Overview

• On the Aug. 8 SmackDown live from Montreal, Logan Paul interrupted John Cena’s promo and challenged him to a one-on-one match at Clash in Paris on Aug. 31, which Cena formally accepted
• General Manager Nick Aldis then booked a tag main event pitting Cena and Cody Rhodes against Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre that same night
• Drew McIntyre closed the show by blasting Rhodes with the WWE Championship belt and Claymore kicking him through a wooden table in a storyline injury angle
• Brock Lesnar has remained unadvertised on WWE television since his SummerSlam return, leaving the timing of his next appearance uncertain
• The Bell Centre broadcast marked the first of four SmackDowns building to Clash in Paris, intensifying the intersecting feuds on Cena’s farewell tour and the Rhodes-McIntyre rivalry