WWE Friday Night Smackdown preview and schedule: August 13, 2021

Also
on
the
show,
rivalries
around
the
already
confirmed
SummerSlam
2021
matches
will
pick
up
while
we
also
anticipate
new
match
announcements
from
the
latest
episode
scheduled
from
the
BOK
Center
in
Tulsa,
Oklahoma.

Still
upset
from
getting
robbed
of
his
Universal
Championship
opportunity,
Finn
Balor
dared
to
step
up
against
the
Universal
Champion
Roman
Reigns
and
subsequently
suffered
an
ambush
by
The
Bloodline
last
week.

Baron
Corbin
prevented
Balor
from
signing
a
contract
for
the
Universal
Title
opportunity
at
SummerSlam
as
The
Prince
sought
redemption
on
him
by
scoring
an
easy
victory
with
the
Coup
de
Grace
finisher.

In
a
post-match
promo,
the
winner
let
knew
of
her
grudge
against
John
Cena,
who
signed
the
SummerSlam
contract
to
insert
himself
in
the
PPV
main
event
match.

Balor
also
said
that
he
wants
to
challenge
Roman
Reigns
for
the
Universal
Title,
and
if
he
has
to
face
Cena
to
do
so
then
that’s
going
to
happen.

While
John
Cena
wasn’t
in
attendance
for
last
week’s
SmackDown,
WWE
has
now
officially
announced
him
for
this
week’s
show
in
Oklahoma
for
a
face-off
segment
with
Roman
Reigns.

FRIDAY,

@JohnCena
comes
face-to-face
with

@WWERomanReigns
w/

@HeymanHustle!

????:

#SmackDown,
Friday
8e/7c
on
FOX

pic.twitter.com/uuuPNYn0oR

—
WWE
on
FOX
(@WWEonFOX)

August
11,
2021

There
have
also
been
teasing
for
a
Cena
vs.
Balor
matchup
for
the
show
although
it’s
yet
to
be
made
official.
Meanwhile,
Roman
Reigns
and
SmackDown
Tag
Team
Champions
The
Usos
delivered
a
brutal
triple-team
attack
on
Balor
and
there
should
also
be
fallouts
from
this
happening.

“At
the
end
of
the
day,
you’re
just
Edge-lite,
kid!”
–

@EdgeRatedR#SmackDown
pic.twitter.com/dmFciKbi9Q

—
WWE
on
BT
Sport
(@btsportwwe)

August
7,
2021

After
weeks
of
tensions
between
The
Rated-R
Superstar
and
The
Architect,
it
was
on
last
week’s
Smackdown
that
the
two
have
been
booked
in
a
dream
bout
for
SummerSlam
2021.

Seth
Rollins
ambushed
Edge
and
destroy
him
in
a
segment,
the
week
before.
In
response
to
the
vicious
attack,
Edge
had
some
harsh
words
directing
to
his
adversary.
The
11-time
world
champion
also
accused
his
SummerSlam
opponent
of
being
“Edge-Lite”.

Although
Rollins
didn’t
show
up
to
face
Edge
in
person,
he
emerged
via
satellite
to
engage
in
a
war
of
words
as
felt
instigated
enough.
This
week,
both
these
two
are
scheduled
to
make
live
appearances
and
things
could
go
physical
if
they
appear
in
the
ring,
together.

Official!@BiancaBelairWWE
vs.

@SashaBanksWWE
2
is
going
down
at
SummerSlam!#SmackDown
#SummerSlam
pic.twitter.com/vox1v9Yfum

—
WWE
on
BT
Sport
(@btsportwwe)

August
7,
2021

In
the
wake
of
Sasha
Banks’
return
and
turning
on
the
SmackDown
Women’s
Champion
Bianca
Belair,
the
two
did
engage
in
a
verbal
war
over
an
upcoming
title
match.

Zelina
Vega
emerged
as
she
considered
herself
as
another
top
contender
for
the
title.
Bianca
then
made
it
clear
that
she
would
take
care
of
Banks
at
the
August
21
pay-per-view,
making
the
SummerSlam
title
match,
official.

Sasha
was
more
than
happy
to
get
the
title
match
as
she
promised
she
will
never
let
anyone
take
her
spotlight
again
while
also
noting
that
Belair
would
be
nothing
without
her.

Belair
let
the
action
spoke
for
herself
though
when
she
defeated
Zelina
Vega
via
clean
pin-fall,
later
in
the
night.
The
interesting
program
leading
to
the
next
title
match
will
continue
on
SmackDown.

Speaking
of
title
matches,
the
Intercontinental
Championship
should
also
be
on
the
line
at
SummerSlam
2021.
King
Shinsuke
Nakamura
was
on
the
verge
of
picking
up
a
non-title
win
over
the
champion,
Apollo
Crews
when
Commander
Azeez
pulled
The
Artist
out
of
the
ring
and
caused
a
disqualification
to
the
match.

Since
Nakamura
already
holds
a
pin-fall
victory
over
the
champion
from
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
it’s
likely
that
he’ll
be
getting
the
championship
shot
against
Crews,
eventually.
The
confirmation
should
arrive,
tonight
when
SmackDown
airs
the
penultimate
episode
on
FOX
before
SummerSlam
2021.