5 things you need to know before tonight's WWE SmackDown Live (January 8th, 2019)

#3 What's next for the Bulgarian Brute?

A concerned Rusev cares for his wife after an attack by Shinsuke Nakamura.

Last week should have been a very happy New Year's and a very happy Rusev Day for the Bulgarian Brute.

After dethroning then US Champion Shinsuke Nakamura on Christmas Day (which just so also happens to be Rusev's birthday), the new champion and wife Lana were in a celebrating mood.

Things took a nasty turn, however, when the King of Strong Style ambushed the Bulgarian, levelling him with a Kinshasa.

When the ravishing Russian attempted to defend her man, things got even uglier, as a Matchka Kick downed Nakamura, and crushed Lana in the process.

This was, of course, an accident, though one has to wonder how Rusev and Lana will be feeling tonight after such a heinous act, and what they will have to say to the founder of Nak-America.