Women’s tag title match, Roman Reigns return set for next WWE SmackDown
A Women’s Tag Team Championship match, the return of Roman Reigns, plus Cameron Grimes vs. Baron Corbin have been added to next week’s WWE SmackDown.
Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez will defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship against Damage CTRL’s Bayley & Dakota Kai on next week’s SmackDown episode. Bayley & Kai defeated Morgan & Rodriguez in a non-title match on Raw this week to set up next week’s contest.
Roman Reigns will appear on WWE programming for the first time since the Raw after WrestleMania on next week’s SmackDown. The Reigns return was added to the show during this week’s episode.
A singles match between new SmackDown draft pick Cameron Grimes and undrafted free agent Baron Corbin has also been added to next week’s episode. The bout was set up with a backstage promo segment during this week’s show.
Already announced for next week are a pair of triple threat matches in the World Heavyweight title tournament, with the winners meeting later in the show’s main event to determine the SmackDown representative in the tournament finals set for Night of Champions.
Next week’s SmackDown lineup:
WWE SmackDown, Friday, May 12 —
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against Damage CTRL’s Bayley & Dakota Kai
- Roman Reigns returns
- Cameron Grimes vs. Baron Corbin
- World Heavyweight Championship tournament first round triple threat match: TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
- World Heavyweight Championship tournament first round triple threat match first round triple threat match: TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
- World Heavyweight Championship tournament second round match: TBD vs. TBD
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