Another former WWE superstar has been confirmed to make an appearance on WWE SmackDown 1000. Pwinsider.com reports that James Ellsworth is set to make an appearance. As of this writing, there’s no word yet on his role.
Ellsworth just worked Sunday’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view event at the Melrose Ballroom in New York City, New York when he accepted Eli Drake’s open challenge for a match but lost.
After legitimately signing with the WWE last year, he was inserted into the main program for the WWE Title between AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose. After this program was over, WWE paired him with Carmella until he departed from the company in late 2017. He was brought back this past summer to be paired with Carmella starting at the Money in the Bank PPV but was later released on the July 24th episode of SmackDown Live.
WWE holds SmackDown 1000 in Washington, DC at the Capital One Arena. WWE has already announced that Rey Mysterio is slated to work his first match on SmackDown in years when he battles Shinsuke Nakamura in a world cup qualifying match. In addition to an appearance by The Undertaker, WWE has confirmed that Batista and Ric Flair are returning for a reunion of the popular Evolution faction from the early 2000’s.