WWE: Big Announcements for Next Week’s Smackdown Live

Next week, we will have a special episode of Smackdown Live. WWE will broadcast it from the United Kingdom. For two times in a calendar year, WWE heads to European countries.

Currently, the first scheduled event of the year 2018 is happening. On May 15th, the Tuesday night show will come live from the O2 Arena in London, England.

To hype-up the night, a contest to determine the next couple of spots for the MITB 2018 men’s division match, has been declared.

In addition, there’s going to be two additional segments on Smackdown in London. As confirmed by WWE, the current women’s champion on the brand will return on that night.

ALSO NEXT WEEK: #SDLive #WomensChampion @CarmellaWWE will host a ROYAL #Mellabration in London! pic.twitter.com/U5YAFXjFXu

— WWE (@WWE) May 9, 2018

Carmella was absent from this week’s episode of the show after defending her title, successfully against Charlotte Flair, this past Sunday night.

But, she appeared on the tron to leave a message stating she will be back on the next week’s edition of the show.

Later, it got confirmed Smackdown will see a Royal celebration thrown by Carmella, also known as the ‘Mellabration’.

Previously, one such celebration came to an abrupt end after Charlotte Flair interfered it. Also, Asuka debuted on that night on the blue brand to change the game. We will see what happens when the princess of Staten Island comes up with her special segment, yet again.

PLUS: #ElÍdolo @AndradeCienWWE, with @Zelina_VegaWWE in tow, will make his #SDLive debut across the pond NEXT WEEK! pic.twitter.com/mKVM2YLDwm

— WWE (@WWE) May 9, 2018

Apart from this, we will see a former NXT Champion debuting on Smackdown, finally. It will be Andrade Cien Almas coming to the blue brand with her manager, Zelina Vega, by her side. During the superstar shakeup process after Wrestlemania 34, Paige and Shane McMahon brought the Mexican superstar under their banner.

But, till date, we have not seen him performing on Smackdown. It will happen on the overseas, as Vega gave an update on her Twitter account saying they are coming to change the Game, forever, next week.

It will be interesting to see in which storyline; he decides to get included upon his first outing.

Why London? Because when we do things, we do it BIG. #SDlive #WWEUniverse .. get ready! We are gonna change the game FOREVER. ? ???#elidolo #lamuñeca https://t.co/gBktQ57C49

— Zelina Vega (@Zelina_VegaWWE) May 9, 2018

This announcement will raise the bar even higher for the next episode of Smackdown Live. The creative team has been able to deliver better shows in comparison to Raw. They are expected to keep it continuing.