Tonight’s SmackDown is scheduled to take place at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. The World Heavyweight Championship tournament continues on tonight’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown.
Edge is scheduled to face AJ Styles and Rey Mysterio in a Triple Threat match in the World Heavyweight Title tournament. Another Triple Threat match will take place between Bobby Lashley, Austin Theory, and Sheamus. The winners of both Triple Threat matches will compete later tonight to advance to the finals. This past Monday on WWE RAW, Seth Rollins advanced to the finals at Night of Champions.
In addition to the tournament, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez will defend their Women’s Tag Team Titles against Damage CTRL.
WWE announced that Roman Reigns is scheduled to appear on tonight’s SmackDown. WRKD Wrestling reported some preliminary plans for tonight’s episode. They stated that Reigns will lose trust in Usos and handle the KO & Sami problem by himself. According to multiple reports, Roman Reigns will team up with Solo Sikoa to face Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn at Night Of Champions.
WRKD Wrestling also noted that several NXT stars who were drafted to the blue brand are set to make their debut tonight.
Preliminary plans for tonight’s #Smackdown includes:
– Main roster debuts for multiple drafted #WWENXT superstars
– Roman Reigns continuing to lose trust in The Usos and deciding to take matters into his own hands at Night of Champions
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