Episode
WWE Friday Night SmackDown: July 31, 2018 (Tampa, FL)
Overview
Charlotte Flair returned to SmackDown LIVE to come to the aid of her friend Becky Lynch after she was assaulted by SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella, but The Queen quickly found herself in the thick of a higher stakes scenario with major SummerSlam implications.
Details
- Series
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Season
- Season 20
- Episode
- Episode 31
- Air date
- 2018-07-31
- Runtime
- 84 min
Episode context
July 31, 2018 (Tampa, FL) is Episode 31 in Season 20 of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. It aired on 2018-07-31. The runtime is 84 min.
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