Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring Drew McIntyre, Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa.
• On last night’s episode of SmackDown, Tama Tonga defeated LA Knight to advance in the King of the Ring tournament.
Tama will now face Randy Orton in the semi-finals on next week’s episode, which will take place in Saudi Arabia.
Before his match with Knight, Tama was shown doing this backstage:
— WrestleFeed (@WrestleFeedApp) May 18, 2024
Drew McIntyre made fun of this and tweeted the following:
“I thought we all agreed not to feed Tama after 8pm?”
• Tonga Loa (fka Camacho in NXT) will have the first match of his second (current) WWE run on next week’s SmackDown.
He will team up with Solo Sikoa to take on The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins). On last week’s SmackDown, Tama Tonga defeated Dawkins to advance in the King of the Ring tournament. Solo and Loa attacked Ford on the outside during this match, Solo delivered the Samoan Spike to Dawkins after the match.
Below is the updated card for next week’s SmackDown, which will take place in Saudi Arabia:
– Randy Orton vs. Tama Tonga in the Semi-Finals of the King of the Ring tournament
– WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Bianca Belair vs. Nia Jax in the Semi-Finals of the Queen of the Ring tournament
– The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa & Tonga Loa) vs. The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins)
– WWE Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Chelsea Green
– AJ Styles will meet SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis to find out what’s next for him after his recent losses
