WWE SmackDown Season Premiere Preview: Roman Reigns to put his title on the line, 5-time World Champion set to return (October 16, 2020)

By Shruti Sadbhav

Modified Oct 16, 2020 18:25 GMT

Roman Reigns has a huge challenge in front of him

#2 Jeff Hardy takes on returning Superstar on SmackDown

This year’s WWE Draft also marked the return of controversial Superstar, Lars Sullivan. He returned to WWE and wasted no time in running rampage through both RAW and SmackDown rosters. Tonight, we will see Jeff Hardy in action against Sullivan as the legend will have plans to stop the latter from attacking more WWE Superstars.

Sullivan’s surprise return to WWE and the changes in his appearance, as well as his attack on several top Superstars, certainly implies that WWE are booking him as a monster. Tonight’s match might just give us an idea about the kind of push that he will receive on SmackDown going forward.

As far as Jeff Hardy is concerned, he recently had a god run with the Intercontinental Championship on SmackDown before losing his title to Sami Zayn. It is clear that WWE want to use him smartly in order to push younger Superstars, and it is safe to say that Jeff plays his part quite well in doing the same.

But now he has another threat in the form of Elias, who is lurking in the dark as the latter believes it was Jeff Hardy who hit him with his car a few months ago. Could we see Elias make an appearance as well?

Edited by Nishant Jayaram