WWE held its July 31 episode of Friday Night SmackDown at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The show featured a winner-takes-all tag team title match and multiple confrontations ahead of SummerSlam.
Damian Priest and R-Truth defended the WWE Tag Team Championships against The War Raiders in a match that also involved the AAA World Tag Team Championships. The contest ended in disqualification after the champions shoved the referee.
After the bell, all four wrestlers brawled through the crowd until Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga attacked, with Talla chokeslamming Priest. Haku joined them as the Tongans held up both sets of titles; see the companion article for more on Haku's appearance.
In a women's tag team match, Michin and B-Fab defeated Tiffany Stratton and Chelsea Green. Earlier, Finn Balor, Sami Zayn and Gunther clashed over the Undisputed WWE Championship picture, leading to a three-way brawl broken up by security.
United States Champion Trick Williams addressed Baron Corbin, trading insults ahead of their SummerSlam match. Micah Parsons was among those in attendance.
