Last night’s edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, live from Newark’s Prudential Center, served as an explosive go-home show for the first-ever two-night SummerSlam and delivered wall-to-wall drama that shook the foundations of WWE’s biggest rivalries. Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena opened the broadcast with a career-defining moment, publicly abandoning his controversial heel persona and pledging a return to his roots of hustle, loyalty, and respect, while reconciling with longtime rival Cody Rhodes just 48 hours before their anticipated title clash. The night was loaded with championship stakes as Giulia successfully defended the Women’s United States Championship in a grueling contest against Zelina Vega, and Los Garza overcame debuting AAA icons Psycho Clown and Mr. Iguana to retain the AAA World Tag Team Titles in a blockbuster open challenge. Bloodline tensions erupted when Talla Tonga scored a dominant victory over Jimmy Uso before a post-match ambush led to a chaotic steel cage brawl featuring Solo Sikoa and the shocking involvement of Jacob Fatu. Elsewhere, Damian Priest and Aleister Black’s bitter rivalry boiled over into a disqualification and a violent post-match assault, while the closing segment descended into pure mayhem as Randy Orton and country music megastar Jelly Roll threw down with Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul in a brutal prelude to SummerSlam. From emotional turns and international debuts to faction warfare and celebrity crossovers, last night’s SmackDown was a high-octane spectacle that set the perfect stage for WWE’s biggest event of the summer.
Here are the full results:
JOHN CENA IS BACK!!!
Only one way to celebrate this momentous occasion
Logan and Drew got the jump on Jelly knowing Randy wasn’t there
Giulia defeated Zelina Vega to retain the WWE Women’s United States Championship
Solo is hilarious 🤣
AAA wanted their gold back
Los Garzas defeated Mr. Iguana and Psycho Clown to retain the AAA World Tag Team Championship
Damian Priest defeated Aleister Black via Disqualification
Talla Tonga defeated Jimmy Uso
If you can’t handle the heat then stay out the kitchen
What did Green Shirt Guy do?
SummerSlam came a day earlier
Final WWE SummerSlam Card:
Night One – Saturday, August 2
(MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ)
- World Heavyweight Championship: Gunther (c) vs. CM Punk
- WWE Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Jade Cargill
- Tag Team Match: Roman Reigns & Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed (with Paul Heyman)
- Tag Team Match: Randy Orton & Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss
- Singles Match: Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross (with special stipulation if Zayn wins, Kross must say “I was wrong”; if Kross wins, Zayn must say “Kross was right”)
Night Two – Sunday, August 3
(MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ)
- Undisputed WWE Championship – Street Fight: John Cena (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
- Women’s World Championship – Triple Threat: Naomi (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. IYO SKY
- WWE Intercontinental Championship: Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. AJ Styles
- United States Championship – Steel Cage Match: Solo Sikoa (c) vs. Jacob Fatu
- Women’s Intercontinental Championship – No Disqualification: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria (with stipulation that Valkyria cannot challenge again while Lynch is champion if she loses)
- WWE Tag Team Championship – Six‑Pack TLC Match: The Wyatt Sicks (c) vs. The Street Profits vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. DIY vs. Fraxiom vs. Andrade & Rey Fénix
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