5 Things we can expect on SmackDown Live this week

The go-home show of SmackDown Live before Money in the Bank comes to us from Memphis, Tennessee and the show is set to be an exciting one. The go-home show for any pay-per-view is important, as it determines who goes into the show with the most momentum.

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On this week's episode of SmackDown Live, a few segments and matches have already been announced including a 'Summit', a former NXT Champion's match and more. Other storylines can be expected to be sufficiently built up heading into MITB.

With that in mind, let us have a look at five things we can expect on SmackDown Live this week.

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#5 Random match for Daniel Bryan

Bryan will not be taking part in the MITB Ladder match

It is safe to say that ever since his return, Daniel Bryan has not exactly been booked the way fans would have hoped. Not that he had to win a Championship as soon as he returned, but a feud with The Miz has been delayed by WWE for no apparent reason and the former WWE World Champion will now face Big Cass at MITB.

Again continuing with the bizarre booking, Bryan will go up against Shelton Benjamin this week, who has turned heel recently. While the match will surely be filled with high-flying, exciting action, there is no real story here.

The official reason for this match is that Benjamin was irked by Bryan's promo last week, and to be honest, that is some haphazard booking with no story involved.

Fans can expect an interference by Cass, possibly costing Bryan the match-up.

#4 Andrade "Cien" Almas makes an impact

Sin Cara was ambushed by Almas

The former NXT Champion got drafted to SmackDown Live quite a while ago, but till now he has only had squash matches against some local enhancement talent. This week, for the first time, Almas will take on a full-time Superstar when he faces Sin Cara.

It is almost a given that Almas will end up winning their bout, but it will be interesting to see how WWE will book the feud. They will probably go with a dominant squash by Almas to establish him as a dominant force on the blue brand.

#3 The Women's 'Summit'

Team Blue's MITB entrants

WWE have announced that this week's episode of SmackDown Live will host a 'Summit' between the four women who will contest at Money in the Bank in the Women's Ladder match - Charlotte, Naomi, Becky Lynch and Lana.

While it is not yet clear what a Summit is supposed to be, it will be interesting to see who will be left standing if a brawl does indeed break out, and how exactly General Manager Paige expects to handle the whole situation.

#2 Big E, Xavier Woods or Kofi Kingston?

Will the popular tag team split up soon?

For the past few weeks, fans have been expecting the New Day to reveal who among them will take part in the MITB Ladder match, but the tag team have managed to keep it a mystery.

It is very likely that they will finally reveal the same on the go-home episode of SmackDown, but there is also a possibility that they might hold on to the mystery till the last minute and make the decision directly at the PPV.

Fans have been expecting Big E to be the chosen one as it has been rumored that he is in line for a major singles push down the line.

#1 US Championship status for MITB revealed

The current US Champion

For reasons unknown, the United States Championship will not be defended at Money in the Bank, or at least, nothing has been officially announced regarding the same till now. So, it is possible that in the final stop before MITB tomorrow, we will find out who will face Jeff Hardy for the Title on June 17th.

Also, tomorrow on SmackDown Live, Hardy will take on none other than Shinsuke Nakamura. The match was announced after a heated exchange between the two on Twitter.

I’m gonna write a caption for this later...maybe. pic.twitter.com/PDS27dUWrx

— Shinsuke Nakamura (@ShinsukeN) June 10, 2018

Maybe you should wait a week & caption a pic of @AJStylesOrg being the #LastManStanding at #MITB!..!

— #BrotherNero DELETED (@JEFFHARDYBRAND) June 10, 2018

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