Monday night on Raw, we saw ten huge moves rock the WWE landscape during the 2017 Superstar Shake-Up. The red brand stacked up on some major talent, including the acquisition of the Intercontinental Championship, two former Women’s Champions and former Tag Team Champions.
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While it appeared that all of the biggest WWE stars were suddenly on Raw, tonight’s SmackDown Live in Boston will give the blue brand a chance to restack their roster with some of the biggest stars from Raw.
While most any of the Raw stars are available to be moved, it appears we only knew for certain that Seth Rollins would be staying put, as well as the Universal and Tag Team Champions (the belts are red, so…).
Thanks to a report on PWInsider Elite, we now know 5 major spoilers to expect from the final round of the Shake-Up. Smackdown will be picking up a few former champions of their own as well as some stars who could simply use a change of scenery. Many of these names could help keep the blue brand as the must-see TV show it quickly became after 2016’s brand split.
If you don’t mind spoilers (and clearly you don’t), click Start Slideshow to find out which Raw superstars will be showing up on Smackdown tonight.
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.ย
Owens heading to Smackdownย opens up some very interesting feuds with AJ Styles, the recently debuting Shinsuke Nakamuraย and eventually the returning John Cena.ย
Charlotte
This one has been rumored for a long time, but with Alexaย 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.ย
Sasha 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 Sashaย and Bayleyย feud we were hoping for, but a jump to Smackdownย could still allow Sashaย to become a heel.ย
Whatever direction they go with The Boss, hopefully they can manage to keepย 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.ย
Sami Zayn
Just as Charlotte and Sasha are destined to fight forever, it seems clear that Samiย Zayn and Kevin Owens are fit to do the same now that both are heading to Smackdown. Will Samiย finally get the push he deserves on Tuesday nights or will he simply be fodder for the likes of Baron Corbin?ย
The Shining Stars
It appears that the two brands have traded one jobber team for another with Heath Slater and Rhynoย moving to Raw and The Shining Stars coming to Smackdown.ย
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 PWInsiderย 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 Smackdownย Live.ย
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