WWE has made a pair of announcements for tonight s Royal Rumble go-home edition of SmackDown.
- Ahead of their Last Man Standing match for the Universal Championship at Sunday s pay-per-view, Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens will engage in a war of words on SmackDown tonight. Tonight, Michael Cole will sit down with The Head of the Table and his resilient challenger en route to their Last Man Standing Match for the Universal Title at Sunday’s Royal Rumble, WWE.com wrote.
The show-closing angle of last week s SmackDown saw Owens give Reigns a pop-up powerbomb through the announce table. The week before that, WWE authority figure Adam Pearce revealed Owens as Reigns new Royal Rumble challenger. Reigns had forced Pearce into winning a gauntlet match to become the number one contender to the Universal title, but Pearce faked an injury and pointed out that standard WWE contracts say the card is subject to change. Pearce then announced that Reigns would be facing Owens at the Roya
A look at the death, unique lives and careers of Jon Huber and Danny Hodge is the focus of what is the best issue of the Observer in more than a decade.
Details surrounding the Huber health crisis and death, words from his wife, how he got started in wrestling, my own personal thoughts regarding my interaction with him, his leaving WWE for AEW, his WWE run with The Wyatt Family, what were the plans for the Bludgeon Brothers to imitate and how it fell through, the match that changes his WWE focus, the background of his big decision, what match was scheduled for him that fell through, how his AEW term played out with his biggest matches, why the death became such a huge news story, the story behind and coverage of the tribute show and more.
Tonight s New Years edition of WWE SmackDown featured a most welcome surprise about midway through the show, as suddenly the camera went backstage and showed Sonya Deville walking down the hallway as other superstars looked on. Deville hasn t been seen on SmackDown since the Loser Leaves WWE [.]
WWE s Tag Team Problem By MistahGLO on Jan 3, 2021, 11:20am EST 12
WWE in general, and Raw and SmackDown in particular, has a tag team problem. It could be due to Vince McMahon s notorious dislike of tag teams, or it could be just gross negligence. Whatever the reason may be, it s a massive problem with no resolution in sight.
On Raw, you have the Hurt Business and New Day as the top teams.and that s about it. The Viking Raiders are on the shelf due to Ivar s surgery, Lucha House Party appear to be starting a feud with Legado del Fantasma over the Cruiserweight belt, and RETRIBUTION continue to beat down Ricochet. Other than that, you have the newly formed Hardy Bros as a possible contender, but that just seems to highlight the problem even more.