Bengaluru, July 30: WWE hyped up last night's episode of Smackdown announcing Finn Balor vs. Dolph Ziggler. We also received a huge Champion vs. Champion contest on the main event slot. But the headliner segment had all the focus where Trish Stratus returned with huge Summerslam implications on the show that took place at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.
A video package filmed via phone opened Smackdown featuring Shane McMahon who informed us that he would not be on the show. This earned huge cheers from the fan as he continued gloating about how he is the better competitor. Also, he promised that Owens' career will be over at Summerslam and then the announcer will announce him as the Best in the World.
We know you are all going to be very disappointed, but @shanemcmahon will not be on #SDLive tonight. pic.twitter.com/W5lRrhsf7f
— WWE (@WWE) July 31, 2019
Kevin Owens appeared on Smackdown to kick things off live on the show to cut a promo on his Summerslam opponent Shane McMahon. He promised to win the scheduled match when Drew McIntyre cut him off. He informed that Owens had to compete in a match right there against him in the opening contest of the show.
It seems @SamiZayn wants to "end the hype" of @WWEAleister, and he wants to do it at #SummerSlam... #SDLive pic.twitter.com/psYKrMwKdI
— WWE (@WWE) July 31, 2019
A women's division tag team match took place on Smackdown, next where Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross competed against Bayley and Ember Moon. Cross volunteered to take an Eclipse pushing Bliss out of the way. Bliss capitalised by pushing Moon and executing a Twisted Bliss to win the match. Once the contest was over, Bayley hit a Bayley-to-belly Suplex on Ember Moon to seek redemption from last week.