One week after the WWE Draft 2021, Smackdown will air with Raw Superstars onboard, continuing the co-branded shows, for now. The headliner for this week’s show will be the contract signing for the upcoming Triple Threat Match for the Women’s Title from the blue brand. Also, the 2021 edition of King of the Ring as well as the inaugural season of Queen’s Crown will be underway when the show airs from the SAP Center San Jose, California.
Fresh off his victory over Finn Bálor’s Demon persona at WWE Extreme Rules, Universal Champion Roman Reigns couldn’t catch a breather as he was interrupted by Brock Lesnar on Smackdown. An in-ring brawl broke out between the two superstars as The Beast dismantled The Tribal Chief alongside the SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos as the Universal Title Match showdown awaits at WWE Crown Jewel.
Spoiler On Roman Reigns’ Next Opponent For WWE Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar is a free agent at this point, courtesy of his ‘good friend’ Paul Heyman, and Roman Reigns isn’t thrilled about the fact. Although the Special Counsel for the Universal Champion ensured that The Usos stays on Smackdown, he was questioned by them about his relationship with Lesnar. The equation of Heyman and Lesnar is playing a major part in this ongoing storyline which should continue, this week.
Smackdown season premiere will have a huge segment on the card where the competitors for the Women’s Triple Threat will be on the same ring to make their match, official. As announced last week, SmackDown Women’s Title match has been confirmed for the WWE Crown Jewel event from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Becky Lynch will defend her Title against Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair at that PPV night.
At present, Becky Lynch has been traded to Raw during the Draft 2021 Night Two, this past Monday Night along with Bianca Belair. But Sasha Banks wasn’t far behind, too as she decimated these two with an unprecedented attack by the end of the show. Now, WWE has announced that SmackDown Women’s Title Triple Threat Match will be made official for WWE Crown Jewel as the trio will put their signs on the dotted line.
WWE Smackdown Preview (08/10/21): Liv Morgan vs. Carmella
WWE has already announced that the first-round matches for the 2021 King of the Ring Tournament and the inaugural Queen’s Crown Tournament will commence from this week onwards. Now, they have announced the match line-ups to take place on Smackdown. Liv Morgan vs. Carmella in a first-round Queen’s Crown match has been confirmed as the duo will continue their feud from this past summer.
In the opening match of the King of the Ring 2021 tournament, Rey Mysterio will compete against Sami Zayn in a singles contest. This is exciting news for the WWE Universe as the legendary Mysterio will be back in action after quite some time. There have been rumors about him being disqualified from action with an unknown injury. But it appears, he is over with it and received medical clearance from the WWE medical team.
Tensions have been rising between Rey and his son Dominik during Dominik’s recent feud against Sami Zayn. The Mysterio Jr. has already suffered three consecutive losses to the Great Liberator and rightfully he couldn’t contain her calms. It will be interesting to see whether a win by Mysterio Sr. can take him and his son back on the same page when Smackdown airs with the first episode following Draft 2021.