Surprises For WWE SmackDown In Mexico City

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The Friday, September 11 episode of WWE SmackDown in Mexico City will feature a stacked line-up of five matches and four titles being put up for grabs.

Throughout the card for the show there are a number of potential surprises we could see play out, many of which could have major ramifications for the rest of the year.

Here are three potential surprises for the September 11 episode of WWE SmackDown:

Damian Priest Turns On R-Truth After Losing AAA Tag Title Match

In what seems to be Damian Priest and R-Truth’s last hurrah as a tag team before going their separate ways, the former WWE Tag Team Champions will challenge The War Raiders for the AAA World Tag Team Titles.

Priest and Truth have had their differences throughout their tag run, but Priest has been seemingly getting more impatient as time has gone on and is keen to re-enter the singles division and pursue championship gold.

Given Priest’s track record throughout his babyface run however, it feels like his best chance of achieving significant success in WWE is by finding that edge that he had during his run in The Judgment Day.

In order to launch Priest back up the card he should most certainly be turning heel on R-Truth after they lose to The War Raiders. Truth’s immense popularity with the fans will grant the former World Heavyweight Champion some major heat right off the bat and give him a much needed character refresh.

Tiffany Stratton Costs Chelsea Green WWE Women’s Championship

Another friendship that seems destined to end in tears is that of Chelsea Green and Tiffany Stratton. While Stratton was initially hesitant to make friends with Green, she has most certainly been showing her loyalty to the WWE Women’s Champion over the past month.

Green’s broken orbital bone has seen her become an easy target for the heels on the SmackDown roster, however, her good friend Tiffy has been there by her side at every moment of danger to fight in her corner; almost always to her own detriment.

Over the past month Stratton has lost her WWE Women’s United States Title to Jacy Jayne, and been the subject of several beatdowns from The Irresistible Forces, all due to Chelsea not being at 100 percent.

While Stratton has never shown frustration towards Green for all of this, it feels inevitable that it all boils over and she gets her revenge in a major way. While that would most logically come at a time when Stratton herself can potentially dethrone Green for the title, she may get enough satisfaction by just ensuring the she loses to Nia Jax in her very first title defense this Friday.

Johnny Gargano Helps Sami Zayn Win Undisputed WWE Championship

After spending the majority of 2026 lying flat-out, unresponsive backstage, Johnny Gargano at long last returned to the land of the living and challenged CM Punk for the Undisputed WWE Title in his hometown of Cleveland last week on SmackDown (September 4).

While Gargano certainly came very close to a massive upset, it was Punk who retained the gold, before challenging Sami Zayn to an Undisputed WWE Title match this Friday in Mexico City on SmackDown.

After all of Zayn’s antics over the past few months, it feels almost certain that we get more of that in his match against Punk, but the question is will any of the potential outside factors lead to Punk retaining, or Zayn becoming a two-time Undisputed WWE Champion?

Kevin Owens, GUNTHER and Finn Balor may very well get involved, not to mention Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton. But the most intriguing possibility of all is whether Johnny Gargano will attempt to repay Zayn trying to help him win the WWE Title last week and ensure his friend finally gains justice for all the “good guys” out there.

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