New Match Announced For Next Week's WWE SmackDown

WWE have released a press release confirming that Shinsuke Nakamura will face Jey Uso on next week's edition of Friday Night SmackDown on FOX.

This week's episode of the blue show saw Nakamura battle his way through the likes of Rey Mysterio, Baron Corbin, and Daniel Bryan to get within touching distance of a Universal Championship shot at the 2021 Royal Rumble event. However, current Champion Roman Reigns had other ideas and intervened before the final round had bgeun, involving WWE producer/on-air authority figure Adam Pearce and the 2018 Rumble winner. Here, Reigns and his cousin Jey jumped Nakamura before beating down Pearce and laying the latter over the former for the victory, meaning the former NWA Heavyweight Champion will now lock horns with 'The Tribal Chief' on January 31.

Will Nakamura be able to get some payback on Uso after being screwed out of a game-changing opportunity? Or will this one-on-one affair soon devolve into another vicious beatdown at the hands of Reigns and his cousin? It's also been announced that Pearce and Reigns will meet face-to-face in the middle of the ring on next week's show. So, next Friday night looks set to be a can't-miss affair already.

WWE's press release can be found below:

"After emerging victorious in three grueling parts of the Gauntlet Match, Shinsuke Nakamura was robbed of his opportunity to battle Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at Royal Rumble when the unhinged Jey Uso and The Head of Table laid him out in the middle of the ring with a brutal attack.

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Now, as announced on Talking Smack, The Artist will go one-on-one with Jey Uso in what is sure to be a heated fight. Will Roman Reigns’ family once again run the show? Find out next week on Friday Night SmackDown at 8/7 C on FOX."