WWE SmackDown Live Preview: September 05, 2017
The Blue brand is still reeling from the SummerSlam fallout; prospective contenders for the Titles are in limbo, Champions seem to have a modicum of breathing room, for now, but no one really seems too happy with where they're at.
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It is at this time that SmackDown Live comes to us with a host of intriguing developments in store for this week.
The biggest question on everyone's mind, however, concerns the new number one contender for the WWE Championship. One can argue a strong case for Shinsuke Nakamura, having been screwed out of his Championship match at SummerSlam, but Randy Orton is having none of it, as his emphatic RKO to close out last week's show signalled.
The US Champion, AJ Styles, attempted to get the US Title Open Challenge up and running again, only for Baron Corbin to play party pooper. Will the Champion get his way this week at least? Or was Corbin's interference a sign of things to come?
And what of the budding rivalry between the disgraced Kevin Owens and SmackDown Live Commissioner, Shane McMahon?
Ploughing through all of these points and more, here is our preview of this week's episode of everyone' favourite weekly episodic, SmackDown Live!
#1 What's next for Kevin Owens and Shane McMahon?
After Kevin Owens commandeered last week's match between Sami Zayn and Aiden English, he was forced to reckon with the wrath of SmackDown Live head honcho, Shane McMahon.
If they hadn't already clashed in the weeks leading up, one might almost think Owens was putting himself about deliberately to get a rise out of Shane.
Although his efforts as far as the match was concerned were fruitless (as Shane reversed the decision), Kevin Owens may be dangerously close to having the commissioner agree to a potential showdown.
If he continues pushing his buttons this week as well, who knows?