WWE SmackDown: 3 things WWE cleverly told us through Randy Orton pinning Kofi Kingston

WWE has provided us with a great week of action as after a brilliant Extreme Rules, both Raw and SmackDown Live were pretty solid. While Raw was much better from the entertainment point of view, SmackDown was pretty fast-paced. Eric Bischoff started making his backstage presence felt on the show straight away as almost all Superstars got a fair share of screen time with new and exciting storylines.

SmackDown Live started with a bang as Shane McMahon's Town Hall meeting didn't go according to the plan with Kevin Owens once again landing a Stunner on the Best in the World. We also saw WWE tease a feud for the Intercontinental Championship between Shinsuke Nakamura and Ali.

We also saw Ember Moon being involved in the SmackDown Women's Championship program. Charlotte and Andrade also made their respective returns. One thing though that really took everyone by surprise was Randy Orton pinning Kofi Kingston to win the six-man tag team match involving The New Day and the team of Orton, Samoa Joe, and Elias.

So, in this slideshow, we are going to take a look at the three things that WWE cleverly told us through Orton pinning Kofi:

#3 Randy Orton might be the next challenger to Kofi Kingston's WWE Championship

That's the most obvious thing that WWE could have meant by this. Orton was involved in the 10-man battle royal on Raw and was one of the last two men. He came very close to becoming the #1 contender for Brock Lesnar's Universal title but was the last man eliminated by eventual winner Seth Rollins. Orton has clearly put that loss behind him already as from the looks of it, The Viper could be the next challenger for Kofi Kingston's WWE Championship.

Again, it would be a heel against a face and most of the WWE Universe would be up for this feud. Orton is clearly not the best of the challenges that Kofi has faced since WrestleMania but it would be worthwhile to see two old foes back in the ring battling each other.