3 Smackdown Live wildcards that could change the game

Absolutely anything can happen in the WWE.

Any time, any place, anywhere.

Monday Night RAW is WWE's flagship show, and traditionally, the most shocking WWE moments have happened on it. Seth Rollins destroyed the Shield on Monday Night RAW. Shane McMahon returned after seven long years on Monday Night RAW. Stone Cold Steve Austin first gave a Stone Cold Stunner to Vince McMahon on Monday Night RAW. The Shield reformed on Monday Night RAW. Mankind won the WWE Championship on Monday Night RAW. Eric Bischoff, the scourge of the WWE, and mastermind behind WCW's success showed up on Monday Night RAW.

All of these moments were genuinely shocking. Not many saw them coming. Moreover, all of these moments drastically changed the landscape of the entire WWE.

Monday Night RAW has seen many shocking moments. It has seen many exciting moments.

But what about Smackdown Live?

Could we see something shocking or exciting on this week's episode of Smackdown Live too?

Let's find out.

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#1 Mr McMahon makes a WWE Championship match

The Chairman of the Board

Daniel Bryan is set to defend his WWE Championship against AJ Styles at the 2019 Royal Rumble. It is a match between two of the best wrestlers of all time.

Tonight, on the Royal Rumble go home show, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon will moderate a face-to-face between the champion, Daniel Bryan, and challenger, AJ Styles.

Daniel Bryan is now the New Daniel Bryan, an annoying, delusional, angry heel who talks down to the crowd every chance he gets. He hates consumerism and will be in the ring with a man who very much embodies it, Vince McMahon.

AJ Styles is a WWE babyface. That means he will pander to the crowd, crack corny jokes for a cheap pop, and look to insult Vince McMahon. AJ Styles also attacked Vince McMahon a few weeks ago on Smackdown Live.

It is likely that one, or both of these superstars will insult Vince McMahon at some point. What if he responds by booking them in a WWE Championship match later in the night?

There is a past precedent for this as demonstrated in this very feud. Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles have already had two WWE Championship matches on Smackdown Live, and Bryan won the WWE Championship in the second of those matches. This led to a scheduled, advertised bout between Brock Lesnar and AJ Styles to be changed to Brock Lesnar versus Daniel Bryan five days before the event.

#2 Asuka goes too far

The Man

Asuka is the reigning, defending, undisputed WWE Smackdown Women's Champion. She won the championship in a TLC match that also included former champion Becky Lynch, and presumptive Royal Rumble match favorite, Charlotte Flair. She is currently in her first reign as champion.

She will defend her championship at the 2019 Royal Rumble pay-per-view against The Man Becky Lynch. Lynch is a two-time Smackdown Women's Champion and was also the first ever Smackdown Women's Champion. She is also arguably the hottest babyface in the entire company.

As of now, this match is going to be a face versus face encounter. Lynch may be the hottest babyface in the entire company, but Asuka is also an immensely popular superstar in her own right. Asuka is also considered one of the most intimidating and menacing superstars in all of WWE, so what if she played into that?

What if she and Becky Lynch brawled, and Asuka went too far? What if Asuka injured Becky Lynch so that Becky Lynch was not a 100% for their title match?

It would make their championship match at the Royal Rumble more heated, give the fans a clear babyface to cheer for, protect Becky Lynch in a loss, and enter the women's Royal Rumble match.

#3 Finn Balor recruits some back-up

Time to beat up Brock Lesnar

Finn Balor is set to challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at the upcoming Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

The story for this match has been simple; Finn Balor is too small to be a threat to Brock Lesnar, and the only people who believe that Finn Balor has a chance are his fans.

Many fans hoped that Finn Balor would bring out his darker, body paint covered, alter-ego, The Demon for this match. However, Monday Night RAW came and went, but there was no sign whatsoever of The Demon. Indeed, Finn Balor was beaten up by Brock Lesnar on Monday Night RAW. Almost defeating perennial choker Braun Strowman did not do anything to convince anyone that Balor is a believable threat to Brock Lesnar.

So, what if Finn Balor showed up on Smackdown Live looking for some back-up?

What if we saw Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson chatting backstage, only for Finn Balor to show up?

That would be dare I say it, Too Sweet.

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