SmackDown LIVE preview, Feb. 20, 2018:

Charlotte Flair’s quest for payback on The Riott Squad continues in Six-Woman Tag Team action
Over the past two weeks, SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair has been picking apart The
Riott Squad as payback for the vicious attack that nearly cost her the title. After The Queen
defeated Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan in singles competition, Ruby Riott issued a challenge to Flair,
Becky Lynch & Naomi for a Six-Woman Tag Team throwdown. What will happen in this heated brawl?

Is Bobby Roode’s U.S. Title reign in danger?

Are The Bludgeon Brothers on the hunt for The Usos?

The New Day to battle Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable on SmackDown LIVE

How will WWE Champion AJ Styles deal with his upcoming Fatal 5-Way Match?

Charlotte Flair, Naomi & Becky Lynch to battle The Riott Squad tonight on SmackDown LIVE

Charlotte Flair, Naomi & Becky Lynch to battle The Riott Squad tonight on SmackDown LIVE

Charlotte Flair’s quest for payback on The Riott Squad will explode tonight when the SmackDown Women’s
Champion teams up with Becky Lynch and Naomi to battle Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan on SmackDown LIVE.
The Riott Squad left Charlotte unconscious for the first time in her career, nearly costing The Queen
her title. Though Flair did not lose the championship, she vowed to get retribution on her attackers.
She walked into the lion’s den, facing Liv Morgan by herself with Riott & Logan on the outside. When
the other two Riott Squad members were ejected from ringside, Charlotte earned the victory, then
made her intentions clear afterward, saying “one down, two to go.”
One week later, she took on Logan, this time with Lynch and Naomi in her corner. With the odds evened,
The Riott Squad did not meddle in the match, and Flair picked up another win.
In a video posted to Ruby Riott’s Twitter, The Riott Squad issued the challenge for a six-woman showdown,
saying that it’s only a matter of time before Flair’s whole world crumbles

How will WWE Champion AJ Styles deal with his upcoming Fatal 5-Way Match?

Last Tuesday, WWE Champion AJ Styles went into SmackDown LIVE with only two opponents challenging for his
title at WWE Fastlane. By the end of the night, The Phenomenal One had four challengers, as Dolph Ziggler
and Baron Corbin earned their way into what has become a Fatal 5-Way Match.
Styles has made it clear that he’s not the biggest fan of how Daniel Bryan has been handling the situation
with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, but what will he have to say now that Bryan and McMahon’s decision-making
has backed him into a corner on The Road to WrestleMania?

The New Day to battle Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable on SmackDown LIVE

One week after Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable interrupted Big E’s attempt to break an all-time pancake-eating
record — an insulting interruption that preceded a loss to The New Day — SmackDown LIVE General Manager
Daniel Bryan has decreed that the teams will square off once again this week, and the winners will
challenge The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles at WWE Fastlane.

Is Bobby Roode’s U.S. Title reign in danger?

The Glorious One is out to prove that he’s a fighting United States Champion, and last week, he issued an
open challenge to anyone willing to step up, though he really wanted Randy Orton to answer the call
after being RKO’d by The Viper last week.
Bobby Roode nearly got his wish when The Viper arrived, but Jinder Mahal followed to cut the proceedings
short and stir the pot between The Viper and the United States Champion. The Modern Day Maharaja set off
a brawl that led to Mahal hitting both Roode and Orton with his patented Khallas. Orton has vowed that
he’s coming after Roode’s title, but with Mahal ready to interject himself, will he have a clear road
to the star-spangled championship?

Are The Bludgeon Brothers on the hunt for The Usos?

The Usos continued to explain why they have the rest of the Smackdown LIVE Tag Team division on lockdown,
but Jimmy & Jey’s message was cut short by The Bludgeon Brothers. Appearing in front of a monitor that
was playing the SmackDown Tag Team Champions’ missive, Harper & Rowan wielded their mighty war hammers
and smashed the screen to pieces.
Now that the champions are seemingly in the crosshairs of The Bludgeon Brothers, is The Uso Penitentiary
in danger of demolition?