WWE Smackdown delivered a special episode from Brooklyn following Summerslam. It’s safe to say that it was perhaps the best of 2018 filled up with interesting booking. The first match for the Hell in a Cell PPV is all set from the blue brand. The storyline featuring Daniel Bryan and The Miz will have progress when tonight’s episode comes live.
Meanwhile, two solid matches are already official for Smackdown this week. The main event will see the Women’s Championship hanging in the balance between Charlotte and Carmella. The other one will be part of a tournament over the Smackdown tag team championships. The show is set to take place at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
We should note that the WWE Championship match is now official for the Hell in a Cell PPV. It means that AJ Styles will have to defend his title against Samoa Joe, once more. He is currently fuming on the challenger for insulting his family on last week’s Smackdown. So we expect him coming for redemption against the Samoan Submission Machine.
Carmella pledged to get the rematch for Smackdown women’s championship on last week. So the general manager of Smackdown sanctioned this match on this week’s episode. The Princess of Staten Island is happy to get a one-on-one opportunity against the current champion. She lost the title in a triple threat at Summerslam.
She has an additional reason to be happy and that is Becky Lynch. The best friend of Charlotte Flair has now turned into her nemesis. We have seen these two brawling on Smackdown, last week. Plus, Becky has already vowed to come after the title. So we can expect her to lurk around the ring during this match costing Charlotte the match.
Rowan from the Bludgeon Brothers has been suffering from a bicep injury. He is out of action for the next six months after undergoing the surgery. So, Paige announced the tag team tournament featuring six teams in it. The Bar, Gallows-Anderson and The Colons will fight it out to advance to the finale of the tournament. The returning team of Primo and Epico are the favorite team to win this match and wait for their opponents.
Daniel Bryan’s rivalry with The Miz has just heated up with the return of Brie Bella on the scene. This set up the mixed tag team match at Hell in a Cell. Now Brie will be present on each of the episode of Smackdown Live to neutralize the heel offenses created by Maryse. So this should allow Bryan to gain upper hand on Smackdown, finally.
Shinsuke Nakamura is over with his feud against Jeff Hardy at Summerslam. He is in search of a new challenge for US Championship. Tye Dillinger is the most likely one to reserve this spot as per the current rumors. Meanwhile, Jeff will continue his feud against Randy Orton. This would set up a match at Hell in a Cell.