– As noted, WWE has announced that Jinder Mahal will defend the WWE Championship against Randy Orton, Kevin Owens will defend the United States Championship against AJ Styles, and Dolph Ziggler will wrestle Shinsuke Nakamura in a singles match on the June 13th episode of SmackDown Live in New Orleans. Mahal posted the following to hype his rematch with Orton:
“Not only will I beat @RandyOrton on June 13 in New Orleans for #SmackDownLIVE … NOLA will welcome me as champ for #Wrestlemania34.”
Not only will I beat @RandyOrton on June 13 in New Orleans for #SmackDownLIVE … NOLA will welcome me as champ for #Wrestlemania34
— The Maharaja (@JinderMahal) May 25, 2017
– WWE will be taping episodes of NXT tonight in Winter Park, FL at the Full Sail University. We will be providing live spoilers on the site later tonight.
