Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s reside protection for “WWE SmackDown” on January 3, 2025, coming to you reside from the Footprint Middle in Phoenix, Arizona within the premiere of the brand new three hour format of the present!
Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso will likely be becoming a member of forces with Sami Zayn to tackle Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, and Tama Tonga of The Bloodline in the primary occasion of tonight’s present. The problems between the six males have remained no secret over the course of the previous few weeks, with tensions working excessive between them as they’ve encountered every one other in a collection of assaults and matches.
Nia Jax will likely be placing the WWE Girls’s Championship on the road in opposition to considered one of her longtime rivals, Naomi. Not solely did Naomi beforehand unsuccessfully problem Jax for her title on the November 15 episode of “SmackDown”, however Naomi and Bianca Belair retained their WWE Girls’s Tag Staff Championship in opposition to Jax and Candice LeRae on December 20 earlier than the previous two girls and Bayley defeated the latter two girls and Stratton throughout final week’s version of the present.
Shinsuke Nakamura will likely be competing in a WWE ring for the primary time since retaining his United States Championship in opposition to LA Knight at WWE Survivor Collection: WarGames as he collides with Andrade in a non-title match. Nakamura and Andrade have had no scarcity of points with each other over the course of the previous few weeks, with the previous defeating the latter in one other non-title match on the November 29 episode of “SmackDown”.
