Jimmy Uso vs. Talla Tonga Announced for Friday’s WWE SmackDown Show
WWE announced one new match for the card of tonight’s WWE SmackDown show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
This new match announced was a singles match of Jimmy Uso vs. Talla Tonga.
Current card for August 1st WWE SmackDown show:
- WWE Women’s United States Championship – Zelina Vega vs. Giulia (c)
- AAA World Tag Team Championship Open Challenge match – mystery opponents vs. Los Garza (Angel & Berto) (c)
- Damian Priest vs. Aleister Black
- Jimmy Uso vs. Talla Tonga
- Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena to appear
- Cody Rhodes to appear
Jelly Roll Reveals Injury Suffered During First Week of Training
Musican Jelly Roll is currently scheduled to be competing in a tag team match with Randy Orton against Logan Paul & Drew McIntyre at Saturday’s WWE SummerSlam 2025 Night 1 event in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
A recent episode of ESPN’s Get Up show featured Jelly Roll and Orton as the guests. One of the topics discussed included Jelly Roll giving his thoughts about what has been the toughest aspect of his training and revealed that he had suffered a broken pinky finger injury during his first week of training for his upcoming match.
“The physicality. Listen man, that wrestling’s fake stuff has got to go out the door. There’s no fake way to land on a piece of plywood in front of 60,000 people, you know what I mean? There’s no fake way to go over a cable rope in front of 65,000 people, man. I broke my pinky week one of training by accident. That thing, it’s a constant collision, dude.”
Jelly Roll also gave his thoughts about the huge amount of respect he has for everything wrestlers put their bodies through.
“These men and women put their body through hell. And I knew it, and I think as a fan my whole life — and I’m a real fan, that’s how I ended up here — but I really understand it now that I’ve went in there. I gave it everything I had for a couple of months. I dedicated my whole life to it. And I still can’t crack half of the code, a quarter of the code that actually is this thing. But it’s been awesome. It taught me a lot about myself.”
Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com
Wingstop To Be Presenting Sponsor of SummerSlam 2025
WWE announced that Wingstop will be a presenting sponsor for this weekend’s SummerSlam 2025 event in East Rutherford, New Jersey as part of a new extended partnership deal.
Official press release:
TKO ANNOUNCES EXPANDED PARTNERSHIP WITH WINGSTOP ACROSS WWE® AND UFC® EVENTS
Wingstop Named Presenting Partner for SummerSlam® 2025 and UFC® 322
August 1, 2025 – TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) today announced an expanded partnership with Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING) – the hottest restaurant brand specializing in cooked-to-order chicken wings in bold, distinctive flavors – that will include integrations across SummerSlam 2025 and UFC 322, historically two of the most high-profile events in the TKO portfolio.
“Wingstop continues to be an incredible partner across both UFC and WWE, showing up in bold and memorable ways around our biggest moments,” said Grant Norris-Jones, Executive Vice President & Head of Global Partnerships for TKO. “As their momentum in the market continues to grow, we’re thrilled to expand our work together on some of the most impactful stages in sports and entertainment.”
Under the new agreement, Wingstop will serve as a presenting partner of the first-ever two-night SummerSlam taking place Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Wingstop will receive enhanced match sponsorships and other integrations within future Premium Live Events, including Royal Rumble® and WrestleMania®.
Following SummerSlam, Wingstop will return as presenting partner of UFC 322 in November. While a specific date and location has yet to be announced, the November Pay-Per-View is traditionally one of the biggest events on the UFC calendar. Past November UFC Pay-Per-Views have included historic events at Madison Square Garden, such as UFC 205: ALVAREZ vs. MCGREGOR, in which Conor McGregor became UFC’s first simultaneous two-division champion, and UFC 217: BISPING vs. ST-PIERRE, which saw Georges St-Pierre capture the middleweight title in what would become his final professional fight.
As the presenting partner of UFC 322, Wingstop branding will be prominently featured at all official UFC fight week activities before, during, and after the event. On fight night, Wingstop integrations will include high visibility placement inside the world-famous Octagon® and broadcast features during the main card of the Pay-Per-View. More details about UFC 322 will be announced in the months ahead.
Wingstop’s presenting partnership of UFC 322 continues the successful relationship the companies have forged over the past year. In June, Wingstop served as the presenting partner of UFC® 317: TOPURIA vs. OLIVEIRA at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, in which rising star Ilia Topuria continued his historic run by knocking out Charles Oliveira to claim the lightweight title in the main event. Wingstop also served as an Official Partner for the groundbreaking NOCHE UFC event held at Sphere in Las Vegas in September 2024.
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