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Jeff Hardy will attempt his first title defense in Saudi Arabia.
On Raw, Jeff Hardy defeated Jinder Mahal for the WWE United States Championship right after Mahal joined Raw during the Superstar Shakeup. The next night, Hardy showed up on Mahal's old brand Smackdown.
Randy Orton had won a number one contender's match the week after WrestleMania 34 and was supposed to face Jinder Mahal at WWE Backlash. When Hardy won the championship, some thought it meant Orton would face Hardy. But, Hardy will have to win against Mahal at The Greatest Royal Rumble event.
WWE announced the United States Championship match on twitter alongside the Universal Championship match.
Two HUGE championship matches are set for #WWEGRR in Saudi Arabia NEXT FRIDAY! #SDLive @WWERomanReigns @BrockLesnar @HeymanHustle @JEFFHARDYBRAND @JinderMahal pic.twitter.com/hXQuBnZh2L
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018
As of right now, both of the WWE mid-card title are being contested at the event in Saudi Arabia an..

Andrade Almas and Zelina Vega are coming to Smackdown.
The former NXT Champion and his business manager were featured in a video package during the Superstar Shakeup episode of Smackdown. Then WWE made it official in the following tweet.
#ElIdolo @AndradeCienWWE and his business manager @Zelina_VegaWWE are heading to #SDLive! #SuperstarShakeup pic.twitter.com/CVsYBwi5lL
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018
After the announcement, Almas made the following statement on Twitter.
El Idolo and La Muñeca have arrived!!! #SmackdownLive ————
— Andrade Cien Almas (@AndradeCienWWE) April 18, 2018
Almas did appear in the 2018 Royal Rumble where he lasted almost thirty minutes but went back to NXT to defend his championship. He lost that title at NXT Takeover: New Orleans to Aleister Black.
The Mexican Luchador has been with WWE since 2016 and before then predominantly wrestled for the Lucha Libre promotion CMLL.
Vega has wrestled in the past and on some NXT house shows but she has not..

Here's the full list of competitors who made the jump to Tuesday night's.
Tonight's SmackDown Live played host to night-two of the 2018 WWE 'Superstar Shake-Up'. There were a number of major players added to the blue-brand. Also, the newly-crowned SmackDown Live Women's Champion Carmella discovered that she now has a slew of new challengers that are gunning for her title.
SmackDown Live's Acquisitions:
* The Miz
* Jeff Hardy
* Sonya Deville
* Mandy Rose
* Samoa Joe
* Big Cass
* Eric Young
* Alexander Wolfe
* Killian Dain
* Asuka
* Karl Anderson
* Luke Gallows
* Cesaro
* Sheamus
* R-Truth
* Andrade “Cien” Almas
* Zelina Vega

Fightful did have live coverage of tonight's SmackDown Live, along with a post-'Superstar Shake-Up' podcast with our very own Sean Ross Sapp, Alex Pawlowski, and Jeff Hawkins. Also, head over to our detailed coverage of night-one of the 2018 WWE 'Superstar Shake-Up' to catch up on what ..

Who will be the first man to attempt to put an end to the “Age Of Alexander”?
At WrestleMania 34 Cedric Alexander realized his dream after months of being on the hunt as he captured the WWE Cruiserweight Championship in a hard-fought battle against Mustafa Ali. Although Cedric would have liked to celebrate his championship victory, a threat to his title immediately arose in the form of “The Best Kept Secret” Buddy Murphy.
Since Murphy's debut on 205 Live he has had to have this weight checked due to him barely being under the 205 weight limit. On tonight's edition of 205 Live Murphy, who was in position to challenge Alexander for the title did not make weight and will have to re-qualify at a later date to return to the brand.
THE BAD NEWS: Unfortunately, @WWE_Murphy was unable to make the 205-pound weight limit; therefore, he must wait for a later date to re-qualify for in-ring competition in the #Cruiserweight division. #205Live pic.twitter.com/eTUq3teS7g
— WWE (@WWE) Ap..

The “dream match” will have a sequel.
Since falling short to AJ Styles at WrestleMania 34 Shinsuke Nakamura has been on a tirade of handing out “low-blows” to “The Phenomenal One”. The sneak attacks continued last night on SmackDown Live as Nakamura delivered another cheap shot to AJ Styles while Styles' attention was locked in on the action in the ring while he was standing on the ring apron during a tag team match.
There will be no more room for “low-blows” come April 27th as “The King Of Strong Style” looks to become WWE Champion. WWE announced via Twitter that at the 'Greatest Royal Rumble' event at the King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, AJ Styles will defend his WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura.
#WWEChampion @AJStylesOrg defends his title against @ShinsukeN in a #WrestleMania rematch at #WWEGRR on April 27! https://t.co/zVHUOB2j54
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018
Fightful will have live coverage of the 'Greatest Royal Rumble..

