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WWE SMACKDOWN RESULTS
JULY 24, 2026
OAKLAND, CALIF. AT OAKLAND ARENA
AIRED LIVE ON USA NETWORK
BY WADE KELLER, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR
Commentators: Joe Tessitore, Wade Barrett
Ring Announcer: Mark Nash
Attendance: WrestleTix reports as of today 7,310 tickets were distributed so far. The arena has a capacity of 19,596 spectators when configured for concerts.
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[HOUR ONE]
-Joe Tessitore introduced the show as they showed aerial views of Oakland, Calif. Then they showed backstage arrivals of Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Paige & Brie Bella, and Toxic Attraction. They cut to fans in the front row and then to the ring.
-A video package aired on the developments with Gunther and Nick Aldis.
-Adam Pearce stood in the ring with Aldis. He said he was there to make a match between Gunther and “my colleague Nick Aldis.” He said there are some terms and conditions that need to made clear first. He introduced Gunther, who made his way to the ring. Gunther and Aldis sat at the table. Pearce said once Aldis signs the contract as a wrestler, he relinquishes his role as GM of Smackdown. He said he’d take over his duties. He said Aldis has to agree that WWE bears no responsibility for what happens to him in his match against Gunther.
Aldis said he knows exactly what he was signing. He said he never wanted this, but Gunther brought it to this point. He congratulated Gunther finding his breaking point. He signed the contract. Gunther told Aldis this would be greatest moment of Aldis’s career. Gunther said ever since he joined Smackdown, Aldis had a problem with him. “You are jealous of me,” he said. Gunther said Aldis is a former NWA World Champion. “But let’s be honest, you never really made it, did you?” he said. He said Aldis dreamed of being a WWE Superstar and it never happened. Gunther said he walked into WWE and got it all. He said he got the titles, records, and became a multi-millionaire. He told Aldis that he had to tell himself, “You’re just not good enough.”
Gunther signed the contract and said he’s going to turn Aldis into a legend. He listed Goldberg, AJ Styles, and John Cena. He said they were stupid enough to get in the ring with him as they were chasing one more moment. “I’ll end your career before it has properly started,” he said.
Aldis said Gunther has said that before, but if he actually believed it, he wouldn’t be saying it over and over again. Aldis stood and said Gunther is trying to get him to believe it because he never thought it’d get to this point. He said Gunther thought he’d pay his fine and that’d be it. He said when he slapped him and Triple H made their match at Summerslam, he saw in his eyes he didn’t want any of this. He said Gunther has now put his career in jeopardy. “I haven’t had a match in three years, so I have nothing to lose,” he said. He told Gunther if he loses to him at Summerslam, he “goes from The Career-Killer to the man who got made a bitch by his boss.” Gunther shoved Aldis in the chest. Aldis punched him. They brawled as Pearce tried to separate them. Gunther kicked Aldis in the crotch and then powerbombed him through the table. [c]
-A replay aired of the powerbomb before the break as Tessitore and Barrett commented on it.
-They went backstage to Cathy Kelley, but a worked up Sami Zayn barged in and said he had something to say. He said management didn’t want him to be champion, as shown by him being forced to defend his title on a different show with just days notice. He said then when Cody was taken out, CM Punk was waiting “fresh as a daisy, ready to go.” He said he is “corporate poster boy number two.” He said they love having Punk vs. Cody on a poster. “Everyone’s happy,” he said. “But what about me?” He said 18 days ago he was WWE Champion and now he’s riding the bench at Summerslam. “Make it make sense to me!” he said. He confroonted Pearce as he was about to check on Aldis in the Doctor/Trainer room.
Pearce said Sami got caught in the crosshairs and it didn’t go right. Sami asked him to make it right and make it a Triple Threat. Pearce said the one-on-one match is locked in. Pearce told Sami there is a Fatal Four-way tonight and the winner goes on to Summerslam in a no. 1 contendership match against him. “Earn your way back in,” he said. Sami still wasn’t happy because those four were mentioned by Punk and got an opportunity and Punk sat on the sidelines for four months and got a shot, and now he has to wrestle for it. Pearce told him he gave him an option, so take it or leave it. Sami considered it and then said, “Fine, fine, I’ll take it.” He said no more shenangans or surprises or funny business.
(1) BRIE BELLA (w/Paige) vs. LAINEY REID (w/Jacy Jayne, Falon Henley)
Brie was already in the ring with her music fading. Toxic Attraction taunted Brie and Paige on their way to the ring on the mic. Jayne blamed them for helping Tiffany last week, costing her a chance to be in the ladder match at Summerslam. She said she came up with a perfect solution. Jayne addressed the camera and said the US Title will be hers in due time. She said Lainey is going to “humiliate Brie and put her out of her misery once and for all.” Reid chaged at Brie, but Brie ducked and knocked her. out of the ring. Reid yanked Brie to ringside and threw her toward the ringside steps. Brie leaped onto the stairs and then leaped off and clotheslined her. They both entered the ring and the bell rang25 minutes into the hour.
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