SMACKDOWN LIVE SUPERTHREAD

It was prerecorded. The roster is in Saudi Arabia for Night of Champions thus weekend.

At least the upcoming London show will air live for the first time

Wild Hit Row appearance.

What is with ones wearing balaclavas such as them, Swerve in AEW and Lio Rush in NJPW, at least?

I want an argument between her and Iyo, since both seem to enjoy shouting at people in Japanese.

Bloodline storyline is still on track for what I have been guessing may happen in the next two months or thereabouts.

i.e.,

Jey is still acting all apprehensive, sulking and pacing. He refused the order to kick Jimmy in the head, but is not stepping it up in a physically challenging way to Roman (or Solo). Solo has probably been manipulated off the back of anger over the accidental double super kick and match loss at NOC. This I suspect will continue until MITB, where I envision a one on one match between Roman and Jimmy, with a bad outcome for Jimmy (cheating by interference from Solo) and likely post-defeat beatdown with a rescue.

This I see as the point at which Jey finally crosses the Rubicon and goes to all out war against his cousin and younger brother, by coming to his twin''s rescue. I'd love if Sami also joins Jey in this rescue, for the visuals of the former members uniting against Roman standing together, but that might be a stretch. It is also the point at which I'd have Solo's turn begin, as his anger over NOC dissipates, and seeds of guilt for acting against his older brothers begin to take its place. Though this would not be fully realised until SummerSlam, and Solo would continue to enforce for Roman until then but show growing unease.

At SummerSlam the much expected Usos v Roman-Solo tag match headlines. A now emotionally unrestrained Jey and Jimmy stand against their tyrant cousin and their now very doubtful, guilt laden younger brother.

Heavy speculation by me here, but as the SS match progresses, Solo's distracted and doubtful state is obviously affecting the match outcome as he will baulk at the last second, when a golden opportunity presents itself to end the match by doing a "Samoan Spike" on one of his brothers, most likely Jimmy. The camera pans to Paul Heyman at ringside as he raises the phone to his chin in a familiar manner. Heyman's call for backup to the Tribal Chief ended, a most unexpected returnee makes his way to ringside.... carrying a Claymore. (Every speculation on the rumoured heel turn of McIntyre seems focused on a negative interaction between McIntyre and Rollins. What if the heel turn was to come from a positive interaction with Reigns instead?) This would allow Roman an ally replacing Solo post SummerSlam, but not necessarily an alliance that would be too long lived. I think they will have Roman totally isolated post Christmas in the run up to a Cody rematch, and loss of the Universal titles, at WM40.

It is stupid introducing the Raw women's champion on Smackdown and vice versa. Thogh after what happened with Charlotte and Becky, what's the best way to do it?

Could another possibility as to why they might be holding off on resolving this, is if they plan to pit the women's champs against each other at SummerSlam, with the winner taking both titles?

But I think hynesie's suggestion above is actually better in the long run, as it is more consistent with what they've done with the corresponding men's titles.

Maybe even a mix of both, with unification as an interim stage towards renaming?

Unifying the titles wouldn't be the right move after them making a big deal about one of the main reasons for introducing the new Raw title.

But, yeah giving new titles without the brand being associated with them seems the right move.

Will they do the same with the men's tag titles but keeping them cross brand?

And yet only one of them served in the military, just sayin'.

Oh wow. That Twitter fight really didn't go well for Kelly and Sarge.