The idea of a season premiere for WWE programming has always struck us as a funny one. Does something have a season if it runs 52 weeks a year with no breaks except very occasionally when a show falls on, say, Christmas? We’d say no, but WWE disagrees, and it is says tonight is the season premiere of SmackDown, then by golly it is.
One good thing about giving an episode that name is that it tends to load it up, and such is the case with tonight’s edition. We haven’t seen the Tribal Chief and holder of the company’s two biggest titles, Roman Reigns, in quite some time. But he’ll be on hand tonight in Tulsa.
Recent events suggest that he’s needed. The Bloodline is in rougher shape than it’s been in for some time, with Solo Sikoa the only dependable blood relative he has left. Jey Uso has left for Raw and turned face, and while Jimmy Uso has attempted to work his way back into the group’s good graces, he and Sikoa lost to John Cena and LA Knight at Fastlane. Reigns won’t be pleased about that, for starters, and there are rumblings that he might look to take care of Cena personally at Crown Jewel.
Did we mention that Cena is being advertised for SmackDown tonight as well? That could certainly be significant.
On top of that, The Game, Triple H, will be making an appearance in Tulsa too. We have no idea what he has in store, but considering he’s the man making the plans behind the scenes, a special announcement of some sort is definitely possible.
Or maybe he just wants to gloat about NXT this week, who knows?
In any case, the WWE SmackDown season premiere figures to be one worth watching. Check it out on FOX, beginning at 8 p.m. ET.