5 things that can happen on SmackDown live next week

#1 Randy Orton beats Jinder Mahal

Orton hits Sunil Singh with an RKO outta nowhere

This won’t be a match for the number one contender for the United States Championship. Bobby Roode will continue doing his Open Challenge for another few weeks, and I’m sure Jinder will end up taking him on and failing soon enough. Next week, though, Orton and Jinder will clash based on their scuffle from this week, while Bobby Roode will successfully defend his title in another open challenge match. Against Zack Ryder, maybe? Probably not, but I can dream.

As I said, Jinder will probably end up answering the challenge in the weeks to come and fail, and Orton will challenge Roode in a couple weeks to defend the title at Fastlane, so we’ll get that match then. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Orton win the belt either. If they do that, I would LOVE to see a SummerSlam rematch with Rusev getting revenge on Orton by beating him at WrestleMania for the US Title. Pipe dream, I know.

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