New Match Announced For SmackDown 1000, Why Raw Women’s Division Needed Sasha Banks

– We noted before how WWE previously announced Rey Mysterio vs. United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in a World Cup qualifying match for SmackDown 1000 and now the company has confirmed another similar bout for the show.

WWE has announced that the Miz will take on Rusev in a one on one match on the special SmackDown episode tonight for the final spot in their Crown Jewel World Cup.

The winners in these bouts will join Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, John Cena, Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins and Dolph Ziggler for the eight men tournament from Saudi Arabia.



– This week’s episode of Monday Night Raw saw Sasha Banks returning to WWE television after staying away from a wrestling ring for almost a month and causing a lot of rumors and speculations on her absence.

She was at the ringside for Natalya’s match against Ruby Riot on the show and helped Nattie and Bayley in fighting the Riott Squad after this bout got over.

After the show, this trio was interviewed backstage and in the interview as seen below, Natalya talks about Sasha’s return and how she is the heart of the Raw Women’s division: