<P> On 205 Live, Drake Maverick (formerly known as Rockstar Spud in Impact Wrestling) was appointed as the 205 Live General Manager . Maverick announced that there would be a 16 - man single elimination tournament to crown a new WWE Cruiserweight Champion, with the finals to occur at WrestleMania 34 . </P> <P> On the following episode of SmackDown, Shinsuke Nakamura celebrated his win at the Royal Rumble, and said he would become the new WWE Champion at WrestleMania 34 . He was interrupted by Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, who said that they should be the co-WWE Champions, but the referee failed at his job at the Royal Rumble . WWE Champion AJ Styles came out and said that Owens and Zayn could complain all they want, but there would be a dream match at WrestleMania between him and Nakamura . Styles then suggested to have a dream team that night with him and Nakamura facing Owens and Zayn, which SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan made official for later that night in which Styles and Nakamura won . During the match, there were tensions between Owens and Zayn as Bryan had also scheduled them to face each other the following week to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship at Fastlane . The championship match at Fastlane eventually became a fatal five - way also involving Baron Corbin and Dolph Ziggler . </P> <P> In the mid-card, a fatal four - way match between Kofi Kingston of The New Day, Jinder Mahal, Zack Ryder, and Rusev occurred to determine the number one contender against Bobby Roode for the United States Championship, which was won by Rusev, who was unsuccessful in winning the title . </P> <P> In the women's division, SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair praised the first - ever women's Royal Rumble match, but wished that she could have competed in it . She addressed Ronda Rousey's debut and questioned who her WrestleMania 34 opponent would be . The Riott Squad interrupted and Ruby Riott said Flair would not make it to WrestleMania and they attacked Flair . Carmella came out to try and cash - in her Money in the Bank briefcase on Flair, but was not able to as she accidentally knocked out the referee before the bell could ring . </P>

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