Tonight’s episodes of Smackdown and 205 Live will emanate from Orlando, Fl. WWE’s second-home away from Connecticut is also where many Superstars choose to live. Tonight, recent NXT graduates will clash in their adopted second hometown.
2 matches are confirmed for Smackdown tonight and one more is scheduled for 205 Live.
Smackdown 8/7
AJ Styles Addresses Samoa Joe
Tonight, the WWE Champion will address his SummerSlam challenger. Two weeks ago, Joe attacked Styles from behind before signing the SummerSlam contract. Last week, Joe accused Styles of neglecting his family in order to obtain success in WWE.
Styles will address Joe’s comments tonight.
Smackdown Tag-Team Tournament Finals
The New Day vs. the Bar
Smackdown General Manager Paige created a 4-team tournament to determine who challenges the Bludgeon Brothers at SummerSlam. After defeating the Usos last week, the Bar will take on New Day tonight. New Day defeated Sanity two weeks ago to make it to the finals of the #1 contender’s tournament.
The Bludgeon Brothers will likely be watching this match closely.
Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch vs The Iiconics (Billie Kay & Peyton Royce)
Are we getting women’s tag-team championships? There sure is a lot of pairing up going on in the women’s divisions for that not to be the case. Granted, the same thing happened on 205 Live and then sort of fizzled out.
Lynch and Flair will be on the same side tonight but will be 2/3 of a triple threat match at SummerSlam. it will be interesting to see how well they work together in this match tonight.
4 NXT graduates return to Orlando for this tag match tonight.
The Miz’s SummerSlam Announcement
Daniel Bryan challenged the Miz to a match at SummerSlam. Miz declined the challenge, however. He said he is simply too much of a star to wrestle Daniel Bryan at the biggest event of the summer.
Miz has said he’ll have a better announcement regarding his involvement at SummerSlam tonight.
205 Live 8/7 Preview
Mustafa Ali vs Hideo Itami
The heart of 205 Live, Mustafa Ali, returns tonight to take on Hideo Itami. Two perennial contenders for the title meet one-on-one tonight. The winner likely finds themselves in the mix of things for the first Cruiserweight title shot following SummerSlam.
Cedric Alexander Reacts To Drew Gulak’s Attack
Cedric Alexander knows he’s in for a challenge at SummerSlam when he defends against Drew Gulak. The man who has been campaigning for a better 205 Live attacked him last week ahead of their SummerSlam tilt.
