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Before Clash at the Castle this Saturday night, there will be one last stop in the form of this week’s episode of WWE Smackdown. It’s a stacked one where the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion will have a celebration after achieving another milestone during his ongoing title reign.

A suspended Ronda Rousey will be there on the show to receive a final judgment regarding her status with the WWE after getting arrested, a couple of weeks ago. The New Day and The Viking Raiders will go to war, once again while Karrion Kross will return to in-ring competition for the first time since his return when WWE Smackdown airs from the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

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Roman Reigns captured the WWE Universal title in 2020 for the second time in his career by defeating Braun Strowman and The Fiend Bray Wyatt in a No Holds Barred Triple Threat match at Payback on August 30 of that year. Since then, he had successfully defended it on 23 separate occasions and no one has been able to dethrone him from his reign.

Rather, at WrestleMania 38 Night Two, The Head of the Table dethroned Brock Lesnar to become the first-ever Undisputed WWE Universal Champion and thereby the kingpin of both WWE Raw and Smackdown. Now on the occasion of his two-year anniversary with the gold around his shoulder, there will be a celebration, tonight. We wonder whether the champion’s current challenger Drew McIntyre will have something to say about it, especially after receiving a beatdown, last week.

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Ronda Rousey has been irate ever since she lost her WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship rematch to Liv Morgan at SummerSlam 2022 due to a controversial pinfall count. Rousey attacked Morgan and the referee after the match in order to get fined and suspended.

Then she invaded WWE Smackdown, two weeks later to her fine via cash, and then during the August 19 episode, she literally demanded to get reinstated. WWE Official Adam Pearce denied doing so. He rather called the cops as they escorted Rousey out of the arena. Tonight, a final judgment awaits the Baddest Woman on the Planet that decides the path of her WWE career.

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Karrion Kross returned to WWE Smackdown a couple of weeks ago and immediately inserted himself into the title. Insider reports claim that he has already positioned himself as the number two heel on the blue brand and that status will be solidified when he returns to in-ring action, this week against a TBA opponent.

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After having verbal exchanges over the past couple of weeks, Hit Row members will also be in action against the Maximum Male Models members in a tag team match. Ashante “Thee” Adonis & Top Dolla vs. maçé & mån. Sôör is the lineup where B-Fab, Max and Maxxine Dupri will be at ringside to give upper hands to their respective allies.

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During last week’s WWE Smackdown, Butch and Ludwig Kaiser were involved in a furious brawl while their pros, Sheamus and Gunther were hyping up the IC title match at Clash at the Castle. As a result, Butch and Kaiser will feature in a first-time matchup on the blue brand.

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Besides, the bitter rivalry between The New Day and The Viking Raiders will continue when these two teams collide in a Viking Rules match. Nothing has been announced regarding the stipulation of the match but we assume that it will be a “No-DQ Anything Goes” kind of matchup.

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Arindam Pal

A WWE writer passionate about the sports.