Luke Ardiente, one of the biggest names in the Asian sports world signs with WWE and is a part of the SmackDown roster. His cold heart, serious lone wolf persona was feared by his opponents, but then he is put into a mixed tag team match with the fo...
Luke was booked for a tag team match with Cesaro against the current SmackDown Tag Team Champions the Usos, following the Nomad's aid to the Swiss Superman and a brief staredown with the Head of the Table, the Universal Champion Roman Reigns.
The women's division was firing up following the return of Becky Lynch from maternity leave, and winning the SmackDown women's champion in a less than a minute match that made the fans and Nikki Bella alike angry due to the former champion Bianca Belair's booking.
The return of The Man sparked something inside Liv as she recalled something during the pandemic era when Becky left for maternity leave.
Becky: when I return... you'll be champion
Liv took those words into heart, now that the Lasskicker is champion, Liv is still staying in the back of the line all because of Prichard's direction of creative.
Meanwhile in the men's locker room, Luke was warming up for his tag team match and was also waiting for the seamstress to finish making his new attire. While he stretched, his tag partner Cesaro came in.
Cesaro: hey Luke
Luke: what's up?
Cesaro: thanks for the help last week
Luke: hey, you deserve to face the so called Head of the Table, this is your opportunity
Cesaro: if only creative can see that
Luke: Prichard...
Cesaro: speaking of him, it seems he and Vince are gonna be in charge of the new NXT
Luke: they're gonna what?!
Cesaro: NXT is rebranding, no more signing indie stars anymore
Luke: those guys are the reason NXT is so great, and now the balyena will ruin it
Cesaro: they even changed the logo. Look at this
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Luke cringed at the sight of it.
Luke: who the hell made this? A kindergartener?
Cesaro: it is what it is
Luke: Swiss, I have a mission to go against what Bruce Prichard, John Laurinaitis and Vince McMahon envisioned, but I can't do it alone with Liv. Will you join the fight?
Cesaro: as long as I get my opportunity, I will join you
Luke: we got some ass to kick tonight, and I don't mind adding another title to my shoulder once we win
Cesaro: non-title though
Luke: hey, we win, we get a chance
Cesaro: alright, I'm gonna go stretch
Luke: see you out there later, partner
The two fist bumped as the Intercontinental Champion went back to stretching.
