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The Bar vs. Shane McMahon & The Miz set for WWE Royal Rumble

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Shane McMahon & The Miz are set to challenge for the SmackDown Tag Team titles.

It was announced on this week’s SmackDown that The Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus) will defend their titles against Shane & The Miz at the Royal Rumble. That was set up after Cesaro & Sheamus defeated The Usos in a non-title match. The Miz issued a challenge to Cesaro & Sheamus in a post-match angle, and he was laid out by a Brogue Kick from Sheamus before Cesaro accepted the challenge.

The Usos would have gotten a title shot if they defeated Cesaro & Sheamus. Mandy Rose distracted Jimmy Uso near the end of the match.

The storyline for Shane and Miz is that Miz has been trying to get Shane to be his tag team partner since the World Cup tournament at Crown Jewel. Shane finally agreed to it two weeks ago, with Miz saying that he wants to team with Shane to make his father proud. Miz said his father told him that Miz & Shane would be the best tag team in the world.

Royal Rumble 2019 is taking place at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona on January 27. Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:

  • Women’s Royal Rumble match
  • Men’s Royal Rumble match
  • Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Braun Strowman
  • WWE Champion Daniel Bryan defending against AJ Styles
  • Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Sasha Banks
  • SmackDown Women’s Champion Asuka defending against Becky Lynch
  • SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus defending against Shane McMahon & The Miz
  • WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defending against Kalisto, Akira Tozawa, and the winner of Cedric Alexander vs. Hideo Itami (airing on this week’s 205 Live) in a fatal four-way match

Cesaro & Sheamus vs. The Usos announced for WWE SmackDown

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Another match with title implications has been added to the lineup for Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown.

WWE has announced that SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus will face The Usos in a non-title match on Tuesday’s show. The stipulation for the match is that if The Usos win, they’ll get a future shot at the SmackDown Tag Team titles.

Tuesday’s SmackDown is taking place at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The episode will feature a triple threat match between Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, and Carmella to decide Asuka’s challenger for the Royal Rumble. That was announced after being set up in a backstage segment last week where Lynch, Charlotte, and Carmella all stated their case for a title shot to Triple H.

Tuesday’s episode should also follow up on AJ Styles winning last week’s fatal five-way number one contender’s match. Styles will challenge for Daniel Bryan’s WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble on January 27.

Rap battle, WrestleMania rematch set for WWE SmackDown

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A WrestleMania 34 rematch, along with a rap battle will take place next week on SmackDown.

Charlotte will take on Asuka in a singles match ahead of their TLC match with Becky Lynch. Charlotte brought up during the contract signing for the match tonight that she was the one who broke Asuka’s winning streak, retaining the Smackdown Women’s title in the process. She and Asuka later faced Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville in tag action, with the pair losing after Asuka attacked Charlotte in retaliation after Charlotte previously booted Asuka off the apron by accident.

Meanwhile, a rap battle will take place next week between the Usos and The Bar, with The New Day serving as hosts. This comes after Jey Uso defeated Xavier Woods and Cesaro in a triple threat match. The New Day and The Usos competed against one another in a previous rap battle with Wale hosting.

SmackDown will take place next week at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Triple threat SmackDown Tag Team title match set for WWE TLC

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The Usos and The New Day will both challenge for Cesaro & Sheamus’ SmackDown Tag Team titles at TLC.

WWE announced tonight that Cesaro & Sheamus will defend their titles against The Usos and New Day in a triple threat match at TLC in San Jose, California on December 16. The Usos defeated Cesaro & Sheamus in a non-title match on this week’s SmackDown, and New Day defeated Cesaro, Sheamus & Big Show in a Thanksgiving Feast Fight on the November 20 episode.

Cesaro & Sheamus won the titles from New Day on SmackDown 1000 in October. Big Show aligned with Cesaro & Sheamus and helped them win the titles, but video of an angle aired on this week’s episode where Big Show punched Cesaro after he blamed Big Show for their loss in the Thanksgiving Feast Fight. Sheamus said they’d be better off without Big Show.

Here’s the updated card for TLC:

  • Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins defending against Dean Ambrose
  • WWE Champion Daniel Bryan defending against AJ Styles
  • SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending against Charlotte Flair and Asuka in a triple threat tables, ladders, and chairs match
  • Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Nia Jax
  • If Braun Strowman is able to wrestle at TLC after undergoing elbow surgery this week: Strowman vs. Baron Corbin in a tables, ladders, and chairs match (Strowman will challenge for Brock Lesnar’s Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble if he defeats Corbin. If Corbin wins, he’ll become the permanent general manager of Raw. Corbin will lose all of his GM power if Strowman wins)
  • Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre
  • Elias vs. Bobby Lashley
  • SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus defending against The Usos and The New Day in a triple threat match
  • The finals of Mixed Match Challenge season two

Jeff Hardy segment, The Bar vs. The Usos added to WWE SmackDown

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In addition to Becky Lynch and AJ Styles returning to SmackDown, a segment with Jeff Hardy and a tag team match between The Bar and The Usos have been added to tonight’s episode.

