WWE: Randy Orton Return Advertised for 12/5 WWE SmackDown Show, Zack Ryder on His WWE Future After 11/14 WWE SmackDown Show, 5-on-5 Men’s Survivor Series Match Set for 11/28 WWE SmackDown Show

Randy Orton Return Advertised for 12/5 WWE SmackDown Show

Randy Orton has been absent from WWE since the October 3rd episode of WWE SmackDown due to him being “injured” at the hands of The Vision’s “Big” Bronson Reed and former member Seth Rollins.

WWE is currently advertising that Orton to be making his return to SmackDown at the December 5th show at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.

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Zack Ryder Comments on His WWE Future After 11/14 WWE SmackDown Show Appearance

As noted before, Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in Albany, New York featured Zack Ryder, real name Matt Cardona, making his surprise return appearance to WWE. Ryder was revealed as the mystery opponent for LA Knight’s First Round match for The Last Time Is Now Tournament.

Following the show, WWE released a digital exclusive backstage video featuring Ryder’s thoughts about his return appearance and him not being sure if it was just a one-off or a full return for him.

“Five years. It’s been five years since I put on Zack Ryder boots. Every single morning, the first thing I do before I even open my damn eyes, I say how can I get back here? What do I have to do to get back here? I busted my ass for the past five years, Death Match King, Indie God, The Complete, all for this moment.

This might be a one time shot, I might get the call tomorrow, but it doesn’t matter because I’m Zack Ryder and I’m always ready. And I guess I can say this: Woo woo woo, you know it.”

Knight then showed up and shook Ryder’s hand and responded stating:

“I don’t know if this is a welcome back or if this is a see you later but all I can say is, Yeah!”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

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5-on-5 Men’s Survivor Series Match Set for 11/28 WWE SmackDown Show

WWE announced one new match for the card of the WWE SmackDown show on November 28th.

That week’s show will be taped on November 21st as part of a double set of tapings at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.

This new match announced was a 5-on-5 Men’s Survivor Series Elimination match of Solo Sikoa & The MFTs (JC Mateo, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, & Talla Tonga) vs. Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Rey Fenix, & Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin).

This new match was setup following an in-ring promo segment involving Zayn and Sikoa featuring Sikoa stating that he and the MFTs didn’t want to put Zayn down due to him not being cleared and Zayn responding back revealing that he has been medically cleared after being out of action for the past month. This led to a brawl breaking out involving Zayn, Sikoa, the MFTs, Nakamura, Fenix, and the MCMG. In a follow-up segment, SmackDown GM Nick Aldis informed Sikoa that him and the MFTs woule be facing off against Zayn and his team in a Survivor Series Elimination match in two weeks.

Current card for November 28th WWE SmackDown show:

• 5-on-5 Men’s Survivor Series Elimination match – Solo Sikoa & The MFTs (JC Mateo, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, & Talla Tonga) vs. Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Rey Fenix, & Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)