“WWE SmackDown” General Manager Nick Aldis made an enormous announcement on Friday night’s show to establish a tag team match for Undisputed WWE Champion CM Punk and Cody Rhodes at Saturday Night’s Foremost Event from Madison Square Garden next week, but Aldis didn’t escape the fundamental event segment of the blue brand unscathed. He told GUNTHER that he could be teaming with Sami Zayn to tackle the babyfaces, something the “Ring General” didn’t take too kindly to.
GUNTHER confronted Aldis earlier within the night after he made the SummerSlam match pitting Rhodes and Punk against each other for the title official. He gave Aldis until the tip of the night to “correct his mistake,” as he wanted added to the match. When Aldis got here out to the ring, he said if GUNTHER wanted Rhodes and Punk, he’ll give them each to GUNTHER, just every week from tonight, at Saturday Night’s Foremost Event, when Rhodes and Punk team as much as tackle Gunther and Zayn.
When Aldis announced again it can be Punk and Rhodes at SummerSlam, GUNTHER attacked him. He nailed Aldis with an enormous clothesline before locking within the sleeper hold. Officials and producers separated the boys, but GUNTHER broke free and hit Aldis with an enormous boot before locking within the sleeper again. He got out of the ring, only to come back back and further choke out Aldis, until Rhodes’ music hit and the published went off the air.
The tag team match joins two other official matches on the SNME card. Fatal Influence’s Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid will challenge Brie Bella and Paige for the Women’s Tag Team Championships, and Danhausen is ready to tackle JD McDonagh.