The new roster comes together* on April 24 in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Headliners
We were so excited by the possibilities presented by Daniel Bryan’s unretirement and Miz moving back to Tuesdays in the Shakeup, we covered it in last week’s preview – before The A-Lister had even made his way to Team Blue.
WWE and SmackDown creative were pretty excited as well, because they’re jumping back into the long-running rivalry between the former NXT mentor and mentee tonight during Miz’s “premiere”:
Will there be face-punching? The Beard definitely owes Miz some receipts for all the taunts thrown his way on Talking Smack when Maryse’s man thought Bryan would never wrestle again, at least for WWE. Which doesn’t even address the ongoing gimmick infringement of things like the YES/IT Kicks…
Whether or not WWE views this program as pay-per-view (PPV) main event-caliber, and what that means about how quickly they’ll blow through it en route to something “bigger” for DB, isn’t the only blue brand-related thing fans on the internet have been spending a lot of time discussing. There’s also been a lot of talk about women’s tag teams, inspired by the arrival of IIconics prompting WWE to do a lot of talking online about women’s tag teams.
Peyton Royce and Billlie Kay have made their presence felt in two Tuesday night appearances, targeting Charlotte Flair and helping Carmella take down two of the Four Horsewomen when Becky Lynch put down her quinoa and came to her friend’s aid. Tonight’s match was set-up when a woman the Aussies know quite well from NXT arrived to help the Tea Time duo.
Should SmackDown debut Women’s Tag Titles any time soon, Asuka and Becky probably won’t be one of the teams. But the former Iconic Duo certainly would be, and Kay and Royce would probably be the centerpiece of a new division. If they go over here, and put a second loss on The Empress’ record after so long…
