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Miz & Daniel Bryan recap their 8-year rivalry, Samoa Joe reads a letter from AJ Styles’ wife, and Becky Lynch proves herself to Charlotte on the SummerSlam go-home edition of SmackDown. Plus, we preview all 13 matches on the card.

The New Day faces The Bar to determine no. 1 contenders for the SD Tag Team titles, Becky and Charlotte team up, AJ Styles responds to Samoa Joe, and Daniel Bryan visits the set of Miz & Mrs. Plus, today’s top stories from POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE.

AJ Styles finds out about his SummerSlam opponent the hard way, Randy Orton reveals why he attacked Jeff Hardy, Daniel Bryan interrupts The Miz’s Miz & Mrs. premiere, and Becky Lynch defeats Carmella to finally earn a title shot.

Randy Orton delivers a gruesome attack to Jeff Hardy during his match with Shinsuke Nakamura, The Miz delivers a eulogy for Team Hell No, AJ Styles faces Andrade “Cien” Almas, and Becky Lynch targets Carmella. John previews Sunday’s Impact Wrestling’s Slammiversary XVI pay-per-view.

Team Hell No stays ‘n sync with The New Day as they team against The Bludgeon Bros. and Sanity, Asuka vs. James Ellsworth in a lumberjack match, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles, and Andrade “Cien” Almas vs. Sin Cara. We also give our predictions for the entire WWE Extreme Rules card this Sunday.

Before they face The Usos, Daniel Bryan demands an apology from Kane for past aggressions, James Ellsworth faces Asuka, Jeff Hardy holds an Independence Day US Open Challenge, and Sanity ruin The New Day’s pancake eating contest.

A returning Kane joins Daniel Bryan in his fight against The Bludgeon Brothers, Jeff Hardy defends the US title against Eric Young, James Ellsworth calls out Asuka, a dog bite forces Shinsuke Nakamura off the show, and the cast of Netflix’s GLOW pays a visit.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 6/19/18: A gauntlet match between Daniel Bryan, Big E, Samoa Joe, Rusev & The Miz takes place to determine AJ Styles’ opponent at Extreme Rules, Jeff Hardy has eyes for Shinsuke Nakamura, Sanity debuts, and we discuss the WWE’s release of Big Cass.

John Pollock is joined by Keep It 2000’s Nate Milton to review the final SmackDown before Money in the Bank, they go through the MITB card with picks, discuss Jeff Hardy’s March arrest and guilty plea on Monday, Sinclair states that ROH will run Madison Square Garden in 2019, and your feedback.

Big Cass returns and faces Daniel Bryan and Samoa Joe for the final spot in the men’s MITB match, Lana and Naomi engage in a Dance-Off. We talk reports from the first day of the CM Punk & Colt Cabana vs. Chris Amann defamation trial, and your chance to win tickets to Smash Wrestling’s “The Northern Tournament”

Daniel Bryan vs. Jeff Hardy for the first time with the winner facing Samoa Joe next week, Shinsuke Nakamura reveals the stipulation for his match against AJ Styles. John catches us up on NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament including his recommended matches thus far, plus Tuesday’s surprise appearance from Chris Jericho.

The WWE’s second night of UK TV is headlined by AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in their first televised match where the winner gets to choose the stipulation for their MITB title match. Asuka interrupts Carmella’s Royal Mellabration, and Daniel Bryan stands up to Big Cass.

SmackDown Live’s first set of Money In The Bank qualifiers feature Daniel Bryan vs. Rusev, Miz vs. Jeff Hardy and Charlotte vs. Peyton Royce. John discusses the WWE Network’s latest Table For 3 featuring Shane McMahon, Kurt Angle and AJ Styles.

Shinsuke Nakamura low blows AJ Styles one more time before their title match on Sunday, Carmella and Charlotte face off, Big Cass still hates short people, and Lana drops her Russian accent as she helps Rusev fix his English.

Shinsuke Nakamura debuts his HEEL entrance music before dismantling The (reunited) Club’s Gallows & Anderson in front of a helpless AJ Styles, Big Cass explains why he hates short people like Daniel Bryan, and The Uso’s finally find The Bludgeon Brothers’ “glowing” kryptonite. We run through the entire card and give our predictions for Friday’s Greatest Royal Rumble.

In a complete contrast to Raw, night two of the Superstar Shake-Up brings major changes to SmackDown Live with the addition of names such as Samoa Joe, Asuka, Jeff Hardy and more. Also featuring the return of Big Cass and the announced call-ups of NXT’s SAnitY and Andrade “Cien” Almas.

A new SmackDown General Manager is announced, Daniel Bryan faces AJ Styles as a newly heel Shinsuke Nakamura lurks, an NXT duo makes their debut, and Carmella cashes in her MITB contract. We also discuss 205 Live, NXT TakeOver: New Orleans and WWE 24: Raw 25.

The final episode of SmackDown leading into WrestleMania 34 features the return of Shane McMahon confirming his partnership with Daniel Bryan, Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles continue sharing “mind games”, and Carmella fails another MITB cash-in attempt. Plus, Charlotte meets Asuka in the MMC finals and another spectacular match from 205 Live.