WWE SmackDown preview 01/19/24: Roman Reigns, 3 challengers set for contract signing

WWE SmackDown from Atlanta will also see Logan Paul on The KO Show and a women’s tag team title match.

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Those vibrations you feel in the ground? Those are the signs that the Royal Rumble is getting closer. In fact, it’s only eight days out as WWE SmackDown rolls into the ATL that will finalize some of the biggest bouts for St. Petersburg.

Will Roman Reigns try to one up his three-pack of challengers?

Contract signings are tricky to navigate even when it’s a singles match that is on the horizon. For Roman Reigns and three challengers desperate to knock the Tribal Chief off his perch at Royal Rumble? Let’s just say that GM Nick Aldis will have his hands full.

WWE wants us to remember that the last time Reigns was on SmackDown, he was ruining a match between AJ Styles, LA Knight and Randy Orton — which is the reason he’s facing a Fatal Four-Way in the first place. You figure Reigns and The Bloodline aren’t just going to drift peacefully through this segment, so the question is when, not if, it will erupt into chaos.

Update: Aldis announced that along with the contract signing, Orton will also be in action tonight, going up against Solo Sikoa.

Has Kevin Owens flipped the script on Logan Paul?

Logan Paul is used to being the host on Impaulsive, so it’s going to be a little role reversal as he appears as a guest on The KO Show. Considering he’s done nothing but belittle Kevin Owens before and after he won a shot at the United States Championship, this is bound to be a combustible segment.

Can one of these men carve out some rent-free space in the other’s head before Royal Rumble?

Also advertised for WWE SmackDown in Atlanta:

  • Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn challenge WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Katana Chance and Kayden Carter
  • The healthy male members of The LWO, Carlito, Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde, band together to face Santos Escobar, Angel and Humberto

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