{"id":69784,"date":"2020-06-04T12:28:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T16:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=69784"},"modified":"2020-06-04T12:28:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T16:28:56","slug":"preview-friday-night-smackdown-6-5-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/06\/04\/preview-friday-night-smackdown-6-5-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Friday Night SmackDown (6\/5\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another week has passed and another episode of <strong>SmackDown<\/strong> has arrived.\u00a0 <strong>WWE<\/strong>&#8216;s blue brand put on a <em>very<\/em> good episode last week, with the controversial-though-effective <strong>Jeff Hardy<\/strong> storyline grabbing headlines.\u00a0 The fallout of the opening led to <strong>Sheamus<\/strong> meeting <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong> in the ring, with the winner facing <strong>AJ Styles<\/strong> in the final of the Intercontinental Championship tournament.\u00a0 Of course, Bryan won the match and advanced to the final.\u00a0 The already-taped finale will come on next week&#8217;s SmackDown.\u00a0 Per <strong>Kurt Angle<\/strong>, we also had the announcement of <strong>Matt Riddle<\/strong>&#8216;s looming SmackDown debut.\u00a0 In short, there is much to be excited about.\u00a0 Without further ado, let&#8217;s jump into this week&#8217;s preview!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Championships: Alexa Bliss &amp; Nikki Cross(C)\u00a0 vs Bayley &amp; Sasha Banks<\/strong><\/h3>\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\/AlexaBliss_WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AlexaBliss_WWE<\/a> @NikkiCrossWWE @SashaBanksWWE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsBayleyWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@itsBayleyWWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nob5kJolYd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nob5kJolYd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1266545291358076928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On last week&#8217;s episode of SmackDown, <strong>Sasha Banks<\/strong> defeated<strong> Alexa Bliss<\/strong> in a good match.\u00a0 Though rumors have circulated for years regarding their personal, behind-the-scenes rivalry, they have always had good in-ring chemistry.\u00a0 Prior to the match was a segment involving all four women, with Bliss poking fun at Sasha&#8217;s role of lackey and her obvious absence of any kind of championship.\u00a0 There is something building between Sasha and SmackDown Women&#8217;s Champion, <strong>Bayley<\/strong>.\u00a0 Bayley has regularly silenced The Boss; just last week, she booked a match for her without informing her beforehand.\u00a0 Is there some brewing jealousy? Alexa Bliss and <strong>Nikki Cross<\/strong> (who it turns out is hilarious on commentary) might just look to seize advantage of this development.\u00a0 Tune in to find out what happens here.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Expected But Not Announced for SmackDown<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; Follow up on <strong>Jeff Hardy<\/strong>&#8216;s arrest<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Who ran over <strong>Elias<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; What&#8217;s next for <strong>Otis<\/strong> and <strong>Mandy Rose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Will Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles meet one more time before their sure-to-be-epic showdown?<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0<\/em>WWE fan? 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