Bengaluru, December 18: Like on Raw, the main focus on Smackdown Live hosted at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California will be the major fall-outs from WWE TLC. The main event matchup of Sunday night's PPV was affected by a superstar from Raw.
The red brand's women's champ Ronda Rousey played a huge role in the the blue brand's championship changing hands at TLC. This certainly indicated that some big storylines will kick off soon on the blue brand involving the three superstars.
This should be the focal point of this week’s episode of Smackdown which also marks the start of Asuka’ Championship reign. Plus, we will also see the build up for Royal Rumble begin from tonight. There will be a women's division match from last week alongside a potential new belt revelation for the WWE Championship.
Sony Ten 1 will show WWE Smackdown Live in India on Wednesday (December 19) from 6.30 AM IST, while the repeat will air at 1 PM, 5 PM and 9 PM later in the day via the same channel.
Asuka had to wait more than a year to pick up her first women’s championship on the main roster. Tonight, she is expected to get a coronation with the title around her waist. We should remind you that Becky Lynch deserves a contractual rematch for the title. So Asuka has to address when that match might happen. As for tonight, WWE.com hinted that someone might try to ruin the celebration,
“Though she got an unexpected assist from Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, The Empress of Tomorrow has declared that she is now “the man” after defeating Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair. Will anyone step up to try and bring Asuka’s reign to a quick end?”
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— Trinity Fatu (@NaomiWWE) 12 December 2018
Plus, Jeff Hardy and Samoa Joe will continue their rivalry on the show and that could lead to a match in due course. Rusev pinned Shinsuke Nakamura last week during a tag team match. So he should receive a United States Championship match, tonight.
Also, The Bar will wait for new challenges after overcoming the New Day and the Usos. Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows seem a valid option in this slot. Randy Orton will be waiting to strike back after his loss to Rey Mtsterio and that stroyline could also continue tonight.