The Big Show will wrestle his first match since losing inside a steel cage to Braun Strowman on the September 4th, 2017 edition of Monday Night Raw. Show will take part in 1 of 2 WWE World Cup Qualifying matches scheduled to take place Tuesday night on Smackdown.
Big Show will face Randy Orton with the winner earning a spot in the World Cup tournament scheduled to take place at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. In the other World Cup Qualifying match to take place on the show, Jeff Hardy will face Samoa Joe.
Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch for the Smackdown Women’s Championship has already been confirmed for Tuesday’s Smackdown as well.
WWE World Cup At Crown Jewel
Little information is available regarding the format of the tournament. It is not clear as of this writing if it will be a tournament for individual competitors or if they will be grouped together by nations.
Confirmed matches for Crown Jewel include:
- WWE Championship
AJ Styles (c) vs Daniel Bryan - Universal Championship
Roman Reigns (c) vs Braun Strowman vs Brock Lesnar - WWE World Cup Tournament
Shawn Michaels and Triple H versus Undertaker and Kane is also rumored for the event. That match could become official later this week.