WWE is advertising that Hardy will celebrate his 20th anniversary with the company on tonight’s SmackDown: “Tonight on SmackDown LIVE, The Charismatic Enigma celebrates two decades of awe-inspiring moments, championship victories and countless ups and downs with the WWE Universe. What does the former WWE Champion have planned for this special occasion? Find out tonight at 8/7 C on USA Network!”

SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus) vs. The Usos in a non-title match has also been made official for tonight’s show.

Lynch, the SmackDown Women’s Champion, will return to WWE television tonight for the first time since the Tuesday before Survivor Series, where it was confirmed that she wouldn’t be able to wrestle Ronda Rousey at the pay-per-view due to injury.

Styles will respond to Daniel Bryan after last week’s promo where Bryan spoke in the third person and called himself “the new Daniel Bryan.” Bryan turned heel on the final SmackDown before Survivor Series and won the WWE Championship from Styles. Styles will get his rematch for the title at WWE TLC on December 16.

Daniel Bryan, Thanksgiving Feast Fight set for WWE SmackDown

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A segment and a match have been set for tomorrow’s edition of SmackDown.

Daniel Bryan, according to the commercial hyping tomorrow’s SmackDown, will explain his actions from last week. He beat AJ Styles for the WWE title on last week’s SmackDown after turning on Styles at the end of the match, low blowing him then pinning him with the knee strike. He’s said nothing since then, but did face Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series in a losing effort.

A Thanksgiving Feast Fight has also been set for SmackDown. All three members of the New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods)  What exactly that entails is anyone’s guess. The two teams have been feuding off and on for a while, as Cesaro and Sheamus defeated the New Day for the tag team titles last month.

SmackDown will be the fourth and final consecutive night that WWE runs the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California

Two more Raw vs. SD matches official for WWE Survivor Series

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Two more Raw vs. SmackDown matches have been officially confirmed for Survivor Series.

With WWE resolving the Raw Tag Team title situation last night, AOP will face SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus in a non-title champion vs. champion match at Survivor Series. AOP won the Raw Tag Team titles from Seth Rollins last night, with Rollins wrestling on his own due to the storyline where Dean Ambrose turned against him.

Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles, Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch, and Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura will be the other champion vs. champion matches at Survivor Series.

WWE has also added another traditional Survivor Series elimination match to the card for the pay-per-view. Five tag teams from Raw will face five tag teams from SmackDown. The Usos defeated The New Day to become the captains of the team. The Usos cut a promo after the match offering New Day a spot on their team, which New Day accepted.

Survivor Series is taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on November 18.

Two matches, Styles-Bryan segment set for WWE SmackDown

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Two matches have been announced for this week’s episode of SmackDown.

On the night before Halloween, one member of The Bar (Big Show is also included on the graphic for the match with Cesaro & Sheamus) will face one member of The New Day in a Trick or Street Fight. The match comes in advance of New Day getting their rematch for Cesaro & Sheamus’ SmackDown Tag Team titles at Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this Friday.

Paige also announced via Twitter that Shinsuke Nakamura will defend the United States Championship against Tye Dillinger on this Tuesday’s SmackDown. Nakamura vs. Dillinger stems from a title match they had last month ending without a finish due to an angle where Randy Orton attacked Dillinger.

A confrontation between AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan is set for SmackDown, with WWE still currently advertising that Styles will defend his title against Bryan at Crown Jewel. SmackDown will also feature the final build to Friday’s World Cup tournament, where Orton vs. Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy vs. The Miz will be SmackDown’s first round matches.

SmackDown tag team title match set for WWE Crown Jewel

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A SmackDown tag team title match has been added to next week’s Crown Jewel event.

The New Day will have a chance to recapture the titles as they will face The Bar in a rematch from last week’s SmackDown. The finish to that match had The Big Show come out and attack the New Day, which allowed The Bar to pick up the win and the titles.

It was then announced tonight on SmackDown that The New Day would get their rematch at Crown Jewel. A match between Kofi Kingston and Big Show followed. Show dominated, laying out Kingston with three chokeslams. He was going for a fourth when the rest of the New Day came in and attacked Big Show for the DQ. However, they were no match for the new trio, as they were quickly laid out.

Crown Jewel is scheduled to take place on November 2 at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Cesaro & Sheamus win tag titles on WWE SmackDown 1000

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New tag team champions were crowned on tonight’s episode of SmackDown. 

The Bar won the titles tonight, defeating The New Day in an impromptu title match. After a long back and forth match Big Show (who just made his return to television last week) came out.  After surveying what was going on he made his presence felt by turning heel and chokeslamming Kofi Kingston through a nearby announce table. A distracted Big E then ate a Brogue Kick from Sheamus and was pinned, giving The Bar the titles.

Big Show, Cesaro and Sheamus all posed after the match with the titles. It appears going forward, they will be a trio.

