3 best things on SmackDown this week (6 November 2018)

After a not so entertaining Raw this week, WWE SmackDown Live elevated the game. This week's SmackDown was really entertaining, and had great story development. I was much more invested in SmackDown Live, compared to Raw.

It looked like WWE invested their best efforts to make the show more entertaining, and the performers as always delivered their best. This week's SmackDown was building towards Survivor Series.

The SmackDown team for the traditional 5 on 5 elimination tag team match was decided, and 4 women of team SmackDown for the traditional 5 on 5 elimination tag team match were also decided.

Becky Lynch, AJ Styles, and Shinsuke Nakamura cut excellent promos about their match at Survivor Series. The in-ring action was fabulous as well, and the promos hyped me up for Survivor Series.

In this article, I'll list the 3 best things that happened on SmackDown this week.

#3 Friction on the SmackDown team

The team of SmackDown could implode at Survivor Series

Daniel Bryan and The Miz are co-captains of the SmackDown team. This is a strange pairing as the two men have a history together, and they might have an altercation at Survivor Series. They might even argue during the match, and that could help the Raw team.

The other members of the SmackDown Live team are good as well, and the team of SmackDown Live could certainly put in a performance to remember, and definitely has the capacity to beat team Raw.

I loved how Daniel Bryan snapped at the end, attacking Samoa Joe to close the show. He even attacked The Miz and Shane McMahon in the process, and then walked out of the arena.

I expected Daniel Bryan to be cool, and be the one who keeps the team together, but this move definitely shocked the fans, as we have never seen this side of him.

#2 Becky Lynch's Promo

The match between Rousey and Lynch will definitely be an interesting one

This week Becky cut a promo on her Survivor Series opponent Ronda Rousey, and the promo was passionate. The crowd loved Becky and chanted her name.

Even though Lynch is a heel and Rousey is a babyface, the crowd supports Becky much more, and the situation at Survivor Series could be the same.

After the promo, she asked any superstar in the back to come and face her. Nikki Cross of SAnitY accepted her challenge, and the two women had a great match, with Lynch defeating Cross.

One shocking thing was that Nikki Cross lost her debut match. Even though Becky has been booked strongly, and needed a worthy opponent to make her look strong ahead of Survivor Series, the decision to make Cross lose her debut match was questionable.

The match between Rousey and Lynch will definitely be entertaining, and it is difficult to predict the winner, as WWE is booking both of them very strongly.

#1 Orton attacks Mysterio

Randy Orton is currently having one of the best runs of his career. His recent sadistic attitude has made him the most dominant heel on SmackDown Live. This week Orton attacked Mysterio. After his win against Almas, Mysterio was celebrating when Orton delivered an RKO out of nowhere.

Mysterio and Orton had a fabulous match at Crown Jewel, which the former won. This led Orton to snap and give one hell of a beating to Mysterio after the match. It looks like Orton isn't done punishing Rey Mysterio, and it seems like this rivalry will continue in the following weeks.

Orton is not a part of the SmackDown Survivor Series team, which is quite shocking. Maybe this plays into the ongoing storyline