5 things we can expect on SmackDown Live (5 June 2018)

This week's SmackDown Live will air from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas and the show is the penultimate SmackDown Live episode before Money in the Bank on June 17th.

A number of segments and matches have already been announced for the show including a contract signing, a mixed tag team match and more. In addition, there are a few unanswered questions before we head into the pay-per-view.

With that in mind, let us list five things we can expect to see on SmackDown Live this week.

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#5 Good match, but no real story

Lynch and Charlotte have faced off many times in the past

Last week on SmackDown, a casual backstage segment between Flair and Lynch about who would win the MITB Women's Ladder match caused General Manager Paige to book a match between the two women.

Make no mistake, two of the four Horsewomen going head to head will be a good match for sure, but there is not real story to tell here, neither is there anything at stake in the match. So, it is hard to generate audience interest in such a match.

However, we can expect to see more such matches between competitors of the two MITB Ladder Matches this week, as well as next week, on both RAW and SmackDown Live.

#4 Beginning of the end of Rusev Day

Aiden English and Lana will team up

Fans witnessed a dance-off segment last week between Naomi and Lana, and those who felt that the women should be wrestling instead will get what they wanted this week, as a mixed tag team match up has been announced.

But, strangely enough, Lana is teaming up with Aiden English instead of her husband Rusev. WWE might have done this deliberately, in order to sow the seeds of a dissent with Rusev Day. Lana has already been hinting that Rusev should cut ties with English, and perhaps this week's match will further this storyline.

Also, it will be good to see real-life husband and wife Naomi and Jimmy Uso team up for a match.

#3 Contract signing goes awry

A contract signing for the Last Man Standing match at MITB will happen on SD Live

Has there ever been a contract signing in the history of WWE which has gone smoothly with the Superstars just signing the dotted line and leaving the ring? If so, I honestly cannot recall it at all. Well, there's no indication that this segment will be any different.

Paige, who has been great in her role as SmackDown GM so far, announced that she will moderate the signing and it will be interesting to see if she is able to hold off AJ Styles and Nakamura from going at each other.

#2 Asuka's unmasking

Carmella threatens to unmask Asuka and expose her

The SmackDown Women's Champion Carmella took to Twitter to announce that she would be 'exposing' Asuka this week on SmackDown Live and called her the 'Empress of Yesterday'.

Now, its not exactly clear what The Princess of Staten Island has planned but to be honest, if it is anything like the 'Bobby Lashley and his sisters' storyline on Raw, it will surely be an unmitigated disaster.

To be fair we can't judge the segment before it even happens, so, we will have to just wait and watch.

#1 The New Day make a tough choice

Heading towards splitsville?

With rumours of a singles push in the works for Big E and a potential break-up of the New Day, fans have been expecting some sort of a rift between Big E, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston for the past few weeks.

Though the three Superstars have pretty much managed to be on the same page till now, only one of them can go on to compete in the Men's Ladder Match at Money in the Bank. With only two more shows of SmackDown Live left before the PPV, we might just find out who that mystery member will be on this week's episode.

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