Video: What Happened After SmackDown Live?

Shake shake shake. This week saw the 2018 Superstar Shakeup change things the way things were set up in WWE. A variety of names were switched from Monday Night Raw to SmackDown Live and vice versa in a series of changes that are going to have impacts in WWE for a long time to come. There were however some names who didn’t switch brands and that left us with some interesting prospects. One such prospect took place after the show went off the air this week and featured a bit of a guest star.

Here’s most of the match.

Smackdown Superstar Shake up Dark Match Randy Orton vs Shinsuke Nakamura

This week’s post SmackDown Live/205 Live dark match saw Randy Orton face Shinsuke Nakamura. Orton took over for a good portion of the match and tried the RKO, only to have Nakamura slip out and hit him low for the disqualification. After the match, WWE Champion AJ Styles interfered and chased Nakamura off thanks to the issues the two of them have been having of late. The two have fought before with Nakamura defeating Orton on the September 5, 2017 SmackDown Live.

Miss SmackDown? Here’s what went down.

Opinion: I’m not sure if this is going to move towards a feud between the two of them but at least it’s a fairly fresh match. Nakamura’s heel run is starting to pick up speed and having him face Styles like a real villain would be a nice major story. Orton is still in a weird place, as he’s been for months now. Hopefully he can find something to do in the near future because this really isn’t working at the moment.

Is this a match that interests you? What would make Orton seem fresher? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 26 wrestling books. His latest book is the WWE Grab Bag.

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