WWE SmackDown Live Preview: 13th November 2018

"The Man" took charge on Monday Night RAW

If you're caught up with Monday Night RAW, then you know that this may be one of the most exciting episodes of SmackDown Live in a while. Survivor Series is always an exciting time because of the crossovers but what happened on RAW will definitely make you tune in tonight.

For starters, Becky Lynch led an invasion against RAW, first attacking the RAW Women's Champion Rowdy Ronda Rousey. This led to her beginning a charge towards the women of RAW, only for the women of the red brand to get ambushed by team blue.

The crowd chanted "This is awesome" and SmackDown Live got a little advantage heading into Survivor Series. Last week on SmackDown, the teams were made official (except for one) and the build began. Daniel Bryan, however, didn't seem to get along with his teammates very well. Here's what you need to look forward to on SmackDown Live tonight.


Can the Men's Survivor Series team get on the same page?

Miz pulls Bryan away.

The weirdest thing happened last week. Daniel Bryan and The Miz after being named co-captains actually started getting along and it got so weird that even they acknowledged it. However, after Samoa Joe cemented his place as the final member of team SmackDown Live, he taunted Bryan, who retaliated. Even The Miz, who tried to act as peacemaker was pushed away.

Shane McMahon ran in to try to calm the storm but wound up getting hit with a judo throw from Bryan. Bryan left the arena as Shane and The Miz looked at each other, wondering what on earth is going on.

With less than a week left to Survivor Series, will Bryan able to calm down and see cooler heads prevail, or will the tensions continue?

Charlotte Flair to take her place on team SmackDown?

Will Charlotte Flair take her place as captain?
Will Charlotte Flair take her place as captain?

A couple of weeks ago, Charlotte Flair was offered the role of Survivor Series Women's Team captain by General Manager Paige. Charlotte didn't really give a definite answer and last week, she didn't even appear!

Regardless, Paige named the SmackDown team, which is Asuka, Naomi, Sonya DeVille, Carmella and Charlotte Flair. However, instead of Charlotte appearing, it was Mandy Rose who appeared, trashing Paige for not giving her the spot instead and even teasing a bit of tension with Sonya DeVille, her sole ally.

Where was Charlotte last week? We saw her in the invasion last night on RAW, so surely she's going to come out and address what happened last week. Frankly speaking, there's no better option than The Queen to lead the Survivor Series team and last year, she proved it by beating Alexa Bliss in a Champion vs Champion match.

Who will complete the SmackDown Tag Team squad?

The Usos immediately address The New Day after their win, saying, “There ain’t no SmackDown tag team division without The Usos and The New Day.”

It's hard to imagine the SmackDown Tag Team division without The Usos and The New Day. Last week, they went to war with captaincy on the line and like on many different occasions, The Usos proved to be the better team.

However, the Samoan brothers paid respect to The New Day after the match, acknowledging the fact that many a time, they've both been to hell and back. As a token of respect, they told The New Day that they were the first recruits in the tag team squad for SmackDown Live.

Now three teams are left to be added and it's going to be really interesting to see who gets the remaining spots. Sanity should be a no-brainer for this one. With that being said, it's not unbias to say that SmackDown Live has a far superior tag team division.

Even if you look at the RAW team, it's quite obvious that they're lacking in depth. It's a must-win for SmackDown Live and frankly speaking, it should be an easy one.

How will RAW respond to the invasion?

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The blue brand made the first strike like last year and if you've been watching WWE for a while, you know that Stephanie McMahon won't take the humiliation and sit back. Last year we saw an incredible retaliation by RAW and there's a high, high chance that it's going to be repeated this year and not only do Shane McMahon and Paige know this, but the rest of the roster knows this as well.

We could see the SmackDown debut of Ronda Rousey as well!


SmackDown's line of defence

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It's going to be really interesting to see how SmackDown reacts to a potential invasion. Instead of using measly security (WWE really can't seem to get good security for some reason), it's better that they use the superstars not being utilised in Survivor Series this weekend.

We're predicting an invasion but what if this time around, it's an unsuccessful one? We've hardly ever seen that before!


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