UPDATE: It now appears that the WWE Championship match may have been nixed. Get more details here.
This week’s episode of WWE SmackDown Live is set to take place from the Toyota Center in Houston, TX, and the show will focus on the fallout from Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view.
Sunday night WWE Champion AJ Styles faced Universal Champion Brock Lesnar in a non-title match, and tonight on SmackDown AJ will be defending his belt against the former champion Jinder Mahal.
After months of being off TV, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan are set to return to the blue brand tonight, and they’ll be making their debut as The Bludgeon Brothers. WWE is hyping up a match between The Bludgeon Brothers and The Hype Bros. in their official preview.
It’s also been announced that Commissioner Shane McMahon will be kicking off the show, and he’ll be addressing the fact that Raw came out ahead at Survivor Series on Sunday.
WWE Superstars being advertised for SmackDown live this week include WWE Champion AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Randy Orton, Carmella, Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, United States Champion Baron Corbin, SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair, Bobby Roode, The Usos, Rusev, Dolph Ziggler, Natalya and more.
WWE is focusing on the following points for tonight’s show:
- How will Shane McMahon deal with the fallout from Survivor Series?
- Will AJ Styles cross paths with Jinder Mahal after tangling with The Beast?
- Will the SmackDown Women’s division bow down to The Queen?
- Will The Bludgeon Brothers make a dominant reemergence against The Hype Bros?
- What will Baron Corbin do next after clobbering The Miz at Survivor Series?
