WWE SmackDown Live Preview: November 8, 2016

Survivor Series is just a few weeks away, as SmackDown Live will look to continue filling out their teams to take on Raw.

The Survivor Series match card has been filling up over the past couple of weeks. SmackDown Live will look to continue the formation of their teams to defeat Raw at the most anticipated Survivor Series pay-per-view in recent memory. SmackDown has a great episode in store this week, which will feature Becky Lynch putting her SmackDown Women’s Championship on the line against Alexa Bliss. Before we get into this week’s episode, however, let’s recap what happened last week.

The show opened up with James Ellsworth looking to apologize to Dean Ambrose for costing him his shot at becoming number one contender for AJ Styles’ WWE World Championship. Ambrose was accepting of his apology before Styles had taken them both out in the middle of the ring. SmackDown GM, Daniel Bryan would ultimately grant The Lunatic Fringe another shot to become number one contender in the main event. Ambrose would take full advantage with the aid of Ellsworth as a distraction in the end.

Intercontinental Champion, Dolph Ziggler would put his title on the line last week in an open challenge. The debuting Curt Hawkins would answer the challenge and make his in-ring debut. This match was short lived however, as Ziggler super-kicked Hawkins into next week for the victory just as the match got underway. American Alpha and the Uso brothers were able to qualify for the tag team elimination match at Survivor Series last week as well. Now, let’s see what is in store for this week’s episode of SmackDown.