Rusev defeated Jinder Mahal, Kofi Kingston and Zack Ryder to earn a shot against Bobby Roode’s United States Championship on next week’s episode of SmackDown Live.

Mark your .

NEXT TUESDAY is #RusevDay as @RusevBUL will challenge @REALBobbyRoode for the #USTitle on #SDLive! pic.twitter.com/XLUZRThiel

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 31, 2018

Also confirmed for next week’s show is Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn with the winner getting an opportunity at the WWE Championship Title at WWE Fastlane.

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Bobby Roode vanquished Jinder Mahal in the finals of the United States Championship tournament. He outlasted seven other men to walk away victorious. It’s a brave new world for Roode.

Who will be next to face the Glorious One? Who will step to him and demand a shot at the star-spangled gold? Here are some bold predictions.

Dolph Ziggler

We’ve still not seen good ol’ Dolph Ziggler rear his head after seemingly vacating the US Championship. In fact, even commentary doesn’t mention him too much. They’ll just say the title is vacant and there’s a tournament for it. It’s kind of funny.

I don’t really think that Ziggles is coming back for the US Championship. I don’t even know if he’s coming back at all. Should he do that, then I think he and Bobby Roode could have some good matches. Their 2/3 Falls match last year was actually pretty good. If their matches are like that, then it should be fine.

I think that maybe Roode should retain against Dolph Ziggler should he return. Having Dolph win would be interesting, but the Glorious One is on the rise and the title is what he needs right now to cement his spot.

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Bobby Roode defeated Jinder Mahal in the finals of the United States Championship tournament on tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live to be crowned the new US Champion.

Our NEW #USChampion is nothing less than #GLORIOUS!!! #AndNew #USTitle #SDLive @REALBobbyRoode pic.twitter.com/k7WtbVyEsK

— WWE (@WWE) January 17, 2018

The match was originally scheduled to take place on next week’s show, however WWE did an angle after Roode defeated Mojo Rawley to set up the match on tonight’s show.

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Bobby Roode will face Jinder Mahal on next week’s episode of SmackDown Live. The winner of that match will be crowned the new WWE United States Championship title. Roode defeated Mojo Rawley and Jinder Mahal defeated Xavier Woods to earn the opportunity at the championship.

Update: Daniel Bryan announced after Roode’s victory that the new United States Champion will be crowned on tonight’s show.

The #USTitle Tournament Finals transpiring tonight? Now, THAT calls for a YES! chant! #SDLive @REALBobbyRoode @WWEDanielBryan @JinderMahal @SinghBrosWWE pic.twitter.com/QCasK3MvAm

— WWE (@WWE) January 17, 2018

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WWE announced that Nia Jax will team with Apollo Crews for the upcoming Mixed Match Challenge series.

Here is the updated list of teams for the show:

* Bobby Roode & Charlotte
* Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss
* Finn Balor & Sasha Banks
* Rusev & Lana
* Jimmy Uso & Naomi
* Apollo Crews & Nia Jax

Mixed Match Challenge kicks off on Tuesday, January 16th directly after SmackDown Live on Facebook Watch.

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WWE announced that Sasha Banks will team with Finn Balor for the upcoming Mixed Match Challenge series.

Are you ready for the team of @FinnBalor and @SashaBanksWWE?! @RealKurtAngle has revealed #RAW's next dynamic duo for @WWE Mixed Match Challenge! #WWEMMC pic.twitter.com/jrdAOkiVG2

— WWE (@WWE) January 4, 2018

Here is the updated list of teams for the show:

* Bobby Roode & Charlotte
* Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss
* Finn Balor & Sasha Banks

Mixed Match Challenge kicks off on Tuesday, January 16th directly after SmackDown Live on Facebook Watch.

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Edge and Christian welcome Dolph Ziggler to the show.

Ziggler talks about receiving a Spinebuster from Arn Anderson at WWE’s recent Starrcade event. He says that he was told weeks in advance that he’d be working with Bobby Roode at that event, but he didn’t get his hopes up because he assumed those plans would change as the event drew nearer. Luckily, those plans stuck and he and Roode were given enough time to tear the house down.

He cut a promo with Ric Flair earlier in the night which was a really cool moment for him, but Arn Anderson’s involvement in their match made the night extremely memorable. Anderson was the special guest enforcer for the match and at the end of the bout he delivered a classic Spinebuster to Ziggler, which was a moment he’ll never forget.

He jokes that he’s a bitter old man at this point and there isn’t much within the wrestling business that gets him excited anymore, but that night was filled with one memorable moment after another. There was a special feeling in the air the entire day, with legends like The Rock N Roll Express, Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair all walking around the backstage area prior to the event.

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Block 1:

A listener calls into the show and mentions that he was excited to see A.J. Styles defeat Jinder Mahal to claim the WWE Title on Smackdown Live this week, but at the same time, he hopes Mahal doesn’t fall back down into a mid-card role now. Taz says he really doubts that’s going to happen because WWE has invested too much television time and money into Mahal to let him slip back into a mid-card role.

Taz points out that James Storm has reportedly left Impact Wrestling, and he thinks there’s definitely a possibility that we could see Storm back in WWE. He’s not sure what happened during Storm’s recent, short run in NXT, but he thinks there’s a chance that Storm could have another opportunity in WWE.

As for the rumours that Storm should team up with Bobby Roode and re-form Beer Money, Taz doesn’t think that’s going to happen. He says that Roode has had a great singles run since signing in NXT and then transitioning to the main roster. Roode has a great singles gimmick right now, and there’s simply no need to team these guys back up.

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We reported last week that Kurt Angle would be returning to the ring for a future match at one of the big four pay-per-view events — Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, WrestleMania or SummerSlam.

PWInsider reports that the plan of this afternoon is for Angle to return to the ring as the team leader of the RAW brand at Survivor Series next month. Finn Balor, Roman Reigns, Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman are expected to be on Angle’s team for the traditional 5 vs. 5 elimination match. They will take on the SmackDown team of Shane McMahon, Randy Orton, Bobby Roode, AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura.

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Ross informs that his book, “Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling” is now available wherever books are sold. This has been a long, interesting journey for him with a lot of twists and turns. The initial co-author, Scott E. Williams, passed suddenly away as they were in the middle of the project, and Ross’ wife, Jan, passed suddenly away as he was cluing up the project several months ago.

After his wife died he almost halted the project but he’s glad he changed his mind and decided to continue work on the book; he thought he owed that to both Williams and his wife. He’s very proud of the finished product and he can’t wait for his fans all around the world to read it.

Ross says he’s very much looking forward to Hell in A Cell this coming Sunday. He thinks this is a very deep card, and there are multiple matches that should be potential show-stealers. The Tag Team Championship match will take place inside Hell in A Cell, and Ross feels this definitely has a good chance to steal the show.

He suspects Jinder Mahal will emerge victorious in his WWE Title match against Nakamura, and he’s looking forward to the Baron Corbin/A.J. Styles match. He points out that Corbin’s about to enter the ring with the best in the business so he urges Corbin to bring his ‘A’ game and listen to Styles in the ring. He also thinks Dolph Ziggler and Bobby Roode are set to have a great match, and he feels the only way this match will fail is if the live audience starts to crap on it for some reason.

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