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With John Cena rallying things for WWE Smackdown, a packed episode was delivered this week where the Cenation Leader got booked in a tag team match at Fastlane. There’s still no update on his tag partner since AJ Styles suffered an injury at the hands of The Bloodline on the show. Perhaps, we will get an update on the situation during next week’s episode.

Meanwhile, WWE Smackdown has already booked another stacked edition for next week with one of the headliners being a championship match featuring the United States titleholder Rey Mysterio. The Legendary luchador will face his LWO member Santos Escobar in a friendly yet championship encounter.

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WWE Smackdown: Rey Mysterio giving title shot to Santos Escobar

The two LWO members have a lot of respect for each other but for a one-off night, they will put that to the test while battling for the prestigious title. Santos himself wanted to get that title shot in a segment from last week. After throwing a prank, Rey eventually agreed to the title shot that has now been confirmed for next week’s WWE Smackdown.

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Originally, Santos Escobar was supposed to get a title shot from the former champion Austin Theory after winning a United States Invitational. But Theory’s attack couldn’t let Escobar compete in the scheduled encounter. Rey Mysterio stepped in and won the title by pinning Theory and since then Escobar is due with his title match opportunity.

Also set for the next episode of WWE Smackdown is Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley after the two had an altercation during this week’s women’s title match. IYO SKY defeated Asuka to retain the WWE Women’s Championship amid utter chaos thrown by the DAMAGE CTRL member. Charlotte Flair was also present at ringside to stop shenanigans by Bayley and the two got involved in a physical brawl to set up the match.

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Also on WWE Smackdown, The LWO (United States Champion Rey Mysterio & Santos Escobar) defeated The Street Profits, and Bobby Lashley was seen extremely angry with the latter duo. Later in a backstage segment, Lashley yelled at The Street Profits for their loss and demanded they return his rings and suits and go back to catering. Now, Lashley will appear on Grayson Waller Effect on the September 29 episode to comment on the situation.

Arindam Pal

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