Official “Smackdown Live” Preview – January 23, 2018

It’s not an anniversary but maybe it’ll do. The last few weeks of “Smackdown Live” haven’t been the best in the world but there’s not much time to get to the point with Sunday’s “2018 Royal Rumble” being less than six days away. There’s one last episode of the show to get through though and hopefully it’s a bit better.

WWE.com has released its official preview for tonight’s episode of “Smackdown Live”. This is the go home show for the “2018 Royal Rumble” and with most of the card already being set in stone, tonight is likely to be a lot of final pushes for Sunday’s pay per view. Here are the stories previewed for tonight:

Will the “Yep!” Movement be out in full force?

AJ Styles has a message for "Kami": SmackDown LIVE, Jan. 16, 2018

New U.S. Champion Bobby Roode teams with New Day to battle Mahal and Rusev Day

Relive Bobby Roode's journey to the United States Championship: Exclusive, Jan. 22, 2018

Naomi looks for payback against Riott Squad’s Liv Morgan

Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch & Naomi vs. The Riott Squad: SmackDown LIVE, Jan. 16, 2018

Who will gain momentum heading into the 2018 Royal Rumble event?

Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura enter the 2018 Royal Rumble Match: SmackDown LIVE, Dec. 26, 2017

Jey Uso and Chad Gable battle in one-on-one competition

The Usos vs. Gable & Benjamin - SmackDown Tag Team Title Match: SmackDown LIVE, Jan. 2, 2017

Opinion: Normally I would say it has to be better than this week’s “Monday Night Raw” but that might be giving “Smackdown” way too much credit as of late. There’s a lot of potential on the show but at the same time the execution has been so poor, especially with the battle of the bosses taking up so much TV time.

Are you looking forward to this week’s show? Who do you expect to be added to the Royal Rumble? Let us know in the comments below.