5 things that could happen on Smackdown Live next week

This week’s edition of SmackDown live was odd. It was an okay show, didn’t last too long or drag much, but it almost felt like nothing really happened. They’re building to the final pay-per-view of the year, and although they announced four matches (three of which were technically announced over the weekend), not much was advanced in terms of story.The biggest piece of the pie, as it has been for the last few months, is the rivalry between Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens and the SmackDown Live Commissioner, Shane McMahon. They started the show and ended the show, as has been the usual fare, and this week it was revealed at Clash of Champions, Owens, and Zayn will team up against Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura. Shane will be the referee, and if that’s not enough, the best friends turned bitter enemies turned best friends again have their careers on the line.Last week, I predicted that the following 5 events would take place:- Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan almost come to blowsThis did not occur, but their relationship is indeed deteriorating. Bryan looked extremely upset at McMahon’s announcement that he was taking the careers of Owens and Zayn into his own hands. He thought that Shane had punished the men enough, but of course not. He’s a McMahon, and they can never get too much retribution, even when it becomes clear overkill. Bryan learned this first hand a number of years ago.- Sarah Logan destroys a local talent in a singles matchAs it turns out, it was Harper and Rowan who destroyed a pair of local talents in a tag team match. None of the Riott Squad team members wrestled, and while it did turn out that Sarah Logan was the only woman on the team to get physical, it was actually her on the receiving end of a nasty forearm from Tamina Snuka. I was also wrong about Ruby Riott getting a title shot, as she will be one of six lumberjacks for the Charlotte vs. Natalya rematch for the Women’s Championship.- The Singh Brothers will be forced to grovel for forgivenessWe have actually been given no indication as to the status of the relationship between the brothers and the Maharajah. None of them were on the show on Tuesday night, as WWE instead aired a video package chronicling what AJ and Jinder have been doing since the beginning of the summer.- The Fashion Files endsWell… it didn’t *not* end. There was no sign of Breezango or The Ascension this week. Maybe the show is going to go out with a whimper and they will all move on to something else. While I have certainly not tired of the Fashion Files and I am sure many people agree with me and are still entertained, WWE may feel that it has run its course and are putting it out to pasture. I’m going to give myself half a point for this one.- Kevin Owens helps Sami Zayn defeat NakamuraNakamura, Owens, and Zayn all shared the ring at the end of the night, but the above is not the scenario that played out. I would have given myself half a point had Zayn pinned Randy Orton, his opponent for the evening, with the help of Owens, but instead, it was Randy who got a quick schoolboy roll-up victory over Sami after Owens unsuccessfully interfered.- Overall, I ended up going 0.5 out of 5. That’s ugly. Hopefully this week I do a little bit better. So, based on what happened this week, there are 5 things that I believe might happen next week on SmackDown Live, the final episode of the show before the pay-per-view on December 17th.#5 The Lumberjacks Square Off In A 6-Woman TagThe Lumberjacks want to fightI don’t think I’m really going out on a limb here with this prediction, but we shall see what happens. Based on the events of this week, clearly, the Riott Squad and the rest of the women want to get their hands on one another.Daniel Bryan will allow the match to happen, hopefully, so the women can get some of the fighting out of their systems before they are set to be lumberjacks for the Women’s Title match next weekend. Naomi is listed as one of the lumberjacks, so it will be Logan, Morgan, and Riott vs. Tamina, Carmella, and Naomi, who will be returning from injury in just a few weeks time. They have to have one babyface in the match I didn’t realize that there are only two faces in the whole SmackDown women’s division. 6 heels and 2 faces. That’s pretty crazy. Oh, and there’s no winner in this match. It becomes a brawl somewhat quickly and it gets thrown out

5 things that could happen on Smackdown Live next week

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