WWE SmackDown 5 Takeaways: Added Guest Ref Shakes Up The Clash

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1. Daniel Bryan Added as Second Guest Referee Makes Clash of Champions Match More Unpredictable

A marquee tag team match at Clash of Champions could greatly affect the course of Tuesday nights, but an added dimension to the match could affect that course even greater moving forward.

It was announced that Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn will battle Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura at Clash of Champions and if Owens and Zayn lose, they will be fired from the entire WWE.  But the caveat was SmackDown commissioner Shane McMahon will be the special guest referee to continue his heated battle with Owens and Zayn.

But last night’s SmackDown saw the addition of a rare second guest referee in SmackDown GM Daniel Bryan.  Bryan and Shane O’Mac haven’t seen eye to eye on the KO and Zayn picture at all times and many believe a big splash is coming storyline wise at Clash of Champions one way or another.  And Bryan’s late addition in last night’s main event as a guest referee teased he could be in the favor of Owens and Zayn.

Regardless of what happens at the pay-per-view, having Bryan as a second guest referee raises the unpredictability to another level.  There are even more possibilities as to what could happen now and in wrestling, that’s what fans want is unpredictability.  Will Bryan turn on Shane?  Will Shane somehow turn on Bryan?  Will Orton or Nakamura play a big role?

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All of these questions will be answered at Clash of Champions in the next chapter of the Owens and Zayn feud against Shane O’Mac.