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Two Huge Matches Announced For Next Week's Episode Of WWE Smackdown

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WWE has confirmed that two huge matches will take place on next week's episode of Smackdown.

First, the newly crowned WWE Women's Champion, Tiffany Stratton, will make her first title defense against Bayley. Bayley defeated Nia Jax, Bianca Belair and Naomi in a fatal four-way match on this week's episode of the show to earn her shot at the title.

The number one contender fatal four-way was an impromptu showdown after Jax, Belair, and Naomi all confronted Tiffany Stratton with claims that they were the rightful next challenger for her and her championship. In the end, Bayley was able to pin Naomi to win the match.

Stratton cashed in her Money in the Bank contract on last week's episode of Smackdown. After befriending Nia Jax, Stratton turned on her and took her WWE Women's Championship.

Also on next week's Smackdown, the Motor City Machine Guns will challenge Los Garza with the winner earning at shot at the WWE Tag Team Championships. Currently, Tomasso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano hold those titles. Gargano and Ciampa defeated Motor City Machine guns to win them on a recent episode of Smackdown.

On this week's Smackdown, Motor City Machine Guns defeated A-Town Down Under in a tag team match. The long-tenured tag team debuted for WWE earlier this fall.

WWE is about to be on the official Road To WrestleMania with the Royal Rumble just three weeks away. The Royal Rumble event takes place inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. So far, three matches are announced including both the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches and Kevin Owens vs. Cody Rhodes in a Ladder Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship.

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Zack Heydorn
ZACK HEYDORN

Zack Heydorn has been covering the pro wrestling industry for a decade and writes news, features, and interviews for The Takedown On SI. He also hosts and cohosts a variety of WWE and AEW shows on YouTube. Heydorn is a former Assistant Editor of PWTorch and Managing Editor of SEScoops. Zack is also the author of the Hybrid Shoot book Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin, which is available on Amazon. You can follow Zack on X and Bluesky.

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