The New Day held the SmackDown tag team titles for 56 days, defeating the Bludgeon Brothers back on August 21. This marks the first time Sheamus and Cesaro have won these specific titles; under the Raw brand, they won the Raw tag team titles four times.

Tag team tournament finals set for WWE SmackDown next week

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It will be Cesaro & Sheamus vs. Rusev & Aiden English in the finals of SmackDown’s tag team tournament next week.

Rusev & English won tonight’s triple threat tournament match, defeating SAnitY (Eric Young & Killian Dain) and The Usos. For the finish, Rusev hit the Machka Kick on Young after English broke up a pin where Young rolled up Rusev and had his feet on the ropes. The ending furthered the story of Rusev Day being back on the same page after the dissension that had been building between Rusev, English, and Lana.

Cesaro & Sheamus defeated Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson and The Colons in the first tournament match last Tuesday. The team that wins Cesaro & Sheamus vs. Rusev & English will challenge for The New Day’s Tag Team titles at Hell in a Cell on September 16.

The Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana is hosting next week’s SmackDown. The episode is the go-home show for Hell in a Cell.

The Bar advance in SmackDown tag tournament, next triple threat set

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The Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus) will face either Rusev & Aiden English, The Usos, or SAnitY to decide The New Day’s SmackDown Tag Team title challengers for Hell in a Cell.

The first of two triple threat matches in SmackDown’s tag team tournament took place tonight, with Cesaro & Sheamus defeating Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson and The Colons to advance. Cesaro tagged in and stole the pin from The Colons, then he and Sheamus confronted The New Day (who were on commentary for the match).

A backstage segment aired where Paige told Rusev & English they’d be in the tournament, with the story being that English had approached her to state their case. She announced that they’d be facing The Usos and SAnitY in a triple threat match next Tuesday. The winning team will advance to a number one contender’s match that’s being held on SmackDown’s Hell in a Cell go-home show to determine who will challenge New Day at the pay-per-view.

Hell in a Cell is taking place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas on September 16.

MITB qualifier, Almas’ debut set for next week’s WWE SmackDown

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A debut and another Money in the Bank qualifying match is set for next week’s SmackDown.

Former NXT champion Andrade Cien Almas, along with his business manager Zelina Vega, will make their debut on the program next week. They were announced as coming in during the Superstar Shakeup a few weeks ago on SmackDown and had been promoting themselves with selfie videos since. Almas hasn’t competed on WWE television since losing the title to Allister Black at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans last month.

Also set for next week is a match between The New Day and The Bar, with the winner of the match choosing one member of their team to be a part of the Money in the Bank match. Both teams have been feuding since The Bar arrived on SmackDown, with Cesaro scoring a win over Xavier Woods tonight after the New Day pranked The Bar backstage by putting pancakes in their gear bags.

SmackDown will take place at the O2 Arena in London, England.

Two more title matches set for WWE Greatest Royal Rumble

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Two more title matches have been set for the Greatest Royal Rumble later this month.

Jinder Mahal will get a rematch for the United States title at the event. Having just won it at WrestleMania a couple of weeks ago, he lost the championship tonight on Raw to Jeff Hardy after switching to Raw. Following the loss, he immediately invoked his rematch clause.

Meanwhile, the new team of Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt defeated the Revival tonight, effectively putting them in the Raw tag team title match against former champions The Bar. The titles were vacated after Braun Strowman and Nicholas, who beat The Bar at WrestleMania, gave the titles to Kurt Angle saying that due to other commitments Nicholas couldn’t defend the titles.

Other title matches announced for the show include Brock Lesnar defending the Universal title against Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins facing Finn Balor, The Miz and Samoa Joe in a ladder match for the Intercontinental title and The Bludgeon Brothers defending the Smackdown tag team titles against The Usos.

Beyond the 50 man Royal Rumble match, additional matches that have been announced include John Cena taking on Triple H and The Undertaker squaring off against Rusev in a casket match.

The event will take place April 27 at King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It will air live on the WWE Network.

Raw tag team titles to be decided at The Greatest Royal Rumble

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On a backstage segment on Raw, Braun Strowman and his partner Nicholas relinquished the WWE Raw tag team titles, citing Nicholas’ scheduling commitments to school.

The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro) attempted to simply get the titles they lost at WrestleMania back, but general manager Kurt Angle announced two matches would take place on Raw with the winning teams advancing to a match on Raw next week. The winner next week will face The Bar at The Greatest Royal Rumble for the titles on Friday, April 27th.

In the first match, The Revival defeated Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows after hitting the Shatter Machine on Anderson for the pin. In the second match, Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt teamed up to defeat Titus O’Neil and Apollo after hitting Sister Abigail into the Twist of Fate.

The Greatest Royal Rumble is a WWE Network special airing live from Saudi Arabia, headlined by a 50-man Royal Rumble, Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns in a steel cage match, John Cena vs. Triple H, and more. Originally, The Bar was set to defend the tag titles against Matt and Jeff Hardy on the show.