WWE SmackDown Predictions (5/1/2020): Jeff Hardy Will Return as Willow
By Mark Justice
WWE SmackDown is set to take place on May 1, 2020 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT live on FOX with no audience in attendance. The following will preview and predict the major matches and segments that will occur on this episode, where the comeback of Jeff Hardy will be featured.
On this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown, there are four officially scheduled matches: (1) Daniel Bryan vs. King Corbin, (2) Mandy Rose vs. Carmella in a MITB Qualifying Match, and (3) Otis vs. Dolph Ziggler in a MITB Qualifying Match, and (4) The New Day vs. Forgotten Sons.
WWE Money In The Bank 2020 is approaching and there are SmackDown matches that have already been announced for the event: (1) Braun Strowman (c) vs. Bray Wyatt for the Universal Championship, and (2) Bayley (c) vs. Tamina for the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
Based on the rivalries that have been teased on the last two weeks of SmackDown, some other SmackDown matches that could take place at WWE MITB 2020 are: (1) Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville, (2) Sheamus vs. Jeff Hardy, (3) King Corbin vs. Elias, and (4) The New Day (c) vs. Forgotten Sons for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships.
With that being said, it’s now time to preview and predict this week’s WWE SmackDown. To start things off, let’s predict the two MITB Qualifying Matches that are very much tied in with the love storyline involving Otis and Mandy Rose as well as Sonya Deville’s recent betrayal.