5 Feuds for WWE Hall of Famer Lita when she returns to SmackDown

Lita will reportedly make her return to WWE TV tonight on SmackDown, where she is expected to get involved in the Women's Division.

The former four-time Women's Champion has already been announced for the upcoming Women's Royal Rumble but hasn't appeared on WWE TV since October 2018 when she wrestled on RAW.

The WWE Hall of Famer has had issues with several women in the past and could now be set to take Sasha Banks' place on the blue brand following her recent injury.

Given the star's versatility, the company could have called her in to be part of a feud with a number of different women.

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#5. Lita could come out to challenge Charlotte for the WWE Women's Championship in Sasha Banks' absence

Sasha Banks suffered a foot injury at a live event earlier this month which will keep her sidelined for a number of months.

The original plan was for Banks to challenge Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania. Due to The Boss and Bayley both being out injured, the SmackDown Women's Division is looking slightly bare.

The former star is one of the women who paved the way for the current crop of women and WWE is aware that fans will tune in to watch her wrestle.

Charlotte was able to defeat Trish Stratus in an era vs era showdown back at SummerSlam in 2019. Whilst several fans believe that Stratus was the woman who defined her era, many believe that Lita is the woman who defined the Attitude Era.

Lita could step up to challenge Charlotte in the absence of any real challengers. It wouldn't be out of the question for the two women to pull double duty at The Royal Rumble.

The WWE Hall of Famer may hang around following the Royal Rumble. This would make it easy to imagine the company could plant seeds for a match between the two women in Saudi Arabia in February.

Bayley and Sasha Banks may not be back before the company travels to the Middle East, and the WWE legend would be the perfect woman to take their place.

#4. Lita cuts a promo on WWE SmackDown, is interrupted by Natalya who then challenges her to match

Last week on SmackDown, WWE announced that Lita was going to be one of 18 women to be part of the upcoming Royal Rumble match.

Lita will interestingly not be joined by Trish Stratus this year in the match. There will instead be the likes of Summer Rae, Michelle McCool, The Bella Twins, Kelly Kelly and Mickie James in the Rumble.

It's likely that the WWE Hall of Famer will be part of SmackDown this week to cut a promo and put the Women's Division on notice. The former Women's Champion could make it clear that she is coming for Royal Rumble victory and the Women's Championship heading into WrestleMania 38.

This could then lead to an interruption from any woman in the locker room, with the most obvious being Natalya. She has bided her time and has continually been overlooked by the company in recent years.

Natalya and the former star have never gone one-on-one in a WWE ring and given how much of an impact the two women have had on the company, this could easily be seen as a dream match for the watching crowd.

#3. Sonya Deville could force Aliyah to prove herself against Lita ahead of the WWE Women's Royal Rumble match

Lita could return on SmackDown to be part of the feud between Naomi and Sonya Deville.

Sonya Deville has been a WWE official for several months and has taken advantage of the power that she has on SmackDown numerous times.

Aliyah was the woman who suffered ahead of Survivor Series as she was taken out of the women's match, despite already being announced for it.

Once again, Aliyah has already been announced for the Women's Royal Rumble match, despite not wrestling on SmackDown for several weeks.

It's likely that Deville will have something to say about this and force Aliyah to prove herself this week on SmackDown in order to earn her place.

There was once a rule about superstars earning their place in the Royal Rumble match and Deville could decide that Aliyah should be the only woman to fight for her place.

The WWE Hall of Famer was a heel for the best part of her career and could return as someone who is on Sonya Deville's payroll and ready to take Aliyah out of the match.

Aliyah could learn from having a match against Lita and it's likely that having the WWE Hall of Famer on SmackDown will help ratings.

#2. Xia Li could be forced to defeat Lita in order to qualify for WWE Women's Royal Rumble

WWE has already announced 19 women (including Lita) for the upcoming Women's Royal Rumble match. Whilst it's expected that Liv Morgan and Bianca Belair will now be added following their loss to Doudrop on this week's episode of RAW, one woman that hasn't been added to the match is Xia Li.

Li recently made her debut on SmackDown but is yet to wrestle a match, the former NXT Superstar has been missing for several weeks, but has been able to get on the wrong side of Sonya Deville.

A match on SmackDown against Lita would be a test for the newcomer and a tremendous way for her to first compete in the company.

The storyline between Sonya Deville and Naomi continues to heat up and anyone who seems to be on Naomi's side has been targeted by the WWE official.

There has to be a reason why Xia Li was overlooked when the company was announcing the field for the Women's Royal Rumble. This is especially the case since it's obvious that the company is struggling to make up the numbers this year.

#1. Naomi could be forced to go through Lita this week on WWE SmackDown

Whilst it's easy to imagine that WWE official Sonya Deville could use Lita as her pawn. It's also likely that she could go straight to the source.

Deville and Naomi have been at odds for several months and her Royal Rumble entry has to be something that has annoyed the former Tough Enough star.

Deville was able to prevent her from being a member of the Survivor Series team and this could be her ingenious idea to take her out of the Rumble.

The WWE Hall of Famer is one of the best female wrestlers in history and is a four-time Women's Champion. If Deville convinced the former Women's Champion to be part of this week's episode of SmackDown to help ensure that Naomi isn't a problem at the Rumble, then this could be an interesting episode.

It's been almost three years since the WWE Universe has seen the legend wrestle and if she can take on Naomi this week on SmackDown, then it would be a fantastic way for the company to preview the Women's Royal Rumble.