If Roman Reigns is there, Jimmy and Jey Uso are close. It is a maxim that is always fulfilled, and it is that the ‘Tribal Chief’ rarely does not have his cousins ’at hand’. This Friday, on SmackDown, the same thing happened again. The brothers were the ones who opened the show. They presented a fight to four to define their next challenger and they saw how The Viking Raider (Erik and Ivar) took that position after beating Lotharios (Ángel Garza and Humberto Carrillo), Mansoor and Cesaro and Jinder Mahal and Shanky.
In principle, his day ended there, but it was not. Reigns met with Seth Rollins after their confrontation at Royal Rumble was made official (January 29). The two tried to remind each other that they were not the same as they were seven years ago (when The Shield disbanded). Roman even belittled Seth, assuring that his wife, Becky Lynch, is a much bigger star than he is. TEverything was heating up when The Usos appeared to try to attack Rollins. ‘Freaking’ managed to slip away and from the ramp he exchanged intense glances with Roman. The duel heats up.
On the other hand, highlighted the return to Lita’s blue brand. The WWE legend was very excited, since he has never participated in the Royal Rumble and this 2022 will be the first time. The 46-year-old fighter stated that her goal was to win the battle and challenge Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 38 (April 2 and 3, 2022). The ‘Queen’ came out to remove and ended up ironed by the legend. On the women’s roster, Naomi continues to suffer the constant attack of Sonya Deville, who again used her power to avoid being attacked. Naomi then went to Adam Pierce and he assured her that next week she will face Charlotte in a rematch. The previous lawsuit between the two was dynamited by Deville. While, Aliyah achieved a record, since after being hit by Natalya, asked for the fight to start and with a ‘little package’ he won the fight in just three seconds.
On the men’s roster, Sami Zayn and Kofi Kingston confirmed their presence in the Royal Rumble battle royal. After the announcement, the Canadian suffered Nakamura’s attack and the latter lost heads-up against Madcap Moss. Finally in terms of combat, Sheamus Ricochet was imposed in a very interesting confrontation.