5 things that could happen on SmackDown Live next week

#4 Bobby Roode retains his US Title thanks to Jinder Mahal

After failing to earn a shot at the US Title in the four-way match, Jinder Mahal will not be happy and will do anything he can to keep himself in the title picture.

That means ruining the match between Roode and Rusev. He may do so before the match even begins, or he may ruin it after the two men have a fairly long, good contest.

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Either way, I expect Mahal to ruin things, and probably set up Jinder vs. Rusev at Fastlane for a shot at Bobby Roode at WrestleMania, or a triple threat where Roode pins Jinder, thus leading to Rusev vs. Roode at WrestleMania.

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I got my first big break writing for 411Mania back in 2004. I did a small spot in a big weekly piece that was written by one of the site's top writers. I quickly added the duty of being the live recapper for episodes of SmackDown, and in 2005 was given my own weekly column, which I did for a few years. I gave up writing (mostly) to start a family but got back into it, still at 411, a little over 3 years later. For another couple of years, I wrote 2-3 columns per week for the website before finding paid work elsewhere, and eventually wound up at SportsKeeda.

I am also the co-founder of the RBR: Weekly Wrestling Talk podcast, which started in the summer of 2005 and is still going strong today, almost 15 years later. Due to school, work, and family commitments, I left the team in 2011 but still remain a part of the family.

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Edited by Tanya Rudra