Roman Reigns & Jey Uso to appear on WWE SmackDown
With SummerSlam just over a week away, Roman Reigns and Jey Uso are set to continue the build to their Tribal Combat match.
WWE has announced that Reigns and Jey will both appear on SmackDown tonight. WWE questioned how Reigns and Jey will interact with each other and if things will again turn volatile:
With The Tribal Combat in place at SummerSlam between Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Jey Uso, The Head of The Table and his unhinged cousin will be on SmackDown as they prepare for the high-stakes showdown.
What interaction, if any, will the two Superstars have with each other? If they do come face-to-face, will things once again turn volatile? Who will seize momentum just eight days before The Biggest Event of the Summer?
Don’t miss all the action of SmackDown, tonight at 8/7 C on FOX.
It was confirmed last week that Reigns and Jey will meet in Tribal Combat at SummerSlam on Saturday, August 5. It’s an anything goes, winner-take-all bout. Reigns’ Undisputed WWE Universal Championship will be on the line — and so will his title of Tribal Chief,
Last week’s SmackDown ended with Reigns & Solo Sikoa having a staredown with Jey. Sikoa had tried to give Jey a Samoan spike, but Reigns stopped the attack. That allowed Jey to give Sikoa a superkick.
Jimmy Uso hasn’t appeared on SmackDown since being injured in storyline by Reigns and Sikoa three weeks ago. WWE stated that Jimmy would be out of action “for the foreseeable future” due to suffering ruptured rib cartilage in the attack.
SmackDown is being held at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans tonight. Here’s the updated lineup for the show:
- Roman Reigns and Jey Uso appear
- United States Championship Invitational finals: Rey Mysterio vs. Santos Escobar (winner becomes the number one contender to United States Champion Austin Theory)
- Karl Anderson vs. Karrion Kross
