Major Spoilers For SmackDown's Superstar Shake-Up
Monday night on Raw, we saw ten huge moves rock the WWE landscape during the 2017 Superstar [...]
Kevin Owens
When Dean Ambrose brought the Intercontinental Championship to Raw, it was a foregone conclusion that Kevin Owens would be bringing his United States Championship with him to Tuesday nights. Considering the US and IC belts are essentially equal in status, neither brand could justify having both of them.
Owens heading to Smackdown opens up some very interesting feuds with AJ Styles, the recently debuting Shinsuke Nakamura and eventually the returning John Cena.
prevnextCharlotte
This one has been rumored for a long time, but with Alexa Bliss gone from SmackDown, the blue brand needed another big name to fill out the Women's division. Even though, Naomi is currently riding high as champion, we can't imagine it will be long before Charlotte grabs hold of her 5th world championship.
prevnextSasha Banks
Sasha will be making a big impact in her hometown of Boston tonight when she jumps to Smackdown. Oddly enough, it looks like we'll never get the Sasha and Bayley feud we were hoping for, but a jump to Smackdown could still allow Sasha to become a heel.
Whatever direction they go with The Boss, hopefully they can manage to keep her and Charlotte away from each other long enough to let them develop chemistry with some of the other stars on the Tuesday night roster.
prevnextSami Zayn
Just as Charlotte and Sasha are destined to fight forever, it seems clear that Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens are fit to do the same now that both are heading to Smackdown. Will Sami finally get the push he deserves on Tuesday nights or will he simply be fodder for the likes of Baron Corbin?
prevnextThe Shining Stars
It appears that the two brands have traded one jobber team for another with Heath Slater and Rhyno moving to Raw and The Shining Stars coming to Smackdown.
Will Puerto Rico's favorite travel agents fare any better against The Usos and American Alpha than they did on Monday nights? Despite being immensely talented, its hard to imagine we'll see anything different from them in terms of booking.
While PWInsider has reported these 5 moves, keep in mind that Monday had 10 big roster changes, leaving room for more moves to follow on tonight's Smackdown Live.
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