Randy Orton vs. Shinsuke Nakamura announced for next week on SmackDown

Next week’s SmackDown Live episode will see Randy Orton face Shinsuke Nakamura in a No. 1 Contender’s match for the WWE Championship.The match was announced via Twitter and will mark the first time that Orton and Nakamura will compete in singles action.

The announcement of this match seems to be following a trend from the company that gives big matches away at lesser shows.wwe post ad code
The trend was set back in March when AJ Styles and Orton competed in a No. 1 Contender’s match for Bray Wyatt’s WWE Championship, only for the WrestleMania match between Wyatt and Orton to be highly disappointing.

The second time this occurred was a few weeks ago when Nakamura faced Cena in a No. 1 Contender’s match to challenge Mahal at SummerSlam.

Monday Night Raw seems to be operating on a similar trend with Cena vs. Reigns being announced for No Mercy despite the opinion of many wrestling fans and WWE officials that it was a WrestleMania caliber match.

WWE Live Results (7/30/17) Saginaw, MI: Street Fight Main Event

WWE Live Saginaw Results

Baron Corbin defeated Sami Zayn.

AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens to retain his US Title

Sin Cara and Luke Harper defeated Aiden English and Erick Rowan.

Samoa Joe defeated Tye Dillinger.

The New Day defeated The Usos and Breezango to retain their SmackDown Tag Team Titles.

SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte defeated Tamina Snuka, Carmella, and Nattie.

Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura defeated WWE World Champion Jinder Mahal and Dolph Ziggler.

John Cena defeated Rusev in a Saginaw Street Fight.