SmackDown LIVE preview, March 7, 2017:

The whirlwind struggle to determine WWE Champion Bray Wyatt’s No. 1 contender at The Show of Shows will
reach new heights tonight on SmackDown LIVE when The Viper goes one-on-one against battles The Phenomenal One.

Randy Orton to battle AJ Styles tonight to determine Bray Wyatt’s No. 1 contender at WrestleMania

The whirlwind struggle to determine WWE Champion Bray Wyatt’s No. 1 contender at WrestleMania will reach new
heights tonight on SmackDown LIVE when Randy Orton battles AJ Styles one-on-one.
For a brief moment last Tuesday, it seemed as if the ongoing controversy surrounding the WWE Title had finally
been settled. Styles overcame Luke Harper in an extremely hard-fought match and seemingly established himself as
The New Face of Fear’s Show of Shows’ challenger. But that assumption literally went up in smoke when 2017 Royal
Rumble Match winner Randy Orton —who had previously stated that he would not challenge Wyatt as long as he was the
master and Orton the servant — suddenly declared that he was coming for the WWE Title at The Showcase of The
Immortals before burning The Wyatt Family Compound to the ground!
But who ultimately has the right to challenge Bray Wyatt: the Superstar who won the Royal Rumble Match or the
Superstar who won the honor after Orton refused it?
To answer that question, Commissioner Shane McMahon and General Manager Daniel Bryan reviewed all that happened
this past week and have determined that The Viper and “The Face that Runs the Place” must go head-to-head tonight
at 8/7 C on USA Network to finally establish who will take on The New Face of Fear on The Grandest Stage of Them All

John Cena & Nikki Bella set to team up for first time against Carmella & James Ellsworth

John Cena & Nikki Bella will team up in-ring for the first time on SmackDown LIVE tonight when they face off against
Carmella & James Ellsworth.
The two pairs arrived at a point of conflict backstage last week when The Princess of Staten Island & Ellsworth
interrupted the couple as they talked about their recent issues with The Miz & Maryse. The Cenation Leader & Fearless
Nikki had no patience for the F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S tandem’s blatant disrespect and challenged them to a Mixed Tag Team
Match next week.
What will it look like when Cena and Nikki team up for a historic first time in a WWE ring and will Carmella and
Ellsworth have any answers for them? Find out tonight on SmackDown LIVE

Who will challenge Dean Ambrose, Alexa Bliss and American Alpha at WrestleMania?

While it looks as if WWE Champion Bray Wyatt’s WrestleMania opponent may finally be decided tonight on SmackDown LIVE,
the No. 1 contenders for the Intercontinental, SmackDown Women’s and SmackDown Tag Team Titles at The Showcase of the
Immortals are still very much up for grabs.
While there is no denying that Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose has drawn the ire of Baron Corbin in recent weeks,
there is no guarantee that any conflict between them will take place in an organized title match. When you consider the
volatile nature of both The Lunatic Fringe and The Lone Wolf, chances are just as good that they will end up clashing
in an unsanctioned brawl in some dark corner of the arena. Moreover, Corbin is not the only potential challenger to
Ambrose’s title. Certainly, whoever loses this week between Randy Orton and AJ Styles could end up looking to overtake
Ambrose, not to mention past adversaries like The Miz or Dolph Ziggler

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

With so many title pictures still uncertain for The Show of Shows, one must not forget that the Andre the Giant Memorial
Battle Royal is also ready to turn WrestleMania upside-down.
Considering that The Road to WrestleMania is an opportunity for Superstars to attempt to propel themselves into main
event status, who will be the first SmackDown LIVE Superstar to enter the colossal contest?