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This week's SmackDown episode, in all fairness, had quite a few exciting segments. That's what you get with the two-hour format, even if there are some bad segments on the night, they just whistle past like they never happened.
The show began with King Corbin making fun of Roman Reigns, before their match in the main event, later in the night. The New Day defeated The Revival to become the new SmackDown Tag Team Champions, which definitely means that they will now be involved in the Triple Threat Tag Team Match at Survivor Series, involving The Viking Raiders and The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish).
Furthermore, Tyson Fury and Braun Strowman put their differences aside post their fight at Crown Jewel to join forces and form a tag team as they destroyed The B-Team without much fuss. In another exciting segment, Shayna Baszler attacked Bayley again, after Sasha Banks defeated Nikki Cross in a singles battle.
With yet another good show in the books, here are four things WWE hinted on, post this week's episode.
#4 Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Cesaro might form a permanent stable
Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura's alliance has been going on for a couple of months now, and the two Superstars have been joined by a few other big names such as King Corbin, and most recently, Cesaro.
On SmackDown this week, WWE clearly hinted at Cesaro joining the team, thereby making the team of Nakamura, Zayn and Cesaro a proper faction from here on. Nakamura and Cesaro defeated Shorty G and Ali in a Tag Team Match, and the former team celebrated the victory with Zayn afterward.
This would not be a bad decision, as both NXT and RAW have heel stables of their own in The Undisputed Era and The O.C., and the new stable involving the IC Champion could be a good addition to the Blue Brand.
#3 The Revival might be leaving WWE
The Revival were supposed to face The Viking Raiders and The Undisputed Era in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match at Survivor Series. But now that they have lost the SmackDown Tag Team Titles, surely The New Day will replace them for the match at Survivor Series.
This loss has further strengthened the notion that The Revival might be on their way out of the WWE. Their contract ends in 2020 and considering that they have not inclined towards renewing their contract, Vince McMahon might have opted to see the belt change hands.
#2 Nikki Cross' push is seemingly over
Nikki Cross, who only last week faced Bayley for the SmackDown Women's Championship, lost to Sasha Banks, which seemingly signals the end of her push.
When she became the top contender for the SmackDown Women's Championship weeks ago, many thought that Cross is on her way to singles glory, but the euphoria has turned out to be short-lived. In two consecutive weeks, Cross has lost two big matches, which is never good for a Superstar's momentum.
#1 Daniel Bryan might face off against The Fiend at Survivor Series
Sami Zayn, over the past couple of weeks, has been trying hard to convince Daniel Bryan to form a stable with Shinsuke Nakamura and himself, but the former leader of the Yes Movement hasn't really responded well to that request.
This week on SmackDown, Zayn was seen trying to convince Bryan backstage, when the lights turned Red and The Fiend attacked Bryan with a Mandible Claw. Hence, this might suggest that WWE is indeed going with Bryan as the next challenger for The Fiend and his Universal Championship.
The decision seems to make sense as Bryan and Bray Wyatt have a rich history. Furthermore, Bryan is working well on the back of a face turn in recent times, and this feud will definitely help in that regard. Anyone who comes up against The Fiend is not the favorite, hence the WWE Universe might back Bryan throughout this feud.
Vince McMahon is indeed going in the same direction with The Fiend as he did with Brock Lesnar, no inter-brand matches, just challengers from their respective brands.
