Episode Two: Smackdown Road to the Rumble
WWE Championship
Daniel Bryan(c) VS Shinsuke Nakamura
On the January 8th episode of Tuesday Night Smackdown, the very first episode of the blue brand show for the new year. Was main evented by a number one contender's match to crown a challenger for the WWE Championship at the 2019 WWE Royal Rumble pay per view.
Two of the top male WWE superstars took part in the number one contender outing as the "Phenomenal" AJ Styles went one on one with the winner of 2018 Men's rumble Shinsuke Nakamura. It culminated with Styles going for the Phenomenal Forearm only for the "King of Strong Style" to counter it with the Kinsasha for the win.
Smackdown Women's Championship
Asuka(c) VS Nikki Bella with Brie Bella
The January 15th edition of Tuesday Night Smackdown opened with the reigning WWE Smackdown Women's Champion. The "Empress of Tomorrow" Asuka(c) inside the squared circle for a promo in which she talked about how she had held the WWE Smackdown Women's Championship for a pretty decent 282 days. Since she was able to dethrone the then reigning champion Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 34.
Asuka was about to continue on to discuss her plans for the title in 2019 when she was cut off by an ambush from behind. By the hands of the returning Bellas Twins, that being Brie and Nikki Bella, with Nikki stating it was time that someone who actually deserved the title was crowned champion. The following weeks edition of Tuesday Night Smackdown saw Asuka get her revenge by beating Brie Bella down in the ring, then got on the microphone and said she would see Nikki at the Rumble.
Smackdown Tag Team Championship
The Bar(c) VS The Usos
The final match added to the card for the 2019 WWE Royal Rumble pay per view event concerned the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship. As the reigning and defending current champions that being the pair of Cesaro and Sheamus aka the Bar(c). And the challengers the real life twin brother tag team conisiting of Jey and Jimmy Uso. The challengers defeated the champions in a non-title championship eliminator on an episode of TNS to earn the title shot.
WWE Championship
Daniel Bryan(c) VS Shinsuke Nakamura
On the January 8th episode of Tuesday Night Smackdown, the very first episode of the blue brand show for the new year. Was main evented by a number one contender's match to crown a challenger for the WWE Championship at the 2019 WWE Royal Rumble pay per view.
Two of the top male WWE superstars took part in the number one contender outing as the "Phenomenal" AJ Styles went one on one with the winner of 2018 Men's rumble Shinsuke Nakamura. It culminated with Styles going for the Phenomenal Forearm only for the "King of Strong Style" to counter it with the Kinsasha for the win.
Smackdown Women's Championship
Asuka(c) VS Nikki Bella with Brie Bella
The January 15th edition of Tuesday Night Smackdown opened with the reigning WWE Smackdown Women's Champion. The "Empress of Tomorrow" Asuka(c) inside the squared circle for a promo in which she talked about how she had held the WWE Smackdown Women's Championship for a pretty decent 282 days. Since she was able to dethrone the then reigning champion Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 34.
Asuka was about to continue on to discuss her plans for the title in 2019 when she was cut off by an ambush from behind. By the hands of the returning Bellas Twins, that being Brie and Nikki Bella, with Nikki stating it was time that someone who actually deserved the title was crowned champion. The following weeks edition of Tuesday Night Smackdown saw Asuka get her revenge by beating Brie Bella down in the ring, then got on the microphone and said she would see Nikki at the Rumble.
Smackdown Tag Team Championship
The Bar(c) VS The Usos
The final match added to the card for the 2019 WWE Royal Rumble pay per view event concerned the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship. As the reigning and defending current champions that being the pair of Cesaro and Sheamus aka the Bar(c). And the challengers the real life twin brother tag team conisiting of Jey and Jimmy Uso. The challengers defeated the champions in a non-title championship eliminator on an episode of TNS to earn the title shot.
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