Will LA Knight stomp out Shinsuke Nakamura and become a two-time WWE United States Champion tonight on SmackDown?

Solo Sikoa will make his return on the January 17 episode of WWE SmackDown. After missing the January 10 episode, WWE announced that Sikoa would be back the following week. This will mark his first appearance since he lost to Roman Reigns in a Tribal Combat on the WWE RAW on Netflix premiere.

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Also set for tonight, new WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton will appear. Stratton will address her betrayal of Nia Jax from last week when she finally cashed in the Money in the Bank briefcase to become champion. The cash-in happened after Stratton helped Jax defeat Naomi in last week’s main event.

Bayley has earned a shot at the WWE Women’s Championship. The former champion will challenge Tiffany Stratton for the gold on WWE SmackDown. Bayley beat Naomi, Bianca Belair, and former WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax in a four-way match on the January 10 episode to earn a shot at the title.

Tiffany Stratton appeared on the January 10 WWE SmackDown to address the WWE Universe for the first time as the new WWE Women's Champion. During her first promo as champion, she declared that she was never really friends with Nia Jax, she was just using her. Stratton was just trying to lower her guard and make her susceptible to a cash-in.

Our WWE SmackDown results for tonight include WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton set to address the WWE Universe, Shinsuke Nakamura defending the United States Championship against the former champion LA Knight,

It has been a huge, eventful week for WWE. That continues this Friday with another jam-packed edition of WWE Smackdown.