SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, February 3rd 2023: Title Opportunity awaits Braun Strowman & Ricochet or Imperium

[Dale]

Title Opportunity awaits Braun Strowman & Ricochet or Imperium​

A chance to face The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship awaits the winner of the Contenders’ Title Tournament Final, to be contested by Braun Strowman & Ricochet and Imperium.

Strowman and Ricochet can count themselves lucky as they were announced as the replacement team for Drew McIntyre & Sheamus, who were taken out of the tournament by The Viking Raiders. The unlikely tandem subsequently defeated Hit Row in the Semifinal to book their place in the Final.

Imperium had arguably the harder route, defeating The Brawling Brutes in the First Round, followed by a victory over Legado del Fantasma in the Semifinal.

Who will earn their ticket to face The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team Title?
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Charlotte Flair and Sonya Deville duke it out for SmackDown Women’s Title​

Sometimes in order to gain a Championship opportunity you have to take matters into your own hands. That’s exactly what former General Manager Sonya Deville has done, attacking SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair backstage and even interrupting her on a podcast.

Enraged with the constant sabotage, Charlotte Flair demanded she face Deville despite having beaten her adversary before.

Now that she has another match for the SmackDown Women’s Championship, can Deville finally earn her first title in WWE or will the Queen stay Queen?​

 

[Sabretooth]

I really hope Imperium win both this match and the titles so we get all three members holding gold

 

[Dale]

Roman Reigns returns to SmackDown on The Road to WrestleMania​

In the wake of the catastrophic events at Royal Rumble in which an overwhelmed Sami Zayn hit Roman Reigns with a steel chair and The Bloodline, minus a conflicted Jey Uso, launched a major retaliatory beatdown on The Honorary Uce, the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion is set to return to SmackDown.

How will The Head of the Table react to the unprecedented turmoil that has rocked The Bloodline? Will Reigns have any response to Cody Rhodes after the Royal Rumble winner addressed their WrestleMania title showdown? Will The Island of Relevancy ever be the same?
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Don't miss the high-stakes Women’s Elimination Chamber Qualifying Fatal 4-Way Match​

With four pods filled in the high-stakes Feb. 18 Elimination Chamber Match for a Raw Women's Title Match when WrestleMania Goes Hollywood, Natalya, Shotzi, Shayna Baszler and Zelina Vega are poised to square off in a Women’s Elimination Chamber Qualifying Fatal 4-Way Match on the blue brand. Find out who will win the right to step into the career-altering structure at the Elimination Chamber Premium Live Event​

 

[Y2Jayne]

They need to stop using Braun to bury tag teams and have him turn on Ricochet after their loss.

 

[Sabretooth]

Roman on SD tonight

 

[#Waddles]

Love the road to Wrestlemania.

Should be dope.

 

[Dale]

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[Vegeta]

 

[Sabretooth]

This fucking company lol

 

[#Waddles]

SmackDahn!!!

 

[DammitC]

- Is Jey Uso really finished with the Bloodline?
- Will Charlotte Flair successfully defend her world title against Sonya Deville tonight?
- Will the pair of Braun Strowman/Ricochet or Imperium end up winning the tag tournament?
- Is LA Knight finally spared from dealing with Bray Wyatt anymore?
- What is the medical state of Sami Zayn now?

Find out on the next edition of Smackdown Live. Stay tuned

 

[#Waddles]

That Sami face turn though

 

[Wiseman]

Still get chills from this shit watching it tonight

 

[BSE]

The Tribal Chief arrives whenever he pleases

 

[Chris]

What a recap