Tuesday's edition of the WWE Superstar Shakeup saw plenty of changes, and within storyline made Paige look like a GM prodigy. While I'm pretty sure Vince McMahon thinks he stacked the Monday Night Raw roster, Smackdown has all of the potential in the world to be an all-time great television show over the next year. Many expected Finn Balor or Seth Rollins to be the major acquisitions, but what the brand ended up getting has them set up for success.
Much like I did with Raw, let's take a look at what Smackdown Live was able to pull in for Tuesday nights.
The Miz & Maryse- Announced on WWE Raw this week, The Miz is a bonafide main eventer on Smackdown Live, and is where he made his resurgence. Once Daniel Bryan was cleared, WWE had to put Miz on the same brand. There was no other option. The low depths that Miz was able to shovel himself out of to become an indispensable commodity is nothing short of amazing, and Maryse helped add a ton to that act. She may very well be..

Goldberg says he has to be smart about returning to WWE.
Before entering the WWE Hall of Fame, Goldberg came back to WWE in 2016 to feud with Brock Lesnar. He appeared in the Royal Rumble and had three singles matches which lasted less than five minutes each including winning the WWE Universal Championship in a match against Kevin Owens. In an interview with New York Post, Goldberg said he does not need another return match in WWE.
“If I never stepped in the ring again, I’m content, dude. I’m completely at peace. I really am. Would I like to do it again? Who knows. It would have to be the right fit. I’d love to do it again for my son. Let’s be honest. Everybody knows that. But at the end of the day, you have to be smart about it,” said Goldberg.
If the match was not the perfect situation, Goldberg said it may devalue what he has accomplished in the WWE including being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.
The full interview with Goldberg can be found at the New York Pos..

The Book of Booty reflects the New Day's in-ring antics.
Earlier this year, New Day released a new book called The Book of Booty. It is a book for all ages that follows the New Day through their WWE careers so far. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Kofi Kingston said they had thought about a book before being approached by someone else about it.
“We’ve always talked about having a book, detailing our journey, and that’s before the title streak. Then someone came to us and said ‘We want to do a book on you guys,’ and we immediately wondered if we’d accomplished enough to have a book written about us. But the way it came out was amazing,” said Kingston.
Even though the book follows the history of New Day, Kingston said it does so in unique way.
“Our book is not your standard wrestling book or your standard documentation of our history. It’s all in there, but we do it in a real fun way. That’s what we do when we’re in the ring, so this book embodies the New Day,” said ..

Impact Wrestling Hall of Famer Gail Kim recently appeared on the WPW Podcast. You can see highlights below, and the full show above.
Gail Talks About Women Wrestlers Getting Paid Equally:
They put their bodies through the same thing the guys go through. These girls should be getting paid equally. Everyone is an independent contractor, so everyone gets paid differently. So, we don’t really discuss those things amongst ourselves because money is kind of a taboo subject to this day. But, I think if there are two girls that are going to main event a pay-per-view, they should be getting paid the same amount as two guys main eventing. I mean, they are obviously important enough to main event and they are good enough to main event… so they should be getting paid.
Gail Talks About Who She Like To Dream Matches With:
I would have loved to have a proper feud with some of the girls now, Allie, Rosemary, Taya, there are so many great girls. But, of course, you know Charlotte is an amazing a..

Chris Jericho found out about his Casket Match with little notice.
Last week, Rusev was removed from his Casket Match against the Undertaker and replaced by Chris Jericho who has not wrestled in WWE since last July. In an interview with Still Real To Us, Jericho said he found out about the change to the match around the same time it was announced by WWE and said sometimes he has to be ready for such changes in his career.
“I mean that’s kinda how it is when you work in WWE and the wrestling business. The entertainment is all…you learn to roll with the punches and sometimes things that are planned for six-months fall apart. Sometimes things that you never expect to happen with a week’s notice,” said Jericho.
The Casket Match will take place at the Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia. The event will include seven championship matches, a Steel Cage match, and a 50-man Royal Rumble.
Fightful Wrestling will have live coverage and a recapping podcast after the Greatest Roya..