WWE Friday Night Smackdown preview and schedule: June 10, 2022

Riddle
will
be
there
on
the
show
to
claim
a
title
shot
and
so
will
Lacey
Evans
to
make
her
in-ring
return
after
a
hiatus
of
more
than
a
year.
Alongside
this,
Ricochet
will
put
his
Intercontinental
Title
on
the
line
against
a
former
NXT
UK
Champion.

Plus,
a
new
stable
could
start
forming
on
the
June
10
episode
of
Friday
Night
Smackdown
that
emanates
from
the
Raising
Cane’s
River
Center
in
Baton
Rouge,
Louisiana.

Riddle
is
on
a
crusade
against
The
Bloodline
over
the
past
couple
of
months.
Even
without
any
partner
(namely
Randy
Orton
or
Shinsuke
Nakamura)
backing
him
up,
he
will
dare
to
travel
to
Smackdown
to
demand
a
championship
match
from
the
Undisputed
WWE
Universal
Champion
Roman
Reigns
knowing
that
The
Usos
would
be
lurking
in
to
pounce
on
him.

The
challenge
was
first
issued
on
this
past
Monday’s
Raw
during
his
appearance
on
Miz
TV.
Riddle
was
mocked
by
The
Miz
for
getting
beaten
up
by
The
Bloodline
on
a
regular
basis.
In
response,
The
Original
Bro
vowed
to
take
The
Tribal
Chief’s
title.

“I
am
tired
of
fighting
Roman’s
minions
week
after
week,”
Riddle
said
in
his
promo.
“I
wanna
tell
Roman
that
I
wanna
fight
that
tribal
piece
of
trash.
Since
the
Head
of
the
Table
thinks
it’s
cool
to
take
my
friend
Randy
Orton
out,
I’m
gonna
take
something
from
him.
I’m
gonna
take
the
Undisputed
Universal
Championship
from
him.”

Then
on
Raw
Talk,
Riddle
confirmed
that
he
was
coming
on
Smackdown
in
search
of
Roman
Reigns
to
which
Paul
Heyman
reacted
by
saying
that
there
could
be
repercussions
for
rebels
like
him
on
The
Head
of
the
Table’s
‘island
of
relevancy.’

It
should
be
noted
that
Riddle
vs.
Roman
Reigns
was
previously
planned
for
Money
in
the
Bank
2022.
But
with
the
latter’s
recent
absence
from
Smackdown,
the
match
has
reportedly
been
scrapped
from
the
PLE.
More
on
the
story
should
unfold
after
Riddle
progresses
the
championship
angle,
tonight.

NEXT
WEEK
on

#SmackDown@KingRicochet
defends
the

#ICTitle
against

@Gunther_AUT!

pic.twitter.com/eEPc48bQGQ

—
WWE
(@WWE)

June
4,
2022

Speaking
of
titles,
Intercontinental
Champion
Ricochet
will
defend
his
belt
on
WWE
SmackDown
against
Gunther
(fka
former
WWE
NXT
UK
Champion
WALTER).
Despite
getting
trolled
over
his
name
change,
the
UK-native
challenger
has
run
rampant
over
the
blue
brand
competition
since
his
main
roster
debut.

On
the
May
27
episode
of
Smackdown,
Gunther
and
Ludwig
Kaiser
defeated
Ricochet
and
Drew
Gulak
in
a
tag
team
bout
after
crossing
paths
with
the
duo
on
a
few
occasions.
This
set
up
the
title
match
and
given
Gunther’s
protected
status
on
TV,
tonight
could
mark
his
maiden
title
win
on
the
main
roster.

Last
week,
Natalya
emerged
victorious
in
a
Six-Pack
Challenge
that
also
involved
Shotzi,
Aliyah,
Shayna
Baszler,
Xia
Li,
and
Raquel
Rodriguez
to
become
the
next
challenger
to
Rousey’s
title.

Aliyah
was
late
to
enter
that
bout
as
Shotzi
locked
her
up
in
the
female
locker
room
and
hence
she
could
never
focus
on
the
match.
The
woman
with
the
quickest
win
in
WWE
history
isn’t
giving
up
her
own
title
opportunity
as
she
is
focused
on
seeking
revenge
against
Shotzi.

As
announced
on
last
week’s
SmackDown,
Max
Dupri
(fka
LA
Knight
of
WWE
NXT
roster)
will
reveal
the
first
client
of
his
Maximum
Male
Models
stable.
There’s
no
update
on
which
superstar
was
handpicked
by
him
but
over
on
dark
segments,
he’s
managing
the
likes
of
Mansoor
and
former
RETRIBUTION
faction
member,
Mace.

.@LaceyEvansWWE
returns
to

#SmackDown
NEXT
WEEK!

pic.twitter.com/GruZJdd084

—
WWE
(@WWE)

June
4,
2022

Lacey
Evans
has
made
her
return
to
WWE
television
following
Wrestlemania
38
but
her
in-ring
return
has
been
delayed.
She
was
originally
planning
to
compete
for
the
first
time
in
almost
one
and
a
half
years
during
the
go-home
Raw
for
Hell
in
a
Cell
2022
but
NASCAR
race
Grand
Marshall
duties
prevented
her
from
doing
so.

Now,
WWE
has
switched
her
back
on
Smackdown
from
Raw
and
her
in-ring
return
is
being
promoted
for
tonight.
Her
opponent
will
be
Xia
Li
in
a
Money
in
the
Bank
qualifier
capacity.

This
would
mark
the
first
match
for
Evans
since
the
February
15,
2021
episode
of
Raw,
where
she
and
Peyton
Royce
lost
to
Asuka
and
Charlotte
Flair
in
a
tag
team
match.