4 Predictions for WWE SmackDown Live: January 24, 2017

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Welcome Back, Mickie James

The mystery has at last been solved as to who the infamous La Luchadora was. She had gotten involved in the championship match, as expected and Becky Lynch was able to pull off the mask. It was revealed to be the former five-time WWE Women’s Champion, Mickie James. After a title match with Asuka at the last NXT Takeover, James is back on the main stage where she belongs. She and Alexa Bliss will likely come out to celebrate Bliss’s title defense last week, which was contested inside a steel cage.

This will be both a celebration for Bliss, but also a welcome back for James, who I am sure will receive quite a pop from the crowd. Lynch now has some unsettled business with the newest edition to the women’s division. A rivalry between Lynch and James will cerement this division on SmackDown. Two of the best in-ring performers the women’s division has seen will make for a great match-up at some point down the road. Sooner rather than later I hope. Both Lynch and Bliss needed a new rival.