SmackDown LIVE preview, March 14, 2017: How will Shane McMahon respond to AJ Styles’ outburst?

What will SmackDown LIVE Commissioner Shane McMahon have to say following AJ Styles’ insubordinate action one week ago?
Plus, is WWE Champion Bray Wyatt ready for The Viper’s serpentine challenge at WrestleMania?

How will Shane McMahon respond to AJ Styles’ outburst?

Last week, as shown on WWE Talking Smack, a frustrated AJ Styles lost control and got in the face of Commissioner Shane
McMahon after SmackDown LIVE went off the air.
Over the past few weeks, The Phenomenal One has been visibly frustrated at the “hoops he has had to jump through” to try to
get into the WWE Championship Match at WrestleMania, but did he go too far by disrespecting his boss so blatantly? Will there be any
ramifications for his actions? Is the outspoken Superstar just getting warmed up? And perhaps most importantly, how will Shane McMahon
respond?

Is Bray Wyatt ready to face Randy Orton at WrestleMania?

Last week, Randy Orton overcame AJ Styles to officially become the No. 1 contender to WWE Champion Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania.
But while the WWE Universe braces itself for the psychological warfare of these two masters of manipulation on The Road to
WrestleMania, the question remains: Is The New Face of Fear truly ready for it?
After all, Orton apparently burnt the spirit of Sister Abigail along with the entire Wyatt Family Compound. It seems The
Viper has been methodically plotting against Wyatt for months from within and has probably come to understand the innerworkings
of his adversary’s mind better than anyone.
And with Wyatt noticeably absent from SmackDown LIVE last week, has he lost the battle before it even started?

How will Cena and Nikki counter the A-List assault?

Despite an impressive showing in their first ever tag team partnership, John Cena and Nikki Bella were quickly
usurped by The Miz and Maryse last week.
The A-List couple left The Leader of the Cenation and his Fearless girlfriend laying outside the ring after a
brutal ambush, and they followed it up with a scathing verbal assault on WWE Talking Smack on the award-winning WWE Network.
It will be interesting to see what Miz and Maryse have to say this week, as the A-List couple is never at a loss for words.
But will Cena and Nikki seek retribution? You want some, WWE Universe? Come get some!

What is Dean Ambrose’s status following The Lone Wolf’s forklift onslaught?

Though Baron Corbin’s forklift sneak attack on Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose last week led to the titleholder being
loaded into an ambulance, it was reported that The Lunatic Fringe jumped from the vehicle before it reached the local medical facility.
Will Ambrose be well enough (certainly not mentally) to seek payback on The Lone Wolf?

Who will challenge American Alpha at WrestleMania?

SmackDown Tag Team Champions American Alpha are “Ready, Willing and Gable” to take on all comers.
While The Usos have set their sights on their long-standing foes, you never know who will challenge Chad Gable & Jason Jordan
with only three SmackDown LIVEs left before WWE steps onto The Grandest Stage of Them All — or if American Alpha will even have
the titles come WrestleMania.

Who will throw their hat in the ring for the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal?

With three SmackDown LIVE’s left before WrestleMania, the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal is ready to turn The Show of Shows
upside-down.
Seeing as how The Road to WrestleMania is an opportunity for Superstars to attempt to propel themselves into main-event status,
who will join Apollo Crews and Mojo Railey as Blue Brand entries in the colossal contest?