WWE SmackDown PREVIEW: Becky Lynch suspension, Elimination Chamber updates, new tag team
SMACKDOWN takes place this Tuesday at the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington and Express Sport take you through everything that will happen.
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Randy Orton vs Mustafa Ali
Randy Orton and Mustafa Ali will fight for the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber on February 17 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
The SmackDown superstars will battle inside the dreaded Elimination Chamber against WWE Champion Daniel Bryan, Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles and Samoa Joe.
But before the brutal encounter Orton and Ali will square off against each other on Tuesday and look to build some momentum heading to the chamber.
Daniel Bryan vs Jeff Hardy
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan will have to defend the WWE Championship against five of SmackDown’s biggest superstars at Elimination Chamber.
But he will have to forget about the upcoming Elimination Chamber Match tomorrow night and focus on overcoming the legendary Jeff Hardy first.
Hardy will look to build some momentum ahead of the brutal matchup and establish himself as an early favourite.
New tag team
Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev suffered a miserable last week as they lost a US Championship Match to R-Truth on the same night.
Truth won the title from Nakamura and then successfully defended it against The Bulgarian Brute a few minutes later.
Rusev and The Artist then teamed up and brutalised the new US Champion.
Ex-RAW Tag Team Champions Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson confronted the two SmackDown superstars asking them to explain the attack.
Gallows and Anderson then challenged them to a match this week which Nakamura accepted.
Becky Lynch suspension
Becky Lynch was suspended by WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon last Monday night on RAW.
Lynch refused to seek medical attention for her injured knee fearing her highly-anticipated RAW Women's Championship Match against Ronda Rousey would be cancelled ahead of WrestleMania 35.
Upon hearing about her suspension The Man snapped and attacked McMahon as well as security personnel.
The Irish Lass Kicker will probably not appear in the show but her rival Charlotte Flair could have plenty to say.