James Ellsworth fights AJ Styles on SmackDown Live tonight. (WWE.com)
Tonight on SmackDown Live, James Ellsworth will battle AJ Styles in a match with the WWE World Championship on the line, but this time he’ll be doing so without the help of Dean Ambrose. Plus, there’s tension between Rhyno and Heath Slater following their loss to The Wyatt Family, and the rest of the tag teams on the roster are looking to challenge the new title-holders. Meanwhile, Carmella is desperately trying to convince Nikki Bella that she isn’t the one who attacked her at Survivor Series, though Bella does not seem to believe that. The show will be broadcast tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the USA Network. Check back in at 8 for match results and spoilers, and read on for a preview of the night’s events.
The main event of tonight’s SmackDown will be a title match between James Ellsworth and AJ Styles, which was actually supposed to occur last week but that had to be delayed when Styles suffered a legitimate injury. Ellsworth has already beaten AJ Styles three times, but in each of those instances, he only won because Dean Ambrose interfered; Ellsworth very clearly would not have defeated The Phenomenal One on his own. Now that Ellsworth has made an enemy of Ambrose, he’s up against Styles on his own tonight, and things sure don’t look good for him. Just how badly will Ellsworth be dominated?
Plus, Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt are now the Tag Team Champions, and the relationship between Heath Slater and Rhyno now seems to be falling apart. After all, Rhyno walked out on Slater during a tense episode of Talking Smack last week. What is to come of that partnership, and which tag team will go after the Wyatt family’s title next? Could American Alpha or perhaps The Usos get a shot?
Speaking of getting a shot at the title, now that The Miz’s feud with Dolph Ziggler is apparently over, someone will be coming after the Intercontinental Championship soon. Who might that be? Could Dean Ambrose himself go for it? And in the women’s division, Nikki Bella is still upset about being attacked by a mysterious person at Survivor Series; she assumed this was Carmella, but Carmella is claiming it was actually Natalya. Who’s lying to who? Is it possible that it isn’t either of them, and the attacker is someone else we haven’t considered? Eva Marie, perhaps?
Finally, comedian Gabriel Iglesia will be showing up as a special guest. It all goes down tonight at 8 on the USA Network.
Brendan Morrow is a Heavy contributor who focuses on entertainment and politics. He has previously written about film for Bloody Disgusting, We Got This Covered, What Culture, and The Celebrity Cafe. Follow him on twitter @brendanmorrow.December 13, 2016 11:19 am
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