00:00Then, now, forever, together.
00:30We welcome you to Friday Night SmackDown from one of WWE's history-rich tour stops.
00:37Look at the beauty here in the Bay Area.
00:38We are at the Oakland Arena where rowdy crowds have fueled so many great matches and careers through the years.
00:45And now tonight, these fans will watch the ramp up to SummerSlam just eight days away with star power radiating.
00:54Here in Oakland, the American Nightmare Cody Rhodes has arrived tonight.
00:59He's just over a week away from attempting to reclaim his WWE championship.
01:04And the tone for that match that's coming up at SummerSlam has changed recently.
01:10Of course, so the opposite, C.M.
01:13Hunk.
01:14Hunk insists that he accidentally hit Cody with the championship at MSG last week.
01:18Trust has worn away a little bit.
01:20The tempers have cleared up a little more.
01:23A shove to Cody's face told us that.
01:25They're both here tonight.
01:27And it's Brie Bella arriving for SmackDown with Paige, of course, by her side.
01:32For 91 days, they were the tag team champions.
01:36Now Brie will be in singles action this evening here in Oakland.
01:40It comes against Lainey Reed.
01:42One half of the new champions along with J.C.
01:45Jane and Fallon Henley.
01:47It's fatal influence.
01:49And Reed is back after that title ultra result from last weekend in New York as Brie takes on Reed
01:56this evening in Oakland.
01:59Great crowd here at the Oakland Arena as we will begin the night with Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce in
02:07the ring.
02:08And considering everything that's gone down between Aldis and Gunther lately, there's a lot to be dealt with.
02:13Y'all, it's pretty terrible.
02:16Okay, listen up, boss.
02:18The guy that you hired, your official, he's messing with my SummerSlam plans.
02:24Aldis just screwed Gunther!
02:27I should be the champion walking into that.
02:30Hold on a minute.
02:31You pushed me over the edge.
02:33You really thought you were going to put hands on me and nothing was going to happen?
02:36You must have forgot who you're talking to, boy.
02:43And now you guys want to fight SummerSlam!
02:47It will be the ring general Gunther versus Nick Aldis.
02:58Good evening, Oakland!
03:05I'm out here tonight to make official the match at SummerSlam between my colleague, Nick Aldis and Gunther.
03:19But before anybody puts ink to paper here, there are a couple of terms and conditions that I think need
03:26to be made crystal clear.
03:28So, Nick, in that regard, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Nick's opponent at SummerSlam,
03:35Der Ring General Gunther!
04:07The Ring General Gunther!
04:09who has seen championship opportunities go up in smoke, Wade, last week at MSG,
04:15saw Nick Aldis go to the point of no return with what happened in that tag team main event you
04:21were calling.
04:22Yeah, and there's a lot of people who are not happy with the behavior of Nick Aldis.
04:26I heard Triple H's explanation for it.
04:29I heard Michael Cole's explanation for it.
04:31A man was pushed to breaking point.
04:33I accept that, but now the reality is Nick has to step in the ring with the career killer Gunther
04:41at SummerSlam.
04:54All right, gentlemen, both of you have had the opportunity to review this document, but as I said, there are
04:58a couple of things that I need to make crystal clear.
05:04The protocol dictates that as the general manager of SmackDown, you cannot compete as a WWE superstar.
05:15Which means the second you put your name on this contract, you voluntarily relinquish your duties as the general manager
05:24of SmackDown, and I will assume those responsibilities.
05:33Furthermore, in this document, in this contract, there is a whole harmless agreement which states,
05:40Nick, you are returning to in-ring competition of your own volition, your own free will, your own choice,
05:47and that you agree WWE bears no responsibility for what happens after the bell rings between you and Gunther.
06:00Nick, are we crystal clear on this?
06:07I know exactly what I'm signing.
06:12And let me be crystal clear, I never wanted any of this.
06:17You're the one who's brought it to this situation, and like Triple H said,
06:22every man has his breaking point, and congratulations, you found mine, and now here we are.
06:28So I'm willing to accept the consequences of my actions,
06:32and if that means relinquishing my executive responsibilities,
06:39so be it.
07:04So I'll see.
07:10okay so you drag me out of here look at both of you all dressed up like this is some
07:16sort of a
07:16historic event here i mean let's be honest nick it is definitely for you because this match
07:25will be the greatest moment of your career
07:37just so you understand all of this is beneath me because i should be focusing and preparing
07:47for winning the wwe championship at summer slam and the only reason i'm sitting here
07:52and wasting my time is because you don't know how to do your job
08:09well we're being honest ever since i joined smackdown you had an issue with me and i thought
08:15about it what is it what is the issue but it came to me you you are jealous of me
08:27yes that's it and i know it because before anybody starts i know this man is a former nwa world
08:34heavyweight
08:39champion but let's be honest nick you never really made it right
08:46because you were dreaming of something bigger you were dreaming of being a professional wrestler
08:51for wwe being a wwe superstar and it never really happened and there comes me
08:59i walk in the door and i got it all i got the titles i got the records i am
09:07a multi-millionaire hey
09:09even this watch i think is worth half your yearly salary right now so i get it
09:19so when you had to ask yourself why why does gunter have all of that and i don't have it
09:25you had to be honest to yourself and you had to tell yourself that you are just not good enough
09:36but you know what i'm gonna fulfill your dream here it is
09:43here's my signature in fact i'm gonna turn you into a legend
09:51because i'll have you join a list of very iconic legends and that reads as the following goldberg aj styles
10:01john cena all legends that were stupid enough to step in the ring with the ring when they were chasing
10:10one more moment so here you have it nick enjoy it because i'm gonna end your career before it has
10:18even properly started
10:25you said all that before you just keep saying it you keep repeating yourself over and over again but
10:33the funny thing is if you actually believed that you wouldn't be here saying this to me over and over
10:41again see i figured you out the reason that you keep saying this to me
10:47is because you're trying to get me to believe it you're trying to get me to believe it
10:53because you never actually thought it would come to this did you
10:58you thought you were going to throw your little temper tantrum
11:01cheap shot me choke me out pay a little fine and move on with your life but it didn't go
11:07that way did it
11:09and in new york city when i smacked you upside the head with a right hand
11:16and triple h made the match for summer slam i saw it in your eyes
11:20you don't want any of this and i'll tell you why because you're the one who's gotten himself into a
11:27situation that he can't get out of you're the one who has put your career in jeopardy because you can
11:35talk about goldberg john cena aj styles mate i haven't had a match in three years i've got nothing to
11:45lose
11:47but when i beat you at summer slam you go from the career killer to the man that got made
11:55a
11:55bitch by his boss
12:00they are not waiting for eight days from now in minnesota oh god contract signed and now for
12:07former geom and nick aldis their handcuffs are off as adam pierce is trying to separate them
12:23as cheap as you like and this does not look good joe oh he just power bombs them right through
12:32the contract signing table
12:42gunther and all this well what a statement from gunther there the excitement of signing that contract
12:49is over this is the reality of summer slam for all this signed and delivered
12:57why are we fighting
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