First Annual Sami Awards, Carmella Segment Announced For 12/18 WWE SmackDown

The Slammy Awards aren't the only awards WWE will present this month.

WWE announced that Sami Zayn will have "The First Annual Sami Awards" on the December 18 episode of SmackDown.

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From WWE:

Thursday night on Twitter, Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn announced that, because the Dec. 23 Slammy Awards were going to be “clearly very biased to highlight corporate favorites,” he will be hosting the first annual Sami Awards on Friday Night SmackDown.

The #Slammy Awards are good fun, but clearly very biased to highlight corporate favorites.

That’s why tomorrow night on #Smackdown I will host the FIRST ANNUAL SAMI AWARDS!

The always honest ‘Champion of the People’, will present awards that reflect the true will of the people! https://t.co/Ci41EQ807K

— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) December 18, 2020

What will be the result when the self-professed “Champion of the People” presents an awards show that he feels reflects “the true will” of the WWE Universe.

In addition, it was announced that Carmella will have a champagne toast days before she is set to face off against Sasha Banks for the SmackDown Women's Championship at TLC. Carmella unsuccessfully challenged for Banks' title the week prior on SmackDown.

From WWE:

Just moments after their impromptu SmackDown Women’s Champion Match ended in a disqualification last week, Carmella brutally smashed a champagne bottle on Sasha Banks’ back.

Now, in the wake of the announcement of a rematch between the two bitter adversaries at WWE TLC, WWE Digital has learned that Mella will host a Champagne Toast ahead of the pay-per-view of WWE Network this Sunday.

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