Saturday night’s main event will see WWE Undisputed Champion CM Punk join forces with Cody Rhodes against Gunther and Sami Zayn.
At WWE Night of Champions, Zayn defeated Rhodes and Gunther in a Triple Threat match to win the Undisputed WWE Championship. A few days later, Rhodes defeated Jey Uso to earn the right to challenge Zayn in a rematch, but was eliminated by The Ring General on Raw to inadvertently pave the way for Punk to replace “The American Nightmare” and ultimately end Zayn’s nine-day reign.
Returning to SmackDown, Punk and Rhodes came face to face and agreed to a match for the WWE Title at SummerSlam.
Gunther stormed into Nick Aldis’ office to discuss the problem as the CEO was already on the phone with Zane. In response, the SmackDown player decided to have a tag team match on Saturday night’s main event, a move that led Gunther to attack Aldis.
Will Punk and Rhodes be able to coexist in a realm of absolute chaos on the road to SummerSlam? Will Gunther and Zane?
Find out on Saturday Night’s Main Event, airing live July 18 at 8 ET/5 PT on Peacock in the US and Netflix worldwide.