Episode
WWE Friday Night SmackDown: August 1, 2017 (Cleveland, OH)
Overview
Shinsuke Nakamura and John Cena faced off in a first-time ever dream match on SmackDown LIVE. Elsewhere, AJ Styles defended the United States Championship against Kevin Owens in a high-stakes title rematch.
Details
- Series
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Season
- Season 19
- Episode
- Episode 31
- Air date
- 2017-08-01
- Runtime
- 89 min
Episode context
August 1, 2017 (Cleveland, OH) is Episode 31 in Season 19 of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. It aired on 2017-08-01. The runtime is 89 min.
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Episode 30: July 25, 2017 (Richmond, VA)
Following the shocking return of Chris Jericho to SmackDown LIVE, he, AJ Styles and United States Champion Kevin Owens faced off in a Triple Threat Match with star-spangled title on the line. Elsewhere, a once inconceivable dream match between John Cena and Shinsuke Nakamura was announced for next week on SmackDown LIVE, and the winner will challenge Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam.
Episode 32: August 8, 2017 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Rusev made a major statement after WWE Champion Jinder Mahal and Randy Orton revived their highly personal rivalry in a grudge match. Elsewhere, SmackDown LIVE General Manager Daniel Bryan made major SummerSlam Match between John Cena and Baron Corbin on the heels of their wild brawl on WWE Network at the end of SmackDown LIVE last week.
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