{"id":138942,"date":"2025-07-26T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=138942"},"modified":"2025-07-26T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T15:26:00","slug":"wwe-smackdown-preview-8-1-25-the-night-before-summerslam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/26\/wwe-smackdown-preview-8-1-25-the-night-before-summerslam\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SmackDown Preview (8\/1\/25) &#8211; The Night Before SummerSlam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday night fight night will be the last stop for the two-night spectacular known as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/25\/historic-multi-man-title-match-set-for-wwe-summerslam-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE SummerSlam<\/a>, and it&#8217;s sure to be a good one. A grudge match, title bout, and a lot more are coming the WWE Universe&#8217;s way to open the ceremonies for this packed weekend of WWE action. With all that out of the way, let&#8217;s provide you with a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/25\/wwe-smackdown-results-7-25-25-live-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE SmackDown<\/a> preview for August 1st, 2025. Let&#8217;s run it down.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138944\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-138944 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/22-33.jpg\" alt=\"A graphic for the WWE SmackDown preview for August 1, 2025.\" width=\"1290\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/22-33.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/22-33-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/22-33-1024x541.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/22-33-768x406.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>WWE SmackDown Preview \u2013 Announced Segments &amp; Card (8\/1\/25):<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/25\/title-match-set-on-wwe-smackdown-a-night-before-summerslam-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE Women&#8217;s United States Championship Match<\/a>: Giulia (c) vs. Zelina Vega<\/li>\n<li>Damian Priest vs. Aleister Black<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Then, It Went Dark<\/h2>\n<p>The time for talk and cheap shots is now over. On Friday Night SmackDown, Damian Priest and Aleister Black finally go at it one-on-one. The animosity between these two has been boiling for the past month, beginning when Damian Priest went to bat for an unhinged R-Truth. Black took this extremely personally, feeling like Priest is getting in the way of him handling business.<\/p>\n<p>Priest and Black would get into multiple confrontations, which finally resulted in physical altercations. One night before SummerSlam, they finally settle their score in a much-anticipated Grudge Match. These two men can tap into a deeper and darker place if they need to, and on Friday, they definitely will.<\/p>\n<p>Who will reign supreme between these two vicious competitors?<\/p>\n<h2>A Beautiful Rematch<\/h2>\n<p>Zelina Vega held the Women&#8217;s United States Championship with pride, achieving her dream of becoming a champion in WWE. Unfortunately, Giulia couldn&#8217;t care less about her dreams, wiping them away in Riyadh by taking away the Women&#8217;s U.S. Title in one fell swoop. After simmering for a long time, Vega demanded a rematch on last week&#8217;s SmackDown.<\/p>\n<p>The official representative for &#8220;Beautiful Madness,&#8221; Kiana James, would inform Vega that her request for a rematch had been granted, with Giulia reinforcing that she was up to the challenge. In the same confrontation, Vega made it crystal clear that she intends to get back her title next week on SmackDown.<\/p>\n<p>Will Giulia notch her first successful title defense? Or will Zelina Vega start her second reign as WWE Women&#8217;s United States Champion?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s all find out next week on WWE SmackDown, which the WWE Universe can catch on The USA Network and Netflix!<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on the WWE SmackDown preview and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> (WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments), and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>YouTube<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>WWE Speed<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>).<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday night fight night will be the last stop for the two-night spectacular known as WWE SummerSlam, and it&#8217;s sure to be a good one. A grudge match, title bout, and a lot more are coming the WWE Universe&#8217;s way to open the ceremonies for this packed weekend of WWE action. With all that out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3735,"featured_media":138946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,26,4,3],"tags":[433,6558,5900,1747],"class_list":["post-138942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-smackdown","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-aleister-black","tag-damian-priest","tag-giulia","tag-zelina-vega"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3735"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138942"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138948,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138942\/revisions\/138948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}