CM Punk & Cody Rhodes Promo Segment Set for 7/31 WWE SmackDown Show

WWE announced one new segment for the card of this Friday’s WWE SmackDown show at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

This new segment announced was a promo segment featuring Undisputed WWE Champion CM Punk and Cody Rhodes going face-to-face ahead of their match at SummerSlam 2026 Night 1.

WWE’s official website:

Undisputed WWE Champion CM Punk and Cody Rhodes come face to face before SummerSlam

CM Punk and Cody Rhodes will come face to face one final time before their blockbuster Undisputed WWE Championship Match this weekend at SummerSlam.

Things have certainly reached a boiling point between the longtime friends en route to their highly-anticipated title encounter, manifested in an extremely tense war of words last Friday night.
What will happen when The Best in the World and The American Nightmare engage each other one night before The Biggest Event of the Summer?

Find out Friday at 8 ET 7 CT on SmackDown on USA.

Current card for July 31st WWE SmackDown show:

• AAA World Tag Team Championship and WWE Tag Team Championship, Title vs. Title match – War Raiders (Ivar & Erik) (AAA) vs. R-Truth & Damian Priest (WWE)
• Interim WWE Women’s Championship Ladder Qualifier match – Giulia vs. Lash Legend
• Undisputed WWE Champion CM Punk and Cody Rhodes to go face-to-face