{"id":117330,"date":"2022-12-23T14:10:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T19:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=117330"},"modified":"2022-12-23T14:10:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T19:10:55","slug":"wwe-smackdown-tonight-12-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/12\/23\/wwe-smackdown-tonight-12-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview WWE SmackDown Tonight (12\/23\/22) &#8211; Friday Night SmackDown Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE SmackDown tonight is a pretaped show that currently has three matches announced. The Usos defend against Hit Row, the holiday season festivities will give us a Christmas-themed street fight, and the women&#8217;s division once again has a gauntlet to pick a challenger. Let&#8217;s take a look at the card for Friday Night SmackDown tonight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/12\/17\/wwe-smackdown-spoilers-12-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE SmackDown Spoilers &amp; Results (12\/23\/22) &#8211; Friday Night SmackDown This Week<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>WWE SmackDown Tonight &#8211; December 23, 2022<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEXT WEEK on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SmackDown<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HitRow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HitRow<\/a> is comin&#39; for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEUsos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWEUsos<\/a>&#39; Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yyvIkm1hiM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/yyvIkm1hiM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1603943892931547136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Miracle on 34th Street Fight:\u00a0<\/strong>Braun Strowman &amp; Richochet vs Imperium<\/li>\n<li><strong>Number 1 Contender Gauntlet: <\/strong>Liv Morgan vs Tegan Nox vs Emma vs Sonya Deville vs Xia Li vs Raquel Rodriguez<\/li>\n<li><strong>Undisputed Tag Team Championship:\u00a0<\/strong>The Usos (c) vs Hit Row<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ronda Rousey Challenger<\/h3>\n<p>Stop us if you&#8217;ve heard this before but Ronda Rousey&#8217;s next challenger will be decided in a gauntlet match. Six women will go at it in an attempt to outlast the competition and earn a shot with the &#8216;Baddest Woman on The Planet&#8217;. As repetitive as this structure has been in the women&#8217;s division lately there is a clear challenger already lined up as Rodriguez has been in the crosshairs of Rousey and Shayna Baszler already.<\/p>\n<h3>Well We Know Who&#8217;s Winning<\/h3>\n<p>The Usos defending against Hit Row is essentially a stop-gap defense for the reigning champions. Hit Row earned this shot last week and there&#8217;s no way they dethrone the Usos just a week later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/12\/07\/zilla-fatu-begins-wrestling-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Son of Umaga, Zilla Fatu Begins Wrestling Training<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All this and more on WWE SmackDown tonight!<\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other wrestling stories worldwide as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the important news in the wrestling world and provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Additionally, you can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE SmackDown tonight is a pretaped show that currently has three matches announced. The Usos defend against Hit Row, the holiday season festivities will give us a Christmas-themed street fight, and the women&#8217;s division once again has a gauntlet to pick a challenger. Let&#8217;s take a look at the card for Friday Night SmackDown tonight. 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