Sometimes you just need to see two wrestlers in the ring together to feel how their chemistry might play out. The WWE Universe, as the company is so fond of calling it, got to see that last week with LA Knight and Roman Reigns, and it’s going to start to pay off tonight on WWE SmackDown in Milwaukee.
Reigns needs no introduction, of course. Neither does Knight, really, as fans have been clamoring for him to get a pay-per-view slot in line with his ridiculous popularity over the last year or so.
He’s getting exactly that when he faces Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at Crown Jewel the first weekend of November. And if there’s a huge match coming up, wrestling tradition dictates there should be a contract signing on TV not long before.
That takes us back to tonight, when Knight and Reigns are in the ring together to put pen to paper. What will they say when face-to-face again? Will one of them try to get physical? And will new-ish SmackDown GM Nick Aldis prove up to the challenge of keeping things under control?
The other big hook for tonight’s episode involves the ongoing beef between the LWO and the Street Profits. While the Profits still seem like they are trying to prove something to Bobby Lashley, they’ve been picking off LWO members one by one. In Milwaukee, the group will turn to its two highest profile members, Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar, to see if they can put a stop to it.
Later in the afternoon, WWE updated its preview to reveal that John Cena will be in the house to address his recently confirmed Crown Jewel match against Solo Sikoa. And Bianca Belair will be on the show, though we don’t know yet what she’ll be doing.
This is also a great place to remind you that tonight’s show is on FS1, as FOX will be occupied with a little sporting event you may have heard of called the World Series.
Check it out starting at 8 p.m. ET, or hop back here for the latest WWE SmackDown results and updates.