Two weeks remaining from the 33rd annual Survivor Series PPV, event, the prime focus of SmackDown will be to provide hype-ups for the show. For those who don’t know, the lineup from SmackDown for traditional tag team match Survivor Series has already been confirmed.
The good part is that the franchise player Roman Reigns will be leading the pack. But the problem is that his current rival will also be competing by his side. Can they co-exist on the same team?
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Also, we expect lineups from the women’s division to be confirmed, courtesy of the Team Captain Sasha Banks. There will be a matchup on the show with this implication from the women’s division. A special edition of Miz TV will be there with Daniel Bryan where he addresses the attack suffered by The Fiend.
Also, a championship rematch for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles would be there on the card. These and more will be there on the show that takes place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As revealed in this week’s episode of WWE Backstage, Team SmackDown will be led by Roman Reigns from the front at Survivor Series. Shorty G, Ali, Braun Strowman and King Corbin will be the other four names.
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The significant thing about this lineup is that Corbin is currently in the middle of a feud against Reigns. So they are not likely to get along, at all. But will they decide to keep their differences for the brand-rivalry themed PPV? We expect an answer to the question on SmackDown.
Meanwhile, Shorty G and Ali will be putting their Survivor Series spots on the line in a tag team matchup. They will compete in a tag team contest against Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. If the latter duo can pull up the victory then they will replace Ali and G in the team led by Roman Reigns. We’ll see if there’s a change in the Survivor Series lineup.
A title match is set on SmackDown with the same lineup from last week. The tag team championships will be on the line in a rematch where The New Day defends against The Revival with bigger Survivor Series implications (if The Revival wins then they will get added to the triple threat set for Survivor Series). We don’t see the titles changing hands here as WWE officials made the title alterations in order to make the New Day perform at the upcoming PPV night.
A special edition of Miz TV was announced with Daniel Bryan as the guest on the show. Last week on SmackDown, Bryan was proposed a spot in the team of Nakamura and Sami Zayn. He did not have the time to answer as The Fiend attacked him from behind. Bryan will be addressing these two things via tonight’s appearances, (courtesy WWE.com)
“There won’t be a shortage of topics to discuss when “The New” Daniel Bryan joins The Miz for “Miz TV” this Friday night. The former WWE Champion has appeared conflicted for weeks with the prospect of aligning himself with Sami Zayn and Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura. Now he’s also got “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt to worry about.
The Universal Champion took Bryan out with the Mandible Claw, appearing seemingly out of nowhere backstage when Zayn tried to finally pin Bryan down for a definitive answer. Will Bryan finally have an answer? What will he have to say about the brutal attack at the hands of Wyatt? And let’s not forget about Bryan’s turbulent history with The Miz himself.”
Another big match set for SmackDown with Survivor Series implication from the women’s division. Former number one contender Nikki Cross gets to compete with the women’s division champion, Bayley in a singles contest. As announced by WWE.com, if Cross can get the win then she will be added to the female team of the blue brand,
“Nikki Cross can become the final member of Team SmackDown for the Five-Woman Survivor Series Elimination Match — but she’ll have to overcome SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley to do so.
Lacey Evans joins team captain Sasha Banks, Carmella, and Dana Brooke, leaving one spot remaining on Team Blue — one coveted by WWE’s Twisted Sister. Banks doesn’t seem to want any part of teaming with her newfound rival, however, especially after both she and Bayley notched victories over Cross in recent weeks.”