WWE SmackDown Live Preview: October 11, 2016

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More No Mercy Fallout

One of the headlines flying around on Sunday prior to No Mercy was that Becky Lynch would be unable to compete due to a non-ring related medical condition. Lynch’s first ever title defense has now been delayed. It has not yet been disclosed as to the extent of the injury’condition, but it should be addressed on SmackDown tonight. Alexa Bliss would then face Naomi on the main card of the pay-per-view. Naomi would ultimately defeat the number one contender for Lynch’s title. Will Bryan and McMahon decided to make the next title defense a triple threat or have these two ladies duke it out to decide? Carmella and Nikki Bella too, settled their differences in a match which had the veteran, Bella come out victorious.

Heath Slater and Rhyno were able to prevail at No Mercy and defend their SmackDown Tag Team Championships for a second time. They again beat the Usos this weekend, so likely SmackDown will look to find new number one contenders very soon. I would personally like to see a fatal four-way match between the core four tag teams on the SmackDown brand. This type of match-up will surely call for lots of action, which fans would love to see. The last time we witnessed a high stakes tag team match-up such as that, was SummerSlam 2015. Bodies will be flying all throughout the ring if this is what SmackDown elects to do.

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Kurt Hawkins made his in-ring debut at No Mercy, but did not wrestle, which was odd, to say the least. Instead, this proved to be a waste of time as he announced he would make his wrestling debut tonight on SmackDown. Why hype it up so much, just to have him tell the fans they have to wait two more days to see him in action? Regardless, we will see Hawkins make a return to WWE tonight, but against who remains to be seen? We should expect another great episode of SmackDown this week as the fallout from No Mercy continues.