3 Things WWE made clear through SmackDown Live this week (3rd September 2019)

This week's SmackDown Live was all right to be fair, although it didn't match what Raw produced the day before. The King of the Ring tournament progressed as Elias defeated Ali in the first quarter-final of the night, while Chad Gable got the better of Andrade in the other.

We saw Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose defeat Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross which means the former tag team will most likely get a shot at the Women's Tag Team Championship at Clash Of Champions. Also, Bayley and Sasha Banks went after Charlotte Flair on Tuesday night with multiple chair shots.

Furthermore, Randy Orton and the Revival brutalized Kofi Kingston again. The latter was without his brothers, Big E and Xavier Woods. Also, the 24/7 Championship changed hands thrice on the day as Bo Dallas became the champion for the first time, only for it to be won by R-Truth for the 14th time after Drake Maverick regained it for a short while.

Moreover, Erik Rowan attacked Roman Reigns when Daniel Bryan asked Reigns for an apology. Rowan manhandled Bryan before beating the living daylights out of The Big Dog to end an eventful night.

In this slideshow, we are going to take a look at the three things WWE made clear on the night:

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#3 Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose are challenging for the Women's Tag Team Championship

Fire and Desire

After Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross won the Women's Tag Team Championship, it seemed like WWE didn't know what to do with them. Finally, this week we got to see the faces of the possible challengers for the Women's Tag Team Champions.

Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose defeated Bliss & Cross on SmackDown and that may have earned them a chance to compete for the gold at Clash Of Champions. Both Deville and Rose are immensely talented and they didn't deserve to be on the sidelines. It seems they have got their golden opportunity.

#2 Chad Gable could go all the way in the King of the Ring tournament

Chad Gable

Chad Gable scored a rather shock win over Andrade in the KOTR quarter-final, meaning he would face Elias for the semi-final next week. It seems Gable is finally getting the push he deserves; he has impressed massively in all of his KOTR matches.

Moreover, we saw a short segment between Samoa Joe and Gable where the former bullied the latter; that angle made Gable look the underdog. The point to note here is that Joe is in the KOTR semi-finals and this could have been a hint from WWE about how things might pan out in the tournament, with Gable reaching the finals from the blue brand.

The final would most likely be a face vs heel clash, which hints that we might see Joe and Gable competing in it. It would no doubt be very exciting to watch Gable square off against the Samoan Submission Machine at the Clash Of Champions.

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#1 Erik Rowan is a monster and he will be booked like one

Erik Rowan explaining his actions

For the first time in a long time, Erik Rowan was made to look the monster he is. Rowan for so long has been somebody's sidekick, but on Tuesday night he made his presence felt.

He took out both Bryan and Reigns on his own. That means, the successful tag team of Rowan and Bryan came to an official end on Tuesday night.

With Raw having a monster of their own in Braun Strowman, it seemed necessary that SmackDown also had one. Rowan is the perfect man for that role and he is going to face Reigns at Clash Of Champions.

Rowan attacking Bryan could also mean that the latter would most likely turn face. This story line has been brilliantly written by WWE and Rowan has come out of it looking like the major beneficiary.