WWE: Blake Monroe Set To Make SmackDown In-Ring Debut Against Giulia, Shinsuke Namakura on His Mystery Partner Being “A Ticking Time Bomb”, Paige Implies Her Planned Promo Segment Was Cut From 8/14 WWE SmackDown Show

Blake Monroe Set To Make SmackDown In-Ring Debut Against Giulia

Following Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in Boston, Massachusetts, WWE released several digital exclusive videos on social media.

One of the videos released was a backstage video featuring Blake Monroe appearing in SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis in his office for a talk. Aldis talked about instead of her attacking people from behind, Monroe would finally have a match with an opponent and meet them face-to-face. Monroe agreed about her needing to finally have a match on SmackDown and suggested she face off against Chelsea Green for the WWE Women’s Championship.

This led to Giulia showing up and Aldis revealing her as being Monroe’s opponent for her in-ring debut on SmackDown.

No date was given for this upcoming match.

After #SmackDown General Manager @RealNickAldis informs @BlakeMonroeWWE that it’s time for her to have a match, @giulia0221g makes it clear that she is more than happy to give her would-be opponent what she deserves. pic.twitter.com/qFLFAq8P92

— WWE (@WWE) August 15, 2026

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Shinsuke Namakura Comments on His Mystery Partner Being “A Ticking Time Bomb”

As noted before, the August 7th episode of WWE SmackDown featured a video promo segment involving Shinsuke Nakamura talking about his issues with Tama Tonga and The MFTs and him teasing he has a mystery person showing up soon to help him deal with them.

Following Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in Boston, Massachusetts, WWE released a digital exclusive video featuring Nakamura revealing more about this mystery person coming in to help him deal with The MFTs now that they are WWE Tag Team Champions.

Nakamura stated that this mystery person is “chaos” and a “ticking time bomb.”

.@ShinsukeN is back on #SmackDown and he’s bringing a dangerous new partner along with him. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/t7GvXRnDY9

— WWE (@WWE) August 15, 2026

This quickly led to online speculation of former NJPW talent Hiromu Takahashi being Nakamura’s mystery partner due to him being known as the “ticking time bomb” during his time in the company.

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Paige Implies Her Planned Promo Segment Was Cut From Aug. 14 WWE SmackDown Show

As noted before, Paige had announced earlier this week that she would be showing up at Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in Boston, Massachusetts to address Nikki Bella’s recent heel turn and attack by The Bellas on her.

Friday’s show did not feature Paige making an in-person appearance nor any reference to her current storyline feud with The Bellas.

Following the show, Paige responded on Twitter with a simple message of “lol.”

lol

— SARAYA (@Saraya) August 15, 2026

Nikki Bella responded back stating “What was that @Saraya??? I think I missed what you said.”

Paige then responded back to Nikki implying that her planned segment on the show had been cut. Paige also implied that this has been a growing issue within WWE in regards to women’s segments being cut from shows of late.

“You’d think you’d want women to have segments instead of being cut. You’ve always been full of shit. It’s alright I’ll just see ya in person next week bb.”

You’d think you’d want women to have segments instead of being cut. You’ve always been full of shit. It’s alright I’ll just see ya in person next week bb ❤️ https://t.co/DnsWB68Doe

— SARAYA (@Saraya) August 15, 2026