7/26 WWE Smackdown Pre-Show Updates – New #1 contender, Cena teases “something big,” PPV fallout

Pre-Show Updates: WWE Smackdown GM Daniel Bryan hyped the following items for Smackdown.

• Miz TV with a former WWE World Hvt. champion
• Becky Lynch vs. Natalya
• #1 contendership situation for Dean Ambrose’s WWE World Title

Update: WWE will determine the next #1 contender to Dean Ambrose’s WWE World Title Tuesday night on Smackdown Live.

Tonight on #SDLive, @WWEDanielBryan and I will name a new #1Contender to @TheDeanAmbrose @WWE World Championship. #TuneIn #TheMoneyShow

— Shane McMahon (@shanemcmahon) July 26, 2016

Update: John Cena is teasing “something big in store” for the official start of the Smackdown Live series Tuesday night on USA Network.

#Raw brought their a-game last night but I know @shanemcmahon and @WWEDanielBryan have something big in store for #SmackdownLive tonite!

— John Cena (@JohnCena) July 26, 2016

WWE Smackdown Live Preview 7/26

WWE begins a new era for the Smackdown brand centered on WWE World Hvt. champion Dean Ambrose.

Authority figures Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan will be looking to determine Ambrose’s next big title challenger after Ambrose cleared The Shield Sunday night at the Battleground PPV.

Plus, A.J. Styles and John Cena will be continuing their issue on the Smackdown brand. Cena pinned Styles in a six-man tag match at Battleground, setting up a re-match scenario on TV or Summerslam.

Smackdown also has the services of Randy Orton, who called out Brock Lesnar at Battleground on Sunday. Orton is advertised for Smackdown, which would be his main WWE TV debut this year.

Also advertised for the Smackdown taping are Bray Wyatt and Raw roster members Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.

For the live crowd in Buffalo, N.Y., WWE is advertising a bonus main event of Cena & Ambrose & Reigns vs. Styles & Rollins & Wyatt in a six-man tag match.

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Smackdown Live Schedule

• 7:30 p.m. EST: New Smackdown pre-show on WWE Network
• 8:00 p.m. EST: Two-hour Smackdown Live on USA Network