There’s only one Uso left on WWE SmackDown, and his name is Jimmy Uso.
With Jey off to Raw, Jimmy is holding it down on Friday nights. But his actions last week confused the heck out of many, including Solo Sikoa, so the question of where his loyalties lie is still an open one.
In the meantime, he certainly didn’t make any friends with AJ Styles by interfering in AJ’s match with Solo, so now they’re going to settle their differences in the most-time honored way, inside the ring in Boston. Keep an eye on whether Sikoa repays the “favor” Jimmy did him or simply wanders down to ringside with Paul Heyman to keep an eye on things.
(On a related note, might the person who was “traded” for Jey arrive on SmackDown tonight?)
There’s drama unfolding in the women’s division as well. Bayley is still being haunted by Shotzi, though it appeared the Role Model had the Ballsy Badass exactly where she wanted her last week until the arrival of Charlotte Flair to prevent the rest of Damage CTRL from lending a hand.
Bayley will have to face both Shotzi and Flair tonight in Boston, but at least she’ll have the WWE Women’s Champion, IYO SKY, as a partner. That’s about as good as it gets.
This feels like the type of show for which WWE may announce more matches or segments during the day on Friday, but for now it’s just these two. It’s possible that having some of the roster in India for Superstar Spectacle is affecting plans somewhat, but we’ll update this post with whatever else might be revealed ahead of the show.
Update: What do you know? We were right about WWE adding more matches as the day went on, as new tag team champions Damian Priest and Finn Balor of The Judgment Day will take on Butch and Ridge Holland of The Brawling Brutes.
SmackDown is live from TD Garden in Boston at 8 p.m. ET on FOX, and we’ll be bringing you live results and updates as it happens tonight.