag titles in a Fatal-4-Way at the PPV but their current rival, The Forgotten Sons weren’t pinned. It means WWE might be intending to continue the feud eyeing a traditional tag team match. The story will get clear when SmackDown airs with the latest episode on FOX.