WWE SmackDown Live Preview (17th July 2018)

#3 Nakamura has a Championship!

Nakamura is Champion! — Shinsuke Nakamura is the United States Champion!

After more than a year on the main roster, Nakamura finally has a Championship but he will be defending his United States Championship against Jeff Hardy in their rematch tonight on SmackDown Live.

Nakamura cheated to pick up that victory on Sunday night, but given the reports surrounding Hardy's physical state, there could be a reason why the match was so short.

With Orton's presence floating around this fixture, it's hard to see which direction this will go in but the most likely outcome would be for Orton to go on to challenge Nakamura at SummerSlam.

Low-Blow specialist @ShinsukeN hit a low blow to @JEFFHARDYBRAND before starting the match, after starting the match as officially, Nakamura hit a Kinhasa and become New @WWE United States Champion within 6 seconds. pic.twitter.com/4f2K7X7OXx
— Amazing Spyderman ツ (@amznspyderman) July 17, 2018

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