3 Matches Announced For WWE Smackdown Live Tonight

AJ Styles vs. Luke Harper.

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On Monday evening, WWE announced three more major matches for Tuesday's episode of Smackdown Live, one of which will determine the number one contender to the WWE Championship.

Last week on Smackdown, a 10-man battle royal designed to determine who would go to WrestleMania to challenge Bray Wyatt for the WWE Championship ended in controversy - the final two men, AJ Styles and Luke Harper, were eliminated at the same time. Referees couldn't declare a winner, so Harper and Styles will clash in a singles bout, with the winner being declared the number one contender.

Also during the battle royal, the feud between Apollo Crews and Dolph Ziggler continued when Crews eliminated Ziggler. When "The Showoff" started laying into Kalisto with a steel chair and Baron Corbin eliminated Crews, the former NXT star grabbed the chair and chased Dolph off. The two men will meet on Smackdown in a chairs match.

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Finally, Becky Lynch will take on the woman who cost her a steel cage match for the Women's Championship last month - Mickie James. The feuding stars will battle in a two-out-of-three falls bout that should leave no room for error.

Smackdown Live airs on the USA Network at 8:00 PM ET.

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