Episode
WWE Friday Night SmackDown: August 2, 2016 (Nashville, TN)
Overview
Dolph Ziggler fights to keep his SummerSlam spot intact while looking down Bray Wyatt in the main event of SmackDown Live.
Details
- Series
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 31
- Air date
- 2016-08-02
- Runtime
- 80 min
Episode context
August 2, 2016 (Nashville, TN) is Episode 31 in Season 18 of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. It aired on 2016-08-02. The runtime is 80 min.
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