SmackDown! LIVE 4/18 - Who will be Randy Orton's next challenger?
 

PLUS:
• Owens Issues "Face of America Open Challenge"

• How will new arrivals shake up Team Blue's Women's Division

• Will SmackDown!'s newest arrivals continue to impress?

All that and more on SmackDown! LIVE, tonight @8PM EDT/7C, plus 205 LIVE and Talking Smack!

Damn..... just found out that Smackdown is not airing LIVE in Canada today....... playing NHL Playoff game instead......

Smackdown will air tomorrow.......

They're all up for number #1 contenders?

Zigs is always a safe bet. But, I pick Harper.

DON'T CARE HOW I WANT IT NOW!

-Veruca Salt

So over/under on Charlotte having like 4 Smackdown Women's title reigns before the year is over?

I'm thinking Dolph. He's the most compelling option. Sami would also be acceptable.

Under. I'm thinking 1, maybe 2 tops.

I don't know. It's been pretty strange lately with Road Dogg having his hand in creative these days.

That Six Pack Challenge match might be the most random pairings of wrestlers ever.

Charlotte holding the title just looks right.

I want Orton to go heel and Sami to win this 6-pack challenge

Holy hairdo, Natalya.

Why is Ellsworth still around?

I literally was "why is nia Jax here"

We're doing the six pack challenge now?

I'm positive Dolph wont win this.

I'm positive Eric Rowan wont win this.

I'm HIV positive Jinder Mahal wont win this

What's the main event?

I'm positive Mojo wont win this

Sami vs Orton the match we didn't know we wanted

I have no idea who wins this, but it should be Luke Harper

Luke Harper is my pick to win Mojo Riely is my pick to get his legs broken

I can't remember a worse contingent of wwr championship challengers

I cant wait for the Mojo title run to start tonight.

Please don't let Mojo win this...

That's not a big slam. That was a Michinoku Driver.

I miss Mauro...........a lot.

SDL will be dead to me if that happens

Winner is only #1 Contender to Orton or Wyatt, whoever wins the "House of Horrors" match @ Payback.

Sami wins
Bray wins and keeps the belt on RAW so they trade Lesnar to SD and Lesnar murders Sami

Shouldn't be a problem since the Spirit of Zack Ryder is only effective for battle royales.

I would be interested in a one-off ppv match between Orton/Mahal just because I like to give new people a chance.

Smackdown sucks now

They keep saying Backlash i guess.

For a bunch of mid-carders and jobbers, this match ain't so bad.

So, AJ was pissed at Shane because he thought he should be number 1 contender a month or so ago and now he's not even worthy of being in the 6 pack challenge? lol ok

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NAw, they are feeding Braun to Lesnar so he can lose to Roman.at WM

He's #1 us title cobtender

This match is actually pretty good

Jinder almost won lol

Zayne concussed now lol

Orton probably had an internal scream at the thought of Mahal being #1 contender.

Already suffered a concussion with Lesnar before and Mahal's strikes are really bad for someone's health.

I've noticed between both shows lately the refs are getting in bad spots that they're about to get ran over.

Like Mojo almost taking out the ref just now.

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See what roid rage gets you Jinder?

Ouch at Sami landing head first on that flip to Mojo.

I have a sick feeling Jinder is winning this

:eek: Mahal actually won.

What the?

jinder wins!

dear God

Who were the goons?

HOLY SHIT IRON ABS WINS!

Why is Jinder even in that?

Also, lol @ Styles winning a shot at the US title last week and now the losers getting to fight for a shot at the world title.

Bollywood Boyz?

YEAHH JINDER

Jinder should've been hindered!

Bollywood boys

Bollywood World Order

Can't say I saw this one coming

Nice promo from Jinder though. Honestly.

Shane says it best. Smackdown Live is the land of opportunity.

Jinder just got his.

Jinder will not be Hinder'ed now!

I FUCKING LUV SDL its actually unpredictable

Randy Orton: "You fucking kidding me?"

Wait, what? Did Jinder really win??? LOL

bray has been serving jinder all this time! curveball

Ignoring Mahal will cost you

Ahh, another weird/creepy Orton/Wyatt vignette. 👍🙄🙄🙄

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Right. It's 3 weeks after Payback on May 21. Just sayin'. ☺

Did they announce when Jinder gets his shot? There's no way it's on a PPV. I mean... I know with the network, they don't really need to sell the individual PPVs anymore but... there's no way they're gonna try to hype a PPV revolving around Randy Orton vs Jinder Mahal, are they? lol

I'm gonna assume the Smackdown exclusive PPV in May (forgot the name).

I think the US title match is the only thing set in stone. Styles faces Owens or Jericho after Payback.

I am glad to see someone new in the main-event scene, especially someone as unexpected as Mahal

Let's see how he does before we all hate it

Nice rock, Renee.

I dont understand why AJ and Corbin are going for the US Title and not the World?

Suddenly my new dream is to see Nakamura knee Baron Corbin in the face

Is Naka not appearing today? was that video segment it?

I don't need this sold to me I am completely on board

It's a long story.

It involves Bray's rematch clause, Kevin Owen's ego, and someone in creative's stupidity.

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Yeah, they were saying it will happen @ Backlash, which for some reason is now in May instead of late April.

Jinder Mahalics Anonymous

http://www.wwe.com/f/wysiwyg/image/2...yebrow-268.jpg:shifty:

Naomi's entrance is going to give me a seizure

I miss Miss Bliss.

AJ Styles is in the midcard and a lifetime WWE jobber who just debuted on the show last week is fighting for the world title. Is this Smackdown or TNA?

Nice.

I like that people the caliber of AJ Styles want the US belt heres hoping they can do what Miz did for the IC belt

Nevermind the fact that not long ago James Ellsworth was over AF and challenging for the title

Good match so far.

I wonder if owenbrown is there since Louisville is his neck of the woods!

Really good match

Naomi....Im impressed maybe its cause shes working with Flair but still

Great match

Decent match but not a fan of WWE's bad habit of challenger beating the champ just to get a future title shot.

The champion losing non-title matches is one of WWE's stalest booking habits over the past 15 years.

no

Nice win, female David Flair