WWE Smackville: full card preview and predictions

Within a few hours worth of time, WWE will be holding a televised SmackDown house show live from Nashville, Tennessee appropriately named Smackville.

Not familiar with Smackville? Had no idea that it was happening tonight, or at all for that matter? Don’t worry. You’re not the only one. Hell, a good argument could probably be made that up until a couple of weeks ago, WWE did not even know that Smackville was happening considering they announced it taking place all of two weeks ago. Which probably explains why the last few episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live have featured little to no promotion for the event.

Also, to be fair, it’s not much of an event, at least not in the traditional sense; it’s not a Pay-Per-View live event and WWE probably does not expect us to treat it as such. WWE Smackville is merely a televised house show that – seemingly – WWE decided to televise at the last minute just a couple of weeks ago.

Smackville continues the tradition of previous house show events like Beast in the East, Roadblock (the first one, not the PPV that came out later that same year, for some reason) and The Shield’s Final Chapter as house shows that get televised to bulk up WWE Network content. Which, hey, not saying that that’s a bad thing. If you’ve run through most of its old content in the past five years, the WWE Network could probably use some new content, especially in wake of its new interface.

WWE Smackville could be the answer. In case you need a little convincing before checking it out, here’s a full preview of the card, along with some predictions.