— Sheamus beat Christian and Mark Henry in a Triple Threat match Friday night on SmackDown! to become the new No. 1 contender to the World Heavyweight Championship. The Celtic Warrior will challenge Randy Orton for the strap on next week’s episode of SmackDown!.
— WWE developmental wrestler A.J. Lee made her official WWE debut on Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown!. Accompanied by Natalya, the NXT Season 3 contestant partnered with Kaitlyn in a losing effort to Alicia Fox and Tamina. Her bio has been moved to the SmackDown! Superstars section on WWE.com.
A.J., a longtime wrestling fan who as recently as a few years ago would post on WWE Diva message boards, commented on her breakthrough on Twitter.
She wrote, “And it only took me 13 years… So incredibly happy and proud right now. Thanks for all the support. Think I broke my DVR rewind button…”
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