WWE SmackDown Predictions: Bianca Belair Will Select Sasha Banks

4.) Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax (c) vs. Riott Squad (w/Billie Kay) [Tag Match]

Now that Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax are the new Women’s Tag Team Champions, they can navigate any brand they want to battle other women’s tag teams. They could revisit their feud with Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott on this episode of SmackDown. As usual, Billie Kay will ‘inadvertently’ yet annoyingly distract Morgan and Riott to cost them a non-title match that could have led to a future women’s tag title opportunity for them.

At some point, Riott Squad will snap on Billie Kay to the point that Kay will need a new tag team partner. It is obvious that joining the Riott Squad would not be in Kay’s best interests. Chelsea Green comes to mind as a possible tag team partner for Kay. When she got injured, she lost her Survivor Series qualifying match to Liv Morgan. Henceforth, it would make sense for Green to have some beef with the Riott Squad during her return from injury.

Prediction: Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax

3.) Big E (c) vs. Apollo Crews vs. Sami Zayn [Intercontinental Championship]

On WWE SmackDown two weeks ago, Sami Zayn ‘stood against moral injustice,’ interfered, and forced a disqualification finish in the Intercontinental Championship match between Big E and Apollo Crews. He and Crews both have a valid reason for an Intercontinental Championship rematch, so Zayn’s interference might have set up a triple threat Intercontinental Championship match at either the Elimination Chamber PPV or this episode of SmackDown.

Now that Crews is allied with The Bloodline, Big E could lose the title to Crews without getting pinned and still remain protected in defeat. However, Zayn is in this match as a buffer to protect both superstars, so E could easily pin Zayn to retain the championship or pin Crews to finally put an end to their feud. Either way, Big E will retain and move forward to WrestleMania to defend his title against Christian, ‘one more match’ that has been teased recently.

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Prediction: Big E